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By Samantha Elley

THE annual tradition of Santa photos with our kids had a rough ride last year and it may be just as difficult this year with restrictions around Covid-19.

One photographer has decided to take a different angle and is offering photo sessions with the Dr Seuss inspired character, the Grinch.

“It’s been such a terrible year and the Grinch is a great character for it,” said Erin Johnson, of Flashful Creations.

Erin said she thought of the idea when she noticed there was nothing about the Grinch around.

“I decided to think outside the box last year and started doing Grinch photo sessions down in Nambucca Heads where we lived,” she said.

“The idea became very popular, and my sessions sold out very quickly.

“We have

now decided to move back to Casino, where we are originally from, to be closer to family.”

Ms Johnson said she had such a great response last year she is doing it again for Christmas 2021.

On the weekend of December 11-12, Ms Johnson is offering Grinch Christmas photo sessions in Casino at either the Casino wetlands or near the archery fields.

“I offer a scare or noscare option, but by the end of the session the Grinch takes his mask off to show he’s not really scary,” Ms Johnson said.

“I’ve even had adults

book sessions and they’ve had a lot of fun.

“They are full of laughs photo sessions.”

People can book Grinch sessions, scare or noscare, on Ms Johnson’s Facebook page Flashful Creations.

“If the weekend in December books out, I am flexible and may organise another weekend before Christmas,” said Ms Johnson.

Keep an eye on her Facebook page for the latest updates.

Ms Johnson said “I’ve built a COVID safe mask in to the costume for safety as well”.

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Schools staffing crisis ‘worst I’ve seen’, says teacher

By Tim Howard STAFFING in Clarence Valley public schools is the worst it has been says a local union organiser.

Grafton Teachers Association president Simon Robertson said at his school, Grafton High, there had been times in the past year when in one four-week period there were 144 teaching periods not covered.

“The pool of local casual teachers has diminished rapidly,” he said.

“At one stage we had to keep four classes under shelter without a teacher for three days, because there were no teachers available to take classes.”

Last Tuesday more than 40 local teachers gathered for a protest meeting in Memorial Park, Grafton, before marching to the office of the Member for Clarence, Chris Gulaptis.

NSW Teachers Federation president Angelo Gavrielatos told them the message they needed to send to the NSW Government was “enough was enough”.

He quoted NSW Department of Education internal briefings leaked to the union last year, which claimed NSW would run out of teachers in five years.

About 40 Grafton teachers rallied in Memorial Park, then marched on the office of MP for Clarence Chris Gulaptis last Tuesday.

Mr Gavrielatos said records of these internal briefings stretch back over a number of years and reveal the Department to be well aware of the issues facing teachers every day.

“NSW is facing a large and growing shortage of teachers,” from a July 2021 briefing.

“We cannot improve student outcomes without having a sufficient supply of high quality teachers available

where and when they are needed. If we don’t address supply gaps now, we will run out of teachers in the next five years.” (DoE briefing June 2020) Mr Gavrielatos said the briefing notes revealed the Department has been aware of the issues for years, as this excerpt from November 2019 revealed.

“Our current strategies are insufficient to meet future demand for appropriately qualified

teachers in NSW public schools.

“Current ‘best-case analysis’ shows in next three years we will have a supply gap at the aggregate level with increased demand and constrained supply: this is a significant underrepresentation of the real problem.”

He said one of the least desirable outcomes was teachers forced to take classes out of their field.

“This isn’t just happening in maths and

science, but in English, history and other fields,” he said to the meeting.

“Once again we see the department addressing it in one of their briefings, ‘Supply challenges are increasing the number of teachers who are teaching out of field. This practice impacts both student outcomes and teacher engagement’.”

It’s an issue local teachers have become used to, Mr Robertson said.

“It’s a day to day experience that the only way to cover extra classes is for teachers to take classes not in their field,” he said.

“As a head teacher it’s something I hate doing, telling a teacher to take a class for a subject they not trained in.”

Students missed out in other ways due to the staff shortages.

“We’ve had to call off excursions, miss sports events and cancel in-school training because there are not enough teachers to cover classes,” he said.

“It’s a real problem for teachers, but the worst thing for me is it impacts the kids.”

And he said the department’s briefings showed it was aware of what needed to be done.

“The demands and

expectations on teachers are increasing, while the current rewards... are not providing enough incentive…The salary ceiling...may be impeding choices to become a teacher. “On average, teacher pay has been falling relative to pay in other professions since the late 1980s and this makes it a less attractive profession for high achieving students.”

Mr Robertson said staff were fed up with the lack of action and industrial action was under consideration.

“It is the worst I’ve seen in 22 years as a teacher,” he said.

Mr Gavrielatos said the Federation executive meeting was on November 23 and the Council would meeting on November 27.

“Keep your eyes on your emails,” he said.

The NSW Department of Education has dismissed the claims, saying they were based on outdated information.

It said had developed strategies to attract more teaching staff and deliver on a commitment to recruit 4600 more teachers over four years.

But the Federation was wary of this claim, as they believe this includes bringing in teachers from overseas to fix the problem.

Patient ratings give hospitals clean bill of health PATIENTS treated at Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) hospitals have given very high ratings of their experiences of care in 2020 according to the Bureau of Health Information’s (BHI) latest Adult Admitted Patient Survey.

The survey asked patients admitted to hospital about their views of care across a

broad range of areas.

Patients from across NNSWLHD provided positive feedback on the safe, high-quality care they received, with almost all patients (97 per cent) saying the care they received was ‘very good’ or ‘good’ – a two percentage point increase on the previous year.

Nearly all (96 per cent) patients rated the doctors who treated them as ‘very good’ or

‘good’. An even higher proportion of patients (97 per cent) rated the nurses who treated them as ‘very good’ or ‘good’.

NNSWLHD chief executive Wayne Jones praised the dedicated health staff in Northern NSW for their continued professionalism and care, when the results were released last week.

“We all know 2020 was a tough year, coming off the back of local

bushfires and flooding,” Mr Jones said.

“Despite the added pressures, our amazing clinicians and hospital staff continued giving exemplary care.

“I can’t thank them enough for their hard work and dedication to making sure they provide the best patient care. Our team can be really proud of these results.”

Once again, the survey showed almost

all Northern NSW hospitals were above the state average in cleanliness, with 85 per cent of patients across NNSWLHD saying the wards or rooms were ‘very clean’, the highest result across all LHDs in the state.

For the third year running, Byron Central Hospital received the highest individual hospital result in the state, with 92 per cent of

patients saying the wards or rooms were ‘very clean’.

The 2021-22 budget for NNSWLHD was $946 million, an increase of almost $33 million on the previous financial year’s budget.

Between mid-2012 and mid-2021, NNSWLHD increased its workforce by an additional 1219 full- time equivalent staff - an increase of 32.3 per cent.

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Community digs deep to help family

By Tonia Dynan THE mum of the fouryear-old twin girls who were killed after a house fire in Goonengerry last week has shared her grief on social media.

“Thank you for every thought, word, text, missed call and gesture.

Words cannot express waking up to Day 3 of these beautiful bunnikins not here,” Akira Garton wrote on her Instagram page.

“No more mumma, no more hands, no more smiles, no more dancing, no more moments like this, happy, so happy – October 13 2021,” she said, referring to a photo of her with the twins, Ophelia and Tarrow.

“I’m devastated. It was too early. I never thought I’d use social media to communicate this. I will try to respond when I can and have words beyond disbelief.”

GoFundMe pages have been set up for both the girls’ mother and their father, James Wright.

Akira’s dad, Andrew Garton, also made a Facebook post about the tragedy.

“My dear friends, you may have seen, read or heard news of the tragic, unimaginable loss of twin girls in Northern NSW this weekend past,” he said.

“They were my granddaughters Tarrow and Ophelia, I have never asked for much but today I ask that if you can, please help Akira, my daughter through this challenging time. There are two families grieving we need your strength and support.”

Mr Garton also wrote on the GoFundMe page for his daughter.

“Every mother’s worst nightmare suddenly became reality for our darling Akira on Sunday morning (7th November) when she heard the news that her 4 year old twin girls had lost their lives in a house fire in Goonengary, NSW, Australia,” he wrote.

“Tarrow and Ophelia

Twin girls Ophelia and Tarrow pictured with their mother Akira Garton.

were bright, playful, identical twins that had a sparkle in their eyes and angelic features. They loved and adored their older sister Maitreya so so much… just as they were loved and adored by all close to them.

“There is no word in English for a parent who loses their child, and there shouldn’t be. It is an unthinkable tragedy.

Akira and her family are shattered to the core;

they have an unbearable amount of grief to carry and heartbreaking pain to endure.

“Akira is a single mother with an extraordinary amount of expenses ahead of her.

We call upon her soul family, her friends, her community and fellow parents far and wide to dig deep so we can support and hold Akira through this horrifically challenging time.”

Mr Garton said donations would cover Akira’s loss of income, “as running a business all while navigating this tragic moment and being present for her 7 year old daughter over the next few weeks/months would be near impossible without support”.

“A loss of this magnitude is almost unimaginable, and to even try is quite unbearable. A sorrow this complete takes away even the ability to breathe, the previously normal act of simply existing becoming a terrifying and seemingly impossible territory.

Akira will need us, all of us, to survive this loss,” he wrote.

It was reported the twins were spending the weekend with their father at the Nunkeri multi-occupancy commune.

Mullumbimby resident, Steve Wright, set up a GoFundMe page for their father.

“Early on Sunday

morning November the 7th our dear Jimmi lost his darling girls, Ophelia and Tarrow to a tragic house fire. These beautiful little fairies left this earth too soon, and the loss for Jimmi and family is unspeakable,” he wrote on the fundraising page.

“It is now for us, his friends and family, to come together and create a legacy of lasting love and support. Aside from the onslaught of grief and sorrow, that is already devastating the family, there is an impending slew of debt, funeral costs, and dayto-day expenses that we hope to cover through this collection.”

More than $200,000 has been raised collectively on the two GoFundMe pages.

If you would like to donate go to Gofundme. com and search for “Holding Akira through this challenging time” and “Support Jimmi James in a time of tragedy”.

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Man charged over alleged historical sexual assault of three girls A MAN has been extradited from Queensland and charged over the alleged historical sexual assault of three young girls.

In November last year, detectives attached to Tweed/Byron Police District started an investigation after receiving a referral from Victoria Police in relation to alleged sexual assault offences.

During the investigation, police received information relating to three girls – then aged eight, 11 and 13 – who had allegedly been sexually assaulted by a man known to them on several occasions between 1995 and 2004 at locations including Doon Doon, Baryugil and Tenterfield.

On Monday, September 13, investigators, with Queensland Police, arrested a 67-yearold man at a home at Waterford West.

The man was subsequently charged with outstanding arrest warrants and 12 offences including four counts of sexual intercourse with person under the age of 10 years.

Doctor guilty of professional misconduct

By Tonia Dynan A POTTSVILLE medical practitioner has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct on four accounts and one count of professional misconduct after allegedly having sex with a former patient.

The case against Dr Jamal Moussa was presented to the Civil and Administrative Tribunal NSW by the Health Care Complaints Commission.

Dr Moussa started working at Pottsville Family Practice and Skin Cancer Clinic in 2017.

The patient first saw Dr Moussa in February 2018 with a sore throat and again six months later with lower back pain.

The Tribunal found Dr Moussa inappropriately prescribed Oxycodone and Naloxone to the patient for lower back pain on two separate occasions and inappropriately prescribed anti-psychotic medication Seroquel without checking the patient’s history, which included drug and alcohol history and a history of suicide.

A few months later, in a referral letter to

a psychologist, it is claimed Dr Moussa failed to provide adequate information about the patient’s clinical presentation, including the current medications of Seroquel, Oxycodone, and Naloxone, the patient’s history of sexual abuse and marijuana use.

The patient’s daughter first attended Dr Moussa in December 2017 with a problem of haemangioma right shoulder and went back to him a few months later with a mild cough.

The Tribunal found for one year Dr Moussa failed to appropriately manage the daughter’s asthma diagnosis and prescribed Symbicort in circumstances where that medication is not clinically indicated for children under the age of 12.

The case also alleges that during a consultation, Dr Moussa told the mother that he had separated from his wife and showed her a picture of his five-yearold daughter. Dr Moussa denies this happened.

In 2019, it was alleged Dr Moussa inappropriately terminated the therapeutic relationship with the patient.

Dr Moussa continued to treat the patient’s daughter on a further two occasions.

Between January and March 2019, Dr Moussa sent about 41 messages of a personal nature to the mother via Facebook Messenger and he met with the patient at a juice bar in Kingscliff and discussed personal matters.

In February 2019, it is alleged Dr Moussa

invited the patient over to his house and had sexual intercourse with her, breaching professional boundaries.

Dr Moussa denies having any sexual contact with the patient, other than “the fact she kissed him at the front door”, which he also later denied.

The patient first reported she had been allegedly raped to the Tweed Valley Sexual Assault Service, and further told NSW Police in March 2019 that she believed she had been drugged by Dr Moussa and raped.

Evidence submitted by the practice manager and a casual receptionist at the clinic said they noticed an inappropriate increase in the frequency of the appointments being made by the patient with Dr Moussa and a fellow GP at the clinic suggested Dr Moussa should terminate her as a patient due to the frequency of consultations.

The patient’s mother gave evidence as she was also a patient of Dr Moussa. She told the Tribunal that Dr Moussa had asked her if her daughter had a boyfriend and whether she was sexually active. Dr

Moussa denied having this conversation with the patient’s mother.

The patient’s mother said for weeks after the alleged rape, her daughter was “really on edge” and told investigators in July 2019 that she was concerned as her daughter was sleeping with a knife beside her.

The Tribunal found the versions of events over the alleged rape were “clearly irreconcilable” but it was plain to see the patient was a vulnerable person.

The numerous Facebook messages clearly demonstrated that Dr Moussa was a willing participant in maintaining a relationship with a patient outside of the professional relationship, the Tribunal found, and he did not dispute that he told police they had gone out of four occasions.

The Tribunal noted the variation in accounts concerning the actual sexual encounter, but despite that, the Tribunal considered the patient was a witness of truth.

A hearing date to determine the appropriate disciplinary sanction for the offences is yet to be set.

Mayoral candidate’s billboard approved LISMORE mayoral candidate Steve Krieg has responded accusations by other mayor candidates saying he was carrying out “illegal” activity over the size of his billboard in

Woodlark Street.

“Late last night we received written confirmation from Lismore City Council that this billboard is legal and compliant,” Mr Krieg said.

“This attempted stunt is consistent with some of the attitudes on council - wasting time trying to score political points, when they should be focusing on the issues that matter.

“It is exactly why we need a change.

“We need a council that gets back to the work of fixing our roads, managing your rates and bringing jobs to our town.”

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Ballina library reopens with a song and dance BALLINA library, along with other branches of the Richmond Tweed libraries, has been able to reopen doors to patrons from Wednesday, November 12 with a new Covid plan in place.

Branches will be open from 9am – 4.30pm, however smaller branches may be closed for lunch.

Since mid-October local libraries have complied with NSW Department of Health Covid guidelines meaning doors have been shut however alternative options including Click and Collect, eBooks and other online options have been available.

New Covid guidelines will allow the library to open however the Click and Collect and online options will continue to operate.

The Covid plan will require that to enter your local library you need to be double vaccinated, sign in using the mandatory QR code, and anyone over the age of 12 must wear a

Ian and Ray at the Ballina Library Australian Music display.

mask. Patrons can keep up to date with what the Richmond Tweed libraries have to offer by tuning into Paradise FM every Tuesday morning at 11.30am when Jacki Alexander from Ballina library presents “Live from the Library”.

To celebrate the reopening, which coincides with Australian Music month, Ballina library have set up a display which includes memorabilia from local

musicians Ray Arnott and Ian Davies.

Ray has drummed on many Australian recordings (Cold Chisel Saturday Night, Rick Springfield Jesse’s Girl, Choir Boys Run to Paradise, Jimmy Barnes Working Class Man to name a few). as well as playing live with the likes of The Dingoes, ACDC, Cold Chisel, Jimmy Barnes and Stevie Wright.

Two of his most

memorable live gigs was playing with ACDC in what would be Bon Scotts last ever Australian show, and backing Stevie Wright at the iconic Concert of the Decade outside the Sydney Opera House playing Evie pasts 1, 2 3 and 4. One of the centre pieces of the display is Ray’s Multi-platinum Aria Award for his work on Jimmy Barnes Working Class Man Album.

Ian is known locally in the community as principal of The Rivers Secondary College Kadina High Campus, and although having a misspent youth playing in bands in SE Qld and then Sydney, he has been proactive in working with Bluesfest over the last 15 years to coordinate The Local High School Showcase, and more recently as a resident judge for the Grommets Busking

Competition to provide young people an opportunity to perform at Bluesfest and record in a studio owned by Bernard Fanning from Powderfinger fame and Nick Di Dia, a legendary record producer who has recorded the likes of Bruce Springsteen.

As Ian transitions into retirement he will continue to support these initiatives.

So during the month of November pop into Ballina library, check out the memorabilia and maybe borrow an Australian Music book, DVD or CD and relive your youth.

And if you want to see Ian and Ray playing live, pop into the Open Mic events that happen the first Sunday of every month at The Australian Hotel Ballina.

Indigenous music is also recognised as part of the display with artefacts on loan from Southern Cross Distance Education.

Tenterfield Shire projects share in community funding 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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A TRIO of projects in Tenterfield Shire will share in $64,100 worth of funding under successful Community Building Partnership (CBP) Program grants announced by State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin.

Ms Saffin said she was pleased the Lions Club of Tenterfield Incorporated, Drury Lane Theatre Incorporated and the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) Incorporated were among 27 grant recipients across the Lismore Electorate.

“While I shall still continue advocacy for a $1-million allocation for every electorate, the increase from $300,000 to $400,000 has allowed for a wide range of worthy projects to go forward,” Ms Saffin said.

“I encourage eligible local organisations to apply for the CBP 2022 round, which will open

AT THE SHOW: A file photo of Lismore MP Janelle Saffin and Show Society stalwart Bruce Petrie at Tenterfield Showground.

early next year.”

Successful Tenterfield Shire LGA projects include: • Lions Club of Tenterfield Incorporated, three-bay lockable community storage shed at Tenterfield Showground in memory of Keith Willcocks, a Life Member of Lions and Tenterfield Pony Club: $34,000.

• Drury Lane Theatre Incorporated, Installing a new bathroom with

disabled access: $25,000.

• Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (NSW) Incorporated, Purchase of electronic range user attendance recording system: $5100.

• Total: $64,100.

The application period for the CBP 2022 round is yet to be confirmed.

You can sign up to be notified when the program guidelines are published online and other alerts at www.nsw. gov.au.

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Skin doctor flying in

IN BRIEF GM pay rise KYOGLE councillors voted to increase the general manager’s pay by 5.67 per cent at last week’s council meeting.

Mayor Danielle Mulholland joined councillors Janey Wilson, Hayden Doolan, Earle Grundy and Lindsay Passfield in approving the increase to bring the total remuneration package into line with the average for the rural category of councils.

Councillors Robert Dwyer and Maggie May voted against the pay increase, and councillors John Burley and Kylie Thomas were absent and did not vote.

THE Flying Skin Cancer Doctor will be visiting Lismore, Coffs Harbour and Casino for the first time in November for skin cancer checks and treatments.

Please book a spot if you’d like to see Dr Alan and Dr Dan this visit for a skin cancer check or treatment.

The Flying Skin Cancer Doctor is a network of highly skilled Skin Cancer Physicians who travel to regional, rural and remote locations delivering a start to finish skin cancer diagnostic and treatment service to patients and clients at a high risk of developing skin cancer.

Our goal is to detect skin cancer early, in particular melanoma, which can be lifethreatening. Due to our expertise and ability to treat on the spot, we will be able to avoid unnecessary referral to regional and capital city health services.

The Flying Skin Cancer Doctor was created

CWA stall THE Tenterfield CWA is holding a fundraising stall outsite of Coles on Friday, November 19 from 8am.

There will be homebaked goodies, scones, biscuits, jams, cakes and more for sale, plus a raffle with great prizes of gift vouchers to local businesses.

by Dr Alan Jones. In 1997, he funded The Chermside Medical Centre forming one of the largest and most successful training General Practices in Brisbane.

Alan has been actively involved in Skin Cancer Medicine, continually advancing his surgical skills and was the Principal GP Registrar trainer at Chermside Medical Centre.

Dr. Alan Jones has extensive experience in Skin Cancer Medicine in various communities and in recent years he has based himself at Molescan Chermside which is a dedicated Skin Cancer Practice.

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He also has undertaken his pilot’s training at the busy Santa Monica Airport in Los Angeles and aims to put this experience to good use out in the bush.

The doctors will be in Lismore at Allure Skin Beauty & Nails, 4/62 Wyrallah Road on Tuesday, November 23, at Coffs Harbour at The Salon by Nikki Williams, 88 Harbour Drive on Wednesday, November 24, and Casino at Maria Clinic, 143 Canterbury Street on Thursday, November 25.

Cost: $125 for a full body check (You’ll get $38.75 back from Medicare). No referral is required.

To book, visit www. flyingskincancerdoctor. com.au or call 1300 754 637.

Flights from Melbourne return to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport QANTAS has started direct flights between Melbourne Airport and Ballina Byron Gateway Airport.

The route will initially provide three services per week, and increase to daily throughout the high-demand summer holiday period. The service will provide start-up fares from $196 one-way.

Travellers will be able to earn and use Qantas Frequent Flyer points on these new flights and enjoy our premium

service, whether it’s complimentary food and drinks, baggage or access to our lounges in Melbourne prior to departure.

“This new Qantas service is a welcome addition to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport and will provide a boost to our local economy through tourism opportunities and job creation,” a spokesperson said.

Bookings can be made via qantas.com.au

Northern NSW Local Health District Notice of public meeting The Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) Board invites you to our 2021 Annual General Meeting with Chief Executive Wayne Jones and Board Chair Mark Humphries.

When: Wednesday 24 November, 2.00pm – 3.15pm Where: Virtual meeting via Zoom The Zoom link and dial-in details are available on the NNSWLHD website: nnswlhd.health.nsw.gov.au/AGM2021

Contact our local Authorised Representative:

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IN BRIEF Traffic trial THE Centennial Circuit one-way traffic trial was a ‘quick-win’ project from the Byron Arts and Industry Estate Precinct Plan and has been running since May 2021.

The trial has altered the flow of traffic in Centennial Circuit, from two-ways to a one-way clockwise circulation between Brigantine Street and Wollongbar Street.

All other streets in the area have remained two-way.

Byron Shire Council has extended the one-way traffic trial for about a year to allow for design and implementation of a permanent solution.

Butcher snags swag of awards for tasty sauages AFTER weeks of experimenting the team at Premier Meats at Tenterfield bagged 12 medals recently at the New England Sausage King competition in Tamworth.

Six gold medals for Traditional Aust Pork, Poultry (Chicken,

Bacon and Shallots), Open Class/Australian Lamb (Greek Lamb and Feta), Continental (Italian Casalinga), Cooked product (Venison Pastrami), and Cooked RTE (Premier Salami).

Four silver medals for Poultry (Chicken,

Vaccination hubs THROUGH the support of the Local Emergency Management Committee, Tenterfield Shire Council has been able to secure the services of the Royal Flying Doctor Service for a final push to increase the LGA’s vaccination rates in village communities.

This is a Pfizer vaccination clinic only and is for everyone aged 12 years and above. Either first or second dose.

Ensure you have your Medicare card on the day. No booking needed.

The hubs will be at Liston and Legume halls on Friday, November 19 and the Drake and Urbenville halls on Saturday, November 20.

Mango & Mint), Continental (German Bratwurst), Gourmet (Pork, Bacon & Maple), and Leg Ham on the Bone.

Two bronze medals for Traditional Beef, and Gourmet (Smokey BBQ beef).

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New Italy café UNFORTUNATELY, trade has not picked up despite the recent changes to the Covid rules so the Historic New Italy Cafe will be closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays until further notice.

This means the museum and the pavilion will also be closed.

For travelers, this also means that the site which includes the toilets will be closed from 2pm Monday to 9am Thursday.

There is some good news though and that is that the gift shop has reopened but opening hours are the same as the cafe 9am to 2pm Thursday to Monday.

Volunteers needed THE NSW State Emergency Service Tenterfield Unit is looking for community members who might want to give back to their community and volunteer with the service.

We will be at the Railway Markets on December 4 if you’d like to come along and have a chat about how being a member of the NSW SES is one of the most rewarding things you could do.

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LISMORE CITY LGA PROJECTS

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TEN projects in the Lismore City Local Government Area will share in $138,987 worth of funding under Community Building Partnership (CBP) Program grants announced by State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin.

Ms Saffin said she was very pleased to notify a total of 27 community organisations across the Electorate of Lismore of their success.

“While I shall still continue advocacy for a $1-million allocation for every electorate, the increase from $300,000 to $400,000 has allowed for a wide range of worthy projects to go forward,” Ms Saffin said.

“I encourage eligible local organisations to apply for the CBP 2022 round, which I’m advised will open early next year.”

Successful Lismore City LGA projects include: • Dunoon Public Recreation and Public Hall, adding a disabled toilet and repairs to verandah area where the toilet will be built -$28,000.

• The Salvation Army (NSW) Property Trust, upgrade of Goonellabah Corps Citadel carpark, including flood lighting, bollards, and landscaping -$26,004.

• Friends of the

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Lismore Rugby Club Incorporated, new all-weather public address system -- $15,000.

Lismore Thistles Soccer Club Incorporated, top dressing John Ryan Field (T1) to allow for a safer and quality playing surface -- $12,870.

Roy Waddell Community Centre Association Incorporated, Keep Our Children Safe project to replace fence -- $10,850.

Blue Knob Hall Incorporated, construction of an all-weather roof as an extension of the front of hall --

$10,000.

Realising Every Dream Incorporated, Hi-Lo personal care bed for people with disability who attend day programs and respite care on weekends -- $5,763.

• Lismore Model Flying Club Incorporated, runway and apron low spots filled and levelled and partial repairs to carpark -$5,500.

• Lismore City Archers, extension of concrete shooting line to assist wheelchair access -- $5,000.

• Total: $138,987.

The application period for the CBP 2022 round is yet to be confirmed.

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MURWILLUMBAH DISTRICT PROJECTS

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ICONIC CLUB: A file photo of Lismore MP Janelle Saffin during a visit to Murwillumbah Croquet Club Incorporated’s clubhouse, which is set for improvements.

SEVEN projects in the Murwillumbah district will share in $88,745 worth of funding under Community Building Partnership (CBP) Program grants announced by State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin.

Ms Saffin said she was

very pleased to notify a total of 27 community organisations across the Electorate of Lismore of their success.

“While I shall still continue advocacy for a $1-million allocation for every electorate, the increase from $300,000 to $400,000 has allowed

for a wide range of worthy projects to go forward,” Ms Saffin said.

“I encourage eligible local organisations to apply for the CBP 2022 round, which I’m advised will open early next year.”

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• Murwillumbah Croquet Club Incorporated, Realigning windows and walls; restumping repairs; sealing and cladding; simple cabinetry to replace kitchen and office -- $14,475.

• Murwillumbah Rowing Club Incorporated, Two training sculls;

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The Scout Association of Australia NSW Branch, Repair footings and repair back section of roof -- $13,670.

Murwillumbah Community Men’s Shed Incorporated, Installing an industrial scale dust collection system -$10,000.

St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, Towards purchase and installation of solar panels

with an inverter on the Society’s Murwillumbah Centre -- $10,000.

• Tweed Landcare Incorporated, Installing a shipping container as storage area for Byrrill Creek Landcare -$6500.

• Total: $88,745.

The application period for the CBP 2022 round is yet to be confirmed.

You can sign up to be notified when the program guidelines are published online and other alerts at www.nsw. gov.au/cbp

COMMUNITY HALLS ACROSS

A file photo of Lismore MP Janelle Saffin meets with Mummulgum Public Hall volunteers after receiving a briefing from Reserve Land Manager Barry Wilson earlier this year.

KYOGLE’S LGA SET FOR UPGRADES SEVEN community halls across the Kyogle Local Government Area are set for much-needed improvements under successful Community Building Partnership (CBP) Program grants announced by Lismore MP Janelle Saffin.

Ms Saffin said she was pleased that hardworking public hall committees would share in $108,168

worth of CBP funding, part of the Electorate of Lismore’s allocation of $400,000 for the 2021 round.

“While I shall still continue advocacy for a $1-million allocation for every electorate, the increase from $300,000 to $400,000 has allowed for a total of 27 projects to be funded across our four Local Government Areas,” Ms Saffin

said.

“I encourage eligible local organisations to apply for the CBP 2022 round, which I’m advised will open early next year.”

Successful Kyogle LGA projects include: • Collins Creek Public Hall Land Manager, Replacing the main roof -$35,000.

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Mummulgum Public Hall Reserve, Installing two additional 35,000-litre rainwater tanks -$12,714.

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Findon Public Recreation Reserve Land Manager, Painting interior of Bundgeam Hall -$11,504.

Grevillia Hall Incorporated, Installing solar panels -- $6000.

Mallanganee Public Hall Land Manager,

Installing a stainless steel canopy for commercial size gas stove -- $6000.

• Total: $108,168.

The application period for the CBP 2022 round is yet to be confirmed.

You can sign up to be notified when the program guidelines are published online and other alerts at www. nsw.gov.au/cbp.

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Furthermore, Greg thinks of himself not pensioners who ride for next to nothing or kids who don’t drive. With petrol at two dollars a litre and most cars have a 70-litre tank what’s that one hundred and forty bucks and you would use a near a full tank return from Grafton to the Goldy.

Plus taking two hours 18 yes doable if you’re not stopping anywhere and flat stick at one hundred and ten. Well, aren’t you meant to stop every two hours stop revive survive?

Well Greg can have his car and opinion we want the train and to smell the roses and live-in utopia lol while he can burn rubber wherever he likes as long as it’s not near me.

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HOUSING AND AirBNB Do you live in a typical street of owner occupiers and long-term renters?

Neighbour 1, advises that this Saturday their child is having an 18th birthday party and it will be a loud, happy occasion with an increase in parked cars in the street but if it all goes to plan it will come to an end around 11 pm. The next day there are some cans and stubbies on the footpath which your neighbour is out cleaning up. This is normal, acceptable, community behaviour.

Neighbour 2, lives in Sydney, and holiday lets their “investment” house 180 days per year, or every second day.

People arrive to enjoy their holiday, a few beers, BBQ out the back and some music to give it that holiday feel.

“We’re all adults and you know a few more beers, maybe a good red and before you know it’s 1am in the morning. I’m feeling great and want to see the sunrise, haven’t partied like this since I was 20, everyone is my friend so why is some old fart next door telling me to go to bed.

Bloody heck now the cops are here telling us to turn down the music, I mean what’s wrong with Queen, “We are the Champions”?

I paid good money to stay here on holidays!’

I have used AirBnB, in the beginning I would

stay in either a spare bedroom or a granny flat in the backyard. Other times I have stayed at motels and cabins in caravan parks.

What’s the difference?

I make a noise and a person, either the owner or the manager is on my case telling me to pack it in or get out.

AirBnB, where they are let with no onsite supervision, have mutated into an antisocial nightmare.

We live in a democracy, which while making sure minorities are not ignored and do have a platform to air any grievances, it must also, fundamentally, preserve the community for the average person.

In 2016 when AirBnB was starting this was how it was viewed by government: “The sharing economy is booming in NSW as more people are finding creative ways to turn unused things into income,” said the Liberal MP for Oatley, Mark Coure, chairman of parliament’s environment and planning committee.

“This report is about giving certainty. Not everyone is a winner, but we have tried to get the balance right for consumers, home owners and the wider community.”

There is a big difference between earning some extra money renting out an unused room, to trying to make a business out of an investment property!

The investment market has other avenues to invest in.

Looking through the Parliamentary financial declarations quite a few members have investment properties

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Cowardly financially bashing of the aged by a government which vows and declares it is concerned at the plight of the elderly.

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for the building of nuclear submarines.

The purpose of these submarines is to provide further weaponry to the Australian Defence Force. The Prime Minister quickly trying to convince the Australian population that they will not be nuclear armed does not change the fact that they are nuclear weapons.

A rifle without a bullet in its breach is still considered a weapon.

Why was the Prime Minister so fast to declare that the submarines would not be nuclear armed in his deceit?

It is because the USA and Britain are in breach of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty in selling these nuclear submarines and so too is Australia in acquiring them.

New Zealand was onto them at the outset banning the subs from their ports.

The Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty was signed by Australia, Britain the United States and most countries in the United Nations.

The treaty aims to limit nuclear weapons and weapons technology.

Countries which had nuclear weapons at the time of the treaty cannot share/sell them and countries that did not have them cannot acquire/receive them.

The cost of these acquisitions to the Australian Taxpayer has not been disclosed so one can only assume that this is more deceit from the liars in Canberra.

How will these nuclear weapons be paid for?

More cuts to the Aged Pension no doubt with no lifting of the assets and income barriers to

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Regular accommodation businesses including motels, resorts and hotels are bound by strict Work Health & Safety regulations and provide work opportunities.

Where is a fair go for them?

According to the 2016 Census of Population and Housing (Census), there were nearly 8.3 million households in Australia. 67% (5.4 million) households were home owners and 32% (2.6 million households) were renters Only 20% of Australian households have an investment property and 71% of this 20%, have only one investment property.

Therefore, 80% of home owners aren’t property investors and only 29% of 20% have 2 or more!

Now we have this ridiculous situation

where a greedy minority have decided to invest and so inflate the housing market to a point that many people in service industries, car mechanics, nurses, baristas, waiters, retail workers and so on either can’t afford to buy, rent locally or find there is nothing to rent! Your community peace is shattered and maybe even affect your home value!

Construction of new public housing dwellings is currently at its lowest rate for 40 years and existing public housing stock is severely underfunded.

The 1945 Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA) allowed the states to establish and operate public housing as funded by the Commonwealth via cheap loans, as well as encouraged states to provide rental rebates for low-income workers.[ Community housing providers, who now shoulder the burden because government has abrogated their responsibilities, must have a service fee or rent

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION setting policy in place that ensures affordable outcomes for residents and tenants. That is, the fee or rent is priced, so that resident and tenant households are able to meet other essential basic living costs.

Housing should be a mixture of options, developers, first home owners, government housing and some schemes for affordable housing. However, any scheme involving developers and affordable housing such as the NRAS scheme seem to founder as do subsidies to first home buyers and the market keeps soaring.

Obviously there needs to be a shakeup of the system.

Reinvigorate and reinvest in government housing, remove incentives for investment in housing such as negative gearing and the accursed whole house Air BnBs rentals, with absentee landlords.

Reset the agenda to allow reasonable longterm rents plus create a market for those many young people who just can’t get a foot in the door.

Remember, the vast majority of homeowners (80%), will be totally unaffected.

Richard White East Ballina POLITICAL BLINKERS Like most of us, Fred Perring has thankfully depended on science for many things, including his health and wellbeing, livestock husbandry and even the maintenance of his beloved heavy machinery but when it comes to the science of climate change he

derisively dismisses it as quackery while at the same time, depicts global warming as an evil alarmist cult.

Now those who are fortunate enough to understand/accept the science Fred loves to namecall them as ‘disciples’ - typical of his acidic conservative narrative.

Of course, Fred also has his favourite hobby horses such as left wing bias on the ABC - in truth, rusted on conservatives could be disqualified from commenting on ABC bias because they would have trouble recognising the middle of the road even if they stumbled across it.

Those many, who are fortunate enough to reside somewhere near the median strip of the political highway seems quite content that Auntie gets the balancing act just about correct and moreover they enjoy the irony that cranky conservatives like Fred have helped fund the ABC for longer than most.And then there is damming the mighty Clarence which begs the question - which will come first - a dam for the Clarence or a brand-new Aussie coal-fired power station? - Good luck with either Fred!

Ted Strong Seelands COVID MISMANAGEMENT Dan Andrews wants to bring in more totalitarian laws, this time a Pandemic Management Bill, see https://cairnsnews. org/2021/11/05/anaustralian-horror-story/ and some Melbournians are not happy thus all the protesting the

last few weeks. But what has happened to Australia? Instead of a democracy where people have a say, covid has made our country into a dictatorship with premiers and medical officers enforcing the laws.

The vaccines were supposed to be the solution to get us out of lockdowns so that people could get back to work and pay their mortgages etc. so the economy would get back to normal. However, just last week our own PM said that double vaccination provides a lot of protection against serious illness and death but does not protect against catching the disease or passing it on.

Then things are happening behind the scenes like the 65 yr. old indigenous elder with diabetes dying six days after having his second covid vax 14th Sept, see cairnsnews.org also for the ABC video that has since been taken down. So, who is really misleading the public?

And now they want to vaccinate our young children. The population has already got to 7080% double vaxxed. If you want to get vaxxed that’s your decision but don’t force the vaccination onto those who don’t, and don’t blame the unvaxxed for spreading covid, and please authorize decades old treatments instead that are working successfully in third world countries, if you can see through all the misinformation our socalled leaders have put there.

Lynette Evans Numulgi

RACING Very sad to see that new members have been appointed to the GRNSW. What should be happening is the shutting down of the seriously nasty industry of greyhound racing.

Definitely no new racing tracks and a closing of the whole flawed industry is what’s needed.

David Ashton Myocum

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But look at them now.

They’re doing it too.

The powerful rich Who drive dirty cars.

They dine lavishly At the fancy 5 Stars They’ve plenty of money Eat caviar Toss out the scraps Live like a Tsar.

They warn the nation: “Watch what you eat.

Buy very little Just the shoes on your feet.”

Be mindful of waste Buy less if you can.

Grow your own food Live off the land.

Lock up the car.

Walk to save fuel.

Or hop on a bus Or even car pool.

Keep off big jets The fumes do us harm.

Forget your vacation.

Go live on a farm Get a few chooks.

A pig and a cow A few furry friends And a horse for the plough.

Do as I say. Not as I do.

Look at them now.

Doing it too.

Gorging themselves While their tummies expand Blaming the world For destroying the land.

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Seneca, the unrivalled thinker who had his finger firmly on the pulse of ancient Rome, once chimed: “Time is the one loan that even the most grateful recipient can never repay.”

Thus, from the outset, I must confess, I started drafting this segment with the intent of exploring the topic of time, and how it’s been portrayed in literature over the years, but I only got as far as the 1872 classic – ‘Around the World in 80 Days’

by Jules Verne; and couldn’t digress or focus on anything else.

It’s incredible to think by today’s standards, that the ‘weight’ of the title echoed the fact: 80 days was considered an impossible timeframe back then, to carry out such a task. The idea came to Verne whilst reading a newspaper in a Paris café that touched on the adventure-tinged topic, and heralded the impacts of rail, ocean liners and the recent completion of the Suez Canal in Egypt.

A long overlooked, albeit forgotten facet of Verne’s masterpiece (both in terms of penship and marketing, before there was even such a thing) is the fact the story’s end date in the novel was set down as December 21, 1872 – the actual date of publication of the work itself, and a move that had everyone believing Verne was about to undertake the unprecedented journey himself.

In fact, getting from one side of the world and back again in such a ‘short’ timeframe wasn’t achieved by anyone until many years later, 16-years to be precise: and sensationally at that.

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The long (and no less intriguing) story short, is that Nellie completed the Verneinspired undertaking in a then world record time of 72 days, all on her lonesome; having left New York for the 40,000 km journey with just the dress she was wearing, a sturdy overcoat, a few changes of underwear and a small travel bag.

Add to this, a rival newspaper had also sent a correspondent of their own to achieve the same task in the ‘opposite’ direction – once they got wind of it, and you have all the makings of an absolute global, attention-seizing moment in time.

Apparently, a television drama was made back in 1979 about this astonishing ‘once in a millennium’ woman, but it’s surely the tale of a life and an era that outright demands a thorough Hollywood scale re-telling! It definitely has me wanting to get hold of Bly’s cracking 1890 book ‘Around the World in 72 Days’.

Whilst Jules Verne died at the ‘futuredawning’ age of 75 in 1905, there was so much he didn’t directly witness human beings do in the world; but you could hazard even a half-considered guess, that nothing we have done since, would have taken him even remotely by surprise.

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION LONG SHORT ANSWER In reply to R. Curran NRT 11/11/21. I am sure you would like a simple yes or no answer as it would suit your narrative, however life is a little more complex today. My only concern would be, are the aeronautical engineers and scientists that are giving advice, green leftist alarmists? or normal every day wellgrounded thoughtful professionals with our best interests in mind?

Well, I would take advice from the latter any day. It may be a matter of whom you trust, however if they happened to be wearing a Che Guevara tee shirt, look physically unkept and are offensive to the nose I doubt anyone would take them seriously as 99% of them are liars.

I have just perused the “Climate Change Performance Index”, that places Australia 58th out of 64 countries, below China placed at 37th and Guess what? the list of contributors to the climate policy evaluation are, Sustainable Business Australia, The Australian Institute, Australian Conservation Foundation and Doctors for the Environment Australia.

Well, who would have guessed? Now the last time I looked most of the aforementioned are leftist green activist organisations that in my opinion would find no greater pleasure than sabotaging our chances of achieving a higher rating, therefore giving the willing, conformist government funded media open slather to besmirch Australia’s commendable climate reputation at will.

They are complicit in in producing one sided disgusting lies.

The truth in these matters is only heard by a few conservative media outlets. Wake up Australia and speak up.

G. MacDonald Pimlico LISMORE COUNCIL ELECTIONS I’m somewhat bemused by the candidates for the Lismore Council election. One ticket has 14 candidates, when there are only 10 Councillors and a Mayor

on the Council, and not one of those candidates, to my knowledge, has any local government experience. Instead, the group are pushing their business experience and independence (which is somewhat dubious), and this raises a number of doubts in my mind.

Local government is not a business, it’s regulated by the State Government and its roles are more in line with the delivery of services to their communities.

Furthermore, over the past years the power of the General Manager has increased significantly, particularly in regard to ‘operational’ issues.

In just on 18 years on Lismore Council I was Mayor and deputy Mayor for 2 years, represented Lismore on Rous County Council for 8 years, the NSW Local Government Association for 6 years, and also carried out a variety of other representative roles.

My motivation came from having spent 12 months with the Council assisting it to develop its first Management Plan. During this time, I attended every council meeting and was involved weekly in meetings between the Mayor and senior management.

This experience gave me great insights into local government and the qualities that effective Councillors – and Mayors - need.

I saw firsthand how Councillors who came on to the Council based on their business experience, or having specific ‘pet projects’ to pursue, soon discovered that those experiences are of limited value in a political environment where State Government provides the legislative framework for many issues. The most effective make sure they understand the complex issues one has to address and listen to experts as well as the very diverse communities in our area.

The Mayor has to take forward and support the decisions of the Council, which can mean having to go against their own opinions. For example, as Mayor I had to argue (successfully) for funding for the flood levee, which was something I opposed.

I was troubled with some of the things I saw happening in recent years at the Council, but I’ve seen that change over the past 12 months.

The new General Manager has had extensive management and government experience and an impressive background working in countries in our region of the world. From what I hear, he has brought a new attitude to the Council.

The departure of several Councillors who, from a distance, seemed to take a confrontational rather than cooperative approach to their role, also seems to have changed the environment.

What many in the community don’t understand is the time that our local representatives commit to carrying out their role.

It’s not just a question of turning up at meetings and voting. Apart from having to come to grips with the many complex reports in every business paper, which takes many hours, there are also numerous meetings, both at night and during the day, that Councillors have to attend. They also have to respond to the very many emails, letters and phone calls from often very unhappy residents. Social media have placed an extra burden on Councillors as well as sometimes the undeserved brutal nature of it.

Whilst finances are always stretched, and there will always be different opinions on what services should be provided and what are the right decisions for the Council, some of the sledging I’ve observed of particular Councillors, including from those who are themselves our representatives, doesn’t reflect well on those doing the sledging. Representing a community is a difficult job which should be respected.

That said, being on Lismore Council is a real privilege and if you’re wise and openminded, you can learn so much about this wonderful place we all call home. I wish all the candidates the very best for the forthcoming election, but unless

you’re prepared for the very many challenges that will confront new Councillors, be very careful of what you wish for.

Dr Roslyn Irwin Caniaba MISSED THE BOAT R Curran, Ocean Shores, poses a pertinent question NRT. Nov. 11. to entrenched climate deniers, but I suspect we already know the answer.

Given their track record of ignoring empirical science, they would definitely be dumb enough to get on the airplane. It was a great analogy though, and here’s another one.

A small group of people, led by G MacDonald (an extremely poor choice), heads down to the docks to embark on the very last ship to leave. But they get hopelessly lost, because they consistently take righthand turns; they even cast doubt on the science behind street signs and demand empirical evidence to prove they’re authentic.

They’re adamant that existing signage has been placed there by the “The New World Order” under the control of the United Nations and there is a conspiracy to control of people’s lives, and are hesitant to follow any official Govt, signage or direction. Finally, after much precious time is lost by indecision and by more good luck than good navigation, the group miraculously arrives at the wharf.

But because they wasted so much time rejecting the best science, technology and signage available that is capable of guiding human civilization in the right direction to avert catastrophes, the group has arrived too late; and are left standing on the wharf shouting profusely at the boat as it sails off, “come back, please don’t leave us here”, but to no avail.

One could say without fear of contradiction, that they’ve definitely “missed the boat.”

Keith Duncan, Pimlico.

BALLINA RATES, WATER SECURITY AND JOBS In the lead up to the local elections, it is important

to vote for a Mayor and candidates who truly understand water issues and have grasped the results of the two extensive studies already undertaken. If any candidate is promising water security, no new rate rises, and to support business, jobs and the environment, make sure they are in favour of Smart Water Options.

There is much to be proud of in Ballina Shire because our council is already using important Smart Water strategies.

Waste water gets put through stringent treatments, which is pumped through purple pipes and taps to be reused in parks and gardens and some of the newer housing estates. Drinking water is delivered through blue pipes and standard tap fittings.

The lucky residents who have access to the purple pipes can reduce their water bills by 80% and keep using the recycled water, even in a drought with water restrictions! Residents using recycled water for their garden, toilet flushing and washing the car are also protecting the environment, by massively reducing their use of drinking water and the amount of waste water being pumped into the sea.

Professor Stuart White, one of Australia’s foremost experts in water efficiency programs, told Rous that efficiency measures alone could meet all of our supply needs by 2044.

To try to solve our water issues with a new mega-dam built on a small creek, makes no water security, financial or scientific sense. Our new NSW Premier recently canned a few dam proposals because of cost blowouts. Perrottet and his Treasurer know there are cheaper and better alternatives available, like fixing leaks, retrofitting water efficient fittings, installing rainwater tanks, creating local small reservoirs to hold rainwater, recycling water and desalination.

All of these options put together are way cheaper than building a great big new dam, which was first costed at an eye-watering

$240 million dollars, an estimate that just keeps growing. Smart Water Options also create far more jobs! Also, this dam would drown the precious remnant of the Big Scrub which is home to koalas. Forests help create the vital rain we need so we can’t afford to lose any more.!

Last, but not least, the dam would flood the ancient burial sites and evidence of occupation of the Widjabul Wia-bal Traditional Custodians.

They have consistently maintained a clear NO to the proposed dam.

Lots respect their wishes and listen to the water scientists who have already spoken.

Jenni Cargill-Strong BORDERS There is no use Queensland not opening its borders fully as from December 15 or before NSW government is going to open the whole state to everyone not just the vaccinated. So, what do you think Queensland Unvaccinated are going to do once Queensland opens up to vaccinated people only.

Well, those on the Goldy and Brisbane are going to go to Byron Bay and the tweed etc where they can go where they like a loss of revenue for Queensland lol 😂 and freedom of sorts for the Unvaccinated. We were all meant to be in this together but from the first premiers meeting the pandemic turned political and has ever since.

The song what the world needs now is love sweet love not just for some but for everyone applies even more now than ever people who are Unvaccinated mix every day at supermarkets with those who are so why not the pub or restaurant as well makes no sense.

The best thing people needs is masks good hand washing and social distancing long after all other restrictions are lifted and that will bring heard immunity as it will kill off the virus eventually as it stops being transmitted.

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Mayor looks into parking revenue

By Tonia Dynan BYRON Shire Mayor Michael Lyon has used his casting vote to pass a motion on pay parking.

Cr Lyon called to see the pay parking revenue in 2018-19 broken down into meter charges, worker permits and resident permits, including an analysis of what the meter charges revenue would have been at $5 and $6 per hour, as part of his motion to council.

He also asked to see the potential profit from schemes introduced into Brunswick Heads, Mullumbimby and Bangalow, based on expected usage under business-as-usual conditions, at rates of $4, $5 and $6 an hour.

“Council has improved its financial stewardship out of sight over the last 5-10 years, enabling us to invest in neglected infrastructure in record sums over the last few years,” Cr Lyon said.

“We have been able to leverage our strong financial performance to obtain grants requiring matching funds as well as instill confidence in state and federal governments in our ability to utilise grant and other funding wisely.

“At the start of this term we made the tough decision to increase rates in order to address the shortfall in revenue required to maintain our assets like roads and drainage.

“Making tough decisions like this has seen our counterparts at state level come to the party due to the recognition that we are doing all we can to improve our position.”

Cr Lyon said this saw a $25 million election commitment for Byron Shire, which could had put to good use alongside council’s own money.

“While we have made incredible progress over the last few years, we must continue to find new ways to increase revenue, especially as there is continual cost-shifting from State Government to Local Government,” he said.

“This has been seen most recently with the Infrastructure Contributions tightening and Compliance Levy centralisation.

“Further, we currently have little means to charge the 2.2 million visitors to our shire for their impact on our infrastructure.

“Pay parking is about

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the only means we have, which, due to this visitation we are able to justify due to the parking congestion in our major centres.”

The motion also called for a breakdown of pay parking revenue from meters originating from residents of the Northern Rivers Joint Organisation, being Byron, Ballina, Lismore, Kyogle, Richmond Valley and Tweed shires, compared to those coming from elsewhere.

It also asked council staff to look at areas like the rail corridor in Mullumbimby that could be used for edge-of-town parking lots to deal with the substantial increase over the last few years and the expected growth in coming years.

Cr Lyon said the motion was about understanding the potential increase to revenue that could be generated by pay-parking changes across the shire, including looking at the potential of making it free for locals by removing

the $55 charge.

“The breakdown regionally is about understanding the impacts a change could make on visitation from these areas given the concerns that businesses have expressed and to flag the potential exploration of a way to provide a discount to those visitors from the NRJO and the feasibility of such,” he said.

The mayor also wanted to hear ways that parking meters in a town like Bangalow could be made to better suit aesthetically the heritage nature of the town.

Infrastructure Services traffic engineer Andrew Pearce said there was limited individual parking meter data available due to a new contract that started in December last year.

However, council did know that total pay parking revenue per month for each month between August 2018 to August 2020 and individual meter payment

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data for all meters for the month of August 2019 and the month of November 2019.

In 2018/2019 council net of GST received $3,594,190 in parking meter revenue and $608,991 in resident permits, according to the general ledger.

“To determine revenue at $5 per hour or $6 per hour, an estimate based on 2018-2019 yields is on the assumption that increasing the meter fee to either $5 or $6 dollars would still mean the usage of parking spaces achieved in 2018-2019 is maintained,” Mr Pearce said.

“It would be difficult to determine what the impact of increasing the fees would have on usage of the parking spaces.”

With this assumption in mind the following calculation is potentially indicative: • At $5 per hour an additional $898,500 • At $6 per hour an additional $1,797,100 An estimate for

additional schemes if introduced in other villages across the shire would be available at next month’s council meeting.

Mr Pearce said staff could not provide information on where parking patrons originated, and tourism data did not provide sufficient information.

“While total number of visitors is known, the information does not indicate how they travelled to Byron Bay and how many people are in each car,” he said.

“To undertake this work in detail an origin destination review or number plate recognition review would need to be undertaken.

“A number plate survey would require assistance from TfNSW to provide origin detail which may be subject to confidentiality and cost.”

Mr Pearce said preliminary discussions took place earlier this year between council’s Place Planning team, himself, and members of the Mullumbimby community regarding potential sites for parking on the fringes of the town.

“One such area discussed was the vacant land within the vicinity of the Mullumbimby train station,” he said.

A more detail summary with associated maps of potential areas will be submitted to next month’s council meeting.

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18 NEWS

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Pantry to support local producers and communities MUM Kiara Cerutti is excited to share her idea for a new online produce platform.

Kiara said the idea for People’s Pantry came from her looking for the best way to get a small amount of produce to market, while working other jobs.

The People’s Pantry is a social enterprise, which supports small-scale farmers via a click-andcollect marketplace.

“This platform enables producers to sell their goods, which are delivered weekly to a local hub for collection,”

she said.

“The producer receives 90 per cent of the revenue on their sales.

The remaining 10 per cent goes to a local charitable group, which organises the weekly collection point.”

The People’s Pantry will charge a small monthly membership fee to the vendor, which goes towards running the enterprise and supporting the network of producers and consumers.

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CEO and managing director of Provenance Propagation Jack Mooney (centre), gives the thumbs up to the company’s success in securing a grant from the NSW Government to help grow their operations and create new local jobs. Jack is pictured with his father Dave Mooney at their operations at Wells Crossing and Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis.

Green house grant boosts for Clarence jobs A $900,000 State Government grant will create 45 new jobs and set a local horticulture farm near Grafton on a path to becoming an industry leader.

Provenance Propagation, based at Wells Crossing, south of Grafton is a specialist horticulture farm meeting the growing demand for seedlings and grafted plants.

Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis recently announced a $900,000 grant boosting the company’s Wells Crossing operation by

funding construction of an innovative 5700 square metre glasshouse with advanced climate control technology, targeted irrigation infrastructure and automated growing systems.

“This world-leading facility will enable Provenance Propagation to use these advanced technologies in its herbaceous grafting practices resulting in the cultivation of millions of premium vegetable seedlings each year,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“This new facility

will boost Provenance Propagation’s production capacity to meet rapidly growing demand while forging a reputation as a leading national supplier of high-quality grafted vegetables, advanced plants and seedlings.”

CEO and managing director of Provenance Propagation Jack Mooney said he was incredibly grateful for the support from the NSW Government under the Regional Job Creation Fund.

“This grant will allow us the opportunity to become a leader in the

future of farming whilst giving back to regional NSW and the Clarence community through job creation,” Mr Mooney said.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW Paul Toole said the $130 million Regional Job Creation Fund aims to create more than 6500 new direct jobs in regional NSW by providing incentives to expand and keep operations in regional areas.

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Councillor steps out of race at last minute

By Tonia Dynan NEIL Marks has been a Lismore City councillor for the last 13 years but has announced that he will not contest the next council election in December.

Cr Marks said some personal reasons, family reasons and the abuse on social media were all part of his decision not to run for election again, but mainly he was just tired.

“I have decided not to run for a fourth term,” he said.

“Thirteen years certainly has been a long and wonderful journey.

It has been a journey which without many, many people involved wouldn’t have happened including my family, my wife Deborah especially.

“But why wait until the last minute? Well, because basically, I’ve been undecided for the last minute.

“I’ve had a great team of people behind me that have allowed me this

opportunity to be able to wait and just see how I felt.”

Cr Marks said ultimately, as John Barilaro put it only a few weeks ago, suddenly he didn’t have the energy to continue.

“And that’s literally how it is with me,” Cr Marks said.

Cr Marks said some of the reasons behind his decision to leave council were personal.

“Some of them involving my family and some involving the social media world that is around at the moment, and unfortunately, it is something and I have written about it and I have spoken about it at length in the past,” he said.

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Cr Marks said even his children had been fronted in the street.

“That is just not good,” he said.

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“That is not okay. That is not what happens in our world. We have phones, we have email, we have all of those things to be able to have direct contact with people.

“But to use people’s families, that is not okay. I’ve had my wife attacked on social media.

“If you want to abuse me, if they want to contact me, it’s okay.

I’ve got big enough and broad enough shoulders to cope with that.”

Cr Marks wanted to thank everyone that had allowed him to help

them and bring about the change that he wanted to those 13 years ago.

“And that was mainly to bring more land to our area for people to be able to live in,” he said.

“We had land rezoned, we had land that had been sitting there that had been land banked by many people.

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Cr Marks said there was still a lot more work to do at Lismore City Council.

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Festival holiday moves to new date

By Lesley Apps AUSTRALIANS love their public holidays so when the Jacaranda Festival was moved to December there was concern its gazetted halfday holiday would not travel with it.

Traditionally Grafton enjoys Jacaranda Thursday afternoon off after a big morning of ‘work’ which sees much of the CBD transformed into some kind of madcap stage musical.

This is the day of antics, where business houses lose their suits and uniforms, replacing them with all manner of costumes to put on a range of in-house shows at the front of their office or shop space.

If you are new to the experience, it’s completely nuts and often cited as the locals’ favourite part of the festival.

So, with that kind of historical pressure, getting the afternoon off to enjoy the hospitality

and entertainment put on by the various hotels around the CBD, was crucial in ensuring Jacaranda Thursday, which will now take place on December 9, was going to be as much fun as previous years.

Thankfully, all is well in the Jacaranda kingdom, and the festival committee’s plea has been heard and honoured by the powers to be.

Festival Manager Mark Blackadder said the request was made to Clarence Valley Council, with councillors approving the application in their last monthly meeting.

It was then referred to the Special Minister of State, Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts, Don Harwin, MLC, the paperwork well worth the effort according to Mr Blackadder.

“It made sense to move the half-day holiday to the new date as

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that’s when Jacaranda Thursday will be held,” he said.

“The process was quick and seamless, and we had confirmation from the State Government on Wednesday (October 27),” Mr Blackadder said.

He said the committee “can’t thank council enough for helping

make this happen, as well as the assistance of our local member Chris Gulaptis.”

“This will ensure the flow and tradition of the festival remains intact.”

Details on the new December program are available on the Jacaranda Festival website www. jacarandafestival.com.

LEADING Australian community service provider, Wesley Mission, has been announced as the Grafton Jacaranda Festival’s first-ever naming rights sponsor.

Festival director, Mark Blackadder, said the sponsorship was a huge vote of confidence in the event as it recognised its presence and contribution to the community.

“We are thrilled to have Wesley Mission on board. They are a fantastic organisation that does a lot for the local community, and we are looking forward to working with them over the coming years,” Mr Blackadder said.

He said the festival relies on sponsorship from organisations like Wesley Mission to make the festival must-see, world-class event.

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will continue until the 2024 festival and comes with overarching naming rights.

CEO and Superintendent of Wesley Mission, Rev Stu Cameron, said the organisations’ similar philosophies of doing good within the community was a perfect fit.

“Wesley Mission is all about helping people to grow and flourish in their life and to ensure they get the support they need, and we’ve been doing this in the local area for the past seven years,” he said.

“The Jacaranda Festival brings people together to celebrate what makes the area so special, and we couldn’t think of a more worthwhile event to get behind.

“We are very proud to be able to help bring the region’s most notable event to life, and this is our way of celebrating with the community.”

$3.125 million sale rules out hydro power

By Tim Howard THE $3.125 million sale of the Nymboida Hydro Power Scheme assets has ended plans to renew hydro electricity production and dashed hopes of restoring white water canoeing says Clarence Valley Council general manager Ashley Lindsay.

Clarence Valley Council in partnership with Coffs Harbour Council announced the sale went through on November 5.

Mr Lindsay said the negotiated sale price with the owners, Essential

Energy, was great news for the Clarence/Coffs area because it secured the water infrastructure and extraction licences essential for the security of the drinking water supply.

Staff from the two councils met on Monday to thrash out a new Regional Water Supply agreement to replace the original agreement reached for the 2009 opening of Shannon Creek Dam. Mr Lindsay said under the new agreement Coffs Harbour Council would contribute funds towards the asset purchase.

“The Nymboida Hydro

Power Scheme includes infrastructure that is essential to extract water from the Nymboida River into the Shannon Creek Dam,” Mr Lindsay said.

“The dam has a storage capacity of 30,000ML and is the main water storage for both Clarence Valley and Coffs Harbour councils.

“By purchasing the facility from Essential Energy, we are ensuring this major infrastructure asset is secured to safeguard our regional water supply.”

Mr Lindsay said the need for council to buy back an asset was a

result of the complex codevelopment of hydroelectric and the water supply infrastructure early last century.

He said “way back when” a decision was reached for the two developments to share infrastructure and over the years the Clarence Valley County Council had morphed into an electricity producer, who provided a water licences for the Clarence Valley water supply.

Control passed to Northern Rivers County Council, NorthPower and Country Energy.

“When privatisation occurred Essential

Energy was a poles and wire business and not an electricity generator, so running a power station was not part of its remit,” he said.

The negotiations for the Heads of Agreement between Essential Energy and the council were protracted with the council at times frustrated by the slow progress.

The power station has not operated since since 2013 when a bulkhead between the Nymboida River and Goolang Creek failed, sending a torrent of water downstream.

The flood damaged the turbines and destroyed

the white water canoeing course in Goolang Creek, below the power station.

Mr Lindsay said the current water licence only permits water to be extracted for drinking water purposes, making it impossible to either reopen the power station for generating electricity or release high flows down Goolang Creek for white water rafting and canoeing.

He said as a part of the deal the council would be responsible for constructing a fish ladder at the Nymboida Weir.

Fur and feathers first aid for firefighters LOCAL native animals will stand a better chance in the next bushfire emergency with Clarence and Richmond Valley volunteer firefighters to be trained in wildlife first response.

“Human life will always be our first responders’ first priority, but roo and koala lives matter too,” Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis said.

“The non-human toll from the black summer

bushfires a couple of years ago was a staggering three billion with volunteer wildlife rehabilitators rescuing and caring for around 90,000 injured animals.”

Mr Gulaptis said the

idea of animal first aid training came from a recommendation of the NSW Bushfire Inquiry to provide guidance for firefighters on handling injured wildlife “This training will

ensure the RFS has the tools to assess and report injured wildlife, as well as apply basic first aid and transfer injured animals to vets and wildlife rehabilitators,” he said.

The training has been developed by NSW National Parks and Wildlife and the Taronga Conservation Society and will be available from December 1.

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Creative industries creating job opportunities

By Tim Howard A TRIAL program linking senior school students with major employers in the Clarence Valley has turned up some surprising results in its first five weeks of operation.

The Federal Government has set up 10 industry training hubs around the country, including one based in Grafton Regional Art Gallery.

Industry Training Hub Career Facilitator Kerren Law said there hadn’t been any surprises that agriculture and health would be major employers, but the creative industries was also in the top four along with building and construction.

“Young people are excited to get into construction and trades,” Ms Law said.

“It’s a skill base that can

take you anywhere here in the Clarence Valley and on the North Coast but also nationally if that person wants to travel.

“There’s a lot happening in the construction and trades space, it’s a multi-tasking skill base to have.”

Ms Law said the prominence of creative industries in the region was no surprise to her.

“The establishment of a really solid creativity precinct around Byron and the recent announcements down in Coffs Harbour and the stuff that’s already happening at the Gold Coast.

“It bodes really well for a creativity bubble on the East Coast.”

Ms Law said in her discussions with school careers advisors senior school students she knew young people were highly attuned to creative technologies.

“Many of them can’t get exposure to to the professional disciplines locally through all kinds of challenges they’ve been exposed to in the last few years.

“We’re looking forward to solving some of these bottlenecks as well as opening up possibilities ensuring there is training on the ground for the industries’ needs.”

Ms Law said the Industry Training Hubs also enable young people to establish early what they needed to establish their careers and what further education they might need at university or TAFE. The Grafton Training Hub is one of 10 being trialled across the country as part of the Australian Government’s $50.6 million investment to improve opportunities for Year 11 and 12 students in regions with high youth unemployment.

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

CAN ‘LEEMO’ join the CWA? IT’S ‘Leemo Cat’ again. I asked Mum the other day what stuff goes on at her CWA meetings? I queried was it was a kinda secret society of some sort. Are cats allowed to join?

‘Well, Leems, to use a well known idiom, if you think the CWA is a tea-and-scones, socks for soldiers gaggle of women who sit around tables and chat away YOU ARE WRONG. Whilst they probably do make the best jams and scones in the whole world, the CWA is made up of big hearted, fun-loving, practical, thinking women who are the backbone of communities throughout Australia.’

Crikey!! She kept on as usual. ‘Leems, think drought relief, rural health programs, care for migrant women, outback education, women standing up and taking on politicians, women with international reputations. The group is practical and idealistic, radical and conservative.

Guess who led the protests when the first big shopping centres in Australia were built with no public toilets? And in 1936, for example, the NSW branch passed a resolution in favour of equal pay for women. They are also outspoken on environmental issues.

‘OK Mum...but can

“I” join and come to meetings with you?”

(I was thinking mainly of the scones and jam and getting pats!) The famous ‘Mum Jane’ stare-glare came my way. ‘NO, Leems, you can’t. Whilst a move by the QLD. Division enabled blokes to join the CWA, they are called ‘Friends of Qld. CWA, and cannot vote or attend meetings. I am not aware of any moves at this point in time to allow feline membership.’ Hmmm...

Seems rather biased to me. ‘So, Mum, what have you done so far? I’ve not seen any scones & jam around here EVER? AND, you can’t knit nor do handy stuff can you, ‘cos you were given an ‘Incapable Award’ last time you tried to learn to knit?’ Well, Mum’s ire rose to a higher than normal level. ‘Leems, might I inform you that Helen & Audrey are going to teach me to knit, and if you think there will be a warm woolly coat in it for you, you are, ONCE AGAIN WRONG! AND, might I add, “I” am making jam for our fundraising stall on December 3rd.

YOU will not even be getting a lick of it – so there Smarty Cat’.

Oooh..I had another question...‘Why did you actually join Mum...tell me’. “OK Leems, that’s easy to answer. It was‘cos I have always admired the CWA and I also wanted to meet new friends and be a part of this inspirational organisation. It is as simple as that.’ She also said perhaps me and my buddies (blokes and girls, should think of forming the C.C.A. (Country Cats Association) and apply our skills to worthwhile causes for a change instead of sleeping 22 hours a day and eating for the other 2. I saw no point in responding to this ridiculous notion. I instead went and sat beside my ‘empty’ food bowl to WAIT. Nite with purrsies, Leemo.

CASINO TEEN WINS BEEF WEEK STYLE SCHOLARSHIP RICHMOND Valley Council trainee Tiarn Stenner is one of just 20 young people from across the whole state to win a prestigious NSW Government Diploma of Event Management scholarship, Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis has announced.

“Richmond Valley Council prides itself on developing talent through its Youth Employment Strategy and they don’t come much more talented than young Tiarn,” Mr Gulaptis said when he

congratulated her at an event at Rappville.

“Tiarn joined the team at Richmond Valley Council last year after graduating from Casino High School in 2019.

“She is described as a go getter, with a great attitude who is energetic and passionate about her community.

“The scholarship is for a Diploma run by the peak industry body Meetings & Events Australia (MEA) and will provide Tiarn with access to industry experts,

and the course units should prepare her for a rewarding career in event management.

“Beef Week could be just a first step - after all, Brisbane will be hosting the Olympic Games in a few short years.”

MEA Chief Executive Officer Peter McDonald said he was looking forward to welcoming Ms Stenner as part of the fourth intake of regional students at a time when creating skills is key to enhancing career opportunities in the

regions.

“MEA’s Diploma of Event Management is an events industry built and delivered qualification,” Mr McDonald said.

“Our students gain an applied education by learning about sectors concepts in real-world, real-time contexts.

“That regional NSW events are increasingly benefiting from the strong skillsets gained by the growing number of scholarship program graduates is testament to its quality and success.”

Council secures funding to beautify busy street ONE of Murwillumbah’s busiest thoroughfares is set for a facelift thanks to funding from the NSW Government’s Your High Street program.

Tweed Shire Council has received a grant of $589,963 to improve pedestrian amenity and boost businesses through improvements to Wollumbin Street, with the community invited to provide feedback on the plan.

The proposed works include tree planting to increase natural shade, new garden beds, additional accessible seating, small-scale public art projects, pathway improvements and upgrades to roundabouts and pedestrian crossings.

Enhancements will take place along a 300-metre section on the southern side of the street, between Commercial Rd and Brisbane St. Council’s Acting Director Sustainable Communities & Environment Stewart Brawley was excited to see the project go ahead.

“Our vision is to create a greener, vibrant and more welcoming public space with cooling natural shade, splashes of colour from local artists and new opportunities for residents and visitors to spend time and socialise in Murwillumbah,” Mr Brawley said.

“Wollumbin Street is home to nearly 50 businesses – including the busy Sunnyside

Mall, Wollumbin Street Medical Practice and Murwillumbah Services Club.

“The aim of this project is to support local businesses through increased visitation and strengthened links between the main shopping centre, Knox Park, the arts and heritage precinct and the Tweed River.”

The project aims to increase usage of the street throughout the day and night, and stimulate local businesses as part of a collaborative effort between council, Murwillumbah Chamber of Commerce, M|Arts and Sunnyside Mall.

Improvements to Wollumbin Street follow the successful installation

of parklets in the Murwillumbah CBD last year, through the NSW Government’s Streets as Shared Spaces initiative.

“Extensive consultation confirmed strong support from businesses and the community for the parklet project and attractive, vibrant public space improvements,” Mr Brawley said.

Concept plans developed as part of the funding bid will be further advanced, with the project expected to be completed within 12 months.

Visit yoursaytweed. com.au/wollumbinstreet to view the draft plan and provide your feedback.

Submissions close on Wednesday, November 24.

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Village farewells one of their players

By Samantha Elley MAUREEN Follers was the epitome of style, elegance and culture and she brought these attributes with her when she moved to Evans Head 20 years ago.

The founder of the Evans Head Village Players, Maureen used her experience in the creative world to introduce a raft of plays to local audiences. She also brought together a tight-knit group of actors, stage hands, publicists and support teams who enjoyed all aspects of local theatre.

Born in Paddington, a suburb of Sydney on 5th February, 1939, Maureen grew up in Merrylands and attended school at Parramatta West High School.

“We found out by accident that we were delivered by the same doctor and nurse when we were born, although two years apart,” said Ron, Maureen’s husband of 61 years.

“We met when she was 15 and I was 17 at a Presbyterian youth fellowship.

“I had just moved to the area with my mum and a mate from school invited me to come to the group and that’s where I met Maureen.”

They were married four years later on 21st November, 1959 in Parramatta.

Maureen’s working life started out as a telephonist for the PMG, known better

today as Telstra, but soon moved on to the advertising world taking on a role with J. Walter Thompson.

“She worked on a lot of commercials including Kelloggs, Benson & Hedges and Lux,” said Ron. “She also worked on movies such as Bush Christmas with director Howard Rubie and That Lady from Peking.”

During her working career, Maureen worked with Llewellyn Thomas, son of the poet Dylan Thomas and counted Stewart Wagstaff and Howard Rubie as great friends.

When Ron’s work moved them to Queensland, Maureen owned a deli for three years.

They lived there for 20 years until retirement saw them travelling throughout Australia.

“We found Evans Head by accident,” said Ron. “We saw the signs there and thought we’d check it out and stayed for a week.

“We went travelling for another 3-4 months and when we came back she said ‘I am being called’.”

And with that the couple moved to and lived in Evans Head for the next 20 years.

It wasn’t long before Maureen was bored and started looking for a project.

“She said that with all her experience she wanted to start a theatre group so she put an ad out there and five ladies answered,” said Ron.

“Every Tuesday for the next six weeks they put the club together, Paul Johnson who wrote plays came on board and the Village Players were born.”

Since then the group has put on numerous plays, including Women with Wings, Steaming and The Last Tempest.

Maureen’s work was recognised by Richmond Valley Council in 2009 when she was awarded the Australia Day Cultural Award.

With a community minded spirit Maureen also joined the management team of the Mid-Richmond Neighbourhood Centre and became its president and then a life member.

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“If we missed a weekend people would worry. We had such a lot of fun righting the wrongs of the world, picking the fashion tragic of the day.

“I will miss you friend and it has been my very great privilege to have known you and to share your journey to this point. If/when we catch up again make mine a skinny cap and two please!”

As her time drew nearer Maureen put her organisational skills into action.

“Mum had written to both dad and me giving us instructions on how she wanted to go,” said Kirran.

“Her last morning she was at home and the girls (her friends) came to visit and it was so special.

“Dr Cam (of Evans Head Medical Centre) and the ladies from Allied Health were all wonderful.”

Maureen finally left her mortal coil holding Ron’s hand on 31st October, 2021.

Maureen’s instructions were to not have a morbid funeral and for her ashes to be scattered to set her spirit free.

Her friends and family gathered at Kalimna Park in Evans Head on Tuesday to celebrate the life that was Maureen with good humour, great stories and of course, a glass of bubbly.

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She was an original committee member of the Mid Richmond Education Fund who provide funding for young people for their careers and was involved in the Evans River K-12 Community School Year 10 interviews on a regular basis.

As a Justice of the Peace, she was an advocate for youth when they had to deal with police matters.

“The police stopped calling her when she would stand up for many of the young people she was advocating for,” laughed Ron and Maureen’s daughter, Kirran.

Carol Holmes was Maureen’s close friend and said Evans Head was a much more interesting place to live when she moved there.

“Maureen and Ron’s arrival to the society of Evans Head was met with great enthusiasmwe warmly embraced the vivacious witty energy that Maureen offered to us,” said Carol.

“Maureen’s positivity, quick wit and ability to communicate what others can only think was an asset to our community.

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BALLINA Where to vote • Returning office Byron region, 55 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.

Fully wheelchair accessible. Mon - Sat: 9am - 5pm • Pre-polling: The Richmond Room, 5 Regatta Avenue, Ballina.

Fully wheelchair accessible. Mon - Sat: 9am - 5pm

accessible

Where to vote on December 4 All wards • Ballina High School, Swift Street, Ballina Assisted access, No designated accessible parking spot, No accessible toilet, Building has lips and/or steps.

A Ward • Emmanuel Anglican College, 62 Horizon Drive, Ballina. Assisted access, May have limited circulation space in voting area, Building has lips and/or steps

• Empire Vale Public School, River Drive, Empire Vale • Southern Cross

Public School, 2-40 Chickiba Drive, Ballina East. Fully wheelchair accessible

Who is in the running?

Mayor STEVE MCCARTHY Independent EOIN JOHNSTON Independent

ROD BRUEM Independent SIMON KINNY Independent

SHARON CADWALLADER Independent JEFF JOHNSON Independent

STEVE MCCARTHY Independent

EVA RAMSEY Independent

SHARON CADWALLADER Independent

JOHN BOUT Independent

LEONIE PRICE Labor

JEFF JOHNSON Independent

COL RICHES Labor

KIRI DICKER The Greens

KEITH WILLIAMS Labor

JASON SHRIEVES The Greens

C Ward

A Ward

KEVIN LOUGHREY Independent

RICK HYDE Independent PHIL MEEHAN Independent LENKUNYAR ROBERTS Independent

SIMON CHATE The Greens NIGEL BUCHANAN Independent

B Ward KEITH WILLIAMS Labor WENDY WISHART Independent

EOIN JOHNSTON Independent STEPHEN BOCKING Independent THERESE CROLLICK Labor

• The Kentwell Community Centre, 20 Bangalow Road, Ballina. Fully wheelchair

B Ward • Lennox Head Public School, Mackney Lane, Lennox Head. Fully wheelchair accessible • Newrybar Public School, 10 Broken Head Road, Newrybar.

Assisted access, Building has lips and/or steps, No designated accessible parking spot, Path of travel from car park may be difficult • Southern Cross Public School, 2-40 Chickiba Drive, Ballina East. Fully wheelchair accessible • Teven-Tintenbar Public School, 28 Fredericks Lane, Tintenbar. Assisted access, No designated accessible parking spot, Path of travel from car park may be difficult • The Kentwell Community Centre, 20 Bangalow Road, Ballina. Fully wheelchair accessible

C Ward • Alstonville High School, 19 Cawley Close, Alstonville.

Fully wheelchair accessible • Fernleigh Public School, 451 Fernleigh Road, Fernleigh • Meerschaum Vale Hall Reserve Trust, Marom Creek Road, Meerschaum Vale.

Assisted access, No designated accessible parking spot, No accessible toilet, Path of travel from car park may be difficult, Building has lips and/or steps • Rous Public School, Rous Road, Alstonville • Teven-Tintenbar Public School, 28 Fredericks Lane, Tintenbar. Assisted access, No designated accessible parking spot, Path of travel from car park may be difficult

Covid cancels how to vote handouts CANDIDATES and supporters will not be allowed to hand out electoral material outside polling venues this year.

The Electoral Commissioner for New South Wales John Schmidt made the signed direction, which states that a person must not hand out tangible electoral material in or on a polling place or pre-polling office; or relevant premises within 100 metres of a polling place, or a prepolling office.

Electoral material includes a how-tovote card, poster or advertisement, containing an express or implicit reference to or comment on an election; any council or any previous council; any councillor or previous councillor; the Government, the Opposition, a previous

government or a previous opposition; a political party, a branch or division of a political party or a candidate in an election; or an issue submitted to, or otherwise before, the electors in connection with an election.

The Commissioner said the change was made to reduce the risk of infection from Covid-19.

And this is not the only change, with the NSW Electoral Commission responding to Covid-19 and delivering an election to “protect the health and safety of electors, candidates, scrutineers and other political participants, and election workers”.

The Commission is encouraging electors to vote via postal, online and operator assisted voting (iVote) or at a prepoll office.

Other changes

include: • Abiding by venue capacity restrictions (1 person/ 4sqm or 1 person/ 2sqm) where applicable; • Requiring all eligible workers of NSW Electoral Commission undertaking Elections Operations to be fully vaccinated; • Requiring the wearing of a face mask as a condition of entry to election venues; • Requiring all persons attending election venues to check in and out using Service NSW Covid Safe Check-in QR code; • Encouraging physical distancing (1.5m) wherever possible; • Implementing hygiene management measures; and • Directing persons to stay home if they display symptoms of Covid-19.

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Different ways you can vote in 2021 In person Early voting or pre-poll is available from Monday, November 22 to Friday, December 3.

Any person enrolled to vote may vote by pre-poll.

For the 2021 Local Government elections, you will only be able to vote in person in your council area.

Use the address search, to find the council or ward page that matches the address.

If you have moved to a new area since you last voted, you should check your enrolment and update your address if necessary.

Postal voting Postal vote applications are now open.

To apply for a postal vote you can either apply online or download and return a postal vote application.

You may be eligible to vote using a postal vote at this election.

You may be eligible to use iVote (online voting option) at this election.

Eligibility criteria for local government elections You can apply if you: • will be outside your ward or council area • will be more than 8km from a polling place • will be travelling • are seriously ill, disabled or approaching childbirth (or caring for someone who is).

• have religious beliefs that prevent you from

attending • are in prison or a correctional centre • will be working • are a silent elector.

Note: You must already be registered with the AEC as a silent elector • are a person with a disability • believe that attending will pose a risk to your personal safety or the safety of your family.

• are enrolled in the

City of Sydney council.

In addition to existing postal vote eligibility criteria, the following criteria also apply.

You are able to use postal voting if you • are a permanent or temporary resident in a hospital, nursing home, retirement village or similar facility • are self-isolating because of Covid-19 related reasons

• reasonably believe that attending a polling place on election day will pose a risk to the health or safety of yourself or people around you, because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

General postal voters will automatically receive ballot papers in the mail for this election.

Online and operator assisted voting (iVote)

Eligibility criteria for iVote and telephone voting You can vote using iVote if you: • are blind or have low vision • are unable to vote without assistance or have difficulty voting at a polling place because you have a disability or have difficulties reading • are a silent elector • applied for a postal vote but did not receive your postal ballot papers before 5pm on November 26 (only available eight days before election day) • live more than 20 kilometres from a polling place, or • will not be within your council area during election day.

For more information and forms, visit www. elections.nsw.gov.au.

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BYRON BAY Where to vote • Returning office, Byron region, 55 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.

Fully wheelchair accessible. Mon - Sat: 9am - 5pm • Pre-polling: Byron Bay Community Centre, 69 Jonson Street, Byron Bay. Fully wheelchair accessible. Mon - Sat: 9am - 5pm Where to vote on December 4 • Bangalow Public School, 45 Byron Street, Bangalow.

Fully wheelchair accessible • Brunswick Heads Memorial Hall, Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads.

Assisted access, Access ramp does not meet standards, Path of travel from car park may be difficult • Byron Bay High School, Broken Head Road, Byron Bay. Fully wheelchair accessible • Byron Bay Public School, Carlyle Street, Byron Bay. Assisted access, No designated accessible parking spot • Clunes Public School, Walker Street, Clunes.

Assisted access, No designated accessible parking spot, Path of

travel from car park may be difficult • Federal Hall, Federal Road, Federal. Assisted access, No designated accessible parking spot, Path of travel from car park may be difficult • Newrybar Public School, 10 Broken Head Road, Newrybar.

Assisted access, Building has lips and/or steps, No designated accessible parking spot, Path of travel from car park may be difficult • Ocean Shores Community Centre, 55 Rajah Road, Ocean Shores. Assisted access, Access ramp does not meet standards • Ocean Shores Public School, 166 Shara Boulevard, Ocean Shores North. Assisted access, No designated accessible parking spot • St Johns Multi Purpose Centre, 11 Murwillumbah Road, Mullumbimby.

Fully wheelchair accessible • Suffolk Park Community Hall, Clifford Street, Suffolk Park. Assisted access, Access ramp does not meet standards, Path of travel from car park may be difficult

Who is in the running?

Mayor

ASREN PUGH Labor

CATE COOREY Independent

MARK SWIVEL Independent

KIM GOODRICK Independent

BRUCE CLARKE Independent

Group A (The Greens)

BRONWYN MORRIS Independent

CATE COOREY Independent

DUNCAN DEY The Greens

JOHN ANDERSON

SARAH NDIAYE The Greens

Group C

MATTHEW O’REILLY The Greens

ALAN HUNTER Independent

IAN COHEN The Greens

SUSAN STIRTON

ALAN HUNTER Independent

CHRISTOPHER MCILRATH MICHAEL LYON Independent DUNCAN DEY The Greens

DELTA KAY Independent

Group D MARK SWIVEL Independent FRAN HART Independent

SAMA BALSON Independent

MELANIE FRANZ Labor

PETER WESTHEIMER Independent

KAYLENE CHAMBERLAIN Labor

JEANNETTE MARTIN Independent

VENETIA SCOTT Independent

Group F (Labor)

JESSICA SMYTHE Independent

ASREN PUGH Labor

XAVIER HANCKELSPICE Independent

LINDA WATSON Labor

Group E

PETER DOHERTY Labor

MICHAEL LYON Independent

JAN HACKETT Labor

BRUNO FILIPPELLO Group B RHETT HOLT

Group G BRUCE CLARKE Independent JULIE MELDRUM Independent GARY DELLER Independent JANINE KHOSID Independent

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CLARENCE VALLEY Where to vote

access • Grafton Art Club Centre. Assisted access • Grafton High School.

Assisted access

• Gulmarrad Public School. Assisted access • Harwood Island Public School. Assisted access

• Iluka Community Hall. Assisted access • Joan Muir Community Centre Grafton. Assisted access • Junction Hill SES Building. Assisted access • Lawrence Public School. Assisted access • Maclean Public School. Fully wheelchair accessible • Palmers Island Public School. Assisted access • South Grafton Public School. Assisted access • St Josephs Primary School. Fully wheelchair accessible

IAN TILEY Independent

GREG CLANCY The Greens

KAREN TOMS Independent

STEVE PICKERING Independent

PETE HANSON Independent

WARREN LANG

DONALD SCOTT

PHIL BELLETTY Independent

JEFFREY FULLER Independent

JEFF SMITH Independent

BILL DAY Independent

ASH GIBBINS Independent

DEBRAH NOVAK Independent

ALLISON WHAITES Independent

PETER ELLEM Independent

• Returning office, 48 River Street, Maclean.

Fully wheelchair accessible. Mon - Sat: 9am - 5pm • Pre-polling: Christ Church Cathedral Grafton. Assisted access, No accessible toilet, No designated accessible parking spot. Mon - Sat: 9am - 5pm Where to vote on December 4 • Baryulgil Public School. Assisted access • Brooms Head Community Hall.

Assisted access • Chatsworth Island Public School. Assisted access • Christ Church Cathedral Grafton.

Assisted access • Copmanhurst & District War Memorial Hall. Assisted access • Coutts Crossing Coronation Hall.

Assisted access • Cowper Public School. Assisted access • Dundurrabin Public School. Assisted access • Glenreagh School of Arts Hall. Assisted

• St Stephens Presbyterian Hall South Grafton. Assisted access, No designated accessible • Treelands Drive Community Centre Yamba. Fully wheelchair accessible • Tucabia Community Hall. Assisted access • Ulmarra Public School. Assisted access • Wooli Public Hall.

Assisted access • Woombah Bush Fire Brigade Building.

Assisted access • Yamba Public School.

Assisted access

Mayor The mayor is elected by the council and not through the election process.

Who is in the running?

Candidates

PETER JOHNSTONE Independent

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Why we should vote for Mayor Vanessa Ekins

This council election is about integrity, experience and balance THIS council election is about integrity, experience and balance.

Local government affects all of our lives and its election time. On one hand we have experienced and trusted councillors such as our current Mayor Vanessa Ekins, our longest-serving councillor who has a proven track record of community service, a reputation for integrity and who has been a unifying Mayor for our city. On the other we are seeing a very well-funded push underway by an almost exclusively pro-business team, none of whom have previous experience on council.

We should certainly not exchange our trusted Mayor for a novice Mayor with zero local government experience.

Council can be an unruly beast, and Vanessa has proven herself a unifying and productive force in her short time as Mayor. Council is now on a clear path to economic recovery after the hardest term in history, flood, drought and a pandemic.

Whilst elections are an opportunity for change, they should also be about maintaining integrity, experience and balance.

Whilst business is a legitimate priority for councils, this needs to be balanced with numerous other essential priorities, including our environment, we need a diverse council that will represent all

residents. Trust needs to be earned, and without specifically suggesting that any of the emerging candidates are untrustworthy, it is fair to point to the risk and the sorry history in NSW of local council corruption, where councils have become overly dominated by the big end of town.

The types of decisions made by local government have big financial impacts for residents but especially for the business establishment. Unfortunately this means that sometimes property developers, real estate interests and others have substantial vested interests in council planning decisions. There is a history in local government in NSW not just of illegal corruption, but of more subtle inside deals, boys clubs and just plain favouritism. Such behaviours can often be very hard to prove especially where they are just part of invisible established networks.

As voters, we can do our part to maintain integrity and balance in the coming election by re-electing councillors with a proven track record of integrity, a wealth of experience and a broad ranging connection to our community that includes all sectors. This is why we should Vote 1 Vanessa Ekins for Mayor and Vote 1 (Group D) for Vanessa Ekins and her team for Council.

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Working class hit hard by homelessness

By Samantha Elley GEORGIA* is 40 years old and had been homeless for several years before she was able to access temporary accommodation with the help of the Together Home Program run by not-for-profit organisation North Coast Community Housing (NCCH).

Before this she had spent 17 months in a motel, where she now works thanks to her positive attitude and enthusiasm.

Georgia said once NCCH Case Worker Ylinne began supporting her that’s when things started to really improve and when she was offered a home of her own, despite being nervous, she knew it would lead to better things and she now keeps some pet fish.

NCCH knows first hand how desperate the housing shortage is on the North Coast.

CEO John McKenna underlines this fact by saying it has come to the stage where it is not just affecting those at the bottom end of the market.

“People who have never had to access housing services previously are now accessing (NCCH)

services,” he said.

“People that are working cannot find housing outcomes.”

A recent report released by the NSW Government Regional Housing Taskforce confirms the concerns Mr McKenna and his staff have regarding social and affordable housing.

The report has underscored the urgent need to make a major investment in the housing area, outlining eight principles that should guide the decision-making and policy reform.

“We own about 84 tenancies in our own right,” Mr McKenna said.

“We own about 660 on behalf of the government and then we do some fee for service but then we lease about 170 properties from the private market.

“What’s happened in the last 18 months is the government has released support programs that rely on us finding property leasehold outcomes in the private markets to house the tenants being supported.”

Mr McKenna said in the current market the lack of housing availability and the skyrocketing rents means it has become very difficult to find leasehold properties to put their

economic issue because you put that stimulus in.

“Every job in construction provides three jobs tied to other parts of the community to support it.”

New working class poor

tenants in.

NCCH Operations General Manager Tania Crosby confirmed it is getting hard for them to find the properties they need.

“The numbers last month had about 137 properties that fitted what we were looking for,” she said.

“We looked at about 40 and we picked up one.

“You’ve got 40-50 people turning up to open houses and rents going through the roof.

“People are going in and offering an extra $100 a week.”

With this in mind, Mr McKenna said it wasn’t any surprise housing was hard to find for his tenants.

“I heard a story where a five bedroom house was

for rent,” he said.

“A couple and a mum with four kids turned up and they rented the house to the couple.

“They both could afford it, but the tightness of the market means the owners and agents are really getting to pick who they think will cause the least issue for them.”

Despite the recent release of the government’s report, Mr McKenna said there were no quick fixes anymore.

“They should have been done 15 years ago,” he said.

“If they had started building houses then and continued to build them as a pipeline, we wouldn’t be in the position we are in now.

“We have 3000 people

on the waiting list and we should be building about 300 social and affordable housing properties per year for the next decade.”

Mr McKenna talked on one of the principles from the government report which states: “Consider social and affordable housing as essential social and economic infrastructure.”

“If you look at the economic impact of building, that rolls through the economy stimulus,” he said.

“You build a pipeline of bringing young people through the trades that are needed to build those houses to make up for the older people retiring.

“You fix two problems: the housing issue over time and you fix the

Mr McKenna said the hardest hit by the lack of affordable housing had been and will continue to be in the 24-44 year age group.

“People in the 24-44 year age group are being forced to rent,” he said.

“It used to be about 30 per cent of people in that age group would rent and it was a choice.

“It used to be a transitional stage before you bought a house.

“Young singles and couples, because of the cost of housing, buying is not going to be an option for that age group.

“It’s about 37-40 per cent who rent now and some will never have an opportunity to buy.”

While people as young as 30 are signing up for million dollar mortgages, Mr McKenna said most young couples, who could afford to service a mortgage couldn’t get a deposit together as prices kept going up.

“If things don’t change you will see more issues around homelessness,” he said.

“That’s where families

Premier awards for Casino squad members LAST week the Casino Rescue Squad had the honour of being presented with their belated NSW Premier’s bushfire citations and certificates.

The awards were delayed due to Covid-19.

Five squad members received their recognition, presented

by Richmond Valley Council Mayor Robert Mustow for their work during the

2019-2020 bushfires.

Congratulations to Jenny, Bill, Phil, Noel and Paul.

After the official business, squad members participated in a car crash exercise where they were able to use their donated mannequin as a victim for the first time. Members used hydraulic spreading and cutting tools as well as some first aid and stabilisation gear to remove the ‘victim’.

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“The people that are working are starting to be impacted, families are being dislocated from communities, they have to move and kids have to move from school.”

NCCH Staff Operations General Manager Tania Crosby, Program Lead for Together Home Clayton Dunn and CEO John

start splitting up and if a family splits up you need two houses, not one.

“The people that are working are starting to be impacted, families are being dislocated from communities, they have to move and kids have to move from school.”

Strategies by NCCH Ms Crosby said she’d like to see landlords contacting NCCH and support them by providing their properties for NCCH to manage on their behalf.

“We don’t charge a

management fee,” said Ms Crosby.

“We find the tenants and manage them; the landlord only needs to deal with us.

“If there’s any maintenance that needs doing, we manage all that as well.

“The money comes regularly even if the tenant stops paying, the landlord will always receive their rent.

“If there is an issue and we have to go to Tribunal, we do that so the landlord doesn’t.”

Ms Crosby said it was a win-win for landlords.

“I’m sure people have perceptions around people in social housing, they are like all of us but for the situation they find themselves in,” she said.

“It doesn’t mean they are a bad person but we manage that relationship with the tenant.”

Together Home is one of the programs run by NCCH, that started on July 1 last year.

Part of its initiative is finding people a place to call home, but the critical next step is supporting them with the services they need to improve their health and

wellbeing and to rebuild their lives.

The program started with 30 clients getting support in homes and another 20 have since joined the program.

“This means we need 50 Together Home properties and then we need another 13 for young Aboriginal families for a youth transitional program that started on 1st July, 2021,” Ms Crosby.

“That’s a lot of rental properties in a market (in which) we simply are struggling to pick properties up.”

The program provides full support from the NCCH team, eight clients per case worker.

“That’s a really good ratio to be able to have daily contact with those clients,” Ms Crosby said.

“We are talking about people who have been homeless for potentially up to 30 years, so they need that intensive support.”

Ms Crosby said the pressing need would be after the funding for the program stopped in July next year.

“If you’re homeless for 20-30 years, you will not cope without supports or sustain a tenancy in property,” she said.

“We really need to be pushing for the government to continue supporting these Together Home clients.”

Together Home Program Lead Clayton Dunn said most of the clients in the program would only have a backpack.

“There’s no birth certificate, no ID, no medical assessments, they probably don’t have a GP,” he said.

“We have funding to get them set up, so they have furniture and white goods and to help it be a home and to provide the support from there.”

How can you help?

NCCH is a charity able to take donations from the general public.

“I know there are people out there concerned about this issue,” Mr McKenna said.

“If there is somebody out there that wants to make a donation to an organisation that is working at the coalface, we can actually take that and it’s tax deductible.

“It would help us fund some of the programs that we’re looking to continue if the government funding doesn’t continue.

“If there are philanthropic people out there, I’d love to sit down with them and explain what we could do.”

If you would like to contact NCCH at any of their offices, details are below: Lismore Level 1, 107 Molesworth St, Lismore Phone 6627 5300 Tweed Units 9 & 10, 2 Blundell Boulevard, Tweed Heads South Phone (07) 5523 5800 Grafton 119 Pound Street, Grafton Phone 6642 9100 *Not her real name

Risky driving program cuts crashes for young people A PROGRAM, developed on the Northern Rivers, to teach young people about the dangers of risky behaviour and driving has cut the risk of having a car crash in participants.

A study that tracked almost 21,000 young drivers for more than a decade has found that drivers who took part in a resilience program developed in Northern

NSW were much less likely to have a car crash in their early years of driving.

The 13-year study led by researchers at Queensland University of Technology, George Institute for Global Health, and University of NSW, aimed to determine if participation in the ‘Reduce Risk Increase Student Knowledge’ (RRISK) program had a long-term

effect on reducing motor vehicle crash risk and severity.

“What this shows is that setting up youth to be safer, responsible drivers early has real potential to reduce their lifetime risk of having a crash that is significant enough to warrant police attendance,” the program found.

The Northern NSW Local Health District’s Health Promotion Team

developed the RRISK program, and has been delivering it to senior high school students in the region for 20 years.

“RRISK assumes that risky behaviours do occur in relation to socialising, partying and driving, and teaches students strategies to plan ahead, reduce risks and manage tricky situations,” NNSWLHD manager health promotion Jillian Adams

said.

The study used baseline survey data and ongoing access to participants’ police recorded motor vehicle crash records.

“The data showed program participants were 24 per cent less likely to have had any crash and 42 per cent less likely to crash in darkness than nonparticipants,” lead author, Professor

Teresa Senserrick, Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland, Queensland University of Technology said.

In response to Covid-19 restrictions, the NNSWLHD ran RRISK online for the first-time in 2020.

This year more than 200 Year 11 students will participate in RRISK online from November 15-17.

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Pictured above is Endeavour 250 at The National Museum of Australia. Exhibition Design & Construction by Thylacine. Photography by The Guthrie Project

Globally renowned designers to create YAM centrepiece THYLACINE, an internationally awarded interpretive design studio responsible for the newly developed exhibitions at WA Museum Boola Bardip and the Auckland War Memorial Museum is to lead the development of the permanent entry exhibitions for Coffs Harbour’s Yarrila Arts & Museum (YAM).

Thylacine will focus on the ‘Stories of Coffs’ social history exhibition while the city’s own local creatives Alison Page and Nik Lachajczak of creative agency Zakpage will deliver the ‘Welcome to Country’ Gumbaynggirr experience.

“It’s incredibly exciting

that Thylacine and Zakpage will be creating these centrepiece displays that will form the entry focus of the new Museum and Gallery,” said Michelle Smith, council’s Team Leader Cultural Services.

“These permanent displays will be the first experience that visitors have of YAM and we want our collective identity and history told in an exciting and inclusive way – an immersive, inclusive experience of the kind that Thylacine and Zakpage have earned well-deserved reputations for delivering both in Australia and overseas.”

Thylacine won the

lead contract after an open tender process. The permanent exhibitions will be completed by mid-2023 after Yarrila Place is operational, however the Welcome to Country will be an important part of the Yarrila Place opening events.

“Thylacine is delighted to begin work on this significant cultural project for Coffs Harbour,” said Caolán Mitchell, Creative Director Thylacine.

“The museum will celebrate the people and stories of this unique and special place. Our multidisciplinary team will work hard to design and deliver a stunning new museum experience

for Coffs Harbour and we look forward to seeing the project come to life over the next few years. We are also looking forward to continuing to work collaboratively with Alison Page and Nik Lachajczak.”

Thylacine is an internationally-awarded interpretive design and make studio with 21 years of practical experience in the specialist field of interpretive design, working on permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Alison Page is a descendant of the Walbanga and Wadi Wadi people from La Perouse and is

an award-winning creative at the forefront of the contemporary Australian Aboriginal cultural movement.

Nik Lachajczak is a writer, director and cinematographer who has worked with communities in Australia and globally for the past 20 years. Together they created ‘Wellama’ a digital Welcome to Country film on permanent exhibition at Barangaroo in Sydney.

“Zakpage is thrilled to work with the six Gumbaynggirr clans to create a digital expression of the welcome, capturing this important cultural protocol that celebrates Country and the care

of it through cinematic vision and an evocative soundscape,” said Alison Page.

“Our goal is to provide visitors to YAM with a fascinating, fun, welcoming and inclusive place that they will want to return to and tell other people about,” added Ms Smith.

“With these amazing designers on board, I’m sure we’re going to achieve that goal and more.”

The exhibitions will be designed to be in place for eight to 10 years with sections that can periodically be changed or updated. Entry to the permanent exhibitions will be free.

Become a volunteer tourism ambassador EXPAND your knowledge of the local tourism industry, meet like minded people, and share your love of the local area.

The Ballina Visitor Information Centre is seeking enthusiastic and customer service focused people to join our friendly team of volunteers working out of the Ballina Byron

Gateway Airport and the Ballina Visitor Information Centre.

Volunteers meet and greet visitors arriving to the region while promoting local attractions, tours, activities and events.

Volunteers help inspire visitors to spend more time in the region, while making lifelong memories.

Volunteers are asked to commit four to 12 hours a week, working in both the Visitor Information Centre and the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport.

Each shift is up to four hours and include both weekend and weekdays.

Vivienne Jagelman has been a part of the program for a year and expresses why she continues to enjoy her

position as volunteer tourism ambassador; “I enjoy my volunteer position at the Ballina Visitor Centre and The Ballina Byron Gateway Airport. I feel part of a very professional and friendly team. The opportunity to meet other friendly and like-minded volunteers has been a lot of fun. I have learnt so much about my local

area and feel proud to promote it.”

If you are interested in volunteering please visit our website to find the full position description and application form www.discoverballina. com.au/visit/corporate/ volunteering.

Application forms can also be collected from the Ballina Visitor Centre at 6 River Street, Ballina.

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SCU artist commissioned for Sydney public art THE artist selected to ground Aboriginal art and stories along the spectacular Northern Beaches coastline walk is former Blake Prize winner, proud Yaegl woman and Southern Cross University alumna, Frances Belle Parker.

Spanning 36km of coastline between Manly and Palm Beach, the Northern Beaches Coast Walk is a continuous path that passes beachfronts, spectacular headlands, residential communities and coastal villages.

The Aboriginal Art & Storytelling Project is the first major commission for the Coast Walk Public Art Program.

“This is an amazing opportunity to be able to create public artwork that tells a deeper part of the coastline’s story,” Frances said.

“Through engagement with the Northern Beaches’ Aboriginal community, I hope we can tell stories that are relevant as well as convey the underlying

messages of the country and the people who walked this land before us.

“I plan to explore the themes of middens and the whale songlines through the artwork.

“I’ll also be using some elements of my cousin’s work, the late Jessica Birk, who lived on the Northern Beaches and loved everything about it. In a sense the work becomes a tribute to the amazing artist she was.”

Frances has been a practising artist for the past 20 years, coming to prominence after winning the Blake Prize in 2000 at just 18, making the then-teenager the youngest ever winner and the first Indigenous recipient in the prize’s history.

Her art practice spans painting, sculpture and installation and she has exhibited in locations as diverse as Beijing, Andorra and at Sculpture by the Sea in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

For the Aboriginal Art & Storytelling

Project, the Northern Beaches Council invited Aboriginal artists to submit proposals for a series of contemporary public artworks and visual storytelling systems to highlight the significance of Aboriginal culture and place along the Coast Walk.

Mayor Michael Regan said the council was thrilled to have Frances Belle Parker create work for the project.

“It is a significant project that celebrates Aboriginal culture and connects people to the landscape, to each other and to the past, present and future,” Mr Regan said.

“We are excited to see how Frances’ artwork will develop and respond to Aboriginal culture, the local community and natural surrounds of our extensive coastline.

“Her project will enrich Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people’s experience of the region, without compromising environmentally fragile

and culturally sensitive sites.”

Frances grew up in Maclean in the Northern Rivers region of NSW and is deeply inspired by her Mother’s land (Yaegl land) and the Island in the Clarence River that her Mother grew up on,

Ulgundahi Island.

“I am inspired by the Yaegl landscape and those stories which were shared with me and passed down from our old people, it is my responsibility to document these stories and to map our

landscape, in doing so I am making a valuable resource for my children and all of the younger Yaegl mob,” said Frances.

Since winning the prestigious Blake Prize, for art that explores spirituality, she has exhibited nationally and internationally.

From 2005 to 2011 Frances was a finalist in the NSW Indigenous Parliament Art Award.

She was also a finalist in the prestigious 2006 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.

Most recently Frances designed and screened her digital work Angwirri on the sails of the Sydney Opera House on January 26 2021.

The Coast Walk artwork is currently in the design development stage. Frances will engage with local Aboriginal stakeholders and communities over summer and aims to finish the artwork in mid-2022.

Rangers busy during clutch time for sea turtles between 30 - 50 years old come ashore and lay their clutch of eggs.

It is really important that we identify where the turtles have laid their eggs so that we can protect them from predators such as foxes, goannas and dogs.

Byron Rangers works with turtle experts to do citizen science data collection projects to get data on what is

happening at each beach and also to look for turtle nests.

Turtles only nest on beaches with no bright lights from houses as light is like “pollution” for them. Also dogs and any animal smells are dangerous so you will never see turtles on a dog beach. We only survey beaches that have few or no houses or those bordering National

Parks.

Rangers can help us for one hour per week or more in a team of two to three to do this important work.

These are the beaches we will be surveying; • Broken Head - Ti Tree Lake • Tallow to Dolphins Beach • Clark’s / The Pass • Belongil to North Belongil / Elements

• Tyagarah • Brunswick Heads (dog beach to Tyagarah stretch) • New Brighton • South Golden to Wooyung (not dog beach area) We always do the survey at sunrise. It will take 30 - 60 minutes.

You will be trained on how to do a turtle nest survey, log this data on an app and also to

observe what needs to be done to care for that beach or the sand dunes to provide a safe habitat for sea turtles.

We will also do some dune care and plant some native grasses.

You don’t need any skills as we will train you on everything you need to know.

Join Byron Rangers at www.byronrangers.com.

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DID you know that sea turtles lay eggs on the beaches of NSW from near Newcastle all the way up to Tweed Heads each year?

We have hundreds of sea turtles that live in the Cape Byron Marine Park. You have probably seen them while surfing or snorkelling.

During November and March each year, female sea turtles who are

LET’S GET TOGETHER. LET’S DO THIS. Let’s spend time with family and friends and catch up on everything we’ve missed.

Getting fully vaccinated against COVID-19 means you will be able to reunite with loved ones and help to keep them safe.

Everyone aged 12 years and over can get vaccinated.

COVID-19 vaccines are available at more than 3,000 places across NSW including pharmacies, GPs, NSW Health clinics and Aboriginal Medical Services.

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EVENTS Diamond show LOCAL entertainer Roo will be performing his “Neily Diamond Show” at the Lismore Civic Hotel on November 27.

It is one of Australia’s best tributes to this inspired singer/ songwriter and will be in a dinner dance format.

Bookings are essential.

Arts Northern Rivers ‘If These Halls Could Talk’ Tumbulgum Hall. Photography by Darcy Grant

ARTS NORTHERN RIVERS WELCOMES TWEED SHIRE AS A CONTRIBUTING COUNCIL ARTS Northern Rivers is now supported by six of the Northern Rivers local government areas including the Tweed Shire.

Tweed now joins the Byron Shire, Clarence Valley, Kyogle, Lismore and Richmond Valley in supporting Arts Northern Rivers’ work towards generating, promoting and advocating for the growing arts and creative industries in the region.

Following Arts Northern Rivers’ track record in supporting

councils, Tweed Shire Council’s Manager of Tweed Holiday Parks and Cultural Facilities, Andrew Illingworth, initiated the new fouryear agreement to align with council’s strategic focus towards cultural tourism and its benefits fostering economic development.

“Tweed Shire Council has invested a significant amount of financial resources in the Shire’s cultural infrastructure.,” Andrew said.

“Re-joining Arts

Northern Rivers cements council’s interests in the cultural sector and paves the way for future collaborations and exciting projects.”

Arts Northern Rivers champions the role of the arts and cultural industries both regionally and state-wide through its connection to 13 other Regional Arts Development Organisations supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. “Arts Northern Rivers is looking forward to

expanding our footprint into the Tweed Shire and working with the burgeoning area to engage new and diverse audiences,” Executive Director, Jane Fuller, said.

“I will always remember one of my favourite Arts Northern Rivers events I attended was the ‘If These Halls Could Talk’ performance at Tumbulgum Hall.”

Creatives working within the Tweed Shire will now have access to Arts Northern Rivers’

annual program of skills and professional development opportunities, free advice, referrals, and assistance with funding applications and regional projects.

Council’s contribution now also offers Tweed residents free registrations on Northern Rivers Creative, a creative directory featuring a range of categories including creative services, visual arts, design, Indigenous arts, literature and more.

Native food experience for artisan weekend DESTINATION Tweed presents Wijirr – a native food experience at Minjungbal Museum and Cultural Centre as part of the Tweed Artisan Food Weekend on Friday, November 19, from 10am.

True local Goori’s sharing their bush tucker knowledge and local experiences followed by a sumptuous brunch on Minjungbal Museum grounds.

Experience a smoking ceremony, Welcome to Country, Bush Tucker yarn by Uncle Franc Krasna, a guided tour plus access to Minjungbal Museum and Shop, which showcases the Tweed Six Seasons

Calendar.

During these sessions there will be a delicious bush tucker inspired menu cooked by local Goori chef Robert Philp.

This is an experience of the Tweed you need to have.

You can book a ticket from the website https:// events.humanitix.com/ wijirr or call 0429 804 890.

The Tweed Artisan Food Weekend is a sponsored event of Tweed Shire Council.

The Minjungbal Aboriginal Cultural Centre is on Kirkwood Road, Tweed Heads South.

Becca at the Arch BECCA King is a Widjabul Wiabul, Bundjalung, Dunghutti, Gumbaynggirr woman, based in Lismore, making work from the REDinc Supported Art Studio.

See her exhibition on display from Tuesday, December 14 until Tuesday, December 21.

The Arch Studio Gallery is located in The Lismore Quad under the Northern Rivers Conservatorium.

Carols in the Heart THE date of the Shopbaby Carols in the Heart has been changed in accordance with the State Government’s latest Covid-19 road map.

Lismore’s popular Shopbaby Carols in the Heart will now be held on Saturday, December 18 at Riverside Park from 5pm to 8pm.

We are also still looking for Expressions of Interest from experienced local food vendors who would like to work at this year’s Shopbaby Carols in the Heart. Anyone who would like to submit an Expression of Interest can email gpevents@ lismore.nsw.gov.au.

Tropical Fruits RECENT changes to the NSW Road Map to Recovery mean we wouldn’t be able to welcome all of our community members to the Fruitopia Fair Day this December 5.

So, Tropical Fruits announces we are moving our Fruitopia Fair Day to 2022 However, all is not lost.

Watch this space for an exciting New Year’s Eve announcement coming soon.

The Northern Rivers Times November 18, 2021

36 REAL ESTATE NEWS

Buyers must beware of the risk of overpaying in regional areas PROPERTY buyers should be wary of overpaying, particularly for low-grade properties at this stage in the market cycle, according to Pete Wargent, cofounder of Australia’s first national network of property buyer’s agents, BuyersBuyers.

“History leaves clues, Mr Wargent said.

“Firstly, as Napoleon once observed, the moment of greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.

Complacency occurs when things appear to be going well and can lead to a lack of discipline.

People tend to lose sight of the bigger picture. A property boom cannot dispel the risk of capital losses, as we have seen at the peak of previous market cycles.

“It may seem hard to imagine in the current market conditions, but even in prime markets such as Noosa, we saw half a decade of poor property price performance following the onset of the financial

crisis. Many units bought off the plan in the Sydney and Melbourne construction frenzy of around 7 to 10 years ago have failed to produce meaningful capital gains.

The same could be said of some Perth property investments made around 2006.

“Many regional markets have experienced a huge boom in prices over the past 18 months, and buyers need to recognise that these conditions can’t be sustained once the borders reopen and as new migrants inevitably

gravitate towards the capital cities.

“And secondly, in the words of fund manager Raymond DeVoe Jr, ‘more money has been lost reaching yield than at the barrel of a gun’. In the last property market cycle, it was highyielding mining towns which gave rise to the large financial losses.

“Investors this time around have been less drawn into regional markets for the yield due to lower mortgage rates and lower out of pocket expenses, but still this is not a time to be

tempted by apparently high yielding regional investments, which usually come with a commensurate level of risk.”

Price growth set to decelerate Doron Peleg, the founder of property market research house RiskWise Property Research, said that buyers should beware of the risk of overbidding, especially when buying lower quality property.

“As the market was booming over the past year with

sizeable percentage price increases, the combination of overbidding and purchasing lower-quality assets had few adverse consequences, as the market tide took almost every property up,” Mr Peleg said.

“Even if you were too excited and overpaid 10 per cent a year ago in Sydney, you still made a profit of more than 10 per cent, as the market has been delivering more than 20 per cent price growth. Due to a lack of stock on the market, there were buyers interested in almost every property, regardless of its quality.

“Now, with decelerated price growth in 2022, and potentially a stagnant market - or even small price reductions - in 2023, the consequences of overbidding will be more significant. So naturally, properties with sub-optimal qualities will experience lower demand as the market cycle moves on and will be more sensitive to

price reductions in such conditions.”

Buyers should keep a cool head Pete Wargent, of BuyersBuyers, said that CoreLogic’s excellent Pain and Gain report had consistently shown that even when the market was booming, perhaps 5-10 per cent of properties could still be sold at a nominal loss.

“And that’s held true even at a time when at the national level property price growth has been the fastest in over 30 years.”

“Buyers need to remember that the tide will go out eventually.

So keep a cool head, research thoroughly, and pay the right price. If you can’t afford to buy a AAA property, then try to focus on location while ticking as many boxes as possible within your designated budget.”

“You can change many things about a real estate investment, but the one thing you can never change is the location, which will always remain fixed in place.”

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Hotel bought for $31m in rapid fire time SHAWS Bay Hotel and and Fenwick House at East Ballina recently went on the market through JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group and has sold in record time.

The price agreed is close to $31 million and will be paid by Sydney group Parras Hospitality.

“Under new custodianship, the assets are both deserved and primed for a fullyintegrated renovation and rebirthing proposition that will see the

evolution of an exciting hospitality precinct offer, commensurate with their spectacular location,” said JLL Managing Director John Musca.

Only 25 minutes from Byron Bay, the Shaws Bay Hotel with 14 gaming machines and Fenwick House manor occupy a unique 6,518sqm absolute waterfront site with an attractive B1 Neighbourhood Centre zoning.

Positioned at the

entrance to the East Ballina growth corridor, the hotel is poised to capitalise on the area’s population and airport visitor arrival growth which is witness to the burgeoning North Coast property boom.

Previously used as a bar and boarding house, Fenwick House lends itself to a myriad of value-add operating opportunities including boutique hotel, coworking or commercial office

concepts or function uses with the necessary council approvals.

The hotel investment market continues to mature, especially on the North Coast as local assets change hands at regular intervals.

Other local sales include the Beach Hotel, Great Northern Hotel, Cheeky Monkeys and Holiday Village Backpackers - all in Byron Bay - with the Shaws Bay & Fenwick House rounding off over

$250m of transactions.

Other hotel sales in the region include the Lennox Hotel, Lennox and Illawong Hotel, Evans Head, which have also found new owners in the past 6 months.

From Merivale to Redcape and the Laundy Group, a raft of big name private and public industry stakeholders have secured themselves prime hospitality assets in the globally recognised region over the past 18 months.

“The Shaws Bay purchasers confidently backed their vision, expeditiously moving to exceed the owner’s pricing expectations, ” Mr Musca said.

“Naturally there’s always a lot of emotion that accompanies long-term owners farewelling a family asset, so realising a great result and seeing its custodianship pass to a new and respectful stakeholder is a fulfilling outcome.”

Everyday Australians doing net zero heavy lifting WHILE Australia’s federal politicians are bickering over net zero targets and a plan to meet them, households and small businesses are doing the heavy lifting on emissions reductions with more than three million rooftop solar systems now installed.

This milestone comes after rooftop solar achieved record installation levels in 2019 (with about 279,000 solar systems installed) and 2020 (with about 369,000 systems installed); with growth continuing despite lockdowns as sales surged with large numbers of Australians forced to work from home.

Solar market analyst Warwick Johnston, the

Managing Director of SunWiz, said passing three million solar installations was a remarkable milestone.

“Thanks to our homeowners, Australia leads the world in percapita uptake of solar power - 22 per cent higher per capita than Germany or Japan in 2020, according to the International Energy Agency,” Mr Johnston said.

“The transformation of Australia’s carbonintensive electricity supply has been led by households directly investing in solar power on their homes. Not just because it benefits the planet - because it makes financial sense to do so.

“Thanks to Australia’s highly efficient solar

workforce, Australia is one of the lowestcost countries for a rooftop installation.

Our abundant sunshine, large homes and high electricity prices combine to make paybacks in Australia shorter than in most other countries.”

Clean Energy Council Chief Executive, Kane Thornton said Australia had long been the world leader in household solar installations, helping consumers lower their power bills, reducing pressure on the energy grid during the summer peak, reducing emissions and playing a key role in keeping the economy moving.

“On average, more than 41 solar systems are being installed every

hour across Australia, equating to one panel every 44 seconds,” Mr Thornton said.

“This sheer scale means that on October 17, rooftop solar was able to account for 38 per cent share of demand on the National Electricity Market.

“For every megawatt of new rooftop solar, six jobs are created each year, illustrating that it is the largest generator of employment in the renewable energy industry.

“These are skilled workers, employed by small- to mediumsized businesses that are critical to local economies right across Australia.”

Ellen Roberts, the National Director of

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“So far, it’s everyday people that have done the heavy lifting on carbon emissions reduction, while the Australian government has been dragging its feet.

Luckily, the progress we’ve made together will make it easier to slash carbon pollution in other sectors, like transport and heavy industry,” Ms Roberts said.

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With the Morrison Government having finally committing to net-zero emissions by 2050, the Clean Energy Council said rooftop solar would be critical to Australia achieving this target.

“Having more than three million rooftop solar systems now installed is a transformational change as Australians take control of their energy bills, do their bit to tackle the impact of global warming and support small business,” Mr Thornton said.

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NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.05 Australia Remastered. (Final, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Exposing The Illegal Organ Trade. (Ma, R) 1.30 The Sound. (PG, R) 2.00 Miniseries: The Cry. (Mals, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. (R) 5.05 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Muslims Like Us Australia.

(Mal, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Woven Threads Stories From Within. (PG) 3.35 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (R) 4.15 Secrets Unearthed.

(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: Gates Of Paradise. (2019, M, R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Lethal Beauty.

(2018, Mav) 1.45 Talking Honey: Princess Diana. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa) 1.00 The Living Room. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

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

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

7.30 Gardening Australia.

Costa Georgiadis and junior guest Caylee plant herbs.

8.30 Annika. (Final, Mav) Annika and her team’s lives are in grave danger as they investigate the murder of a young woman.

9.20 MOVIE: Tea With The Dames.

(2018, Ml, R) Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith talk about their lives. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith.

10.40 Talking Heads. (Ma) 11.15 ABC Late News.

11.30 The Vaccine. (R) 11.45 Gruen. (R) 12.25 Preppers. (Mals, R) 12.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

(R) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Hitler: Countdown To War. Part 1 of 3. Documents the 18 months leading to World War II from the point of view of Adolf Hitler.

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 The Back Side Of Television: 100% Nothing Down The Well. (MA15+, R) Part 1 of 3.

11.15 The Twelve. (MA15+s, R) Twelve people become jurors.

3.50 Hunters: Virus. (PGal, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

Host Johanna Griggs and the team demonstrate some terrific ideas for the house, garden and the kitchen, as well as effective and appealing ways to renovate, cook and decorate.

8.30 MOVIE: The Holiday. (2006, Mls, R) Two women, who live on opposite sides of the Atlantic, meet online and impulsively switch homes for Christmas.

However, shortly after arriving at their destinations, both find the last thing either wants or expects. Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law. 11.10 Big Brother VIP. (PG, R) Hosted by Sonia Kruger.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Hungry Hippo. (PG) A vet is concerned that a melanoma she removed a year ago from a lemur has returned.

8.30 MOVIE: A Few Good Men. (1992, Mal, R) Two lawyers defend a pair of US Marines who have been accused of murdering a fellow serviceman. Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore.

11.15 MOVIE: The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. (2008, Ma, R) A Jewish boy befriends a Nazi’s son. Asa Butterfield.

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

6.30 The Project. Special guest is A’Ziah King.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(Mals) Graham Norton chats with Miriam Margolyes, Paul Rudd, Ron Howard, Halle Berry and Stephen Fry. 8.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 Best Of The Sydney Comedy Festival. (MA15+ls, R) Stand-up performances by Nick Cody, Stephen K. Amos, Ron Funches, Aaron Chen, Cameron James, Fern Brady, Dilruk Jayasinha, Amos Gill, Chris Ryan and Mark Forward from the Sydney Comedy Festival.

11.00 The Project. (R) Special guest is A’Ziah King.

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late night talk show.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Nick Cave Alone At Alexandra Palace. 10.00 Doctor Who. 10.50 Art Works. 11.15 Brush With Fame. 11.45 Live At The Apollo. 12.30am Would I Lie To You? 1.05 Sick Of It. 1.25 Community. 1.45 Parks And Recreation. 2.10 Reno 911! 2.30 The Housemate. 2.45 ABC News Update. 2.50 Close. 5.05 Five Minutes More. 5.10 Sarah & Duck. 5.20 The Hive. 5.30 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Gymnastics. FIG Rhythmic World Cup. 1.35 Most Expensivest. 2.00 Rise Up. 2.55 Chefs’ Line. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.25 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.55 Shortland Street. 6.25 RocKwiz Rewind. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders.

9.20 Sex Revolutions. 10.20 Hear Me Out. 11.15 Project Blue Book. 12.05am Nirvanna. 1.05 Fanatics: The Deep End. 1.35 VICE. 2.35 NHK World English News. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 My

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 Death In Paradise. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Explore. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: The Duke Wore Jeans. (1958) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Saved & Remade. 8.30 MOVIE: First Man. (2018, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 19. São Paulo Grand Prix.

Highlights. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 JAG. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek: Discovery. 2.00 NCIS. 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 Madam Secretary. 3.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 5.00 Diagnosis Murder.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Asterix And Obelix In Britain. Continued. (2012, PG, French) 7.05 The Nightingale. (2013, Mandarin) 9.00 Boychoir. (2014, PG) 10.55 Capernaum. (2018, M, Lebanese Arabic) 1.15pm Date With An Angel. (1987, PG) 3.15 A Month Of Sundays. (2015, PG) 5.15 Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982. (2019, PG, Korean) 7.25 A United Kingdom.

(2016, PG) 9.30 The King’s Speech. (2010, M) 11.40 Two Days, One Night. (2014, M, French) 1.30am Ip Man. (2008, M, Cantonese) 3.30 Late Programs.

5.35 A United Kingdom. (2016, PG)

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life.

Noon Motor Racing. Supercars Championship.

Round 10. Sydney SuperSprint. Highlights. 1.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 10.

Sydney SuperSprint. Highlights. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Great Lake Warriors.

4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Leepu And Pitbull. 5.30 MOVIE: 10,000 BC. (2008, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Aquaman. (2018, M) 10.20 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon 4. (1998, M) 12.55am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Supergirl. 1.00 Vanderpump Rules. 2.00 Making A Model. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny.

4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 Young Sheldon. 6.30 MOVIE: Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events. (2004, PG) 8.40 MOVIE: Spider-Man: Homecoming. (2017, M) 11.20 Young Sheldon.

11.45 Malcolm. 12.15am The Arrangement. 1.15 Vanderpump Rules. 2.10 Making A Model. 2.50 Clarence. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker.

9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. Noon In The Dark. 1.00 2 Broke Girls.

2.00 Seinfeld. 2.30 The Unicorn. 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 Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 James Corden. 3.30 In The Dark.

4.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News. 9.00 News. Noon ABC News At Noon. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 4.30 Friday Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.45 The Vaccine.

8.00 Planet America. 9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 Planet America. 1.10 ABC Late News. 1.30 Friday Briefing.

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

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Stockman’s Strategy. Noon MOVIE: Beyond The Lights. (2014, M) 1.55 I Am Numamurdirdi. 2.00 Intune 08. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe.

3.50 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.00 Project Planet.

4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Shortland Street.

5.30 Chefs’ Line. 6.00 On Country Kitchen. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 NITV News: Nula.

7.30 MOVIE: Kirikou And The Men And Women.

(2012, PG) 9.05 Bedtime Stories. 9.15 For My Father’s Kingdom. 10.55 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 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: Fans V Faves. 4.00 Tiny Paradise. 4.30 Desert Flippers. 5.00 Flip Or Flop. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 8.30 Barnwood Builders. 9.30 Building Off The Grid. 10.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Operation Ouch! 12.30 Horrible Histories.

1.00 Gym Stars. 1.30 Fierce Earth. 2.00 Top Jobs For Dogs. 2.30 The Athena. 3.00 Mortified. 3.40 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 4.00 Get It Together! 4.55 Hardball. 5.25 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 6.00 100% Wolf: Legend Of The Moonstone. 6.30 Barney’s Barrier Reef. 7.00 MOVIE: Manou The Swift. (2019) 8.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.50 Sword Art Online. 9.10 Log Horizon. 9.40 School Of Rock. 10.00 Close.

12.30pm A Girl’s Guide To Hunting, Fishing And Wild Cooking. 1.00 French Odyssey. 1.30 Cook, Eat, Burn. 2.00 Food Factory USA. 2.30 Bonacini’s Italy. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Oliver’s Twist.

4.00 Miguel’s Tropical Kitchen. 4.30 Cook Like An Italian. 5.00 Food Safari. 5.30 Cook And The Chef.

6.30 Nigella Kitchen. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 River Cottage Australia. 8.30 Jamie’s Food Escapes. 9.30 Luke Nguyen’s France. 10.00 The Cook Up. 10.30 Counter Space. 11.00 Late Programs.

Greek Odyssey. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 3.30 Super Garden. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Security: International. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Billy Connolly: Great American Trail. 11.30 Extreme Railways. 12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

7.30 Breakfast Show. 8.00 Breakfast Show. 8.30 Breakfast Show. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda.

11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Alan Jones.

2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda.

4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 News. 6.00 Credlin.

7.00 Bernardi. 8.00 The Media Show. 8.30 The McGregor Angle. 9.00 China Rising. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

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

SATURDAY, November 20 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

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

12.30 Annika. (Final, Mav, R) 1.20 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) 3.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.55 Dream Gardens. (R) 4.30 Landline.

5.00 Rick Stein’s Secret France. (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 Small Business Secrets. (PG, R) 2.30 Motorcycle Racing. FIM Superbike World C’ship. Round 13.

H’lights. 3.30 Running On Time. (R) 3.45 Going Places. (R) 4.15 Wheels Of Wonder. (R) 5.35 Nazi Megastructures. (PGav, R)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 1.00 Horse Racing. The Gong Race Day and Ballarat Cup Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

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

6.00 Animal Tales. (PGm, R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Animal Embassy. (R) 12.30 Destination WA. 1.00 Good Food Kitchen. 1.30 My Way. 2.00 Talking Honey. (PG) 2.10 Parental Guidance. (PGa, R) 4.30 The Garden Gurus.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Healthy Homes. (R) 7.30 Escape Fishing. (R) 8.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R) 9.00 Taste Of Australia.

(R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Creative Generation 2021. 1.30 Jamie & The Nonnas. (R) 2.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG, R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.00 GCBC. (R) 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens. (R) Part 2 of 2.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Grantchester. (Final, PGa) When a successful music producer is murdered, Geordie finds himself implicated in the investigation.

8.20 Miniseries: Ridley Road. (Mv) Part 2 of 4.

9.20 Total Control. (Mal, R) Alex returns home determined to get her grassroots campaign off the ground.

10.15 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 11.15 Father Brown. (Mav, R) Father Brown and Mallory go missing.

12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M) 8.30 Tutankhamun: Life, Death And Legacy. (PG, R) 9.25 Russia To Iran: Across The Wild Frontier. (PGa, R) 10.15 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R) 11.10 MOVIE: JFK. (1991, Malsv, R) 2.30 MOVIE: The Wave. (2019, MA15+al, R) 4.00 Hunters. (Ma, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Sydney SuperNight. Race 29.

9.30 MOVIE: Venom. (2018, Malv, R) A journalist, who is trying to take down the CEO of a ruthless bio-engineering corporation he suspects of experimenting on humans, is unwittingly merged with a symbiotic alien with lethal abilities. Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed.

11.35 Surveillance Oz. (PGas, R) A brazen art thief gets chased by a chef.

12.05 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Sydney SuperNight. Race 29. Replay.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: Top Gun. (1986, PGlsv, R) Pilots compete at an elite US flying school. Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis.

9.40 MOVIE: Battleship. (2012, Mv, R) A US Navy ship fights aliens. Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård.

12.00 MOVIE: The Guilt Trip. (2012, Mls, R) 1.40 A Current Affair. (R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact With Stu Cameron. (PG)

6.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. Jamie Oliver reinvents family favourites.

6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) Harrison’s life is put on the line when he tries to save a brother and sister.

7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 1.

Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC. 10.00 Ambulance. (Ma, R) As protestors begin flooding London and blocking the roads, the entire computer system used to respond to 999 calls crashes.

12.00 Miniseries: Lie With Me. (Madls, R) Part 3 of 4.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.20 Live At The Apollo. 9.05 Ross Noble: El Hablador. 9.50 Sammy J. (Final) 9.55 Mock The Week. 10.25 Schitt’s Creek. 11.10 Mystify Michael Hutchence. 12.50am Unprotected Sets. 1.15 Red Dwarf. 1.45 Escape From The City. 2.45 Halal Gurls.

(Final) 2.55 Nightwalkers. (Final) 3.05 ABC News Update. 3.10 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Letterkenny. 2.30 Nocturne In Black. 2.55 Chefs’ Line. 3.25 RocKwiz. 4.25 WorldWatch. 5.50 Megafactories. 6.40 The Bee Whisperer. (Final) 7.40 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 8.30 Stuck In The Suez.

9.30 The X-Files. 12.50am South Park. 1.50 King Of The Road. 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Three Wide No Cover. 11.00 Weekender. 11.30 Creek To Coast. Noon Sydney Weekender. 12.30 House Of Wellness. 1.40 MOVIE: Harum Scarum. (1965) 3.30 MOVIE: Spinout.

(1966) 5.30 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success.

6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.45 The Avengers. 12.55pm MOVIE: Turned Out Nice Again.

(1941) 2.35 MOVIE: Kings Of The Sun. (1963, PG) 4.45 MOVIE: The Train. (1964, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Schindler’s List. (1993, M) 11.30 Memory Lane.

12.50am Explore. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier. AFC Third Round. China v Australia. Replay. Noon The Doctors. 1.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 One Strange Rock. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Bondi Rescue.

4.30 iFish. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 MacGyver. 6.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 MacGyver. 11.20 CSI. 1.10am 48 Hours. 2.10 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

2.45pm Log Horizon. 3.10 Sailor Moon Crystal. 3.35 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 4.00 Get It Together!

4.30 Detention Adventure. 4.55 Hardball. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Play Your Pets Right. 6.45 Operation Ouch! Do Try This At Home.

7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.40 Lost In Oz. 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.35 Find Me In Paris. 10.00 School Of Rock. 10.25 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am A United Kingdom. Continued. (2016, PG) 7.40 Panga.

(2020, Hindi) 10.05 Tracks. (2013, M) 12.10pm Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982. (2019, PG, Korean) 2.20 Belle And Sebastian. (2013, PG, French) 4.10 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 6.15 The Odyssey. (2016, PG, French) 8.30 Harry Brown. (2009, MA15+) 10.30 American Beauty. (1999, MA15+) 12.50am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

7.30 Blokesworld. 8.00 Shopping. 1pm Cricket.

Women’s Big Bash League. Game 52. Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers. 4.30 Motor Racing.

Supercars Championship. Round 11. Sydney SuperNight. Support Races And Top 10 Shootout.

7.00 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2. (2011, PG) 9.35 MOVIE: Terminator: Dark Fate. (2019, MA15+) 12.10am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1pm Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 1.30 Malcolm.

2.30 Young Sheldon. 5.15 MOVIE: Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. (2011) 7.00 MOVIE: Shrek 2. (2004, PG) 8.55 MOVIE: 50 First Dates.

(2004, M) 10.50 MOVIE: The Love Guru. (2008, M) 12.35am Westside. 2.35 Mexican Dynasties. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Teen Titans Go! 4.50 Ninjago.

5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

PEACH (52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens.

8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 9.30 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards. 11.30 To Be Advised. 3pm The Neighborhood. 4.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.45 2 Broke Girls. 12.10am Home Shopping. 1.40 Nancy Drew. 3.30 Undercover Girlfriends. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News. 3.30 The Breakfast Couch. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 Q+A Highlights. 5.00 ABC News. 5.05 Planet America. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 ABC News Regional. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 Heywire. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.30 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Movin’ To The Country. (Final) 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Amy Schumer Learns To Cook. 2.30 Bonacini’s Italy Christmas Specials. 3.30 Mississippi Adventure. 4.30 Gourmet Express. 5.30 Born To Cook. 6.00 Cheese Slices. 7.00 South Africa With Gregg Wallace. 7.30 Donal’s Meals In Minutes. 8.30 Gino’s Italian Escape: Hidden Italy. 9.30 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 10.30 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 11.25 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.35 Wawu Divine Hope. 12.05pm When The River Runs Dry. 1.00 Queensland Murri Carnival. 2.00 Cricket. NT Twenty20. 5.00 Indian Country Today.

5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 NITV News: Nula.

6.30 Going Places. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman.

8.30 The Talk: Race In America. 10.35 Night.

Midnight Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Postcards. Noon Find Me A Dream Home Australia. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 2.00 House Hunters. 2.30 Barnwood Builders.

3.30 Dream Homes Revealed. 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 Racing Dreams: The Everest. 10.00 News.

11.00 News. Noon News. 12.30 News. 1.00 News.

1.30 News. 2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 News.

3.30 News. 4.00 News. 5.00 News. 6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Bernardi. 8.00 Fox Sports News.

9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, November 21 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

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

1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Pilgrimage: The Road To Santiago. (PG, R) 3.30 Rick Stein’s Secret France. (R) 4.30 Everyone’s A Critic. (PG, R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 The Sound.

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 France 24 English News Second Edition. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Going Places.

(PG, R) 3.30 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix.

Round 4. NHK Trophy. H’lights. 5.35 Nazi Megastructures. (PGa, R)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s Motorsport Classic.

12.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Sydney SuperNight. Race 29. Pre-Race.

2.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Sydney SuperNight. Race 30.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Animal Tales. (PGm, R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 Xtreme Collxtion. (PG, R) 11.30 Fishing Aust.

12.00 Ultimate Rush. (PGl, R) 12.30 MOVIE: Rocky. (1976, PGlv, R) 2.50 Parental Guidance. (PGa, R) 4.00 Bondi Vet. (PGm) 5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 RBT. (PG, R)

6.00 Mass. 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Joseph Prince. 7.30 Joel Osteen. 8.00 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 8.30 Freshly Picked. (R) 9.00 Destination Dessert. 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Celebrity MasterChef Aust. (R) 1.10 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 1.30 Healthy Homes Aust. 2.00 GCBC. (R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 4x4 Adventures. 4.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.30 Taste Of Australia. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) A zoo owner is poisoned by a dart.

8.40 Total Control. (Mal) Rachel’s bid for re-election gets a boost.

9.35 Noughts + Crosses. (Mal) Albion celebrates midsummer.

10.35 Stateless. (Malsv, R) 11.30 Talking Heads. (Ma, R) 12.05 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 1.05 MOVIE: Tea With The Dames. (2018, Ml, R) 2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 DNA Family Secrets. (PG) 8.40 The Assassination Of JFK. (M) 10.00 Fight The Power: The History Of Protests. (M) 10.50 Addicted Australia. (Madl, R) 11.50 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R) 12.45 Michael Mosley: A History Of Surgery. (PGa, R) 2.45 America’s Great Divide: From Obama To Trump. (Mav, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Adele: One Night Only. (PG) Featuring performances from Adele.

9.00 7NEWS Spotlight.

Investigative news program.

10.00 S.W.A.T. (M) The team pursues a couple who have gone on the run to hunt for a set of rare chess pieces that is worth millions.

12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Sydney SuperNight. Highlights.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 LEGO Masters Bricksmas Special. (PG) 8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

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

10.00 The Killing Of Breonna Taylor. (Mal) 11.15 The First 48. (Mav) 12.05 Cold Case: New Leads Wanted. (Ma) 1.00 The Xtreme CollXtion. (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 Sunday Project.

A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show.

Celebrity guests include Lady Gaga.

8.30 CSI: Vegas. (MA15+v) An abandoned horse covered in blood leads the CSI team to a halfway house for convicted murderers.

Grissom and Sara begin to circle their prime suspect in the David Hodges case.

9.30 FBI. (Mdv) After a young girl is kidnapped from day care, the team realises the case is linked to a debt owed to a deadly gang.

11.30 The Sunday Project. (R) 12.30 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 Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids. 9.30 Tick F***ing Tock. 10.30 Nick Cave Alone At Alexandra Palace. Midnight George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 12.45 China Love.

1.45 Unprotected Sets. 2.15 In The Long Run. 2.35 ABC News Update. 2.40 Close. 5.05 Five Minutes More. 5.10 Sarah & Duck. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.30 SBS Courtside. 11.00 Basketball. NBA. Indiana Pacers v New Orleans Pelicans. 1.30pm Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 1.40 The Girl Who Swallowed Bees. 1.50 RocKwiz. 2.50 Ancient Aliens. 3.40 WorldWatch. 4.10 The Point. 4.40 Insight. 5.40 Underground Worlds. 6.30 Country Music. 7.30 The Great Boeing 787. 8.30 Murdered By A Mob. 9.20 Criminal Planet. 10.10 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 The Thrill Of The Chase. 11.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 11.30 Your 4x4. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.15 Escape To The Country. 2.15 Master Builders 2021 Excellence In Housing Awards.

4.15 Border Security: Int. 4.45 MOVIE: Memphis Belle. (1990, PG) 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 Seaway.

11.05 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 12.20pm Garden Gurus. 12.50 Getaway. 1.20 MOVIE: Piccadilly Incident. (1946) 3.30 MOVIE: War Drums. (1957, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: The Unforgiven. (1960, PG) 7.30 Agatha Raisin. 8.30 Coroner. 10.30 Chicago P.D. 11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 9.30 Escape Fishing.

10.00 Pooches At Play. 10.30 The Doctors. 11.30 Scorpion. 12.30pm MacGyver. 1.30 Bondi Rescue.

2.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 3.00 All 4 Adventure. 4.00 RV Daily Foodie Trails. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 I Fish. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Star Trek: Discovery. 11.25 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

2.30pm Play Your Pets Right. 2.45 Wow That’s Amazing. 3.05 MythBusters Junior. 4.00 Get It Together! 4.55 Hardball. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Play Your Pets Right. 6.45 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.25 Lost In Oz. 9.00 All Hail King Julien. 9.25 Find Me In Paris. 9.50 School Of Rock. 10.10 Rage.

11.10 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Belle And Sebastian. Continued. (2013, PG, French) 7.20 Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982. (2019, PG, Korean) 9.30 The Odyssey. (2016, PG, French) 11.45 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 1.50pm A United Kingdom. (2016, PG) 3.55 Panga. (2020, Hindi) 6.20 Lion. (2016, PG) 8.30 Farewell, My Queen. (2012, M, French) 10.25 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. (2018, M) 12.50am Late Programs.

7MATE (63)

6am Morning Programs.

8.00 Shopping. 10.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Game 55. Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers.

1.30pm Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Game 56. Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars. 5.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 5.30 Storage Wars Canada. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Captain America: Civil War. (2016, M) 10.30 MOVIE: The A-Team. (2010, M) 1am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm MOVIE: Pokémon 3: The Spell Of Unknown. (2001, PG) 3.00 MOVIE: Pokémon: Lucario And The Mystery Of Mew. (2005) 5.00 MOVIE: Paddington 2. (2017) 7.00 MOVIE: Dolittle.

(2020, PG) 8.50 MOVIE: Casino Royale. (2006, M) 11.45 Young Sheldon. 12.10am Westside. 2.00 The Break Boys. 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers.

3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am This Is Us. 7.50 The Neighborhood. 8.40 The Middle. 9.40 Neighbours.

11.40 To Be Advised. 3pm 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards. 5.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

8.30 Friends. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 MOVIE: The Great Gatsby. (2013, M) 4.05 2 Broke Girls. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1pm ABC News. 1.30 Q+A Highlights.

2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 ABC News.

3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Movin’ To The Country. (Final) 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.45 The Beautiful Bush. 8.00 Insiders.

9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Australian Story.

10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Mississippi Adventure. 1.30 South Africa With Gregg Wallace. 2.00 The Cook Up. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Hidden Italy.

6.00 Taste Of France. (Premiere) 6.30 A Girl’s Guide To Hunting, Fishing And Wild Cooking. 7.00 India Unplated. 7.30 Simply Raymond Blanc. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Spain. 9.40 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 11.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.15 Football. WKFL. From Western Australia. 12.45pm Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Stage 8. Highlights.

1.15 Soccer. Serie A Femminile. 3.00 Rugby Union.

Monsoon Rugby Union. 4.30 Softball. SA Premier League. 6.00 NITV News: Nula. 6.30 First Contact Canada. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 A Time To Swim. 8.40 MOVIE: In The Cold Dark Night. (2020) 10.25 The Fifth Region. 11.20 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 House Hunters Reno. Noon Dream Homes Revealed. 1.00 Explore TV Viking. 1.30 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. 2.00 Good Food Kitchen.

2.30 Renovate Or Rebuild. 3.30 Log Cabin Living.

4.30 Fixer Upper. 5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Good Bones. 8.30 Flip Or Flop.

9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

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

9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Weekend Live. Noon News. 12.30 News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News. 2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 3.30 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Sharri. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 8.00 In My View. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Late Programs.

MONDAY, November 22 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News.

10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 The Great Acceleration. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Grantchester. (Final, PGa, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs Australia. (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 Al Jazeera.

2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 The Day Kennedy Died. (PGa, R) 3.05 Journey Through Albania. (PG) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.10 Supervet Specials. (PG) 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: My Daughter Must Live. (2014, Mav, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. (Malv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

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

12.00 LEGO Masters Bricksmas Special. (PG, R) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Celebrity MasterChef Australia. (R) 2.10 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story. (Final) 8.30 Universe With Brian Cox. 9.30 Media Watch. (PG) 9.45 The Wimbledon Kidnapping. (PG) 10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Mystify Michael Hutchence. (Mal, R) 12.45 Parliament Question Time.

1.45 Noughts + Crosses. (Mal, R) 2.45 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 3.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

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

7.35 Britain’s Most Historic Towns. (PG, R) 8.30 Animal Einsteins. (PG) 9.30 The Best Of 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Bosch. (Malv) 11.40 The Crimson Rivers. (MA15+ad, R) 1.30 The Red Line. (Masv, R) 3.15 Creative Minds. (PGn, R) 4.05 Sinkholes: Deadly Drops. (PG, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 7.30 Big Brother VIP. (PG) VIPs are invited to take a holiday from their celebrity lives and move into a luxury hotel.

9.00 9-1-1. (Mamv) A truck crashes into a high school homecoming parade. Athena and Michael try to help Harry in the aftermath of his kidnapping. May is intimidated by a returning call centre legend.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Fantasy Island. (PG) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Snackmasters. (PG) Part 1 of 4.

9.00 Love Island Australia.

(Mls) Hosted by Sophie Monk.

10.00 Kath & Kim. (PGl, R) Kath and Kel buy a pet dog.

11.10 Nine News Late.

11.40 New Amsterdam. (Mam, R) 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. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 Celebrity MasterChef Australia.

(Final, PG) The celebrities conclude their quest to claim the title and $100,000 for their chosen charity.

9.10 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mav, R) The team searches for a woman who is heading down a deadly path of vengeance.

11.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 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 Doctor Who. 8.30 David Attenborough’s Galapagos. (Final) 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Christmas Spaces. 10.10 Doctor Who. 10.55 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.35 Escape From The City. 12.35am Red Dwarf. 1.05 Community. 1.25 The Letdown. 2.00 Parks And Recreation. 2.20 Reno 911! 2.45 ABC News Update.

2.50 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.30 SBS Courtside. 10.00 NBA. Pistons v Lakers.

12.30pm Prohibition In Northern Canada. 1.00 Fashionista. 1.10 MOVIE: Paper Moon. (1973, PG) 3.05 Chefs’ Line. 4.05 WorldWatch. 5.25 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.55 Shortland St. 6.25 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 9.20 The Back Side Of Television. 9.50 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today.

10.30 Master Builders 2021 Excellence In Housing Awards. 12.30pm House Of Wellness. 1.30 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Cleaning Up. 3.00 Sydney Weekender. 3.30 Super Garden. 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 Morning Programs.

9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Agatha Raisin. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Man Who Finally Died. (1963, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 JAG. Noon SEAL Team. 2.00 NCIS. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 A-League Highlights Show. 11.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 20. Qatar Grand Prix.

Highlights. 12.20am Home Shopping. 2.20 48 Hours. 3.15 Hawaii Five-0. 5.05 The Doctors.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Fierce Earth. 2.00 Top Jobs For Dogs. 2.30 The Athena. 3.00 Mortified. 3.40 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 4.00 Get It Together! 4.55 Hardball. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Barney’s Barrier Reef. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.25 Lost In Oz. 8.45 Danger Mouse.

9.00 All Hail King Julien. 9.20 Find Me In Paris.

9.50 School Of Rock. 10.10 Rage. 11.10 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Swallows And Amazons. Continued. (2016, PG) 7.20 Lion.

(2016, PG) 9.30 Belle And Sebastian. (2013, PG, French) 11.20 Shoplifters. (2018, M, Japanese) 1.35pm The Odyssey. (2016, PG, French) 3.50 The Falcons. (2018, PG, Icelandic) 5.45 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. (2019, PG) 7.50 Song For Marion.

(2012, PG) 9.30 The Keeper. (2018, M) 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

12.30pm Inside Line. 1.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Sydney SuperNight.

Highlights. 3.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Sydney SuperNight.

Highlights. 4.30 7th Gear. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Bad Boys. (1995, MA15+) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Supergirl. 1.00 Vanderpump Rules. 2.00 Revenge Body. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Children’s Programs. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Quantum Of Solace. (2008, M) 10.40 Stunt Science. 11.40 3rd Rock From The Sun. 12.10am The Arrangement. 1.10 Vanderpump Rules. 2.10 Revenge Body. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Big Bang Theory.

7.00 Friends. 9.00 The Middle. 10.30 The Unicorn.

11.00 The 2021 American Music Awards. 2pm The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 The King Of Queens.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 The Unicorn. 11.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 The 2021 American Music Awards. 4.30 Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.30pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight News. 12.30 Q+A Highlights. 1.00 News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 DW News. 2.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Food Factory USA. 2.30 Bonacini’s Italy. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Oliver’s Twist.

4.00 Miguel’s Tropical Kitchen. 4.30 Mexican Table. 5.00 Food Safari. 5.30 Cook And The Chef.

6.30 Nigella Kitchen. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Food Fight Club. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall. 9.30 Luke Nguyen’s France. 10.00 The Cook Up. 10.30 Counter Space. 11.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.40pm Songlines On Screen. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Jarjums. 5.00 Shortland Street. 5.30 Chefs’ Line. 6.00 The 77 Percent. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.15 Keep Calm And Decolonize. 7.20 News. 7.30 Road Open.

7.40 Through The Wormhole. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.00 College Behind Bars. 10.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Postcards. 11.30 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. Noon Building Alaska. 1.00 Flip Or Flop.

2.00 My Lottery Dream Home. 3.00 The Block: Fans V Faves. 4.00 Tiny Paradise. 4.30 Desert Flippers. 5.00 Good Bones. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Renovate Or Rebuild. 9.30 100 Day Dream Home. 10.30 My Big Family Renovation. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Breakfast Show. 8.00 Breakfast Show. 8.30 Breakfast Show. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Outsiders. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 PML Later. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, November 23 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News.

10.00 War On Waste. (PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Miniseries: Ridley Road. (Mv, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs Australia. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.30 German News.

11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News.

12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News.

1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Mosque Next Door.

(Mal, R) 3.00 Journey Through Albania. (PG) 3.35 Woven Threads Stories From Within.

(PG) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.10 The Kennedys: A Fatal Ambition. (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: Escaping The Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story. (2019, Masv, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. (Madlv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 Good Food Kitchen. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Celebrity MasterChef Australia. (PG, R) 2.40 Ent. Tonight.

3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 8.30 Books That Made Us: People. (Malv) Part 1 of 3.

9.30 Louis Theroux: Selling Sex. (Malns, R) 10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 Q+A. (R) 12.10 Parliament Question Time.

1.10 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Great Canadian Railroad Journeys. (PG, R) 8.40 New York Super Airport. (PG) Part 2 of 3.

9.35 Egypt With The World’s Greatest Explorer: Off The Map. (PGa, R) 10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Before We Die. (MA15+dv) 12.10 Miss S. (Premiere, Ma) 4.50 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Big Brother VIP. (PG) Hosted by Sonia Kruger.

9.00 MOVIE: Wonder Woman.

(2017, Mav, R) After an American pilot crash-lands on an isolated island during World War I, an Amazonian princess resolves to end the conflict by travelling into the outside world to locate Ares, the god of war. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright.

11.45 The Goldbergs. (PGls, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Snackmasters. (PG) Part 2 of 4.

9.00 Travel Guides. (PGl, R) Ordinary Aussies take on the job of travel critics, rating and reviewing their travel experiences.

10.00 Love Island Australia.

(Mls) Hosted by Sophie Monk.

11.00 Nine News Late.

11.30 Damian Lewis: Spy Wars. (Mv) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 The Dog House Australia.

(PGa) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown.

8.30 The Cheap Seats. (Final, Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was.

9.25 NCIS. (M, R) McGee and his wife Delilah’s holiday to the Bahamas transforms into a high-stakes mission.

10.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv, R) 11.25 The Project. (R) 12.25 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 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Schitt’s Creek. 9.55 Preppers. 10.30 Prepping Australia.

10.45 Doctor Who. 11.30 In The Long Run. 11.55 Sick Of It. 12.20am Ross Noble: El Hablador. 1.05 Community. 1.25 Parks And Recreation. 1.50 Reno 911! 2.10 The Housemate. 2.30 ABC News Update.

2.35 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Basketball. NBA. Indiana Pacers v New Orleans Pelicans. Replay. 2.00 Beerland. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.25 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.55 Shortland Street. 6.25 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 Alone. (Final) 9.40 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over. 10.35 MOVIE: Under The Silver Lake. (2018, MA15+) 1.05am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 My Greek Odyssey. 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 Cleaning Up. 3.00 Creek To Coast. 3.30 Super Garden. 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. 12.30am To Be Advised. 1.30 The Real Seachange. 2.00 Late Programs.

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

7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz.

10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Poirot. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Geordie. (1955) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks.

8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Waltzing Jimeoin. 9.00 A-League Highlights Show. 10.00 JAG. Noon NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00 NCIS. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder.

5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Blue Bloods. 10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 MOVIE: Bad Eggs. (2003, M) 4.10 Madam Secretary. 5.05 JAG.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Fierce Earth. 2.00 Top Jobs For Dogs. 2.30 The Athena. 3.00 Mortified. 3.40 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 4.00 Get It Together! 5.00 Hardball. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Barney’s Barrier Reef. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.25 Lost In Oz. 8.45 Danger Mouse.

9.00 All Hail King Julien. 9.20 Find Me In Paris.

9.50 School Of Rock. 10.10 Rage. 11.10 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Falcons. (2018, PG, Icelandic) 7.55 Song For Marion.

(2012, PG) 9.35 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life.

(2019, PG) 11.40 Farewell, My Queen. (2012, M, French) 1.35pm Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 3.25 Lion. (2016, PG) 5.35 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 7.45 A Long Way Down. (2014, M) 9.30 71.

(2014, MA15+) 11.25 Gary Of The Pacific. (2017, M) 1am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Fishing Addiction. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon MOVIE: Executive Decision.

(1996, M) 3.00 Storage Wars: TX. 3.30 American Pickers. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 MOVIE: Bad Boys II. (2003, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Supergirl. 1.00 Vanderpump Rules. 2.00 Revenge Body. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny.

4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show.

5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 Damian Lewis: Spy Wars. 8.30 MOVIE: Skyfall. (2012, M) 11.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. Midnight The Arrangement. 1.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker.

9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon In The Dark. (Final) 1.00 2 Broke Girls. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.35 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.30pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight News. 12.30 Aust Story. 1.00 News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 7.30.

2.00 DW News. 2.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Food Factory USA. 2.30 Bonacini’s Italy. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Oliver’s Twist.

4.00 Miguel’s Tropical Kitchen. 4.30 Mexican Table. 5.00 Food Safari. 5.30 Cook And The Chef.

6.30 Nigella Kitchen. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Donna Hay Everyday Fresh. 8.00 Anna’s Occasions.

8.30 John Torode’s Korean Food Tour. 9.30 Luke Nguyen’s France. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Vote Yes For Aborigines. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Project Planet. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Shortland Street. 5.30 Chefs’ Line. 6.00 On Country Kitchen.

6.30 Family Rules. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 The Whole Table. 8.40 Miniseries: Out Of Their Skin. 9.35 Black Market. 10.05 News. 10.15 Hate Thy Neighbour. 11.05 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm My Big Family Renovation. 2.00 Renovate Or Rebuild. 3.00 The Block: Fans V Faves. 4.00 Tiny Paradise. 4.30 Desert Flippers. 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 Farmhouse Fixer. 9.30 Building Off The Grid. 10.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Breakfast Show. 8.00 Breakfast Show. 8.30 Breakfast Show. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Alan Jones. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 PML Later. 11.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY, November 24 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Invisible Wars.

(PG, R) 11.00 Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens.

(R) 12.00 News.

12.30 National Press Club Address.

1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. (R) 5.05 Grand Designs 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 Mosque Next Door. (PGal, R) 3.00 Dylan Alcott Meets Julia Gillard. (PG) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.10 The Kennedys: A Fatal Ambition. (PGad, 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: Missing At 17. (2013, Mav, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. (Mav, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 My Way. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Bachelorette Aust. (PGl, R) 3.15 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.45 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Gruen.

9.10 Preppers. (MA15+l) 9.40 QI. (PG, R) 10.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 10.55 ABC Late News.

11.10 The Business. (R) 11.25 Universe With Brian Cox. (R) 12.25 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.40 Parliament Question Time.

1.40 Father Brown. (Mav, R) 2.30 Rage.

(MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Scotland’s Sacred Islands With Ben Fogle. (PG) 8.30 Could You Survive On The Breadline? (M) Part 2 of 3.

9.30 Before We Die. (MA15+) Bianca works out what happened to Stefan.

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Atlantic Crossing. (Final, Ma) 12.00 On Becoming A God In Central Florida. (Mals, R) 4.30 VICE Guide To Film. (Mlv, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 8.30 Code 1. (M) 9.30 America’s Got Talent. (PG) The performers take to the stage in front of judges Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara to prove they have what it takes in the semi-final round of the competition. Hosted by Terry Crews.

12.30 The Windsors. (Mdls, R) King George III appears to William.

1.30 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 Mega Zoo. (Premiere, PG) 8.30 Love Island Australia.

(Final, Mls) Hosted by Sophie Monk.

9.30 Botched: Obsessed. (Mamn) A countdown of obsessed patients.

10.30 Nine News Late.

11.00 New Amsterdam. (Mam, R) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Bachelorette Australia.

Hosted by Osher Günsberg.

8.30 Bull. (Ma) Bull and the TAC team defend a midwife accused of practicing without a license.

9.30 Miniseries: Lie With Me. (Madl) Part 4 of 4. There is no going back as Anna enacts the final stage of her plan, with tragic repercussions.

10.30 Bull. (Mv, 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. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Art Works.

9.00 MOVIE: Jaimen Hudson: From Sky To Sea. (2021, M) 9.55 The Sound. 10.20 Doctor Who. 11.05 Books That Made Us. 12.05am Love On The Spectrum. 1.00 Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids.

2.00 Community. 2.20 Parks And Recreation. 2.45 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Basketball. NBA. Detroit Pistons v LA Lakers.

Replay. 2.00 Beerland. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.25 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.55 Shortland Street. 6.25 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star. 9.40 MOVIE: Scarface. (1983, MA15+) 12.45am VICE Guide To Film. 1.10 The Wrestlers. 2.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 My Greek Odyssey. 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 Gold Digger. 3.00 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph. 3.30 Super Garden. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.50 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Up The Chastity Belt. (1971, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 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 Destination Dessert. 8.30 iFish. 9.00 One Strange Rock. 10.00 JAG. Noon NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00 NCIS. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles.

11.15 MacGyver. 12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 20. Qatar Grand Prix.

Highlights. 3.10 48 Hours. 4.05 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 5.00 The Doctors.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

2.30pm The Athena. 3.00 Mortified. 3.40 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 4.00 Get It Together!

4.55 Hardball. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep.

6.30 Barney’s Barrier Reef. (Final) 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.25 Lost In Oz. 8.45 Danger Mouse. 9.00 All Hail King Julien. 9.20 Find Me In Paris. 9.50 School Of Rock. 10.10 Rage.

11.10 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.05 Little Men. (2016, PG) 8.40 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 10.50 The Enigma Of Arrival.

(2018, M, Mandarin) 12.55pm The Falcons. (2018, PG, Icelandic) 2.50 Song For Marion. (2012, PG) 4.30 Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods. (2014, PG, French) 6.05 Abe. (2019, PG) 7.40 The Wedding Guest. (2018, M) 9.30 Our Kind Of Traitor. (2016, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Barter Kings. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Storage Wars Canada. 1.00 Inside Line. 2.00 7th Gear. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Leepu And Pitbull. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. First semi-final. 10.00 MOVIE: Bad Boys For Life. (2020, MA15+) 12.35am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Supergirl. 1.00 Vanderpump Rules. 2.00 Revenge Body. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny.

4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show.

5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 Kalgoorlie Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: Spectre. (2015, M) 11.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. Midnight The Arrangement.

1.00 Vanderpump Rules. 2.00 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 Friends. Noon In The Dark. 1.00 2 Broke Girls. 2.00 Mom. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.20 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert.

2.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 12.30pm Press Club. 1.35 Capital Hill.

2.00 Parliament. 3.15 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight News. 12.30 The Mix. 1.00 News.

1.15 The Business. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Food Factory USA. 2.30 Bonacini’s Italy. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Oliver’s Twist.

4.00 Mystery Diners. 4.30 Mexican Table. 5.00 Food Safari. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Nigella Kitchen. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 License To Grill.

8.30 Tom Kerridge’s Barbeque. 9.00 Food Safari Fire. 9.30 Luke Nguyen’s France. 10.00 The Cook Up. 10.30 Counter Space. 11.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.25pm Mparntwe: Sacred Sites. 2.55 Keep Calm And Decolonize. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Jarjums. 5.00 Shortland Street.

5.30 Chefs’ Line. 6.00 On Country Kitchen. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.15 Keep Calm And Decolonize. 7.20 News. 7.30 Celtics/Lakers: Best Of Enemies. 9.20 Red Earth Uncovered. 10.20 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Building Off The Grid. 12.30pm Dream Homes Revealed. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Farmhouse Fixer.

3.00 The Block: Fans V Faves. 4.00 Tiny Paradise.

4.30 Desert Flippers. 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 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation.

10.30 Caribbean Life. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Breakfast Show. 8.00 Breakfast Show. 8.30 Breakfast Show. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Alan Jones. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 PML Later. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, November 25 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Aust Story.

(Final, R) 10.30 Gardening Australia Presents.

(R) 11.00 Prince Charles: Inside The Duchy Of Cornwall. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Hard Quiz.

(PG, R) 1.25 QI. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs Australia. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.30 German News.

11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News.

12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News.

1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Mosque Next Door.

(PGal, R) 3.00 Woven Threads Stories From Within. (PG) 3.10 Dylan Alcott Meets Kevin Sheedy. (PG) 3.45 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.15 Secrets Unearthed. (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: Seeds Of Yesterday. (2015, Mals, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. (Mdlv, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Mega Zoo. (PG, R) 1.00 Desperate Housewives. (Mas) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Bachelorette Aust. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Following The Drug Money. (PG) 8.30 Q+A. 9.35 Doctor Who. (PGh, R) 10.35 You Can’t Ask That. (Mals, R) 10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 The Business. (R) 11.25 Pilgrimage: Road To Rome. (R) 12.25 Parliament Question Time.

1.25 The Wimbledon Kidnapping. (PG, R) 2.10 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 3.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

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

7.35 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (Return) 8.30 Red Election. (MA15+) Katrine uncovers more evidence.

9.25 Secrets Of Westminster. (Mv, R) Explores the secrets of Westminster.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Gomorrah. (MA15+av, R) 11.50 Whiskey Cavalier. (Mv, R) 3.10 Creative Minds. (PG, R) 4.05 Sinkholes: Deadly Drops. (PG, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGasv) 8.30 The Front Bar: Ashes Edition.

(M) Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at the Ashes series which is scheduled to be played at five venues across Australia in December and January.

9.30 America’s Got Talent. (PG) The top 10 acts perform one last time for their chance to win $1 million.

11.30 The Latest: Seven News.

12.00 Black-ish. (PGa) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (Ml) 8.30 Paramedics. (M, R) A man is choking to death.

9.30 A+E After Dark. (Return, Mlm) The resus team try to save a patient.

10.30 Nine News Late.

11.00 New Amsterdam. (Ma, R) 11.50 The Fix. (Mv, R) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 The Bachelorette Australia.

(Final) Brooke Blurton concludes her journey to find true love among a group of eligible male and female suitors.

9.00 MOVIE: Hustlers. (2019, MA15+lns) A crew of savvy former strip club employees bands together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients. Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Julia Stiles.

11.10 The Project. (R) 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 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.

9.30 Gruen. 10.10 Doctor Who. 10.55 You Can’t Ask That. 11.25 David Attenborough’s Galapagos. (Final) 12.20am Tick F***ing Tock. 1.15 Community. 1.35 Parks And Recreation. 2.00 Reno 911! 2.20 ABC News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.05 Five Minutes More.

5.10 Sarah & Duck. 5.20 Late Programs.

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Noon Gymnastics. FIG Rhythmic World Cup Series.

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8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 The Source.

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7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 My Greek Odyssey. 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 Gold Digger. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 Super Garden. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector Morse.

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9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Supergirl. 1.00 Vanderpump Rules. 2.00 Revenge Body. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny.

4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show.

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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 Big Bang Theory. Noon In The Dark. 1.00 2 Broke Girls. 2.00 Mom. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 The Unicorn. (Final) 10.00 Seinfeld. 11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.30pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight News.

12.30 Foreign Correspondent. 1.00 News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Food Factory USA. 2.30 Bonacini’s Italy. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Oliver’s Twist. 4.00 Mystery Diners. 4.30 Mexican Table.

5.00 Food Safari. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Nigella Kitchen. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Barefoot Contessa. 8.00 India Unplated. 8.30 A Girl’s Guide To Hunting, Fishing And Wild Cooking. 9.00 French Odyssey. 9.30 Luke Nguyen. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.50pm Message From Mungo. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Project Planet. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Shortland Street. 5.30 Chefs’ Line. 6.00 On Country Kitchen.

6.30 Strait To The Plate. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.15 Keep Calm And Decolonize. 7.20 News. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 MOVIE: Ten Canoes. (2006, M) 10.30 Twelve Canoes. 11.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm Good Food Kitchen. 1.30 Desert Flippers. 2.00 Caribbean Life. 3.00 The Block: Fans V Faves. 4.00 Best House On The Block. 4.30 Desert Flippers.

5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters Int. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.30 Flip Or Flop. 11.00 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Breakfast Show. 8.00 Breakfast Show. 8.30 Breakfast Show. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Alan Jones. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 PML Later. 11.00 Late Programs.

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Fiji holidays are the experience of a lifetime and your chance to escape to a world without stress Fiji is renowned for its stunning beaches, beautiful warm climate, and its unique relaxed island atmosphere. You won’t be able to escape the friendliness of the Fijian people or the sheer natural beauty - get ready for swaying palms and warm, clear water.

Fiji activities Fiji holidays can take any form you prefer.

Spend your days relaxing by the pool and nights strolling the beach or dining in style, or pack your days with activities like snorkelling, diving, parasailing or golf.

If you’re looking for some nightlife, why not take in the atmosphere

of a cultural show or nightclub.

Many Fiji tours are available to explore the islands and Fiji cruises are also a great way to experience what this beautiful part of the world has to offer. The list of Fiji activities offered by the various resorts is almost endless.

Fiji weather One of the reasons for Fiji’s popularity as a holiday destination is the beautiful climate of this region. Temperatures are always between 26 to 31 degrees with the favoured time of year for travel from around April to October, those being the cooler months.

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From Nadi travellers make their way to accommodation on this island or transfer to the smaller islands, often after an overnight stay on Vitu Levu. The Mamanuca Group of islands are located very close to Nadi and contain a number of popular island resorts. Transfers to the closer islands are easily facilitated by boat, with air transfers being more common for the outer islands and those further away.

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The town is the third oldest settlement in Tasmania, established by evacuees relocated from Norfolk Island after the island prison was abandoned in 1807. It’s historic past is evident in the many early buildings found in the town including one of Australia’s oldest pubs and Australia’s oldest Anglican church, St Matthews. It also has one of Australia’s few traditional village

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Further afield, New Norfolk is close to Mount Field National Park and the south-west wilderness beyond.

A wide range of accommodation options are available including grand old homestead, lodge and cottage accommodation.

New Norfolk is a 30-min drive (38 km) north-west of Hobart.

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BUSINESS NEWS 45

Four ways to guide Australian businesses to net zero A new report says business needs more support to achieve net zero emissions, including more stringent and consistent reporting, re-introducing carbon pricing, and reforming the carbon credit systems.

Key points: • Australian businesses are calling out for the Australian Government to give more clarity and guidance on how to reduce emissions.

• A new RMIT report shows how Government can support, regulate, and incentivise businesses to effectively work towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2035 target.

With more than 70% of Australia’s carbon emissions coming from the business sector, there is an overwhelming consensus that clearer and more consistent Government policy is needed to support and guide businesses to align with the 2015 Paris Agreement.

The new report from researchers at RMIT University highlights how the Australian Government could draw on the latest scientific expertise and existing knowledge to provide a clear path forward for businesses to reduce their emissions.

Lead author of the report and climate change theme leader at RMIT’s Business and Human Rights Centre, Dr Leanne Morrison, said that while many Australian businesses are developing their own policies, they would welcome clearer Government guidance and more consistent nationwide regulation.

“Through interviews with sustainability and climate change managers in many large Australian companies, we keep hearing that they are establishing their own emissions policies,” she said.

“It is clear that there’s a real lack of guidance

at the national level and much of the public discourse purporting those businesses don’t want more regulation or restrictions is incorrect.

“Actually, our research in recent years suggests that there’s a big call from the business sector for greater regulation and guidance because anything they do on their own is riskier.

“Australian businesses are not sure how policy will change in the future so it can feel like they are on shifting sands.

“Strong policies at the national level would actually be really helpful and help their bottom line too.”

“We are calling on the Australian Government to embrace these recommendations as a concreate pathway towards a national net zero emissions target.”

Recommendations 1. Working towards a national target of net zero by 2035

Given that Australia’s carbon budget has been largely ‘spent’ over recent years, an effective target that meets our international obligations to the Paris Agreement has become urgent. A national emissions target which is internationally accepted to be in accordance with the Agreement is one that aims for net zero by 2035.

2. Reintroducing a carbon price mechanism A carbon price would be the most effective way to meet a national target of net zero by 2035. It would allow Australian exports to avoid attracting international carbon duties, that would significantly impact their competitiveness in global markets.

3. Mandated corporate carbon reporting mechanisms including: a. Reporting on absolute emissions -calculations based on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol. b. Mandatory reporting

of Scope 3 emissions Scope 3 emissions are not emitted by the company directly, but associated with activities such as purchased materials, and with products once they have been sold. For example, for a coal mining company, their Scope 3 emissions would include emissions from their customers burning that coal. c. Audit and assurance of emissions reporting Regulations should mandate a standard for all Australian reporting entities to use mechanisms for carbon management and reporting emissions, which should be externally audited by independent parties to ensure completeness and confidence.

4. Reform of carbon credit systems a. Robust oversight by independent body b. Include Indigenous land management practices as a carbon

credit method Developing a more robust mechanism for overseeing carbon credit systems is needed.

The system should also include Indigenous land management practices as a legitimate form of carbon credit calculation, based on Indigenous wisdoms and research. Traditional land management practices provide an effective and equitable process for reducing and absorbing carbon and represent some of the best practice in carbon credit systems. Indigenous-led knowledges should be referred to in the first instance.

Carbon credit systems should be assured by credible independent parties and based on scientific evidence of overall reduction or absorption of carbon, in addition to existing levels.

This assurance should be updated regularly according to advances in climate science.

MAKE HEALTH AND SAFETY A PERMANENT PART OF YOUR WORKPLACE This National Safe Work Month, Safe Work Australia asked workplaces across the country to make health and safety a permanent part of their workplace culture by continuing to think safe, work safe and be safe throughout the year.

“Throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen just how important work health and safety is.

Nearly 70,000 people visited the National Safe Work Month website this year, providing a strong indication of Australian businesses ongoing commitment to health and safety at work,” said Safe Work Australia CEO, Michelle Baxter.

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has an important national role to help drive reductions in the incidence of workrelated death, injury and illness and to improve outcomes for injured workers and their employers.

“It is important that workplaces commit to work health and safety, not just in October for National Safe Work Month, but every day.

Tragically, 194 workers were killed at work last year. Work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses have a devastating impact on workers, their families and the community,” said Ms Baxter.

“All workers have the right to a healthy

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increased compared with previous years, particularly in relation to mental health claims.”

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46 RURAL NEWS

FRESH START FOR DAIRY WITH NSW FARMERS A fresh approach to the dairy industry will ensure Aussie consumers can enjoy the milk, cheese and yoghurt they love long into the future, with NSW Farmers playing a leading role in advocating for farmers.

NSW Farmers was crucial in ensuring calls for price fairness were heard in kitchens and breakfast tables right around the country, and the association is now adding a new Dairy Manager role to deliver specialised policy advice and advocacy, coinciding with the release of the state government’s NSW Dairy Industry Action Plan. The Action Plan, developed by NSW Fresh Milk & Dairy Advocate Ian Zandstra with input from NSW Farmers, was aimed at creating a fairer system

while also investing in the future of the sector.

NSW Farmers Dairy Chair Colin Thompson said the association was a key part of reshaping the leadership of the dairy industry at state and federal levels, and this new Dairy Manager

role would ensure farmers would continue to be involved in the implementation of those plans.

“The dairy industry has had a number of challenges and setbacks over recent decades, from drought to absurdly

low milk retail prices,” Mr Thompson said.

“The dairy industry needs coordinated advocacy as it faces old and new challenges, from processor and retailer relationships to competition from plant-based alternatives,

high energy prices and environmental changes.

“It’s time for meaningful action and NSW Farmers looks forward to the chapter ahead.”

Mr Thompson welcomed the emphasis on research,

development, extension and adoption programs aimed at unlocking higher productivity and profitability, de-risking the dairy industry, and developing new markets.

“NSW Farmers has been a key player in the development of this Action Plan, primarily through our advocacy and our role on a state industry advisory panel,” Mr Thompson said.

“We pushed for the installation of a NSW Dairy Advocate, and we were successful in seeing that come to fruition in 2019, and now NSW Farmers will be one of the handful of stakeholders on the Dairy Action Implementation Panel, established to oversee the implementation of the Action Plan.”

SAVING SPRING CROPS FROM SPRAY DRIFT As farmers around the state prepare their crops for the warmer months, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is reminding them to keep their neighbours and the environment in mind ahead of spraying.

Spray drift has the potential to damage neighbouring properties, non-target crops, affect natural enemies of pests, cause environmental contamination, and threaten human and animal health.

EPA Director Regulatory Operations Stephen Budgen said in the past 12 months, the EPA received almost 30 enquiries from around the state about spray drift concerns.

“Pesticides can be dangerous if incorrectly applied or misused, especially to people who work with pesticides or are regularly exposed to them,” Mr Budgen said.

“Farmers and operators must follow safety protocols when using herbicides and pesticides, only use them in suitable weather conditions, and ensure they have the right pesticide license or accreditation.”

The EPA regulates the use of pesticides in NSW, including those used in agriculture and on public land through the Pesticides Act 1999.

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“Training in the correct use of pesticides reduces

mistakes, and it’s one of the most effective ways of protecting workers, the community and the environment. It also protects neighbouring properties,” Mr Bugden said.

“Anyone using a pesticide has a responsibility to ensure they have the right qualifications, keep records of their spraying activities and apply pesticides in accordance with the label directions.

“Records of pesticide use must include information on the area of land sprayed, the date, time and weather conditions at the time of spraying and the type and volume of pesticides

used.”

The community plays an important role in helping to monitor pesticide activities. Anyone with concern or knowledge of a spray drift incident or pesticide misuse in their local area should contact the EPA’s Environment Line on 131 555.

Herbicide and pesticide misuse and failing to meet requirements can result in investigations and regulatory action by the EPA. Four people were fined for not holding the required licence, and Official Cautions were given to two spray contractors earlier this year for not properly keeping records of their

work.

“This year we had a Moree property affected when spray drift impacted vegetation on their property in January. Then in April, threatened native grasslands on a travelling stock route at Bellata were also impacted by spray drift,” Mr Budgen said.

“Travelling stock routes play an important role in conservation for nontarget and threatened flora species, as well as threatened vegetation communities, so it’s essential to ensure these aren’t impacted by spray drift from pesticides.”

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NEW SOUTH WALES VEGETABLE GROWERS TO BENEFIT FROM VEGNET PROGRAM BOOST Services are well-placed Vegetable growers in New South Wales are set to benefit from the next generation of a national extension program aimed to boost productivity and deliver the latest research and development onfarm.

The new $14.1M VegNET 3.0 program is being delivered through Hort Innovation using vegetable industry levies and funds from the Australian Government and led by Australia’s peak vegetable industry organisation, AUSVEG. On-the-ground extension in New South Wales will be undertaken

by Greater Sydney Local Land Services, which employs dedicated extension officers with strong grower networks in vegetable producing regions. Sylvia Jelinek from Greater Sydney Local Land Services will be the NSW regional development officer.

Sylvia has a Bachelor in Horticulture with a Major in Integrated Pest Management. She has

a sound scientific and extension background mostly in vegetables over 15 years.

“Working with growers to help them solve challenging issues in the field, in the shed or in the business will be a key focus for VegNET,” said Sylvia.

“The close ties with our grower network and the experience we have developed in

Grand Pacific Health has been awarded the contract for the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) coordination and management, by the NSW Ministry of Health.

The program has 20 RAMHP Coordinators employed by Local Health Districts acrossregional, rural and remote NSW - who provide health promotion and educational activities intheir local communities

and link individuals with appropriate services.

GPH Acting CEO Christine van den Berg, says GPH is well placed to support the coordination ofthis program: “GPH has been delivering services and supports in rural and regional communities for almost 30 years.”

“GPH is a trusted provider of Primary and Psychosocial Mental Health, Youth Health,

extension will support the continuation in delivering good value to growers. We welcome the opportunity to continue working on VegNET with AUSVEG and Hort Innovation to help vegetable businesses in our state improve the productivity, profitability and competitiveness of their businesses.”

According to AUSVEG CEO Michael Coote, a

nationally coordinated model for the new VegNET program will work hand-in-glove with regional organisations to produce the right mix of consistency and regionality to ensure all growers in every region have the opportunity to benefit advice and support to help grow a sustainable crop and profitable business.

“VegNET is an

important program for our industry.

Vegetable growers in NSW are world-leaders in the production of high-quality, healthy vegetables and are constantly looking for new ways to innovate and grow more sustainably and develop their businesses,” said Mr Coote.

“AUSVEG and Greater Sydney Local Land

to work together to deliver a high-performing, consistent and efficient VegNET program that will meet vegetable growers’ needs.”

Hort Innovation Chief Executive Officer Matt Brand said the VegNET initiative complements Hort Innovation’s dedicated extension arm which was created in 2019. He said it also builds on the foundation and momentum generated through previous VegNET programs.

“This supercharged 5-year extension initiative takes a collaborative, local focus, with New South Wales receiving tailored support that meets local challenges,” he said.

“VegNET arms growers with the latest evidence-based tools and information in vital areas such as biosecurity, pest and disease management, soil and water management, the supply chain and protected cropping.”

GPH excited to be supporting RAMHP

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“GPH will provide coordination and management supports to RAMHP Coordinators so thatthey can continue to provide locally targeted services to rural individuals and communities,” added Mrs van den Berg.”For more information about GPH please visit: www. gph.org.au

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AWU SAYS SHEARING CONTRACTORS ASSOC EMAIL PROVES AG VISA A THREAT TO REGIONAL JOBS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN’S

A recent email from an employer group obtained by the Australian Workers’ Union confirms the union’s fears that the Federal Government’s new Ag Visa scheme will flood regional Australia with poorly paid foreign workers at the expense of local jobs, especially among young women.

Dan Walton, AWU National Secretary, says the email is proof that the Shearing Contractors Association of Australia, in cahoots with the National Farmers Federation, is basically saying: “Let’s get in on the chance for cheap labour.”

The Ag Visa scheme, hastily announced in the wake of the new Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement signed at the G7, targets vulnerable workers from South East Asia.

In the email to its members, the Shearing Contractors Association of Australia (SCAA) says it envisages members “accessing

some of the 700 ‘Nonskilled’ workers from an ASEAN country (most likely Indonesia but that is to be confirmed) who will arrive over summer”.

“The workers will be paid Shed Hand Award wages (not the higher rates),” it says. “This is not the only opportunity to engage overseas workers, just the first opportunity. Once the system is established, it’s likely you can engage the workers directly and therefore at a lower cost.”

Mr Walton says that what the AWU has feared – that the Ag Visa will simply be used as a way for unscrupulous employers to cut wages and conditions – is now happening.

“This email is just like an order form: How many cheap workers do you want? Put in your request now so you can pay them a much lower rate.”

Stef Mackey, a roustabout (shed hand) working in a contracting team near Young, NSW,

says more than 80 per cent of the nation’s roustabouts are young women.

“These Ag Visas will not only take jobs from young Australians in regional towns with high unemployment, they will also target young women and deny them a foot in the door of the shearing industry,” she says.

“And every single shearer on our team started out rousting, so if they don’t get that opportunity because it’s no longer there, we’ll soon run out of shearers.”

Mr Walton says he cannot see how the Federal Government, NFF and SCAA can justify claims of a shearing-industry labour shortage.

“What shortage? We have had two years of pandemic, wool prices are up, total wool production is up and the flock was shorn, even though they said it couldn’t possibly be done without overseas workers,” he says.

CALL FOR LANDHOLDERS TO LOOK OUT FOR FALL ARMYWORM

Minister for Agriculture and Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has today encouraged primary producers to be vigilant in the management and presence of fall armyworm in the state’s north.

The reminder came after fall armyworm larvae was detected in maize crops at Croppa Creek and Tulloona, north of Moree and also Cudgen on the North Coast.

Mr Marshall said, with maize and sorghum cropping well underway in the region, it was critical to continue efforts to lookout for the pest.

“Our landholders are the first line of defense against fall armyworm.

Vigilant producers actively looking for signs of the pest help widen the reach of our trapping network,

making sure we detect any new cases as soon as possible,” Mr Marshall said.

“Farmers should monitor crops, particularly sorghum and maize, regularly for signs of fall armyworm damage, egg masses and larvae.”

Local Land Services (LLS) Acting Agriculture and Biosecurity Business Partner Dale Kirby said last season fall armyworm was found in key summer cropping regions, but early detection and spraying with selective insecticides was key to managing impacts.

“Regular monitoring, particularly in maize and sorghum crops is critical at this time to optimise control costs.

Growers and advisers should look for early signs of crop damage, such as windowing and

shot holes in leaves,” Mr Kirby said “It’s important to target larvae before they bury in leaf whorls and ears of maize.”

Small larvae can be difficult to identify, and growers are encouraged to keep suspect larvae on host crop leaves until they can be more easily identified by clear photographs of the head and tail sections.

If you suspect fall armyworm on your property, email images with your name, location, crop type and phone number to fallarmyworm@dpi. nsw.gov.au.

Farmers should contact LLS or NSW Department of Primary Industries for further advice. For more, visit https://www.dpi.nsw. gov.au/biosecurity/ plant/insect-pests-andplant-diseases/fallarmyworm.

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Recent Cattle Market Reports

LISMORE 1000 cattle were sold at the popular Lismore Store Sale on Saturday, November 6.

The sale got off to a great start with light feeder steers selling from $5.50 to $6.12/kg, $1,748 to $2,234. Heavy feeders sold from $4.60 to $5.04 topping at $2,321.

Heavy weaner steers sold at even higher rates than previous good sales with most Euro & British breeds $5.70 to $7.06/kg topping at $2,172.

Daryl & Julie Spencer’s Santa steer 10 months old & still on mum sold for $6.24/kg, $2,184.

The McDonald family’s draft of prime weaner topped at $6.34/kg, $2172.

Light weaner steers & heifers reached new levels with the top Charolais X steer $9.50/kg $1,092.

Good runs of weaner steers, 180 to 250 kg sold from $7 to $8.80/kg for returns of $1,450 to $1,720.

Heifers sold at high rates $5.40 to $6.40 the

heavies & $6.60 to $7.88/kg the mediums.

Young breeders with calves sold from $2,700 to $3,400 depending on breed & temperament.

Most older cows & calves sold from $2.300 to $3,000 with very few under $2,000.

Preg tested, most showing age, sold from $1,400 to $2,600.

topping their category at 782.2c/kg. Heavier heifers over 250kg averaged 450.3c/kg and reached a top of 622.2c/kg.

Bull prices held firm this week with 45 head sold reaching a top of 368.2c/kg and average of 328.2c/kg and 677kg. Steer prices saw an increase with lighter steers up to 250kg seeing an average of 703.2c/kg and top price of 990.2c/kg. Heavier steers over 250kg averaged 462.7c/kg and topped their market at 706.2c/kg. A good number of bullocks sold on the day averaged 427.8c/kg and reached a top of 444.2c/kg Vealer prices remained strong this week with 176 head yarded. Lighter vealer up to 250kg averaged 677.1c/kg and reached a top of 960.2c/kg. Heavier

vealer over 250kg averaged 559.1c/kg with a top price of 644.2c/kg.

Ray White Rural held their monthly store sale on Friday 12 November with 1,415 head sold. Records were smashed again with steers topping their category at 1002.2c/kg and averaging 739.4c/kg and 242kg. Heifers reached a top of 928.2c/kg and averaged 641.5c/kg and 244kg. Cows achieved a top return of $2,700.00 whilst Cows & Calves reached $3,380.00.

George & Fuhrmann will hold their monthly store sale at the NRLX on Friday 19 November with over 1300 head booked. Further bookings are welcome.

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CASINO AGENTS yarded a total of 744 head at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange regular prime sale on Wednesday 10 November. The yarding consisted of a good supply of young cattle and a few more grown cattle this week.

The young cattle category consisted mainly of weaner steers and heifers, along with a few pens of yearlings. Quality was mixed, although there were several pens of well bred cattle throughout the sale. Buyers were active in the market competing strongly on all classes of cattle.

Cow prices remained steady this week averaging 354.5c/kg and reaching a top price of 396.2c/kg.

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APPLY NOW FOR RURAL LANDHOLDER INITIATIVE FUNDING Lismore City Council is pleased to announce that expressions of interest for funding through the Rural Landholder Initiative are now open until Friday, 17 December.

The successful Rural Landholder Initiative, which is now in its sixth year, provides small grants to landowners to improve the biodiversity and farm productivity on their land.

Assistance of up to $7500 is available which can assist with professional advice, labour, and materials provided over two years with projects to commence in July 2022.

Landholders can apply for funds to help with the following projects: • Bush regeneration works restoring areas of native habitat • Revegetation with local native plants • Environmental weed control and initial follow-up maintenance • Plantings for erosion stabilisation using local native plants • Purchasing fencing

Regenerative work being carried out at Repentance Creek

materials to control livestock in riparian and wetland areas, and remnant vegetation improvement • Purchasing off-stream watering equipment to protect waterways from stock impact • Stabilising stock crossing points

Council’s Rural Landholder Initiative Extension Officer Kate Steel said a successful current project of enriching biodiversity involves landholders at Repentance Creek with 17 hectares of Camphordominated Big Scrub regrowth are being assisted to transform

the property back into richly diverse riparian rainforest.

“This project really is a success because the landholders are making the effort themselves, learning from professional contractors, and seeking help from their neighbours, Lismore City Council

and Landcare,” she said.

“We are also working with graziers to improve the moisture retention qualities of soils in nature-base solutions to erosion and flood mitigation. We are learning we need to do this from the top of the catchment to the floodplains. All

these projects are on private land holdings.

An example includes planting 800 trees to improve water quality entering the Wilsons River to control erosion, hold water in the soil and reduce drying winds across grazing land. This also provides habitat for local fauna.

“Graziers and macadamia farmers manage over 75 per cent of the rural land in our LGA and we need their participation in good practices to look after the Richmond River.

The Rural Landholder Initiative is one way to help farmers repair our precious catchment.”

All private rural ratepayers on land of more than 2ha are eligible to apply.

To apply or find out more information, please go to www.lismore. nsw.gov.au and look under the Environment & Sustainability tab or contact our Rural Landholder Initiative Extension Officer Kate Steel on 6625 0500.

UNLOCKING MORE ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN RED MEAT INDUSTRY

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has celebrated the first anniversary and resounding success of the Creative Commons website with a major upgrade, adding a new searchable function and access to over 200 resources following positive feedback from users across the red meat supply chain.

The Creative Commons licensing system provides globally recognised licenses that allow users to print, use, share and build upon copyrighted material

MLA Managing Director, Jason Strong

such as manuals, factsheets, online tools and videos, without cost

to the user.

MLA Managing Director, Jason Strong, said MLA had adopted an ‘easy access creative commons’ approach to improve the accessibility of resources to industry.

“The new website will ensure important resources and information about the red meat industry are readily

available for everyone to use. With over 200 individual resources available covering a range of different topics from Food Safety to Animal Health our aim is that everyone can find something relevant to them” Mr Strong said.

“Materials found on the site can be integrated into learning modules or

coursework, used as part of advisory materials or embedded onto websites without cost to producers or advisers.

“Creative Commons opens up the possibility for the industry to share information and use resources MLA has developed for the betterment of beef, lamb and goat producers.”

In particular, the PROGRAZE ® manual and the Shelflife Calculator offer producers, processors and distributors new access to important learnings for their industry sector, with new resources continuously being made available under Creative Commons.

Each item on MLA’s Creative Commons webpage has been assigned a specific licence that outlines how it can be used.

Depending on the licence, materials on the site can either be shared or reproduced as is, or the licence may allow the user to adapt the resources into new materials.

In return, users are asked to attribute MLA when using all or part of the materials and offer any improvements or new derivative works back under the same Creative Commons licence. Users are free to use the materials for a range of purposes, including: embedding the tools and calculators on websites creating workshop materials for advisors and producers developing articles for publishing in newsletters and on websites creating course content for tertiary students.

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PK and Wanda heading west

By Tim Howard AN ELDERLY mum in palliative care and a tribe of nieces and nephews he barely knows has prompted Grafton DJ Phil “PK” Kennedy to pull up stumps and head west to his home town of Perth.

PK as he is fondly known around the streets of Grafton, which he walked daily with his almost as well-known Guide Dog Wanda, has finally been able to get a pass across the WA border.

“I’ve tried to get home four times since the Covid-19 pandemic and every time I tried to get home, the border was closed,” he said.

“I hadn’t been home for six months prior to that (Covid-19) and I wanted to get home to see my family.

“And now my mother is 89 years old and she had a very serious fall about three weeks ago and they’ve just transferred her from hospital to palliative care.

“She’s pretty sick so I need to get home and spend some time with her. It’s a long time since I’ve seen her.”

Mr Kennedy has lived in Grafton for 12 years and planned to make the Jacaranda City his home.

“I love it here,” he said.

“I’ve worked around

lots of places from the Outback to Tasmania and there was just something about living here I loved,” he said.

“But it’s time to go home and spend time with my family.”

Even though he describes his move home as “an early retirement, he loved working as a DJ and hopes he could find some work in Perth, perhaps in community radio.

Mr Kennedy came to Grafton through a fortuitous contact he made while working on radio on the Queensland outback town of Longreach from 20062008.

“I’d been there about two years and believe me that’s about as much as I wanted,” he said.

“I loved the people out there, but I’m a city boy at heart.”

While he at Longreach he met up with Cameron Kleinschmidt, who came to Grafton in 2007 as the drive announcer and music director at FM104.7.

“I took his job when he went to work at Broken Hill and because we worked in the same radio network I got to know him really well.

“He got a job here at Grafton and when I was ready to leave, a job happened to come up here at Grafton.

Phil “PK” Kennedy and guide dog Wanda drop into Grafton’s Coffee Club after reading his last morning bulletin on radio 2GF-FM104.7.

“Cam put in a good word for me and that’s how I got the job here.”

Mr Kennedy said there had been massive

changes in Grafton in his time at the station.

The one he noticed most and was most grateful for was the

opening of the Pacific Highway bypass.

“This is the longest I’ve ever stayed in one place and seen so many

changes,” he said.

“One of the best things for me was the highway upgrade.

“I actually used to dread reading news on Monday if I knew there had been accidents on the highway over the weekend.

“When the highway finally finally opened, that was the greatest thing.”

One legacy that hoped would keep him in contact with the Valley was the Facebook group, Clarence Needs to Know, which he set up a few years ago.

“There’s been a lot of community pages set up, but they don’t seem to have enough of what’s going on in the area,” he said.

“The local community has so many people who like to contribute, so if I miss anything someone else will put it up.”

“I’m going to continued to run Clarence Needs to Know from away just so I can keep an eye on what’s happening here.”

Mr Kennedy said the Clarence has not seen the last of him.

“I’ll be back here for sure for visits, nothing could keep me away,” he said.

“And there’s no Guide Dog Association in WA so I’ll be back here at some stage for that too.”

Exhibition highlights the Tweed’s history of protest COMMUNITY passion for the Tweed has created a long history of activism and protest, targeting political, environmental and social change.

Tweed Regional Museum’s latest exhibition, Fight for the Right, highlights the community’s response to issues which united and, at times, divided the Tweed.

The exhibition includes the personal stories of locals involved in campaigns and their quest to stand up for what they believe is right.

Museum Curator Erika Taylor said through historic objects,

Uki residents and anti-coal seam gas protesters unite in a march through the village in 2012. Photo: Vibrant Imaging

photographs and video, the exhibition provides visitors with an insight into how protest has shaped the Tweed Shire.

“From the social justice

campaigns of the 1960s, right through to current day issues, Fight for the Right reflects the passion shown by the community on a wide

range of issues, including protection of the local environment,” Ms Taylor said.

“We hope to not only bring back memories

for locals but also show the involvement of the community and how that has impacted the Tweed.”

The exhibition features: • Ocean Blue development proposal at Fingal Head; • Save Wollumbin Forest campaign; • Marriage equality campaign in the Tweed; • Repco World Rally Car Championship protest; and • Byrrill Creek blockade.

Special objects on display are the gloves of Tweed-born civil rights activist Faith Bandler, who campaigned for Aboriginal rights in

the 1967 Australian referendum. The gloves are on loan from the National Museum of Australia.

Also featured are protest banners from the Save Wollumbin Forest campaign, video from the World Rally Car Championship protest, and an extensive range of photographs and media coverage from over the years.

The exhibition runs until January 18, 2022 at Tweed Regional Museum in Murwillumbah.

For more details, visit museum.tweed.nsw.gov. au.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Tribute show guaranteed to rock you THE Coolangatta Hotel presents Killer Queen Experience on Friday, November 19 from 8pm.

The Killer Queen Experience is delighted to announce our 2021 “Keep Yourself Alive” Tour.

Yes, we are back on the road after a topsy-turvy 2020.

About the show Our signature twohour live show The Killer Queen Experience has toured to sold-out audiences in the UK, Norway, Singapore, Russia, and India, and every city in Australia, and shared billing with the likes of Jeff Beck, Foreigner, Journey, Twisted Sister, Thin Lizzie, and Kelly Rowland.

This show features Queen’s greatest hits, including Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Somebody To Love, Radio Ga Ga, Another One Bites The Dust, and more songs that will bring a smile (or a tear) to any Queen fan.

Our new three-hour show The Ultimate Experience is an extravagant tribute to Queen, David Bowie and

Elton John, that we’ve toured in Australia to rave reviews.

Worldwide acclaim John Blunt is renowned worldwide for his uncanny resemblance to Freddie Mercury and played Mercury in the 2016 UK biopic “The Freddie Mercury Story - Who Wants to Live

Forever”.

John has once again been cast as Freddie Mercury in the Australian movie Seriously Red (2021), starring Rose Byrne. He has appeared regularly on shows like Studio 10 and The Today Show and is even mentioned on Freddie Mercury’s Wikipedia page.

Made in Australia Despite the demand for Killer Queen overseas, it all started for us here in Brisbane. Our career was built on Leagues Club and RSL Club shows around Australia.

We continue to play affordable shows for smaller venues around Australia, and our strongest endorsement

Ladies of rock and roll IT’S hard to find an act like Chick Flick – four ladies on rock and roll duty to bring you their four-hour energetic show, filled with classic rock a twist of pop.

These girls know the way around their instruments with a well-blended sound of the anthems you would expect to hear from Aussie to chick rock,

even ZZ Top! With hits from the 80s to now with some surprise pop tunes for the ladies for that extra wow!

Professional, entertaining, and punchy, the best way to get your weekend started!

See Chick Flick at Twin Towns for free on Friday, November 19 from 7.30pm.

is the clubs who book us over and over.

The Experience If you’re thinking of booking or seeing us for the first time, nothing can prepare you for it.

John’s eerie resemblance of Freddie Mercury will transport you back in time, and there’s something

about the meticulous attention to detail – the instruments, the costumes, the mannerisms, and true musicians – that stirs an emotional response in the people who see our shows.

Tickets can be booked at https://tickets.oztix. com.au.

Live music at The Citadel

Have a laugh at bowls club KINGSCLIFF Beach Bowls Club presents Kingy Comedy on Wednesday, November 24 from 6.30pm.

Variety may be the spice of life ... but laughter is the best medicine!

And on the last Wednesday of every month, boy do we help you self-medicate!

With a new show each month, featuring local, national and international comedians, Kingy Comedy is the sidesplitting, night of hilarity that you need to dose up on! And best of all .... it’s free!

Join Mandy Nolan and her witty colleagues for a

night of laughs that will want you coming back for more, month after month after month.

Doors open at 6:30pm, show starts at 7pm.

Gather your friends, don’t be shy, leave your inhibitions at the door and have fun!

Due to Covid restrictions, audience numbers are limited.

The show is still free, however tickets are required.

You can book at https://www. trybooking.com/events/ landing?eid=710095.

This is an 18+ event and coarse language will be used.

AWARD-WINNING songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Matt Hill will present songs from his new album, Sombre Mountain, at The Citadel in Murwillumbah on Friday, November 19 from 7.30pm.

Recorded in multiple home studios during the 2020 lockdowns, Matt teamed up with some of the Northern Rivers’ finest musicians to craft a thoughtful and compelling new record.

Best known for his delicate and beguiling keyboard lines with the group amphibian, Matt’s music lies somewhere between the worlds of ambient post rock and contemporary folk.

Think Sufjan Stevens or Bon Iver meets Nick Drake.

Matt will be joined on stage with a band featuring Scott Hills, Barry Hill, Christian Pyle and his daughter Gabriella Hill.

Sombre Mountain available at: https:// distrokid.com/ hyperfollow/matthill1/ sombre-mountain Please only attend/ purchase tickets if we can view your Covid vax certificate upon entry.

Cost is $15 - $20 plus booking fee. You can book tickets at https:// events.humanitix.com/ mat-hill-band/tickets.

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Female quartet recognised with an ‘Edna’

Northern Rivers Times the award means a lot to THE SOWETO AN the band.

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54 MOTORING ROAD TEST

KLUGER CONTINUES THE TOYOTA ‘CLEAN-UP’

By DEREK OGDEN Car companies continue the battle to save the planet by snuffing out polluting fossil fuel propulsion in favour of electricity. Toyota is powering on with its petrol / electric combination.

Latest model to receive the hybrid treatment is the Kluger seven-seat sports utility vehicle. Toyota Australia Vice-President Sales, Marketing and Franchise Operations, Sean Hanley, says the addition of hybrid to the fourth-generation Kluger further demonstrates Toyota’s commitment to delivering on electrified options in its line-up.

Offering improved driving dynamics, a larger and more refined cabin, a stylish new look and the latest in safety technology, the all-new model is available in three trim levels - GX, GXL and Grande - in petrol two-wheel drive, or hybrid, or petrol all-wheel drive.

Standard equipment includes smart entry and start, manual front and rear dual-zone airconditioning, rain sensing wipers and automatic lights, and five USB ports.

GXL models gain power heated front seats, tri-zone climate control, synthetic leather upholstery, power tailgate and satellite navigation for the latest-generation multimedia system.

On test was the topof-the-range Kluger Grande, which adds a panoramic moonroof, hands-free opening power tailgate, ventilated front seats, head-up display, a panoramic view monitor, leather-accented seats and premium 11-speaker JBL audio.

The new Kluger is covered by Toyota Warranty Advantage, with five-year unlimited kilometre cover, extending to seven years on engine and driveline, with capped-price servicing for the first five years / 75,000 km and each 12-month / 15,000 km service costing $250.

STYLING There’s nothing out of the ordinary in the new Kluger’s looks. They are from the standard - read traditional (old fashioned?) - SUV script.

No sleek coupe crossover curves here. Toyota calls the shape ‘sculpted’. I call it ‘square’ in both its meanings.

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sensor’ for the Grande version that allows the hatch to be opened and closed hands-free.

SUMMARY Off to a slow start with sales when the Kluger came out in 2003 as a mid-size SUV, years later the Kluger is a large SUV with a big following.

That is about to become bigger with the addition of hybrid power.

AT A GLANCE

The Toyota Kluger has tapped into hybrid power with its latest update. mm longer (4966 mm) and, at 1755 mm, 25 mm higher than the previous model. While overall width has increased by a mere 5 mm to 1930 mm, 20 mm wider flared wheel arches give the car a robust appearance.

As befitting a seven-seat SUV, the bold character is reinforced by large upper and lower trapezoidal grilles split by the front bumper. Slimline LED light clusters with integrated daytime running lights are situated above deep recessed LED fog lamps integrated into the flared front end.

On the plus side, an extended and flatter underbody and spats in front of the wheels contribute to improved aerodynamics. The Grande rolls on 20-inch wheels with a polished chrome appearance.

INTERIOR The broad dash, in smart soft-touch materials, houses the instrument cluster, a central 8-inch touchscreen display and air-conditioning controls and vents. A lower centre console is separated by a panel that stretches the width of the car.

The lower centre console incorporates the transmission lever, drive and AWD mode select switchgear, electronic park brake and two large cupholders. Other storage includes a 15-litre lidded centre console box, overhead glasses holder, front door bins with 700 ml bottle holders, rear door bins with two 700 ml bottle holders and eight cupholders.

The boot space is 50 mm longer and 13 mm

wider, providing an increase of 46 litres of luggage space to a total of 241 litres. With the thirdrow seats folded flat, this increases to 552 litres while folding the second row 60 / 40-split seat back as well, the Kluger provides an expansive 1150-litre capacity.

A removable luggage cover is standard on all models and can be stored neatly under the luggage space deck board.

INFOTAINMENT Petrol models offer traditional tacho and speedo displays in the instrument cluster, while Hybrid versions replace the tacho with a hybrid system indicator that enables the driver to check the output and regeneration status of the hybrid system to monitor driving behaviour and achieve the greatest efficiency.

All models feature the latest generation multimedia system with AM / FM / DAB+ radio, Bluetooth connectivity, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility and myToyota apps including Waze and Stitcher (IOS) and WebEx (Android).

The Kluger GXL grade adds satellite navigation with Grande versions delivering superb sound reproduction through an 11-speaker premium JBL audio system.

ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS The hybrid system is available in all GX, GXL and Grande grades in combination with the e-Four electric all-wheel drive.

It combines a 2.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with three electric motor generators - two at the front and one in the rear - and a large Ni-MH battery to provide seamless performance and traction in all road conditions.

Under the bonnet, the petrol engine generates a maximum power of 142 kW at 6000 rpm and peak torque of 242 Nm at 4400 rpm, enabling a combined urban / highway fuel consumption as low as 5.6 litres per 100 kilometres. The test vehicle recorded as low as 5.1 litres per 100 kilometres.

SAFETY Chief among these is the autonomous emergency braking pre-collision safety system that is able to detect pedestrians day and night, cyclists during the day, oncoming vehicles and pedestrians at intersections when making turns, and assist you to take evasive action if there is potential for a collision.

The system provides varying levels of assistance from visual and audible warnings, braking assistance, steering assistance, and full emergency braking if the driver fails to respond.

Grande variants feature a camera with a panoramic view monitor that offers a variety of different views depending on the transmission mode selected, including an overhead birds-eye view.

Passive safety features in the new Kluger include a structure and

body designed to absorb impacts in a controlled manner and seven airbags - front and front side, full length side curtain and driver side knee.

DRIVING The hybrid system delivers a combined maximum power of 184 kW through a smooth electric continuously variable transmission (e-CVT) that offers driver selectable Normal, Eco and Sport modes.

Hybrid AWD models are also fitted with a Trail mode switch for more demanding off-road performance that is able to adjust throttle control, shift schedule, drive force distribution and brake control to deliver optimal traction for the conditions.

For enhanced off-road performance in varied conditions, the AWD Kluger also features a multi-terrain select system with Mud and Sand and Rock and Dirt modes that in the Grande can also be disconnected to improve fuel economy.

Side mirrors have been relocated lower on the door panel to improve forward visibility and reduce blind spots.

Access into the second and third row two-seat bench has been made easier with the fold down levers for both rows now located on the outer shoulder of the seats, which, for the third-row seats, also automatically folds the head rests in one action.

The rear hatch offers easy access into the expanded luggage space with power operation for GXL variants and a ‘kick

MODEL LINE-UP GX 2WD petrol $47,650 GXL 2WD petrol $56,850 Grande 2WD petrol $68,900 GX AWD petrol $51,650 GXL AWD petrol $60,850 Grande AWD petrol $72,900 GX AWD hybrid $54,150 GXL AWD hybrid $63,350 Grande AWD hybrid $75,400 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges.

Contact your local Toyota dealer for drive-away prices.

SPECIFICATIONS (Toyota Kluger Grande Hybrid 2.5L 4-cylinder petrol, CVT automatic, AWD) ENGINE: Capacity: 2.487 litres Configuration: Four cylinders in line Maximum Power: 142 kW @ 6000 rpm Maximum Torque: 242 Nm @ 4400 rpm Fuel Type: Petrol 95 RON Combined Fuel Cycle (ADR 81/02): 5.6 L/100km CO2 emissions 128 g / km HYBRID: Series / parallel, full hybrid Output (combined): 184 kW Electric drive motor: permanent magnet synchronous motor Maximum power: 134 kW Maximum torque: 270 Nm Electric drive motor (rear): permanent magnet synchronous motor Maximum power 40 kW Maximum torque: 121 Nm DRIVELINE: Continuous variable transmission, all-wheel drive DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT AND CAPACITIES: Length: 4966 mm Wheelbase: 2850 mm Width: 1930 mm Height: 1755 mm Turning Circle: 12.4 metres Kerb Mass: 2045-2090 kg Fuel Tank Capacity: 65 litres BRAKES: Front: Ventilated disc Rear: Ventilated disc STANDARD WARRANTY: Five years / unlimited kilometres

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56 MOTORING NEWS

DETAILS OF ENHANCED BMW M135I XDRIVE

By EWAN KENNEDY

BMW has provided us with details of the enhanced M135i xDrive which will arrive in Australia early in 2022.

Modifications for the chassis result in precisely controllable driving characteristics even when pushing hard.

The camber values for the front wheels have been increased to optimise absorption of lateral forces when cornering.

A new “hydromount” has been attached the front suspension wishbones, while mounts for the trailing and control arms at the rear axle have been redesigned. Spring and damping systems have undergone recalibration, contributing to a significant improvement in roll behaviour in corners and a beneficial effect on steering feel.

It has near-actuator wheel slip limitation technology integrated in the engine control unit.

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The shape of the BMW135i xDrive is unchanged, but there are big out-of-sight improvements.

xDrive additionally benefits from a mechanical limited-slip differential at the front axle, which enhances traction, directional stability and cornering dynamics. With locking factors of 36 per cent

when accelerating and 26 per cent on the overrun, the differential is capable of transferring extra torque to the front wheel with optimum grip as and when required.

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HYUNDAI EVs HOME IN ON THE RANGE

By DEREK OGDEN Like fingernails running down a blackboard, the unbearable prices of electric vehicles tend to have most potential buyers shying away.

Roll on a few years from now and, automotive industry sources say EV production costs will be in line with those of fossil-fuelled vehicles.

In the meantime, there are manufacturers bringing prices down by limiting battery range.

Hyundai is one such example with its pricey Kona small electric SUV taking a kilometre and dollar haircut. August saw the release of the Standard Range model delivering around 305 kilometres compared with the Extended Range’s close to 500 kays.

Available in Elite and Highlander specification, prices differ by $6000 - $64,000 to $58,000 (Highlander) and $60,500 to $54,500 (Elite). Powertrains vary from 100 kW / 39.2 kWh to 150kW / 64 kWh, respectively.

No poverty pack here, Hyundai says all share the same technology, safety and convenience features, with Extended Range models taking price drops of $1500 (Elite) and $2000 (Highlander).

STYLING Twenty-five millimetres longer than the Kona it replaces, the 2021 EV has been given a series of design changes. These include a new front, with a shuttered grille and new daytime running lights that are aimed at emphasising the car’s width.

An asymmetric flap on the charging port adds a focus on the left, while new LED headlamps, with multi-faceted reflector technology, wrap around the sides, connecting to the wheel arch cladding.

The latter adds to the Kona’s aerodynamics by reducing turbulence in the wheelhouse area. An air intake in the lower bumper incorporates satin bars. Out back, the look has been refreshed with a new bumper and

via the smart key fob.

With the handbrake on and vehicle locked, the user can remotely start the vehicle by pressing the lock button, followed by pressing and holding the engine start button.

widened rear lights. The makeover is signed off by new machined-face 17-inch alloy wheels.

INTERIOR The Kona Electric Highlander leatherappointed cabin features heated front and outboard rear heated seats, the powered driver and front passenger positions also being ventilated.

Shoulder space in the back is adequate but leg room is extremely limited by the floor height increased over conventional powered

Wheel-arch cladding is part of the aero treatment as it reduces drag.

of information without unnecessary distraction to the driver. Boot space is 332 litres.

TRANSMISSIONS The 150 kW / 395 Nm motor powers the front wheels which are fitted with low rolling

The Kona Electric hums happily off the mark at the instant the power pedal is prodded. Little fazes the power plant from then on up to cruising speed. Braking is positive and the forward motion of the vehicle is converted to money-saving battery top-ups. Three levels of regenerative braking are available through the car’s paddle-shift system.

Energy consumption, hence available range, is officially put at a combined 14.7kWh per 100 kilometres, which would allow for 484 km

SUMMARY While not the cheapest fully electric vehicle around (see Nissan Leaf), neither is the Kona the most expensive.

That is the territory of the likes of luxury cars from Tesla, Audi and Mercedes-Benz. Hyundai is ploughing the small SUV furrow with the Kona Electric, which goes a long way – almost 500 kilometres – to matching the big boys.

AT A GLANCE MODEL LINE-UP Kona 2.0 2WD: $26,600 Kona Active 2.0 2WD: $28,200 Kona Elite 2.0 2WD: $31,600 Kona Highlander 2.0 2WD: $38,000 Kona N Line 1.6 AWD: $36,300 Kona N Line Premium 1.6 AWD: $42,400 Kona EV Elite Standard Range: $54,500 Kona EV Elite Extended Range: $60,500 Kona EV Highlander Standard Range: $58,000 Kona EV Highlander Extended Range: $64,000 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Hyundai dealer for drive-away prices.

SPECIFICATIONS (Hyundai Kona EV Highlander Extended Range SUV) ENGINE: Electric motor: 150 kW / 395 Nm Energy consumption: 14.7 kWh / 100km

Konas to make room for the battery storage.

If things up the back are tight, there is room up front for Hyundai’s hallmark ‘flying’ centre console, with wireless charging bay, which is good news for the driver and front seat passenger.

A rear console USB point allows back-seat occupants to ‘fuel up’ mobile devices.

Ambient lighting in the footwell gives a cosy glow to the surroundings, while a head-up windscreen display delivers a range

INFOTAINMENT A 10.25-inch colour LCD dash cluster features full digital display with userchooser sections linkable with the selected Drive Mode. Also projected are trip computer info, system status and visual alerts.

A Harman/Kardon premium audio includes eight speakers and an external amplifier offering exceptional sound reproduction via optimum tuning.

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On test the Kona came up with 13.5kWh. Kona’s lithium-ion battery on DC charging can power up at a maximum rate of 100 kW with a 10 to 80 per cent charge time of 47 minutes. On 50 kW charging this will take around 64 minutes. On home AC charging, the Kona’s maximum rate is 7.2 kW, charging from 10 to 100 per cent in nine hours.

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nity now and into the future.“We need to know where the biggest gaps are in vaccine coverage and target these areas – this requires working together with communities and leaders to tackle the scourge of health misinformation

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander vaccination rates a critical risk as holiday season approaches The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) says Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities are at increased risk as Australia opens up, due to dangerously lagging COVID-19 vaccination rates.

As the holiday season approaches and people start moving around the country and mingling more, vaccine coverage among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities continues to lag behind non-Indigenous populations.

While currently 80.6% per cent of all Australians aged 16 and older are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and 89.4% have had one dose, that figure sits at 54.5% fully vaccinated and 66.2% one dose for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

And the gap in vaccination coverage between the general population and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is far worse in certain jurisdictions, particularly those currently less affected by COVID-19 outbreaks, including Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia, and the Northern Territory. In New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory, vaccination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is above 80% first dose and 70% second dose. Whereas in Qld, SA and WA it’s below 55% first dose. It is also worse among younger age groups; those under 40 years account for the majority of positive cases and are far less likely to have had their first dose than older people. Whereas for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged over 60, more than 80% have received at least one dose, rising to over 90% in states more affected by COVID-19, NSW, Vic and ACT. RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Chair, Professor Peter O’Mara said it was critical to ramp up vaccination rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the holiday season approaches and travel brings with it a real risk of potentially deadly community outbreaks.

“As Australia opens up and we move to a new normal of living with COVID-19 in the community, we are going to see many more positive cases. As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people already face considerable health inequities and higher rates of chronic disease they are more at risk of severe illness and death from this virus.

“The fact that there remains a serious gap in vaccine coverage between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people

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“The RACGP’s latest Health of the Nation report shows in 2019-20, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health services saw around 469,000 patients and provided 3.5 million episodes of care – a decrease from 500,000 patients and 3.7 million episodes of care in the previous year,” he said.

“We believe this is due to the impacts of the pandemic, including barriers to telehealth and

in our country is a national shame.

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What is stress?

Worried about someone’s drug use?

Here’s how to help

The challenges a young adult may be facing compared to a parent or grandparent will be very different.

You might find that you already understand the drug being used and its effects, like alcohol – the most widely used drug in Australia.

However, if you’re concerned about someone but aren’t already familiar with the drug they may be using, doing some research may help prepare you for any future conversations.

It can help you understand the side effects and equip you to have a conversation about it when you’re ready.

While medical and rehabilitation services are important, for many people they aren’t the only answer. Often early intervention and support can avoid the need for these kinds of services altogether.

It may be that counselling services, activities within a local community group or even strengthening a sense of belonging will help.

If you search ‘Path2Help’, the tool asks you the right questions and steers you towards a range of local services that offer exactly what you need – you don’t need to know what you are looking for, the portal’s built-in algorithm does it all for you.

Decide how you want to approach the conversation with a loved one Having a conversation about alcohol and other drugs with someone you care about can be pretty daunting.

Maintaining trust and open dialogue, free from judgement and accusation, will help you stay on their side. Ask open-ended questions to help you understand what’s going on in their life.

family or friend (18%). These fears are common so it’s understandable that being discrete is important, not only to the person struggling with alcohol and other drugs, but also their friends and family.

If you’re worried that the person you want to help will see you researching online before you’re ready to approach them, Path2Help is anonymous and confidential. The portal even has a ‘quick exit’ button and does not store any personal information or data. Take time to find support yourself Helping someone through their challenges can also be draining for you.

Make sure you’re also supported throughout this process – you’ll find counselling and peer support services specifically for family and friends through Path2Help too.

Stress isn’t always bad. In small doses, it can help you perform under pressure and motivate you to do your best. But when you’re constantly running in emergency mode, your mind and body pay the price.

If you frequently find yourself feeling frazzled and overwhelmed, it’s time to take action to bring your nervous system back into balance.

The stress response is the body’s way of protecting you. When working properly, it helps you stay focused, energetic, and alert. In emergency situations, stress can save your life, giving you extra strength to defend yourself, for example, or spurring you to slam on the brakes to avoid a car accident.

One in five people have increased their alcohol consumption during The effects of chronic stress COVID-19 and use of drugs such as Your nervous system isn’t very good at distinguishing cannabis has also risen1. between emotional and physical threats. If you’re Despite this, a recent survey of super stressed over an argument with a friend, a work people worried about a loved one’s deadline, or a mountain of bills, your body can react alcohol or drug use shows that less just as strongly as if you’re facing a true life-or-death than half (41%)2 feel they know situation. And the more your emergency stress system how to provide them with support. is activated, the easier it becomes to trigger, making it The research, conducted by the harder to shut off.

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Taurus Apr - May TAURUS APR 2021 - MAY 20 21 You feel as if everyone’s picking on you and mistrust those you encounter.

If you are unsure of others motivation, ask them exactly what they want. It may be they feel you owe them an apology for a slight you have long forgotten. Don’t be unduly deceived assert yourself in the spirit of compromise rather than anger. Accept that this is a testing time when it’s possible to resolve certain issues and if you can’t don’t get too worried about it. Do things in your free time that cheer you up and help you to relax. Your argumentative nature can quickly turn your relationship into a battleground. You lack fairness and sensitivity - pull yourself together!

If you need to argue do so, but only when you feel strongly, not because of your moodiness. You don’t want to upset those you care about most, so take a deep breath and refrain from saying anything you’re likely to regret later.

GEMINI MAYMay 21 - JUNE Gemini 22 - 20 June 23 You possess a higher than usual level of pent up anger that needs dealing with in a constructive way, if you don’t want to suffer from the consequences.

Ease up on the talking and avoid putting others on the defensive. If you require help from others be more patient and diplomatic in the way you approach them. Even if you personally feel on top form , be prepared to take things at a more leisurely pace otherwise you may suffer setbacks from unnecessarily taking on far more than you able to handle. You encounter difficulties due to your lack of consideration. You feel rather passionate; a quickie is certainly exciting, but not recommended all the time. If you’re able to slightly curb your enthusiasm, the thrill of anticipation makes it worthwhile; give your partner pleasure from sustained love making as well. If single, you need to relax; control your lust and passion.

Cancer Jun - Jul CANCER JUN 21 -24JULY 22 22 Clearly you are more than cable of expressing your needs and requirements to others. You know what you want and cleverly are able to bring about the outcome you desire.

Especially professionally, you’re paving the way for new responsibilities or even a promotion. Your relationships and love life improve immeasurably too, with invitations and proposals making life seem a bit of a whirl. Any physical activities are less of an effort than usual. Put your sneakers and do the exercise you enjoy most. You have a blissful time with your lover and experience wonderfully idyllic moments. You’re getting a lot of positive feedback from those that you care about most; you’re friendly and relaxed manner is valued by everyone, which helps you strengthen your existing relationships or revive long standing acquaintances; you’ve been considering, especially romantic ones.

Leo Jul2323- AUG - Aug LEO JUL 22 23 Practice more self-restraint, far too easily you feel you’re deliberately provoked, even over the slightest matters. Without warning your excess energy erupts in a bad temper.

Obviously this isn’t acceptable to those you know, self-discipline and compromise is essential. Such relentless behavior results in problems both at home and at work. Watch out that these excesses don’t become a noticeable feature in other areas of your life. You need to be more self-aware and make sure that it doesn’t. If you’re encountering problems in your relationship, you’re probably the one to blame.

As long as you keep trying your partner’s patience, you won’t get the peace and harmony you so want.

Convince them with a compelling argument, rather than using the brute-force. If you take the middle way of compromise, much of the problem will dissolve into the ether and be forgotten.

Virgo Aug2324 - Sep VIRGO AUG - SEP 22 22 Healthy self-confidence and high physical stamina make it likely that you experience a very productive period. It’s important for you to let others know your plans and make it clear you’re willing to show the necessary degree of compromise that insures everyone is satisfied. People you’re acquainted with and those others you’re much closer to, find your ideas and suggestions stimulating and you can expect to find they’re willing to share in your new found zest for life and optimism for the future. Again and again you prove you’ve great diplomatic skill. You’re settling quarrels or dealing with an on-going upset in your relationship – you definitely have the right personal approach! You should spend as much time as you can with your lover, the person you care about most. If you’re living alone, you’ve a great chance to change this now. Simply be a little courageous!

LIBRA SEP - OCT 22 23 Libra Sep2323 - Oct All aspects of the experience you have previously accumulated are brought to bear and help you deal confidently with most situations as and when they arise. You’re satisfied with yourself and the effort you’re able to make towards stabilizing your circumstances and prospects for the future. It’s appropriate to seek improvements in your business, social and romantic life, whatever you dare to tackle leads to favorable responses from others, who are likely to approve of your suggestions and opinions. Being fair-minded about your own interests and those of your lover will bring about mutual respect; especially if you live in a long-term relationship, you’re able to make the necessary compromises that will stand the test of time. If you’re single the chances of success are good too, thanks to your confident appearance you make a lasting impression on those you meet.

Scorpio Oct2324- NOV - Nov SCORPIO OCT 21 20 Full of energy, whatever you do you get yourself noticed. Bear in mind that you need to exercise due caution at all times! Being too forceful, appearing arrogant and sometimes offensive has its problems at work as well as with the people close to you. If you prefer not to behave in this way physical exercise is very liberating. Ride your bike, or grab your boxing gloves and hit the bag or swim a few lengths at the pool. By directing your excess energy this way you don’t have to worry about any fallout. Your hyper-energy level is particularly noticeable. You’re ready to tackle some of the tensions that have built up over time between you.

Be careful that you don’t overwhelm your lover. Not everyone can keep up or cope with such a passionate approach! The same applies if you’re single and looking for a relationship. Don’t rush; instead wait for the things to come to you.

SagittariusNOV Nov SAGITTARIUS 22 -22 DEC- 21Dec 21 With all your excess energy, it’s easy for you to be busy all the time.

You are unlikely to be bothered by problems. Despite feeling energetic and well-adjusted you approach situations carefully, it is your strength and stamina that complement your diligent approach, which invariably results in a successful outcome. You don’t only finish your usual projects in an efficient and determined way; you get involved with even more tasks and show how capable and reliable you are. In the process, it’s important you don’t forget your loved ones. You’re perfectly equipped for your current relationship or if single a potential new romance. You’re confident and full of energy and able to cope with almost any situation concerning your love life. Your partner sees you’re lots of fun. Remain true to yourself and don’t be arrogant! As easy as it’s for you to impress someone, they can just as easily become tired of you!

Capricorn CAPRICORN DECDec 22 - 22 JAN-19Jan 20 You’re keyed up, enthusiastic and feel able to accomplish everything you set out to achieve. If you are striving for more professional responsibility, show others what you are capable of, demonstrate your abilities, it’s easy to realize your goals without unsettling those who may previously have felt threatened by your ambition.

Your opinions are acknowledged and the ideas you have on almost any matter accepted. This applies to all discussions; you’re able to convince others of your point of view. If single you’re up for new romance or if you are in a relationship you’ll be ready for some enjoyable times with your lover. Don’t hesitate to try out things that you’ve always wanted to try! If possible spend a weekend in a nice hotel or if you can’t do that use your imagination - if your relationship is special to you, make some stimulating plans and put them into action.

AQUARIUS janJan 20 - 21 feb-18Feb 19 Aquarius Instead of always attempting to get your own way, and endeavoring to persuade others to help you, you instead find you have enough energy yourself to work a bit harder and accomplish what you need. If tempted to argue with others it’s far better to give in, especially if what’s under dispute is of little significance. There is nothing to stop you holding on to what you believe in and waiting for a more favorable opportunity to put your point across, when you have thoroughly thought it through. Concentrate on what is really important, namely your lover or if single - someone you desire!

Do not to bring work related issues into your love life.

Instead find relaxation and pleasure by snuggling up together or giving each other a comforting massage.

Tensions can easily be resolved by lovemaking! Be prepared to make the extra effort when you know it’s needed.

PiscesFEB Feb PISCES 19 -20MAR- Mar 20 21 Quite effortlessly you’re able to deal with activities you normally experience as being much more challenging. You are poised and confident, able to avoid everyday petty squabbles that normally hinder progress. Instead focusing on important things and prioritizing the completion of certain tasks that require the minimum of effort. Your uncompromising attitude towards life enthuses the people you come into contact with and especially those you care about most, who appreciate the dedication you show. Lady luck is on your side.

You’re able to openly deal with outstanding issues and sensitively contribute towards making your relationship more easy-going and pleasant; enhancing the happiness you share. Singles shouldn’t be surprised about attracting growing interest as well; you’re able to bewitch anyone you meet. Get out and bask in the admiration of others a bit.

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In Memoriam

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In Loving Memory

Dorothy Grace, Davis

DOLLISSON, RUTH EDNA

John Robert Fuller Aka Big John

7/07/1930 - 22/11/2020

(nee Matthews)

10.10.1931 - 7.11.2021

Passed away peacefully at Crowley Care Village Ballina.

25/4/1940 – 9/8/2021

Dearly loved wife of William “Bill”.

Much loved Mother of Judith Nolan, Bruce and Rick (dec) Dollisson.

Late of West Ballina formerly of Alexandria (Sydney) Passed away peacefully in Lismore Base Hospital.

Due to Covoid Restrictions a small service was held to celebrate his life.

He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.

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A private Cremation has taken place We think about you always We talk about you still You have never been forgotten And you never will Losing you the way we did Will always seem unfair We’ll hold you close within our hearts And there you will remain You walk with us throughout our lives Until we meet again Allen Davis and Family !"#$%&'()'**+,(-+(

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THOMPSON Bruce Edward

McPHERSON, Colin George

9.4.1939 – 11.11.2021

Passed away peacefully, at Lismore Base Hospital, with his daughters by his side.

Aged 82 years.

Loved and loving husband of Lorna for 58 years.

Adored father and father-in-law of Vanessa & Michael, Melissa & Brad and Andrew (dec.).

Cherished grandad to his grandchildren Sarah, Nicole, Erin and Calum and their partners.

Great grandad to Connor, Koda, Mikah and Marlee.

Loved by the extended Thompson and Pratt families.

Family and friends are invited to attend a service of thanksgiving for Bruce’s life, to be held at the Lismore Uniting Church, on Wednesday 24th November commencing at 10:00am.

Followed by internment at the Lismore Memorial Gardens Lawn Cemetery.

Those wishing to join with the family may do so via livestream link: https://streaming.naoca.com.au/e/74987701-7116-440c9707-d8fdd374e1db

All attendees must be double vaccinated for COVID-19, to attend this funeral service, whether you are seated within the church or gathering outside. Masks will also be required.

Capacity within the church will be limited to 100 people.

Guests will be required to comply with NSW government Covid legislation and Covid plan requirements.

Please remain seated and ensure social distance standards are maintained during the service.

Attendees are also required to self-check in by Service NSW QR app.

Please attend with a suitable mobile phone and ability or support to comply with this requirement.

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Formerly of Tabulam.

Late of Bonalbo.

Passed away 29 September 2021.

AGED 80 YEARS Relatives and Friends of the late Colin McPherson are respectfully invited to attend His Memorial Service to be held at Patrick McNamee Anzac Memorial Park, Cnr of Koreelah St and Clarence Way, Bonalbo on Saturday 20 November 2021 commencing at 11:00am.

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The Annual General Meeting of Southern Cross Credit Union Ltd will be held on 30th November 2021 at the Credit Union’s Corporate Service Centre, Corner Pearl and Turnock Streets Kingscliff commencing at 4pm. The business of the meeting will be as follows: AGENDA 1. Opening by Chairperson 2. Apologies 3. Confirmation of minutes of the last Annual General Meeting 4. Business arising from those minutes 5. Special Resolution to amend the Constitution for: a. Mutual Capital Instruments b. Director Eligibility 6. Chairman’s Report 7. Directors and Financial reports 8. Election of Directors 9. Remuneration of Directors 10. General Business 11. Close By order of the Board of Directors Brett Myles Company Secretary ITEM 5 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as a special resolution: That the Credit Union’s Constitution be amended with effect from the close of the Meeting as described in the Explanatory Notes and set out in the markedup copy of the Constitution signed by the Chair of the Meeting for identification purposes and tabled at the Meeting.

Item 5 - Explanatory Note for the Constitutional Amendments a. Mutual Capital Instruments Mutual Capital Instruments (MCIs) represent a unique means of acquiring capital for mutual entity members. By issuing MCIs as a type of share, mutual entities can generate capital to raise their funds to support various strategic initiates, whilst maintaining their mutual status. MCIs are regulated by Part 2B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

The Corporations Act provides a 3-year window during which the mutual can make MCI amendments to their Constitution by special resolution in general meeting, without triggering any Constitutional procedures that would otherwise apply to this process.

For the credit union to be take advantage of the MCI capital raising option contemplated by the Part 2B.8, Division 3 of the Corporations Act, the eligible mutual entity must provide: • that it intends to be a MCI mutual entity for the purposes of the Corporations Act. Principles of Mutuality page 8 and (clause 2.1).

• that all MCIs it issues must be fully paid. (Clause 6.2.2) • that dividends in respect of MCIs are non-cumulative (Clause 6.2.3) • a description of the rights attached to MCIs with respect to participation in surplus assets and profits,(Clause 6.3.2) and • that debts owed to a holder of a MCI by way of a divided are to rank ahead of all other debts owed to members in a winding up but rank below all other debts. (Clause 6.3.2) b. Section 13.2 Eligibility to be a Director Clause 13.2.1 (a) be amended to extend the eligible criteria to be a Credit Union Director to include the requirement that the person nominating to be a Director, has been a member continuously for at least 3 months prior to the date of holding the election. This requirement to be a Director does not apply to Board appointed casual Directors appointed under Clause 13.4 (b).

A copy of the Constitution with the above proposed amendments marked-up is available to members on request.

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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

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ALSTONVILLE INNER WHEEL CLUB Meet socially 3rd Wednesday of every month. Contact President Carol Vidal 0427326832.

UNITING CHURCH CHRISTMAS STALL Alstonville Uniting Church in conjunction with the Bargain Basement (The Church’s very popular Op Shop) are having a huge Sale on Wednesday 24th November from 8.30am2pm. A Christmas stall will feature Handmade Crafts, Christmas Cards and Decorations, together with lots of homemade jams, antique & collectable items suitable for gift giving. There will be bargains galore in the Op Shop as well, so why not come along and make a start to your Christmas shopping.

All welcome and Covid safe practices will apply. Held outside the Bargain Basement area, enquiries Lorraine Hunt (publicity officer).

ALSTONVILLE PLATEAU HISTORICAL SOCIETY Alstonville Plateau Historical Society will hold its Annual General Meeting on Sunday 21 November at 1.30pm in the Community Resource Centre at Crawford House Museum, 10 Wardell Road Alstonville. Enquiries 6628 1829, aphs2477@yahoo.com.au or www. aphsmuseum.org.au.

SQUARE DANCING Summerland Larrikins Squares Alstonville, Fridays 7.30pm-9.30pm at Uniting Church Hall, 59 Main Street, Alstonville. Contact 0407663017 for further information. New dancers welcome.

BALLINA BALLINA BALLINA TOY LIBRARY Welcomes families from Ballina Shire, 9 Regatta Avenue, Ballina. Closed until Saturday 4th December. Toys may be returned on Saturdays, 10am - 1pm, or phone 0411719074.

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. New members are always welcome. BACCI wishes to advise that their Spring Exhibition scheduled for 5-7 November has been postponed until early next year, due to Covid restrictions. Apologies to all disappointed. For more information ballinaartsandcraftscentreinc@gmail. com or phone Deb on 0432105540.

PROBUS CLUB OF BALLINA WATERS After a very long period during which most social activities were cancelled because of Covid-19 restrictions, the Probus Club of Ballina Waters has at last been able to provide a bus trip for its members. This is a very important development as the Probus Club exists to provide social activities for its members, mostly senior and mostly retired. Forty members had booked when it was first arranged, and 39 were able to go when the green light was given for a bus trip. After leaving Ballina, the first stop was morning tea at Riverside Park in Woodburn. The group

then proceeded to Evans Head, where a guided tour of the F111 Museum took place. The group were impressed by the details of the capabilities of this plane, and its performance, until it was replaced by a different aircraft. Lunch was served at the Coraki pub, and the final visit was to the new Ballina District Historical Museum at Pimlico.

This new establishment was very well received by the group. It was a great outing, and the Probus Club is thankful that it has been able to resume social activities for its members. The happy group is pictured below.

BALLINA SCOPE CLUB

The Scope Club of Ballina is a group of ladies who do fundraising for lots off 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.

BALLINA MAHJONG 12 NOVEMBER 2021 Joy Lowien 1, Jan Williams 2, Lorna Simpson 3, Val Heinritz 4, Margaret Bryant 5, Pauline Kearney 6, Shirley Atkinson 7, Shirley Coleman 8, Jeanette Henwood 9, Rosemary Russell 10, Carol Meyer 11, Gladys D’Anna 12, Diana Auret 13, Jan Rhodes , Pam Farrell 14, Susan Allan 16, Shirley Henry , June Grebert, Jan Small 17, Kath Hubbard 20, Jenny Lang 21, Jan Boardman, Sally Lowry 22, Lisa Wong 24, Coral Lavelle 25, Valda McLerie 26. Mahjong

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COMMUNITY NOTICES 73 is played on Friday at 12:30pm at the Ballina Bridge Club North Creek Road. Enquiries for new players phone Vanessa on 66874181.

MUSIC DAYS G’Day everybody, because COVID-19 restrictions have been revised are able to RESUME our “MUSIC DAYS”. Starting with SUNDAY 5th DECEMBER, 2021 and our Happy Christmas Fun will be re-start date of the Music Days and we will “hooping it up”, playing and listening to fantastic Country Music. The venue is The Ballina RSL Club, Grant Street, Ballina. Start time is 10.45am with the fantastic “THE CLASSICS”. We will have fabulous array of “Walk-up Artists” and Guest Artist is: “David Reeve”. Come to a great afternoon with GREAT RAFFLE PRIZES and GUESS WHAT? THERE WILL BE DANCING! However there are some very strict restrictions that have to observed. *1. TO ENTER THE BALLINA RSL CLUB YOU MUST BE A MEMBER, BE SIGNED IN BY A MEMBER OR LIVE OUTSIDE THE 5km LIMIT. *2. PROVIDE AUTHENTICATION OF YOUR “DOUBLE VACCINATION”. *3.

CHECK-IN USING EITHER “QR CODE” - COVID-19 CHECK-IN CARD - MANUALLY PROVIDE DETAILS TO RSL CLUB STAFF. BALLINA TOY LIBRARY Welcomes families from Ballina Shire, 9 Regatta Ave, Ballina. Open Saturday 10am-1pm, by appointment only on Tues & Wed. Phone 0411719074.

BALLINA CWA Ballina CWA Handicraft & Friendship mornings are held every Wednesday morning from 9am until 12noon in our rooms on River Street. Numbers are covid safe limited so could you please ring our Handicraft Officer Barb 0428116668 on Monday night to book a place. Ballina CWA meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month at 9.00am in our rooms, please ring our Secretary Janet 0435323079 for more information. Mahjong is being played once again in The Ballina CWA rooms on River Street, Wednesdays & Thursdays starting at 12.15pm. For more information please ring David 0473587412.

CASINO CASINO INVITATION TO THE ELDERLY IN OUR COMMUNITY On Sunday 5th December, 2021 Casino Senior Citizens are holding their Christmas Party at the Casino RSM Club. The Casino Senior Citizens have been active for a number decades, and with 50 members now we still enjoy the friendship and fun meeting each Wed afternoon to pay Hoy at 1pm and Thurs 1pm to play euchre. Feel free to come along & join in! The committee of the Casino Senior Citizens have decided to invite some of our older members of the community to join us at 1pm, after our lunch to enjoy music by Mike Reynolds and his Minstrels. It’s very sad that a number of people in our community feel very alone and are virtual prisoners in their own home. This is the reason that we would like to have you join us and enjoy the company and friendship of others. Maybe you require transport to get to the Club or need assistance to be able to attend. We are attempting to get a bus to do a pickup run for us, all

we request that you make a gold coin donation towards fuel costs. If you are interested and would like to join us, please do not hesitate to contact Jan Danaher on 0414625680 and the necessary arrangements for seating & travel will be arranged for you. Looking forward to seeing you there.

CASINO RSM NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Members are hereby advised that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Casino Returned Servicemen’s Memorial Club Limited will be held at 162 Canterbury St, Casino in the Club’s Auditorium on Sunday 28th November 2021 at 11:30 am.

CASINO EVENING CWA Hold their monthly meetings at the Uniting Church Hall at 6pm on the first Thursday of each month. Saturday 27th November will see us at the Lions Farmers Markets from 8am. Cakes, jams, pickles and more will be available for sale. More information available by phoning Penny on 0422301799. Please come and join us meet new ladies and make new friends.

CASINO CWA BRANCH NEWS: Next Branch Meeting Thursday 18th November at Presbyterian Church Hall at 9.00am. The Poppies looked spectacular in the display at the Mafeking Lamp on 11/11. Thank you to all the helpers for the MANY hours of toil. Christmas Raffle, very good prizes, tickets only $1.00, selling starts Saturday Nov. 20th. Christmas Street Stall outside DIY Hardware, Sat.27th November. variety of Christmas Goodies available and more. More info: Jan 66626424 or Marg. 66621746.

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.

THE FAIRY HILL CRAFT GROUP Christmas lunch will be held on Thursday, December 2, from 11.0011.30am at St Mark’s Anglican Hall, Barker St. A traditional Christmas lunch will be served at cost of $25p.p. (payable on the day). To book, please phone Sue 66633233 before November 29th. Also, please bring a homemade/ handmade Christmas gift to swap. All current and past members of our group are very welcome to attend.

CASINO & BONALBO UPPER CLARENCE LIONS CLUBS Casino Lions club now meets each 4th Wed at the RSM. 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.

CASINO LIONS FARMER’S MARKET Casino Lions Farmers Market. Every Saturday from 8-11 at Crawford Square, South Casino. Visit our facebook page Casino Lions Farmers Market. Meet your local producers, support your local small businesses by buying local produce. Enjoy a day out with friends and family. Fresh Vegetables, Coffee, Local baked goods, Fresh Flowers direct from the farm, Local Honey, Seasonal Fruits. For more information please contact John or Frieda at 0498001257 or email at lionscfm@ gmail.com

available. Ring Mary on 66621971 for details.

LISMORE CASINO NAVAL ASSOCIATION Meets bi-monthly at Casino RSM, new members welcome. For more information phone Chris 66293269 or Jim 0427400625.

CASINO MIXED PROBUS CLUB Meeting 4th Thursday of the month.

For more information call the secretary on 0419886119. New Members most welcome. Call Fran on 0419 886 119 for more information.

LION’S CLUB CASINO Lion’s Club meeting is held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month at Casino RSM Club from 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start.

CASINO COMMUNITY MEN’S SHED Mon, Tues, Wed, attendance limited to 50 members, 8.00am-1.30pm. Contact 66626423 DH or casmenshed@live.com.au CASINO 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

CASINO VIEW CLUB Monthly luncheon meeting at Casino RSM Club at 11am, second Thurs of every month. Contact Barbra on 66612530 or 0448969498.

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.

THE CASINO & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Sun, Mon, Wed and Fri 10am to 2pm.

Email casinohistorymuseum@outlook. com for further information. Check us out on Facebook.

CASINO EVENING CWA Meets first Thursday of the month.

Casino Uniting Church at 6pm and for further information please ring Alison 0400956404 or Penny 0422301799.

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GRAFTON VIEW CLUB Grafton VIEW Club meets on the 4th Tuesday each month at Grafton District Services Club, Mary Street, commencing at 10.30am. Please come along, enjoy yourself with a tasty meal, 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, Tuesday 23rd November, to have some fun & help disadvantaged children. See you there!

GRAFTON SENIOR CITIZENS Grafton Seniors November meeting, including trade table, attendance 51, apologies 7.

Guest speaker, Bob McFarlane, spoke on Grafton Meals on Wheels. Previous meeting minutes, Correspondence in & out: Treasurers Report: all dealt with. General business: due to current uncertainties, Christmas lunch, 3 December, cancelled. Grocery donations for hamper, drawn December meeting, plus special announcements. Newsletter being distributed. Trips : Yamba cruise, Oct, changed to scenic drive, short notice, as boat unavailable. Evans Head picnic, 19 Nov, cancelled, lack of bookings. Day trips, 2022, now planned, February trip, Bellingen, spare seats.

Also some spare seats on August 8 day tour. Competition winners: F. Wratten; G. Patricks; S. Connelly; J. Smith; J. Ireland; Y. Chard; P. Cooke; B. Cassie.

New members: over 50’s welcome. Next meeting : Tues, 14 December, 2021,

10,30am, Racecourse, no guest speaker, special announcements to be made.

Enquiries : Publicity Officer, Sandra, 6642 7720 or 0417 464 946.”

GRAFTON U3A We are again sorry to let our members know that the Jabberfest for November will not proceed due to the Corona virus situation. However we will be able to meet on the 6th December for a combined meeting and Christmas party with the venue being the Golf Club. at South Grafton. Bookings for this are essential and you are asked to let VANDA know for catering purposes.

Contact her either by phone 6642 7880 or by E-Mail at vandageremia @ bigpond.com by the 14th November at the latestAll being well we will begin the morning at 11.30 with a very brief A.G.M. and then proceed with the festivities. Looking forward to at last being able to meet together.

KYOGLE KYOGLE 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.

LENNOX LENNOXHEAD HEAD LENNOX HEAD LIONS CLUB New members welcome to join our close-knit club where the emphasis is on community service in a fun

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Members do what they can, when they can to facilitate the needs of our club.

LENNOX HEAD DAY VIEW CLUB The Lennox Head Day VIEW Club meets on the first Monday of each month at the Lennox Head Community Centre. with the meeting starting at 11:00am and includes an interesting speaker and concludes with a light lunch. An informal Coffee and Chat meeting is held on the third Monday of the month. The Club sponsors three students through The Smith Family Learning for Life scholarship program that provides educational items for disadvantaged Australian children.

New members and guests are most warmly welcomed and enquiries may be made to Enid 047187511 or Dawn 0466717435.

LENNOX HEAD EVENING VIEW CLUB Meets on the second Tuesday of each month upstairs at the Lennox Hotel at 6.30pm for dinner at 7.00pm. Guests welcome. “VIEW members support the education of disadvantaged Australian children by raising much needed funds for The Smith Family. Through fundraising activities and social events in local communities, members raise money that goes directly to The Smith Family’s learning and mentoring programs for disadvantaged students.”

Lennox Head Evening VIEW Club currently sponsors two Learning for Life students. Contact Sue Brennan 0409728814.

LENNOX HEAD CWA Handy Craft Mornings on Mondays 9.30am-12noon in the community centre at Lennox Head, Call Jan on 66816150.

PROBUS CLUB OF LENNOX HEAD Meets 9.30 for 10.00 at Club Lennox, 10 Stewart Street, on the first Thursday of each month. Visitors are welcome, also retired or semi-retired people wishing to join our non-service club to hear interesting guest speakers and to join in trips and outings are invited along.

Phone Jan 66876859.

LISMORE LISMORE LISMORE RAINFOREST BOTANIC GARDENS Sunday 28th November Guided Walks at the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens. Two guided walks, both at 9.30 am. Choose between the Useful Plants Walk (slight incline, paved) and the Hoop Pine Forest Walk (medium incline, unpaved). You must be fully vaccinated to attend these walks. Meet at the Visitor’s Centre at 9.15 am. Wear sturdy footwear and a hat. Bookings essential. Email publicity@friendslrbg. com.au Join the volunteers for morning tea after the walks. A gold coin donation is appreciated. The Gardens are located at 313 Wyrallah Road, East Lismore, just 3 kms from the CBD. THE PROBUS CLUB OF GOONELLABAH Is holding its meeting at Lismore Workers Club, Keen Street Lismore on Thursday 18th November at 10 am. This will be our final meeting for the year 21 with meetings resuming in Febuary 22. Contact Gloria Francis on 66291442 for further information.

LISMORE ANGLICANS’ CHRISTMAS GIFT ‘POP-UP’ SHOP 142 Molesworth Street [formerly, Pines Newsagency] from Monday, November 15 to Friday, December 3, 2021. Come and buy your Christmas treats: Home made puddings, cakes, slices, scones, biscuits. Lots of handicraft items.

Plants. Monster Hamper and lots of cheer. Cash or card. M-F 8:30am4:00pm; Saturday: 8:30am-12:30pm.

Enquiries: Parish Office: T: 02 66213200; E: office@ lismoreanglicans.com

richer retirem classes and a yearly fee of all classes/ac Interested? C http://www.u list, times an 66227408 Fo

COMBINED SUPERANN LISMORE I Meet every 2 at 10.00am a Alternate M and new mem Veronica 662 Colleen 6624

PROBUS CLUB OF LISMORE HEIGHTS Our mixed group meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at the LISMORE HEIGHTS BOWLING TABLE TEN CLUB in High St. Our brief meeting GOONELLA is followed by morning tea and a guest Tuesday and speaker. Senior’s lunch for $15 at noon playing: 9.00 is optional. Guests and visitors are Wednesday n welcome. Ring/text Pam on 0418766247 9.00pm; Trai for details of our other monthly social 9.00am-12no school Wedn gatherings and outings. $6.00 a sessio – all levels. P SPRUNG Mon-Thur 9 Sprung!! is a registered charity and a not for profit community organisation website www that offers Dance, Theatre & Movement workshops and training to people with LISMORE G disabilities. We are currently looking for Lismore Gir volunteers to assist our organisation in Tuesday dur a number of ways including supporting to 7.30pm at Lismore. An our Tutors and Disability Support most welcom Workers; transcribing; catering; free, but plea professional skills; technical support and backstage support. Our workshops adult female in becoming and performances run in Lismore, Mullumbimby, Tintenbar and Lennox encouraged t number 0412 Head expanding to Ballina and the Our hall is a Tweed. Any interested volunteers can reach us here and for general information please contact us on info@ SUMMERL RADIO CLU sprung.org.au Meetings of on the secon EMBROIDERERS GROUP Meetings are 9.30am-2.30pm 1st and at the clubro 3rd Wednesdays and 3rd Saturday of Road, Richm Visitors are w each month at the Red Dove Centre, are usually o Keen Street, Lismore. We welcome from about 1 embroiderers of all styles and ability primarily am levels to meet, share and learn. For welcome per more information see our facebook page ‘Lismore Group – Embroiderers electronics, a subjects. For Guild NSW’, phone 0423337872 or and its activi simply turn up. https://sarc.o Facebook at THE ROTARY CLUB OF Summerland SUMMERLAND SUNRISE We meet every Friday at 7.05am for “MAINLY M a Breakfast meeting at Coffee Shots, Molesworth St, Lismore. Interested in IN LISMOR contributing to community? Local and An interactiv international? Join us at Coffee Shots & parents/ca actions to he please. Phone 0435990919 for more and motor sk details. cooked morn LISMORE TARGET RIFLE CLUB children enjo For .22 calibre rifles, meets Wed nights Tuesdays 9.3 term. Anglic from 6.30 pm & the 1st & 3rd Sat of St Lismore. E each month from 12 noon. Air Rifle mainlymusic shooting for .22 & 177 air rifles will also be available at the Saturday shoots.

For more info please phone Derek on ROTARY CL OF LISMOR 66282082 (AH).

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COMMUNITY NOTICES 75 richer retirement. U3A offers over 30 classes and activities each week. One yearly fee of $50 entitles you to attend all classes/activities of your choice.

Interested? Check out our webpage http://www.u3anriv.org.au for course list, times and venues or contact 66227408 Follow us on Facebook.

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: 7.009.00pm; Training Monday mornings: 9.00am-12noon; Junior coaching after school Wednesday 3.30pm-4.45pm, $6.00 a session. Everybody is welcome – all levels. Phone centre on 66251602 Mon-Thur 9.00am-1.00pm or visit website www.fnctabletennis.com.au 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.

SUMMERLAND AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Meetings of the club are normally held on the second Sunday of each month at the clubrooms: 412 Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Hill at 1.00pm.

Visitors are welcome. The clubrooms are usually open on Sunday afternoons from about 1pm onwards. We are primarily amateur radio enthusiasts and welcome persons interested in radio, electronics, astronomy and similar subjects. For more details about the club and its activities see the club’s website: https://sarc.org.au/ or check us out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ SummerlandARC “MAINLY MUSIC” IN LISMORE FOR 2021 An interactive session for 0-5 year olds & parents/carers using fun songs and actions to help develop co-ordination and motor skills, followed by home cooked morning tea for adults while children enjoy supervised play time.

Tuesdays 9.30-11.30am in school term. Anglican Parish Hall, Zadoc St Lismore. Enquiries 66213200 or mainlymusic.org ROTARY CLUB OF LISMORE NETWORKING Want to be part of an innovative, interesting and inclusive networking group who meet fortnightly to share ideas, meet other professionals and work together to make a difference in your community? Then Rotary Club of Lismore Networking could be the answer for you! Meets fortnightly on Wednesdays at the Rous Hotel, Keen Street, Lismore at 5.30pm. For more information contact Rita on 0413300578 or Gae 0412742095.

ROTARY CLUB OF LISMORE WEST INC Is in its 60th year and meets at the East Lismore Bowling Club each Thursday at 6.00pm. New members would be made most welcome. Further information available on 0428151934.

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RED CROSS LISMORE BRANCH Meets the 3rd Monday of the month at 2.00pm in the Red Cross Tea Rooms in Keen Street Lismore. As well as fund raising we are also an active social group and welcome new members.

New volunteers are also required to assist in our popular Tea Rooms. If you can commit to 1 or more days a month please contact Lynn 66217642 or Rhonda 66241950.

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EMBROIDERS GROUP Meetings are 9.30am-2.30pm 1st and 3rd Wednesdays and 3rd Saturday of each month, Red Dove Centre, Keen Street, Lismore. We welcome embroiderers of all ability levels from all towns and districts in the Northern Rivers.

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 MARKETS Phillip St. Always 1st & 3rd. Sundays every month. 7am until 1pm. Bookings essential email: markets@pbnc.org.au 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.

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BALLINA ART SOCIETY The 2021 Art Exhibition will be held at the Tintenbar Hall on 26-28 November.

Free entry. For inof phone Cecily Barrack on 0435835102

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.

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WOLLONGBAR PROBUS CLUB The Wollongbar Probus Club will be holding their regular meeting on Thursday November 18 at 10am in the Alstonville Bowls & Sports Club, Deegan Drive Alstonville . All Covid-19 restrictions will be observed. Following the meeting the members will then gather at 12noon to celebrate with an early Christmas party at the Red Wok Thai Restaurant in Fawcett St Ballina.

YAMBA YAMBA YAMBA DAY VIEW CLUB Yamba Day View Club’s monthly luncheons are held at Yamba Bowling Club on 3rd Monday of month, starting 10am for 10.30am. Acceptance and apologies to President Lyn 66463164 by Friday prior to luncheon for catering purposes. We hold a monthly social outing either for lunch or morning tea and visitors are always welcome.

YAMBA LIONS CLUB Yamba Lions Club’s meetings are held 2nd & 4th Thursdays of month at Yamba Bowling Club, commencing at 7pm for 7.30pm. For further information, please contact the Secretary Peter 0417546097. Social outings also held at various time and visitors and new members welcome.

ALL ALLNORTHERN NORTHERN RIVERS RIVERS MEN AND WOMEN SINGLES Over 60 Social Group. Looking for Company, companionship. We are interested to hear from you. Organised outing, get togethers. Nice people & friendship for both. Contact 0455588143.

TOASTMASTERS CAN HELP! Would you like to become better at socialising? Do you need to make an important Speech? Are you wanting to apply for that important promotion at work? Then Toastmasters Speechcraft can help. For details, please contact Donna on 0428878421.

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November 18, 2021

76 SPORT RESULTS & WEATHER SOCIAL BOWLS 9-11-21 N.Holmes, S.Baldwin 19 def M.Soward J.Blay 10, S.Gordon A. Jackson 21 def M.O’Neill , A. Percy 10, L.Trott, P.Condon, B.DeRe 21 def G. Nugent B.Lane A. Brown 9, S.Bray, L.Earea, K.Huett 25 def N. Wilson, G. Bray, S.Mazzer 12.

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 BALLINA WOMEN’S BOWLING CLUB 9-11-21 BALLINA WBC CONSISTENCY SEMI FINAL E. Reid def A. O’Brien, A. Matthews def K.Albany,

CASINO SOCIAL GOLF RESULTS 14-11-2021 The single stroke on the top 11 was won by Daryl Green with a net score of 23 from Jeff Rankin with 24. 3rd, Nathan Rose 29 on a count back. The putting trophy went to W. Jackson with 14 putts and M.Gooding won the players draw. Nearest to pins:8th & 16th, P.Piccoli. 9th, N. Rose.10th & 11th, G. Skennar.

12th, G. Randall. `13th, K. Ruttley.

14th, B. Yates.15th, G. Shephard. 17th, R. Ruttley (hole in one). 18th, A. Rea.

Next Sunday’s event sponsored by Damien Picitto Electrical Casino has yet to be determined but visitors are still welcome to play with hit off from 6-30am till 7-30am.

CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB SPORTS RESULTS ASSOCIATION CROQUET : G.Drew 14 d R.Poynting 12 E.Thorman C.Woodlands 15 d S.Hume 14 L.Turner 23 d G.Porter 18 S.Keen J.Payne 18 d P. Hume P.Payne 12 G.Drew P.Hume 22 d S.Hume 7 L.Turner 23 d R.Poynting N.Poynting 15 RICOCHET CROQUET : M.Russell 12 d R.Poynting 9 B.Waters J.Doust 16 d B.Wellings G.Porter 14 N.Watts R.Allen 13 d N.Barnes 11

P.Scott N.Poynting 14 d P.Waters P.Bolte 13 D.Jones R.Chapman 15 d P.Scott P.Doyle 10 J.Doust D.Scott 18 d N.Watts N.Poynting 17 R.PoyntingM.Russell15 d N.Barnes C.Edlund 12 J.Hannigan 23 d P.Bolte A.Kelly 20 B.Wellings 18 d R.Allen 16 GOLF CROQUET : C.Lane C.Edlund 3 d J.OSullivan J.Albert 3 D.Casey D. Scott 5 d N.Barnes B.Liebmann 3 N.Watts R.Chapman 4 d J.Doust J.Huxley 3 M.Rennie N.Poynting 6 d J.Saunders J.Campbell 3 C.Gale R.Poynting 5 d J.Dorward L.Whiteman 2 H.Young B.Wellings 5 d F.Duncan D.Taylor 3

NORTHERN RIVERS TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL PREDICTIONS AREA

Thu 18 November

Fri 19 November

Sat 20 November

Sun 21 November

ILUKA CORAKI LISMORE BALLINA BYRON MURWILLUMBAH

26 / 16 C 27o / 16o C 27o / 16o C 23o / 19o C 23o / 19o C 24o / 19o C

32 / 14 C 32o / 14o C 32o / 14o C 25o / 17o C 25o / 18o C 25o / 18o C

32 / 16 C 33o / 16o C 33o / 16o C 28o / 18o C 27o / 18o C 29o / 20o C

29 / 18 C 28o / 18o C 28o / 18o C 24o / 19o C 24o / 20o C 25o / 20o C

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22% 2% 2% 1% 5% 2%

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MOON PHASES Fri 19 Nov

Mon 22 Nov

Thu 25 Nov

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4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

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0% 20% 20% 17% 40% 11%

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54% 49% 49% 49% 51% 49%

Mon 22 November 33 / 19 C 32o / 18o C 32o / 18o C 30o / 19o C 30o / 19o C 28o / 20o C o

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14% 46% 46% 48% 17% 50%

Tue 23 November 29 / 20 C 30o / 22o C 30o / 22o C 27o / 22o C 28o / 22o C 28o / 22o C o

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6% 39% 39% 6% 47% 49%

Wed 24 November 29o / 19o C 30o / 19o C 30o / 19o C 27o / 20o C 28o / 20o C 28o / 20o C

84% 66% 66% 75% 86% 67%

TIDE TIMES & HEIGHTS CLARENCE - RIVER ENTRANCE

Sunrise & Sunset

DAY Thursday 18th November Friday 19th November Saturday 20th November Sunday 21st November Monday 22nd November Tuesday 23rd November Wednesday 24th November

NORTHERN RIVERS AREA

DAY Thursday 18th November Friday 19th November Saturday 20th November Sunday 21st November Monday 22nd November Tuesday 23rd November Wednesday 24th November

Full 100% Visible

Waning Gibbous 92% Visible

Waning Gibbous 70% Visible

HIGH 8:46 am 1.52m 9:19 am 1.56m 9:52 am 1.58m 10:27 am 1.59m 11:02 am 1.57m 11:41 am 1.54m 12:22 pm 1.49m

LOW 2:16 am 0.27m 2:44 am 0.27m 3:12 am 0.28m 3:42 am 0.31m 4:13 am 0.36m 4:46 am 0.41m 5:22 am 0.47m

HIGH 8:47 pm 1.24m 9:20 pm 1.2m 9:55 pm 1.17m 10:31 pm 1.12m 11:10 pm 1.08m 11:50 pm 1.04m

LOW 3:02 pm 0.37m 3:41 pm 0.35m 4:18 pm 0.35m 4:55 pm 0.36m 5:34 pm 0.39m 6:16 pm 0.43m 7:03 pm 0.47m

LOW 2:19 am 0.32m 2:47 am 0.31m 3:16 am 0.31m 3:47 am 0.33m 4:21 am 0.37m 4:58 am 0.42m 5:40 am 0.48m

HIGH 8:33 pm 1.36m 9:09 pm 1.31m 9:46 pm 1.26m 10:25 pm 1.21m 11:05 pm 1.16m 11:49 pm 1.11m

LOW 3:02 pm 0.43m 3:42 pm 0.41m 4:22 pm 0.4m 5:02 pm 0.41m 5:45 pm 0.43m 6:30 pm 0.47m 7:17 pm 0.51m

LOW 2:16 am 0.28m 2:44 am 0.27m 3:12 am 0.28m 3:40 am 0.3m 4:11 am 0.33m 4:44 am 0.37m 5:22 am 0.42m

HIGH 8:48 pm 1.21m 9:23 pm 1.16m 9:58 pm 1.1m 10:35 pm 1.05m 11:13 pm 1m 11:55 pm 0.95m

LOW 3:08 pm 0.4m 3:47 pm 0.38m 4:26 pm 0.37m 5:04 pm 0.37m 5:44 pm 0.38m 6:26 pm 0.41m 7:12 pm 0.44m

LOW 2:00 am 0.2m 2:29 am 0.19m 2:57 am 0.21m 3:26 am 0.23m 3:56 am 0.27m 4:30 am 0.33m 5:06 am 0.39m

HIGH 8:37 pm 1.27m 9:11 pm 1.22m 9:45 pm 1.17m 10:19 pm 1.12m 10:56 pm 1.06m 11:35 pm 1.01m

LOW 2:49 pm 0.38m 3:30 pm 0.37m 4:09 pm 0.37m 4:47 pm 0.38m 5:28 pm 0.41m 6:10 pm 0.44m 6:57 pm 0.47m

LOW 1:54 am 0.21m 2:22 am 0.22m 2:49 am 0.23m 3:19 am 0.27m 3:51 am 0.31m 4:26 am 0.36m 5:02 am 0.43m

HIGH 8:31 pm 1.25m 9:04 pm 1.21m 9:38 pm 1.17m 10:14 pm 1.12m 10:51 pm 1.07m 11:31 pm 1.02m

LOW 2:40 pm 0.38m 3:18 pm 0.37m 3:55 pm 0.37m 4:32 pm 0.39m 5:13 pm 0.41m 5:55 pm 0.45m 6:43 pm 0.49m

EVANS HEAD - RIVER ENTRANCE

DAY Thursday 18th November Friday 19th November Saturday 20th November Sunday 21st November Monday 22nd November Tuesday 23rd November Wednesday 24th November

SUNRISE 5:44 am 5:43 am 5:43 am 5:43 am 5:42 am 5:42 am 5:42 am

SUNSET 7:21 pm 7:12 pm 7:23 pm 7:24 pm 7:25 pm 7:24 pm 7:26 pm

HIGH 8:33 am1.64m 9:08 am 1.7m 9:42 am 1.73m 10:17 am 1.74m 10:55 am 1.73m 11:35 am 1.7m 12:19 pm 1.65m

BALLINA - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 18th November Friday 19th November Saturday 20th November Sunday 21st November Monday 22nd November Tuesday 23rd November Wednesday 24th November

HIGH 8:47 am 1.55m 9:20 am 1.59m 9:53 am 1.61m 10:27 am 1.61m 11:03 am 1.58m 11:40 am 1.54m 12:22 pm 1.49m

BRUNSWICK HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE

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DAY Thursday 18th November Friday 19th November Saturday 20th November Sunday 21st November Monday 22nd November Tuesday 23rd November Wednesday 24th November

HIGH 8:40 am 1.57m 9:14 am 1.62m 9:47 am 1.65m 10:22 am 1.65m 10:58 am 1.64m 11:35 am 1.6m 12:15 pm 1.56m

TWEED HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 18th November Friday 19th November Saturday 20th November Sunday 21st November Monday 22nd November Tuesday 23rd November Wednesday 24th November

HIGH 8:37 am 1.51m 9:09 am 1.56m 9:41 am 1.58m 10:15 am 1.58m 10:53 am 1.57m 11:32 am 1.54m 12:15 pm 1.5m

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SPORTS RESULTS & NEWS 77 R.Allen P.Scott 5 d L. Wesely M.Russell 3 D.Scott C.Gale 5 d C.Lane M.Rennie 1 P.Bolte N.Watts 5 d D.Casey R.Poynting 2 J.Huxley J.Doust 4 d J.Dorward B.Liebmann 4 L.Whiteman N.Barnes 3 d J.Saunders J.Smith 1 J.Doust M.Russell 6 d C.Lane D.Taylor 6 L.Wesely R. Chapman 6 d P.Scott J.Smith 0 C.Edlund B.Liebmann 4 d L.Whiteman N.Poynting 1 J.OSullivan R.Allen 5 d P.Bolte B.Wellings 4 D.Scott H.Young 4 d F.Duncan J.OSullivan 2 D.Casey J.Saunders 4 d M.Rennie R.Poynting 2 R.Poynting 4 d P.Scott 3 L.Whiteman D.Taylor 4 d C.Edlund M.Rennie 3 R.Allen F.Duncan 5 N.Poynting J.Albert 3 L.Wesely H.Young 7 d J.Doust J.Saunders 5 B.Wellings J.Dorward 7 d J.OSullivan C.Gale 3 TWILIGHTCROQUET : J.Huxley 25, L.Whiteman 24, J.Taylor 22, D.Goulding 21, L.Wesely 20, F.Duncan 20, C.Edlund 20, J.Saunders 20, M.Rennie 19, B.Taylor 16, D.Jones16, J.Hannigan 15, R.Poynting 14.

Jump shots : J.Hannigan 1.

Winner : J.Huxley Runner up L.Whiteman.

David Scott Ricochet Division 1 Club Championship winner with Runner up Ray Chapman.

Final score 17/15

CORAKI VETERANS GOLF RESULTS THURSDAY 11/11/21 A smaller field contested an 18 hole single stableford, Club ham winner G Gibson, vets ham winner G O,Connor, lucky card draw ham R Webber, 2nd B Collyer, 3rd J Savins, free game S Reddell, chicken/ball winners S Toms, G Tait, M Fairfull, J Nilsson, R Webber, M Bruggy.

Nearest pins 3rd/12th T Doyle 6th/15th T McBurney.

Next Thursday another 18 hole single stableford commencing with a shot gun start at 8.30am. Don,t forget our Christmas party on the 25/11/21 this will be a nine hole event commencing at 9.00am followed by prestations then the Christmas party.

AS USUAL TILL THEN GOOD GOLFING Max EAST LISMORE BOWLS RESULTS 7/11/21 - Fours Championship results Final - T Gibson, Rocco, G Painter, S Wade 22 def B Harmon, J Hand, A Gaggin, S Gregory 17.

Semi finals - B Harmon, J Hand, A Gaggin, S Gregory 18 def M Rodgers, G Donnelly, N Harding, P Russell 13 T Gibson, Rocco, G Painter, S Wade 22 def S Crowther, A Maslen, L Maslen, A Pearce 19 B Grade Pairs G Donnelly, J Sheean 28 def R Mohr, G Pollard 7 G Finnigan, B Griffin 32 def T Prior, M Prior 17 Open Triples Rocco, J Carrall, B Adams 28 def R Prior, T Prior, M Prior 17 T Gibson, A Gaggin, T Cheli 23 def J Bancroft, M Harding, D Sirach 19 Social results P Campbell, R Parkes 23 def S Crowther, B Griffin 21 T Gibson, T Cheli 27 def Rocco, Meg H 16 L Softley, R Parkes, B Griffin 23 def J Nilon, J Cook, D

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Watson 17 EVANS HEAD WOMENS BOWLING CLUB Thank you so much for printing these results in your respective newspapers.

Springtime Fours - Round 4 played 10-11-21 M. Gibson, L. Hayes, P. Freeman, V. Hart defeated S. Maxwell, B. Parkes, G. Marczan, S. Downs.

M. Adams, J. Beckett, B. Montague (sub), K. Robson defeated M. McPherson, J. Fernance, M. Carey, A. Peel.

L. Vidler, K. Townsend, L. Stratton, P. Weller Bye. Round 5 S. Maxwell, B. Parkes, G. Marczan, S. Downs defeated L. Vidler, K. Townsend, L. Stratton, P. Weller.

M. McPherson, J. Fernance, M. Carey, A. Peel defeated M. Gibson, L. Hayes, P. Freeman, V. Hart.

M. Adams. J. Beckett, K. Robson, T. Cselka Bye Winners - M. McPherson, J. Fernance, M. Carey, A. Peel 3W 1L Runners/up - M. Adams, J. Beckett, K. Robson, T. Cselka 2W 2L+19 Congratulations to all Bowlers.

Thank you. Joan Fernance, Publicity Officer.

KYOGLE BOWLS RESULTS Saturday November 13 - T Hoffman T Burgess G Langbridge d N Nugent R Felton N Bodycote + 18, V Rsi G O’Reilly C McCloud d P Bywater R McKenna Rex McKenna + 6, B Hancock R O’Reilly B Day d B Ellis G Palmer D Zelcer + . S Colley G Miller d J Coston D Farrell + 1. Championships Mixed fours M Lavelle L Mulchay G Lavelle R Goebel d D Condon G King L Condon R Roberts 25 to 18, Fours final B Ryan T Holder D Petherbridge S Hall d P Anderson K Hayes J Arnold B Hyde 18 to 17.

LISMORE CITY BOWLS Club Championship Fours

The semi Final of the Club Championship Fours was concluded on Saturday..The results were as follows: M Heggen, N Leeson, N Clarke , S Smallcombe 25 defeated G Back, A Scott, B Thompson, C Mac Creadie 20.

I J Bird. T Ball. A Hamshaw, J Helmood. 27 defeated S Thompson, P Clarke, B Webster, H Crethar 14.

Next Weeks final will be played by the teams of: I J Bird and M Heggen (On count back from G Back).

LISMORE CITY BOWLS ( TWILIGHT COMP) Results of the Monthly Monday Twilight bowls: (By Skipper) 1st G Back 22 beat I J Bird 8 (won on count Back) 2rd R Johnson 26 beat B Webster 12.

3rd R Burgess 23 beat T Mc Fadden 13 G Rose 27 beat T Chilli 22 D Cutting 17 beat N Clarke 14.

SPORTS RESULTS FROM KINGSCLIFF WOMEN’S BOWLS CLUB KINGSCLIFF WOMEN’S BOWLS RESULTS Wednesday 10 Nov Social: S Baker, C Chapman, W Butler d. J Russell, I Lundstrom, J White +7; N Sherlock, B Petri, D Jones d.

S Trickett, K Marris, J Scott +3; R Liddington, A Johnson, G Phipps d. R Liddington, M Drewett, M Atkinson +20; M James / R Reid, J Richardson, S Reid d. J Curtis, J Bonett, R Gargin +17; C Felton, M Dickson, M Lincoln d.

B Weeks, D Greenwell, D Barnes +4; C Moore, A Shipway, S Akers d. J Hunt, F McKenney, G Moore +10; J Buck, J Cowie, R Creedon d.

L Barker, J Mitchell, A Wonka +10 ; Lucky Rink Winners N Sherlock, B Petri, D Jones; Lucky Rink Losers J Curtis, J Bonett, R Gargin Friday 12 Nov Club Select Triples Round 1: D Singleton, D Greenwell,

S Akers d. S Trickett, R Gargan, J White +8; J Buck, F McKenney, M James d.

J Richardson, D Barnes, M Lincoln +5; C Chapman, B Petri, G Phipps d. J Cowie, L Reeks, M Atkinson +17; C Moore, K Marris, D Jones d.

D Gilchrist, M Dickson, R Wickbold +1 Regards Maureen James Secretary

BALLINA FISHING The larger run up tides have been producing some good quality whiting. Live yabbies and worms have been the best of the baits.

Some of the better Flathead have been taking live baits, but the smaller fish have been hitting small soft plastics with a curly tail and some hard body lures in brighter colours. The top of the tide has been producing some mulloway on soft plastics and also live baits. The deeper holes in the lower reaches have been the best bet. The Bass have been spread from Swan Bay to Lismore.

Early morning the surface have been working well, but as the days goes on it will be worth trying some spinnerbaits or chatterbaits in darker colours. Offshore there is plenty of current out wider, but there has been a few Snapper and flathead on the 32’s and some good quality pearl perch and a few kingfish in the 48’s.

Tight lines. Brett.

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November 18, 2021

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Kayleen Shailes honoured at Albert Park Baseball Softball Complex

Lismore City Mayor Vanessa Ekins today unveiled the new sign naming Ground 3 at the Albert Park Baseball Softball Complex as the Kayleen Shailes field.

Mrs Shailes is a much loved and respected member of the local softball fraternity.

The naming of the field as Shailes Field was kept secret from Mrs Shailes who attended the unveiling.

Far North Coast Softball Association Secretary Di McGowen said it was a recognition that was well deserved.

“Kayleen is a much loved and respected member of our softball community, who has contributed so much for our game both locally

Councillor Elly Bird (far left), members of the North Coast softball fraternity, Kayleen Shailes (with the young boy in her arms) next to Far North Coast Softball Association Secretary Di McGowen, Mayor Vanessa Ekins (third from right) and Rick Healy from Far North Coast Baseball (far right).

and on a national level,” she said.

“I just couldn’t think of anyone else who deserved it more.”

“She wasn’t just a player. She also took on coaching, joined the executive of the association, and took

to umpiring due to her excellent knowledge of the games rules.”

Lismore City Council Mayor Vanessa Ekins

said the Council was delighted to name the field after Mrs Shailes.

“Lismore City Councillors voted unanimously in the July meeting this year to name the field in recognition of Mrs Shailes’ contribution to softball in Lismore,” she said.

“Congratulations and a well deserved after what she has accomplished for softball.”

Some of Mrs Shailes’ accomplishments include being inducted as a Life Member of the Far North Coast Softball Association, playing for the NSW state team, coach of the Men’s Under 23’s NSW softball team, an executive of the Far

North Coast Softball Association and umpire.

Lismore City Council Manager of Liveable and Active Communities Tony Duffy congratulated and thanked Mrs Shailes for her work and dedication to softball, both locally and nationally.

“It’s a fitting tribute to a woman who has done so much for the sport,” he said.

“The Albert Park Baseball and Softball complex is a popular and world class facility.

“Council is working hard to attract more major sporting events to the complex so we can support our local softball community with exciting fixtures to showcase the sport.”

LOCAL DOMINATES GRAFTON OPENER

Hessions Auto Parts Grafton Speedway celebrated their 2021-22 season opening race meeting in style last Saturday night and it resulted in local youngster Luke Dunn coming out on top in the V8 Dirt Modified action.

After starting the feature race from outside the front row, the Grafton-based Dunn paced the field throughout the 15-lap event in impressive fashion, which included recording the fastest lap of the race, and the 21-year-old racer went on to greet the chequered flag as the winner for the first time in his short career.

Following Dunn home in second was the prerace meeting favourite Mitchell Randall, who had started from position four and tried hard to deny Dunn of the win but fell narrowly short in doing so.

Completing the podium in third was local Andrew Firth.

After qualifying on pole position, he was unable to convert it into a win and had to settle for the final spot on the podium. Chris Corbett finished just off the podium in fourth ahead of Phil McNamara, the highest placed Sportsman competitor Brock Gardiner, Darryl Armfield, Mick Reid and Taylah Firth.

Earlier in the night, the

Russ Hardy - AMCA Nationals Photos courtesy of Butcher Photography.

Luke Dunn - V8 Dirt Modifieds

Photos courtesy of Butcher Photography.

heat-race action for the V8 Dirt Modifieds saw Randall and Andrew

triumphant in the AMCA Nationals feature race ahead of local Tony

RSA Street Stockers feature race and was joined on the podium

Firth share the wins.

In the support classes, Russ Hardy emerged

Blanch and Russ’s son Matt Hardy, Gavin Wade proved too strong in the

by Brendan Hayes and Adrian Williams, the Production Sedans

feature race went the way of Daniel Bridge by outpacing Ash Graham and Zac Macdonald, and Dave Putsey emerged the RSA Four Cylinder Sedans feature-race winner after he had defeated Justin Partridge and Wally Rudder. In the two Junior Sedan categories, Ryley Smith won in the RSA category ahead of the Putsey brothers Luke and Brody, while in the SSA category, Jacob Waller took out the feature race and defeated Zac Brims and Sophie Santin.

It was a great start to the 2021-22 season for Grafton Speedway, with a solid crowd and a good roll up of competitors for each class on show.

The next race meeting for Grafton Speedway is going to be on the Saturday night of November 27, which is set to be a massive night of action and sees the return of the 900 horsepower Sprintcars.

Grafton Speedway would like to thank Hessions Auto Parts for their support throughout the 2021-22 season.

Based in Grafton, along with their new store location in nearby Coffs Harbour, Hessions Auto Parts stock a wide range of parts and accessories at competitive prices.

To find out more about Hessions Auto Parts, you can contact them on 0266 423 085 (Grafton) and 0256 456 361 (Coffs Harbour) or visit their website at www. hessionsautoparts.com. au.

For more information, please contact Grafton Speedway promoter Mick Corbett on 0427 310 009. You can also visit their website at www.graftonspeedway. com.au or LIKE them on Facebook by searching Grafton Speedway.

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LJ Hooker League commences with a new face in town continued from back page

by Daniel Cohen After a series of false starts, cricket season is finally underway in the Northern Rivers, with both the Senior and Junior seasons commencing last weekend.

It’s the LJ Hooker League competition that will draw the most attention, with a new face among the crowd. The Goonellabah Workers Cricket Club have entered the top-tier competition for the first time in the club’s history.

The LJ Hooker League started in 1994 and is the pinnacle of club cricket on the Far North Coast. The inter-district competition brings

together teams from the Lismore, Casino, Ballina, and Tweed cricket associations to compete for the highest honours.

In recent years the Goonellabah Workers CC

have been the benchmark in the Lismore District Cricket Association, winning the past three consecutive A-Grade premierships.

The step-up to the Hooker League was the next logical step for the club.

come through Goonellabah Workers sides, with a couple of senior players joining

Casino celebrate an early wicket Daniel Cohen / DC Sports Photography

The club is rich with talent, with a squad of 22 players to select from.

The youngest is just 16 years old, while the

from Lismore Workers CC, who are no longer in the LJ Hooker League.

Coach Ian Armstrong is

Captains Andrew Kemmis and Tim Martin Daniel Cohen / DC Sports Photography

captain Andrew Kemmis is the seasoned veteran at 47. The majority of players have

buoyant about the Club’s future, and has a modest outlook for the season ahead. He has sights

Captains Andrew Kemmis and Tim Martin Daniel Cohen / DC Sports Photography

on a top 8 finish, which will result in the club being invited into the

competition next year, but is quietly confident a Top 5 finish is a within reach.

After winning the toss, Workers elected to bat on a sunny, but blustery day at the new look Gloria Mortimer Oval in Lismore.

A couple of early wickets looked to ruin the debutant’s day, however Workers captain Andrew Kemmis strode to the crease full of intent and the scoreboard started ticking over. Kemmis would go on to record the top score for Workers with 44 (off 58 balls).

When Standish fell to make it 3 for 40, Workers were up against it. Hare joined the captain and together they increased the run-rate in a 47 run partnership that took them past drinks. Workers would go on to finish their 40 overs at a respectable 9/151 - a target that coach Armstrong thought would

be a reasonable total.

Casino came out to bat after the break to a

soon followed, and when Mulcahy was run out Casino was reeling at 4/32.

The Cavaliers would go on to fall 57 runs short of the Goonellabah Workers total, with Mison top scoring with 30. Reece Gregor was the pick of the Workers bowlers, taking 4 for 15 off his 8 overs.

In other matches, Cudgen compiled a huge 5/329 in their 40 overs against Pottsville, thanks largely to an incredible 183 off 109 balls to 4-time Hooker League Player of the Year Caleb Ziebell, ultimately beating Pottsville by 166 runs.

Tweed-Banora Colts d Murwillumbah by 89 runs, Ballina Bears had a 3 wicket win over

Bezrouchko pulls the final ball of the innings for six Daniel Cohen / DC Sports Photography

miserly opening spell from German and Williams, restricting the Cavaliers openers with tight bowling. Bradshaw was the first to fall, run out with the score on 21, and a mini collapse set in. Vidler and Martin

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Alstonville, and at Megan Crescent in Lennox Head, the home side scraped home in a cliff-hanger against Marist Brothers Lismore by 1 wicket with an over to spare..

Tintenbar/East Ballina had the Bye.

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Lismore Goonellabah Workers Photo by Daniel Cohen / DC Sports Photography

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