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CADWALLADER AND LYON NAMED BALLINA BYRON MAYORS, TWEED TBC

Liberal Cr James Owen secured most votes in the Tweed

New Ballina Mayor Cr Sharon Cadwallader - “It’s a great honour” - with running mate Eva Ramsay

Cr Michael Lyon will continue as Byron Mayor

By Margaret Dekker

of priorities for Ballina are business development – including the announcement of Cumulus Visual Effects (VFX) Studios relocating from Byron Bay to Ballina – and affordable, sustainable housing.

“I don’t think enough has been done in the past and I want to work with the Stat Government on that,” Sharon Cadwallader, Ballina Mayor, said.

Byron In Byron Bay, incumbent Mayor Cr Michael Lyon (Ind.) was re-elected Mayor after distribution of preferences saw the former General Manager of Santos Organics secure 666,3 votes or

time of going to print but incumbents James Owen (Lib.) Mayor Chris Cherry (Ind.) Reece Byrnes (ALP) and Warren Polglase (Ind./Nats.) are all but certain to be re-elected during Tuesday’s official ‘calling of the card’ in the Tweed. Newcomers, Rhiannon Brinsmead (Lib.) Nola Firth (Greens) and Meredith Dennis (Ind.) are expected to join them.

Cr James Owen told The Northern Rivers Times it was a very pleasing result for him and running mate, Rhiannon Brinsmead, with over a quarter of the total vote.

“I’m quite overwhelmed .. It’s the

It’s a case of ‘fourth time lucky’ for Sharon Cadwallader (Ind.) who was declared Ballina’s new mayor after securing 58 percent of the vote ahead of Independent Jeff Johnson and ALP’s Keith Williams.

It will be Mayor Cadwallader’s fifth term on Council (B-Ward) after she was first elected in 2004.

“And now this is such a bonus. I’m very humbled to represent the community I love .. it’s a great honour and privilege to the have the support of the Ballina people,” Cr Sharon Cadwallader Ballina Mayor told The Northern

Rivers Times shortly after Monday’s official calling of the Ballina card.

Mayor Cadwallader said hers will be a leadership style ‘from the bottom up, not the top down with more facilitation and less regulations in Council.’

“I’d like to establish Ballina as the business gateway to the Northern Rivers, and also acknowledge the work of Council staff in achieving that, too,” Mayor Cadwallader said.

Cr Cadwallader also thanked outgoing Ballina Mayor, David Wright, “For his longevity of community service and leadership,” she said.

High on her list

54.3 percent of the electorate. Lawyer Michael Swivel (Ind.) trailed by a thousand votes to finish second.

Michael Lyon’s running mates Sama Balson and Peter Westheimer are expected to join him on Byron’s 9-seat council (officially declared Wednesday after print deadline) together with Duncan Dey (Greens) Sarah Ndiaye (Greens) Cate Coorey (Ind.) Asren Pugh (ALP) Mark Swivel (Ind.) and his running mate, Fran Hart (Ind.) Mayor Lyon was unavailable for comment.

The Tweed Preference votes in the Tweed were still being distributed at the

result of a lot of hard work and really standing up for the community in difficult times due to Covid, understanding what’s important for them as well like the basics like roads and recycling. In the last couple of years, the Tweed community has been looking for leadership and I showed up,” James Owen said.

The new Tweed Mayor will be elected

by Council at its first meeting on January 11, Cr. James Owen and Cr. Chris Cherry are frontrunners.

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? A POTTSVILLE RETIREE!

By Margaret Dekker

A retired Lotto regular who’s played the same 12-Game Quick Pick at his local ‘Potty’ newsagency for more than 20 years has hit pay dirt, winning last Wednesday night’s Division 1 Lotto draw, pocketing one million dollars and changing his and his family’s lives in an instant.

“Are you fair dinkum?” the winner asked when contacted by Lotto.

“That’s a bit of a shock for a Thursday morning.

You’ve blown me away .. wow!” he added.

Fair enough, it’s not every day you become a millionaire, especially on the cusp of Christmas and in a trying year of pandemic.

Long-time owner of Pottsville Beach Newsagency David

McDowell is particularly chuffed with the win, not only for his old mate – who wishes to remain anonymous - but also for his mainstay newsagency as it’s the first million dollar win ever registered at the village’s sole Lotto

agency, worthy of a little celebration themselves for David and his team.

“It’s so great, and it went to a local customer that we see all the time,” David McDowell said.

“He comes in each Monday and Wednesday and gets a Quick Pick, he’s actually been coming here since we bought the newsagency twenty years ago so it’s a good news story,” David McDowell, owner of Pottsville Beach Newsagency told The Northern Rivers Times.

“This is the first Lotto division one winning entry we’ve sold, and

we hope it’s the first of many!” he added.

When the very lucky winner was asked how he thought he might enjoy his prize, he said he wanted to see the seven-figure sum in his bank account first before making any concrete plans.

“Maybe the news will sink in when I get it! .. I might then have to have a beer to celebrate and calm down,” he laughed.

The New South Wales player was one of two division one winners nationally in Monday & Wednesday Lotto draw 4139, drawn Wednesday

15 December 2021 and took home $1 million.

The winning numbers were 42, 11, 34, 10, 5 and 33, while the supplementary numbers were 18 and 32.

There have been eleven division one wins to date across the North Coast and Mid-North Coast region, netting more than $14.4 million. In the 12 months to 30 June 2021, Monday & Wednesday Lotto created 95 millionaires, nationally.

The Pottsville local’s life-changing 12game QuickPick was purchased at Pottsville Beach Newsagency,

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PEOPLE POWER PUTS ‘NEW’ FACES ON COUNCIL

By Tim Howard

The Clarence Valley election has been a triumph of people power with highly visible figures in the public like Grafton businessman Jeff Smith outpolling the political insiders.

Four members of the last council stood for re-election but only three have made been returned, with Peter Ellem finishing 137 votes adrift of the ninth councillor elected Karen Toms.

Mr Smith’s vote was significant for other candidates as his preferences were decisive in deciding who filled the final places on the new council.

Even after preferences were distributed neither of the last two candidates, Steve Pickering or Mrs Toms, reached the quota, or 10% of the total votes cast.

But preference did elevate Mr Pickering into eighth spot over Mrs Toms, who had been almost 200 ahead on first preference votes.

The most popular candidate at the Clarence Valley Council election was a new face, Grafton businessman Jeff Smith, pictured here at the Grafton High School polling station. Photo: Greg Clancy.

Mr Smith put his success down to being well known and trusted in the community.

“People would walk up to me in the street and tell me they’d voted for me because they knew me and thought I would be able to represent them on council,” he said.

“They were looking for people they trusted.”

He said while there were going to be plenty of new faces on the next council, there would be no lack of experience.

“Ian Tiley and Bill Day

have both been there and bring a tremendous amount of passion and know how to the role,” Mr Smith said.

“I know Bill is passionate about reinstating a physical presence for tourist information in the region and I think he has the support of a lot of people on the council.

“But it might be we have to take a look at how a lot of things are done at council. I know Ian Tiley has spoken about the need for a

thorough review of council priorities.”

Mr Smith affirmed he has no aspiration to be mayor when councillors meet to decide on its leaders next year.

“It’s not something I would want to do this time,” he said. “I’m a newbie and would like to see the job go to someone with more experience.”

Although he has an idea of who he would like to see as mayor and deputy, he believes it needed to be a contest.

“I wouldn’t like to see

just one person put their hand up and get the job,” he said. “There needs to be some competition.

“I know Ian (Tiley) and Greg have been talking and I know Greg wanted people to preference Ian when they voted for him.”

While he has not directly supported Mr Tiley as mayor, he said the former mayor of Clarence Valley and Armidale had a wealth of experience in the job, plus academic credentials in the field of local government.

“Ian has the paperwork to back up the passion he has demonstrated for local government,” Mr Smith said.

Mr Smith acknowledged that in addition to the day to day work of the council, there was also an important long-term objective for this council to win back trust in the council.

“We’ll need to demonstrate to the people who voted for us that we were listening to them,” he said.

“People told me they

voted for me because they saw me doing things in public and wanted to see someone they knew on council, representing their views.

“When the new council meet and starts making decisions, those people expect to see their views represented.

“If they don’t I can expect they will be asking me ‘why?’”

The voting statistic from the Clarence make interesting reading.

Of the 38,544 registered to vote, turnout was just 33,010 or 85.67%.

The total formal votes counted was 30,661 meaning an informal vote of 7.14%.

Only two candidates, Mr Smith and Ms Novak reached their quota of 3067 votes on first preference votes.

It took 14 distributions of preferences to fill the nine councillor positions.

Those elected are: Jeff Smith, Debrah Novak, Ian Tiley, Alison Whaites. Bill Day, Greg Clancy, Peter Johnstone, Karen Toms, Steve Pickering.

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SMALL SCHOOL ACHIEVES BIG DREAM

By Lara Leahy

Urbenville Public School’s aim to reach out and bring hope and joy to those suffering from Covid isolation has reached as far as their dreams imagined. It started with the school choir entertaining the local community, then further afield on social media and has caught the attention of their entertainment icon and muse, Keith Urban.

In fulfilment of their hopes and wishes, Keith reached out to the school to acknowledge their efforts.

It began with the choir’s repertoire that includes Keith Urban songs. A goal materialised along the way to get Keith’s attention, due to his popularity with the school attendants and his similar namesake. When their vision was realised

and Keith reached out to the school, Urban mania ensued.

The school is celebrating with a timely rebranding of the school to the Keith Urbenville Public School (temporarily), letters to Keith and preparations made for a special event.

On Monday, December 13th, Keith surprised the unsuspecting students with a Zoom meeting.

The shock on the students faces followed by smiles

and tears of happiness portrayed their feelings.

Keith spoke to the students for around 40 minutes. He thanked them for their efforts, talked to them about his personal journey with music and answered their questions.

“Hey, I just wanted to say I saw all the things you guys have been doing on Facebook and I was so moved…”

The schoolkids’ reaction to seeing Keith speaking

to them directly came straight from the heart.

“I was so happy I just started to cry,” Year 5 student Kailyn Russ said of his reaction. Kailyn was divided between jumping out of his seat with excitement or crying tears of joy.

“It was such a big surprise... I thought my head was going to explode when I saw Keith,” Tyler Sheardold said.

Keith gifted the school

with 5 guitars. Then promised each student their very own guitar and extended an invitation to them all to attend his concert in Brisbane next year.

“I’d love to properly meet you all so that’s the best way to do it,” he said.

Keith also reflected on his values of music and performance to the pupils and the school.

“Wanting to sing and play for other people, it’s

a really important part of everything that you guys are doing,” he said.

“So, thank you to the school for having such passion for music and being so supportive.”

Chris Sifko, the school principal reflected on the outcome. “It was absolutely mindblowing,” he said. “We had word of it a little bit beforehand but we decided to keep it from the kids so Keith could see the genuine joy and just how much they appreciated it.”

Mel Sifko, a teacher at the Keith Urbenville Public School, is delighted with the outcome. “This is definitely going to be the start of something big.

We are going to make sure that the children have the opportunity to play because, from little things, big things grow.”

COVID-19 IN THE NORTHERN RIVERS

By Margaret Dekker

34 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the Northern Rivers in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday, December 19.

Of those, 21 cases are in the Byron Shire with 4 cases each in Ballina, Lismore and the Tweed and 1 in the Clarence Valley.

The number of Covidpositive patients in hospital in Northern NSW rose by two to a total of five by Sunday night.

Wayne Jones, Chief Executive Northern NSW Local Health District said people should get tested for COVID-19 at the first

sign of symptoms and isolate until a negative result is received and be up to date with vaccinations.

“Please book your COVID-19 vaccination, or booster if you are eligible, at any of the many GPs, Pharmacies and NSW Health clinics in the region.

You can find your closest clinic at the Australian Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Finder. Anyone aged 18 and over is

eligible for their booster five months after their second dose. Bookings are recommended to ensure you secure your preferred timeslot,” Wayne Jones, Chief Executive, “We urge anyone in Northern NSW who develops symptoms such as a runny nose, a scratchy or sore throat, or is generally feeling unwell, to get tested and isolate immediately, even if you are fully vaccinated,” Wayne

Jones said.

On Monday, NNSWLHD listed the Beach Hotel in Byron Bay as a venue of concern.

“Anyone who has been at this venue on Tuesday, December 14, between 12pm and 10pm, must immediately get tested and isolate until you receive a negative result, even if you are fully vaccinated or feel well,” the NNSWLHD website posted.

Earlier, ‘Woody’s Surf

Shack’ in Byron Bay was listed as a venue of concern for patrons at the popular nightclub on Thursday, December 16, between 8pm and 3am.

The same order test and isolate until proven negative applies.

For more information visit www.nnswlhd. health.nsw.gov.au Across the Northern Rivers, there are increasing anecdotal reports people are now limiting social interaction in the lead up to Christmas in a bid to stave off any possible Covid-19 contact, infection and/or isolation orders on Christmas Day as the region experiences its highest daily case numbers since the

pandemic’s beginning.

Visiting make-up artist pleads guilty Meanwhile, the Sydney make-up artist who sparked a week-long lockdown in Byron and Tweed shires in September after visiting numerous social venues while Covid-positive and on a work permit, has pleaded ‘guilty’ to five of six charges of ‘failing to comply with electronic registration directive’ after she failed to checkin to any venues.

The court is awaiting further evidence from police about the sixth charge, the case is adjourned until January 17, 2022, in the Tweed Heads Local Court.

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LOLA STAVERT TURNS 100

WHAT NOW, AFTER THE LONG-AWAITED HOMECOMING?

Smiles for now, Meredith Llewellyn and Wendy at their last night at Murwillumbah Showgrounds

By Margaret Dekker

Lola on her birthday with some beautiful red roses. Photos supplied by the Stavert family

By Samantha Elley On December 3, 1921 Lola Grainger came into the world in Lismore and this year she celebrated her 100th birthday with her immediate family, including grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her sister Monica.

At 9 years old Lola’s family moved to Casino and became established in the community there.

Lola trained and worked

During the Second World War Lola married Jack Stavert on July 3, 1943.

He returned to active duty overseas after only a week’s leave.

When he came home from the war, Jack and Lola became very involved in Legacy and the development of the Casino Golf Club. Jack also joined the board of the Casino RSM Club and the finance committee of St Mary’s Catholic Church.

Lola with her message from the Queen. Photos supplied by the Stavert family

as a hairdresser in the town for some 40 years, mainly working at her mother’s salon – Grainger’s Hairdressing Salon – in Walker Street.

He sadly passed away in 1982.

Meanwhile, Lola had her own commitments with St Mary’s and was a eucharist minister there for

21 years while continuing her involvement with other community organisations.

She was president of the Casino Ladies Bowling Club and more recently, Patron. Lola also loved spending time in her kitchen at home, cooking.

“I have very distinct memories of mum working in the salon on Saturday mornings, then the afternoons would be spent baking cakes and slices,” said only child, John.

“Her best dish would have to be her caramel pie.”

When asked if the recipe would be handed down to the family, John replied: “We have that recipe, don’t worry about that.”

Family means everything to Lola and she was always there for her brother, three sisters and 18 nieces and nephews. Many of them rang her on her birthday and she even participated in a couple of Zoom meetings.

Lola has taken the evolution of technology in her stride, although it still intrigues her how people can pay their bills online and not have to write a cheque and take it to be paid.

Her compassion for people has had a lasting effect on her family. John recalled his mother’s message and focus was simply “be kind to people”.

Lola has only moved into St Michael’s Aged Care Facility in Casino since August this year and celebrated her birthday with friends and family, enjoying music therapy and lots of cake.

“This is not the story of happily ever after,” says Meredith Llewellyn from her Tweed Coast home, ground control for the past five months as this ‘guardian angel’ supported countless locked-out Queenslanders who began returning home on December 13.

“All that happened last Monday is they crossed an invisible line.

Returned home? They don’t know if it’s home anymore,” Meredith Llewellyn said.

Speaking exclusively to The Northern Rivers Times, the woman credited with raising money ($60,000) to provide shelter, food, support, and advocacy for lost and overwhelmed people, says the journey is far from over.

“I haven’t got a home anymore, I haven’t got a job, where’s home?” one lady cried down the phone to Meredith as she drove over the borderline.

It’s not the homecoming many dreamt of.

“There’s not a single employer I know of, that could hold their jobs open for them for three, four, five months,” Meredith Llewellyn said.

“A beautiful metaphor one lady used, she said ‘I’ve been home a few days now, but I’m like a feather that can’t land.’

Meredith says the weeks which turned into months for thousands waiting for an exemption to enter Queensland without quarantining took a cumulative toll, one difficult for others including politicians to understand.

“And it’s a phenomenon that must be understood,

and the social researchers are onto it already, how in a western world, in a developed country, in a country that’s governed by a democracy, how has this been allowed to happen, how a Government has been allowed to turn its citizens into refugees and abandon them and provide them with nothing and the Federal Government has not stepped in and done anything about it?” Meredith Llewellyn asked.

Meredith says the obvious question, ‘But it’s over now,” is too simple.

“Ok, how about we put you on that trial? How about we keep you out of your home, take away your job and income, throw you into New South Wales for a long while as you still pay your rent in Queensland, we put you there for five months to house yourself, your partner, your kids and we do that to you and see if you see the picture any differently?

“It’s been breathtaking, the lack of compassion,” Meredith said.

The border closure, declared on August 8 when New South Wales was declared a Covid-19 hotspot, was intended to keep Queenslanders safe.

Meredith Llewellyn sees the irony, that thousands of Queenslanders were forced to hole-up in NSW; a jurisdiction she’s eternally grateful for and proud of.

“What would the reverse have been if New South Wales said ‘sorry, you’re not part of us, you’ve got to go? What would’ve happened if every NSW showground, every caravan park and motel said no? New

South Wales has just been horrified at what Queensland has done to its own citizens and NSW has stepped up and provided safe haven for so many of these people for so long,” Meredith Llewellyn said.

“All without a thank you or even acknowledgement that somebody had to look after these people,” she added.

As eyes and minds turn to Christmas this Saturday, and the complexity of ‘fitting in’ again after the brutal experience of being stopped from going home during a pandemic.

“I think there will be very difficult Christmases because people have got family members that are polarized on this, “oh you’re home now, that’s alright, what’s your problem?” but the trauma is deep. They won’t be the person they normally were at that Christmas table, at that Christmas holiday, some people have a great sadness and a great confusion to work through but there are family members who don’t want to know about it,” Meredith Llewellyn said.

Unvaccinated people must still get an exemption to enter Queensland before completing two weeks hotel quarantine at personal expense; another chapter in a story Meredith Llewellyn says history will judge poorly.

“I think as more can be seen, and more can be read, more will be asked .. I think there has to be some recompense for what Queensland has done.” Meredith Llewellyn said.

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Writers write and share their works

(L-R) Ruth Morgan, Tina Rothbury, Libby Rushton, Vicki M Harvey, Judith Johnson and Jennifer Hoff are some of the members that make up the Rainbow Writers group at Distractions Café, East Lismore.

Photo: Samantha Elley

By Samantha Elley They are an eclectic bunch, bound together by their love of writing.

The Lismore Rainbow Writers enjoyed their Christmas lunch together at Distractions Café, East Lismore last week and were excited to discuss their achievements and reasons for writing.

There is Ruth who loves writing crime and has recently had her book ‘The Whitworth Mysteries’ published and also won an award at the Romance Writer’s Australia annual conference in Queensland recently.

Tina has written children’s stories, but is looking at writing a play around an incident that happened to her as a girl when she was 14 years old.

“I shared a dormitory with my friend at boarding school,” she said.

“And a man, Leonard Lawson, came in with a gun and shot my friend dead.”

A tragic event that no doubt has haunted her all her life, but Tina

will now face it and write about the incident for her own therapy.

Vicki is a poetry writer and likes to dabble in many different genres.

Jennifer writes historical romance novels and Judith, the matriarch of the group, is known for her ‘steamy’ scenes in her romantic novels.

“My characters don’t ‘have sex’, they ‘make love’,” said Judith.

“We don’t write about the mechanics of it, but rather the emotions.”

It is a key tool to writing a good story, to be able to show the reader what is happening, rather than telling them.

The ladies agree that to become a good writer you need to write.

“Write, write and write,” said Vicki.

“Also develop a thick skin and keep submitting your manuscripts, even if they get rejected,” said Jennifer.

“JK Rowling was rejected more than seven times before she was published,” added Vicki.

“Acknowledge your genre and find the right publisher,” said Judith.

They all agree you don’t write in the hope of making money, you write because it is in you, an inexplicable energy that can, more often than not, take over the story you are telling.

“You take the reader by the hand, pull her to your side and take her through the story,” said Judith.

The Lismore Rainbow Writers are all members of Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) and the Byron Bay Writers Festival.

They enter many short story competitions through RWA and are willing to have their work critiqued as they know it helps them to improve.

“You either let (a bad critique) beat you, or you use it as fuel,” said Judith.

If you would like to know more or are interested in a group of like-minded writers to help you craft your work, visit rainbowwriters.com.au.

Changing of the guard at Brunswick Heads Hotel

New owners at the $68m Hotel Brunswick

By Margaret Dekker The iconic Hotel Brunswick on the banks of the Simpson River in Brunswick Heads has sold for the first time in forty years for a cool $68 million dollars to multinational capital group, MA Financial, two years after the group snapped up the landmark Beach Hotel in Byron Bay for $100 million.

The sale of the popular, 1940’s-era ‘Brunz Hotel’ follows the death of co-owner John ‘Strop’ Cornell in July this year.

John Cornell and Delvene Delaney, Australian film and

television royalty and respected local hoteliers, had owned Hotel Brunswick since 1981 and the Beach Hotel (Surfside Hotel) in the Nineties.

According to its website, new owners MA Financial has since 2009, ‘grown to become a team of 300+ across Sydney, Melbourne, London, Beijing and Shanghai, with $6.1 billion in assets under management, “Our Asset Management division creates and manages investment opportunities for institutional, wholesale and retail investors in real estate,

credit, hospitality private equity and venture capital,” MA Financial’s website reads.

CEO, Dan Brady, said the two purchases of iconic Northern Rivers hotels demonstrates the firm’s commitment to and confidence in the region.

“Hotel Brunswick has always enjoyed the benefit of the enormous footfall of tourist visitation and dollar spend in the region and as a freehold going concern asset, the hotel will benefit from our platform expertise,” MAHM CEO Dan Brady said.

CHRISTMAS TREEHUGGING IN CABARITA BEACH

By Margaret Dekker It’s taking the term ‘tree-huggers’ to a whole new creative level and is proving quite the ‘popular yarn’ being spun on the streets and sidewalks of Cabarita Beach.

A band of tireless artisans from ‘Caba Creative’ have been volunteering since November to create these colourful

Creating Christmas warmth in coastal Cabarita Beach

Christmas ‘treehuggers,’ complete with Santa, reindeers, baubles and wellwishes, generating a special kind of Christmas ‘warmth’ in the popular coast town.

Local Mums, nans, grandads and kids have since spent hours of their time, effort, and fun knitting, crocheting,

and sewing the bespoke ‘huggies’ to the trunks of palm trees along main Tweed Coast Road, delighting visitors and locals alike in the lead-up to Saturday’s main event.

A novel way to show Christmas and community spirit are alive and well in ‘Caba!’

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Yamba escapes “new Byron Bay” hype Comment

By Tim Howard Yamba’s label as the “next Byron Bay” might be looking a little last year as other destinations around Australia vie for the title.

Appearing on the ABC Breakfast program last week, Ray White chief economist Nerida Conisbee, revealed she had switched allegiance from Yamba as the next Byron and was even prepared to head inland to spruik Orange, on the NSW Central Tablelands and Bicheno in Tasmania as rivals.

While it might be galling to the egos of the town’s worthies, there are plenty of residents happy to fall off that comparison list.

The thought of the seaside fishing

village turning into an overpriced haven for internet influencers induced feelings of despair among those who fled the rat race to settle there when the pace of life was a lot less hectic.

Bizarrely Conisbee had only months earlier talked up Yamba in a article in industry newsletter Elite Agent.

She said Yamba ticked a lot of the boxes to be Byron-like.

“Although prices have increased a lot, the median is still under $750,000 and there is no doubt, it has lots of lovely beaches,” she said.

“It also has a lighthouse, has regular farmers’ markets and what looks to be a lively main street, which makes it already very Byron Bay-like without too many adjustments

required.”

But four months down the track she is looking at Orange and Robe, in South Australia, as rivals to Byron for lifestyle changers.

With all respect to Ms Conisbee, the main problem with her view is Yamba can never be the new Byron. Nor can anywhere else.

Like Byron Bay, Yamba has its own history which has led to the development of its attributes.

There’s more to life than beaches and real estate investments.

Yamba still offers the sea changer a place to get away from it all.

Things are changing, but the news the real estate industry is looking elsewhere to set up Byron-lite is good news for the local.

Alstonville Community First Responder awards

By Sam Elley A recent successful resuscitation of a man who suffered a cardiac arrest in the main street of Alstonville, underlines the importance of the training received by volunteer Community First Responders.

A number of Long Service and Good Conduct Medals were recently awarded to Alstonville Community First Responders who are volunteers for NSW Ambulance and are trained by their educators on a regular basis, keeping them up to speed in their advanced resuscitation skills.

NSW Ambulance Station officer Richard Brand said having a trained community first responder clinician responding to incidents in the seconds and minutes prior to an ambulance arriving was

very important.

“It improves the patient outcome remarkably,” he said.

“Alstonville CFR are a very experienced unit as they have been involved in the Community First Response Program as clinical volunteers for NSW Ambulance for over 10 years.”

Mr Brand said community first responders have many skills and medications in order to treat a range of conditions such as CPR, defibrillation and resuscitation for cardiac arrest, chest pain, asthma, childbirth, stroke and various traumatic incidents such as car accidents, farm accidents, burns, falls and fractured bones.

“Training Alstonville CFRs is an absolute pleasure,” he said.

“They are always enthusiastic, intelligent, and motivated people

who only build on their knowledge and skill in caring for their patients.”

Alstonville Fire Station Captain Jason Simpson of FRNSW said the CFR volunteers were dedicated individuals who are on call 24 hours per day.

“We have a lot of the crew who are very experienced from working many years as CFR providing the initial lifesaving resuscitation and first aid to patients in need,” he said.

“With the quick response of an off duty CFR clinician, and backup of the duty CFR crew (for the man who suffered a cardiac arrest in the main street), we had defibrillated and restarted his heart prior to the ambulance arriving.

“We had a significant involvement of this patient being able to walk out of hospital. That’s a pretty good feeling.”

WINNING CHRISTMAS WINDOW SHOPPING

By Lara Leahy

To enliven the streets of Casino with Christmas cheer the Casino Chamber of Commerce runs a competition for those businesses with festive window displays.

“It makes it special to go to the shops and see decorations - you really feel like Christmas is coming.”

There are many shops that are embracing the spirit of Christmas with displays contributing to the festive atmosphere in town, but only some can win. From the entrants, here are the award winners: Smaller shop winners First Prize - Frenchies Burger Bar on the south side of the bridge is seen best as you approach from the crossing in front. Their display is a family effort, led by Sharon. Their window styling inspiration is purely about Christmas joy. The tree at the shop

is the only tree they have had time to put up this Christmas - they have been so busy that their home is treeless!

Second Prize Casino Florist have used principles of sustainability to create their aesthetically pleasing display of dried flowers. Muted tones are reminiscent of traditional Christmas displays, and the scent inside the shop makes it worth the visit. Trish and Molly are responsible for

their display under the watchful eye of Willow, the beautifully natured Dachsund cross poodle.

She will befriend you quickly and would love a pat for her Christmas display efforts.

Third Prize - At Incy Wincy kids, Renae likes to put up an eye-catching display, and she has embraced a winter wonderland at this destination of fun and stylish clothes for kids. Located down the end of an arcade, look

out for the candy canes that draw you towards the snowman. Nick the friendly shop assistant contributed to their display by donning the reindeer with sunglasses!

Larger shop winners First Prize - Casino DIY Hardware’s Judy and Rachel were pleasantly surprised to get a winning place. With all the most important aspects of Christmas represented with Santa, the Tanenbaum, stars and

a special twist - part of their display acts as an advent calendar. There are show bags across the top of the window, and every day one is gifted to a child who visits the shop.

Second Prize Richmond Valley Council have a vibrant display inside their foyer.

With inspiration from Sharon Davidson, some of their display was used at the fireworks night and was rehoused in the entrance to bring vivid

colours and lights into the council building.

The in house favourite is the life-sized toy soldier standing to attention by the counter.

Third Prize Summerland Credit Union has a sustainably inspired display with reused pallet timber upcycled into a display tree as the main feature.

Branch Manager, Mandy Leard, intends to use it during the year also, for things like information displays to extend its environmental footprint.

Front and centre of the display, Jingles the daredevil abseiling elf has definitely outgrown his place on a shelf!

Elf on a Shelf JZM Hair’s elf has bagged this prize. An adventurous chap, he gets help from Zarli to change outfits and find new locations around the shop regularly. Keep your eye out for where the elf might be on your next visit!

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Two new railway companies, including our local not-forprofit Northern Rivers Rail Ltd, have RAIL TRAIL been registered to Many Northern Rivers’ bring rail services locals are extremely back to the Casino – angry that ‘rail trail’ Murwillumbah line. lobbyists have pushed Carriages can their agenda to the be painted and point where some refurbished with heritage tracks are to colourful themes be pulled up this week, by local artists and in the Tweed Shire at hundreds of jobs Murwillumbah and can be created and Dunbible! training supplied for

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had done was good or bad but now I’ve had time to listen to a few people I’ve made up my mind that he was only doing what journalists are supposed to do – tell what you’ve found out. So, when I heard on the news that USA was again trying to extradite him to their country for trial, I wanted to let people know that his mother has sent out a plea for help as Julian has now had a mini-stroke.

It is hard to feel someone’s emotions when you don’t know what they are going through but here is some of his mother’s words “The unending gut-wrenching pain of being the mother … watching my son …being endlessly globally smeared… who risked his life to expose injustice, being fitted up and denied a fair legal process….

Please keep raising your voices to your politicians till it’s all they can hear. His life is in your hands.”

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was shocked at the destruction he saw at one wind farm site, the replacement of forest with what looked to him like an industrial site. An evolutionary biologist from James Cook University has stated that Far North Queensland is one of Australia’s most biodiverse regions and many of the sites chosen for these wind farms are wholly inappropriate. Forget Bob Brown and his NIMBY protest over wind towers in his bailiwick, the situation in Queensland reeks with hypocrisy, it also has a certain smell of about it, follow that smell and you will come to the money, always the answer.

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Queensland farmer for months, taking him to court and fining him $112,000 dollars for cutting mulga trees to feed starving stock on his drought stricken property.

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many young people by older experienced tradespeople to pass on their knowledge to a new generation of train lovers. As a community owned railway service, decisions will be made according to community needs and this railway journey, through one of the most beautiful parts of the world, can be amongst the best in the world!

Paid applications have been submitted to government to access the line in the Byron Shire to ascertain costs for fixing the line and installing a rail service, but we have been notified that applications are not being considered in light of the rail trail being present!

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION unprotected crown land, states that the government must pay out leases on the line if there is the option of a rail service returning, but this is not being respected.

It was also not stated in the legislation that tracks had to be pulled up to make the bike path. However, certain Ministers have wrongly said that the funding requires the bike trail to go on top of the rail formation, and thus destroying our tracks and losing the potential of rail returning to our region.

Why can we not have both rail and trail, side by side, when it is successfully done in other places?

Please see: www. northernriversrail. com.au for more info.

Lydia Kindred, Northern Rivers Rail Ltd LOCAL ELECTIONS AND DUNOON DAM Local Council elections are nearly over and the pro change and PRO DAM faction in Lismore has been swept to power. (ALL INDEPENDANTS were in favour of a dam and the political parties, I’m sure under instruction from their various parties, were very much against) The results so far, Independents, Mayor and six sure seats one

maybe, Labour one seat, Greens one seat and one maybe and Our Sustainable Future one seat.

In Ballina Keith Williams who was very much opposed to the Dunoon Dam and ran his campaign on this and his “ success” at Rous was not elected as Mayor and indeed was not elected at all!!!. ( 13.3% of primary votes) Sharon Cadwallader who on the other hand was very pro dam was elected to Mayor with a massive 36.5%. ( nearly three times what Keith has) The pro dammers have a majority and the Mayor.

It would appear the SILENT MAJORITY have spoken at the ballot box. I realise the Dam was not the only issue on the ticket of those who were successful, but it was at the forefront.

If public opinion was against the Dam as Rous Councillors and in particular the chair Keith Williams had advocated I believe the election would have had a different result.

Keith referred to our petition as nothing and we were only a mob, there was allegations of gaining signatures, fraudulent and misleading information used to gain signatures.

I will leave it to the election results to answer these

unfounded allegations.

I’ve no doubt the make-up of Rous Council will now be drastically changed and the flat earthers will no longer have a seat, and we can move forward to what is by far the most popular and wisest decision Get the Dunoon Dam back on the table, get it investigated impartially by experts ( CSIRO ) and GET CONSTRUCTION UNDER WAY! Col Baker Modanville OH HOLY NIGHT On hearing this Sunday morning, these words ‘spoke’ so strongly to me and I sensed people trying to plan for a happy Christmas Day yet the real reason for our Christmas celebrations mostly get lost in all the hype and rush, especially with the covid thing.

So may these beautiful words also ‘speak’ to people who are trying very hard to have a happy Christmas.

May we all have a very blessed Christmas and with these words may they help immensely, with encouragement.

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Jillian Spring Billinudgel THANK YOU ALL Sharon and I (Jeff) would like to take this opportunity to Thank everyone that have sent letters and opinions into us in 2021.

Yes, it’s been topical, entertaining and heated but all the same it has been entertaining.

I hope everyone feels the same and respect others opinions.

I have alway believed a good newspaper can be told by its ‘Letters pages” and to be 2-3 pages each week shows, we are doing soemthing right.

Have a lovely and safe Christmas with family and friends, make lots of memories and put aside grievances.

Thank you all Sharon, Jeff and The NR Times Team.

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Forgiveness: ever wrapped and ready by Nigel Dawe

WITH Christmas upon us, the ultimate gift we can give which is always pre-wrapped, in not just the season, but the word itself, is for‘give’ness. There is no other gesture given through conscious choice that signifies or outright reveals a more refined development of character and self.

In proportion to the wrongs inflicted upon us, the degree to which we deploy or implement forgiveness in our personal dealings, mark the extent to which the pristine influences of this ‘force’, truly elevate our lives and sense of self. As Robin Sharma once said: “Forgiveness isn’t approving what happened. It’s choosing to rise above it.”

Many times, I’ve thought forgiveness might better be referred to as ‘forletting-go’, because that’s essentially what transpires through the process of genuine forgiveness: it’s choosing to not carry the weight of whatever has deeply offended or hurt you. We simply cannot receive or take hold of the gifts that life and love have to give (going forward), until we free our hands and hearts of the baggage we carry around, or somehow refuse to put down.

Hannah More, the 18th Century English educator, once very tellingly said, “Forgiveness is the economy of the heart… forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.” As such, the word ‘anger’, is only ever one ‘d’ away from its afflicted and troubled little sibling – ‘danger’; having a calm mind and an anger-less soul is the key to the fabled realm of infinite possibility, albeit being

able to keep the course that steers your life well clear of gnashing torments and needless travail.

One observation I remember making very early on, concerned ‘being the bigger person’, it was clear to me that its essence comprised a reduction of sorts, a stepping back, down or away; thus, to be that exemplary person in any altercation meant to not make yourself inflated and overbearing, but to be somehow less, and at the same time serene in the face of another’s temper. Which lends itself to Frederick William Robertson’s comment, “We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.”

At times, life can seem an ordeal inflicted upon us through the malice of others; but it is our ability to convert even our worst moments into happenings that bring us eventual peace and an indefatigable sense of self-worth, purpose, and what we still have to give. As Mark Twain once thoughtfully said, “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” Because no matter what, we each have something, if not so much more to offer, even during our most depleted of moments.

In a perfect world, we should aim to live in such a way that everything we do entails no need for forgiveness whatsoever, or as Marvin J. Aston proposed, “Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart, one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.”

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MUSICAL STEP BACK IN TIME

By Samantha Elley

Large summer concerts with up to 3,500 people were a regular event at Evans Head in the 1950s.

They would be held in the picnic reserve where families would lay out their picnic rugs and listen to the music of the day, performed by local artists under the warm, starry skies.

Now a concert ‘Back to the Old Days of Evans Head’ has been revived thanks to the hard work of Max Maher and a team of sponsors including Perkins Caravans and Lismore Nissan & Kia, who have made the free event possible.

“I used to sing at these concerts back in the 50s,” said Max. “It all started up again, when my wife Marie and I, who went to them as teenagers, were reminiscing at Evans Head about five years ago.

“We were saying ‘Isn’t it a shame they don’t have the concerts we had years ago?’.

“I got out of bed the next morning and decided to organise one.”

And with that the first free family concert was held in 2016 where 500600 people attended.

“I approached the Casino-Richmond River Country Music Club and between them, myself and a lot of red tape through the government we had our first one in

Perkins Caravan is another sponsor who believes in the event.

“It’s a chance to give back to the community,” he said.

“There should be more of these types of events.

“I take my hat off to Max for organising it.”

Both sponsors know they are contributing to a great event and by supporting it, they make it free for many of their customers from Casino and Lismore surrounds.

“This will be the 3rd year we’ve sponsored the event,” said Mr Blackler.

“It’s a beautiful thing.”

2017,” Max said.

“People said they met up with people they hadn’t seen in 50 years.

“Then in 2019 we had 1500 people attend the next concert.”

This year the concert will be held in the main auditorium of Club Evans on December 29, starting at 5.30pm.

“We couldn’t be in the park this year as it is being done up but Club Evans welcomed us with open arms,” said Max. Hosts for the evening will be Max himself and his old school friend and well known bush poet Ray Essery.

“We went to school together and grew up on dairy farms out of Lismore,” said Max. “It was me that got him into country music and

been very good friends for a long time.

“It’s great to have him on board helping us.”

Other performers include Max’s son Darren, who performs around the Brisbane scene, John Warren, Rose Muscat, Tricia Grey, Brian Elliott, John Lynch, Peter Hulme, Darryl Currey and John Schneider and the band with Annand Bill with John Rainbird and Jim Andrews.

“All singers donate their talent and time,” said Max. “Money can’t buy what we achieve.”

Raffles include a guitar on the night valued at $1,000 and hampers done up by St Vincent de Paul.

“All tickets to the

raffles will be sold and drawn on the night,” said Max. “So, the winner will be in the audience.”

Money raised will be go towards Marine Rescue at Evans Head.

For more information contact Max on 6662 8387 or 0418 647 882.

Paul O’Neill from Lismore Nissan & Kia is one of the sponsors and he is only too happy to be supporting such a memorable event.

“It’s a local community thing which is good for the town,” he said.

“That’s what it’s all about.

“Evans Head is a beautiful part of the world and a lot of locals from Lismore and Casino go there for Christmas.

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“It will be a great night.”

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NEW CYCLING STRATEGY OPEN FOR CONSULTATION The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is calling all cyclists to have their say on a draft cycling strategy so national parks can provide some of the best cycling experiences anywhere in the country.

Environment Minister Matt Kean said with more and more people taking to two wheels and with investment in NPWS visitor infrastructure at record levels, our Parks network will become must-do destinations for riders of all ages.

“We are in the middle of a bike boom and there is now no better place to jump on two wheels than in our National

Parks, it’s a great way to experience and see our natural biodiversity first hand,” said Mr Kean.

“But the key is to make sure it’s sustainable and sensitive to the environment, we don’t want to see damage to our precious biodiversity and cultural heritage.

“Cyclists love the great outdoors and we want to work with them to incorporate their ideas on how to ‘tread’ lightly and move forward with this strategy.”

The NPWS is asking for feedback on a new cycling strategy that outlines how to balance the demand for a variety of cycling experiences with our responsibility

to protect national parks’ natural and cultural values.

Not all cycling activities will be appropriate in all national parks, unauthorised tracks in parks can be dangerous and this draft strategy looks at how to manage illegal tracks to prevent further ecological or cultural damage.

As part of ongoing community consultation, NPWS is calling on cyclists, mountain biking associations and other interest groups to help shape the strategy and invites submissions before 30 January 2022 .

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90 year old Nancy Webb is still playing golf ever week at the Woodburn-Evans Head Golf Club after 40 years.

By Samantha Elley You would be hard pressed to find anyone more dedicated to the game of golf than Nancy Webb.

The Evans Head golfer has just celebrated her 90th birthday and still loves to play a game every week.

She began her long and successful golfing career with Kyogle Golf Club during the 1972-73 golfing year.

While there she achieved a hole-in-one on July 27, 1978, she was the B Grade Campion runner-up

several times, she won many LGU medals and several trophies and played in the Kyogle Ladies Pennant Team, winning their division three times.

She played in many open days and also the Brown & Hurley Charity Days for 40 years, winning the ladies division several times.

In 1989 Nancy moved to Evans Head and joined the WoodburnEvans Head Golf Club and continued her winning streak.

She has been B Grade Champion, B Grade runner up, C

Grade Champion and also won foursomes championships on two occasions.

Nancy played pennants for WEH and won after 11 years. That was a day to celebrate.

Nancy has also given back to both the Kyogle and WEH clubs by serving on both committees over the past 20 years.

Women’s Golf Northern Rivers presented her with her 40 year certificate for her dedication to the game.

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By Margaret Dekker For Minyungbal woman Rachael Cavanagh fighting is in her DNA; for First Nations people, for the rights of women, for country, and notably against bushfires using her expertise and authority in cultural fire practices and management in the Yugambeh Nation of northern NSW southeast Queensland.

But fighting an aggressive form of cancer is something else, far more terrifying and complicated, especially as a mum of two beautiful young daughters and while caring for her own precious mum; in a year for Rachael Cavanagh summed up best by the maxim, ‘annus horribilis.’

It started in April when her busy world working with Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation, the Forestry Corporation of NSW in Aboriginal Partnership Liaison, the Forest Stewardship Council as Director of its Indigenous Working Group and with the Clarence Valley Women’s Refuge - all while caring for her own family, was suddenly and hugely upended.

First came surgery to remove two malignant lumps from her lower abdomen followed by surgery on both wrists for carpel tunnel, and then a breast cancer diagnosis requiring

Rachael Cavanagh faces her biggest challenge yet

intervention. Rachael also needed to move house twice, once with a broken foot. And now the diagnosis of a rare and aggressive cancer, Desmoid Fibromitosis, requiring urgent, intensive radiation therapy throughout the ‘festive’ season, treatment that will mean Rachael can’t work nor make an income.

For this proud 39-yearold from Bogangar, known and respected across the Northern Rivers, it’s a setback, but remarkably Rachael

remains firmly on her front foot.

“This all happened over a period of about eight months and to her absolute credit, Rachael’s spirits are still up,” Megan Edwards, friend, shared with The Northern Rivers Times.

Megan is currently raising support funding through a ‘gofundme’ campaign, aptly titled, ‘Big Hearted Rach Needs Our Love.’

“Due to the nature of this cancer and the radiotherapy she will need for it, her current

ability to be mum, carer and businesswoman is really compromised.

Rach currently needs our financial support to help her create a structured healing environment, so that she can take the time off work she needs to go through the radiotherapy and heal herself. This will help minimise the risk of cancer in the future. Please give generously and send her a message to let her know you care,” the campaign pledge states.

“Rachael is a single mum with two girls

who also cares for her Mum with chronic health issues. Rach is well known for having a huge heart and always being there for others, sometimes to her own detriment, “X-mas time can be such a tough time for everyone financially, so really deep thanks to you all for all you’ve given so far,” Megan Edwards friend and campaign organiser added.

The ‘gofundme’ effort aims to raise a further $5,000 to help cover Rachael’s extended

treatment costs. Friends are also rallying to help Rachael secure a new, longer-term rental home for her family in a tight Tweed Coast rental market, to make her healing journey easier and less stressful overall.

To help visit: www. gofundme.com/f/ support-rachaelto-pay-expenses or contact Megan Edwards at megan@ parentingwithconnection. com.au

PATRICIA FINDS HER DREAM CAREER THANKS TO PARENTSNEXT After three years of being a stay-at-home mum, Patricia Knox was looking for a way to support herself and her family independently.

Lacking motivation and confidence, the Casino mother found the courage to seek help from VERTO’s ParentsNext team.

Fast forward three years, and Ms Knox is now proudly working as an Indigenous Liaison Student Support Officer at Coraki Public School, and says she’s found her dream job thanks to the support she received from VERTO through ParentsNext, an Australian Government funded pre-employment program that helps parents with young

children plan and prepare for future employment or study.

“I knew I wanted to work in my local community, but I wasn’t sure where to start, and that’s when I approached Mary at VERTO who put me on the right path,” Ms Knox said.

“I’ve since completed a Certificate III in Community Services and I’m now considering a Bachelor of Education at university which is really exciting.

“I would like to thank Mary and VERTO for the support and assistance I received and would highly recommend this program to other parents looking to get back into

the workforce.

“It is important for people to know that services for parents exist, and VERTO really do care about you - you just need give them a call,” Ms Knox said.

Proud ParentsNext Mentor, Mary Donnelly, added, “It has been a pleasure to support Patricia and watch her grow in self-esteem and confidence, reaching her goals and furthering her education and employment opportunities.”

VERTO Chief Executive Officer, Ron Maxwell, hopes others learn and are inspired by Ms Knox’s experience.

“Patricia was able to find the right combination of support

she needed to find a job she loves, and I urge others to find out about the many services available at VERTO that can help them find employment,” Mr Maxwell said.

“Whatever your challenges and goals, VERTO’s consultants are trained to help you find the right pathways and opportunities to achieve your training and education goals.”

For more information on the ParentsNext program, or how VERTO can assist you on your employment journey, phone 1300 4 VERTO (1300 483 786) or visit www.verto.org. au

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NEWS BRIEFS STAFF RECOGNISED AT STRIVE AWARDS Clarence Valley Council has acknowledged the contributions of some of its top-performing staff of 2021 in the STRIVE Awards ceremony.

The annual awards are held in recognition of staff members who are considered by peers to have performed outstandingly in line with the organisation’s STRIVE values through seven awards that reflect these values.

While the Award ceremony celebrates the specific achievements of a few staff, Acting General Manager Laura Black said it was important to acknowledge all staff working at Clarence Valley Council this year. For the first time staff from across the organisation were brought together in one location.

“As an organisation we cover a large geographical footprint and it’s fair to say the logistics of being in the one place at the one time, while maintaining essential services, is not easy. However, after 17 years of being an established organisation, I believe it was an essential element of operating as one organisation and I thank the staff working group who assisted me in making this happen”, said Ms Black.

“This has been another challenging year for our employees”, she said.

“Although unsurprisingly, they have shown amazing resilience and commitment to the purpose of the organisation and to servicing the community and it’s important to recognise them for their contributions in 2021.”

The end-of-year event was held at Clarence River Jockey Club in Grafton and blended staff development activities with celebrating success.

The event was opened with a Welcome to Country by Bundjalung staff member Chris Mitchell, and featured talks by inspirational speakers Michael Crossland and Jennifer Dowd from the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.

Strive Champion of the Year, Leah Munro, said it was a career highlight to be recognised by her peers.

Leah received her award for stepping up into a project management role and in the Prince St office refurbishment, delivered

her first major project.

“I would like to thank my project team and their enormous support during the build,” she said.

“The project was a huge learning curve for me, but I enjoyed the challenge and like all projects, came with many obstacles that the team overcame together.

“The most exciting part though was seeing the positive reactions of my workmates when they first entered the finished building.

“I sit back now and look around and say, wow we really did it.

“The awards today have showcased some extraordinary people here at Clarence Valley Council, and I am proud to be celebrating their achievements with them.”

Through Council’s merit-based recruitment process Leah has now attained a role as a permanent Project Officer and will go on to add to her career highlights delivering major community asset construction projects across the Valley.

A full list of winners can be found below: AWARD WINNERS Trainee – Apprentice Achievement Award: Kasey Shannon Health & Safety - Safety Star Award: Lyndsay Carmichael Innovation - Ideas Champion: Cliff Dredge, Josh Gorman, Zac Allen Customer Focus – Above & Beyond Service Award: Louise Tyrie, Tracy Sowell, Jacqui Hinshaw Community Engagement Champion: Shirley King Cross Unit Collaboration: Lindy Johnson, Doug McKenzie, Vicki Marsh, Denis Banks, Ben McPhee Strive Champion of The Year: Leah Munro FANTASTIC NEWS – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan has welcomed the latest Australian job and economic figures.

“The unemployment rate has dropped from 7.5 per cent at its peak to 4.6 per cent, with more people employed today, than before the pandemic,” Mr Hogan said.

“In November, 366,000 jobs were created - this is the largest monthly increase ever recorded.”

“Unemployment fell from 5.2 per cent to 4.6 per cent in just one month.”

“These figures show that our economic plan is working. Australia has recovered better than any other advanced economy in the world.”

“Australia is one of only nine countries to have a AAA credit rating from the three leading agencies.”

“I thank all businesses who have kept trading, employed staff, and remained optimistic.”

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

BUILDING BETTER REGIONS FUND ROUND SIX NOW OPEN The Australian Government’s Building Better Regions Fund Round Six is now open for applications. A total of $250 million is available for the Infrastructure Projects and Community Investment streams of the fund.

The Round Six Infrastructure Projects Stream ( https:// business.gov.au/ grants-and-programs/ building-better-regionsfund-infrastructureprojects-stream-round-6 )supports investmentready projects that provide economic and social benefits for regional and remote areas. Grants of $20,000 to $10 million to cover 50% or more of eligible project costs are available.

The Round 6 Community Investments Stream ( https://business. gov.au/grants-andprograms/building-betterregions-fund-communityinvestments-streamround-6 )supports new or expanded local events, strategic regional plans or leadership and capability strengthening activities that provide economic and social benefits to regional and remote areas. Grants of $5000 to $1 million to cover 50% or more of eligible project costs are available.

Incorporated not-forprofit, local government agencies or bodies and non-distributing cooperatives are encouraged to apply across both streams.

The Northern Rivers Times

December 23, 2021

18 NEWS

MOVING FAREWELL TO TOWERING VALLEY IDENTITY

By Tim Howard

The Clarence Valley has farewelled one of its most passionate advocates with a moving ceremony at Christchurch Cathedral on Friday.

More than 100 mourners took part in a service filled with beautiful music, poems and stories both humorous and inspirational, tears and laughter to commemorate the long and eventful life of Stan Mussared.

The towering figure of Mr Mussared, born in Sydney on June 6, 1933, came to Grafton to teach at Grafton High School in 1962 and he quickly became a giant figure, in every sense, in the region.

He had taught primary school at Little Plain near Inverell and at Byron Bay for a number of years, but had recently graduated from the University of New England with majors in economics and geography, which made him eligible to teach secondary students.

He was also soon join by his wife, Magda, after their marriage in early 1963 and almost immediately began to make an impact.

Mr Musarred’s children and grand children recounted many stories of the way he was able to deliver “untaught” lesson to them by the example he set.

They remembered him as a consummate storyteller, a film maker who made them the stars of many family movies, and a wonderful bedtime

Stan Mussared’s coffin is taken from Christchurch Cathedral at the conclusion of a moving service for a giant figure in the community

story reader from what “seemed like hundreds of Golden Books”.

During his teaching career he was always looking for ways to enrich and engage students.

Socrates Cafe where those of a philosophic persuasion could discuss their theories in a lively intellectual setting.

His children also remembered their dad as a passionate cricket and

with just two trees on it, the Mussareds’ devotion to tree planting created a thriving forest that in 2008 and to the family’s delight, welcomed a visiting koala for the first time.

Stan Mussared’s grand child Holly and her husband play a duet at his funeral service in Christchurch Cathedral last Friday.

He brought the Duke of Edinburgh Award to his schools and over the years it was a reward bestowed on the most adventurous and outgoing of students.

Later in life his love of philosophic inquiry led him to set up the

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tennis player, whose love of those sports filled their summers.

But perhaps his most popular legacy was the forest of trees planted on the block that became the family home on Waterview Heights.

From a degraded block

Now the block welcomes many such visitors as well as countless other wild creatures.

Passion for conserving the natural environment was another area in which Mr Mussared became a towering

influence in the Valley.

When the Harris Daishowa company announced plans to build a gigantic pulp mill on the Clarence estuary in 1988, Mr Mussared became a leading figure in the community battle to stop the development.

Even though it had at the support of both the council and the NSW Government, the company could not ignore the anti-mill sentiment coming from the community and pulled the pin on the development in the early 1990s.

He was also a leading figure in saving the Washpool forest from logging.

Setting up a Clarence Valley chapter of the National Parks Association allowed residents to lobby for the establishment of a National Park in the area, which happened in 1988.

Not every battle was a win.

Mr Mussared was a staunch opponent of the Coffs Clarence Water Supply project, which

had the Shannon Creek Dam as its centrepoint.

Despite sound environmental arguments against it, the project went ahead and began operations in 2009.

But win or lose, Mr Mussared was an active advocate for the environment, serving nine years as president of the Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition from 2010.

Conservation Coalition colleague and fellow teacher Leonie Blain recalled how effective Mr Mussared had been in gathering support for conservation projects.

The service was also a reminder of how important love of God and the church was to him.

It included Placing of Christian symbols where important Christian symbols were placed on the coffin.

Mourners also enjoyed a stunning piano and violin duet from grand daughter Holly and her husband.

The Farewell was a soaring rendition of Pia Jesu from Faure’s Requiem sung by Robert Eather.

And mourners filed from the cathedral to the strains of “Nimrod” from the Enigma Variation by Sir Edward Elgar.

The Cathedral bell tolled for Mr Mussared as the hearse took his body away for a private cremation.

Mr Mussared is survived by his wife, Magda, children, Nicole, Monique, Dion, Rene and Natalie and many grand children and great grand children.

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The Northern Rivers Times

NEWS 19

HELPING RESCUE FARM ANIMALS, TWELVE MONTHS OF THE NEW YEAR

By Margaret Dekker Crabbes Creek Farm Animal sanctuary ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ has launched a special A4 wall calendar to help raise funds for its unique Tweed Valley rescue shelter.

“It’s a 30-page beauty full of stunning ‘heartmelting’ images, stories about our residents, delicious plant-based recipes and farm-animal fun facts,” B. Starlight, owner of The Owl and the Pussycat, and calendar creator said.

“I’m also a graphic designer, so I added my skills and personal touch to it,” B added.

The 130-acre property which cares for hundreds of injured and/or abandoned farm animals each year, including horses, cows, heifers, calves, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens and roosters is hoping the calendar will help raise much-needed funds for the farm animals, which are sometimes ‘forgotten’ as charity dollars are instead directed to native animals in difficulty.

“Lots and lots of feed needs to be purchased every single week. And that’s just the basics.

We also have vet bills, worming treatments,

loads of fencing and more to cover,” B. Starlight farm-animal sanctuary owner and operator said.

B. recalls two years

ago, when New South Wales was gripped in drought, as an example of the work the Farm Animal sanctuary steps up to do.

“We were carting in 1000-2000 litres of water every, single day to the Sanctuary. Due to the Mt Nardi bushfires, we were providing a safe haven

for an extended family of fire-zone evacuees including a donkey family of four (and their humans) a donkey herd of eight, a herd of 11 horses including gorgeous Grace the horse and 2 very fancy roosters, Bob and Marley, with more still to arrive,” B. Startlight, owner of The Owl and the Pussycat farm animal sanctuary recalled.

Help the sanctuary continue its important work in 2022 by purchasing a last-minute Christmas present or stocking-filler, or simply treat your own office or kitchen.

Visit www. owlandpussycatfarm. com.au and follow the links!

“Printed on recycled paper with all proceeds going directly to the residents, this makes the perfect ethical gift this Christmas with all proceeds going directly to supporting our beautiful rescue residents. Kindness and Compassion are its theme,” B. Starlight added.

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December 23, 2021

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

Leemo’s Christmas surprise ‘LEEMO CAT’ writing for Christmas.

‘WHICH’ I might add, I am not at all happy about right now. When ‘Mum Jane’ agreed to my conditions that we STILL have a smallish Christmas tree after spending our budget on ‘Adopting a Family’, I was truly content.

HOWEVER, the Christmas Tree she has presented...from my acute feline perspective, is totally unacceptable.

It is bloody 14” high with no furry green bits..just a bit of wood.

AND, if she thinks the ugly fat Christmas Fairy in a pink frock and the fakey stuffed reindeers will compensate me… well, she is so so wrong.

AND, that’s not all. My pressies under that poxy tree are so miniscule small. This means ‘Mum Jane’ has been doing her ‘Shylock’ or ‘Scrooge’ stuff with regards to thoughtful spoily gifts for me.

Hmmm. What to do?

Well, look at the pic. below will you. HOW WOULD ‘YOU’ feel if you were me? As her most adoring only son I was expecting at least ONE BIG PRESSIE... like the HUGE stuffed Koala I saw on Wildlife TV...how nifty!) Nup! I realised I would have to address this disaster in my life quickly so I did some meditating. Hmmm.

How to approach this? CRIKEY, it is so difficult. I did some Ooorms & stuff. Still very confronting.

OK...I concluded I should adopt a tough

manly feline very direct approach. (Mum raised her eyebrows?)

I persisted. ‘Mum, what’s with the tiny wee awful pressies near that crappy looking tree with the fat fairy and ugly stuffed reindeers?’

CRIKEY...the ‘Mum Jane’ famous stare glare was directed straight at me. She even took off her glasses which makes things quite alarming! (“Fear” was the thought in my brain!). Hmm..perhaps I had not worded that ‘nicely’ enough. OMG. ‘Bossy Mum’ told me to sit and listen’.

“LEEMO, would you, per chance, like to open your pressies now? Before Christmas Day? You know Leems, big things come in small packages? Well, what do you reckon?”.

Hmmm. Ooorrm.

“OK Mum, but that does mean I won’t get ANYTHING on Christmas morning?”

Mum told me this was correct. Ooooh...

BUT, admittedly, the urge was TRULY irrestible. I had noted those TINY parcels were numbered. (did they hold diamonds GOLD & MYRRH?) SO, I opened No. 1 – it was a match box with a note in it saying “Leems darling boy”...that was it?

Parcel No. 2...another bloody note saying “I love you”...that was it?

Parcel 3. another note saying “Bigger than the whole world”... that was it.! Parcel 4 Note said...“Leems, I’m getting you a baby brother kitten for Christmas”. I fainted.

Mum Jane and me send you all many hugs and kisses for Christmas.

Nite..Leemo. (PS...A BABY brother...

WOW...or...OMG...she has gotta be kidding!

And from Mum Jane...

YEP, I was!! (can you imagine 2 LEEMOS in my life!! Nup!

Showers and food for homeless during holiday season Christmas is a time of fun, festivities, and food. But for the many people experiencing homelessness in the Byron Shire, Christmas is just another day trying to survive without secure housing.

The Byron Community Centre is at the forefront of the homelessness crisis, providing food, showers, and emergency relief to those in need, and working towards the reopening of Byron’s homelessness hub Fletcher Street Cottage.

“We expect to see more people than ever seeking help this holiday season,” says Homelessness Projects Manager Jenny Ryan.

“We acknowledge that Christmas can be challenging for people who are sleeping rough and may present compounding issues especially for those people feeling isolated.”

“We understand that this time of year can be extremely triggering for our vulnerable community members,” says Lead Community Worker Ianna Murray.

“We are keeping our Homeless Showers service operational during this period as we know it’s so much more than the shower itself. It’s not only a basic human need, but also an opportunity for connection and support.”

Given the scale of the homelessness crisis in Byron, it’s easy to

feel powerless to help.

There are, however, local organisations and businesses who are helping the homeless this Christmas and are seeking volunteers and donations.

Rough sleepers can access showers, food, and laundry during the holiday season, get a hamper and gifts at Liberation Larder on December 23rd, and join in the festivities at Fishhead’s Christmas Lunch on December 25th.

“On Thursday 23rd December, Liberation Larder will be operating as normal offering our breakfast service from 7am and takeaway meals and produce at lunchtime,” says Liberation Larder Committee Member John Morgan.

“We are also handing out special Christmas hampers in portable eskies with ice so the food will last for a few days, especially for those sleeping rough with no access to refrigeration, so that they can enjoy a Christmas meal.”

“We are grateful to everybody who is responding to this need,” says Jenny. “We all need to come together as a community, not only at Christmas but throughout the year, to support those less fortunate and extend the season of giving.”

This holiday season, the Byron Community Centre looked to the

community to support local families through their Adopt a Family for Christmas campaign, and all of the families have now been adopted.

“We see first-hand the difference these donations of Christmas hampers make to the families, children and young people in the Byron Shire that they are gifted to and it brings joy to all of our hearts,” says Jenny.

Whole local organisations are pulling together to provide Christmas cheer, it has been a difficult year for community services, with COVID lockdowns, the housing crisis in the Byron Shire and increased need for support.

“We have continued to provide meaningful support in engaging and responding to the individual needs of rough sleepers,” adds Jenny.

“Despite the impact of COVID, we have adapted to the challenges that have arisen for service provision during these uncertain times,” says Ianna. “I’m so proud of not only how we’ve navigated this to continue to support those most in need.”

“We are working towards the reopening of Fletcher Street Cottage which has historically been a meaningful place for our community. The Cottage will provide a safe and comfortable

space for people, a respite from the challenges of surviving as a rough sleeper.”

Holiday season services and events Byron Community Centre - Homeless Showers. Byron Community Cabin, December 29th and January 5th, 10am - 12pm. www. byroncommunitycentre. com.au Fishheads - Christmas Lunch, December 25th, 12 - 2pm, Byron Bay War Memorial Pool next to Fishheads. Volunteers needed to help serve meals to members of our community sleeping rough this Christmas, 10am 4pm. Please send your details to functions@ fishheadsbyron.com.au Liberation Larder - Christmas Lunch, Hampers and Gifts for rough sleepers, December 23rd, 12pm - 1:30pm. Produce handout December 27th and 30th, January 3rd, 10am - 11am. Fletcher Street Kitchen, Byron Community Centre.

Donations needed.

Buy tickets to the Christmas Raffle. www. liberationlarder.org Orange Sky - Laundry and showers. Byron Community Centre, Fletcher Street.

December 20th, 23rd and 30th, 8am - 11am. www. orangesky.org.au

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December 23, 2021

The Northern Rivers Times

NEWS 21

Byron Shire Mayor, Michael Lyon

Community garden proud of its grassroots project

COVID IS NOT TAKING A HOLIDAY COMMUNITY GARDEN PROUD OF School is out, the of year, COVID-19 is not ‘Byron’ style messages.

GRASSROOTS PROJECT festive season is just taking a holiday. around the corner and everyone is asked to make this a COVID-safe summer. Byron Shire Council launched its campaign today with circles repainted at Apex Park at Byron Bay and new signs put up to give people a gentle reminder not to forget about things like social distancing, getting tested and following the rules around isolation. Byron Shire Mayor, Michael Lyon, said with COVID cases increasing in the Northern Rivers, in particularly in the Byron Shire, it’s a good reminder to locals and the community that while it’s a relaxing time

“There’s no escaping that COVID is here with most people you talk to knowing someone who has been a primary contact or who has tested positive for COVID in the last several weeks,” Mayor Lyon said.

“We painted circles on the grass last year and people naturally gravitated to them and as soon as the outdoor team painted them this week there were people using them which was great to see,” he said. “We have also installed signage in the parks near Main Beach, prompting people to keep their distance and we have large, electronic message boards up with

“Last year these messages were picked up by media organisations around the country and even appeared in international media which was terrific,” Mayor Lyon said. “The most important message though is for people to get tested if they are not feeling well, and to follow the rules and guidelines from NSW Health. “While some 84.4% percent of our Shire is double-vaxxed it’s still important that we protect our friends and family who might be elderly, sick or have compromised immune systems,” Mayor Lyon said.

Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said $38,000 in NSW Government funding is welcome news for the hardworking team at South Coffs Community Garden.

Mr Singh said the 2021 Community Building Partnership Program has allocated these funds for a project which will provide enormous benefits at this popular garden, located at Boambee East.

“I’m delighted the South Coffs Community Garden is now able to proceed with its allweather, safe, concrete pathway allowing improved accessibility

for seniors and people with disability,” Mr Singh said.

“The pathway, which will run around the entire garden, represents an important upgrade at this much-loved facility.

“This NSW Government funding is fantastic news and rewarding, too, for the gardeners who spend many hours maintaining this special place for our community to enjoy.

“Funding local projects like this one directly helps create a more vibrant and inclusive local community with positive outcomes for all.”

Mr Singh said ever

since the first raised beds were established in 2017, South Coffs Community Garden has been an important meeting place for like-minded local residents.

“The members are always on the lookout for more to join their ranks.

They are to be applauded for bringing members of our community together in the way they do,” Mr Singh said.

The NSW Community Building Partnership program has funded more than 16,000 community projects since it commenced in 2009.

FUNDING BOOST FOR DISABILITY ADVOCACY SERVICES People with disability will be empowered to access the services and supports they need as part of a $30 million investment in the disability advocacy sector.

Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Alister Henskens said 18 organisations had been contracted to deliver the NSW Government’s new Disability Advocacy

Futures Program.

“The NSW Government is making landmark investments in supports for disability, but there are many people in our community who need help accessing the services they require,” Mr Henskens said.

“Advocacy helps people overcome barriers that affect their ability to participate in our community, connecting them with organisations

and providers who can assist them.

“This investment fulfils the intent of the NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner’s review into the disability advocacy sector, creating a contemporary and sustainable system that supports people with disability to access the services they need.”

The Disability Advocacy Futures Program will support

more than 1.4 million people with disability in NSW, expanding advocacy help beyond those accessing services and supports under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

The investment in disability advocacy, and workforce development programs like More Jobs More Care, is on top of NSW’s multi-billion commitment to the NDIS.

Physical Disability Council NSW CEO Serena Ovens welcomed the investment which has been delivered in consultation with the disability community and sector.

“The best outcomes for people with disability are achieved through co-design and collaboration,” Ms Ovens said.

“The Disability Advocacy Futures

Program provides an opportunity to set up NSW as a leader in ensuring that people with disability can realise their rights, both as citizens and community members.”

More information about the Disability Advocacy Futures Program https://www.facs. nsw.gov.au/inclusion/ disability/disabilityadvocacy-futuresprogram/_recache

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December 23, 2021

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LGA ARTS AND CULTURAL PROJECTS FUNDING ROUND OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS The NSW Government is calling for applications for the 2022/2023 Local Government Authorities (LGA) Arts and Cultural Projects funding round, delivered through Create NSW. Minister for the Arts Don Harwin said the funding will give local councils the opportunity to deliver exceptional arts and cultural projects, activities, and events for communities across NSW.

support to drive excellent arts and cultural projects in local communities.

This funding round is especially important for artists and creative communities in Western Sydney and Regional NSW, where local government facilities play an outsized role in supporting local artists.”

Applications for the 2022/2023 Local Government Authorities funding round for one,

“We are increasing opportunities for audiences by supporting our local councils with the dedicated funding

two or three years are now open and close Monday 24 January 2022 for projects that will occur between 1 July

they need to deliver great arts and cultural projects for their communities,” Mr Harwin said.

“This is the third year we have offered this unique round for local governments to apply for

2022 and 31 December 2023.

More information, including the guidelines and how to apply, can be found on the Create NSW website at www. create.nsw.gov.au

LOCAL GOVERNMENT NSW AGREES ON INFRASTRUCTURE REFORMS The NSW Government and the peak body representing the state’s councils have agreed on improvements to reforms of the infrastructure contributions system.

Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said the changes to the package addressed issues raised

by Local Government NSW (LGNSW) and councils during extensive consultation.

“The changes we’re making will build a simple, fair, consistent and clear system for delivering infrastructure to support more homes and jobs across the State,” Mr Stokes said.

“I said that no council will be worse off under these reforms and we will continue to work with LGNSW and councils to make sure that happens.

“We all want the same thing – great infrastructure and more investment in our local communities. That’s what these reforms will deliver.

“I want to thank LGNSW President Linda Scott for her tireless advocacy on behalf of councils. She worked with me to make this a better package for the benefit of her community and others across NSW.” The reforms will unlock $12 billion in productivity gains, create 2,600 jobs and attract new investment critical to the State’s economic recovery.

President of Local Government NSW Linda Scott welcomed the NSW Government’s commitment working with her to make changes to the package.

“The Minister has listened to the concerns of the local government sector and worked with

local governments to make changes that address our concerns,” Councillor Scott said.

“With the commitments made and changes to be made to the draft legislation, I am now confident that this is a package that will improve the infrastructure contributions system.”

Modifications to the package include: • Allowing councils that currently fund community infrastructure from developer contributions to continue to do so; • Ensuring that state contributions are spent in the region where they are collected; • Re-setting the blanket rate councils can charge, known as 7.12 plans; and • Increasing the maximum amount councils can charge for infrastructure associated with solar and wind farms.

The Minister will seek financial assistance for councils that can demonstrate cash flow problems due to directions about the payment of contributions at the construction certificate stage.

The Productivity Commissioner has confirmed that the changes to the package are consistent with the recommendations he made to reform the infrastructure contributions system.

Incoming councils will have until the week after their first ordinary meeting in February 2022 to make submissions on the policy package currently on public exhibition.

2021 REGIONAL YOUTH TASKFORCE COME TOGETHER FOR FINAL MEETING Members of the 2021 Regional Youth Taskforce have met for the final time to tackle issues impacting rural and regional communities following one of the toughest years in NSW’s history.

Joined by Minister for Regional Youth Bronnie Taylor in Sydney, the Taskforce had a focus on ‘community’, one of the four pillars outlined in the Regional Youth Framework that

our Taskforce members.

This wonderful initiative will support schools across rural and regional NSW to host a breakfast or afternoon tea involving former students speaking about life after school.

“This valuable experience will help school students navigate the post-school path and give them an insight into what sort of career opportunities lie ahead of them.”

Mrs Taylor said the 2021 Taskforce also discussed

ensures young people feel connected to and valued by their local communities.

Mrs Taylor said the leadership shown by the 2021 Taskforce is a highlight of the year, with members providing advice about the impacts of lockdown on young people, recommending a youth endorsed mental health providers list, and running an online event encouraging young people to be more involved with local government.

“The regional youth local government event was a roaring success with 45 attendees and the Minister for Local Government actively listening to Taskforce members’ ideas about how to get more involved and why it’s so important to be a voice for your peers,” Mrs Taylor said.

“I’m also thrilled to confirm the NSW Government will be launching an Alumni Events program thanks to

adapting to life after lockdown, with the group creating videos with ideas, fundraising and proposing ways in which the NSW Government could support young people as the State reopened.

“The pandemic has thrown many curveballs at young people, and I’m so proud of every single Taskforce member for not only meeting these challenges, but also devoting their time and energy to advocating on behalf of young people in the bush,” Mrs Taylor said.

“The Taskforce provides young people from all corners of rural and regional NSW with a unique opportunity to meet with government and inform decisions that will help make their communities even better places to grow up in.

“I want to thank each and every one of our outgoing members, and I look forward to working with next year’s Taskforce.”

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The Northern Rivers Times

NEWS 23

BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS BRING NEW LIFE TO LISMORE’S RIVERBANK

A year after Transport for NSW crews completed maintenance work at Lismore’s Fawcett and Colemans bridges, their philosophy of always leaving a site better than they found it is shining through.

Transport for NSW Director North Region Anna Zycki said landscaping and restoration work carried out around the bridges before the team left the site has made the CBD area an increasingly popular place for workers to have their lunch or take in the river views.

“The NSW Government invested $4

million from its Bridges for the Bush program to ensure the 111-yearold Colemans Bridge remains fit for use for many years to come, including truss repair, walkway improvements and deck resurfacing,” Ms Zycki said.

“Fawcett Bridge also enjoyed a $3.3 million makeover from the same program, including corrosion protection, painting and guardrail replacement.

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“Following discussions with Lismore City Council, the work crew landscaped a slope between the two bridges with rock pitching – setting exposed rock in a bed of mortar – which makes it easier for Council to maintain.

“The project team also rebuilt a set of stairs and handrails to the green space, and after removing the work compound the crew also turfed the whole area around Twin Bridges Park.

“It’s now an attractive addition to Lismore’s

green open space and has encouraged more people to use the park, with locals telling crews while work was being carried out how much better the area looked.”

Lismore City Council Director of Infrastructure Peter Jeuken thanked Transport for NSW for carrying out this important work.

“The twin bridges are much loved by the community and it is wonderful to see that great work Transport for NSW has done to bring them back to life,” Mr Jeuken said.

“Not only are they much smoother to drive over and easier for pedestrians to use, but the landscaping

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KICKSTARTING DISCUSSIONS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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These were the words of Landcom CEO John Brogden when talking about the housing crisis that has gripped the Northern Rivers.

Accompanied by State members for Lismore, Janelle Saffin and Tweed, Geoff Provest, Mr Brogden was visiting the region to explore potential housing projects in high-growth areas of the Northern Rivers region.

“We are looking at a number of sites where we could get land to build affordable housing,” Mr Brodgen said.

“We are also looking at working with not-forprofits such as churches, RSL clubs and councils to see what we can do there.

“People want to age in this place and stay with their families.”

Mr Brogden said to achieve the results needed to ensure people could be housed effectively, there would need to be a team effort.

“Landcom has the

development skills, councils have the land and the Federal Government are needed to provide the funding,” he said.

Ms Saffin said Mr Brogden accepted her invitation to see firsthand the housing affordability crisis being experienced in the region and be briefed on possible solutions.

“While Landcom isn’t a panacea for the housing affordability issues in the area, it’s important to start the discussion now to help address it,” Ms Saffin said.

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Aminya was rescued in June 2019 after a member of the public witnessed her mother fall from a tree in Larnook in northern New South Wales (NSW). Sadly, Aminya’s mother died on impact, but upon closer inspection, the person noticed movement in her pouch – her little joey – Aminya - was still alive.

Both mum and joey were transported to the expert International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)-sponsored vet team at Friends of the Koala near Lismore in NSW. The mother had injuries on her back leg that were indicative of a car hit, which could explain her lack of strength and subsequent fall from the tree. Aminya was about four months old and slightly dehydrated but was in relatively good condition.

IFAW-sponsored vet nurse Marley Christian cared for Aminya overnight before placing her into home care with an experienced koala carer. It was a 24-hour job, with Aminya heartbreakingly mewling for her mum all night and demanding to be fed every two hours.

After about eight months in home care, Aminya was transferred to koala kindy at Friends of the Koala, where she learnt important koala skills and behaviours from other joeys her

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Aminya hadn’t been sighted for several months until early September when she was spotted with a healthy new joey of her own.

“Seeing a rehabilitated koala, contributing to the wild population is the ultimate reward! It highlights the importance of our work and our shared belief with IFAW,

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IFAW Animal Rescue Officer Nicole RojasMarin said Aminya’s successful rescue, rehabilitation and release into the wild is great news for the population of koalas in the region.

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New virtual course at TAFE NSW delivers a flying start to the banking industry For the first time, local Ballina residents can gain a competitive edge to jumpstart a career in the banking industry, thanks to a new virtual course in Certificate IV in Banking Services offered through TAFE NSW. The financial services workforce is expected to grow by another 28,000 workers by 2025, with over 2200 banking positions currently advertised on online employment marketplace, Seek across New South Wales.

TAFE NSW Head Teacher Alex Arfanis said graduates develop real-world skills in financial services, banking products, and compliance to meet industry financial regulations and hit the ground running.

“We’ve seen the banking industry undergo a rapid transformation in the last two years to meet increased customer demand for digital services and a shift to flexible working as a result of COVID-19,” said Ms Arfanis.

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“There is a significant digital literacy skills gap in Australia, with over 87% of positions in Australia now requiring these skills.

TAFE NSW is creating a pipeline of workers with the confidence to navigate the changing

work environment, with greater flexibility to find the job that best suits their lifestyle.”

Former Qantas employees Julie George and Gary O’Riley have embarked on a new career in banking after completing a Certificate IV in Banking Services in November.

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The Delta variant had a pronounced impact and was the most challenging quarter for the NSW Health system since Bureau of Health Information reporting began.

Emergency departments across NNSWLHD saw just shy of 50,000 attendances in the July to September quarter of this year according to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) quarterly report.

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By Lesley Apps It’s been a rocky ride that has lasted almost a decade, but the Grafton Regional Gallery is getting its cafe groove back just in time for Christmas.

After mainstay restaurant/cafe Georgie’s departed over a rental disagreement with gallery owners Clarence Valley Council way back in 2012, the journey in finding a new tenant has been a tumultuous one.

With various short-term attempts by lessees over the years, some thwarted by council red tape, others by not quite hitting the right mix of service, the popularity of the previous operation was yet to be matched.

In the middle of all of this, the threat of the gallery being degraded when it was earmarked by council to lose almost half of its financial budget ($600,000 slashed to $300,000), the future of finding a cafe operator looked even bleaker.

Things started to turnaround in 2017 when the community rose up to fight council through a groundswell of support and petitions that were nationally backed through voices including CEO of Museums & Galleries NSW, Michael Rolfe and artist Ben Quilty.

The protests paid off when the gallery kept its council support and status as a regional gallery which was

cemented when the opportunity to upgrade and expand its premises was swiftly granted in the first round of state regional funding for the arts through the sales of its poles and wires assets.

The $7.6m transformation was in the process of getting started when the COVID-19 curveball hit taking the gloss off the anticipation, but it also freed up the compound to continue with the massive renovation project that took out almost all of 2020.

The new look Grafton Regional Gallery officially re-opened in March this year which included a new state of the art cafe premises and outdoor dining precinct — still, finding a tenant during the unpredictable pandemic times wasn’t easy.

That was until last week when Rubony’s Cafe opened in the brand-new home that sits comfortably between venue’s historical entrance and vast contemporary exhibition space.

The local owner/ operator of the cafe Bonny Meany said she hoped Rubony’s would be an asset for the gallery and the community.

Bonny ran popular cafe Valley Harvest when her children were still very young, but it got too hard to juggle the demands of running a business and raising a family.

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children were both “working age” the timing was right to return to the cafe industry.

“Helping Ruby and Lindsay find consistent, happy work was one of the key driving forces behind doing this. Ruby is actually a business partner in Rubony’s (named after mother/ daughter team).”

Licensed for wine and beer, the cafe bakes their own bread for fresh gourmet sandwich combinations, sell homemade cakes, slice, tarts, pastas, and salads, with plenty of and vegetarian and vegan options on the menu, “everything is made from scratch.”

“Our trading times are also visitor friendly because the gallery is an outing venue. You can come for a late breakfast or lunch and see the exhibitions.”

Gallery director Niomi Sands, who took the gallery reins in 2019, was “over the moon” with the arrival of Rubony’s Cafe and said Bonny and her family were a “right fit” with the gallery ethos.

“It’s the final piece in the gallery transformation. I’m looking forward to a vibrant future with Rubony’s and the opportunity to provide the full visitor experience to our local community and the many travellers who frequent the gallery.”

Southern Cross University is pleased to announce an expanded online course offering on the Open Universities Australia marketplace.

Launching this week, Southern Cross will offer a further 25 courses through the leading online higher education marketplace to meet student demand, and to provide new and unique learning opportunities for students nationwide.

These courses are in addition to seven postgraduate courses already available on the marketplace through Southern Cross University Online.

New Southern Cross University offerings on the Open Universities Australia marketplace include bachelor degrees in: • Business and Enterprise, • Laws, Legal and Justice Studies, • Community Welfare, • Social Work, • Engineering Systems (Honours), • Information Technology, • Education (including Primary, Secondary, Primary/ Secondary, Early Childhood/Primary, Technology), and • Science (including Earth and Environmental Systems, Marine Systems, Forestry Systems, Regenerative Agriculture).

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Record prices, significant profits, board stability and distribution payments to members ahead of Christmas.

These were some of the news highlights that came out of the recent NSW Sugar Milling Cooperative (NSWSMC) Annual General Meeting.

The grower-owned co-operative, which is a 50% owner of the Sunshine Sugar business, gathered via webinar at the end of November to review financial and operational performance for the previous year and assess the future outlook.

Strong agricultural commodity prices have boosted the profitability of sugar sales, allowing the NSW sugar industry

Chairman of the NSWSMC, Mr Jim Sneesby

to generate greater returns for growers. This has led to record prices on cane payments to local growers with circa $42 per tonne offered up over the current and next season.

The significant profits generated by the cooperative has meant that a distribution payment of $1 million will be made to grower members of $9.37 MILLION TO SUPPORT NSW ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMS The NSW Government is investing $9.37 million in the State’s arts and cultural sector through Round 1 of Create NSW’s 2021/22 Arts and Cultural Funding Program.

Minister for the Arts Don Harwin announced 198 recipients will share in $9,371,594 million in funding that will deliver record arts and cultural activity across NSW, contributing to the State’s broader economic recovery.

“NSW audiences, artists and creatives are set to benefit from the funding announced

CEO Mr Chris Connors

the co-operative. This is in addition to the record crop prices already locked in.

This distribution payment has been approved by the NSWSMC board as a pledge to share profits back to both growers and the milling operations when possible.

The re-election of three board members across the group has also been welcomed by CEO Mr Chris Connors, who said; “We have been working hard over the past few years to develop and deliver a strategic plan that will create greater returns to the business and to growers whilst securing long-term sustainability for our industry. The re-election of John Harbison (Tweed), Jim Wunsch (Richmond), and Peter Rose (Clarence); along with the 6 other board members, means we will maintain consistency and

momentum as a team as we progress our strategic plan.”

Chairman of the NSWSMC, Mr Jim Sneesby shared his view of the co-operative’s’ stable position, stating that; “Myself and my fellow board members feel we have a strong and confident group of directors and have the utmost support for the work that our CEO and management team is doing for the business and the NSW industry.”

Like many cane growers in NSW, Mr Sneesby is a multigenerational cane grower who has ridden the highs and lows of agriculture over many decades.

Mr Sneesby remarked; “I am proud to be actively farming and leading the board of the NSWSMC during such a buoyant and rewarding chapter in our industry’s story.”

today, including 44 per cent going to projects in regional NSW and Western Sydney,” Mr Harwin said.

“We’re investing in 198 programs which will create jobs for 17,000 arts and culture workers, boosting our State’s economic rebound. NSW is set up for a brilliant 2022.”

“As a one-off COVID-19 initiative, further funds have been sourced to fund every single application recommended by the 10 Artform Advisory Boards. This represents a success rate for project applications of 47% across all Boards, which ensures that artists and creatives across all art forms are well supported as they emerge from the impact of

COVID-19.”

“Not only will this boost support jobs and the economy, it will encourage audiences back to our arts and cultural spaces. We anticipate that over 10 million audience goers will be entertained by the programming this funding will make possible.”

In the 2021/22 Budget, the NSW Government committed an additional $6 million per year to the Arts and Cultural Funding Program – the biggest uplift in more than 20 years. This includes a permanent 10% increase in investment for projects and programs through the competitive assessment rounds.

Australians are urged to put locally-grown oysters on their Christmas table this year and support an industry that has been hit hard recently.

NSW Farmers Oyster Committee Chair Todd Graham said the industry was still grappling with the impacts of bushfires, floods, and a COVID-19 induced downturn in hospitality and tourism.

“A seafood Christmas is a favourite for a lot of Aussies, so having some oysters is a no-brainer,” Mr Graham said.

“There’s light at the end of the tunnel for the

oyster industry, and we look forward to finding some semblance of normalcy.

“In the meantime, we really encourage Aussies to make oysters part of their Christmas festivities and show some love for our industry.”

Mr Graham said coastal flooding events at the start and end of the year were a big hit for the oyster industry, with producers experiencing major losses to infrastructure and produce.

“The flooding events

compounded the impacts of earlier challenges, including the devastating 2019/2020 summer bushfires and the loss of revenue streams over two COVID-19 lockdowns,” Mr Graham said.

“Thankfully we’re home to the Sydney Rock Oyster – one of the world’s best oysters – so consumers can enjoy a great product with a very stringent quality assurance program overseen by the NSW Food Authority.”

Our libraries at Casino, Kyogle, Evans Head, Coraki and the Mobile Library are open and are committed to providing a quality library service.

Library members can currently borrow up to 30 items per library card so make sure you have enough reading material to carry you over the Christmas break.

We also have a number of ePlatforms that provide a wide variety of eResources.

Borrowbox, Libby, uLibrary, and Indyreads can cater for eBooks and eAudiobooks while Hoopla has 1,000’s of eMagazines, eComics, Movies and TV series you can download.

We also have Beamafilm and Story Box Library and a wide range of online databases including Find Legal Answers, Culinary Arts, Gardening and Horticulture and Global Issues.

Want to learn or upgrade your computer skills – check out TheComputerSchool database - It’s all free as is library membership.

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December 23, 2021

32 NEWS BANNERS A HI-VIS REMINDER THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOESN’T DISCRIMINATE

By Lesley Apps New signage and banners were recently launched in Grafton to raise awareness around domestic violence during the 16 days of Activism* campaign.

The Clarence Valley Domestic & Family Violence committee partnered up with Clarence Correctional Centre operators Serco Australia to contribute to the region’s educational approach in addressing the issue of domestic violence by using art created by inmates.

The inmates designed a new logo for the committee with the messaging that domestic violence is unacceptable in our community.

Some 66 artworks were submitted by inmates for the project, with two selected by the committee to create the final logo design with the message ‘Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate; it is everyone’s responsibility’.

Serco Justice Operations Director Tony Voss said that giving back to the community supports inmates who have been victims of domestic violence and helps educate those who have been perpetrators.

“Introducing initiatives such as this within the centre supports Serco’s tailored approach to reducing reoffending, with education and breaking the stigma of domestic violence being key contributors to

CSNSW Balraj Singh, CLA General Manager Mr Tony Voss, NSW Police Superintendent, Brendan Gorman, Aunty Jannay Daley, Chris Gulaptis MP & Operations Director NorthernPathways John Myers at the banner launch during 16 days of Activism campaign to raise awareness around domestic and family violence.

successful rehabilitation and reintegration of these offenders,” said Mr Voss.

“With a high proportion of inmates incarcerated in NSW Correctional Centres serving sentences for domestic violence, and many more victims of domestic violence themselves, we wanted to find a way for inmates to recognise victims and challenge the behaviour.”

Chairperson of the Clarence Valley Domestic & Family Violence Committee and Services Australia Social Worker Tracey Poynter said the committee were overwhelmed by the support for the project and quality of the artworks selected.

“The committee instantly recognised

the significance of the project and what it would mean to the community to have inmates giving back to a cause so important to everyone within the community,” Ms Poynter said.

Longtime Grafton women’s refuge manager Nav Navratil said the banners were a great addition to the conversation about domestic violence, which was still very much needed, particularly when came to understanding it was a gendered issue.

“Significantly it is still women and children who are impacted by domestic in family violence. There are male victims but in terms of statistical data we have received over many, many years

it is a gendered issue and it is really about the power imbalance between people in their relationship,” Ms Navratil said.

She said while it was good to see inmates getting involved in helping to raise awareness of DV, it was important to also acknowledge that perpetrators were a reflective proportion of society.

“They are not just a particular socio economic group, they are also people in the higher echelon of society, higher socio economic situation, perpetrators are found across the societal spectrum.”

She said another myth around DV was that perpetrators have a

mental health issue.

“That could be the case with some but not all offenders because many people have mental health issues, and they don’t abuse their partners.”

Ms Navratil said the Clarence Valley Domestic & Family Violence services have been trying to educate the community for “a long, long time” around what the average perpetrator looks like in society and the impacts domestic violence has on women and children.

“The disproportionate number of women incarcerated that have experienced domestic and family violence and sexual assault is still extremely high in Western culture,” she

said.

“Women and children are the majority of the victims, and the majority of perpetrators are men.

That hasn’t changed much over the years.”

If you are experiencing domestic and family violence and need assistance, please call NSW Domestic Violence Line on 1800 65 64 63 (available 24/7). * The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicked off on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and ran until December 10, Human Rights Day

‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE KIND TO COUNCIL RANGERS From keeping our streets safe and accessible, to rehoming lost dogs and removing abandoned vehicles, Lismore City Council’s Rangers do so much to look after our community.

Among them is conducting City Safe Patrols in our CBD three days a week to ensure signs on the footpaths are not trip hazards for the visually impaired, that delivery bays can be used when needed by our local businesses and generally looking of the amenity of visitors and workers in the city centre.

Unfortunately, our Rangers have recently been physically intimidated and verbally abused for simply

doing their job. No worker deserves such unacceptable behaviour.

Council’s Manager of Built Environment Chris

Watts said Rangers do a lot for our community and should be treated with respect and allowed to complete their work without intimidation and harassment.

“It’s been a challenging year for our entire community dealing with restrictions and lockdowns so it’s understandable that there is a level of frustration and agitation, but please do not direct this at our Rangers who are simply trying to make our CBD a safe and pleasant environment for all visitors and workers,” he said.

“Our Rangers conduct around 900 investigations every year which range from dog attacks, abandoned vehicles, parking complaints and other illegal activities. The contribution our Rangers make to the amenity of our community cannot be underestimated and it’s a pity that abuse has been directed towards them.

“As we head into the Festive Season, please remember to extend the hand of human kindness and respect to our Rangers and to each other.”

Mr Watts said apart from the challenges of the CBD patrol, the Rangers have been hard at work all year helping lost animals to be reunited with their owners.

“Throughout the year Rangers have collected 126 animals and found their original owners,” he said.

“Amazingly, our Rangers have also been able to rehome many lost animals and work with our fantastic local rescue groups to find the right new forever home for them.”

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December 23, 2021

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CAMPAIGN IS A CHRISTMAS WINNER FOR BUSINESS

Why Leave Town keeps money local

Town gift card.

The Why Leave Town program is a winner for both

businesses and customers with the money placed on the cards staying in the local community.

Since the start of the trial program in Murwillumbah in July, 324 cards have been issued with more than $23,000 loaded up for use across 57 businesses in the town.

Council’s Senior Economic Development Officer Kym Kranen said the program had been a great success.

“Businesses have been keen to become involved in the Why Leave Town campaign because they can see the benefits of encouraging locals to shop and spend locally,” Ms Kranen said.

“The cards are accepted by a wide variety of businesses which makes them ideal for

“We want to ensure that the benefits of the new syllabuses reach students in the classroom, which is why we are providing time in 2022 to enable teachers to successfully implement the new curriculum,” Ms Mitchell said.

“This investment will provide time for our teachers to get up to speed with the new syllabuses in the curriculum, leveraging the new resources and advice to drive great outcomes for students.”

The package is targeting primary school teachers ahead of the new English and mathematics curriculum for Kindergarten to Year 2 students being rolled out in schools from 2022.

“The curriculum has been created by experts and tested with teachers, and it comes with resources, guides and advice all easily accessible through a new online tool,” Ms Mitchell said Other support measures include targeted professional learning,

Murwillumbah Services Club staff Russell Marchenko, Sam Grant, Annastasia Rew and Mellissa Johnston promote the Why Leave Town campaign which can be used at the club.

Possibly one of the hardest challenges at Christmas time is deciding on what gift to give.

EXTRA TIME TO JUMP START CURRICULUM REFORM Primary school teachers in NSW public schools will receive extra release time and support to understand and implement curriculum reforms which start in the classroom from next year.

The new K – 2 syllabuses, released last week, are the first stage of the reform with a focus on streamlining content and mastering the basics of reading,

If you are at a loss or undecided, the answer could be as simple as a Why Leave writing and maths.

The curriculum release time is in addition to the weekly release time from face-to-face teaching that is provided to all NSW public school teachers.

Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said the $15 million investment for release time will give primary teachers the opportunity to fully engage with the new curriculum and to maximise the benefits for students.

!"##$%&'$(()#*+,&-./0"+&/"$1"#2 THE Lennox Community Market will reopen on Sunday 9 January with approximately 120 stalls at Williams Reserve. The markets are a vibrant part of the Lennox community and a great day out for the family.

The market is reopening with new management under the Byron Community Centre with Greg Curry as the new Lennox Market Manager.

Site allocation will give priority to current and longstanding stallholders of the Lennox Market.

“We’ve had a lot of interest from stallholders and will have a full market,” says Greg. “There will be a great selection of stalls including locally made clothing and crafts, jewellery, fresh produce and a variety of food, plus some pre-loved goods and products.

Market goers can enjoy live music by local legend Micka Scene.”

The market has been held at Lennox Head since the early 80s but shut down in March 2020 due to COVID-19. The Lennox Market will continue to be held every 2nd and, where applicable, 5th Sunday of

this time of year, especially when doing some gift buying or even giving the cards as gifts.”

The Why Leave Town cards can be registered and are valid for 3 years. There are 2 locations in Murwillumbah where the cards can be ‘loaded’ with money – from a minimum of $10 to a maximum $1000 – at The Foundry Murwillumbah and TRAC Murwillumbah.

So this year, spread some Christmas cheer in more ways than one by participating in the Why Leave Town Murwillumbah campaign.

To find businesses involved in the campaign, visit whyleavetown.com/programs/ Murwillumbah. quality-assured resources, and teaching and learning advice – for example, sample programs and lesson plans – which are being developed in consultation with teachers.

By 2023, more than 1,350 full time equivalent new Assistant Principals, Curriculum and Instruction positions will be supporting 1,755 schools with Preschool to Year 6 enrolments with a focus on literacy and numeracy.

Byron Markets team: (From left to right) Kate Hardman, Byron Markets Manager, Greg Curry, Twilight and Lennox Market Manager, Graham Double, Byron Community Market Manager, Kristina Oddestad, Byron Markets Administraton.

the month.

There is fun for the whole family as well as the skate park and a beautiful reserve to sit back and relax while enjoying live music and great food. There is an array of stallholders offering shopping in a relaxed beachside environment, as well as fresh local and regionally farmed produce.

The market will be located at Williams Reserve directly behind the Lennox Head main street, allowing market goers to combine a visit to Lennox Head and a swim or surf at the beach with the market.

“The vibe at Lennox Market is going to be fun and family friendly,” says Greg. “All the stallholders and many locals are

excited that the markets are coming back. We are working hard behind the scenes and will bring fresh energy to the markets so that it can become a monthly event for the Lennox community.”

The Community Centre operates the Byron Community Market every 1st Sunday of the month, the Byron Beachside Market four times a year, and the Byron Twilight Market in Railway Park from August to April.

Profits from the Lennox Community Market will contribute to community services and programs run by the Byron Community Centre that support vulnerable members of the community.

REOPENiNG

SUNDAY 9 JANUARY 2022

8am – 3pm

2nd & 5th Sunday of the month

Williams Reserve

FAMiLY FUN FOOD & LiVE MUSiC Micka Scene

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December 23, 2021

34 NEWS

NSW MOVES TO NEXT STAGE OF REOPENING AS BOOSTER PROGRAM RAMPS UP

The NSW Government is urging people to book in for their COVID-19 booster shot with restrictions easing today as part of the reopening roadmap.

The new settings that come into effect today include: • Density limits will cease and masks will only be required on public transport and planes, at airports, and for indoors front-ofhouse hospitality staff who are not fully vaccinated.

Masks are strongly recommended in settings where you cannot social distance; • QR check-ins will only be required at high-risk venues including hospitals, aged and disability care facilities, gyms, places of worship, funerals or memorial services, business premises for personal services (e.g. hairdressers, salons and spas), pubs, small bars, registered clubs, nightclubs, and for indoor music festivals with more than 1,000 people; • Proof of vaccination only required for indoor music festivals with more than 1,000 people and cruises with more than 100

passengers; Businesses can still require proof of vaccination at their own discretion; • COVID safety plans will be optional for businesses and will be supported by SafeWork NSW. More than 93 per cent of people aged 16 and over have been fully vaccinated as NSW continues its responsible and measured approach to reopening.

To maintain increased levels of immunity across the population the Commonwealth Government and NSW Government are continuing to roll out a booster vaccination program. Boosters are currently available for people aged 18 years and •

older who received their second dose at least five months ago.

Booster eligibility will increase steadily in 2022, with around 40 per cent of the NSW population to be eligible at the end of January, 64 per cent in February, 87 per cent in March, and 91 per cent

by April 2022.

Premier Dominic Perrottet said with the removal of additional restrictions it was vital people booked in for their booster shot so we can continue to reopen safely.

“As we reopen in a measured and safe way people need to keep rolling up their sleeves to get their first and second jabs and their booster shots,” Mr Perrottet said.

“We have some of

the highest vaccination rates in the world but there will continue to be challenges thrown at us and everyone must follow the rules to help combat new variants and keep people out of hospital.”

Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW Paul Toole said the NSW Government was sticking to the roadmap to give people certainty ahead of summer.

“Our Government will always take COVID seriously to ensure our regions remain open and safe,” Mr Toole said.

“With vaccination rates so high and visitors eager to get out and about, we urge people to follow the health advice to ensure they can hit the road enjoy the best regional

NSW has to offer as safely as possible.”

Minister for Jobs, Investment and Tourism Stuart Ayres said with restrictions being relaxed businesses would continue to welcome people back safely.

“It has been a tough two years for business but we are learning to live and work in a COVID-safe way and it’s important we follow the rules for everyone’s safety,” Mr Ayres said.

“Cafes, restaurants, retail, tourism will be able to welcome more people back as we head into summer but it is vital people go out and get the boosters to keep themselves and others safe and businesses open.”

Health Minister Brad

Hazzard encouraged everyone to book in for their booster as soon as they are eligible.

“Check your eligibility, get online, make the booking and you will be doing your bit to keep you, your family and the community safe,” Mr Hazzard said.

For more on the roadmap changes for December 15 visit: www. nsw.gov.au/covid-19/ easing-covid-19restrictions/opening-indec.

Increased penalties for non-compliance with the isolation, testing and quarantine requirements remain, with individuals facing fines up to $5,000 and $10,000 for corporations.

Fully vaccinated close contacts will only have to isolate until they receive a negative PCR result. However, household close contacts and close contacts in any other settings identified

by NSW Health will still be required to isolate for seven days and comply with PCR testing requirements.

The Commonwealth Government recently announced the vaccination program has been extended to all children aged 5 to 11 years from 10 January 2022 following updated advice from Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI).

VACCINE CLINIC FINDER BEST WAY TO BOOK BOOSTER Healthy North Coast is encouraging community members seeking a booster shot to use the Vaccine Clinic Finder to book ahead, with demand increasing on all COVID-19 vaccines.

‘With the Australian Government recently reducing the gap between second dose and booster from six months to five, and the ongoing transmission of COVID-19, we would expect to see an increased demand for booster vaccines across the region,’ said Healthy North Coast Chief Executive Officer, Julie Sturgess.

‘While there might be a slight mismatch in supply over the next fortnight, due to the recent changes in advice and ordering timeframes,

vaccine providers are currently increasing orders to be delivered toward the end of the month. Most people who are looking for a booster should be able to book ahead for January.

The first thing people should do is check their vaccination record on myGov, their COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard or their MyHealthRecord app to see when their second dose was

and then add five months on to that.

‘Those who are immunocompromised are also recommended to receive a third primary dose of the COVID-19 vaccine a minimum of two months after their second dose.

‘Next step is to use the Vaccine Clinic Finder to find available supply in your region and to book ahead.

‘Remember, there are multiple options available for people to get their COVID-19 vaccine – through their local general practice, pharmacy or at a NSW Health Vaccine Clinic.

‘It’s to be expected, though, that supply may vary from provider to provider, as demand varies day-by-day as

well.’

Ms Sturgess said regardless of which vaccine people received in their first two doses, the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines of Pfizer and Moderna were currently preferred over AstraZeneca for the booster dose.

‘AstraZeneca is not yet TGA-approved as a booster, but may be used as a booster for those who have had contraindications to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines or had AstraZeneca for their primary course,’ she said.

‘This is subject to availability in your area, however, and you should speak to your GP about your personal situation. It’s always best to consult your local healthcare provider if you are

unsure about which option is best for you.

‘I’m sure North Coast residents also join me in thanking our GPs, pharmacy staff, Aboriginal medical services staff and other primary health care providers who have done an incredible job for so many months to ensure our community is as safe as possible from the worst of COVID. ‘Thanks to them and the North Coast community our vaccination rates are up there with the highest in the country.’

Anyone seeking a booster dose is encouraged to use the COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Finder to check vaccine availability and booking options in their region.

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ONLINE TAFE NSW ANIMAL FIRST AID COURSE TO HELP OWNERS BECOME ‘PET PARAMEDICS’ With 62 per cent of Australian households owning at least one pet , a new virtual short course at TAFE NSW can give local pet owners the skills to potentially save their animal’s life in a medical emergency.

The TAFE Statement in First Aid for Pets is a three-hour online webinar, providing crucial tips in responding immediately to a sick or injured pet before taking it to a vet.

It comes amid an explosion in pet ownership in Australia during COVID-19, attributed in part to the increased need for companionship during lockdown.

Veterinarians have backed the course, saying just like in humans, a basic knowledge of animal first aid can be the

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difference between life and death.

“Make no mistake, early intervention could not only save your pets life, but maximise the chance of successful medical management & have your loved one,

return home quicker,” Dr Laura Piddington, Hospital Director of Coast Animal Health said.

“Coming into the warmer months, we encounter an increasing number of heat stress,

Help Council plan for Ballina Shire’s future

What three things do you like most about living in Ballina Shire? What would make our shire even better in the next 10 years? These may be simple questions, but your answers are very important!

Ballina Shire Council is reviewing the Community Strategic Plan (CSP) and is urging residents to have their say by completing an online survey before Friday 21 January 2022.

The CSP is a 10-year plan prepared by Council on behalf of the community that will outline a new vision as we head towards 2032.

“The CSP provides a broad overview of where we wish to head as a community and identifies key themes that are important to us,” explains Council’s Director of Corporate and Community, Kelly Brown.

“It acts as an umbrella document for our four-year Delivery Program and one-year Operational Plan. These two documents provide specific actions, works and services that aim to achieve the directions set out in the CSP.” Council last reviewed the Community Strategic Plan in 2017.

“A lot has changed since 2017. A new Council will be elected this month to guide us through to 2024. The review of the CSP will help us ensure that the new Councillors understand what our community wants for the future,” said Ms Brown.

The online survey takes 5-10 minutes to complete and will help Council to understand whether it is still heading in the right direction.

Survey respondents will be asked to rank how they feel about Council’s

proposed vision for the community, as well as the key directions and outcomes to achieve this vision. The survey also includes general questions with open answer fields for more detailed feedback.

“This online survey is just one part of our community engagement.

Our teams have also been out in the community over the past few weeks providing opportunities for residents to tell us faceto-face what they want to see included in this plan,” said Ms Brown.

“All of the feedback we gather will help us to shape the CSP so we strongly encourage residents to get involved in this important process.”

To complete the online survey visit ballina.nsw. gov.au/CSP2032 Survey closes Friday 21 January 2022.

tick paralysis and snake bite cases, often several a day.

“First Aid for Pets would be a wonderful educational tool for all pet owners. We certainly support this TAFE NSW course.”

Coast Animal Health urged pet owners to contact their vets as early as possible in a pet health emergency.

TAFE NSW Head of Agribusiness Skills Team Rebecca Coventry said, “There are more than 24

million pets in Australia and each one plays a big role in someone’s life.

When a pet gets sick it has a ripple effect on its owners and the loss of a pet is always devastating.

“This course is designed to provide pet owners and people working in the industry with a range of skills that they can use on their pets when they’re ill or emergencies arise.

They’ll learn how to correctly medicate a pet, apply ear and eye drops, how to look after diabetic animals, the correct way to restrain animals and how to administer CPR. “Knowing how to act in those first few minutes when your pet is injured or unwell can be crucial, so it’s important that all pet owners are educated correctly.”

EMPOWERING LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO TACKLE ABUSE First-of-its-kind data released by the Ageing and Disability Commission (ADC) will help local councils better safeguard older people and adults with disability from abuse in their family, home and community.

Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Alister Henskens said the data will be provided to councils as part of a new ADC program that will support them to identify trends and develop strategies to respond to abuse, neglect and exploitation.

“This new data will inform how communities respond to issues of abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability, by arming them with the tools they need to implement tailored solutions and prevention initiatives,” Mr Henskens said.

The program provides a snapshot of local reporting data, including the number of reports, the main reporters and the types of abuse being reported.

Minister for Seniors Natalie Ward said the ADC has developed an evidence-based toolkit to help councils implement sustainable, long-term

initiatives.

“This is a great example of data driving good social policy that will help prevent elder abuse and create stronger communities across our state,” Mrs Ward said.

Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock said the initiative highlights the important role councils play in supporting their communities at a grassroots level.

“Councils are well placed to lead local solutions by bringing together the community and social services sector to help protect our most vulnerable,” Mrs Hancock said.

NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald said the ADC will work with councils on the most effective strategies that contribute to sustained awareness and confidence to detect and respond to abuse.

“This program gives councils a unique opportunity to assess what some of their local issues are and then implement more targeted, evidence-based solutions to make their community safer,” Commissioner Fitzgerald said.

More information about the program is available on the ADC website.

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The Northern Rivers Times

December 23, 2021

36 MOTORING

MAZDA BT-50 XTR 4X4 DUAL-CAB UTE

By CHRIS RILEY

For ute watchers, Mazda’s BT-50 has more in common with the Isuzu D-Max than it does the Ford Ranger these days.

After they parted ways, Mazda did a deal with Isuzu while Volkswagen went looking for something to turn into the next Amarok.

For its part Mazda reportedly had little input into the design process and as a result BT-50 is simply a re-skinned version of D-Max, although that’s probably a little harsh.

To put this in perspective, Isuzu has enjoyed meteoric success with the latest D-Max, which has stormed the top sellers list, providing a solid launching pad for Mazda -- the real question is whether it has done enough?

STYLING The new BT-50 looks more refined and car-like -- a bit like the last Falcon in fact.

From the rear however the look is generic ute, with vertical tail lights replacing the stylised triangular of the previous model.

The ‘ruggedly stylish’ XTR 4x2 with an auto is $49,470, XTR 4x4 with a manual is $54,710 and the 4x4 auto is $57,210 -- all prices before on-road costs.

Standard kit includes 17-inch alloys, cloth trim and manual air, carpeted floors, power windows, power adjust mirrors, LED headlights, auto lights and wipers, rear parking sensors, adaptive cruise control, automatic high beam and traffic sign recognition and walk away automatic locking.

The XTR adds 18-inch alloys, side steps, power fold mirrors, advanced keyless entry and pushbutton start, LED fog lights, LED headlights with auto levelling, LED daytime running lights, dual-zone climate air with rear vents, leather wrapped steering wheel and gear knob, autodimming rear view mirror and centre armrest for the rear seat.

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Lane Departure in cloth with dual Warning, Lane In the XTR this is upped block, chain-driven double zone climate air Departure to a 9.0-inch touchscreen overhead camshafts, four conditioning, rear air vents Prevention, Lane-keep with eight speakers and valves per cylinder, drivefor back seat passengers Assist System (automatic satellite navigation. by-wire throttle control and and a splash of leather for models), Locking Rear A new speaker is mounted a Variable Geometry System Differential (4x4 models), the wheel and transmission in the headlining, while a turbocharger. lever.

Rear Cross Traffic Alert, 6x9-inch woofer delivers Two-wheel drive models Style-wise the main Roll Over Protection, powerful bass response and all get a six-speed auto, difference between BT-50 Secondary Collision and the D-Max is the centre Reduction, Speed Assist console which has higher System, Traction Control sides in the Mazda to System and Turn Assist. prevent items from falling out.

DRIVING The wheel is reach and The drive experience is height adjustable, while slow, heavy and truck-like the seats have manual overall. Depending on what adjustment for rake, slide, you’re looking for, this may height and lumbar support. not be as bad as it sounds.

The screen, unlike other On a more positive Mazdas, is touch sensitive, note, it’s a relaxed, easy with no central control knob two-way dome tweeters vehicle to drive that cruises while the 4x4 version is (but no volume control knob emit clear mid- to highoffered with a choice of six- effortlessly and uses hardly either). any fuel for a vehicle this range sounds. speed manual or automatic.

Analogue instrument size. You’ve gotta like that.

Dash-mounted and rear You can change gears gauges flank a central info New BT-50 weighs up to door ‘balanced dome’ manually using the shifter screen where speed can 50kg less than the previous tweeters use a voice coil and with the auto, but steering be displayed digitally, and Ford-based models. dome-shaped diaphragm to wheel mounted change traffic sign recognition With a 76-litre tank, we create impressive depth. paddles are not provided. keeps the driver informed of were getting 7.8 litres per the current speed limit. hundred kilometres over ENGINES / SAFETY more than 500 kilometres TRANSMISSIONS An extensive, five-star INFOTAINMENT of testing in various The BT-50 is powered by safety package includes The infotainment conditions. a turbo-diesel 3.0-litre, eight airbags, reverse system comprises a Front suspension is four-cylinder engine that camera and Autonomous 7.0-inch touchscreen and independent via upper and generates 140kW of power Emergency Braking. two-speaker audio with lower wishbones with coil and 450Nm of torque, the There’s also Attention Bluetooth streaming, AM/ springs, gas-filled telescopic latter between 1600 and Assist, Blind Spot Monitor, FM and DAB+ digital radio, 2600 rpm. dampers and a stabiliser bar.

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But still looks too refined and car-like. Too much like a Falcon in fact and look what happened to it.

Ranger on the other has delivered incredible sales results largely on the back of its blunt, chiseled macho styling and carefully crafted ‘tough as nails’ image.

Plenty of black trim helps too. That’s, demonstrably, is what buyers want and that’s what Mazda needs to provide -- it’s not rocket science guys.

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Speed-sensitive, powerassisted rack and pinion steering is standard across the range, with 3.84 turns to lock The switch to 4x4 is via a rotary knob located in the lower part of the console, with high and low range available -- as well as a locking rear differential with the auto.

This model has excellent t ground clearance of 240mm and can handle an impressive 800mm of water, but we worry about the side steps which are almost guaranteed to be dented off road.

All grades and body types are fitted with under-body protection to guard against damage off-road or in rural areas.

The XTR can carry a 1090kg payload and pull a 3500kg braked trailer.

The cargo box is 1571mm long, 1530mm wide and 490mm deep, with 1120mm between the wheel arches and four tie-down points.

Our test vehicle had a tray liner, but the liner is optional.

There are two IsoFix and two top tether child seat anchor points.

Servicing intervals are 12 months or 15,000km and it comes with a five-year unlimited kilometre warranty.

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MOTORING 37

2022 KIA SPORTAGE GT-LINE

By EWAN KENNEDY

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ia Sportage is almost an ‘oldtimer’ in this day and age, having been around since 1993. It’s undergone quite a few upgrades and changes in almost 30 years on the market.

The fifth generation is built on a new architecture and has fascinating styling.

It’s no longer aimed at buyers who simply want to move people, it’s designed to be stylish and even slightly upmarket in people’s minds.

STYLING The classic Kia Tiger Nose grille and boomerangshaped daytime running lamps make a real styling statement. At the rear it has a what you could call a swooping fastback design.

The fifth-generation Sportage has boomerangshaped LEDs, razor rear lamps and a swooping curved roof that gives it a look that almost leans in the direction of a coupe. The Snow While Pearl on our test car tied in beautifully with the large black sunroof and the black wheels.

The dual aero spoilers, one above the rear window the other below add to the looks sporting looks.

The bold arrow-like shape of the daytime running lights certainly says they are there for more than providing visibility for other road users.

INTERIOR Can’t say the black-onblack interior is to our tastes, but it’s the trendy thing these days so it will help to sell more Sportages.

The latest Sportage has a wheelbase of 2755mm, a length of 4660mm, width of 1865mm and height of 1660mm. There’s 1050mm legroom for second-row passengers and 1000mm headroom. This is noticeably better than the outgoing model. This means someone of my size and

Fascinating design of the Kia Sportage GT-Line makes it more than a people mover. build can get comfortable in the rear without having to ask the driver to share space with me.

Three abreast in the rear seat is pretty good in this latest generation if the occupants are of normal width, if one or more are on the tubby side it does get less comfortable. The centre tunnel is low and doesn’t force the person in the centre seat to sit with their feet beside it.

(137kW / 416Nm).

The 1.6-litre is exclusively available on the GT-Line and SX+ variants and is paired with the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.

It sends power to both the front and rear wheels for improved performance and handling, particularly in low grip situations.

Our test car is a Sportage

SAFETY Kia’s Advanced Driver Assistance System technology helps the Sportage to avoid potential hazards.

The Intelligent Speed Limit Assist system available on the all-new Sportage detects speed signs through the front view camera. Information is then

Smart Cruise Control by confirming the speed limit.

Can’t say we are keen on this as drivers know the correct speed for the road conditions, which may be below or above the posted speeds. So, we don’t want our car lagging behind others on the road or charging up behind them.

On motorways this can

INFOTAINMENT Inside there’s a curved 12.3inch digital cluster, and a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen in the GT-Line we tested. It’s easy to see at a quick glance, thus minimising the time the driver takes their eyes off the road.

The sound system is by harman/kardon and could be easily adjusted to produce the sort of outputs we like.

ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS Power from the Sportage comes from a variety of engines; a 2.0-litre petrol (115kW / 192Nm), 1.6-litre turbo-petrol (132kW / 265Nm) and 2.0-litre diesel

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DRIVING Kia Sportage has been the subject of Kia Australia’s Local Ride and Handling Program, the Sportage is designed to cater to Australian roads and the style of driving Australians prefer.

Kia Australia’s Ride and Handling Engineer, Graeme Gambold, said: “While it’s been a challenge due to Covid complications and taken a little longer than usual, NQ5 is sporty, youthful, fun to drive, yet comfortable and capable of soaking up even the harshest of road conditions”.

It’s no sports machine but comes closer than we anticipated in the way it turns in promptly and is happy to change direction if the road tightens or loosens.

Debuting in the Sportage GT-Line is a 3D surround view monitor which optimises images from four cameras (front, side mirrors and rear) to provide a 360-degree view in various modes. It allows the user to easily zoom and drag the camera view to suit their needs. This is particularly useful when squeezing backwards into a tight spot in a carpark, especially an underground one with poor lighting.

SUMMING UP Kia’s latest Sportage is a solid reworking of the models before it and it looks certain to continue the sales successes of its four ancestors.

Scan the QR Code and read the full review on the 2022 Kia Sportage GT-Line. thenorthernriverstimes.com. au/motoring-news/2022-kiasportage-gt-line/

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December 23, 2021

38 TRAVEL

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of frozen waterfalls.

Take a bobsled ride and learn about the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, where the 1932 and 1980 games were held. Play in a frozen castle during the Lake Saranac Winter Carnival. Stay in a cozy cabin or bed and breakfast. For those who crave more of a rush, try snowmobiling along the wild forested routes on the vast Tug Hill Plateau and other popular trails.

Want to spend time indoors? New York’s world-class museums are open all year, from the Corning Museum of Glass, to an entire museum dedicated to the art of playing, Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester.

You’ll also find places for education and entertainment all over the state, like the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium, where you can tour the mansion’s

galleries and view one of the country’s largest and most advanced planetariums. Escape the cold and still experience thrills at The Kartrite Resort & Indoor Waterpark.

Don’t forget the sparkling holiday light displays, horse-drawn carriage rides, icefishing, dog-sledding, or visiting Santa’s Workshop in North Pole, New York.

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As this smart Michigan-set mystery unfurls, you could be reconsidering ever setting foot on a train again. Either that or you are now hellbent on a career change to become a investigator who is capable of decoding even the greatest mystery.

At least, that is where viewers are hoping the story arc of FBI-assisting investigator Kendra Malley (The Good Wife’s Archie Panjabi, above) is headed. Tonight, Kendra grows to trust her FBI counterpart, Ellen Hunter (Karen LeBlanc), and they share inside information with each other.

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American police procedurals are reliably slick affairs, and there’s arguably no one better to create one than Dick Wolf, the veteran producer of the Law & Order franchise, as well as this engaging series. While viewers can expect a crime to be committed and then enthrallingly solved by a bunch of world-weary police investigators, this series stands out from the pack in Australia because of its stars. Featuring American heartthrob Kellan Lutz (Twilight), it also features Aussie Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck) and Kiwi-Aussie Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider). In “Unhinged”, Hana (Castle-Hughes) rejoins the team and experiences a raft of new adjustments.

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FRIDAY, December 24 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 11.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. (R) 1.30 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 4.55 Worzel Gummidge. (Final, PG, R) 5.55 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Dr Russell’s Imaginarium. 2.30 All Is Bright. 3.45 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy!

(PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Santa’s Boots. (2018, PG) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

(R) Hosted by Larry Emdur.

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

12.00 MOVIE: A Christmas Movie Christmas. (2019, G) 1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Inside Bold. (R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 11.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, R) 1.00 Jamie: Together At Christmas. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Inside Bold. (Final) 5.00 News.

6.25 Shaun The Sheep. Short film.

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

7.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) The Cooks have to catch 16 bulls.

8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) Two teams, including Jo Brand, Joe Swash, Joe Lycett and Ruth Madeley, sort festive facts from fibs.

8.30 Midsomer Murders.

(Mv, R) A butterfly collector and founding member of a global society, Circulus, is found murdered.

10.00 Talking Heads. (Final, PG) 10.30 QI. (PG, R) 11.00 Sammy J: Full Credit To Christmas. (PG, R) 12.00 Rage Christmas Special. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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

7.30 Silent Night: A Song For The World. Takes a look at Silent Night.

9.10 Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender. (Mls, R) Explores the life of Freddie Mercury through previously unseen footage.

10.45 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Ml, R) 11.40 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. (Malv, R) 1.25 Celebrity Mastermind. (PGl, R) 3.30 Destination Flavour Christmas. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (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 MOVIE: Elf. (2003, PGal, R) A man raised as an elf at Santa’s North Pole home embarks on a journey to find his biological father. Will Ferrell, James Caan.

9.00 MOVIE: Fred Claus. (2007, PGalv, R) Santa Claus’ cranky older brother Fred comes to stay with him at the North Pole. Their already strained relationship is tested by the machinations of an efficiency expert who has his own bone to pick with Saint Nick. Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks.

11.20 MOVIE: Isle Of Dogs.

(2018, PGalv, R) Japanese canines are exiled to a garbage island.

Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray.

1.20 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Christmas With Delta Goodrem.

(PG, R) A Christmas concert with Delta Goodrem featuring Paul Kelly, Natalie Imbruglia and Cody Simpson.

8.00 Carols By Candlelight. (PG) The 84th Vision Australia Carols

by Candlelight from Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

11.00 Christmas At Highclere Castle.

(R) A look at Highclere Castle at Christmas.

12.00 The Weakest Link. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. (R) 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact With Stu Cameron. (PG)

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

7.30 The Living Room. (PGa, R) Barry Du Bois tackles a tricky renovation.

8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention To 2021? (Malns, R) Presenter Tom Gleisner quizzes celebrity guests about some of the most memorable events from 2021.

9.40 Rhys Darby: Big In Japan. (PGa) Part 3 of 4.

10.40 The Graham Norton Show. (PGl, R) 11.40 The Project. (R) 12.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Hour Of Power Christmas Eve Special.

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE: Roxanne.

(1987, PG) 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.05 Live At The Apollo. 11.50 QI Christmas Special. 12.25am Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 12.55 Insert Name Here.

1.25 Sick Of It. 1.45 Community. 2.10 Parks And Recreation. 2.30 ABC News Update. 2.35 Close.

5.05 Five Minutes More. 5.10 Sarah & Duck. 5.20 The Hive. 5.30 Digby Dragon. 5.40 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.30 SBS Courtside. 11.00 Basketball. NBA. Philadelphia 76ers v Atlanta Hawks. 1.30pm Florence Has Left The Building. 1.45 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup. H’lights. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders.

9.20 Taskmaster: Champion Of Champions. 10.10 The Year That Changed Love. 11.05 I Want My MTV. 12.35am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30

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

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 Death In Paradise.

2.10 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Quiet Weekend.

(1946) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 A Very Royal Christmas: Secrets Of Sandringham. 8.30 Poirot. 10.30 Midsomer Murders. 12.30am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder.

10.00 JAG. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 11.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30am Home Shopping.

2.00 SEAL Team. 3.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 5.00 Diagnosis Murder.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.10

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Odyssey.

Continued. (2016, PG, French) 7.15 The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. (2009, PG) 9.30 Toast. (2010, PG) 11.15 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 1.15pm Vicky Cristina Barcelona. (2008, M) 3.00 Asterix And Obelix In Britain. (2012, PG, French) 5.05 Sun Children. (2020, PG, Farsi) 6.55 Monkey King: The Hero. (2016, PG) 8.30 The White Crow. (2018, Russian) 10.50 Bride And Prejudice. (2004, PG) 12.55am Touched With Fire. (2015, M) 2.55 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30

Creek To Coast. 8.00 Boating. UIM Class-1 World Powerboat Championship. Roar Offshore. Replay.

9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 NFL 100 Greatest.

11.00 A Football Life. Noon Heavy Rescue: 401.

1.00 Great Lake Warriors. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 3.30 Bull Riding. PBR Australia. Monster Energy Tour.

4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Upgrade. (2018, M) 9.30 MOVIE: Outback. (2019, M) 11.20 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.00 Making Of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. 5.10 MOVIE: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. (1982, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Goonies. (1985, PG) 9.45 MOVIE: Uncle Buck.

(1989, PG) 11.45 Malcolm. 12.15am Desperate Housewives. 2.10 Vanderpump Rules. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Fury. 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. 11.30 2 Broke Girls.

Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 James Corden. 3.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs.

1pm ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.30 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 10.00 The World. (Final) 11.00 News. 11.15 Way Out Ag. 11.30 Back Roads.

Midnight News. 12.15 Four Corners. 1.00 News.

1.15 Wide Open Spaces. 1.30 Aust Story. 2.00 DW News. 2.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 3.00 DW News. 3.15 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. Noon MOVIE: Jowable. (2019, M) 1.50 Road Open. 2.00 Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Project Planet. 4.35 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Living Black. 6.00 Bamay. 6.35 News. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 Little J And Big Cuz. 7.45 The Great Northern Candy Drop. 8.15 MOVIE: Unaccompanied Minors. (2006) 9.45 Bedtime Stories. 9.55 Cultural Connections Immersion Festival. 10.55 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 The Block: All Stars. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Explore TV Viking. 11.30 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. Noon House Hunters Int. 1.00 Fixer Upper. 2.00 My Lottery Dream Home. 3.00 The Block: All Stars. 4.00 Salvage Dawgs. 4.30 Log Cabin Living. 5.00 Flip Or Flop.

6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 8.30 Living Alaska. 9.30 Building Off The Grid. 10.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Morning Programs.

MOVIE: Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe.

(2016, PG) 9.40 MOVIE: Saving Santa. (2013) 11.00 MOVIE: Elliot The Littlest Reindeer. (2018) 12.30pm Children’s Programs. 3.50 Art Ninja. 4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Spirit Riding Free. 5.40 Odd Squad. 6.05 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 6.35 Little Lunch. 7.00 Shaun The Sheep. 7.30 MOVIE: Shaun The Sheep: The Movie. (2015) 8.55 Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes.

9.55 Horrible Histories. 12.10am Close.

12.30pm Giada Entertains. 1.00 Food Trail.

1.30 Kitchen Hero. 2.00 Africa On A Plate. 2.30 David Rocco’s Dolce South East Asia. 3.00 Cook’s Pantry. 3.30 Oliver’s Twist. 4.00 Mystery Diners.

4.30 Giada Entertains. 5.00 Food Safari. 5.30 Choccywoccydoodah. 6.30 Cook And The Chef.

7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 River Cottage Australia.

8.30 Jamie’s Great Britain. 9.30 Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail. 10.00 The Cook Up. 10.30 Food Safari.

11.00 Late Programs.

Travel Oz. 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 Summer. 3.30 Mayor’s Christmas Carols. (Premiere) 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland. 8.30 The Amazing Homemakers. 9.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 10.30 The Mentalist. 11.30 Late Programs.

7.30 Sky News Breakfast. 8.00 Sky News Breakfast.

8.30 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 NewsDay. 11.00 News. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 5.00 News.

6.00 News. 7.00 News. 8.00 Fox Sports News.

9.00 Changing Our Nation. 10.00 Fox Sports News.

10.30 News. 11.00 Late Programs.

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

SATURDAY, December 25 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 The Pope’s Christmas Mass. 11.30 Maggie Beer’s Christmas Feast. (R) 12.00 ABC News Summer. 12.30 A Berry Royal Christmas. (R) 1.25 Lucy Worsley’s Christmas Carol Odyssey.

(R) 2.25 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) 2.55 Hard Quiz: Battle Of The Has Beens. (PG, R) 3.35 Christmas In Australia With Christine Anu. (R) 4.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News.

10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News.

11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News.

2.00 A World Of Calm. (R) 2.25 Patrizio Buanne: Celebration. (PG) 3.25 NSW Seniors’ Christmas Concert. 4.45 Wonderful World Of Chocolate Christmas. (R) 5.35 Secrets Of The Toy Shop: Inside Hamleys. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Christmas Pageant. (PG) 10.30 Mayor’s Christmas Carols. (PG, R) 11.30 SeaLink Carols By Candlelight. (PG, R) 1.00 House Of Wellness.

(PG, R) 2.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movies.

(PGhv, R) 2.30 Salvation Army Christmas Special. (PG, R) 3.00 MOVIE: Jack Frost.

(1998, PGa, R) 5.00 Highway Patrol. (PGl, R) 5.30 Border Security. (PG, R)

6.00 Christmas Pageant.

8.00 Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols.

10.00 Good Food Christmas. (R) 10.30 CMA Country Christmas. (PG) 11.30 Christmas With Delta Goodrem. (PG, R) 1.00 Carols By Candlelight. (PG, R) 4.00 MOVIE: Blizzard.

(2003, G, R) Jennifer Pisana.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Freshly Picked.

(R) 8.30 Jamie: Together At Christmas.

(R) 9.30 Studio 10. (PG, R) 12.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 1.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl, R) 2.00 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 3.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.30 Taste Of Australia. (R) 4.00 Waltzing Jimeoin.

(PGal, R) 4.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Penguin King With David Attenborough. (R) Follows a penguin’s search for a mate.

7.00 ABC News On Christmas Day. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 The Queen’s Christmas Message.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas message.

7.40 The Royal Variety Performance.

(PG) From Royal Albert Hall, London.

9.35 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) Mother Mildred decides to send Sister Frances and Sister Hilda to Nonnatus House.

10.35 Father Brown. (Final, PG, R) 11.20 Rage Christmas Special. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Deck The Halls: The Luxury Christmas Decorators.

8.30 On Broadway. An all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway came back from the brink.

10.00 MOVIE: Lion.

(2016, PGa, R) Dev Patel.

12.05 Dolly Parton: 50 Years At The Opry. (PG, R) 1.35 The Chocolate Factory: Inside Cadbury Australia. (R) 4.55 Poh & Co. Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly.

(PG) Follows dog trainer Graeme Hall.

8.00 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Vacation. (1983, Mdl, R) Determined to bond with his family, a man decides to take his clan on a road trip across the country, from Chicago to California, to visit an amusement park, only to encounter an endless series of disasters. Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid.

10.10 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. (1989, Mls, R) A man tries to create a fun-filled Christmas.

Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo.

12.10 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 MOVIE: Deck The Halls. (2006, PGals, R) 8.50 MOVIE: Four Holidays.

(2008, Ms, R) 10.35 Queen’s Christmas Message.

10.45 Dame Edna Rules The Waves. (Ms) 11.50 MOVIE: The Santa Con. (2014, PGav, R) 1.30 Destination WA. (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 Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby.

6.30 A Baby Reindeer’s First Christmas. (PGa) 7.30 The Dog House. (PG) 8.30 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented

by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald.

9.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Mls, R) Celebrity guests include Dame Joan Collins.

10.30 The Savoy At Christmas. (PGl, R) 11.30 The Living Room. (PGa, R) 12.30 Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby. (R) 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. 7.30pm A Very Specky Christmas. 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 QI. 9.40 Live At The Apollo. 10.30 Mock The Week. 11.00 Schitt’s Creek.

11.45 Catastrophe. 12.10am Upstart Crow. 12.40 Review With Myles Barlow: Christmas Special. 1.10 GameFace. 1.35 Red Dwarf. 2.05 Escape From The City. 3.00 ABC News Update. 3.05 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Alone. 4.55 WorldWatch. 6.20 Taskmaster Norway. 7.10 Travel Man: Rebel Wilson In Florence.

8.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 8.30 Saving The Delorean Time Machine. 9.30 The X-Files. 1.40am Undressed. 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Thai News.

3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Weekender.

11.30 Creek To Coast. Noon A Foodies Guide To Kyushu Japan. 1.15 MOVIE: Stay Away, Joe. (1968) 3.30 MOVIE: Charro! (1969, PG) 5.30 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 6.30 The Hotel Inspector. 7.30 MOVIE: The Tender Trap. (1955, M) 9.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 The Mentalist.

12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 With You This Christmas. 10.30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.45 Seaway. 12.50pm MOVIE: The Holly And The Ivy. (1952) 2.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 3.30 A Very Royal Christmas: Secrets Of Sandringham. 4.30 MOVIE: White Christmas. (1954) 7.00 Carols By Candlelight. 10.00 Timeless. Midnight Gideon’s Way. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 MacGyver. Noon Diagnosis Murder. 1.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 All 4 Adventure. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Bondi Rescue.

4.30 iFish Summer Series. 5.00 Waltzing Jimeoin.

5.30 Stories Of Bikes. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 MacGyver. 11.20 CSI. 1.10am 48 Hours. 2.10 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am K-On! 6.35 Odd Squad. 7.00 Hank Zipzer. 7.25 School Of Rock. 7.50 The Dengineers. 8.20 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 4pm Kong: King Of The Apes. 5.20 Horrible Histories. 7.00 MOVIE: The Midnight Gang. (2018, PG) 8.05 Wallace And Gromit: A Grand Day Out. 8.30 MOVIE: Grandpa’s Great Escape.

(2018, PG) 9.45 Shaun The Sheep. 10.15 The Wonderful World Of Kittens. 11.50 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Bride And Prejudice. Continued. (2004, PG) 7.05 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 9.05 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 11.05 Sun Children. (2020, PG, Farsi) 12.55pm Monkey King: The Hero. (2016, PG) 2.30 Toast. (2010, PG) 4.15 The Tree Of Life.

(2011, PG) 6.50 Unaccompanied Minors. (2006) 8.30 T2 Trainspotting. (2017, MA15+) 10.40 People Places Things. (2015, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Your 4x4. Noon The Mike & Cole Show. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 American Pickers. 3.00 Motor Racing. Velocity Invitational. Highlights.

4.00 Shipping Wars. 5.00 Billion Dollar Wreck.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Full Custom Garage: Sports Car Edition. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

8.00 MOVIE: Alice-Miranda – A Royal Christmas Ball. (2021, C) 9.30 Children’s Programs. 2.30pm Making Of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. 2.40 MOVIE: Becoming Santa. (2015) 4.25 Children’s Programs.

4.55 The Nanny: Oy To The World. 5.25 MOVIE: Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. (2018) 7.00 LEGO Masters Bricksmas Special. 10.30 The Hundred With Andy Lee. 11.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 11.30 Jamie’s Easy Christmas Countdown. 12.30pm Jamie: Together At Christmas. 1.30 Carol’s Second Act. 2.30 Brides Of Beverly Hills. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.45 2 Broke Girls. 12.10am Shopping. 1.40 Mom. 3.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.30 Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 4.30pm The World In 2021. 5.00 ABC News Summer. 5.30 Throwback: Our Childhoods Revisited. 6.00 ABC News Summer. 6.30 Heywire.

7.00 ABC News On Christmas Day. 7.30 Crocodile Territory: Protecting A Predator. 8.00 ABC News Summer. 8.25 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC News Summer. 9.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 10.00 ABC News Summer. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.05pm Poh’s Kitchen: Christmas Special. 2.35 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas.

3.30 Jamie’s Easy Christmas Countdown. 4.30 Nigellissima Christmas Special. 5.35 Donal’s Meals In Minutes. 6.05 Cheese Slices. 6.35 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes: Christmas Special. 7.40 Ainsley’s Food We Love. 8.30 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape. 9.30 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 10.25 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.05pm Long Time Ago Bloomfield River. 1.30 Jupurrurla: Man Of Media. 2.00 Ice Hockey.

National Hockey Super League. 4.00 Soccer. FIFA Arab Cup. Second semi-final. Replay. 6.00 VCW: Vulcan Championship Wrestling. 7.00 Chuck And The First People’s Kitchen. 7.30 Nat King Cole: Afraid Of The Dark. 9.15 MOVIE: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. (2010, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Postcards Summer. Noon Find Me A Dream Home Australia. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 2.00 House Hunters. 2.30 Living Alaska. 3.30 Building Alaska. 4.30 Building Off The Grid. 5.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 6.30 Log Cabin Living. 7.30 Escape To The Chateau. 8.30 House Hunters. 9.30 House Hunters International. 10.30 House Hunters Reno. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

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

9.00 News. 10.00 News. 11.00 News. Noon News.

12.30 News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News. 2.00 News.

2.30 News. 3.00 News. 3.30 Fox Sports News.

4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News.

6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, December 26 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 ABC News Summer. 9.30 Gardening Australia: Christmas Special. (R) 10.30 The World In 2021. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News Summer. 12.30 Landline.

(R) 1.30 Doc Martin. (Ma, R) 2.15 The Royal Variety Performance. (PG, R) 4.25 Everyone’s A Critic. (PG, R) 4.55 Dream Gardens. (R) 5.30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Arabic News F24.

12.30 France 24 English News Second Edition.

1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Round 5. Internationaux de France. H’lights. 4.30 Cycling. National Road Series. Cycle Sunshine Coast. H’lights. 5.00 Welcome To Country. (PGl, R) 5.10 Going Places. (R) 5.40 By Royal Appointment: Shops That Serve The Queen. (R)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 9.30 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket.

The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England.

Day 1. Morning session. 12.30 The Ashes: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Afternoon session. 3.10 The Ashes: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Xtreme Collxtion. (PG, R) 10.30 Ultimate Rush. (PGl, R) 11.00 Destination WA. (PG) 11.30 Making Of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

(PG, R) 11.40 MOVIE: Mr Mom. (1983, PGa, R) 1.30 MOVIE: Rocky II. (1979, PGv, R) 4.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 RBT. (PGdl, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 A Baby Reindeer’s First Christmas. (PG, R) 12.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 12.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 1.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 1.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 2.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 3.00 4x4 Adventures.

(Final) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGal) 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (Final) 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (Ma, R) A radio legend is murdered live on air.

8.30 Call The Midwife. (PGa) It’s December 1965, and everyone at Nonnatus House is looking forward to traditional celebrations.

10.00 Doc Martin. (PG, R) Louisa helps diagnose a pupil.

10.50 Harrow. (Madv, R) 11.40 Silent Witness. (Mav, R) 12.40 Talking Heads. (Final, PG, R) 1.10 Miniseries: Mrs Wilson. (Ma, R) 4.00 Death In Paradise. (Ma, R) 5.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Zoo Mum. (PG) A look at England’s Colchester Zoo. 8.30 Walt Disney. (PG, R) Part 1 of 2. Explores the life and legacy of American icon Walt Disney.

10.35 Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. (PG, R) 11.30 MOVIE: Chef. (2014, Ml, R) 1.30 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R) 2.25 North To South: The Full Journey. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 20.

Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers.

From GIANTS Stadium, Sydney.

9.10 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 21.

Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades.

From Optus Stadium, Perth.

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. Takes a look at the latest news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 60 Minutes.

8.00 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet: Oceans. (PG, R) Takes a look at the oceans.

9.10 MOVIE: The Matrix. (1999, Mlv, R) A computer hacker learns about the true nature of reality from a group of mysterious rebels. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne.

11.50 Chicago Med. (Mam, R) 12.40 Miniseries: The Bad Seed. (Mlsv, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGa, R) Follows the work of elite lifeguards in charge of safety at one of the world’s busiest beaches, Bondi.

7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 6.

Melbourne Victory v Western United.

From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

10.00 FBI. (Mav, R) FBI special agent Jubal’s concern for his sick son affects his judgement as the team rushes to track down two doctors abducted by a desperate father willing to do anything to save his own son.

12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. Morning news and talk show, covering breaking news, politics, health, money, lifestyle and pop culture.

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. 7.30pm Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Gambling In Las Vegas. 9.30 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2021.

10.30 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 11.15 Christmas In Australia With Christine Anu. 12.15am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 1.00 Horror Movie: A Low-Budget Nightmare. (Final) 2.00 In The Long Run. 2.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Alone. 5.00 WorldWatch. 5.30 Secrets Of Our Cities. 6.35 Travel Man. 7.05 Guy Martin: The World’s Fastest Electric Car? 8.30 Patriot Brains.

9.25 Dark Side Of The Ring. 10.15 What’s The Problem With Nudity? 11.15 Das Boot. 12.25am MOVIE: Dead Ringers. (1988, M) 2.30 Flowergirl.

3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 11.30 Your 4x4.

Noon Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 MOVIE: Speedway.

(1968, PG) 4.00 MOVIE: The Trouble With Girls.

(1969) 6.00 Dog Patrol. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Heathrow. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 Rainbow Country. 10.30 MOVIE: Contraband Spain. (1955, PG) 12.10pm MOVIE: The Grass Is Greener. (1960, PG) 2.20 MOVIE: That Touch Of Mink. (1962, PG) 4.20 MOVIE: Hatari! (1962) 7.30 MOVIE: The Core.

(2003, M) 10.10 MOVIE: Awoken. (2019, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Pooches At Play. 9.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 9.30 Escape Fishing. 10.00 iFish Summer. 10.30 The Doctors. 11.30 MacGyver. 1.30pm The Offroad Adventure Show. 2.30 All 4 Adventure. 3.30 JAG. 4.30 Soccer. A-League Women. Round 4.

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Star Trek: Discovery. (Final) 1.20am Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.15pm Slugterra. 4.00 Dwight In Shining Armour.

4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 So Awkward. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: Paddington. (2014) 8.35 Wallace And Gromit: The Wrong Trousers.

9.05 MOVIE: The Boy In The Dress. (2014) 10.05 Danger Mouse. 10.20 Dragons: Race To The Edge.

10.40 Utopia Falls. 11.25 Rage. 12.25am Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Monkey King: The Hero. Continued. (2016, PG) 7.35 Unaccompanied Minors. (2006) 9.15 The Tree Of Life. (2011, PG) 11.50 The White Crow. (2018, Russian) 2.10pm Fame. (2009, PG) 4.25 Bride And Prejudice. (2004, PG) 6.25 Florence Foster Jenkins.

(2016, PG) 8.30 American Woman. (2018, MA15+) 10.35 The Sound Of Silence. (2019, M) 12.10am The Last Emperor. (1987, M) 3.15 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 River To Reef: Retro. 11.30 Step Outside.

Noon Big Water Adventures. 12.30 Sailing. Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. 2.00 On The Fly. 2.30 Million Dollar Catch. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Ultimate Fishing. 5.00 Shipping Wars. 6.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 20. Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers.

7.00 MOVIE: Firefox. (1982, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Tightrope. (1984, M) 11.55 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Liquid Science.

2.30 Road Trick. 3.00 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: White – Victini And Zekrom. (2011) 5.00 MOVIE: The Spiderwick Chronicles. (2008, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible. (1996, PG) 9.10 MOVIE: The Mummy. (2017, M) 11.15 Stunt Science.

12.15am Desperate Housewives. 2.10 Below Deck Mediterranean. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Seatbelt Psychic. 10.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 11.00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Christmas. Noon The Dog House Australia. 1.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 4. Tasmania JackJumpers v New Zealand Breakers. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 4. Sydney Kings v Melbourne United. 5.00 Friends. 6.00 Big Bang. 8.30 Friends. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. 11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Summer. 3.30 Screen Time: Are Your Kids Addicted? 4.00 Landline. 5.00 ABC News Summer. 5.30 7.30. 6.00 ABC News Summer. 6.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 7.00 ABC News Summer. 7.30 The World In 2021. 8.00 ABC News Summer. 8.25 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC News Summer. 9.30 Compass. 10.00 ABC News Summer. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 11.35 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes: Christmas Special. 12.40pm Ainsley’s Food We Love. 1.30 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape. 2.00 The Cook Up. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Taste Of France.

6.30 A Girl’s Guide. 7.00 Cheese Slices. 7.30 Simply Raymond Blanc. 8.30 Rick Stein: From Venice To Istanbul. 9.40 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.

11.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.15pm Soccer. African Cup NSW. 2.45 Gaelic Football. Ladies Association. Highlights. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL Perth Nines. Harmony Cup. 4.30 Softball. SA Premier League. 6.00 Colonial Combat. 6.30 Welcome To Country. 6.40 Land Of Primates. 7.40 Coast New Zealand. 8.30 Charley Pride: I’m Just Me. 9.55 MOVIE: Silent Souls. (2010) 11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm Log Cabin Living. 1.30 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. 2.00 Salvage Dawgs. 2.30 Australia’s Best House. 3.00 Dream Homes Revealed. 3.30 Log Cabin Living. 4.30 Escape To The Chateau.

5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Good Bones. 8.30 Flip Or Flop. 9.30 Christina On The Coast. 10.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

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

9.00 News. 9.30 News. 10.00 News. 11.00 News.

Noon News. 12.30 News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News.

2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 News. 3.30 News.

4.00 News. 5.00 News. 6.00 Fox Sports News.

7.00 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 11.00 Late Programs.

MONDAY, December 27 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Escape From The City. (PG, R) 7.00 News. 9.30 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Celebrating 70 Years. (R) 11.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News Summer.

12.30 Call The Midwife. (PGa, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Mrs Wilson. (Ma, R) 3.00 ABC News Summer. 3.30 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 Al Jazeera.

2.00 Chefs’ Line. (R) 2.30 Child Genius Australia. (PG, R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 Queen Victoria’s Children. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.30 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test.

Australia v England. Day 2. Morning session.

12.30 The Ashes: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England. Day 2. Afternoon session. 3.10 The Ashes: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. The Ashes.

Third Test. Australia v England. Day 2. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Today.

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

12.00 MOVIE: The Black Stallion Returns. (1983, G, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Inside Bold. (R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 11.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil.

(PGal, R) 1.00 The Royals Revealed. (PGa, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 My Market Kitchen.

(R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 6.30 Movin’ To The Country. (R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 8.00 Australian Story Summer Series. (Final, R) 8.35 The Queen’s Green Planet. (R) 9.25 London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year. (R) 10.10 Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure. (R) 11.05 The Day Will And Kate Got Married. (PG, R) 11.50 EXPOSED: The Case Of Keli Lane.

(Mal, R) 12.55 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) 2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (R) 5.25 Short Cuts To Glory. (R)

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

7.35 Charles And Diana: 1983. (PGa, R) 8.30 Tony Robinson’s World

By Rail. (PGn, R) 9.30 The Best Of 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 The Crimson Rivers. (MA15+av) 12.00 Wisting. (Malv, R) 12.50 North To South: The Full Journey. (R) 4.10 Bamay. (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 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 22.

Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers.

From Blundstone Arena, Hobart.

9.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 23. Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Stars. From the Gabba, Brisbane.

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. Takes a look at the latest news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (PGal) 8.30 Australian Crime Stories: Killing Florence. (Mav, R) A look at the murder of Florence Broadhurst.

9.40 Reported Missing. (Ma, R) 11.00 Chicago Med. (Mam, R) 11.45 The Village. (Mas) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, 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 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) Lifeguards try to enforce social distancing.

8.00 Territory Cops. (Mdv, R) A look at the Northern Territory Police.

8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (Masv) Hana rejoins the team as they investigate a deadly fire at a bowling arcade.

10.30 The FBI Declassified: The Swindling Seductress. (PGa) 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. 9.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

10.20 Doctor Who. 11.05 Gavin & Stacey. 12.10am Escape From The City. 1.10 Red Dwarf. 1.40 Community. 2.00 Parks And Recreation. 2.20 ABC News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.05 Five Minutes More.

5.10 Sarah & Duck. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Basketball. NBA. Philadelphia 76ers v Atlanta Hawks. Replay. 2.00 Stille Nacht. 2.15 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Abandoned Places. 6.20 Alone. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 9.20 Hypothetical. 10.10 Chad. 11.00 Sex Tape. 12.05am The X-Files. 2.35 France 24.

3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movies. 11.00 Mighty Trains. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America.

3.00 Sydney Weekender. 3.30 Animal Rescue.

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. 10.30 Cold Case. 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 Seaway. 1.00 World’s Greatest Man Made Wonders.

2.00 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: The Rat Race. (1960, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Poirot. 8.40 Silent Witness. 10.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 JAG. 1pm MacGyver. 2.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.20 Evil. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 48 Hours. 3.15 Hawaii Five-0. 5.05 The Doctors.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

12.30pm School Of Rock. 4.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. 4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.45 Odd Squad.

5.00 So Awkward. 5.30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.40 Space Nova. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

8.25 The Legend Of Korra. 9.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Utopia Falls. 10.10 Rage. 11.10 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Florence Foster Jenkins. Continued. (2016, PG) 7.15 Belle.

(2013, PG) 9.10 The Little Witch. (2018, PG) 11.05 The Railway Man. (2013, M) 1.15pm Unaccompanied Minors. (2006) 2.55 Belle And Sebastian 2. (2015, PG, French) 4.45 Cutthroat Island. (1995, PG) 7.00 Hoot. (2006, PG) 8.40 T-34. (2018, M, Russian) 10.45 The Infinite Man. (2014, MA15+) 12.20am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Armchair Experts: NFL Edition. Noon Sound FX: Best Of. 12.30 No Man’s Land. 1.30 Shipping Wars. 3.00 Last Stop Garage. 4.00 Last Car Garage.

4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 22. Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers. 7.00 Pawn Stars.

7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Predators.

(2010, MA15+) 10.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Children’s Programs.

4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond. 8.30 MOVIE: Wayne’s World 2. (1993, PG) 10.25 MOVIE: The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad! (1988, M) 12.10am Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Seatbelt Psychic.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 8.00 Friends. 10.00 The Middle. 11.30 Seinfeld. Noon Carol’s Second Act. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 The Big Bang Theory.

3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 2.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. 3.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Summer. 3.30 Back Roads. 4.00 ABC News Summer. 4.30 The Breakfast Couch. 5.00 ABC News Summer. 5.30 Landline Summer. 6.00 ABC News Summer. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Summer. 8.30 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC News Summer. 9.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 10.00 ABC News Summer. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Africa On A Plate. 2.30 David Rocco’s Dolce South East Asia. 3.00 Cook’s Pantry. 3.30 Oliver’s Twist. 4.00 Mystery Diners.

4.30 Giada Entertains. 5.00 Food Safari. 5.30 Choccywoccydoodah. 6.30 Cook And The Chef.

7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Food Fight Club. 8.30 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy. 9.30 Food Trail. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Colonial Combat. 2.00 Shortland Street.

2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 Land Of Primates. 7.30 Nuuca. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents.

9.00 Utopia Generations. 9.30 The X-Files. 11.10 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Windy City Rehab. 11.00 Postcards Summer.

11.30 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. Noon Building Alaska. 1.00 Flip Or Flop. 2.00 Christina On The Coast. 3.00 The Block: All Stars. 4.00 Flea Market Flip. 4.30 Barn Hunters. 5.00 Good Bones.

6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Cheap Old Houses. 9.30 100 Day Dream Home.

10.30 Texas Flip And Move. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Sky News Breakfast. 8.00 Sky News Breakfast. 8.30 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 News.

9.30 News. 10.00 NewsDay. 11.00 News. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda.

3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda.

5.00 News. 6.00 News. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight.

8.00 Inside The News. 9.00 Bad Blood. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 News. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, December 28 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Escape From The City. (R) 7.00 News.

9.30 How Deadly World. (PG, R) 10.00 Antiques Roadshow. (Final, R) 11.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News Summer.

12.30 Gardening Australia Presents. (R) 1.00 Worzel Gummidge. (PG, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Mrs Wilson. (Ml, R) 3.00 ABC News Summer.

3.30 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.00 Think Tank.

(PG, R) 5.05 Restoration Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 A World Of Calm. (R) 2.25 Child Genius Australia. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 3.55 Queen Victoria’s Children. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.30 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test.

Australia v England. Day 3. Morning session.

12.30 The Ashes: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England. Day 3. Afternoon session. 3.10 The Ashes: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. The Ashes.

Third Test. Australia v England. Day 3. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Wedding Daze. (2006, PGals, R) 1.50 Talking Honey: Relationship Specials. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 11.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 The Royals Revealed. (PGa, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 6.30 Movin’ To The Country. (R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 8.30 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (PG, R) 9.30 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip. (R) 10.20 QI. (Ms, R) 10.55 Hannah Gadsby’s Nakedy Nudes.

(MA15+s, R) 11.55 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures. (Ml, R) 12.40 Midsomer Murders.

(Mv, R) 2.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (PG, R) 5.30 Short Cuts To Glory. (R)

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

7.30 Titanic: Into The Heart Of The Wreck. (R) A look at the wreck of the Titanic.

9.00 Kenny Rogers: All In For The Gambler. A 2017 one-night-only concert event by Kenny Rogers celebrating his final farewell to Nashville.

10.50 SBS World News Late.

11.20 Man In Room 301. (MA15+a) 12.20 Miss S. (Mav) 4.20 Bamay. (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 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 24.

Sydney Thunder v Perth Scorchers.

From Manuka Oval, Canberra.

11.00 Born To Kill? Albert DeSalvo – The Boston Strangler.

(MA15+asv) Takes a look at serial murderer and rapist Albert DeSalvo, better known as the Boston Strangler.

12.00 The Goldbergs. (PG) Beverly convinces Adam to try to impress his girlfriend Brea with a grand gesture.

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) Ordinary Australians become travel critics.

8.30 The Weakest Link. (PG) Quiz show featuring contestants who answer general knowledge questions.

9.30 Kath & Kim. (PGls, R) Kim gives Sharon a major makeover. Kath insists on updating the home theatre system.

11.40 Manifest. (Madv, R) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 The Dog House Australia.

(PGa, R) Follow the staff at the Animal Welfare League as they match dogs to their new families.

8.30 NCIS. (M) Gibbs and McGee head to Alaska as the team works to uncover the conspiracy behind the serial killer.

10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv, R) The team searches for Katya.

11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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 Ghosts. 9.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.40 Schitt’s Creek. (Final) 10.05 The Trip To Greece. 10.35 Doctor Who. 11.20 QI. 11.50 Catastrophe. 12.15am In The Long Run. 1.00 Sick Of It. 1.25 GameFace. 1.50 Community. 2.10 Parks And Recreation. 2.30 ABC News Update. 2.35 Close.

5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Basketball. NBA. Hornets v Rockets. 1.30pm Fysh. 1.45 Yulubidyi: Until The End. 2.00 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 2.10 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting.

5.45 Abandoned Places. 6.20 Alone. 7.10 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hair Power: Me And My Afro. 9.35 Kevin McCloud: Rough Guide To The Future. 10.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 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 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. 3.00 Creek To Coast. 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 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 Without A Trace. 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 Seaway. 1.00 Poirot. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Out Of Towners. (1970, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks.

8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Roads Less Travelled. 9.00 Rhys Darby: Big In Japan. 10.00 JAG. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder.

5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Blue Bloods. 10.20 A-League Highlights Show. 11.20 Evil.

12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 MOVIE: Force Of Destiny. (2015, MA15+) 4.40 iFish. 5.00 JAG.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.40pm How To Do Stuff Good. 4.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. 4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 So Awkward. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Space Nova. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 The Legend Of Korra. 9.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Utopia Falls. 10.05 Rage. 11.10 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Belle And Sebastian 2. Continued. (2015, PG, French) 6.50 Hoot. (2006, PG) 8.30 Fame. (2009, PG) 10.45 Pawn Sacrifice. (2014, M) 12.55pm Bandslam.

(2009, PG) 3.00 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 5.05 Belle. (2013, PG) 7.00 The Silver Brumby.

(1993, PG) 8.45 Strangerland. (2015, MA15+) 10.50 The Rehearsal. (2016, MA15+) 12.45am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Sound FX: Best Of. 12.30 No Man’s Land.

1.30 Shipping Wars. 2.30 Pawn Stars. 3.00 Last Car Garage. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Secrets Of The Supercars.

9.30 Counting Cars. 10.30 Vegas Rat Rods. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond.

8.30 MOVIE: Baywatch. (2017, MA15+) 10.50 MOVIE: The Dictator. (2012, MA15+) 12.20am Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker.

1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Seinfeld.

3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.30 Mom. 11.35 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 4pm ABC News Summer. 4.30 The Breakfast Couch. 5.00 ABC News Summer. 5.30 Landline Summer. 6.00 ABC News Summer. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30 Special: Why Women Are Angry. 8.00 ABC News Summer. 8.30 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC News Summer. 9.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 10.00 ABC News Summer. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm David Rocco’s Dolce South East Asia. 3.00 Cook’s Pantry. 3.30 Oliver’s Twist. 4.00 Mystery Diners. 4.30 Giada Entertains. 5.00 Food Safari. 5.30 Choccywoccydoodah. 6.30 Cook And The Chef. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Taste Of Italy.

8.00 Anna’s Occasions. 8.30 Weekend Breaks With Gregg Wallace. 9.30 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm My Survival As An Aboriginal. 2.00 Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Project Planet. 4.35 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today.

6.00 Bamay. 6.30 Land Of Primates. 7.30 Who Killed Malcolm X. 8.20 I Am Numamurdirdi. 8.30 I, Sniper. 9.30 The X-Files. 11.10 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 House Hunters Int. 11.00 House Hunters.

12.30pm Texas Flip And Move. 1.30 Cheap Old Houses. 2.30 The Block: All Stars. 4.00 Flea Market Flip. 4.30 Barn Hunters. 5.00 100 Day Dream Home. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Escape To The Chateau: Make Do And Mend. 8.30 Your Home Made Perfect. 9.50 Building Off The Grid. 10.50 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 News.

9.30 News. 10.00 NewsDay. 11.00 News. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda.

3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda.

5.00 News. 6.00 News. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight.

8.00 Inside The News. 9.00 New Blood: Morrison’s Miracle. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 News. 11.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY, December 29 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Escape From The City. (R) 7.00 News.

9.30 How Deadly World. (PG, R) 10.00 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip. (R) 11.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News Summer.

12.30 Gardening Australia Presents. (R) 1.00 Worzel Gummidge. (PG, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Mrs Wilson. (Final, PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Summer. 3.30 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (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 A World Of Calm. (R) 2.25 Michael Mosley: The Great Intelligence Test. (PGa, R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 Queen Victoria’s Children. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 12.30 The Ashes: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England. Day 4.

Afternoon session. 3.10 The Ashes: Tea Break.

3.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England. Day 4. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Today.

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

12.00 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) 1.00 The Weakest Link. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 11.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight.

2.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy.

(PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (R) 6.30 Movin’ To The Country. (Final, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 8.00 Hard Quiz Celebrity Special. (PG, R) 8.35 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 9.30 Fisk. (Mls, R) 10.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 10.45 The Queen’s Green Planet. (R) 11.30 Father Brown. (PG, R) 12.20 Silent Witness. (Mav, R) 1.15 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 2.00 Miniseries: Delicious. (Ml, R) 2.45 Rage.

(MA15+adhlnsv) 4.35 Catalyst. (PG, R) 5.30 Short Cuts To Glory. (R)

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

7.30 Great Australian Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 8.40 The Royal House Of Windsor. (Ml, R) 9.50 Departure. (Mav) 10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 In Therapy. (Mal) 12.00 DNA. (Malv, R) 1.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) 2.40 The Ghan: The Full Journey. (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 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 26.

Melbourne Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes.

From Marvel Stadium, Melbourne.

11.00 Autopsy USA: Lucille Ball. (Mad) Forensic pathologist Dr Michael Hunter reinvestigates the 1989 death of Lucille Ball.

12.00 American Crime. (Malv, R) A fatal altercation at the webcam house leaves Dustin fearing for his life. Kimara struggles with a moral dilemma and realises she needs a break from the shelter.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Mega Zoo. (PG) 8.30 Emergency. (Ml, R) Mark assembles a crack team.

9.30 A+E After Dark. (Mm) A patient in emergency becomes agitated.

10.30 New Amsterdam. (Mam, R) 11.20 Manifest. (Madv, R) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mad, R) Paramedics perform a resuscitation.

8.30 The Boxing Day Tsunami.

(PGa) Documents the story of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami that killed more than 250,000 people in South East Asia.

10.30 The Royals Revealed: Succession – The Royal Bloodline. (PGas) 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 9.15 David Stratton’s Stories Of Australian Cinema. 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.05 You See Monsters. 12.05am Louis Theroux: Gambling In Las Vegas. 1.05 Community. 1.25 Parks And Recreation. 1.45 ABC News Update. 1.50 Close.

5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Basketball. NBA. Charlotte Hornets v Houston Rockets. Replay. 2.00 Slingshot. 2.10 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Abandoned Places. 6.20 Alone. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 MOVIE: Twelve Monkeys. (1995, M) 10.55 MOVIE: The Bank Job. (2008, MA15+) 12.55am The X-Files. 2.35 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 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 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. 3.00 Last Chance Learners.

3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.40 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 10.40 Miranda. 11.20 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 World’s Greatest Man Made Wonders.

2.00 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 MOVIE: The World Of Suzie Wong. (1960, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 House.

11.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Stories Of Bikes. 8.30 iFish Summer Series. 9.00 A-League Highlights Show. 10.00 JAG. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder.

5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 Evil. 12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 SEAL Team. 4.05 NCIS. 5.00 The Doctors.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

1.45pm Malory Towers. 4.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. 4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.45 Odd Squad.

5.00 So Awkward. 5.30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Space Nova. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 The Legend Of Korra. 9.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge.

9.25 Utopia Falls. 10.10 Rage. 11.10 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Little Witch. Continued. (2018, PG) 6.55 The Silver Brumby. (1993, PG) 8.40 Cutthroat Island. (1995, PG) 10.55 Belle And Sebastian 2. (2015, PG, French) 12.45pm T-34. (2018, M, Russian) 2.50 Hoot.

(2006, PG) 4.30 Race. (2016, PG) 7.00 Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods. (2014, PG, French) 8.35 Burning Man. (2011, MA15+) 10.40 Downriver.

(2015, MA15+) 12.30am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 America’s Game.

Noon Sound FX: Best Of. 12.30 No Man’s Land. 1.30 Shipping Wars. 2.30 The Grade Cricketer. 3.00 Last Car Garage. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 Storage Wars. 9.30 Storage Wars: Miami. 10.00 Desert Collectors. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond.

8.30 MOVIE: 21 Jump Street. (2012, MA15+) 10.40 MOVIE: White Chicks. (2004, M) 12.45am Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Friends. 2.30 NBL Slam. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.20 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert.

2.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Summer. 3.30 Back Roads. 4.00 ABC News Summer. 4.30 The Breakfast Couch. 5.00 ABC News Summer. 5.30 Landline Summer. 6.00 ABC News Summer. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Summer. 8.25 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC News Summer. 9.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 10.00 ABC News Summer. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30 David Rocco’s Dolce South East Asia. 3.00 Cook’s Pantry. 3.30 Oliver’s Twist. 4.00 Mystery Diners. 4.30 Giada Entertains. 5.00 Food Safari. 5.30 Choccywoccydoodah. 6.30 Cook And The Chef. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Restaurants On The Edge. 8.30 James Martin’s American Adventures. 9.30 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam.

10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Project Planet. 4.35 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana.

6.00 Bamay. 6.30 Land Of Primates. 7.30 Hip Hop Evolution. 8.30 Going Native. 9.00 Hunting Aotearoa. 9.30 Charley Pride: I’m Just Me. 10.55 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 House Hunters. 11.30 Building Off The Grid.

12.30pm Windy City Rehab. 1.40 Your Home Made Perfect. 3.00 The Block: All Stars. 4.00 Flea Market Flip. 4.30 Barn Hunters. 5.00 Escape To The Chateau: Make Do And Mend. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Masters Of Flip. 8.30 Home Town. 9.30 House Hunters Renovation.

10.30 Caribbean Life. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 News.

9.30 News. 10.00 NewsDay. 11.00 News. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda.

3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda.

5.00 News. 6.00 News. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight.

8.00 Inside The News. 9.00 Deadly Decisions.

10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 News. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, December 30 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Escape From The City. (R) 7.00 News.

9.30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (R) 10.00 Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure. (R) 11.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News Summer. 12.30 Hard Quiz Celebrity Special.

(PG, R) 1.05 Worzel Gummidge. (PG, R) 2.10 Miniseries: Delicious. (Ml, R) 3.00 ABC News Summer. 3.30 Ask The Doctor. (R) 4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (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 The Italians. (PG) 2.15 A World Of Calm. (R) 2.40 Decoding The Great Pyramid. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.10 Inside The Ritz Hotel. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 12.30 The Ashes: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England. Day 5.

Afternoon session. 3.10 The Ashes: Tea Break.

3.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. Australia v England. Day 5. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Uptown Girls. (2003, PGl, R) 1.50 Making Of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 11.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 The Royals Revealed. (PGas, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 6.30 Crocodile Territory: Protecting A Predator. (R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 8.00 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. (Final) 8.30 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures. (Final, PG, R) 9.20 Firestarter: The Story Of Bangarra. (Ml, R) 10.55 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. (PG, R) 11.50 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 12.50 Hannah Gadsby’s Nakedy Nudes.

(MA15+s, R) 1.50 Miniseries: Delicious. (Ml, R) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst.

(PG, R) 5.25 Short Cuts To Glory. (R)

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

7.35 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Becoming Bond. (2017, MA15+s, R) 10.15 Prince Philip: An Extraordinary Life. (PGalv, R) 11.10 SBS World News Late.

11.40 Gomorrah. (MA15+av, R) 12.40 We Are Who We Are. (MA15+ns, R) 1.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

(Mls, R) 2.35 The Ghan: The Full Journey. (R) 4.50 Nulla Nulla. (PGn, 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 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 27.

Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars.

From Optus Stadium, Perth.

11.00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. (PGa) Stories of people caught in dangerous natural phenomenon, including a twister ripping through Tuscaloosa.

12.00 American Crime. (Mal, R) Kimara advises Dustin to inform police of the crime at the webcam house.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Great Getaways. (PG) Holiday ideas from Australia and New Zealand.

8.30 MOVIE: My Big Fat Greek Wedding. (2002, PGl, R) A Greek woman falls in love. Nia Vardalos, John Corbett.

10.30 New Amsterdam. (Mamv, R) 11.20 Chicago Med. (Mamv, R) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Madv, R) A man crashes his car from an exit ramp.

8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (M) The team arrests two influencers after a popular TikTok dancer posts a rape allegation against them.

10.30 The Royals Revealed: Harry And Edward – Princes In Exile. (PGal, R) 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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 Mock The Week. 9.00 Hard Quiz Celebrity Special. 9.35 Insert Name Here. 10.05 Doctor Who. 10.55 You Can’t Ask That. 11.25 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. 12.25am The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2021. 1.25 Community.

1.45 Parks And Recreation. 2.10 ABC News Update.

2.15 Close. 5.10 Sarah & Duck. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Project Blue Book. 1.40 Calling. 1.55 Timecode. 2.15 Figure Skating. 2019-2020 ISU European C’ships. Replay. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Abandoned Places. 6.20 Alone. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 The Source. 11.00 Vikings. 11.55 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 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 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. 3.00 Last Chance Learners.

3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 As Time Goes By. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Halfway House. (1944, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 MOVIE: Rain Man. (1988, M) 11.25 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 NBL Slam. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 JAG. Noon MacGyver.

1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0.

10.30 SEAL Team. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 SEAL Team. 3.00 Blue Bloods. 4.00 Hawaii Five-0.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Mystic. 4.00 Dwight In Shining Armour.

4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 So Awkward. 5.30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Space Nova. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 The Legend Of Korra.

9.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Utopia Falls.

10.10 Rage. 11.10 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Bandslam.

Continued. (2009, PG) 7.05 Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods. (2014, PG, French) 8.40 Race. (2016, PG) 11.10 Swiss Army Man. (2016, M) 1pm The Silver Brumby. (1993, PG) 2.45 The Straight Story.

(1999, PG) 4.50 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 7.00 Legend Of The Guardians. (2010, PG) 8.50 Edge Of Darkness. (2010, MA15+) 10.55 Neerja. (2016, MA15+, Hindi) 1.10am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 America’s Game.

Noon Sound FX: Best Of. 12.30 No Man’s Land.

1.30 Shipping Wars. 2.30 Pawn Stars. 3.00 Last Car Garage. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: 2 Guns. (2013, M) 9.45 MOVIE: Out For Justice. (1991, MA15+) 11.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond.

8.30 MOVIE: 22 Jump Street. (2014, MA15+) 10.45 MOVIE: Get Lucky. (2013, MA15+) 12.20am Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Frasier. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Carol’s Second Act. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Summer. 3.30 Back Roads. 4.00 ABC News Summer. 4.30 The Breakfast Couch. 5.00 ABC News Summer. 5.30 Landline Summer. 6.00 ABC News Summer. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Summer. 8.30 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC News Summer. 9.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 10.00 ABC News Summer. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm David Rocco’s Dolce South East Asia. 3.00 Cook’s Pantry. 3.30 Oliver’s Twist.

4.00 Mystery Diners. 4.30 Giada Entertains. 5.00 Food Safari. 5.30 Choccywoccydoodah. 6.30 Cook And The Chef. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Barefoot Contessa. 8.00 Food Safari Water. 8.30 A Girl’s Guide. 9.00 French Odyssey. 9.30 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.25pm Nulla Nulla. 1.30 Going Native. 2.00 Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Project Planet. 4.35 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 Land Of Primates. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Trickster. 9.30 MOVIE: Footy Legends. (2006, PG) 11.05 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Home Town. 1.00 Australia’s Best House.

1.30 Flea Market Flip. 2.00 Caribbean Life. 3.00 The Block: All Stars. 4.00 Flea Market Flip. 4.30 Barn Hunters. 5.00 House Hunters Reno. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters International. 8.30 Fixer Upper.

9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.30 Flip Or Flop.

11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 News.

9.30 News. 10.00 NewsDay. 11.00 News. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda.

3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda.

5.00 News. 6.00 News. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight.

8.00 Inside The News. 9.00 The Bolt Report: Pell Exclusive. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 News.

11.00 Late Programs.

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Yesterday, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) confirmed that a second vaccine will be available for the National Booster Program.

PSA National President, A/Prof Chris Freeman, acknowledged further enablement of the pharmacist workforce.

“With the National Booster Program well underway, this move is timely – one that provides Australians with greater vaccine choice in the lead up to early 2022 when the majority of the population becomes eligible for their booster dose.

“This announcement, coupled with Monday’s provisional approval of Pfizer for Australians aged 5-11 years, marks a week of significant progress in the pandemic response and PSA commends the Government’s approach to making these decisions.

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“However, it is imperative that pharmacists are paid fairly, and at least equally to other providers, otherwise the provision of this critical service is not sustainable.

With 2.3 million children becoming eligible for vaccination, extra consultation time will be required to undertake appropriate assessment and consenting, placing further strain on service sustainability.

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Primarily, we attend your care needs within the home, but can also work with you in hospice and hospital depending upon government restrictions on the day Our services are determined by your expressed wishes and we uphold your right to self-determination, privacy and dignity as a priority.

During a consultation, I will ask some basic questions, such as: do you have an Advance Care Directive, when was it last updated and is a hard copy available?

This document is to protect your rights and wishes if medical intervention became an unexpected part of your care As an End of Life Doula, I attend to the requirements of your personal care, such as washing, grooming, continence care, monitoring skin integrity, repositioning and transfers with use of mobility aids as necessary, whilst monitoring your comfort levels and emotional wellbeing.

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December 23, 2021

52 BUSINESS NEWS

EXPANDED SMALL BUSINESS DATA SHOWS WAGE STINGINESS WILL HURT NSW’S ECONOMY, RELIEF NOW AVAILABLE From today eligible sole traders, not-for-profit organisations and small businesses in NSW will be able to access up to $2,000 in relief to help them bounce back and get the economy firing again.

Treasurer Matt Kean said the increased and expanded grant would provide businesses with additional relief as part of the NSW COVID-19 Economic Recovery Strategy.

“From today, the Small Business Fees and Charges Rebate will increase from $1,500 to $2,000 and will now include road user tolls for business usage,” Mr Kean said.

“The rebate can be claimed against eligible NSW and local Government fees and charges that are required to run a business such as food authority licences, liquor licences, event fees and council rates.

“It’s been a tough year for sole traders and small operators and this is one more way the NSW Government is helping to keep businesses in business.”

Minister for Finance and Small Business Damien Tudehope said 70,000

NOT JUST WORKERS

Treasurer Matt Kean

businesses had already lodged a claim under the initial scheme, saving more than $82 million since it was launched on 1 April 2021.

“The expanded Small Business Fees and Charges Rebate will be available to small businesses across the State, from your local electrician paying for their trade licence to the café on the corner setting up outdoor seating,” Mr Tudehope said.

“The expansion to cover road tolls paid since 1 March 2021 will be especially helpful to those businesses who spend a lot of time in the car,

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Business owners can apply for the rebate by logging into their Business Profile via the MyService NSW Account.

Once approved, businesses will be provided with a $2,000 digital voucher in their Business Profile which applicants can draw down on to offset the cost of Government expenses.

Simply lodge your proof of payment and the money will be refunded back into your bank account.

Small businesses which have already registered for the previous $1,500 Small Business Rebate program will not be required to re-register.

Those businesses will receive an automatic $500 top-up to the digital voucher. New applicants will receive one $2,000 digital voucher.

Applications for the rebate from new businesses will open today. These businesses can submit claims as soon as their application has been approved.

For more information on how to apply, visit nsw.gov.au.

New data from the McKell Institute has found the Perrottet Government’s refusal to countenance wage increases above inflation is hurting the state’s economic recovery.

Two new papers from McKell’s data briefing series have modelled the impact of limiting teachers and Sydney Trains employees to below inflation, as proposed by Premier Dominic Perrottet. The papers find: • Teachers will face a real wage cut of $511 each year if they accept the 2.5% public sector wage cap, given inflation is running at 3%.

1. This will reduce economic activity by $347 million per year (this is based on the RBA’s calculation that those experiencing a positive change in income will increase their marginal propensity to consume by 0.87.)

2. Given the large number of teachers in regional communities, the real wage cut will reduce regional

Premier Dominic Perrottet.

economic activity (outside of Sydney) by $135 million.

• Sydney Trains employees will face a real wage cut averaging $927.85 per week, given the government has proposed 2% and inflation is running at 3% 1. This loss in wages will reduce economic activity in NSW by $80.1 million Michael Buckland, executive director, The McKell Institute: “The government’s artificial 2.5 per cent wage cap was never good policy, but it’s

egregiously misguided in this current moment.

The economic impact of a real wage cut hurts everyone.

“If you give a teacher or a rail worker a well-deserved pay rise, they’ll spend it in their community and the local economy gets a boost.

There aren’t a lot of teachers with Swiss bank accounts or offshore managed funds.

“Dom Perrottet knows the New South Wales economy relies on consumer spending, and there is no better way to do it than by giving public sector workers a much-deserved pay rise.”

NSW ECONOMY CONTINUES STRONG REBOUND

The NSW economy grew 1.4 per cent in 2020-21, reflecting the State’s improved economic conditions following the bushfires, drought and the pre-Delta lockdown.

Treasurer Matt Kean said the State Accounts, issued by the ABS yesterday, showed the NSW economy was more than $18 billion larger in 2020-21 than preCOVID, highlighting the State’s strong economic recovery to the end of June 2021.

“Even though COVID-19 has caused one of the worst economic contractions in the State’s history, the ABS data shows the fundamentals of

our economy are strong and the Government’s economic stimulus measures are working,” Mr Kean.

“NSW business confidence hit a record high of +29 in October, as we achieved our 70 per cent and 80 per cent vaccination milestones quicker than expected and restrictions eased.

“By keeping people safe and rolling out around $45 billion in health response and economic support programs since March 2020, we invested in the fundamentals of our economy – our people, our businesses and our workers.

“Now we are seeing the returns of that investment,

demonstrating the power of making sure the State’s finances are working for our economy and our people, not the other way around.

“The NSW Government is continuing to invest in the State’s future with our $2.8 billion Economic Recovery Strategy helping to accelerate the recovery.”

In the most recent payrolls summary, NSW reported the largest gain in weekly payrolls of all states, with a 3.5 per cent increase for the fortnight to 16 October.

While the nation lost 46,000 jobs in October, NSW employment rose by 22,000 people as NSW businesses increased staffing in the lead up to restrictions easing.

In November, consumer sentiment rose by 4.4 per cent to 107.9 index points to record the highest consumer sentiment in the country.

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WINE REVIEWS

53

Grape Expectations by Max Crus

Don’t be scared, the internet is your friend, specially at Christmas time.

Take the other day for instance. Foolishly, I tried to fix something on my motorcycle that wasnít really broken, stumped as always by the first screw which immediately stripped thus rendering any further repair impossible.

Naturally, I politely lamented this situation to Ms L, who, as always, laughed haughtily and suggested a sensible solution which I can’t recall because I was too angry to listen.

However when I next picked up my phone, there was an ad for a tool designed for exactly my problem. I ignored this annoying intrusion of Mark Zuckerberg trying to sell me stupid stuff that I didn’t want and then I ordered it.

It was only 30 bucks, plus 30 postage.

It arrived later that afternoon and even more amazingly, IT WORKED! So I went looking for other buggered bolts.

Then I ordered another nifty drill bit that splits logs for the fire.

Incredible.

Before I knew it, the sun had set, and I still hadnít bought any Christmas presents. Then it struck me. Just start talking into your phone about loved ones you need to buy for, and your Instagram feed will be filled with gift ideas.

Absolutely amazing.

There’s really nifty chain saw attachments. Surely

someone you know has a chainsaw?

Everyone’s a master chef now. There’re millions of kitchen tools, a different one for every vegetable, bit like Riedel glasses. I bought a gyoza maker, which came with a bonus gyoza maker and gyoza cutter. Who doesnít like gyoza?

Actually I bought three of them because you could for just an extra ten bucks, plus postage.

Instagram has stuff that sticks to other stuff so well they use it on the space shuttle.

Spray on sealant, builder’s gadgets that make even clumsy gits, master builders.

And the toys!

Boomerang drones. Things you knock over that just stand straight back up and glow in the dark in 250 different patterns and colours.

A Christmas shopper’s playground and so simple.

Um, alas, sorry, any orders this late in the advent calendar ain’t gonna make it, so I guess it’s off to the bottle shop again, like last year.

Remember, more expensive wine isn’t necessarily better, but if you leave the price tag on it will seem like it and you’ll get more hugs.

Just make sure you get

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Now, how much am I prepared to spend on myself?

Max Crus is a Clarence Valley-based wine writer, his column Grape Expectations is now in its 25th year of publication. You can find out more about Max or sign up for his weekly reviews and musings by visiting maxcrus.com.au

Grant Burge Barossa ëNebuí Cabernet Shiraz 2018, $99.99. Cool price-tag, so leave it on in case the recipient doesnít recognise this used to be called Nebuchadnezzar, one of the three Burge Barossan (and biblical) big guns. More cellaring time would help, so have it on Boxing Day. 9.5/10.

Fallen Giants Grampians Shiraz 2019, $35. Didn’t see it on Instagram, but this latest Jimmy Watson trophy winner is such a cracker you’re only allowed six bottles. So we did. It’s got everything you’d wish for in a shiraz or a Xmas present. 9.7/10.

Hardy’s (Coonawarra/Margaret River) Thomas Hardy Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, $159. You definitely want to be around when the recipient opens this one, not only for the cost. Who isn’t intrigued by a wine that costs more than a carton of normal plonk? Cabernet from our two best cabernet regions is a treat. Best of both worlds. 9.6/10.

Houghton Frankland River Jack Mann Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, 2019, $174.99 (bottle no.5440). You thought $159 was exxy? Well, thereís always one better. Not in the same price cloud as Grange or the big ëHillí, for the same price you satisfy six friends and family, and it is truly lovely wine.

9.7/10.

Hanging Rock Heathcote (Atholís Paddock) Reserve Shiraz, 2009, $105.

What better gift for all your mates called Athol? Exxy, yes, but also gorgeous, pre-aged, rich red wine for Xmas lunch. 9.6/10.

Mr Riggs McLaren Vale/Coonawarra (Personally Tailored) The Chap (Shiraz/ Cabernet Sauvignon), 2016, $100 (Bottle No.1078). You may not be able to afford a personally tailored suit as a xmas gift but a personally tailored wine is within reach-ish. Another blend of regions and another lavish red. 9.5/10.

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54 REAL ESTATE NEWS

FIRST DEVELOPER RATINGS TO LIFT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE NSW APARTMENT MARKET Purchasers will now have the power of choice when buying an off-the plan apartment with the first new apartments now rated through the NSW Government’s worldleading independent rating initiative.

Deicorp, Helm and Ultra Building are the first developers and builders in NSW to complete the Equifax Independent Construction Industry Rating Tool (iCIRT) and received scores above three out of five stars, the benchmark to be deemed “trustworthy”.

Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation Kevin Anderson said having the first rated players marked a new era of transparency for NSW apartment buyers.

“Our building reforms have focused on lifting standards and rebuilding public confidence in the residential apartment industry and our rating system is the ultimate embodiment of that

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“Ratings are a game changer. Consumers in NSW will now have the benefit of an independent assessment that lets them find a trusted, rated developer who has shown they have the capital, experience and capability to deliver a quality apartment.” iCIRT leverages from Equifax’s global expertise as a regulated ratings agency, using data to be able to evaluate the risk of a developer’s business and practice by looking at aspects such as their

track record, capital, risk management and ownership structure.

Each rating will be listed on an online register and developers are committing to displaying their ratings on sales brochures.

“The reality is there are a few bad apples spoiling the bunch. Ratings allow customers to spot them before picking them off the tree. As we roll out more and more ratings we will deliver a fatal blow to developers and builders who engage in phoenixing or turn out defective work,” Mr

Anderson said.

“I congratulate Deicorp, Helm and Ultra Building for taking the lead, and there are many others not far behind them. By March next year we expect to have close to 50 rated players.”

CEO of the Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW Steve Mann said he was proud of the industry’s response to ratings.

“This is a huge leap forward for NSW developers, who are delivering great apartment products,” Mr

Mann said.

“As we re-establish construction momentum off the back of COVID delays and push hard on delivering more apartments to the market to meet demand, ratings will help customers gain confidence when they buy new properties off-the-plan.”

Executive Office of Owners Corporation Network Karen Stiles said this game changing tool will give buyers in NSW real choice of who to engage with.

“The ratings will give consumers the power of choice when considering a new development, which will have a big impact on purchasing decisions,” Mrs Stiles said.

“With 623 apartments already rated as part of the program, it won’t be long until buyers entering the market can do so knowing exactly who they are dealing with.”

The ratings initiative forms part of the NSW Government’s Construct NSW transformation strategy to rebuild public confidence in residential construction. It will be key to the Government’s plan to introduce Decennial Liability Insurance, establishing a special type of insurance taken out by the developer to guarantee against major defects for up to 10 years, which is not currently available in Australia.

More information on the strategy can be found at https://www. nsw.gov.au/buildingcommissioner.

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December 23, 2021

56 GARDENING

Christmas LIGHTING IN THE GARDEN

From hanging icicle lights to twinkling stars, outdoor Christmas lights help to transform your space into a festive wonderland, creating the ultimate welcome.

There are many areas to consider – outdoor Christmas lights for a tree, windows and your outside space, or garden, patio or front door. Some outside Christmas lights are battery-operated (which is ideal if you don’t have a plug nearby), while others will come on with a timer.

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Icicle lights, typically hung from the eaves of houses, are incredibly popular for the festive season. Fully waterproof, these outdoor Christmas lights have staggered drops which feature between 3 and 7 LEDs for a realistic icicle effect.

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Each one features 10 strings with 24 LED bulbs hanging from each.

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A popular choice for many households around Australia, these gorgeous white icicle lights create the illusion of frozen ice on a winter’s day.

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Light up your garden this Christmas with these 50 white string lights. With simple connectors on the ends of each string, simply place around your tree or shrub for a stellar display.

If you have a front garden, path or driveway, then these mini Christmas tree lights will do all the talking for you. Easy to install, all you need to do is stake them securely into soft ground.

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With over two thousand warm white lights, you can use it both indoors and out. So pretty!

Give your garden a festive glow with this light-up garland.

Compatible with solar, mains and battery use, we couldn’t think of a better way to wow neighbours.

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Countryside lovers will adore this magical light-up deer head. Carefully crafted from a strong metal wire frame, it is adorned with around 80 lights.

Looking for some affordable, batteryoperated fairy lights?

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Why hang one star when you can have two?

Perfect for windows or your front door, this outdoor hanging star light duo has a total of 310 warm white LEDs evenly distributed.

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58 LET’S COOK

d e z a l G e l p a M n e k c i h C t s oa R Prep: 25 Min Cook: 1 Hour 15 Min Serves: 6

Gather the family and friends to sit down and enjoy this spectacular Maple Roast Chicken with potatoes, beans and thyme. There won’t be any leftovers so you might need to make two!

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ALL STAR LINE UP FOR GREAT SOUTHERN NIGHTS IN 2022 Great Southern Nights is back with over 50 of Australia’s top artists locked in to feature in a month-long celebration of live music in early 2022.

Courtney Barnett, Daryl Braithwaite, James Reyne, Julia Stone, The Veronicas and The Whitlams join a veritable who’s who of Australian music to perform in nine regions across NSW beginning 18 March.

Great Southern Nights is a NSW Government initiative delivered by its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW in partnership with the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), to kick start the NSW entertainment, hospitality and tourism industries as part of its COVID-19 Recovery Plan.

Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney and Minister for Trade and

fantastic showcase of the diversity in Australian music and an exciting prospect for fans starved of live gigs.

“Great Southern Nights will feature more than 500 COVID-safe gigs in around 350 venues, with

almost half to be staged across regional NSW, which will be a huge boost for those regional economies and the fans to see their favourite artists perform live.”

ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said Great Southern

Nights was an ideal stage to reignite the NSW live music scene after an extraordinarily challenging time for the industry.

“Great Southern Nights will have artists and crew back to doing what they love and do best – put on a show for an audience and transporting them through the joy of live music,” Ms Herd said.

“The concept was such a huge success in 2020 and exactly what our industry needed, so it’s no surprise to see our best talent wanting to be involved in 2022.

“We’re proud to partner in this project to get artists, the industry and NSW live music venues back on their feet.”

All Great Southern Nights gigs will be COVID-safe and delivered in line with the latest NSW Health advice.

of Australians in 2012 when he unveiled ‘Sharkmouth’, the first of a trilogy of albums re-telling some amazing stories in Australia’s distant past-some famous, some not so famous - creating an

historical document using blues and rock to celebrate the yarns.

Van Diemens Land and Red Dirt-Red Heart completed this quintessential example of story telling and great Blues Music.

In 2019 Russell released another new album produced by Nick DiDia and Bernard Fanning.

After 5 decades on the road, an album can almost write itself. It might arrive in the space of a few months, fully formed in vision and texture in the mind of the vigilant creator. But it takes a rare combination of talent and circumstances to realise

that vision as vividly as Black and Blue Heart.

“I’d met Bernard [Fanning] years ago,” Russell Morris remembers. The Powderfinger frontman came backstage at one of the Australian rock legend’s countless gigs to pay his respects with a mutual friend. “But It wasn’t ‘til I moved up to Queensland 2017 that we sat down and started talking.”

“Black and Blue Heart” being the result of this cohesive collaboration.

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Industry Stuart Ayres said next year’s lineup shows how important live music is.

“The calibre of artists now putting their hand up to be part of Great Southern Nights highlights the huge

appetite for live music from both artists and fans,” Mr Ayres said.

“To have these artists join Amy Shark, Baker Boy, Jessica Mauboy, Jimmy Barnes, Missy Higgins and Peking Duk on the lineup is a

RUSSELL MORRIS Aria Hall of Fame inductee, #1 selling artist, King of Pop, Australian Icon!! A few phrases commonly used when describing Aussie legend Russell Morris..

Shooting to fame in the middle 60’s with Somebody’s Image, Russell had a string of hits including Hush and the Bob Dylan classic Baby Blue.

In 1969 he and producer Molly Meldrum released “The Real Thing”, Australia’s only true psychedelic #1 hit and a song that is played regularly on commercial radio to this day.

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Constantly in demand, Russell stills tours nationally throughout the year as well as appearances internationally.

In 2012 Russell released the Sharkmouth Album a collection of tunes written about Australian historical characters.

Sharkmouth reached #1 position on the iTunes Blues Charts & #1 on the Australian Blues

Radio Charts, Russell won the 2013 ARIA award for Best Blues n Roots album for Sharkmouth.

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Recent Cattle Market Reports

LISMORE 600 cattle were sold at Lismore’s final sale for 2021. A good yarding of steers, heifers & cows with calves sold like hot cakes.

Bullocks sold from $3.84 to $4.50/kg the top returning $2,919.

Heavy yearling from $5.80 to $6.92/kg $2,010 to

$2,440.

Weaner steers sold from $6.50 to $10/kg depending on weight and breed, most in the $1,600 to $2,100 range.

Heifers also sold at dearer rates $5.80 to $9/kg. Jemma Curran’s outstanding Charolais

heifer 8 months old returned $2,228.

Cows & calves were mainly secondary quality and sold from $2,600 to $3,600.

Preg tested cows sold from $1,500 to $3,000 depending on age and quality.

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Bull prices saw a decrease this week with 5 head sold reaching a top of 300.0c/kg and average of 284.1c/kg and 629kg.

Steer prices held firm to dearer with lighter steers up to 250kg seeing an average of 732.7c/kg and top price of 850.0c/kg. Heavier steers over 250kg averaged 551.3c/kg and topped their market at 776.2c/kg.

A small number of bullocks sold on the day averaged 353.0c/kg and reached a top of 370.0c/kg.

Vealer prices were back up again this week with 159 head yarded. Lighter vealer up to 250kg averaged 730.1c/kg and reached a top of 1002.2c/kg. Heavier vealer over 250kg averaged 643.2c/kg with a top price of 750.0c/kg.

George & Fuhrmann held their last monthly

store sale of the year on Monday 13 December with 1,134 head sold.

Steers topped their category at 1024.2c/kg and averaged 770.1c/kg and 232kg.

Heifers reached a top of 926.2c/kg and averaged 760.2c/kg and 222kg.

Cows achieved a top return of $3,500.00 whilst Cows & Calves reached $4,800.00.

Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange will be closed over the holiday period from Friday 17 December and will re-open on Monday 10 January.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to the facility in 2022.

CASINO AGENTS yarded a total of 434 head at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange regular prime sale on Wednesday 15 December.

Restockers were in the majority, competing strongly on the mixed quality offering of younger cattle. This category sold to significantly dearer trends on what was a mostly weaner penning.

Only one processor present to compete on a limited cow offering.

Cow prices were down again this week averaging 307.2c/kg and reaching a top price of 374.2c/kg.

Heifer prices were stronger with lighter heifers up to 250kg averaging 699.1c/kg and topping their category at 846.2c/kg. Heavier heifers over 250kg averaged 522.8c/kg and reached a top of 692.2c/kg.

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THREE DAY SICKNESS IN CATTLE ALERT

Cases of Bovine Ephemeral Fever, also known as three-day sickness, are being seen in cattle on the NSW North Coast.

The disease has been confirmed via laboratory testing in a herd within the Kyogle shire, and there have also been reports of clinical signs of the disease in the Tweed and Brunswick shires. It is expected that the disease will move south as the season progresses.

Three-day sickness is an insect transmitted virus of cattle that causes a high fever and pain in the muscles and joints.

On the North Coast it is usually seen in cattle between 6 months and 2 years of age, however if they are from outside the region adult cattle can also experience the disease.

Affected cattle are often by themselves, off their feed, seek shade and water, shiver, drool and are lame. Signs

usually last only a few days and most cattle recover uneventfully.

Some cattle – especially bulls and heavier conditioned cattle - may go down and take several days to get back on their feet. Heavier cattle are at an increased risk of secondary complications as a result of being down. Pregnant cows may abort, and bulls may

become infertile for up to three months.

The virus appears on the North Coast in summer as the population of the biting insects that transmit it increase. The occurrence of the disease is likely to increase following the recent rainfall in the region, providing favourable conditions for the insect populations to

STRONG POLICY NEEDED TO SAVE AG FROM BILLIONS IN BUSHFIRE COSTS Today’s report from researchers at the University of Sydney and WWF Australia confirms what farmers already knew: the Black Summer bushfires inflicted huge damage on Australia’s agriculture sector.

The Fire on the Farm report estimates agriculture lost between $4 billion and $5 billion due to the fires, which came at the tail end of a crippling drought during an El Niño weather cycle.

This amount is equal to between 6 and 8 per cent of agricultural Gross Domestic Product and is mostly made up of more than 100,000 livestock deaths costing $2 billion, and damage to farm buildings and fences resulting in lost property value which cost between $2 billion and $3 billion.

Farmers for Climate Action CEO Fiona Davis said Australia’s farmers needed strong climate policy to protect them from the compounding impacts of more frequent and severe weather events, including bushfires.

“We need strong climate policies to safeguard regional Australia’s future,” Dr Davis said.

“Australian agriculture has been leading the way on emissions reduction, and it’s time for the energy and transport sectors to catch up.

“Agriculture is doing all it can, but it can’t do it alone. Meat and Livestock Australia has a net zero 2030 target; the Australian pork industry has a net zero 2025 target, and FCA’s Ernst & Young report found agriculture can easily achieve net zero

by 2040 without shrinking the beef herd nor sheep flock.

“We need deep emissions cuts in the energy and transport sector this decade to protect Australian farmers.

“Emissions reduction gives farmers the opportunity to make drought-resistant income from selling carbon credits while we grow jobs in regional Australia. Let’s not allow that opportunity and those jobs to slip through our hands and instead go overseas.”

The report’s researchers also noted “forests regrow but do not store the same amount of carbon because recovery is never 100 per cent” and that $1.5 billion in carbon offsets would be required to make up that shortfall.

increase rapidly.

Producers are encouraged to seek veterinary advice and medication is highly effective in bringing down the fever and reducing the muscle and joint pain. Recovery tends to be quicker with less weight loss. There are several other diseases that may resemble threeday sickness requiring

alternative treatment, so veterinary diagnosis is essential.

A paddock with plenty of shade, water, and feed and free of steep gullies is ideal for cattle to recover in. Any affected cattle should be provided with shade, water and feed and turned or lifted twice daily to help prevent secondary complications.

Recently recovered cattle should not be sent to the abattoirs for several weeks, to give the body a chance to heal and avoid the possibility of downgrades from any residual muscle damage.

Where treatments have been given any withholding periods must be observed.

A vaccine is available, and its use is strongly recommended for bulls and any cattle introduced from areas which do not normally experience the virus. In those areas where the virus is already active the vaccine is unlikely to provide protection, though in more southern areas there may still be time for the vaccine to provide protection before the virus arrives.

For further advice contact your North Coast Local Land Services District Veterinarian or private veterinary practitioner.

FARMERS GET THEIR SAY ON LAND USE The fight between farmers and developers could be a thing of the past thanks to a new mapping project that will shape future regional planning decisions.

With agriculture, urban development, renewable energy infrastructure and other land use interests competing for space in our increasingly busy regional areas, NSW Farmers is urging landholders to have their say on State Significant Agricultural Land mapping.

NSW Farmers Vice President Xavier Martin said it was an important process that would help protect farmers from conflicting land uses into the future.

“Farmers are being given a direct opportunity to have their say on the important issue of land use planning, and this could set the course for years to come as land use interests in regional areas grow,” Mr Martin said.

“Unfortunately, agricultural land can be viewed as a default zone when it comes to matters such as urban expansion, energy infrastructure and mining.

“There’s a finite amount of land suitable for agriculture and at the moment, we are losing it in a very fragmented way, but the state government’s mapping exercise is an opportunity to resolve that poor outcome.”

Mr Martin said the NSW Government’s understanding of the regional and state significance of agricultural areas would go a long way to minimising future conflict.

“The understanding of high value agricultural land must be multi-faceted, taking into consideration soil quality, yield, adaptability, proximity to export hubs and regional importance,” Mr Martin said.

“If the government is to identify and protect agricultural land on a tiered basis, then they need to understand what makes land strategically important – and farmers will be the repository of that knowledge.

“The goal of NSW Farmers advocacy in the land use space is to ensure agriculture is being considered in land use decisions. We need to start somewhere, and this mapping is the starting point.”

While the first iteration of the government’s mapping is not perfect, Mr Martin said consultation and refinement would help produce a planning tool that benefits landholders.

Consultation on the first State Significant Agricultural Land mapping is open until late January 2022 and the NSW Department of Primary Industries is welcoming input from farmers.

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December 23, 2021

64 RURAL NEWS

FARMERS OFFERED SUPPORT THROUGH FLOODS AND HEAVY RAINS Australia’s most trusted rural charity, Rural Aid, is reaching out to farmers who’ve been affected by recent rain and flood events.

Much of Australia’s east coast has undergone a drenching in recent weeks, with more rain predicted in coming days.

The downpours have filled water storages and tanks to the highest level seen in decades. But the wet conditions have also hindered many farmers trying to harvest their winter crops.

Flooding has also swept away fencing, crumbled vital roads and damaged infrastructure.

Rural Aid counsellors and community representatives have been visiting impacted areas and phoning flooded-in farmers, as

Rural Aid counsellors meet with farmers in Forbes

part of a communitywide response.

Rural Aid CEO John Warlters said the rain has received mixed welcomes.

“It’s fantastic to see our water storages filled to overflowing after so many years of bone-dry dams and empty creeks,”

Mr Warlters said.

“The memories of crippling drought are still very raw, so to have an abundance of water is a joyful experience that many farmers have spent years wishing for.

But as is often the way in Australia, droughts are chased away by flooding

rains.

“Some of our farmers have told us this season’s crop was the best they’d ever had in the ground.

But just days out from harvest, the rain dealt their crops a fatal blow.

They’ve had to watch their year’s income get washed away, or ‘sprung

and shot’ growth before they could get in with the harvester.”

Rural Aid Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager Lauren Stracey recently visited farmers in the Forbes region with the National Recovery and Resilience Agency.

“Some of our farmers

who’ve endured disaster after disaster say that this flood has ‘floored them’,” Ms Stracey said.

“If farmers are facing a disappointing harvest, it’s important to take a moment to recognise how tough that is. It’s devastating to make it to the eleventh hour and to then have the rug pulled from under your feet. Farmers need time to process losses like these. This might mean spending some special, dedicated time with family or taking time off the farm to recharge their batteries.”

Farmers are encouraged to reach out to Rural Aid if they need assistance.

Rural Aid can provide wellbeing assistance through its free counselling program or financial assistance and fodder support.

Fear factor in fresh food supply FINDING THE RIGHT ENERGY A government report has revealed farmers are afraid to speak out on their dealings with the major supermarkets because of a “fear of retribution”.

NSW Farmers Dairy Committee Chair Colin Thompson said the disappointing findings from the inaugural Food and Grocery Code review vindicated the efforts to secure fairness in fresh food supply chains.

“The majority of pay rise negotiations were fruitless for farmers in 2021 and almost a third of major supermarket suppliers cited ‘fear of retribution’ as a reason for not raising issues under the Code,” Mr Thompson said.

“Something is clearly wrong when people are afraid of having their say, and it’s clear that many farmers won’t raise concerns or ask for improved pay

arrangements because of how powerful these supermarkets are.”

While Mr Thompson commended Coles and Woolworths for complying with the Code’s voluntary reporting regime, he said there was clear room for improvement in fresh food supply arrangements.

“The perishability of their produce basically means farmers are price-takers and are in a vulnerable position in their supply chains,” Mr Thompson said.

“This dynamic can give rise to abuse of power by bigger players, such as wholesalers and retailers.

“However, we do need to recognise there was some positive feedback, particularly for Aldi.”

Mr Thompson said NSW Farmers had been pushing for change in this space and had a key

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“NSW Farmers has advocated for intervention to make supply chains such as dairy, horticulture and poultry meat more equitable – essentially so that farmers can receive the pay they deserve for their produce,” Mr Thompson said.

“Our advocacy led to a Treasury-led ACCC inquiry, which confirmed power dynamics are likely to favour wholesalers, processors and retailers, and the ACCC made a suite of recommendations to help remedy this situation.

“We need firm commitments for legislative reforms to protect farmers from unfair trading practices.”

FIT FOR THE REGIONS

NSW Farmers is moving agriculture ahead of the energy transition with a new working group to help manage the shift to renewable energy sources.

The Energy Transition Working Group will look at the challenges and opportunities arising from the significant amount of new energy infrastructure earmarked for regional NSW as part of upcoming Renewable Energy Zones (REZs).

Working Group chairman Reg Kidd from Orange said it was all about getting the settings right for the communities at the heart of development.

“We absolutely

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“The NSW Government has set out to completely transform our energy system within 15 years, which is about half the time our current grid took to build - we must make sure the needs of agriculture and regional NSW are not overlooked in the fast-tracking of this ambitious goal.”

Mr Kidd said high levels of investor interest coupled with co-ordination from government could bring opportunities to drive higher standards.

“The Central West Orana REZ is oversubscribed with developer interest at nine to one, meaning there is a real opportunity to be selective with the projects that are approved and compel proponents to adopt the highest possible standards,” Mr Kidd said.

“Government is going to get to choose which projects go ahead, and we want to make sure

the things that matter to agriculture and regional communities are part of that criteria.”

Mr Kidd said factors such as location, commitments to local jobs and procurement, benefit sharing, community engagement, decommissioning and end of life arrangements should all be considered.

Furthermore, the Working Group was also very interested in reform to the NSW planning system to better protect and retain the state’s finite agricultural land.

“Whether it’s energy developments or transmission lines, we need good strategic planning that recognises the value of agricultural land and protects it for future generations,” Mr Kidd said.

“Planning decisions based on cost alone are short-sighted and will come at the expense of regional NSW. “The bulk of the energy transition will take place in the regions, and for it to be successful it needs the support of those communities – so we are inviting government to work with us to achieve just that.”

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RURAL NEWS 65 TWEED LOCAL CALLS OUT ALIEN INVADER FLOOD FOCUS SHIFTS TO CRUMBLING ROADS

Frogbit, an invasive, smothering waterweed which poses a serious environmental threat has been found in the Richmond River and thanks to a tip-off from a member of the public, at Chinderah.

NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) State Priority Weeds coordinator, Charles Mifsud, said the call alerted Rous County Council weeds officers who found frogbit in a Chinderah dam and along 800 metres of an adjacent drainage channel.

“Further routine investigations identified frogbit in the Richmond River as we continue to work with council weeds officers and North Coast

Local Land Services to detect and manage any frogbit infestations,” Mr Mifsud said.

“Frogbit, Limnobium laevigatum, is native to Central and South America and is Prohibited Matter in NSW. It is illegal to have, move or sell this plant in NSW as it poses a serious biosecurity risk.

“Illegally traded as a pond and aquarium plant, frogbit has spread into our waterways to form large dense mats, prevent native water plants from growing, reduce light, food and shelter for fish and aquatic animals and can block waterways and irrigation channels.”

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All known infestations of frogbit in NSW have been treated to eradicate the devastating weed.

Mr Mifsud said frogbit has been detected in aquariums and backyard ponds and for sale in aquarium shops, at markets and online.

“If you suspect a plant in your yard or our waterways or for sale at a market, shop or online is frogbit, please call the NSW DPI Biosecurity Helpline 1800 680 244 or your local council, who can assist in identification and eradication,” he said.

More information and photographs of frogbit are available on the NSW DPI website. https://weeds.dpi. nsw.gov.au/Weeds/ Details/286

Farmers and rural communities across the state are bracing for an enormous clean-up effort as floodwaters subside, with concerns about the condition of local roads once the water retreats.

After weeks of heavy rain during harvest season, many roads across regional NSW have developed deep potholes and ruts that are proving problematic for motorists, farmers and truckies alike.

NSW Farmers President James Jackson said there needed to be a swift and coordinated effort to prevent more damage in floodaffected communities.

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GEMINI MAYMay 21 - JUNE Gemini 22 - 20 June 23 Inappropriately you’re demanding too much of others and trying to enforce you will on them – not everyone feels the way you do! This philosophy of life is not in any way sustainable or indeed even desirable, call a halt, unless you want to provoke others into opposing you. Instead try to maintain and show the more positive aspects of your personality.

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The Northern Rivers Times

IN MEMORIAM 67 Return Thanks

Stan Hogan

2-9-1946 - 10-11-2021

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GRAY (nee RYAN) Eileen 11.10.1925 – 4.12.2021

Stan’s Family would like to thank you for all the love and support over our loss of a wonderful Husband, Father and Pop.

A special thank you to Lismore oncology, Lismore Cancer Care Unit, McKid Medical & Palliative Care Kyogle, Hope Bennett, AC Raymond Funerals, Glenda Watts and all the flowers, phone calls & cards we received.

Passed away peacefully aged 96 years, after a long and vibrant life well-lived; as a mother, business woman, writer, artist, poet and friend.

Eileen will be sadly missed by her family and many friends.

Thanks to the wonderful staff at Fromelles Manor who provided love and care for Eileen.

As per Eileen’s wishes, she was privately cremated.

Please accept this as our sincere thank you Cathy and Family ALL AREAS

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HASSALL Janet Irene 14.2.1937 – 12.12.2021

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CROWTHER (NEE: VIRTUE), JUDITH ANN 01.03.1933 ~ 12.12.2021

Formerly of Lismore Late of Ballina Loving Mother of John (Dec), Graham (Dec) and Eva Proud Grandmother and Great Grandmother Daughter of Eva and Hackett Virtue, sister of Nancy (All Dec).

Adored Aunt and Great Aunt In accordance with Judith’s wishes a private service and cremation has taken place.

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF BILL William Alexander McCowan D.O.B 2/08/1940 - DEC 9/12/2021

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SPENCER (NEE: CLARK), EILEEN ELLEN 18. 05. 1925 ~ 19. 12. 2021

Age 81

Passed away peacefully, at St Vincent’s Hospital Lismore, aged 84 years.

Loved and loving wife of Robert for 61 years.

Adored mother and mother-in-law of Mark & Fiona, Bruce & Janelle, Anne & Russell, Kym & David and Robert.

Cherished nan of her 14 grandchildren and great-grandson.

Loved aunt of Marcelle, Brett & Karen.

In keeping with the family wishes a private cremation service has been held.

Formerly of Kyogle, Newcastle, Sydney.

Dearly loved Father, Father-in-law, Pop, Great Pop. Survived by Scott, Aaron (Col), Malcolm and Alison.

Son, Brother, Brother-in-law and Uncle.

To relatives and friends of the late BILL William Alexander McCowan.

We the family respectfully invite you all to attend his funeral service to be held at the Gate way Presbyterian Church, corner of Groom and Stratheden streets Kyogle on Tuesday 4/01/2022 Commencing at 11:00am.

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Formerly of Empire Vale. Late of Ballina.

Passed away after a long full life.

Dearly loved wife of Allan (dec) for 73 years.

Treasured mother of Merrilyn McKay, Denise van Eck and Ross Spencer.

Doting Nana of Lisa, Michelle and Matthew, Owen, Adrian and Brendan.

Proud Great Nana of Tahlia, Dominic and Alex, William and Harper, Henry and Lucy and Ethan.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Eileen at The Uniting Church, Cherry Street, Ballina on THURSDAY (December 23, 2021) commencing at 9.30 am.

Livestreaming of the service will be available via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5662619321?pwd=NDNCMW9FRXc3aUhuUHRYVGZSK1hIZz09 Meeting ID: 566 261 9321 Passcode: DTS2010

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ALSTONVILLE ALSTONVILLE ALSTONVILLE INNER WHEEL CLUB Meet socially 3rd Wednesday of every month. Contact President Carol Vidal 0427326832.

CRAWFORD HOUSE MUSEUM The latest exhibition at Crawford House Museum, Alstonville, is “Needlework for a Nation”. It features the work of Isabella Cooke and her extended family. The Cookes were one of the notable pioneer

families on the Alstonville Plateau and this exhibition includes Isabella’s beautiful 98 years old wedding dress, which is on the Australian Dress Register. There are also local history books for sale which would make wonderful Christmas presents.

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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 BALLINA HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Our Christmas Hamper Raffle was drawn and we are delighted to announce that the winner is: Denise McCall who is the Deputy DON of Ballina Hospital. The members had a lovely Christmas Lunch today at the Ballina RSL Thank you to the staff who looked after us very well.

We are now on our Summer break and will return in February, eager to recommence our fund raising for our local Ballina Hospital. We would like to wish all our loyal supporters and indeed, the whole of the Ballina Shire community a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

BACCI We are a diverse group of Artists and Crafters that participate in wonderful group exhibitions. Meetings are usually on the 1st Monday of every month at the Cherry Street Sports Club. Social gathering at 5, for a 5.30 start. Next Meeting will be Monday 7th February 2022. New members are always welcome. For more information - ballinaartsandcraftscentreinc@ gmail.com or phone Deb on 0432105540.

BALLINA SCOPE CLUB The Scope Club of Ballina is a group of ladies who do fundraising for lots of local charities. All our money raised goes directly to the charity.

Our club meets once a month and we also have action nights where guest speakers attend. Last year we did quite a few Bunnings barbeques which raised approx $3000. It is now time for our Christmas gift wrapping, which we have been doing for 10 years. From 4th December to 24th December 9am-5pm we will be outside BigW and Kmart at Ballina Central. We will wrap any present large or small for a gold coin donation per parcel. Our fundraising this year will go to the Hot Meal Centre who help the disadvantaged

in Ballina and also to the Healthy Minds Club who support young men going through difficult times. You can’t miss us in our yellow shirts!

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.

NORTHERN RIVERS NAVAL & MARINERS ASSOCIATION This association was formed to attract veterans for companionship, wellbeing and to supply advocacy to veterans. We hold an informal gathering every Friday, 2.30pm at Ballina Angling Club (families are welcome). Contact Allan Watt for more information on 0402 749 582 or email jakknco@bigpond.net.au BALLINA TOY LIBRARY Welcomes families from Ballina Shire, 9 Regatta Avenue, Ballina.

Open Saturday 10am - 1pm by appointment only on Tues & Wed. Ph. 0411719 074.

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 CROQUET CLUB Casino Croquet Club’s playing times have been changed for the summer months. They are now Monday & Wednesday mornings commencing play at 8.30am. New members, male & female are most welcome. Mallets available. Ring Mary on 66621971 for details.

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TRADES, SERVICES & COMMUNITY NOTICES 71 CASINO CWA BRANCH

CASINO COMMUNITY MEN’S SHED Mon, Tues, Wed, attendance limited to 50 members, 8.00am1.30pm. Contact 66626423 DH or casmenshed@live.com.au

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CASINO & BONALBO UPPER CLARENCE LIONS CLUBS Casino Lions club now meets each 4th Wed at the RSM.

Casino CWA has wound down for 2021. In a difficult year we were able to celebrate our 95th Birthday, hold street stalls, raffles, Poppy and Beading Workshops, get togethers, all very successful and last Thursday 9th had our Christmas Party. Last Tuesday we farewelled Issy Ennever, she will be missed but we wish her every success as she heads off to University. Next Meeting 17th February 2022. Please make a Sultana cake (Rita - Cookery) and bring something handmade (Denise - Cultural) A HUGE THANK YOU to the wonderful Casino community for your ongoing support. We wish everyone a safe, Holy and Happy Festive Season. Enjoy your break.

More info: Jan 66626424 or Marg.

66631746 CASINO MEALS ON WHEELS WEEK 3: MON: V Gray, N Nowlan, M Hartley; TUE: D Coleman, M Newstead; WED: J & J Boyd, N & K Ryan; THU: B Bennett; FRI: L Barton, J Cornell, H & B Elford.

CASINO AIR RIFLE CLUB Saturdays - Rifles, Ammunition & Targets supplied, shooting starts 8am until 12noon. Call Ollie on 0414622272.

CASINO & DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP Advise we have a new phone number which is 66641118 and email casinofhg@gmail.com CASINO SENIOR CITIZENS All welcome, our activities currently are Wednesday afternoons at Casino RSM 1.00pm to play Hoy, Euchre.

We have group play on Thurs afternoons 1.00pm. Contact Jan Danaher on 0414625680.

LISMORE CASINO NAVAL ASSOCIATION Meets bi-monthly at Casino RSM, new members welcome. For more information phone Chris 66293269 or Jim 0427400625.

CASINO LADIES AND FRIEND CRAFT GROUP Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month. Bring your own morning tea and wear a mask. Names to be in by Lunch time Monday. Phone Vivian on 66621838 or Jan on 66626424.

CASINO 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.

LION’S CLUB CASINO Lion’s Club meeting is held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month at Casino RSM Club from 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start.

CASINO MIXED PROBUS CLUB Meeting 4th Thursday of the month. For more information call the secretary on 0419886119. New Members most welcome. Call Fran on 0419886119 for more information.

THE CASINO & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Sun, Mon, Wed and Fri 10am to 2pm. Email casinohistorymuseum@ outlook.com for further information.

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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.

Presentations: Special certificates, Judith Ireland & Trish Collett, for raffle & trade table items. Seniors of Year, Iris & Ivan Parker for seniors support, & trade table jams & pickles. Correspondence in & out read. General business: newsletters; finish / start dates; fees due; library home delivery; March AGM nominations; guest speaker suggestions. Special thanks: Buckley music, sound system use each meeting. Trips: day trips, Bellingen, 25 Feb; Alstonville, 25 Mar 8 day QLD tour from 13 Aug, all have spare seats. Meeting competition winners: R. Jackson; J. Schulz; A. Campbell; M. Austin; I. Parker; B. Cassie; K. Lawson; D. Schuhmacher; A. Douglas; M. Cotten; R. Worrell; B. Doggett; K. Smidt. Extra Christmas prizes. Next meeting: 8 February, 2022, 10.30am, Racecourse. Seasons Greetings : to all members for Christmas & New Year.”

OPEN INVITATION TO ALL FORMER ROYAL COLTS CRICKETERS AND INTERESTED FOLLOWERS Back in 1972/73 in Clarence River Cricket Association’s 1st Grade competition a young junior Royal Colts cricket team joined the competition and won the Minor Premiership in their first season.

Now 50 years later a reunion is in the planning stages for 8/9 October 2022 to acknowledge this achievement.

Former players and interested cricket

followers are being asked to contact Garry Ensbey Ph: 0403033227 or email: gmensbey@hotmail.com for further details. In the meantime Garry needs assistance in locating the following players: John Alvos, Peter McPherson, David Small, Greg Moy, John Gillett, Geoff Niland, Peter Lawrence, Tony Cooper, Wayne McLeod or anyone else who played for the club in this period 1972/73, 74/75 and 75/76. If whereabouts known please get them to contact or pass the information onto Garry.

GRAFTON VIEW CLUB Grafton VIEW Club meets on the 4th Tuesday each month at Grafton District Services Club, Mary Street, commencing at 10.30am. Please come along, enjoy yourself with a tasty meal, a motivated guest speaker & ultimately disadvantaged children will be helped. Please phone Vorna at 66424719 for catering purposes no later than the Friday before the meeting. As well, a social outing is held each month. You are warmly invited to come along to the next meeting to have some fun & help disadvantaged children. See you there!

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

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December 23, 2021

72 COMMUNITY NOTICES 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 GRAFTON U3A Following on from the Christmas Lunch the Grafton U3A will be in recess until we meet again for the first Jabberfest for 2022 which, all being well, will occur on the second Monday of February, the 14th.

The Committee will have their first meeting for the year on Monday 17th January to set in motion the year’s proceedings. Until then the President and the Committee wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a New Year which we hope, that all things being normal, we will be able to resume all of our activities free, or relatively free, of restrictions placed on us because of the Covid pandemic.

Grafton Regional Gallery, Westlawn Finance, Coldstream Gallery, Ulmarra, Track’s End Retreat, Anne Hunter MIPA, Kevin Hogan M.P. Family Dental Grafton, Burridge, Harris & Flynn, Bentleg Market South Grafton, Chris Gulaptis M.P., GDSC, C.V. Independent, 2GF, Loving Life FM, Book Warehouse, What’s On In Grafton and several generous Grafton Art Club members. The prize winners were as follows: ADULT ART AWARDS -BENDIGO BANK OPEN ART PRIZE Julie Hutchings “Song Bird”.

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Grafton Aero Club hosts a free community event annually in June “Wings and Wheels Open day” at South Grafton Aerodrome where motor vehicle and aircraft enthusiasts display their wares. A charity is chosen for donations, this year being the Oncology/ Haematology Unit of Grafton Base Hospital. A cheque for $1,750.00 from the club was presented to the Nurse Unit Manager, Norelle McIntyre on Wednesday 15 December 2021. The attached photo is of the presentation. From left to right Bob King, club president, Norelle McIntyre, Kevin Wilson Club Secretary/Treasurer.

GRAFTON ART CLUB Through your pages, Grafton Art Club would like to thank our local sponsors for the recent 52nd Jacaranda Art Exhibition, which was held at the Barn at Grafton Showground, between 7th-11th December. Last year’s exhibition was cancelled due to the pandemic and this year’s was postponed from the usual Jacaranda week, to coincide with the Jacaranda Festival being delayed until December. As expected, visitor numbers were down but sales of artworks were higher than usual.

This annual showcase for Grafton Art Club owes much of its success to the following sponsors: Bendigo Bank, Clarence Valley Council,

SECTION 1 OIL 1st Jane Wilson “Seated Figure” 2nd Ray O’Shea “Maldive Moment” SECTION 2 ACRYLIC 1st Denise Filby “Snow Gums” 2nd Averill Wiblen “Outback Gorge” SECTION 3 WATERCOLOUR 1stPeter Mears “Golden ValleyZimba @ 2nd Mark Smith “Rocks” SECTION 4 PASTEL 1st Julianne Gosper “Symbol of Positivity” 2nd Julianne Gosper “Upliftting Spirit” SECTION 5 PENCIL-INKCHARCOAL 1st Jennifer Johnson “Maive and I” 2nd Julianne Gosper “At Peace” SECTION 6 MIXED MEDIA 1st Jennie Mansfield “Spring In Her Step” 2nd Debbie Vercoe “Michael’s Poppies” SECTION 7 ABSTRACT 1st Leisa Williams “Boris” 2nd Beverley Gardiner “Hidden Layers” SECTION 8 SCULPTURE 1st Jan Homer “The Family” 2ndJohn Baker “Precious Gift” SECTION 9 PHOTOGRAPHY& DIG.ART 1st Montanna Teare “Kindergarten” 2ndMaggie Putland “Thirsty” SECTION 10 NOVICE 1st Jennifer Johnson “Daughter of Mine” 2nd Maya Dougherty “Wren” RECYCLED ART – NEW BEGINNINGS 1st Michelle Worley “Fallen Covid- Style” 2nd Melanie Grainger “Love Story” GRAND CHAMPION Peter Mears “Golden Valley-Zimbabwe” ACQUISITIVE PURCHASE

BY GRAFTON REGIONAL GALLERY Stacey Conridge “White Lillys” ACQUISITIVE PURCHASE BY

WESTLAWN FINANCE -Peter Mears “Hot Afternoon” PEOPLE’S CHOICE Peter Mears “Hot Afternoon” YOUTH ART AWARDS - BENDIGO BANK STUDENT ART PRIZE - Frances Bertalli “Panic Attack” 5-8 YEARS 1st Ella Moar “The Dog” 2ndElla Moar “Happy Place” H.C. Maive Johnson “Untitled” 1 and 2 H.C. Ella Moar “Rainbow Dingo” 9-11 YEARS 1stGurnaaz Grewal “Bird on the Fruit Bowl” 2ndCharlie Ryan “Psychedelic Cat” H.C. Eleanor Ward “Beach Dragon” H.C. Jessica Kelly “Fairy Floss Cow” OVERALL JUNIOR CHAMPION 5-11 YEARS - Gurnaaz Grewal “Bird on the Fruit Bowl” 12-15 YEARS 1st Jacob Plumbe “Rocky” 2nd Matthew Hoade “Mystical Dragon” H.C. Illana Ward “Turtle” H.C. Matthew Hoade “Common Agama” 16-18 YEARS 1st Caitlin Grainger “Busy Day” 2nd Caitlin Grainger “Picasso” H.C. Gabrielle Plumbe “What is the Meaning” H.C. Montanna Teare “Day at the Beach” OVERALL SENIOR CHAMPION 12-18 YEARS -Matthew Hoade “Kookaburra” RAFFLE PRIZE 1 was won by Jillian Holmes RAFFLE PRIZE 2 was won by Janet O’Shea LUCKY DOOR PRIZE was won

by Jenny Sonta. A big THANK YOU to all the artists who took part and to all the visitors and helpers who made it possible. Hopefully, Jacaranda week 2022 will be back to “normal ” with Grafton Art Club’s 53rd exhibition. Anne Carter, GAC Secretary, On behalf of the GAC committee.

KYOGLE KYOGLE NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCE THE RISK HALL Come & enjoy a great night of Dancing & fun with the ‘Diamond Duo’ Lucky door prize, starts 8pm, excellent supper included – Enquiries Tony 66362486.

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.

SUMMERLAND GIANT PUMPKIN Summerland Giant Pumpkin and Watermelon Festival Saturday 15th January 2022 has something for everybody. Prize money in all categories has been substantially increased and the number of opportunities for winning a prize has also increased. This year’s Senior Art prize First Place $500, Second Place $250, Third Prize $125.00, Junior Art Prize - First Place $150, Second Place $75.00 Third Place $50.00.

All entries must reflect this year’s theme “ON THE VINE” Crafters are encouraged to submit an item of

textile art or soft furnishings inspired by pumpkins and watermelons reflecting this year’s theme “ON THE VINE”. This is an OPEN competition: First Place $200.00, Second Place $100.00, Third Place $50.00. Other competitions include Cooking recipes based around pumpkins or watermelons both savory or sweet and garden produce.

Details of these competitions and other activities can be found on the Summerland Pumpkin Face book page. So join us on Saturday 15th January, guess the weight of the Giant Pumpkin, satisfy your gastronomical desires and enjoy all the delights Kyogle has to offer.

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

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COMMUNITY NOTICES 73 9.30am-12noon in the community centre at Lennox Head, Call Jan on 66816150.

PROBUS CLUB OF LENNOX HEAD Meets 9.30 for 10.00 at Club Lennox, 10 Stewart Street, on the first Thursday of each month. Visitors are welcome, also retired or semiretired people wishing to join our non-service club to hear interesting guest speakers and to join in trips and outings are invited along. Phone Jan 66876859.

LISMORE

LISMORE

LISMORE DAY BRANCH CWA We meet at the CWA Rooms in Spinks Park on the first Thurs of each month. Come along for friendship, support, fun, and together working out ways we can fundraise for worthwhile causes.

NEW MEMBERS ARE MOST WELCOME. Interested in joining us? Please call our President Alison on 0428216079.

LISMORE CITY BOWLS CLUB With Covid 19 now coming to conclusion and the club’s new season beginning, Members are reminded that our fees this year are $45pa. Social $11pa. We ask anyone interested in playing or learning to play to come along and join us. For details see our website under Lismore city Bowls Club or phone: 66215991.

LISMORE BASE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Lismore Base Hospital Auxiliary had a wonderful 2 day Craft Market at the Lismore Workers Sports Club at Goonellabah on 11th and 12th December 2021. The craft Market made $6,785.80. Our Auxiliary Members would like to thank the community for their support. A big thank you to the Lismore Workers Sports Club for their support. Our Raffle was drawn on 12th December and it made $2,495.00 .First prize of $500.00 went to Terry at the Channon. 2nd prize of $100.00 was won by Pauline from Goonellabah.

We are now on Christmas Break.

Our Meetings will recommence on 10th February 2022 at 2pm at the Lismore Heights Bowling Club.

Our Auxiliary is looking for new Members to come along and join a fun group raising money to buy special equipment for Lismore Base Hospital’s Wish List. We have just passed for purchase, BMI Scales, NIKKI T Pumps x 5 for Cancer Ward, Chlorometer x 2 for Renal Unit A, Three Draw Trolley, Tactile Aprons.

PROBUS CLUB OF LISMORE HEIGHTS Our mixed group meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at the LISMORE HEIGHTS BOWLING CLUB in High St. Our brief meeting is followed by morning tea and a guest speaker. Senior’s lunch for $15 at noon is optional. Guests and

visitors are welcome. Ring/text Pam on 0418 766 247 for details of our other monthly social gatherings and outings.

SPRUNG Sprung!! is a registered charity and a not for profit community organisation that offers Dance, Theatre & Movement workshops and training to people with disabilities.

We are currently looking for volunteers to assist our organisation in a number of ways including supporting our Tutors and Disability Support Workers; transcribing; catering; professional skills; technical support and backstage support. Our workshops and performances run in Lismore, Mullumbimby, Tintenbar and Lennox Head expanding to Ballina and the Tweed. Any interested volunteers can reach us here and for general information please contact us on info@sprung. org.au 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 TARGET RIFLE CLUB For .22 calibre rifles, meets Wed nights from 6.30 pm & the 1st & 3rd Sat of each month from 12noon. 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 Commences Jan 17 2022, new players welcome. Played at Lismore Workers Mon mornings 9am, New members welcome. Info Rosemary 0434611520 or Veronica 0417004622.

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 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;

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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

NR U3A LISMORE INC. and SUMMERLAND Giant Pumpkin (UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD Watermelon Fes�val Saturday 15th of AGE) January a fantas�c day out for young Retired?

Make new friends, gain for and old with something happening everyone. knowledge, laugh and learn, enjoy Will there be a pumpkin a richer retirement.

U3Alarge offersenough over to Australasian �tle held 30topple classesthe and activities each week. by local grower whose One yearly fee Steve of $50Oliver entitles you to pumpkin in at 867kgs for attend allweighed classes/activities ofand your a short �me held the record for the choice. Interested? Check out our Southern Hemisphere only to be piped webpage at the posthttp://www.u3anriv.org. by a South African grower au for pumpkin course list, and venues whose wastimes 0.5kgs heavier. orAcontact 66227408 Follow us on cash prize will be won by the Facebook. person who guesses the weight of the pumpkin that will be displayed at CRT SUMMERLAND AMATEUR during the week prior to 15th January.

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These works will412 be on eachthe month at the clubrooms: display in the old IGA window from Richmond Hill Road, Richmond31st December 2021.

Hill at 1.00pm. Visitors are welcome.

Hot Rods, Classic Cars and Sports The clubrooms are usually open Cars will be displayed at various sites in on Sunday afternoons from about Stratheden Street and Roxy Lane 1pm onwards. are primarily Eateries have We been asked to amateur enthusiasts and par� cipateradio in “an all things pumpkin welcome interested and melonpersons week” by includingin radio, menu items based eitherand pumpkin electronics, astronomy similar or watermelon ingredients. subjects.

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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 and watermelon dishes, watermelon of Lismore dishes as wellNetworking as the tradi�could onal be the answer for you!

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A sculp�ngor compe� �on for those keen enough to sculpt a pumpkin or ROTARY CLUB watermelon into a work of Art has been included OF LISMORE WEST INC as these ACTIVITIES Is As in well its 60th yearFRINGE and meets at the all of Lismore which have a monetary East Bowling Club prize each for the winneratthere will be the members excitement Thursday 6.00pm.

New of viewing the giant Pumpkins and would be made most welcome.

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Musicians from Kyogle Country RED CROSS LISMORE BRANCH Music Associa�on will provide Meets the 3rd Monday of this the ac� month background music, while all vity at 2.00pm in the Red Cross Tea is taking place, the Service Clubs, Beef Rooms in and Keen Street Lismore.

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74 COMMUNITY NOTICES 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.

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.

MACLEAN

MACLEAN

MACLEAN VIEW CLUB Monthly meetings again, after months of lock down. It will start as usual 3rd Thursdays of each month at 11am. Contact Ruth Toyer on 0409844212 by Mondays, no later than 7pm. Numbers are required for catering purposes MURWILLUMBAH MURWILLUMBAH MURWILLUMBAH COMMUNITY GARDEN Members and visitors are invited to join the group for activities and gardening tips most Sundays.

Time 3-5pm (NSW time, street parking, Byo, covered footwear, comfy clothing, hat and water.

Children ok with strict supervision.

Covid plan operating. Enquires: murbahcommunitygardens@ gmail.com - follow us on Facebook #MurwillumbahCommunityGarden COMMUNITY PRINTMAKERS MURWILLUMBAH Fine art printmakers. Meet at studio space 224 Stokers Rd, Stokers Siding. Prints, gallery, workshops and more! E: cpmmurwillumbah@ hotmail.com - T: Peter 0498399640 or Sue 0408493253. Find us on Facebook & Instagram.

POTTSVILLE POTTSVILLE POTTSVILLE LADIES LIFEBALL Every Thursday morning 9.30am to 11.30am. Pottsville Community Hall $5.00 per session includes morning tea. No joining fee. Enquiries please call Jan 0431909760.

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.

THE THERISK RISK

LOCAL MARKETS

NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCE THE RISK HALL Come & enjoy a great night of Dancing & fun with the ‘Diamond Duo’ Lucky door prize, starts 8pm, excellent supper included – Enquiries Tony 66362486.

BALLINA FARMER’S MARKET Sundays 6am till 1pm at Commemoration Park Ballina BALLINA MARKET 3rd Sunday of the month BANGALOW FARMER’S MARKET Saturdays 7am till 11am at Bangalow Hotel Carpark BLUE KNOB FARMER’S MARKET 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 BYRON TWILIGHT MARKET Saturdays 4pm till 9pm at Railway Park, Johnson Street CASINO GOLF CLUB MARKET 2nd Sunday of every 2nd month EVANS HEAD COMMUNITY MARKET 4th Saturday of the month at Evans Head RSL Club EVANS HEAD FARMER’S MARKET Fridays 3-6pm at Surf Club Carpark GRAFTON TWILIGHT FARMER’S MARKET Thursdays 3pm till 7pm at Market Square KYOGLE FARMER’S MARKET Sat mornings at Stratheden St, Kyogle LISMORE CAR BOOT MARKET 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 FARMER’S MARKET Wednesdays 3pm till 6pm at Green Bank Carpark.

Contact Jason on 66891512 POTTSVILLE MARKETS 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month 7am until 1pm at Phillip Street.

Bookings essential.

Email: markets@pbnc.org.au THE CHANNON CRAFT MARKET 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

TWEED TWEED HEADS HEADS TWIN TOWNS & DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB Will meet on Monday 10th January 2022, and on 14th February 2022.

Venue: Tweed Heads Arts & Cultural Centre, (next to library) Brett Street, Tweed Heads. Doors open 8.30am.

Guest Speakers - January, Colleen Mills, Subject: ‘Plants’ February, Marilyn, Subject: ‘Worms and worm farms’ Entry fee $5. New members welcome $10 to join includes badge and diary. Raffles, lucky Bencher, Door prize. Don’t forget your mug to have a cuppa with friends, bring your own morning tea. There will be Benching so get your entries ready to bench. There will be trading and cuttings tables. Gwen Barnes 0468872199.

THE TWIN TOWNS DAY VIEW CLUB The Twin Towns Day VIEW Club meet regularly at the South Tweed Sports club on the first Thursday of the month for a chat and lunch.

Always on the agenda are important discussions on the well being of our selected ‘Learning for Life’ students especially selected for our club by our support group The Smith Family who are well known for their work for Australian children in relation to their well being and education.

As well as our Learning for Life children, we also do a great service to the community by keeping active and spreading the joy of living to any woman because after all VIEW stands for ‘Voice, Interest, Education for Women’ and that is just what we do for more information please ring President Kathie on 0407709629 or Freda on (07) 55241367.

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.

December 23, 2021

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THE NORTHERN RIVERS WEEKLY WEATHER 75

NORTHERN RIVERS TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL PREDICTIONS AREA

Thu 23 December

Fri 24 December

Sat 25 December

Sun 26 December

GRAFTON EVANS HEAD CASINO ALSTONVILLE MULLUMBIMBY TWEED HEADS

27o / 20o C 25o / 21o C 27o / 21o C 25o / 21o C 26o / 21o C 27o / 23o C

28o / 21o C 26o / 22o C 26o / 20o C 26o / 22o C 26o / 22o C 27o / 22o C

29o / 20o C 26o / 21o C 29o / 20o C 26o / 21o C 26o / 22o C 27o / 23o C

28o / 18o C 25o / 19o C 25o / 16 C 25o / 19 C 25o / 19o C 27o / 20o C

62% 81% 82% 81% 84% 77%

MOON PHASES Thu 23 Dec

Sun 26 Dec

Wed 29 Dec

49% 18% 69% 18% 48% 51%

2% 16% 22% 16% 20% 47%

41% 53% 67% 53% 60% 62%

Mon 27 December 28o / 19o C 27o / 20o C 26o / 18o C 27o / 20o C 27o / 19o C 28o / 19o C

39% 50% 45% 50% 52% 50%

Tue 28 December 26o / 18o C 25o / 19o C 26o / 18o C 25o / 19o C 25o / 19o C 25o / 19o C

99% 57% 86% 57% 57% 99%

Wed 29 December 26o / 18o C 25o / 19o C 26o / 18o C 25o / 19o C 25o / 19o C 25o / 19o C

99% 62% 99% 62% 62% 74%

TIDE TIMES & HEIGHTS CLARENCE - RIVER ENTRANCE

Waning Gibbous 84% Visible

Waning Gibbous 57% Visible

Waning Crescent 24% Visible

Sunrise & Sunset

DAY Thursday 23rd December Friday 24th December Saturday 25th December Sunday 26th December Monday 27th December Tuesday 28th December Wednesday 29th December

HIGH 12:03 pm 1.57m 12:15 am 1.07m 1:06 am 1.07m 2:04 am 1.08m 3:11 am 1.13m 4:19 am 1.22m 5:23 am 1.34m

LOW 5:07 am 0.43m 5:49 am 0.47m 6:37 am 0.52m 7:34 am 0.57m 8:43 am 0.6m 10:00 am 0.6m 11:18 am 0.56m

HIGH 12:43 pm 1.53m 1:24 pm 1.49m 2:09 pm 1.43m 3:01 pm 1.38m 4:02 pm 1.32m 5:09 pm 1.28m

LOW 6:40 pm 0.41m 7:24 pm 0.43m 8:11 pm 0.43m 9:00 pm 0.42m 9:49 pm 0.4m 10:42 pm 0.37m 11:33 pm 0.33m

EVANS HEAD - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 23rd December Friday 24th December Saturday 25th December Sunday 26th December Monday 27th December Tuesday 28th December Wednesday 29th December

NORTHERN RIVERS AREA DAY Thursday 23rd December Friday 24th December Saturday 25th December Sunday 26th December Monday 27th December Tuesday 28th December Wednesday 29th December

SUNRISE 5:47 am 5:47 am 5:48 am 5:49 am 5:49 am 5:50 am 5:50 am

SUNSET 7:46 pm 7:47 pm 7:47 pm 7:47 pm 7:48 pm 7:48 pm 7:48 pm

HIGH 11:58 am 1.74m 12:16 am 1.13m 1:04 am 1.12m 1:58 am 1.14m 2:58 am 1.19m 4:01 am 1.29m 5:03 am 1.42m

LOW 5:22 am 0.41m 6:06 am 0.45m 6:55 am 0.5m 7:50 am 0.55m 8:54 am 0.59m 10:07 am 0.61m 11:28 am 0.57m

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BALLINA - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 23rd December Friday 24th December Saturday 25th December Sunday 26th December Monday 27th December Tuesday 28th December Wednesday 29th December

HIGH 12:02 pm 1.58m 12:22 am 1.01m 1:13 am 1.02m 2:12 am 1.05m 3:17 am 1.12m 4:22 am 1.23m 5:24 am 1.37m

LOW 5:04 am 0.39m 5:47 am 0.44m 6:35 am 0.51m 7:32 am 0.57m 8:42 am 0.62m 10:04 am 0.64m 11:25 am 0.6m

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LOW 6:42 pm 0.39m 7:25 pm 0.41m 8:10 pm 0.42m 9:00 pm 0.41m 9:51 pm 0.39m 10:42 pm 0.35m 11:33 pm 0.31m

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LOW 5:35 am 0.35m 6:17 am 0.4m 7:06 am 0.46m 8:04 am 0.52m 9:13 am 0.57m 10:29 am 0.59m 11:48 am 0.56m

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LOW 7:14 pm 0.41m 7:58 pm 0.42m 8:43 pm 0.42m 9:32 pm 0.4m 10:24 pm 0.36m 11:15 pm 0.32m

TWEED HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 23rd December Friday 24th December Saturday 25th December Sunday 26th December Monday 27th December Tuesday 28th December Wednesday 29th December

HIGH 11:55 am 1.61m 12:35 pm 1.58m 12:45 am 1.08m 1:47 am 1.09m 2:59 am 1.15m 4:09 am 1.25m 5:12 am 1.38m

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LOW 6:17 pm 0.46m 7:00 pm 0.47m 7:46 pm 0.47m 8:36 pm 0.46m 9:29 pm 0.42m 10:22 pm 0.38m 11:15 pm 0.33m

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76 SPORTS RESULTS SEND YOUR SPORTS RESULTS TO sports@nrtimes.com.au Please keep under 200 words. Photos are welcome but publishing is at the discretion of the editor.

Results must be sent in Word, Pages or PDF format CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB SPORTS RESULTS ASSOCIATION CROQUET : E.Thorman P.Hume 22 d S.Hume B.Reddy 10 L.TurnerR.Chapman 20 d S.Hume M.Gidding 15 B.Hardy P.Hume 14 d S.Keen B.Reddy 14 G.Porter 25 d E.Thorman L.Hardy 16 L.Turner B.Reddy 24 d G.Porter 18 G.Drew P.Hume 18 d E.Thorman S.Hume 13 RICOCHET CROQUET : P.Bolte J.Doust 19 d B.Wellings J.Hannigan 12 D.Scott B.Waters 13 d P.Waters R.Chapman 8 P Scott N.Barnes11 d R.Poynting N.Poynting 10 A. Du,Preez N.Poynting 9 d H.Young R.Chapman 7 P.Bolte J.Hannigan 13 d C.Edlund N.Barnes 10 R.Poynting 11 d R.Allen 8 GOLF CROQUET : R.Allen R.Chapman5 d A.Du Preez N.Poynting 2 P.Scott R.Poynting 4 d J.Saunders C.Lane 0 J.Campbell J.Bate 5 d J.OSullivan L.Wesely 2 B.Liebmann K.Duffey 4 d M.Van Houdt D.Casey 1 G.Patch D.Taylor 5 d J.Huxley T.Wimble 2 C.Duffey R.Chapman 6 d D.Taylor M.Van Houdt 5 D.Casey B.Wellings 5 d J.OSullivan P.Scott 4 J.Dorward C.Lane 5 d J.Huxley N.Poynting 4 R.Allen T.Wimble 4 d J.Gilhooly B.Liebmann 3 A.Du Preez J.Bate 5 d S.Scott R.Poynting 2 G.Patch D.Scott 5 d C.Edlund N.Poynting 4 P.Scott M.Russell 5 d J.Dorward G.Porter 3 N.Watts R.Poynting 4 d J.Doust S.Scott 4 G.Patch R.Poynting 4 d J.Dorward M.Russell 3 B.Liebmann J.Doust 4 d J.Saunders S.Scott 2 N.Poynting 5 d G.Porter 4 G.Frederiksen N.Watts 6 d C.Edlund P.Bolte 2 P.Bolte G.Porter 4 d J.Saunders

D.Scott 4 J.Dorward J.Doust 4 d N.Watts 2 M.Russell N.Poynting 4 d C.Edlund Liebmann3 G.Frederiksen P Scott 5 d S.Scott R Poynting 3 TWILIGHT CROQUET : J.Saunders 24, J.Huxley 23,S.Scott 23, J.Taylor 22, G.McDonahugh, M.Rennie 22, A.Kelly 21, McDonogh 20, V.McDonogh 20, E.Astley 19, C.Edlund 18, B.Taylor 18, R.Poynting 17, J.Campbell 16, L.Wesely 16.

Winner J.SaundersRunner upJ. Huxley S.Scott.

Cherry Street Golf Croquet Team Challenge Shield Winners over Coutts Crossing.

CORAKI VETERANS GOLF RESULTS THURSDAY 16/12/21 A very large field contested an 18 hole single stableford, Ham winner S Dawson, vets winner L Clark, lucky draw ham winners L Bonner M Bruggy, 2ndP Smith, 3rdT Perkins, free game T Foster, chicken/ball winners T McBurney, I Welch, J Kelly, R Thorne, J Nilsson, J Denning, S McDonough,T Beemster, W Lunnon, R Webber, K Avery, nearest pins 3rd/12th T Perkins, 6th/15th R Webber. This Thursday another single stableford will be played commencing at 8-00am .

Golfers are reminded that the Annual Leeson Family day will be held on Thursday the 30/12/21 heaps of prizes for golfers and non golfers all welcome. This day will also start at 8.00am.

AS USUAL TILL THEN GOOD GOLFING Max KYOGLE BOWLS RESULTS Wednesday December 15 - R Clark K Hayes d G Knapp N Parker + 18, B Ryan T Burgess G Miller d P Anderson G King J Coston + 17, J Watts S Colley P Doyle d N Bodycote J Arnold B Hyde + 8.

Saturday December 18 - B Hyde S Hall d J Watts T Winkler + 18, W Farrell S Colley P Doyle d B Ryan K Hayes R McKenna + 15, N Parker T Holder D Farrell d G Lavelle J Arnold J Coston + 4, G Turner R Felton R Rogers d P Anderson T Burgess N Bodycote + 2.

LAST WEEKS RESULTS LISMORE WORKERS GOLF CLUB Firstly, a big thank-you to Metroll & Lismore Workers Fishing Club for their sponsorship on the weekend.

Their continued support is greatly appreciated.

GOLF RESULTS FOR LAST WEEK Thursday: 4BBB Stableford + Single stableford; 4BBB: Winners - Eli McDermott/ Mark McMahon (45) R/up Garry Couglin/Phillip Creary (45c/b) A Grade: Winner - Jack Robertson (39) B Grade: Winner - Gregory Marshall (37) 4BBB Ball run-down: 42 c/b.

NTP’s: 2nd - Geoff Foster; 5th David Walker; 11th - Colin Nichols; 16th - Gordon Dutton.

Field size: 99.

Thursday_4BBB_Single.pdf Saturday: 4 person HAMbrose sponsored by Metroll & Lismore Workers Fishing Club .

Winners - Jeff Davis/Darryl Matthews/Brenton Hare/Sean Stephens (53.87) R/Up - Brett McPherson/Troy Matthews/John Wilesmith/Mark Sneesby (54) 3rd - Bill Graham/David Martin/ Simon Mumford/Mark Robb (54.12) Ball run-down: 4 person ambrose score (57.25) NTP’s: 2nd: Paddy Molloy 5th: David Oliver 6th Chip Shot: John Wilesmith 8th: Jacob Hospers 9th Second Shot: Matthew Scurr 11th: Duncan Cotterill 13th: Mitchell Holland 16th: Michelle Wilson Field size: 252.

Sunday: 2 person HAMbrose.

Winners - Jason Franke/Brett Franke (58.75) R/Up - Anthony Ginger/Greg McGuiness (61.5) 3rd - Peter McDade/Scott Williams (61.5c/b) Ball run-down: 2 person ambrose score (63) NTP’s: 2nd: Glenn Mancell 11th: Brenan Rumble Field size: 40.

2_Person_Hambrose.pdf THIS WEEK’S EVENTS Thursday: 16-Dec-2021, Alpine Towing Back Marker Challenge Final.

Saturday: 18-Dec-2021, Single Stableford, sponsored by JEDS Used Cars Sunday: 19-Dec-2021, Single Stableford

SCENE SET FOR 2021 COUNTRY YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS The best youth cricketers from

regional NSW and the ACT will take centre stage next week as the 2021 Cricket NSW Country Youth Championships get underway at locations across the state.

To be contested from December 20 - 23, this is the third instalment of the now annual event which features three age divisions each comprising of two conferences, Sixers* and Thunder*: • Sixers – Under 13 male, Under 14 male and Under 15 male • Thunder – Under 13 male, Under 14 male and Under 15 male “The Cricket NSW Country Youth Championships represent an opportunity for players to begin their journey into elite cricket,” Nic Bills, NSW Pathways Manager, said.

“It is an exciting opportunity for the next generation to test their skills against the best of the best in their respective age brackets.

“This is the entry point for many of our future stars into our elite pathways.”

The Sixers under 13 carnival will take place at Maitland (Dec 20 – 22) with Sixers under 14 and under 15 (Dec 20 – 22) in Grafton and surrounds. The Dubbo Region, which includes Narromine and Wellington, will host the Thunder under 13, 14 and 15 conferences.

In total, 48 teams will take part in this year’s Cricket NSW Country Youth Championships Carnival across the three locations where each conference comprises of eight representative teams.

Cricket NSW would like to thank and acknowledge event partners Clarence Valley Council and Dubbo Regional Council for their support of this year’s NSW Country Youth Championships and the many officials, umpires and volunteers who will assist with the delivery of this year’s event.

December 23, 2021

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MAX PERROTS’ SURFING

Pictured: Matt Formston in action.

Photographer: Ben Reed/ISA

The surf pumped throughout a dramatic final’s day in Pismo Beach USA for the 2021 ISA World Para Surfing Games where Northern Rivers surfers had podium finishes.

Mark “Mono” Stewart from Byron Bay won the Gold medal in the Kneel division and Matt Formston from Lennox Head won a Copper medal in the Visually Impaired 2 division.

Stewart who won his third gold medal at the World Games said: “Hearing your national anthem played at a World awards ceremony is pretty emotional.

Stoked to win my 3rd

Gold Medal at the ISA Ampsurf World Parasurf Championships here in Pismo, California. The Irukandjis first ever Gold medal.

I want congratulate and thank Team #irukandji for their support and results.

Special thanks to my mate Troy Storey for helping and sharing the experience.

Thanks to Dave, Kevin, Mark from @ parkeskneeboards @barzoptics @ rubberjunglewetsuits for their continued support.

Especially want to thank everyone for their messages of support and can’t wait to get

Pictured: Mark “Mono” Stewart getting chaired up the beach.

Photographer: Reed/ISA

home to celebrate with my family and friends, cheers.” ISA President Fernando Aguerre said: The getting together of the top para surfers of the world at the ISA World Championship matters a lot.

Firstly, for the actual competitors and their families and friends at home. Secondly, for the thousands and thousands of para surfers around the world.

Thirdly for the people with different abilities

that today don’t surf for any reason. And finally for the rest of the world as a way to remember that impossible is nothing.

Para Surfing belongs

in the Paralympic Games. Getting in is as difficult as getting in the Olympic Games. And I know something about this subject. But two days ago, the Executive

Board of the IOC voted to include surfing as a permanent sport in the Olympics. So, getting in the Paralympic Games might be a bit easier now. “

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Northern Rivers surfers take off on the World Tour

By Margaret Dekker Evans Head local Callum Robson and Pottsville charger India Robinson have realised every grommet’s wildest dream, qualifying for the World Surf League Championship Series - aka ‘the Tour’ representing a resurgence and new era in Aussie surfers going global.

Making the ‘Class of ‘22’ is a huge achievement for the two, who’ll compete as rookies against the world’s best including Gabriel Medina, Filipe Toledo, Italo Ferriera, Carissa Moore, Tatiana Weston-Webb and Sally Fitzgibbons and comes after years of surfing, commitment, support and belief.

INDIA ROBINSON

Proud senior coaches, Surfing Australia’s Glen Workman and Kate Wilcomes

heat that India learned she’d made it on Tour, the ultimate in surfing competition.

“It was hard to focus once I knew I’d qualified, it was just unreal, it was so good,”

CALLUM ROBSON

Series. The top 12 male

Judy and Michael Robson flank son Callum Robson who’s arrived at surfing’s big league

Signs of a big future, Pottsville locals get behind pro surfer India Robinson

21-year-old India, who hails from Jan Juc in Victoria but lives and trains on the Tweed Coast, qualified after taking out the semi-final in the last of the qualifying WSL Challenger Series at Haleiwa in Hawaii in early December. That performance saw India finish fifth overall in the Series, booking her place as one of just six finalists from the Series to elevate to the Championship Tour with just 17 women competing in 2022.

Displaying her powerful forehand and courage, India finished an impressive fourth at Haleiwa behind 3 local Hawaiian surfers. It was just before her final

India Robinson told The Northern Rivers Time back in Pottsville last week.

A humble but clearly stoked Robinson, who overcame head injuries in the surf this year and the uncertainty of international competition in a time of Covid, said making the Tour is a childhood dream come true, and proof persistence pays off.

“Yeah to actually do it and achieve my goal is unbelievable, I’m still in shock. I’ve been working so hard my whole life for this and to know that my hard work has paid off is so fulfilling,” India Robinson said.

In Evans Head, a Hi-ace van carrying the local cheer squad drove to Ballina Airport to meet Callum ‘Caltex’ Robson off the plane after his return from Hawaii and a Challengers Series which saw him also triumph to make the WSL

surfers in the Challenger Series go on to the 2022 Tour with 34 male competitors.

“Definitely over the moon, celebrating with the other boys, it was a good arvo,” the powerful natural-footer said of his Hawaiian qualifier.

Pottsville rookie India Robinson makes the WSL Championship Tour

Championship Tour.

“Cheers, I’m stoked,” Callum told The Northern Rivers Times.

Robson qualified after a semi-final finish on his last wave at Haleiwa, placing him 8th overall in the 2021 Challenger

Surfing bible Tracks Magazine has described Callum Robson’s surfing as “a pleasing mix of classic Ozi grunt and radical progression.

He can hit the lip like a sledgehammer or fly beyond it like a jump jet.

It’s the kind of potent combination a modern surfer needs to make a dent on an elite contest scene that increasingly requires a mastery of all aspects of surfing,” Tracks Magazine opined.

“It’s probably just the fundamentals,” Callum Robson said simply ..

And a little help from his friends in Evans.

“I want to thank the Evans Head community and the local Halftide Boardriders Club for supporting me on this journey,” he said.

SURFING AUSTRALIA, TWEED COAST Callum’s already back in training at Surfing Australia’s High Performance Centre in Casuarina where India Robinson also trains under a Professional program widely credited with helping build this new era of young surfers.

Elite services in and out of the water include tow-ins and technique on waves across the Tweed Coast, to trampoline work, aerial awareness, landing technique and strength work in the gym.

National High Performance Director, Kate Wilcomes, herself a former world pro surfer (nee Skarratt) said it’s an exciting time in Australian surfing following Ballina’s Connor O’Leary and Angourie’s Morgan Cibilic current form at Championship level.

“There is a bit of a change of the guard this year in the Tour and some young competitors with Indi and Callum and also Liam (O’Brien, Gold Coast) and ‘Jacko’ (Jackson Baker,

Newcastle) it’s been an incredible season for them, and it’ll be really inspirational for a lot of the younger surfers that will be looking up to them and going this is actually achievable,” Kate Wilcomes said.

“It’s like winning a bit of a medal ourselves because we can see that they’re doing so well and that means that hopefully Surfing Australia is on track as well,” she added.

Lead Physical Preparation Coach at Surfing Australia Glen Workman said surfers now see themselves as athletes, and that’s helping.

“Australian surfers, they actually realise that they’ve got to be athletes, they’re actually buying in to understanding what it is to be an athlete and that is building their confidence and their resilience and it’s actually translating to what’s happening in the water and it’s a generation that’s really making ground internationally now,” Glen Workman said.

The Northern Rivers rookies return to Hawaii in January for the Billabong Pro Pipeline at Banzai Pipeline from January 29, kicking off the 2022 Tour with just two Aussie events at Bells Beach in Victoria from April 10 (India’s home break) and the Margaret River Pro from April 24. It’s a World Tour that now holds genuine local talent and appeal.

“India and Callum have worked SO hard, and they’ve put in so much time both in the water and out of the water to better themselves and you know thankfully it’s paid dividends and the next step is to stay on tour and maintain that momentum,” Glen Workman, Surfing Australia’s Lead Physical Preparation coach said.

“Bring on 2022!” India posted to social media as she headed home to Torquay for Christmas .. while waiting to see which competition number she’ll wear on her Tour jersey ..

“Hopefully number 4, that’d be sick,” said the staunch AFL Richmond Football Club supporter.

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Pottsville apply the heat to Cavaliers from back page

By Daniel Cohen In the LJ Hooker League action this weekend, Pottsville travelled to Casino to take on theCavaliers at QE Park on a typical Casino December day - hot and humid with a gentle breeze at best.

It was an important match for both teams as they looked to lift themselves from the lower end of the competition ladder through the first 5 rounds.

The hosts won the toss and elected to bat on what looked to be a flat pitch and fast outfield.

The Cavaliers didn’t get the start they wanted however, with Jaydan Vidler skying the fourth ball of the day off Tomlinson Mid On with the score on 0.

This brought brother Damien to the crease who showed early intent, putting away a number of poor deliveries to get the scoreboard ticking over.

Tripp posted a classy half-century Photos by DC Sports Photography

offie’s There were cameo’s from captain Tim Martin (29 off 37) and No. 11 Mark

the blocks with intent, and despite the heat temporarily claiming aggressive young opener Billy O’Brien (tip:

Vidler cuts a loose ball to bring up his 50 Photos by DC Sports Photography

Tomlinson struck again with the score on 37, removing Casino’s other opener Blasche for 5.

Vidler went on to post a solid half-century, before being trapped in front by Pottsville tweaker Oscar Van Megchelen. Vidler finished with an impressive 52 off 44 while Van Megchelen’s controlled

Mison in an exciting final wicket partnership of 37, but Pottsville were able to take wickets at regular intervals and restrict the home side to 168.

Tomlinson finished with 4/28 off his 8 overs, while Van Megchelen 8 overs of tight off-spin netted him 3/16.

The visitors burst out of

Tripp drives through cover Photos by DC Sports Photography

there’s no gentle sea-breeze in Casino!), Joe Allan came to the crease playing shots freely on his way to 22 (34 balls). Pottsville opener Jamie Tripp blasted an impressive 74 from 66 balls, paving the way for a comfortable Pottsville win. O’Brien resumed his innings following Allan’s dismissal,

eventually Run Out for 42 (45).

Pottsville cruised past the hosts total for a 6 wicket

Tweed/Banora Colts at Reg Dalton Field. Pat Rosser got the Hornets innings back on track

bowlers claiming wickets.

Marist Brothers Lismore launched out of the blocks against highly fancied Tintenbar/East Ballina, racing to 60 off just a handful of over thanks to Israr Mabood’s 40 from 20 balls. It was an all too familiar story for Brothers however, with the middle order failing leaving it up to a late order revival to post a competitive 195.

It wasn’t enough however, with the visitors chasing down the total with a wicket to spare (Crawford 76 from 58, Dwyer 42, Auld 4/33 off 6.3).

At Megan Crescent hosts Lennox Head posted 177 from their 40 overs (B Barnes 49 off 66, K Hare 3/23 from 5), but Sam McLean’s 80 (115) guided the visiting Goonellabah Workers Sports to 3/178 and a comfortable 7 wicket win (A Kemmis 47 off 59).

The in-form Ballina travelled to Rabjones

Vidler on the front foot Photos by DC Sports Photography

win with a dozen overs to spare. The pick of the Cavaliers bowlers was Alan Nowlan, picking up late wickets finishing with a respectable 3/26 (6 overs).

In the weekends other matches, a Ziebell-less Cudgen looked to be in early trouble at 3/28 against neighbouring

however - and when he was dismissed with the score at 4/85, Pat had contributed 62 to that total (off 45 balls). Cudgen would finish with 8/206 (Stoddart 45 off 58, Powell 3/32 off 7).

In reply the Colts could only manage 152 (Powell 37 off 35, Gardner 33), with each of the 6 Hornets

Martin pulls the ball for 4 Photos by DC Sports Photography

to play last placed Murwillumbah and compiled an imposing 6/303 from their 40 overs.

Zach Cluff led the charge smashing 101 from 74 balls (Hall 73 from 54, Housen 2/56 off 8). In reply the locals could only manage 146 (McCloy 29 off 26, Watt 26, Singh 3/17 off 5).

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Van Megchelen took 3/16 (8) Photo by DC Sports Photography

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