Coffs Coast News Of The Area 12 July 2024

First Nations leaders honoured

By Andrea FERRARI

DES Ahoy, a senior health worker with Galambila Aboriginal Health Services in Coffs Harbour, won the top title in the Yandaarra Aunty Grace Roberts Memorial Community Awards presented at Yarrila Place on Monday 8 July.

Receiving the Grace Roberts Memorial Community Development Award, Des Ahoy was a popular winner.

“It’s so rewarding to see better health outcomes for our mob, to see people come in and get better - it’s a beautiful feeling,” Des said at the awards ceremony.

“I love meeting and supporting the mob with education and better information so we can promote early intervention. CONTINUED Page 2

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By Mike HELY

q Coffs Harbour Mayor Paul Amos cuts the cake with Grace Roberts Memorial Community Development Award winner Des Ahoy.

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week, joining colleagues from courthouses in Gosford to the Queensland border

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First Nations leaders honoured

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“I do a lot of school screenings for things like hearing and vision,” he said.

Originally a youth worker, Des began as a trainee at Galambila Aboriginal Health Services four years ago and is now a senior health worker.

“Des is a kind, caring and supportive man,” the City of Coffs Harbour award citation stated.

“He is always willing to help the Indigenous community as well as all other communities.

“He is respected and often goes above and beyond to aid anyone in need.”

The purpose of the Yandaarra Aunty Grace Roberts Community Awards is to shine a light on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders in the Coffs Harbour region.

A further seven award winners were announced on Monday.

The Aunty Award winner was Aunty Jenny Skinner

“Her work with young children and youth, and her service as a mentor and role model are such an inspiration,” City of Coffs Harbour said.

“She needs to be acknowledged for all that she continues to do.”

Uncle Award winner Uncle Kevin Wilson is described as “a solid, stable influence” on the young Aboriginal community of Coffs Harbour.

“He has facilitated numerous programs that offer them the opportunity to make a different lifestyle and make positive changes.”

The Aboriginal Community Organisation or Business of the Year Award went to the Jalay Jalay Dance Troupe, led by Gloria Mercy.

“Gloria has been passionate about dance and expressing her love of her culture through movement since she was a young girl and now passes on that cultural knowledge to the next generation through teaching.”

There were two Sports Achievement Award winners: Matthew Montgomery and Tigerlilly Green.

Thirteen-year-old Matthew wasn’t overly interested in sports until recently.

“He tried soccer and surfing and, although

“Two years ago, he started karate and loved it.

“He has enjoyed success in learning the moves and is progressing steadily through the belts.”

Tigerlilly, ten years of age, has been training hard in the past few years in karate and dance.

“She has always loved dance and has recently settled on tap dance as her chosen genre.

“Last year she took up karate and has excelled at that also.

“This year, as part of school sports, she is looking to add soccer to her many talents.”

Arts and Cultural Achievement Award winner Darryl Lockwood is an accomplished dancer.

“Darryl dances at a number of events,” the City stated.

“He always shares a story as well, which takes the audience on a journey of understanding.

“He shares culture with respect and inclusion in a way that helps bring people together.”

The Youth of the Year Award went to Ace Findlay, a Year 4 student at Sandy Beach Public School.

“This year she demonstrated leadership and community spirit by participating in the Starlight Super Swim, raising $2,000 for sick kids through the Starlight Children’s Charity,” the City said.

City of Coffs Harbour Mayor Paul Amos congratulated the winners, describing their success as a wonderful reflection on the broader community.

“There were eight winners today, but a record 35 nominations for the awards this year, and that just goes to show how many people and organisations contribute every day to the progress of this community,”

Cr Amos said.

“NAIDOC Week is one of the most important dates on the Coffs Harbour calendar and an important time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements.”

This was the first time Coffs Harbour’s NAIDOC Week celebrations have been held at Yarrila Place, with hundreds of people joining in activities such as the official flag-raising, a housing forum, story-time in the library and cultural activities like art and dance.

“‘Yarrila’ is the Gumbaynggirr word for brighten or illuminate and so it is fitting that we can now host important community events like this at Yarrila Place, to bring people together and to highlight those who are leading in the community,” said Mayor Amos.

This is the 26th year of the Yandaarra Aunty Grace Roberts Memorial Community Awards.

The awards are named in honour of Coffs Harbour’s Aunty Grace Roberts, a key driver in the construction of Aboriginal housing near the Park Beach Plaza in the 1970s.

Leanne Roberts, the granddaughter of Aunty Grace, was in attendance at Yarrila Place on Monday to help present the awards.

q Jalay Jalay Dance Troupe members with Mayor Paul Amos and his wife Rose.

q Community Development Award winner Des Ahoy, his daughter Marlarrah, Aunty Grace Roberts’ granddaughter Leanne Roberts, and City of Coffs Harbour Mayor Paul Amos.

q Aunty Deb Dootson leads the Welcome to Country.

Survey identifies ‘koala hotspot’

By Andrew VIVIAN CITIZEN

scientists and government departments appear to be continually at odds when assessing environmental issues, particularly when it pertains to forests and koalas.

A recent survey completed by the Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) in Gladstone State Forest (SF) again highlights the disparity in assessments.

Gladstone SF is located southwest of Bellingen, with sections slated for logging within the next six to eighteen months according to the Forestry Corporation planning portal.

The survey group contained representatives from the BEC, North Coast Environment Council, Kalang River and Headwater Alliance, North East Forest Alliance, Koala Chaplaincy

Project, South East Forest Rescue and Bellingen Activist Network.

BEC said koala claw scratches were found on nearly every grey gum seen during the survey, indicating that the forest, nestled in the middle of the proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP), is a “koala hotspot and hub”.

The group also highlighted 2018 surveys which reportedly found numerous koala scats in a more eastern section of Gladstone SF, as well as recent National Parks and Wildlife Service drone surveys which recorded numerous koalas in Scotchman State Forest to the north west.

Conservationists argue these combined findings give a reliable indication of a healthy koala population in forests along the middle stretches of the Kalang River.

A population of yellowbellied gliders has also been documented in the forest.

Ashley Love, one of the early supporters of the GKNP proposal and life member of the Bellingen Environment Centre, said, “Local conservationists have been aware of these populations for many years, and they form one of the core populations for the proposed Great Koala National Park

and should be protected immediately.”

Susie Russell, from the North Coast Environment Council, said it is “so wrong” that the NSW Government was allowing logging to continue after they “promised protection for koalas in this region”.

“We know that forests provide safer homes, generate more water, hold the soils together and store carbon while sucking down more carbon out of the atmosphere.”

A Forestry Corporation NSW spokesperson said the organisation carefully

plans sustainable timber harvesting in line with the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approvals (CIFOA).

“In this operation, over 60 percent of the harvestable area will be set aside for permanent protection.

“Suitable primary and secondary koala browse tree species have been identified during searches and more trees will be retained than required under the CIFOA.”

BEC said the local community has vowed to protect the area by holding vigils, blockades and community meetings.

q Local environmentalists have vowed to keep fighting to save the forest from logging. Photo: BEC.

q The Bellingen Environment Centre said koala scratches were found on nearly every grey gum seen during a recent survey of Gladstone State Forest. Photo: BEC.

Humanitarian Award winners

By Andrea FERRARI

DEDICATED work in the refugee community by two Coffs Harbour women has been recognised in the 2024 NSW Humanitarian Awards.

Michele Greenwood, a clinical nurse consultant who works at Coffs Harbour Refugee/Multicultural Health North Coast Public Health Unit, was named Refugee Supporter of the Year.

Aye Win, a Khumi Chin woman, was also awarded Highly Commended recognition in the Rural and Regional category.

Organised by the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) and the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA), these prestigious awards recognise individuals and organisations making exceptional contributions to the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in New South Wales.

Michele Greenwood lives

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in Sawtell and works at the unit based on Coffs Harbour Health Campus.

In her nomination, Michele was acknowledged for more than two decades of dedication to making the health system more accessible and responsive to the needs of refugees, ensuring they receive not only medical care but also the dignity and respect they deserve.

“Winning the 2024

NSW Humanitarian Award for supporting refugees is incredibly humbling,” said Michele.

“Witnessing their physical and emotional recovery, knowing they trust my care, deeply motivates me.

“As refugee health nurses, we're their advocates, navigating a complex health system to keep them healthy and prevent hospital stays.

“Their resilience inspires me – they've endured

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community hub, where she offers invaluable assistance with legal, educational and social services.

unimaginable loss yet rebuild their lives here.

“I would like for everyone to recognise how difficult their journeys have been, show some compassion, understanding and just be kind,” she said.

Michele’s journey began as a chest clinic nurse, where she first noticed the healthcare challenges faced by refugees who could not find suitable community health services.

Recognition of these challenges spurred Michele to establish the Coffs Harbour Refugee Health Clinic in 2006, a pivotal moment that has since provided comprehensive health assessments, vaccinations, and specialist referrals for refugees and asylum seekers.

Aye Win is recognised as a beacon of support and advocacy for the Myanmar community in Coffs Harbour. Her home serves as a

Her efforts extend beyond her professional role as an interpreter for NSW Health and Centrelink, touching every aspect of community life.

She is instrumental in organising cultural, educational, and fundraising initiatives that not only preserve but celebrate the rich heritage of the Myanmar community.

Among her notable projects is the Free Myanmar Arts and Cultural exhibition, a self-funded event that supports civilian minority groups affected by the military conflict in Myanmar.

Aye Win’s meaningful work in Coffs Harbour has not only provided direct aid but has also empowered her community.

NSW Governor Margaret Beazley expressed her honour in hosting the ceremony and officially presenting the awards at Government House.

“The wonderful individuals and organisations recognised by these Awards exemplify the best of who we are as a community: compassionate, inclusive, and giving unwavering support for refugees who settle in NSW,” Governor Beazley stated.

Highly Commended in the Rural and Regional category, Aye Win (left) exemplifies the spirit of community service and resilience, making a lasting difference in the lives of many refugees. Photo: Salty Dingo.

q Michele Greenwood (left) accepts her Refugee Supporter of the Year award from NSW Governor Margaret Beazley. Photo: Salty Dingo.

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and inland to protest against staffing levels and poor pay.

In Coffs Harbour, eight sheriffs protested.

North Coast Public Service Association organiser Michael Smart described the response from local sheriffs as “fantastic”.

He said the aim was not to be antagonistic, but to bring to the public’s attention the conditions and pay that sheriffs worked under.

“The courthouse doors were locked and it was an inconvenience to the public, but we had good feedback when we explained what we were doing and why,” Mr Smart said.

He said the sheriffs’

industrial action would roll out across the State, with work bans likely, until the Government listened.

The two-hour stop-work aimed to put a spotlight on what NSW Public Service Association General Secretary Stewart Little described as “a staffing crisis” and pay that had failed to keep pace with sheriffs’ ballooning duties over the past decade.

Mr Little said the Office of the Sheriff had struggled with recruiting and retaining staff, primarily due to uncompetitive wages.

He said sheriffs had tried to “play by the rules” but had been ignored for more than two years.

"In mid-2022 there was an agency restructure and the

senior leadership of the Office of the Sheriff got a significant pay bump," Mr Little said.

“In 2023 there was a review of sheriffs’ pay but the report was never released under ‘Cabinet in confidence’.

“Sheriffs waited patiently and were told the matter would be resolved in the 2024 budget, but when it was delivered in mid-June nothing happened, and now they’ve been fobbed off again with some other made up bureaucratic process, so sheriffs have just had enough.”

He said sheriffs were highly trained in what was risky and stressful work.

“Sheriffs need a solid pay bump to reflect the dangerous work they do,” Mr Little said.

“When enforcing court orders, they’ll be entering people’s properties wearing

stab-proof vests, carrying capsicum spray, batons and handcuffs.

“It's difficult work.

“Sheriffs put their lives on the line in courthouses to

fees subsidisation.

‘Burial shock’ as lawn cemetery costs skyrocket

By Mike HELY

THE cost of living on the Coffs Coast has been going up steadily, and now the cost of dying is headed in the same direction.

City of Coffs Harbour’s 2024-25 fees and charges were approved at the council meeting on 27 June.

They include steep increases in adult burial costs at Coffs Harbour and Woolgoolga lawn cemeteries.

The fee for a first interment in a plot at either cemetery has jumped from $4618 in 2023-24 to $6672

this financial year – a 44 percent increase.

The cost for a second interment in the same grave, where for example a loved one is buried with their partner, has gone from $2097 last financial year to $3772 –a nearly 80 percent spike.

There are mixed blessings if you were lucky enough to reserve a grave site at either cemetery before 1 July 2000. You’ll only pay $3972 for a first interment, although that is $2245 more than last financial year’s comparatively cheap $1727. It doesn’t pay to get

buried on a weekend or public holiday, with a $1000 on-top-of charge now applied – up from $557 in 2023-24.

A City of Coffs Harbour spokesperson said the burial fees had been “rebalanced”.

“Cemetery costs have been subsidised by ratepayers and over the past three years, on average, direct cemetery expenses have been exceeding income by approximately 29 percent,” the spokesperson said.

“It is unsustainable and unequitable to have the wider community’s rates being diverted towards cemetery

“Hence the fees have been rebalanced, so they appropriately reimburse the majority of cemetery costs.”

Additionally, in previous years the cost of reserving a grave site - $500 in 202324 - was deducted from the final charge when interment occurred.

That has now become an extra charge, with the spokesman saying it reflects the cost of building and maintaining the plot.

And on top of that is a new State Government “interment services levy” of $156 plus GST imposed by Cemeteries & Crematoria NSW (CCNSW).

The money is used, says

make sure judges, lawyers and members of the public are safe from crooks and criminals, yet they are paid the same as people with desk jobs and administration roles at the courthouse, it’s just not on.”

CCNSW, to protect customers and ensure funeral industry standards are maintained.

Mel Rullis from Victor Rullis Funerals, said she had “no idea” how people would afford the price increases and was expecting a backlash from customers.

“We have always been advocates for planning and putting money away,” Ms Rullis said.

“People already baulked at the price, even before the latest increases.

“We’re trying to avoid burial shock, but the cost of burial is probably going to make it unattainable for most people.

“We expect the most

There are more than 300 sheriffs in NSW, attached to more than 170 courthouses.

likely outcome will be a dramatic fall in the number of burials and an increase in cremations.”

Ms Rullis said a simple graveside burial would now cost around $12,000 to $13,000 once the cost of a coffin, death certificate, minister, professional fees and potentially transfer fees were factored in.

Alternatives beyond cremation include burial in another local government area, such as Bellingen Shire, where cemetery real estate can be considerably cheaper and council charges are lower than City of Coffs Harbour’s. Ms Rullis said burials at sea were also possible, as was burial on private land. Both come with their own set of costs and conditions.

Red Rock group backs ‘Foreshore for All’ movement

By Mike HELY

THE Red Rock Preservation Association (RRPA) has pledged its support for Coffs Harbour’s ‘Foreshore for All’ movement.

RRPA spokesman Alph Williams said a recent meeting of the association unanimously voted to write to NSW Premier Chris Minns,

Planning Minister Paul Scully and Environment Minister Penny Sharpe “expressing our concerns regarding the proposed development of the Jetty Foreshores east of the railway line”.

Foreshore for All supporters held a wellattended public gathering at the foreshores last month, pushing back against planned

residential development at the popular location.

Mr Williams said in its letter the RRPA would point out the cultural significance of the area to the local Gumbaynggirr people.

He said the letter would also highlight that the Jetty Foreshores “is and always has been” an open space area providing recreation to

residents and visitors to Coffs Harbour.

“Its significance to the people of the area can be likened very much to how Sydney people view The Domain, Hyde Park and other public lands designated for public use,” Mr Williams said.

“It is increasingly important for coastal communities to unite in their

struggle to maintain the integrity, heritage and natural environment of the NSW coast in the face of increasing threats from zombie DAs and other development issues that threaten to erode the unique and natural amenity of our coast.

“It is essential that Crown land be protected for the people, the environment and

posterity - not for developers.” Property and Development NSW submitted a rezoning application for parts of the Jetty Foreshores to the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) in March 2024. It anticipates the proposal will be publicly exhibited later this year.

q Coffs Harbour sheriffs stop work to protest against staff shortages and pay levels.

Surf photographer on the rise

By Kim SATCHELL

AT the age of just sixteen, Coffs Coast shutterbug Kyle Chapman is making waves on the region’s surf photography scene.

The thrill of surfing lends itself to photography.

There is something about the transitory nature of riding a wave that begs to be held on to for longer.

The memories are savoured but often fade in the surplus of the material and the bombardment of sensation.

The opportunity to make celebrated moments tangible in a social context are the heady stuff of surf culture.

No wonder young surfers such as Chapman become enamoured with the potency of the digital camera in a social media age.

Starting in surf photography around the age of fourteen, Chapman has now earned a reputation among leading surf brands and organisations such Rip Curl, Billabong, Stab and Surfing NSW as a reliable lensman with a bright future in the industry.

The youngster’s dedication has led to

The key tension lies between the immediacy of the moment and the gratification of having a valuable product.

“When I am taking the photos there are moments when

I know I have got something, then later when I can be sure I have nailed it and someone will want this,” Chapman said.

As a year 10 student at St John Paul College it must be gratifying when a surf media heavyweight like Stab Magazine is interested in your work.

The iconic surf magazine contacted Chapman about a wave he filmed Kelly Slater surfing during a ‘Legend Expression Session’ at

So far, the work mainly has been about making connections and gaining recognition for his abilities, building an Instagram profile and gaining a following.

Pivotal influences and support such as Lee Winkler from Coffs Harbour Boardriders and Tom Woods from ST Images have meant a great deal to Kyle's nascent development.

paid opportunities taking photos at junior events such as the Billabong Oz Grom Cup, Rip Curl GromSearch and Surfing NSW state titles in Coffs Harbour.

q Landen Smales on his way to a win in the final of the Rip Curl GromSearch. Photo: kjcphotography21.

q Budding surf photographer Kyle Chapman. Photo: kjcphotography21.

q A gnarly bowl at Coffs Reef. Photo: kjcphotography21.

q Maccas on the pump. Photo: kjcphotography21.

q Landen Smales chaired up the back after winning the Rip Curl GromSearch final. Photo: kjcphotography21.

Urunga women learn emergency preparedness

THE NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Urunga Unit recently hosted an Emergency Preparedness in Community (EPIC) workshop tailored specifically for women.

This workshop provided women with essential skills to prepare for and respond to emergencies effectively.

The workshop, organised by the NSW SES Urunga Unit, offered a unique opportunity for women to learn

directly from experienced instructors in a supportive environment.

Northern Zone Community Capability Officer Tracey Doherty said the workshops were a valuable way for women to learn new skills.

“It’s important that women build their resilience and self-sufficiency when preparing ahead of weather emergencies,” she said.

Participants who attended the workshop

engaged in hands-on training that covered a variety of crucial topics, including sandbagging for water diversion, tarping, gutter cleaning, ladder safety, and the development of home emergency plans and kits.

NSW SES Acting Commissioner Deb Platz APM said the workshops were a fantastic initiative for NSW SES volunteers to upskill other female members of the community with the knowledge needed to respond to emergencies.

"We’re committed to

q This workshop provided women with essential skills to prepare for and respond to emergencies effectively.

empowering women with the tools and knowledge to safeguard their homes and communities in times of crisis,” Acting Commissioner Platz said.

“The practical skills taught, such as safely using a ladder, building a sandbag wall, and understanding the dangers of floodwaters, are crucial for ensuring an effective response in times of emergencies.

“During emergencies every second counts, and it’s workshops like these that help people get prepared and know how to act during a crisis, meaning women can confidently take charge of emergency

responses at home.”

Ms Doherty said having more people prepared assisted the NSW SES during emergencies.

“If they can do some minor works like sandbagging a doorway or carry out minor repairs on a broken window, then that’s what enables our members and our volunteer base to continue to focus on those priority jobs around saving lives,” she said.

Participants received take-home materials and access to online resources to reinforce the skills they learnt, ensuring ongoing preparedness

q The workshop, organised by the NSW SES Urunga Unit, offered a unique opportunity for women to learn directly from experienced instructors in a supportive environment.

Health service collaboration

By Andrea FERRARI

IN what is described as a momentous occasion for our region, a partnership of local health service operators has launched a North Coast Mental Health Plan.

The ‘Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs and Suicide Prevention

Joint Regional Plan’ is a comprehensive effort for key mental health services in the region to work together to create better outcomes for the community.

The core priority of this partnership is to help address critical mental health issues, substance use and suicide

rates.

The partners are Healthy North Coast, Mid North Coast Local Health District and Northern NSW Local Health District.

The three organisations also launched a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that drives a ‘one health system’ approach to improve health outcomes across the North Coast.

In Coffs Harbour for the launch on July 3, Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson told News Of The Area, “This represents the best possible effort to end the fragmentation of services.

“At the moment people

are just bounced around, it’s very fragmented and we want that to be much more streamlined.”

Ms Jackson, who also serves as Minister for the North Coast, said the partnership will improve access to integrated and affordable mental health, alcohol and other drugs, and suicide prevention services.

The Minister believes the collaboration will improve help-seeking behaviour in the Mid North Coast and North Coast communities.

“This had previously been identified as a challenge across these regions due to services operating

independently to each other, and multiple entry points contributing to both consumer and workforce confusion in trying to navigate the health system.”

The North Coast Mental Health Plan is intended to remove barriers to health care access for local communities.

“We acknowledge that we have not done the best we can here,” said Mr Jackson.

“Our structures and our systems don’t work for them (consumers).

“We talk about partnership, teamwork and integration… [that’s] too

much talk… [let's] drop the ego, drop the territorialism and lean in together to really put consumers at the centre.”

With Northern NSW leading the way, Ms Jackson is excited to take the model back to the rest of the state.

“There’s going to be hiccups, roadblocks and moments, but we’re bringing this to fruition,” she said.

“We’re a team that recognises that mental health is a huge issue and we're leaning into a future that centres on models of better care.”

Speaking at the launch,

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local consumer Dominique White discussed her prior difficulties navigating the complex health system during a lifetime of mental health challenges.

“Disparate systems with fractured communications between them means the complexity of navigating services does not always translate into seamless patient care,” she said.

“It can be disorienting… and I have personally lost my footing between when one service ended and in searching for another.

“Hearing your plans for one health system with better wrap-around care for people warms my heart.

“But please make sure it is based on a trauma informed approach, for vulnerable people, especially those living with trauma as I do.

“Inadequate transfer of care can mean treatment and support that may be available doesn’t reach them at all or comes too late.”

Dominique urged the members of the partnership to be “bold, innovative and confident in taking risks”.

“Please look to your biggest asset, the people who are the soul of the systems of care.

“Through this you will deliver the most important outcome of all – hope.”

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q Northern NSW LHD Board Chair Peter Carter, Northern NSW LHD CEO Tracey Maisey, Healthy North Coast Board Chair Dr Adrian Gilliland, Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson, Healthy North Coast CEO Monika Wheeler, Mid North Coast LHD Board Chair Peter Treseder and Mid North Coast LHD CEO Stewart Dowrick.

q Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson speaks at the launch of the North Coast Mental Health Plan.

q Local lived-experience consumer Dominique White speaks to the gathering at Healthy North Coast.

q Northern NSW LHD Board Chair Peter Carter, Healthy North Coast Board Chair Dr Adrian Gilliland, Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson and Mid North Coast LHD Board Chair Peter Treseder.

Op-shop volunteers facing ‘frightening’ conditions

By Andrea FERRARI

CHARITY shop workers, many of them pensioners giving back to the community, are suffering a dangerous and unpleasant aspect of their role.

Local op-shop workers are reporting having to navigate discarded syringes, human faeces, and used condoms dumped out the back of their shops.

Then there’s the piles of dumped old clothes and household items.

And all this before they open the shop at 9am.

Enough is enough, say the crew at Vinnies in Toormina.

But they feel powerless and fearful.

“We’re not garbage collectors, and it’s frightening,” said one of the Toormina charity shop workers.

“People have even tried to break in through the bars on the window, to steal from the shop.”

The volunteers enjoy working at the shop, but are fed up with the dangerous deposits made to the alleyway at the rear of their shop.

“It’s secluded and people can dump stuff, unseen, and get away with it,” another charity shop worker said.

“Vinnies has to pay for the rubbish to be removed.

“The bins are full of stuff that’s not good enough to sell.

“I don’t know why people go through it and then leave their human mess nearby; it’s disgraceful.”

Bin provider JR Richards provide lockable bars to put on the bin lids, but even that is not enough of a deterrent.

“People who are determined to get in crank them off,” a volunteer told NOTA.

A JR Richards spokesperson said they could provide lockable bars for both sides of the bin lids in an effort to stop the illegal dumping.

Join the Big Splash Water Saving Challenge

Children and their families are being encouraged to think differently about water use in an innovative initiative driven by City of Coffs Harbour.

‘The Big Splash Water Saving Challenge’ will kick off in August as part of a three-month educational campaign, culminating with a kids’ pool party.

Children who sign-up with their families for the Big Splash Challenge can receive a free shower-timer courtesy of the City. Across the campaign, families will receive a fortnightly newsletter and regular challenge checklists to stick to the fridge.

Youngsters who get onboard with the program will receive an additional bonus – free entry to a pool party at the Coffs Harbour War Memorial Olympic Pool, which will be scheduled for later this year.

“It’s been shown that kids can positively influence their family’s behaviours so that’s the thinking behind this initiative,” City of Coffs Harbour Mayor Paul Amos said.

To sign-up, head to coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au and search Big Splash Water Saving Challenge.

City of Coffs Harbour joins forces with Newcastle

City of Coffs Harbour has joined forces with City of Newcastle in a partnership to progress both regional powerhouses.

The two Cities have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which could see the respective councils work together on funding applications, advocacy, and share knowledge and resources. It could include working together to attract major events, lobbying State and Federal governments, and help in developing capacity and capability of our staff and systems.

City of Coffs Harbour General Manager Natalia Cowley said it made sense to join forces as two major regional, coastal cities with ambition for continual improvement.

“We have been voted Australia’s best mid-sized city and shortlisted for this year’s Australian Financial Review Most Innovative Companies list so we bring plenty to the table. Coffs is proudly built different and we look forward to the synergies that will evolve from this alliance with Newcastle.”

Discover your artistic side at YAM

Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM) isn’t just for art-gazing, there’s always plenty of hands-on activities for families to unleash their own creative flair.

Kids and adults can sign-up now for an exciting series of classes to be delivered by acclaimed artists across August and September in the YAM Make Space.

Award-winning painter Karlee Rawkins will conduct Saturday art programs for kids from 10 August to 21 September. Art Safari, best for kids aged 5–12, will help develop skills, confidence and creativity in art-making activities as they explore the animal world. Paint Powerful will be aimed at older kids, aged 12–16, and with painting workshops focussed on animal and nature imagery. Each program is $150 per child, covering six weekly sessions and all materials.

The kids can’t have all the fun. Adults are also invited to sign-up for a five-week portrait drawing course with award-winning artist Seabastian Toast, using graphite and charcoal. Beginners and advanced students are welcome, with the course running on Sundays from 11 Augst to 8 September. This program is $170 per adult.

For details on these programs and more, check out programs & events at yarrilaartsandmuseum.com.au

Image courtesy of Karlee Rawkins.

q Clothes and household donations not fit for sale are abandoned out the back of Vinnies Toormina.

q The waste bins out the back of charity shops are frequently broken into.

q Dozens of used syringes found at the back door of Vinnies Toormina.

q An attempt has been made to break into Vinnies Toormina through the metal bars over the windows.

Flamingos, frocks and fashion

By Andrea FERRARI

A MOMENTOUS fashion movement making its way through the 1970s and just into the ’80s, centred around Sydney’s Flamingo Park Frock Salon, was the subject of ArtsNational Coffs Coast’s June presentation.

It was the shop’s founding era, and the designers who forged it, which speaker Dr Sally Gray presented to the audience at St John Paul College Theatre.

‘Friends, Fashion and Fabulousness’, the title of Dr Sally Gray’s book about this important moment in Australia’s cultural history, was cited throughout the presentation.

It’s hard to overstate the significance of the Flamingo Park Frock Salon to Sydney’s creative life in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Founded by art and fashion designer Jenny Kee, in partnership with dressmaker extraordinaire Linda Jackson, Flamingo Park was a sensation.

Kee and Jackson worked together between 1974 and 1982.

Their creative chemistry enabled a broader cohort of rebellious and talented friends to challenge

convention and produce something entirely new.

An active participant in the group of friends and a recognised curator and cultural historian in her own right, Dr Gray described to

in practice.

The interlocking histories of four creative friends, in particular, revealed how intensely collaborative Flamingo Park and its accompanying ‘Flamingo Follies Fashion Parades’ were

The originality of Kee and Jackson’s fashion output was complemented by artist David McDiarmid’s handpainted fabrics, and Peter Tully’s ironic and highly collectable jewellery.

Using images from Dr Gray's archive, alongside the photographic legacy created by social photographer William Yang, the audience was reminded of the exuberant hot pink and midnight blue colour scheme of the Flamingo Park shop in Sydney’s Strand Arcade.

With its life size flamingo ornaments, Chinese-inspired motifs and kitsch market finds, Flamingo Park’s exhortation to ‘Step Into Paradise’ must have been an enticing invitation.

Kee’s retail nous and bold eye for the new and striking, and Jackson’s skill as a pattern maker and dressmaker were an indispensable factor in its success.

Interweaving politics, craft, jewellery, and reimagined Australian motifs into a new urban aesthetic, McDiarmid and Tully helped turn the shop’s Flamingo Follies Fashion Parades into legendary events.

The shop and the parades were a magnet for the famous, adventurous and discerning.

Dr Gray’s talk generated

lots of questions and memories.

One audience member, Coffs Coast local Zenzi RutterGrace, shared how she once worked for Flamingo Park while a young fashion student in the late 1970s.

She confirmed how exciting the world swirling around Flamingo Park was at that time.

The last Flamingo Follies Fashion Parade was held in 1981.

The partnership between Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson ended in 1982, although they have always remained friends.

David McDiarmid and Peter Tully both died of AIDSrelated illnesses in the early 1990s.

“Together they created a fresh visual language through exquisite fashion and inventive performance art,” concluded Dr Gray.

“And this ‘golden moment’ reminds us of the originality of our own creative and cultural history.”

ArtsNational Coffs Coast’s July 22 talk will focus on ‘The Architecture of Mughal India: Palaces, Mosques, Gardens and Mausoleums’ with Dr John Stevens.

More information is available at www. artsnationalcoffscoast.au.

an audience of 130 how this golden moment in Sydney’s cultural history was fuelled by boldness, irreverence and friendship.

q Dr Sally Gray addresses the engaged ArtsNational audience. Photo: Jay Black.

q Coffs Coast local Zenzi Rutter-Grace shares memories of Flamingo Park with speaker Dr Sally Gray.

q A ‘Flamingo Follies Fashion Parade’. Photo: William Yang.

q Speaker Dr Sally Gray and ArtsNational Coffs Harbour’s Annie Talve. Photo: Jay Black.

Find the magic at Nexus

By Andrea FERRARI

‘FINDING

the Magic’, an exhibition featuring the work of junior artists aged six to fifteen, opens this Sunday in Bellingen.

The young artists, who attend the Drawn to Art school in Port Macquarie, will have their work displayed at the Nexus Community Gallery until 9 August.

This is the group’s third official show.

“Having their show in Bellingen, out of the students’ home area, is even more exciting as they feel their work is ‘on tour’,” Drawn to Art teacher Jane Whitfield told News Of The Area.

“I want to give them the same opportunities I get as a practicing artist and the real life experience of showing in an exhibition.”

Creating their works

Through their work Jane encourages all students to explore their own creative freedom.

for the show, each student had the unique opportunity to choose their own subject matter and the medium they wanted to work in.

"I love how uninhibited children's art is; it's bold, colourful and free,” Jane said.

“Art is such an important part of a child's development.

“Art enables self-expression, confidence, imagination and creativity.”

Sunday’s opening commences at 2pm, with most of the young artists expected to be in attendance.

Drawn to Art students have previously exhibited at the Nulla Nulla Gallery in Kempsey and Canvas Momentz in Port Macquarie.

Arty opportunities on offer

By Andrew VIVIAN

FREE demonstrations and workshops will be on offer to visitors to the Gypsy Art Group’s annual Winter Exhibition at the Botanic Garden next week.

Kerrie Stewart will kick the educational sessions off on Monday 15 July, demonstrating eco printing

on paper from 10:30am.

She will also showcase ‘earth vessels’.

To create an earth vessel, foliage is layered on flat natural fibre, rolled up and steamed or boiled for up to two hours, leaving an imprint on the fibre.

The printed fabric can then be stitched, frayed and distressed to create

sculptural forms with added decorative effects.

Tuesday’s workshop is ‘faux leather’ with Ann Sheppard.

After choosing varied weights of paper and thin card, Anne applies multiple layers of acrylic paint and media.

As it dries, the paper is scrunched and manipulated,

creating textures and patterns while also softening the paper to make it pliable.

The leather-looking surface can then be transformed into book or journal covers, sculptural forms or collage.

Marion Crear will demonstrate making art journals on Wednesday and Sharron Arnold will make

‘seeded artist’s books’ on Thursday.

In addition to the demonstrations, group members will be available to discuss their art making and offer advice on the many techniques on display.

The Gypsy Art Group has regular themed meetings and encourages members to develop new skills in a range of art and craft disciplines.

New members of any creative interest and skill

level are always welcome.

The group meets at the Boambee Community Centre 9am to 1pm on Thursdays, fortnightly, with the next meeting scheduled for July 25.

For further information contact Sharron 0401044417 or Kerrie 0488666189.

The Winter Exhibition is open from Monday 15 to Friday 19 June, from 10am to 3pm.

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Trainee of the Year

By Andrea FERRARI

BELLINGEN’S Emily Sutherland has been named Trainee of the Year at the 2024 North Coast and Mid North Coast Regional Training Awards.

The awards recognise the region's most outstanding people and organisations working and learning in the vocational education and training (VET) sector.

“I am doing on-the-job training at the AFL NSW/ACT based in Coffs Harbour,” Emily told News Of The Area.

“It is a huge honour to be named Trainee of the Year and I am beyond grateful to receive the award.

“Vocational education is a great option for all learners wanting to expand their knowledge and career.

“It has had a significant positive impact on my life and I would recommend it to anyone

who was considering the vocational industry,” she said.

The presentations took place in Byron Bay in June.

The event celebrated the achievements of all category winners including apprentices, trainees, students, businesses, and trainers that champion vocational education.

Presented by Training Services NSW, the awards demonstrate the importance of providing real skills for real careers and highlight the NSW Government’s commitment to building a resilient and highly skilled workforce.

Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education, Steve Whan said, “We know many jobs created in the next decade will require vocational qualifications.

“These awards celebrate the young workers, trainers and businesses working to ensure we meet this challenge."

Activists march for Gaza awareness

ON Sunday June 30 three members of Palestine action group ‘Gather for Gaza’, with support from Gumbaynggirr Elders, walked seventeen kilometres from the river in Bellingen to the lido in Urunga.

Group members say the symbolic protest march took place in response to the Prime Minister’s recent criticism of the chant ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ and what the group views as the Australian Government’s inaction and complicity.

“In the months since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) genocide case, Israel has not complied with orders to take immediate measures to enable urgently needed basic services and humanitarian aid which have resulted in catastrophic conditions,” a group spokesperson said.

The group is seeking to raise awareness of the situation faced by Palestinians in Gaza and across the occupied territories.

“The group - which comprises everyday working Australians, business owners,

teachers, nurses, and social workersoppose all forms of racism including antisemitism and islamophobia and also reject the PM’s condemnation of what they see as a freedom chant for a people who have endured 76 years of violent occupation,” the spokesperson said.

“UNICEF and reputable human rights organisations have called Gaza a grave yard of thousands of children, with more children killed in Israel’s siege of Gaza than world conflicts of the last four years.

“The numbers are staggering, 15,000 children killed, 4000 estimated trapped under rubble and 17,000 unaccompanied with many thousands more suffering amputations and other injuries.”

q Bellingen resident Emily Sutherland has been named Trainee of the Year in the 2024 North Coast and Mid North Coast Regional Training Awards.

q The group is seeking to raise awareness of the situation faced by Palestinians in Gaza and across the occupied territories.

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Stargazing: The man who owns the Moon

By Dave RENEKE, Astronomer

IN 1969 we landed on the Moon.

The astronauts proudly stuck an American flag into the ground.

Were they staking a claim to the dusty rock?

No, and it wouldn’t have been possible anyway.

Just two years earlier, a United Nations treaty had been created to prohibit any nation owning the moon.

This treaty declared that the moon and other ‘celestial bodies’ were non-negotiable, not to be bought and resold for monetary gain.

So pretty much all countries have agreed to hold off on claiming the moon. But what about private citizens?

The treaty mentioned governments and their agencies but it left a gaping loophole, it neglected to mention private individuals!

Well, seeing an opportunity, one man had a crack at it and was successful!

Dennis Hope, an American entrepreneur, says he has owned the moon since 1980.

He was broke and going through a divorce when the idea of owning property came to him.

“Why not the Moon?” he

thought, “nobody owns it yet.”

With nothing to lose he filed a claim with the United Nations for ownership of the Moon.

They never responded, and since Hope has never been challenged, he maintains that the moon is his to sell.

Before you laugh, consider that Hope has been in space real estate full time since 1995 and has sold over 600 million acres of lunar real estate.

On Hope’s website, Lunar Embassy, you’ll find that an acre of planetary land goes for as low as $29.95.

He’s now made around $11 million and has sold plots to movie stars, pop stars, politicians and ordinary folk from all walks of life.

What a perfect gift for the ‘man who has everything’.

While that may not matter much now, things could change soon.

Space tourism is on our doorstep, a Moon base is planned and already entrepreneurs are lining up to figure out ways of mining the lucrative mineralogy locked up in the lunar soil.

When we go we’re going to have to figure out a much more watertight system for handling legal issues in space.

We’re actually in the midst of a Moon rush right now.

A growing number of countries and companies have the lunar surface in their sights in a race for resources and space dominance.

So, are we ready for this new era of lunar exploration?

Recently, images were beamed back to Earth of China’s flag unfurled on the Moon.

It’s the country’s fifth landing there - and the first ever mission to return samples from the Moon’s far side.

Meanwhile, NASA wants to send humans back to the Moon, with its Artemis astronauts aiming for a 2026 landing. China says it will send humans to the Moon by 2030.

And instead of fleeting visits, the plan is to build permanent bases.

Hey, it’s no longer science fiction, this is happening now!

If you’re under forty years of age and reading this, there’s a good chance you’ll holiday on the Moon one day.

If you think this is all ‘pie in the sky’, think again.

The first people to travel and holiday regularly in space have already been born.

The first people to live and work in space are being born now.

It’s that close!

See Dave’s website: www. davereneke.com.

Indigenous author shares ‘Shades of Me’

By Andrea FERRARI

INDIGENOUS writer Mel Brown will discuss her memoir, ‘Shades of Me’, in Coffs Harbour later this month, sharing how the journey to understand her culture gave her the strength to find her place in the world.

Growing up white, Mel always felt there was another shade to her soul.

Despite an early life marred by moments of sheer despair and the agony of domestic violence, Mel found the strength to survive.

Then, as a young mother, she unlocked her ancestry's secrets without realising the challenges that came with identifying as Aboriginal in Australia.

Shades of Me follows Mel's journey as she redefines who she is and how she sees her place in the world.

The memoir tells the story of one woman's fight to keep Aboriginal families together – one family at a time.

And in helping others, Mel finds her true path in life.

A Ngunnawal woman now residing in Northern NSW, Mel has a Masters in Indigenous Healing and Trauma from Southern Cross University and many years’ experience of working with children at risk.

Acclaimed for her expertise in cultural competency and lateral violence, she draws on her

personal and professional experience to work with families and organisations, ensuring Aboriginal children who are unable to live at home are not excluded from cultural connection to their families.

Mel will discuss her memoir at The Gallery in Park Avenue on Wednesday 24 July from 12.00-2.00pm.

The free author talk has been organised by The Book Warehouse Coffs Harbour.

“We’re very excited to be hosting Mel for this talk,” Book Warehouse Manager Julie Holgate told News Of The Area.

“The event will begin at 12.00pm with an introduction and acknowledgement to

country and Mel will then talk about her wonderful

chronicles her journey through life with its highs and lows and her incredible

commitment to helping make Aboriginal lives better,”

q Dennis Hope, an American entrepreneur, says he has owned the moon since 1980.

q Writer Mel Brown will discuss her memoir, ‘Shades of Me’, in Coffs Harbour. Photo: By Mauro.

memoir, Shades of Me, which

said Julie.

From Basel to Coffs: Meyers celebrate 60 years

By Andrea FERRARI

CELEBRATING their 60th wedding anniversary on July 16, Sue and George Meyer are thanking their lucky stars that they find themselves living in Coffs Harbour amongst new friends and enjoying a happy, purposeful life.

Swiss-born Sue and George were married in their home town of Basel, Switzerland on July 16, 1964, described by the couple as “the hottest day of the year”.

“Our honeymoon was spent on the Costa Brava in Spain, which was a favourite destination for landlocked people,” Sue said.

In 1969 the Meyers moved to Sydney with their two small daughters.

“This was a great change for us, but also a great adventure,” Sue said.

“Unfortunately, our younger daughter, Yvonne, got very sick, and we had to return to Switzerland after two years.”

The Meyers had loved their time in Australia and promised to come back, which they did in 1987.

“We settled in Brisbane, where we had our own little

engineering company,” said Sue.

“These were hectic years with a lot of travel interstate and overseas.

“After retiring we bought a caravan and travelled around Australia, which was definitely a highlight of our life.”

Knowing a few people in Coffs Harbour where their younger daughter had lived in the 1980s, the couple decided to move to the city where the ocean meets the mountains just over five years ago.

Then, aged in their late 70s, they were looking to make new friends.

In a passing conversation they were invited to a Coffs City Probus meeting.

“We had no idea what Probus was or what to expect,” Sue said.

“The members welcomed us with open arms and made us very welcome.”

The couple found this friendly group very helpful and particularly appreciated the members and various guest speakers sharing plentiful information “especially important and relevant for our age group”.

The Probus motto is: Fun, Friendship and Fellowship.

“The Coffs City Club has added another ‘F’ - food,” said

Sue with a smile.

“We meet once a week for a casual coffee and enjoy other outings for organised morning teas and lunches at different venues in the area.

“There are also organised day trips to the likes of Yamba and Port Macquarie for river cruises."

Looking ahead to their day of celebration – a double celebration since it is George’s birthday too - the Meyers will be joined by their daughter Yvonne.

“Caroline, our elder daughter, now lives in Switzerland and she and her family will not be able to attend,” said Sue.

“It will only be a very small celebration with a beautiful meal at our favourite local restaurant.”

Having met almost 70 years ago, aged thirteen and fifteen, at the local ice rink in Basel where Sue was an ice dancer and George an ice hockey player, the couple are looking back at an eventful life with lots of ups and downs, “but also a lot of laughter and happy times”.

“If people ask me the secret to a long happy marriage I would say: respect, tolerance, good humour and being able to assist one another,” said Sue.

q The Meyers will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on 16 July 2024 in Coffs Harbour.

q George and Sue Meyer on their wedding day in Basel, Switzerland in 1964.

Marathon effort for Little Wings

By Andrea FERRARI

COFFS Harbour dad Adam

Ross ran the Gold Coast Marathon last weekend, raising funds for a charity that has supported his family through the most difficult of circumstances.

It was a monumental endeavour for the father of two, but pales into insignificance compared to the marathon of running family life since receiving the devastating news that his five-year-old son, Jude, was diagnosed with a rare condition called WiskottAldrich syndrome.

Since the diagnosis, Jude has required ongoing treatment at Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick.

For Adam the 42 kilometre (km) run symbolises Jude’s health journey, as well as the opportunity to create awareness and funds to support Little Wings, the free flight service facilitating the required travel between Coffs Harbour and the specialist hospital almost 600 km away.

“Having witnessed firsthand the incredible work that Little Wings does, I am inspired to do everything I can to support their cause,” Adam said.

“That's why I have committed to fundraising as part of my marathon experience.

“Every dollar raised will go directly towards providing flights and ground transport

for families in need, reducing the financial burden they face in such a difficult time,” he said.

Adam first learned about Little Wings on one of his visits to the hospital.

The change in travel arrangements got the thumbs up from Jude straight away.

“I love Little Wings, I feel lucky that I get to fly in your planes,” young Jude said.

Little Wings is a notfor-profit organisation that provides free, professional, safe flight and ground transport services for seriously ill children in rural and regional NSW, ACT and QLD.

“Little Wings strives to ease the journey and help sick children access

q Jude Ross flies to and from the Sydney

specialised medical services and treatments that are only available in major cities or towns,” Little Wings CEO Clare Pearson said.

“We do everything we can to support families by easing the financial burden, emotional strain and travel fatigue that they experience due to the long-distance travel associated with receiving vital medical treatment,” she said.

Little Wings works in conjunction with QLD and NSW children’s hospitals and uses a crew of volunteer

drivers and pilots.

Families are referred to the service by hospital staff who consider the safest means of transport based on the number of trips necessary, each patient’s medical condition and their location.

You can read more about the Ross family’s journey or donate to Adam’s fundraiser at www.hub.givar.com/ connect/org/LittleWings/ campaigns/gold-coast marathon-running-for-little wings.

The Secret to Donald Trump’s Hair

TIME sought the counsel of prominent men’s stylist Losi, of the Martial Vivot salon in the Manhattan, to reconstruct Trump’s hair

1. Blow-dry the hair forward. Don’t confuse this with a classic sidepart comb-over

2. Fold and blow the hair back and to the side, in the manner of Conan O’Brien and Wilma Flintstone

3. Sweep and blow the remaining hair to both sides. This maneuver anchors the edifice

4. Apply ozonedepleting amounts of hair spray. Voila! Boardroom Fabulous

q The Ross family: (Back row) Finn Ross, Carla Ross and Katie McIntyre with Jude Ross (front), who uses the Little Wings service.

q Coffs Harbour’s Adam Ross running the Gold Coast Marathon in aid of Little Wings.

Children’s Hospital thanks to Little Wings.

Something ‘Loverly’ is coming to Coffs Harbour

SHE was the Australian soprano handpicked by Dame Julie Andrews to play Eliza Doolittle in the 60th-anniversary production of My Fair Lady, now Anna O’Byrne is coming to Coffs Harbour with a show of her own.

In Becoming Eliza, at the City of Coffs Harbour’s Jetty Memorial Theatre on 20 July, O’Byrne performs songs from Andrews’ extensive career in film and Broadway, in her sublime soprano.

She also reflects on her unique experience working with an internationally adored icon, and the lessons she learned from both Dame Julie and Eliza.

Playing Eliza Doolittle in the 60thanniversary production of My Fair Lady was the role of a lifetime for O’Byrne, who got to spend countless hours of rehearsal with Andrews, coached through every breath, every note, every nuance of the

famous Eliza.

“She understood the role on such a cellular level – Julie’s in the DNA of My Fair Lady,” explains O’Byrne.

Learning the role of Eliza Doolittle was as much a process of learning to become Andrews.

“You can’t do [the role] and not pay homage to her,” she said.

Becoming Eliza brings audiences behind the scenes and into the life of a thespian, telling “the story of the good times and the hard times and the challenging times”.

It’s a show about showbiz: a performance about the art of performing.

“It’s funny because Julie herself is funny, I couldn’t not acknowledge that,” she said.

Becoming Eliza is playing at the City of Coffs Harbour’s Jetty Memorial Theatre on Saturday, 20 July at 7:30pm

Open Wednesday to Saturday from 5pm

q Becoming Eliza comes to the Jetty Memorial Theatre on 20 July. Photo: Jeff Busby.

OPINION & LETTERS HYPOTHETICAL

Taking a Legal Look

By Manny WOOD

Expected inheritance raised in property dispute

HARRY and Wendy have been married for 20 years.

When their relationship breaksdown, a dispute arises in relation to the division of their assets. The asset pool is assessed at $2 million.

Harry seeks an overall division of their assets of 70/30 in his favour, stating that he made more significant contributions and that he has greater future needs.

Wendy seeks a division of 55/45 in her favour, stating that during the course of their lengthy marriage, contributions should be assessed as equal and that she is entitled to a further adjustment in her favour due to her future needs.

The Court states that it is required to holistically assess the nature and the quality of the totality of the parties’ contributions throughout the entirety of their relationship.

The Court specifically considers an inheritance received by Harry early in the relationship and the fact that Wendy’s child to a previous relationship lived with them for many years.

The Court rules that both parties worked hard throughout the relationship and supported their children and despite Wendy’s claim that Harry did not work for periods for “no good reason”, assesses the parties’ contributions as a whole as being 50/50.

In terms of future needs, the Court accepts that Harry has long term health issues and notes that Wendy has a lower income earning capacity.

Harry claims that Wendy will receive an estimated inheritance of $500,000 when her elderly mother passes-away and that this should be taken into consideration.

However, the Court states that in the absence of evidence regarding the likely value of the inheritance and the lack of evidence regarding the mother’s prognosis in terms of length of life, only “limited weight” can be given to the prospect that Wendy will receive some form of inheritance in the future and rules an ultimate division of the total existing asset pool of 51/49 in Harry’s favour.

Email Manny Wood, Principal Solicitor and Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates at TB Law at manny@tblaw.net.au or call him on (02) 66 487 487.

This fictional column is only accurate at today’s date and is not legal advice.

The Australian Monopoly Game

DEAR News Of The Area,

LAST week my granddaughters brought out their new Australian version of Monopoly for the first time.

It was not long for us to get down to the base line.

Friendly relationships turned quickly into competition and selfishness.

Cooperation went out the door.

I was the banker, just observing the whole thing and reading the rules.

This is how we play the game of life.

At the roll of the dice, people turn into winners and losers.

Born into wealth or by a combination of hard work and luck, some become landlords.

Some become tenants (often hard working) and if you really have bad trauma, homeless folk.

Our governments are the bankers with the rulebook.

With the help of their wealthy winning friends, they keep making the rules easier

on the winners and harder on the renters and the homeless.

Let’s step back and look at this game we are all part of.

Is there perhaps a better way?

Is it possible that all are looked after with tenant protection, and affordable housing given priority to investment opportunities?

How could homelessness be better addressed?

My partner said ‘scrap the Monopoly, and buy some ethical games for the kids’. I feel it is better to let them play and point out what this type of system creates.

How does it make us really feel about our brothers and sisters sitting at the table with us?

To ask them: is this fair?

Let’s reinvent the game, and start in our home towns!

Regards, Louise CRANNY, Bellingen.

Malfunction in thinking

DEAR News Of The Area,

DID you know that one 100-year-old eucalypt stores as much carbon as 270 ten-year-old trees?

That saving forests is the most practical, rapid, economical and effective means for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the immediate future and will continue to sequester carbon into the long-term future.

So, when Essential Energy makes a business decision to phase out hardwood telegraph poles and transition to composite poles, I see those stands of timber as being well on their way to providing the many benefits of their crucial role in the carbon cycle.

Composite timber products should be things we can have a community conversation about.

In last week’s NOTA article, Nats Go Into Bat For the Timber Industry, claims are made that the change to composite poles will increase power prices yet no economic modelling to prove the case is presented.

It’s a bit quaint for the North Coast Nationals to clamour for government intervention when they don’t like the decision that a private company makes to use a product that is easier to install, has a longer life and lower maintenance costs.

In fact, as it loses another significant income stream from the sales of its product, how much government support does the revenue losing state-owned Forestry Corporation need?

What does a sustainable forest industry in a climate constrained world look like?

The type of mindset that we need to grow when climate is our biggest, global existential threat is the one where we knuckle down and get on with taking the action needed and to stop polarising our society with issues that thrive on division.

Using natural climate solutions are essential to draw down enough atmospheric C02 to give us a chance at limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees or even two degrees.

Forest pathways offer two thirds of

On theCouch

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DEAR Jasminda,

A FRIEND recently asked me to vote for her son's artwork to help him win a competition.

When I looked at the entries, I actually thought another artwork was far superior, so I voted for it instead. Should I come clean?

Mandy B.

Dear

Mandy,

A popular vote and a deserving candidate are often poles apart. The artistic merit (or inferiority) of Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles, for example, created an uproar, exemplifying the idea that one person's abstract impressionism is another person's 'bacchanalian rampage' as it was described at the time.

Mandy, may I suggest that you look up the word bacchanalian. It may come in handy. Now, to your dilemma. I can almost guarantee you weren't the only person your friend contacted. She probably hedged her bets on friends and family, hoping for safety in numbers.

It's a solid ploy, unless they've all had the same artistic epiphany. You could fess up and lose a friend. Frankly, it's not worth it.

Silently stand by your decision. Maybe even go to the presentation. And when the child with true artistic merit wins, as they should, refrain from looking smug and muttering, 'I knew it. Look at the textural intricacies, the considered balance of light and shade, the vibrant colours. It's far superior to that other one. A bacchanalian rampage if ever I saw one.'

Carpe diem, Jasminda.

the most cost-effective natural climate solutions available and about half the low-cost mitigation opportunities to keep warming in this range.

When a forest is logged some 66 percent of the stored carbon is left in the forest to rot or burn, some 20 percent may end up as sawdust or a short-lived product, with only 12.8 percent ending up in longer lived timber products.

Stopping logging in the GKNP alone will reduce annual carbon emissions due to logging by some 410,000 tonnes per annum.

Regards, Susan JENVEY, Bowraville.

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Totally opposed to nuclear power in Australia

DEAR News Of The Area,

AS a scientist who has actually seen two nuclear reactors up close, I am totally opposed to nuclear power in Australia.

One issue always ignored is the substantial costs of decommissioning these devices.

I have briefly seen the decommissioning process at Sellafield UK, where the Calder

Times gone by

By Karen FILEWOOD

THE factory’s new electric generator could supply power for 100 lights at the jetty at £5 each per year.

After their installation not long before Christmas 1919 until February 1920, the company had made a profit of just over £12, which was considered quite acceptable as the generator was a long way from full capacity and more lights were being installed.

The initial electricity services proved their worth over the factory’s

Hall reactor operated for 47 years and was decommissioned from 2005-2027 after a "nuclear accident" that is expected to kill hundreds of nearby people from cancer.

It will take a further 93 years to complete the process, and the estimated remaining costs of doing this have gone up five times since 2006, from £27 to £97 billion.

And counting.

I was also working in Antarctica and travelled on the ship carrying 12,000 tonnes of radioactive contaminated soil from McMurdo Sound in Antarctica to California after the US Navy modular reactor called Nukey-Poo leaked after only eleven years of operation and was decommissioned over several years.

The station required 25 people to run it and the power cost was eye-watering.

Two generations of Australian politicians have not yet managed to

designate a single secure site for longterm low-medium level radioactive waste storage anywhere in Australia.

Let us not even mention Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima, so far, and they are just those we have heard of.

How can anyone seriously entertain the idea that politicians, let alone engineers and the public, can allow such destructive technology a foothold in Australia?

Regards, Dr Howard DENGATE, Safety Beach.

Coffs Harbour Butter Factory: Water Worries and Sideline Solutions (Part 8)

off-season during winter, bringing in much needed income.

This had been caused by drought conditions affecting cream supplies, along with the influenza epidemic and the Government decreasing the fixed price for butter.

Water supply was also becoming a problem, with the butter factory management applying for a portion of land on a reserve to help preserve their wells.

By summer 1921 the butter season improved production to around seven

tons per week, while the sidelines of ice and electricity production reached full capacity.

In the meantime, there was an effort to establish a branch of the Coffs Harbour factory at Woolgoolga, however negotiations failed.

With the best wishes of the Coffs Harbour factory directors, Woolgoolga was left to consider establishing its own factory, albeit at greater expense than setting up a branch.

In late 1921 a dairy science school was held by the Government Dairy Expert

with around a dozen students being instructed in the Coffs Harbour factory on bacteriology, chemistry etc. relating to the dairy industry.

A new engine and a larger ice tank were purchased to increase production and a farmers produce department was initiated.

Water once again became a concern and in January 1923 the first attempt at finding water on the factory’s land was successful.

At a cost of just over £200 water was found at less than one hundred feet depth, providing thousands of gallons a day.

Creeping introduction of surcharges

DEAR News Of The Area,

WHEN I hear people complain about the cost of living crisis I wonder how many of them take note of the surcharges charged by some businesses?

Electronic transactions are convenient, as demonstrated by our usage, and are the cheapest form of transaction.

Cheques are prohibitively expensive which is one of the reasons they are being phased out.

Similarly, cash is expensive to operate but we tend not to see this cost as it is recouped through general bank charges and the difference between the interest rates that banks charge and what they pay.

However, for a consumer, there

has been a creeping introduction of surcharges for using electronic payments.

To spend $10.00 with a card at a typical newsagent will cost you $10.32, which is a 3.2 percent surcharge. The only way to avoid this surcharge is to pay cash.

According to ABC analysis of Reserve Bank data, card surcharges are costing Australians over $960 million per year.

The ACCC states that surcharges are allowed as long as they “not ... more than what it costs the business to use that payment type”.

Also, “If there is no way for a consumer to pay without paying a surcharge, the business must include the surcharge in the displayed price“.

This may be hard for a newsagent who is selling a magazine that is labelled as

$10.00 but there is no excuse, or need, for a cafe to charge a surcharge on a cup of coffee.

Most often, retailers use surcharges for small purchase items.

However, I have seen a motorcycle shop that applied a surcharge on transactions more than $500!

I found that quite discombobulating.

One cause of all these surcharges is that merchants are charged directly for their point of sale terminals, but are not charged directly for the use of cash.

Perhaps if merchants were charged directly for the cost of cash they would change their behaviour.

Would the public tolerate a situation where it was cash transactions for which a surcharge applied?

Totally uninformed on nuclear

DEAR News Of The Area

RECENT letter writer Kim Moseley is very uninformed in relation to the cost of nuclear energy.

Let’s say that the seven proposed nuclear reactors cost the Government $15 billion each - that works out to about $105 billion.

In the GenCost report the total cost of renewables is estimated to be approximately $1.9 trillion by 2050 and that is without the cost for the associated 28,000 kilometres of wires and towers and batteries which is estimated to at least double that cost.

So here we have to add another $3.8 trillion.

Then what is not factored into the argument is that the solar panels and wind turbines only last about fifteen to 20 years.

This means that they will have to be replaced at least three to four times as the nuclear reactors are still viable for 80 or 100 years.

So an extra $5.7 trillion would be needed for the renewables to be replaced.

The big battery in South Australia cost $90 million and can only firm power for 1.3 hours.

What do you think the cost of 30 or 40

of these batteries will be?

Even firming batteries to last 24 hours will cost over $1.6 trillion and need to be replaced every ten to fifteen years.

The cost of renewables simply does not add up.

Nuclear is way more cost effective and the bush won’t need to be vandalised putting in wind turbines and solar panels.

Also no new transmission lines would be needed.

Regards, Keith SALMON, Moonee Beach.

There is no legal reason for a company not to do this.

In the meantime, I will act to avoid these extra taxes.

I will use a card, or my phone, for transactions that do not impose a surcharge, and use cash for buying the newspaper (while they still exist).

Basically, a business must, by law, include a payment option that does not include a surcharge.

When buying an airline ticket online this usually means using BPay.

Doing so will save you the price of a cup of coffee in an airport!

Regards, Peter SOBEY, Valla.

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Rip-roaring results for Riverwatch

By Andrea FERRARI

ALL three programs in OzGREEN’s Bellingen Riverwatch project are kicking goals in 2024.

The different programs are tailored to help protect local rivers in accountable and practical ways.

There’s the macroinvertebrate (waterbug) monitoring citizen science program, a water quality monitoring citizen science program, and a community riverbank restoration program.

The macroinvertebrate monitoring citizen science program is the largest of its kind in the country.

Its recent and sixth event took place in June, bringing together community members to collect and accurately identify the waterbugs at six sites throughout the Bellinger and Kalang river catchments.

“This program also just released a range of free macroinvertebrate resources to connect community members, students and tourists with these incredible creatures that live in these unique and very healthy rivers,” Program Manager

Amy Denshire told News Of The Area.

Visit www.ozgreen.org/ macroresources to check them out.

Bellingen Riverwatch's innovative resources have been used and adapted by many other sister citizen science groups, including the Manning River Turtle Group, Woolgoolga Lake Working Group, and Positive Change for Marine Life.

Its water quality monitoring citizen science program has now been running for eight years.

The program’s Steering Committee recently launched a comprehensive data portal that illustrates the

monthly water quality data volunteers have collected, alongside other datasets they have collected periodically, including pesticides data, platypus eDNA data and macroinvertebrate data.

“Bellingen Riverwatch volunteers are currently collecting heavy metals data and these results will be added to the portal in the coming months also,” said Amy.

See www.ozgreen.org/ brdata.

A paper about the program has been published in ‘Frontiers in Environmental Science’, an international

q Bellingen Fire and Rescue members watering the new trees at Riveryouthfest.

journal, which compares the citizen science data to scientists’ data for the water quality program.

Nakia Belmer, a River Health Scientist from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, said, “It is a pleasure to be able to showcase the Riverwatch group's dedicated efforts through the publication of their data.

“As a scientist, to be a part of such a wonderful citizen science group, along with fostering their scientific curiosity, is deeply rewarding.

“This case study has

provided an insight into what can be achieved with a highly motivated community group working collaboratively with professional scientists.

“The program has filled data gaps within the professional science monitoring program as well as creating social and educational benefits for the local community.”

See www.ozgreen.org/ bellingenriverwatch.

Lastly, in Riverwatch’s newest arm, the community riverbank restoration program, the team recently hosted two events - riveryouthfest and mulch’n’mashups - which collectively brought 500 people together to plant and care for 300 trees and plants at the Bellingen Skatepark. This is the third tree planting project Bellingen Riverwatch has brought into fruition.

OzGREEN is very excited to announce a third event at this site - winter riveryouthfest.

Winter riveryouthfest will be held at the Bellingen Skatepark on Saturday 17 August during National Science Week and is currently putting out the call for young music artists who might be interested in performing.

Free BBQ offers cost-of-living support

By Kim SATCHELL

A FREE weekly barbeque is doing its bit to support Coffs Coast families as living costs continue to rise.

The current cost-of-living crisis, due to inflation and rising mortgage and rental costs, is impacting Coffs Harbour in numerous ways.

While the impacts are uneven due to different circumstances, many people are feeling the pressure to meet escalating demands.

Consequently, family shopping often has to be curtailed and some people are unable to participate in eating out or other social activities.

One initiative aimed at supporting those struggling with the current economic climate is a free barbeque at Coffs Harbour’s Rotary Park.

The barbeque has been held each Saturday for the past several decades, and is run under the auspices of the Coffs Harbour Baptist Church.

“Rain, hail or shine the free BBQ is running,” Jan Beavis told News Of The Area, “serving tea, coffee and treats from 11am onwards and the

BBQ lunch from noon until 1pm every weekend of the year, except the week between Christmas and New Year.”

The appeal of the free barbeque is quite simple.

“Anyone can just come along and join in,” co-ordinator Jenny Sambrook said.

“There are no forms or criteria to meet, the offer is based on goodwill.”

This ethos is also followed through the support of Big Country Meats on Harbour Drive, and Bakers Delight and Fresco in Coffs Central, who supply meat, bread and vegetables each week.

The large base of regulars who come back each week enjoy the social dimension and the wonderful amenity of Rotary Park’s open spaces and large shady trees, alongside travellers or passersby who happen upon the festivities and are welcomed to join in.

“[There are] informal times of sharing before the meal, where words of encouragement are brought by one of the volunteer workers from the team, discussing the value of their personal faith,” Sambrook said. All are welcome.

The Big Screen with Lindsay Hall

By Lindsay HALL

WHEN Majestic Cinemas shuttered their business in February, company director Kieren Dell cited the “perfect storm” of factors that were rendering traditional cinemas increasingly unfeasible businesses.

The effect of three years of social distancing wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with an exponential increase in streaming services for home entertainment and a 2023 strike by the Writers Guild of America that left cinemas “without any movies to show”, has seen many people questioning whether we are looking at the collapse of an industry.

The response of filmmakers around the world?

That suggests a lack of imagination.

While it may be true that the industry needs to think ‘outside the box’ to draw people back into theatres, the film slate for 2024 demonstrates that filmmakers and studios are eager to take more chances on new ideas - or at least dress up some very old ones - to ensure that when people do make a trip to the movies they’ll be spoiled for choice.

This week’s releases are heavy on the horror, along with a throwback to the ‘Space Race’ film dressed in 1960s swagger.

Fly Me To The Moon

TV Producer/Mogul Greg Berlanti takes directing duties for stars Scarlett Johannson and Channing Tatum in a story that attempts to cast a

humorous light on the very real desperation felt by the U.S. as they fought to beat the U.S.S.R. to the moon in 1969.

NASA’s Flight Director Cole Davis (Tatum) is forced to collaborate with marketing specialist Kelly Jones (Johannson) to “sell the moon” to the American public and ensure support for the Apollo 11 mission.

The straight-laced space-men becoming increasingly befuddled by Jones’ insistence on ‘dressing up’ the very dullseeming mission with manufactured drama, casting TV-friendly actors to portray the NASA team in interviews and going so far as to commission a studio to film a ‘back-up moon landing’ just in case the real one can’t make it all the way (cue the somewhat predictable Stanley Kubrick joke).

Berlanti has always been focused on the romance at the centre of his stories, if potentially at the expense of exploring the real depths of his characters.

However if the appeal of Hollywood is truly watching pretty people be funny and charming, it’s hard to go past Johannson and Tatum, who bring all of their considerable charisma to the roles.

As a ‘Two Worlds Collide’ romantic-comedy, the film isn’t really breaking any new ground, but the script is inoffensive and gets its share of chuckles throughout.

Kinds of Kindness

Those looking for something really different

might consider the latest offering from director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, Poor Things).

This is the kind of film that can cause someone an embolism in the attempt to explain ‘what it’s about’, and the effort would likely only be received as incoherent ramblings.

That is not a reflection on this witty, macabre satire in which most cast members are pulling triple duty - playing multiple roles across three looselyconnected tales.

The central relationships in each anthology segment are played by Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons who are mesmerising as couples enduring obsession, paranoia, anxiety and desperation, while inflicting varying degrees of mutilation to themselves and others.

Lending some real gravity to the performances is Willem Dafoe, who is revelling in his film element - arthouse, experimental storytelling full of unnerving intensity and bombastic emotion.

Look, this is the kind of film Aussie Mum’s might charitably describe as “weird”, but is one of that rare form - a modern film for grown-ups.

If you are as much engaged by the emotional and visceral experience of film as by the story, this could be worth making some time for.

You’ll certainly have a lot to talk about afterwards with your date.

Sting In the 1970s the

Australian government introduced a number of financial benefits and incentives to inject life into our budding film industry.

The result was the ‘Australian New-Wave’ of mid-to-low budget genre films, many of them offering a wild take on horror tropes, that became known as ‘Ozploitation’.

Happily that tradition is alive and well in the hands of filmmaker Kiah RoacheTurner (Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Nekrotronic), who brings an Aussie sensibility in a throwback to one of the staples of horror cinema - the Creature Feature.

Starring Alyla Browne (Furiosa), Penelope Mitchell and Ryan Corr, with appearances by Australian acting legends Robyn Nevi and Noni Hazelhurst, Sting focuses on young Charlotte (Browne), a latchkey kid coping with a recently acquired step-dad (Corr), a semi-neglectful mum (Mitchell) with a newborn brother, who discovers a remarkably intelligent and talented spider which she decides to keep as a pet.

As is the case in all such genre-fare, this is clearly not an ordinary Redback, and as the critter begins to grow in size, its appetite threatens the apartment building where Charlotte lives.

Spiders are hands down the best source material for this kind of horror that either calls for a swarm (Arachnaphobia) or a giant (Earth Vs. The Spider) or a swarm of giants (Eight Legged Freaks).

Roache-Turner may not

be a name well known by the average film-goer, but his consistent efforts have brought entertaining results with an economical budget, and the same is true here.

The cast find the right balance of character work and pathos (particularly from young Ayla Browne, who is having a good year as an actor) while leaving room for the real star - the titular Sting - and its antics/attacks as the main attraction.

If you can get past the decision for the cast to adopt American accents (no doubt for a better international reception), this is a wellpaced thrill that lasts 90 minutes - and in an age where three-hour runtimes are increasingly common, that is refreshing in itself.

MaXXXine

The third in a trilogy of films from writer/ director Ti West and star Mia Goth, MaXXXine is a stylish, sexually-charged horror-thriller which is related to a slasher film, but feels simultaneously more elevated and more disturbing.

Maxine Minx (Goth, reprising her role from 2022’s X) is on the verge of transition from her career in

adult entertainment to more mainstream film under the shadow of the infamous Night Stalker of 1985.

Faced with the murder of her colleagues, Maxine begins to suspect that the real killer may have some connection to her, and the events of her past.

If you’ve seen the previous instalments in this series (X, Pearl - both currently streaming on Netflix) and vibed with what West and Goth were doing, then you won’t need convincing to check this out.

The same sense of hip energy, beautiful and stylistic cinematography and an all-out powerhouse performance from Goth make these movies something memorable.

If slashers are not your style, there’s nothing here that would likely persuade you to give it a shot - the violence is graphic, the behaviour of characters is disturbing and the imagery lingers in a creepy way.

Therein lies one of the great mysteries of the horror genre - that one description will be read as a reason to avoid by some, while sounding like a ringing endorsement to others.

Whatever your tastes and wherever you land, happy viewing!

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q Neil Mercy and Theresa enjoying good vibes and food at the free barbeque.

Sharks inspire future footy stars

TORRENTIAL rain in Coffs Harbour last Wednesday didn’t stop local junior football clubs turning up in force for a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet their NRL heroes.

Whilst the originally planned coaching clinic was unable to go ahead, over 200 kids still showed up to meet NRL stars, take photos with the Provan-Summons Trophy and get autographs.

Nicho Hynes, Cam McInnes and the entire Cronulla Sharks playing squad dropped into Coffs Harbour Leisure Field to host the signing session and hand-deliver the Coffs Harbour Comets Junior Rugby League Club with a Telstra Footy Pack including brand new hit shields, tackling bags and other football equipment helping to inspire the next

generation of NRL stars to thrive.

“The Telstra Footy Country Series is all about bringing our game to the country and letting all the kids and people of Coffs Harbour see their stars up close and personal,” Hynes said.

“For us to be able to come here and showcase what we do and our sport, it’s really good for the community and puts some smiles on the kids’ faces.”

Telstra Regional General Manager Michael Marom also crowned committed volunteer Rebecca House from Sawtell Junior Rugby Club as the Coffs Harbour Telstra Footy Country Hero, acknowledging her unwavering commitment and dedication to the grassroots footy country.

Rebecca then had the

opportunity to deliver the match ball on Saturday at the Sharks vs Gold Coast Titans NRL match up.

Wallace selected for Paris Olympics LOCALSPORT

really excited to be bringing the NRL and elite players to regional communities around the country with the

“It was great to see so

By Aiden BURGESS

FROM the ultimate lows of suffering ACL injuries, to now the ultimate high of becoming an Olympian.

Kristy Wallace has achieved this ultimate sporting honour, after being selected to the Australian

Opals team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The former Coffs Harbour Suns junior was vying for a spot on the Opals team in Paris after being named in the initial squad of seventeen, which was whittled down to the final team of twelve last

week after the Opals played two games against China in Melbourne.

The 28-year-old Olympic debutant will be a teammate of Australian basketball legend Lauren Jackson, who was selected for her fifth Olympics.

Wallace was a member

2018.

of the Opals team that won bronze on home soil at the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney.

She is currently playing her third WNBA season for the Indiana Fever, alongside basketball superstar Caitlin Clark.

It has been a tough road back for the new Olympian, after crippling injuries threatened to derail her career in its early stages.

Wallace suffered the first of two crippling ACL injuries while playing her senior year of college basketball in the US in

After having a knee reconstruction, she cruelly re-tore her ACL just ten months later in just her second game back while playing in her debut season in the WNBL.

Now she takes her place in an Opals team looking to medal at the Olympics for the first time since 2012.

“We're

Telstra Footy Country Series,” Marom said.

many excited kids meet the Sharks to kick off this week's festivities in Coffs Harbour.”

q Junior footballers turned up to meet their heroes.

q Sawtell Panthers juniors weren’t fazed by the wet weather.

q Cronulla Sharks player Dale Finucane signs autographs for footy stars of the future.

q Cronulla Sharks player Dale Finucane signs autographs for footy stars of the future.

q Cronulla Sharks stars entertain young footy fans in Coffs Harbour.

AFL North Coast juniors set for rep duties

By Aiden BURGESS

AFL North Coast’s best juniors will represent the region in Coffs Harbour next week.

North Coast Force representative teams will compete in the Northern NSW Junior Representative Carnival at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium and Coffs Coast Sport and Leisure Park.

North Coast Force will take on other regions' representative teams over three big days of footy on July 17-19.

Force teams will take on Central Coast, Hunter, and Illawarra in the Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 boys and girls competitions.

The four regions will play off to determine the winner of the Simon Smyth Cup, which was won by the Illawarra Storm last year.

North Coast Football ladder leaders

By Aiden BURGESS

WITH the world gripped in EURO fever, the Coffs Coast’s own football competition is heading towards its finals series.

North Coast Football’s community football grands

finals are set to be decided in September, with the standout senior teams sitting at the top of the ladder in their respective competitions.

Woolgoolga Wolves have had a magnificent season so far in the Men’s Premier League, with the defending

champions remaining unbeaten with twelve wins and a draw.

Urunga Raiders remain undefeated in the Women's Premier League, with eight wins from their eight matches.

Like their Premier League

counterparts, the Woolgoolga Wolves are ladder leaders in the Men’s 1st Division competition with just one loss for the season.

Coffs City United Lionesses sit at the top of the Women's 1st Division.

Orara Valley Dingoes

AFL North Coast Community Football Manager Brad Greenshields said it would be a chance for local players to test their skills against the best of Northern NSW.

“The talent on display will be outstanding, and the matches will be quality affairs,” he said.

“This is a great chance for players from our region to test themselves against the best players in Northern NSW and further their football development while doing so.

“This season we had an outstanding turn-out to the rep trials, both in numbers attending and in the depth of quality.

“We’re really excited by the standard of each of the teams and can’t wait to see them performing on home soil within our region.”

have been the standout team of the Men’s 2nd Division South competition, remaining unbeaten so far with ten wins and a draw.

Woolgoolga Dolphins are the ladder leaders of the Men’s 3rd Division South, while the Corindi Breakers sit at the top of the ladder in the Women’s 2nd Division South competition.

Group 2 resumes this weekend

By Aiden BURGESS

AFTER having their latest bye round last weekend, the Tooheys New Group

2 Rugby League season resumes this weekend with Round 11 matches, with just four rounds to go until this season’s finals series.

Nambucca Roosters host the Grafton Ghosts in the match of the round between first and third on the ladder, on Saturday afternoon at Coronation Park.

The Roosters have remained unbeaten so far this season, including a 6212 win against the Ghosts when they last met in their long weekend catch up game.

The Ghosts moved into third spot on the ladder with a 24-18 win against the Sawtell Panthers in the last round.

Sawtell Panthers will look to snap a two-game losing streak when they travel to take on the South Grafton Rebels on Sunday afternoon.

The Rebels snapped their own five-match losing streak in their last game, a 40-16 win against the Macksville Sea Eagles.

The Panthers had a 30-26 win against the Rebels when they last played in their catch-up game on the long weekend.

Woolgoolga Seahorses

travel to take on the Macksville Sea Eagles on Sunday afternoon.

The Seahorses moved into second spot on the ladder after both they and the Panthers were awarded one point, due to their deferred matches being abandoned last weekend.

The defending premiers are coming off a 36-12 win against the Coffs Harbour Comets, while the Sea Eagles went down to the South Grafton Rebels 40-16 in Round 10.

The Sea Eagles beat the Seahorses 18-16 when they last met on the long weekend.

Coffs Harbour Comets have the bye in Round 11.

Boambee B52 Bombers sit undefeated at the top of the Men’s Over 35s ladder, while the Urunga Raiders lead the way in the Women's Over 30s.

q North Coast Force’s Under 17 Boys team that went through undefeated at last year’s carnival.

q Nambucca Roosters play host to the Grafton Ghosts this weekend.

q The AFL North Coast's junior representative teams, the North Coast Force, will take on teams from the Hunter, Central Coast and Illawarra in a big carnival being played in Coffs Harbour next week. Photo: AFL North Coast.

Coffs to host Kart Championship

By Aiden BURGESS

AUSTRALIA’s finest kart drivers will put pedal to the metal in pursuit of the chequered flag and national titles in Coffs Harbour next week.

Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club is set to host Round 4 of the 2024 Australian Kart Championship, over four big days of racing on 18-21 July.

The penultimate round of the Australian Kart Championship gets underway on Thursday, 18 July.

The SP Tools Australian

Kart Championship is the premier karting championship in the Southern Hemisphere.

Contested across five rounds throughout four states of Australia, the Championship attracts the best drivers from all across Australia, New Zealand and Asia to compete for the honour of being crowned Australian Champion in their respective class.

The final round of the 2024 Australian Kart Championship will be held on August 29-September 1 at Oakleigh Go-Kart Club in Victoria.

Basketball season on the eve of finals

By Aiden BURGESS

WITH just two rounds to go before this season’s finals series tips off, Coffs Harbour Basketball Association’s top senior teams tried to book their semi-final spots during Round 10 of the winter season at Sportz Central.

Run It Back continued their undefeated Men’s A Grade season, winning their ninth straight game beating The Chihuahuas 51-36.

Rex Clutario top scored for the winners with 18 points.

All Washed Up! edged out You Wouldn’t Understand 46-45, Francis

Buquiron had a game high 17 points.

Thunderbirds maintained top spot on the Men’s B Grade ladder with a 41-26 win against White Chocolate.

Nicholas Tobin top scored for the winners with 15 points.

Bang Bros won a close

one against Can’t Catch A Breath 49-47, Tyrus Van Gaalen top scoring with 16 points.

Tat One Team were also winners in Round 10 accounting for Unstoppaballs 62-32, Charlie Martin top scoring with 22 points.

Classy Courts beat Sixteens 54-51, Arjay Robinson top scoring with 20 points.

Pineapple Express maintained top spot on the Men’s C Grade ladder with a 50-38 win against

Chiroraptors.

Clips beat The Bears 51-44, and Mantas beat Mantastic 52-43, as Miguel Philippe Mendoza top scored with 25 points.

Waratah Women had a 52-31 win against the Coffs Harbour Suns Under 16s Women 2 team, in the latest round of the Women's A Grade season.

Clair Crampton had a game high 16 points for the winners.

Sky Hookers maintained their undefeated record in the Women's Social

Hockey Coffs Coast ladder leaders

By Aiden BURGESS

HOCKEY Coffs Coast’s season is heading towards its finals series, with eight rounds to go before they begin in September.

Standout teams of the season sit at the top of their respective competitions in the run home to finals.

Urunga Hockey Club Cyclones are the ladder leaders in the Men’s Senior Winter Competition.

Urunga Hockey Club Twinkle Toes have been the dominant team in the Women's A competition, remaining undefeated so far with 13 wins from as many games.

Bellingen Hockey Club Swoopers sit on top of the Women's B ladder, having remained unbeaten so far this season.

Beaches Hockey Club lead the way in all three junior competitions, as they take a break for their school holidays.

Beaches Hockey Club Snappers remain undefeated in the 16s Junior Winter Competition, with ten wins from their ten games.

Beaches Hockey Club Barracudas also remain undefeated in the 14s competition.

Beaches Hockey Club Sharks sit at the top of the 12s ladder.

Hockey Coffs Coast competitions feature five clubs; Beaches Hockey Club, Bellingen Hockey Club, Norths Hockey Club Coffs Coast, Orara Valley Hockey Club, and Urunga Hockey Club.

Men’s and women’s competitions are played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Coffs Harbour Hockey Complex, with junior competitions played on Saturday mornings.

Hookin2Hockey games for 7–10-year-olds are also held on Saturday mornings.

Competition, having a 6840 win against Block It Like It’s Hot.

Jaskirit Khunkhun had a great game, top scoring with 33 points.

Backcourt Babes maintained their top four spot with a 40-29 win against Coffs Reo.

Jayla Cross top scored for the winners with 17 points.

The Coffs Suns Under 18s Women 2 team edged past The Ring Ins 36-34, Gillian Martin having a game high 18 points.

Snappers and Marlins win away from home

By Aiden BURGESS

COFFS Harbour Snappers and SCU Marlins have both won away from home during the latest round of the Mid North Coast Rugby Union Northern Division season.

Coffs Harbour Snappers continued their recent winning run, earning a fifth straight victory after accounting for the Grafton Redmen 35-29 in Grafton.

SCU Marlins won their second straight game, smashing the Kempsey

Cannonballs 39-0 in Crescent Head.

Coffs Harbour Snappers women had a 20-0 win against the ladder leading Grafton Redmen, and the Snappers Under 14s had a 38-22 win against the Redmen.

The Coffs Harbour Snappers and SCU Marlins face off this weekend in their third local derby of the season, during Round 12 at Coffs Rugby Park. The honours are squared at 1-1 this season, with the Snappers having

won their most recent encounter in early June.

Mid North Coast Rugby Union Northern Division first grade ladder. 1.Hastings Valley Vikings. 38 points. 7 wins. 1 draw. 2 losses. 2.Coffs Harbour Snappers. 37 points. 7 wins.

1 draw. 3 losses. 3.Grafton Redmen. 28 points. 4 wins. 1 draw. 6 losses. 4.SCU Marlins. 25 points. 5 wins. 5 losses. 5.Port Macquarie Pirates. 22 points. 4 wins. 1 draw. 4 losses. 6.Kemspey Cannonballs. 13 points. 2 wins. 9 losses.

q Beaches Hockey Club Barracudas are undefeated in the 14s competition.

q Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club will host the latest round of the Australian Kart Championship.

Suns women split weekend in Port Macquarie

By Aiden BURGESS

COFFS Harbour Suns

women have split their two games during the latest round of their Basketball

NSW Waratah League season in Port Macquarie.

Coffs Suns women started their weekend with a 66-63 win against the Central Coast Waves on

Saturday afternoon.

Keira Williams top scored for the Suns with 20 points.

The Suns women backed up the next morning with

a tough task against the undefeated Canberra Nationals Academy.

The Suns women went down 75-63, with Jordon Woods top scoring with 23 points.

The Suns women currently sit in second spot

on the ladder with seven wins from ten games.

They play host to the Port Macquarie Dolphins this Saturday from 5pm at Sportz Central.

Coffs Harbour Suns Youth Men were also on the road last weekend, for a doubleheader in Sydney.

The Suns went down 109-81 in their first game against Manly Warringah

Touch footballer to represent Australia

By Aiden BURGESS

RELLE Donovan will proudly wear the green and gold while representing her country in England this month.

The Coffs Coast woman has been selected to represent Australia after being picked in the Women’s 40s national team for the 2024 FIT Touch World Cup, to be held in Nottingham, England from 15-21 July.

The local Gumbaynggirr woman will be part of Australia’s first-ever Women’s 40s national team.

Her Australian selection caps off a tremendous two years for Donovan, which included representing NSW in their winning State of Origin Women's 40s team in 2022, and winning the NSW State Cup the same year with the Port Macquarie Women’s 40s team.

The Australian debutant reflected on some of her recent achievements.

“I played Women's 40s for the Northern Eagles at National Touch League 2022.

“In May 2022, I, along with 27 other ladies, were invited to the NSW State of Origin camp to trial for the Women's 40s team.

“In June 2022 I was selected in the NSW State of Origin Women’s 40s team to play Queensland in August 2022 at Coffs Harbour International Stadium.

“This involved trips to Nelson Bay, Cronulla and Penrith for weekend training camps.

“I had to commit to my own personal training, making sure I was fit and strong as I was playing middle.

“We won our State of Origin Series against QLD 2-1.”

With the 2022 NSW Senior State Cup approaching, Coffs Harbour didn’t have enough players to enter the Women’s 40s division.

“I joined Port Makos Women's 40s State cup team in 2022,” Donovan said.

“I travelled every Tuesday afternoon from Coffs Harbour down to Port Macquarie to qualify my five games to play in the State Cup.

“It was a massive commitment physically and financially from me and the family, getting home at 9pm, but the reward was we won the NSW Senior State Cup in the Women’s 40’s division against Cronulla.

In 2023, Donovan coached the Coffs Harbour Women’s 40s team in the NSW Senior State Cup.

“This was a really awesome experience, giving back to my hometown,” she said.

“We played five games and lost one.”

Donovan, who has been playing touch football since she was twelve, played her first game at Coffs Harbour’s York Street Oval.

“When I was able to play in the senior grades, I started playing with my two uncles, Uncle Grope (Steve Hart) and Uncle Tex (Tony Morris), and my brother, Shaun.

“This is where I learnt how to play touch football.

“I developed skills under these guys, especially to be crazy competitive and work hard.

“I had cousins on my mum’s side that represented NSW and Australia, and I looked up to them as a young kid.

“Both Mum and Dad played touch football, the Hart and Jarrett family is very well-known in Coffs Harbour, Nambucca Valley, and Mid North Coast areas for sports.

“Growing up in a big family, there was always a touch game in the front yard or on the road.”

Sea Eagles, Ari InnesEvensen top scoring with 28 points.

The Suns went down in their second game 99-81 to St George Saints Red, Jake McMillan having a great game with 33 points.

The Suns are at home to the Hawkesbury Jets this Saturday night at 7pm at Sportz Central.

Rain impacts latest AFL round

By Aiden BURGESS

NORTHERN Beaches/ Nambucca Valley teams have taken on the Grafton Tigers in Grafton, during the latest round of the AFL North Coast season.

Grafton Tigers seniors had a 15.18 (108) to 3.4 (22) win against Northern

Beaches/Nambucca Valley at Ellem Oval.

The Tigers jumped out to a 33-point lead at quarter time, and had a match winning 47-point lead at halftime.

Joshua MacFadyen kicked seven goals for the Tigers.

Northern Beaches/ Nambucca Valley reserves

had a 12.6 (78) to 5.8 (38) win against the Grafton Tigers, and Northern Beaches/ Nambucca Valley women had a 6.6 (42) to 2.2 (14) win against the Tigers.

The scheduled games between the Sawtell/ Toormina Saints and Port Macquarie Magpies at Richardson Park were

washed out.

The AFL North Coast season continues this weekend with Round 13 games in Nambucca Heads and Grafton.

Northern Beaches/ Nambucca Valley host the ladder leading Port Macquarie Magpies at Nambucca Heads, and Coffs Harbour Breakers

travel to take on the Grafton Tigers.

Round 13 will be played over two weekends, with catch up games scheduled for Saturday, 20 July.

Sawtell/Toormina Saints host Northern Beaches/ Nambucca Valley, and the Port Macquarie Magpies host the Coffs Harbour Breakers in

their top of the ladder clash. Seniors

1.Port Macquarie Magpies. 6 wins. 1 loss. 2.Coffs Harbour Breakers. 7 wins. 2 losses.

3.Sawtell/Toormina Saints. 5 wins. 3 losses. 4.Grafton Tigers. 2 wins. 6 losses.

5.Northern Beaches/ Nambucca Valley. 0 wins. 7 losses.

q Relle Donovan will represent Australia at the Touch World Cup.

ladder.

MNC Cross Country

By Peter BERRINGTON

7 JULY 2024 at Woolgoolga Floral Reserve

RESULTS: 2km (Male)Dylan Hannaford 8:18, 1; Mark Bennington 8:29, 2; Ned Griffin 8:36, 3; Hugh Morgan 8:41, 4; Lachlan Herbert 9:00, 5; Max Herbert 9:00, 6; Jackson Hood 9:07, 7; Lennox Bennington 9:26, 8; Astin Nuttall 9:41, 9; Christian

Coffs Harbour Rifle Club

By Geoffrey HART

JUNE 30 – Dairyville Rimfire Range. 30m Field Class. Master Grade: Ben R 92.4, Jake Buckley 89.5, Daniel Finlay 88.3, B Grade: Cherelle Steinhardt 85.4, Member-677 73.0,

Table Tennis Results

By Dale ALLEN

FRIDAY, 5th July, 2024

Group A (Division 1 & 2)

Reece Baker d Tim Garrad 3/0, Gerard Martin d Ann Joy 3/0, Paul Hendriks d George Ruaporo 3/1, Troy Prystasz d Ray Pyne 3/0.

Coffs Harbour Bridge Results

By Nerellyn MITCHELL

JUNE 3rd - A, NS R Roark, D O’Meara; EW R Rutter, V Gayford B, NS AM Taylor, G Cutts

June 4th - H Blewitt, J Parker

June 5th - NS D O’Meara, S Dilosa; EW D Hickie, N Williams June 7th - NS I Doland,

Safety Beach Women’s Golf Club

By Marilyn ELY

TUESDAY 5 July.

The weather continues to make golf difficult but the ladies are not to be deterred and played the 5th Monthly Medal round. Nett Winner was Di MacRae

Mid North Coast Veterans Golfers Association

By Collin CUTT

TUESDAY, 2nd July, 58 MNC Veteran golfers competed in a single stableford at Nambucca Island Golf Club in wet conditions. The weather deteriorated about 1 p.m., and only 30 players completed the course.

Coffs Harbour District Darts

By Ray BEASLEY

SAWTELL RSL Club

Winter Comp

Monday 1 July

Thunderstruck def Bulls Hit 7-2

Warriors def Bull Finish 7-2

Bad Habbits def Fluke Shots 7-2

DILLIGAF - Bye

100s

Anna (3)

Ben (1)

Petersen 10:12, 10; Thomas Feain 10:38, 11; Chris Hamilton 10:56, 12; Darcy Kelly 11:42, 13; Bryson Kelly 11:44, 14; Iggi Nuttall 12:11, 15; Harvey Griffin 12:36, 16; Matt Evans 12:43, 17; Max Kelly 13:58, 18; Oaklei Nuttall 14:08, 19; Archie Feain 15:44, 20; Peter Feain 15:47, 21; Peter Hood 16:17, 22; Steve Thompson 17:27, 23; Jeff White 20:05, 24; Steel Beveridge 24:23, 25.

RESULTS: 2km (Female) - Lacey Van Hoeck 8:52, 1; Ava Hunter 8:54,

C Grade: Ron Dean 85.0, Cooper Finlay 77.4, Mitch Upton 51.1, 60m Field Class match. Master Grade: Daniel Finlay 95.6, Ben R 91.4, Jake Buckley 89.4, B Grade: Cherelle Steinhardt 75.0, Member-677 73.2, C Grade: Cooper Finlay 80.1, Mitch Upton 56.1, Ron Dean 15.0, 90m Field Class. Master Grade: Ben R

Division 1

Reece Baker d Troy Prystasz 3/0, Gerard Martin d Paul Hendriks 3/0, Troy Prystasz d Paul Hendriks 3/2, Reece Baker d Gerard Martin 3/1. WINNER: Reece Baker from Gerard Martin.

Division 2

Ray Pyne d Tim Garrad 3/0, George Ruaporo d Ann Joy 3/0, Ann

S Dilosa; EW B Butler, M Pailthorpe

June 8th - NS J Parker, K Taylor; EW L Edsall, R Levy

June 10th - A NS L Power, J Leach; EW B Butler, M Pailthorpe - B P Lee, A Smith

June 11th - D Featherstone, N McIvor

June 12th - NS P Houlton, B Houlton; EW G Buganey, G Keenan

June 14th - NS I Doland, S

with 72 pts, continuing to play good golf in all conditions. Runner-up Karen Bellamy 76 nett, 2nd runner-up Marlene Power 81 pts on c/b from Merryl Kyburz.

Overall Gross Winner Karen Bellamy 99. NTP 4th Di MacRae, 9th Lexine Bailey, 11th Karen Bellamy. Medal winners were Div. 1 Karen Bellamy, Div. 2 Yolly Gallacher and

Division 1 (0-18): Winner –Trevor Neaves 41, 1st runner-up

Paul Ryan 35, 2nd runner-up Cormac McMullan 34, 3rd runner-up Murray Ingram 33.

Division 2 (19-54): Winner – John Greensill 40, 1st runner-up

Brad Nesbitt 39, 2nd runner-up Urpo Ylinen 38, 3rd runners-up Terry Noble & Chris Cuthbertson equal on 37. NTP’s: 5th - Matthew Lark, 8th –Trevor Neaves. Ball run to 32 pts.

Craig S (1)

Edward (2)

Garry (4)

Michael (1)

Ricky (2)

Rob (3)

Sam (2)

Steve (1)

Will (1)

High pegs

Ricky (79)

Steve (94)

Leaderboard

Warriors 7

Bad Habbits 7

Thunderstruck 7

2; Summer Bates 9:26, 3; Sarah Morgan 9:43, 4; Skyla Petersen 10:04, 5; Felicity Bates 10:15, 6; Nicole Feain 10:39, 7; Sophie Van Hoeck 10:43, 8; Anika Bates 11:17, 9; Sunnie Kassulke 11:22, 10; Florence Van Hoeck 12:20, 11; Tegan Van Hoeck 12:21, 12; Vicky McClure 12:28, 13; Janie Mahoney 12:32, 14; Sara Evans 12:42, 15; Isla Kelly 13:57, 16; Rhea Nuttall 15:11, 17; Willow Nuttall 15:13, 18; Stella Hood 16:15, 19; Lucy Hood 16:36, 20; Kristie Hood 16:38, 21.

93.4, Jake Buckley 91.2, Daniel Finlay 90.5, B Grade: Cherelle Steinhardt 64.4, Member-677 60.0, C Grade: Cooper Finlay 55.1, Mitch Upton 33.0, Ron Dean 0.0

July 03 - Howard St Rimfire Range. The 60m Field Class match was conducted with 16 participants. Master Grade: Ben R

Joy d Tim Garrad 3/0, Ray Pyne d George Ruaporo 3/0. WINNER: Ray Pyne from George Ruaporo.

Division 3

Dale Allen d Sharee Templeton 3/0, King McKie d David McGrath 3/1, Terry Baker d Sharee Templeton 3/0, Dale Allen d David McGrath 3/0, Terry Baker d David McGrath 3/1, Dale Allen d King

Dilosa; EW P Hocking, C Hocking

June 15th - NS C Tolley, B Herring; EW P Houlton, B Houlton

June 17th - A NS R Roark, D O’Meara; EW A Anderson, D Anderson B L Powells, G Cutts

June 18th - D Featherstone, N McIvor

June 19th - NS R Roark, P Griffin; EW S Kreplins, J Isaacs

June 21st - NS I Doland, S

Div. 3 Di MacRae. Good for you Di. Your name is very often front and centre.

The mid-week 9 Hole Medley Stableford continues to be played and is sponsored by The Hub Woolgoolga. Register on-line with a partner or just get your name on the sheet anyway. It’s school holidays again and hopefully visitors to our area will be able to get out for a game or two also.

Sawtell Golf Results

By Janet O’DOWD

29/6 FREE FOR ALL Div 1 Annie Waters 20, Chris Constable 17. Div 2 Debbie Telford 23, Georgia Perkins 22. Balls to 16 (div 1), 17c/b (div 2). NTP Narelle Foy. Saturday Sal Debbie Telford, Saturday Sam Teresa Beswick. Eagle on 4 Teresa Beswick 2/7 Medley Stableford Gary Reidy 39, Lachlan Sambrook

Bulls Hit 2

Fluke Shots 2

Bull Finish 2

DILLIGAF 0 Monday 8 July

Fluke Shots def Thunderstruck 6-3

Bad Habbits def DILLIGAF 5-4

Bulls Hit def Bull Finish 7-2

Warriors - Bye

171s

Trevor (1)

180s

Dean (1)

100s

Anna (2)

RESULTS: 5km (Male) - Chris Hamilton 23:10, 1; James Karrasch 23:25, 2; Dylan Hannaford 24:21, 3; Matt Evans 24:23, 4; Eric Greenwood 24:24, 5; Mark Bennington 24:45, 6; James Counter 25:36, 7; Alex Greenwood 25:39, 8; Ned Griffin 26:20, 9; Hugh Morgan 27:36, 10; Kieren Ward 27:58, 11; Jackson Hood 30:11, 12; Hayden Counter 32:40, 13; Gordon Abbott 35:31, 14; Keith Williams 35:53, 15; Tim Karrasch 41:04, 16.

RESULTS: 5km (Female) - Sarah

98.14, Joel Walker 95.7, A Grade: Matt Walsh 88.6, Phillip Payne 85.4, Craig Tredinnick 77.5, B Grade: Jessica Hancock 89.2, Cherelle Steinhardt 86.4, Sarah Jones 83.4, Kieren Ward 78.0, Member-677 65.0, C Grade: Andrea Ward 78.1, Phillip Ward 73.1, Jeffrey W 61.1, Brian Brock 55.0, Visitors: Kevin

McKie 3/0, Terry Baker d King McKie 3/2, Sharee Templeton d David McGrath 3/0, Dale Allen d Terry Baker 3/0, King McKie d Sharee Templeton 3/0. WINNER: Dale Allen from Terry Baker. Division 4

Patrick Howard d Huey Aspden 3/0, Bob Aspden d Fletcher Singleton 3/0, David Iles d Huey

Dilosa; EW T White, B Lidster

June 22nd - NS J Bryant, T Barry; EW V Gayford, P Haigh

June 24th - A NS R Roark, D O’Meara; EW M Sullivan, P Guthrie

P Jonutz, H Eyers - B NS D Crisp, M Timms; EW M Angus, D Jeffery

June 25th - C Coupe, L Coupe

June 26th - NS R Bingham, A Fisher; EW D Hickie, N Williams

Sawtell RSL Snooker Club

By Ken MASON

TUESDAY 2nd July 2024

Main Draw Winners: - Kevin Worley - R/U Wayne Farrell Consolation Winners:John Browning - R/U Hayley Patch (Visitor)

38c/b, Wayne Edwards 38, Rick Lanser 36c/b, Kyle Banks 36c/b. Balls to 32c/b. NTP A: Max Neal, B: Paul Quinn, C: Phillip O’Dwyer (pro pin). NTP 11 A: Max Neal, B: John Burke, C: Rick Lanser 4/7 Play 9 John Madden 23, Keith Hutchinson 20. Balls to 16 5/7 Stableford Steven Oberleuter 37, Michael Hart 35c/b, Balls to 32c/b. NTP 7 Steve Oberleuter (pro pin)

Debbie (1)

Kelly (1)

Asttan (1) Ben (1)

Brad (7)

Chris (3)

Craig S (3)

Dave C (1)

Dean (2)

Edward (1)

Garry (4)

Kevin Ca (1)

Kurt (1)

Paul (2)

Peter (2)

Ray (1)

Morgan 25:38, 1; Lara Karrasch 28:22, 2; Willow Nuttall 29:42, 3; Kristie Hood 30:44, 4; Sunnie Kassulke 32:30, 5; Lisa Jenyns 32:33, 6; Toni Berrington 36:44, 7.

RESULTS: 10km (Male) - Nick Murray 46:07, 1; Bruce Meder 50:52, 2.

RESULTS: 10km (Female) - Nicole Feain 44:17, 1; Janie Mahoney 1:06:42, 2. Next week the runs start on the beach at the Beach Road picnic area, Mullawarra.

Weismantel 60.1, Braydon Parker 31.0.

The 50m F-Class match was conducted with 8 participants. Ben R 194.9, Jeffrey W 191.7, Cherelle Steinhardt 188.5, Joel Walker 182.6, Jessica Hancock 174.2, Member-677 155.1, Visitors: Kevin Weismantel 168.3, Alex Young 36.0

Aspden 3/0, Patrick Howard d Fletcher Singleton 3/0, David Iles d Fletcher Singleton 3/0, Patrick Howard d Bob Aspden 3/0, David Iles d Bob Aspden 3/0, Huey Aspden d Fletcher Singleton 3/0, Patrick Howard d David Iles 3/0, Bob Aspden d Huey Aspden 3/0. WINNER: Patrick Howard from David Iles.

June 28th - NS I Doland, S Dilosa; EW L Quinn, P Haigh

July 1st - A NS B Edwards, B Salisbury; EW E Hulbert, L Quinn B A Young, D Jeffery

July 2nd - P Jonutz, H Eyers

July 3rd - NS R Roark, P Griffin; EW T Cooper, R Tilley

July 5th - NS E Colley, D O’Meara; EW A Anderson, D Anderson

July 6th - NS P Griffin, J Bryant; EW V Gayford, T Levitt

Coffs Harbour Golf Club Ladies

By Vicky HUNTER

TUESDAY 2 nd July 9 Hole

Single Stableford 24 starters A Grade- Anne Dew(18CB),Marilyn Waterhouse(18) B Grade- Lin Kildea(20), Robyn Schomberg(18) NTP’s- 3 rd Hole- Anne Dew 6 th Hole- Carmel Hill, Lin Kildea.

Woolgoolga Bowling Club Results

By Glenn LANE

TUESDAY Social Bowls 2 - 7 - 24 was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Woolgoolga Wanderers Bowls Wednesday 3 - 7 - 24 was also cancelled due to rain.

Friday Social Bowls 5 - 7 - 24 was cancelled due to the continuing rain.

Reg (3)

Rob (2)

Trevor (1)

Tye (2)

High pegs

Elaine (50)

Dave C (78)

Peter (117)

Leader Board

Bad Habbits 12

Thunderstruck 10

Bulls Hit 9

Fluke Shots 8

Warriors 7

DILLIGAF 4

Bull Finish 4

Park Beach Women’s Bowling Club

By Anne ORR

IN TRYING conditions, 28 teams competed in Park Beach Womens Bowls Club’s inaugural Oceanic Pairs. Results: 1st place Judy Monck (Park Beach) & Sarah Bracken

Park Beach Mens Bowling Club

By Bruce WORBOYS

PHOENIX Open Pairs 1 – 4 July

36 teams contested the Phoenix Open Pairs at Park Beach Bowling Club last week. With the field full of Australian and State representatives the standard of bowls was outstanding. 6 pools of 6 teams competed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning before the top 8 teams progressed through to the Quarter Finals on Wednesday afternoon.

Quarter Finals

Jack McShane and Kane Nelson def Matt Miles and Jesse Noronha 20 – 16

Joseph Clarke and Ben Twist def Hayden Bojkowski and Josh WalkerDavis 18 – 17

Jake Rynne and Lee Schraner def Cody Griffin and Jay Bye-Norris

Sawtell Bowls Results

By Geoff HAMPSON

MONDAY Afternoon Bowls 1/7/24

K Wilson, P Day, G Cuss DEF E Korchma, N Elford, D Ide

L Read, R Hampson, B Kennedy

DEDF L Read, S Kennedy, H Slater

J Chapman, L Mitchell, C Christian DEF G Davidson, K Taylor, G Hampson

M Cuss, B Thornton DEF K Mason, L Kratz

TUESDAY – Ladies Social Bowls

2/7/24

(Urunga) 80 points; 2nd Elaine Cameron & Jo Bathgate 77; 3rd

Janice O’Reilly (Cardiff) & Denise Hargraves (Park Beach) 76; AM winners Kerry Blow & Judie Kennedy (Park Beach) and Jan Notley & Rhonda Harris (South West Rocks). PM winners Trish Rhodes & Dinah Nutchey-Robinson (Park Beach).

27 – 8

Josh Carney and Callum Murray def Craig Donaldson and David Ferguson 17 – 14

Semi Finals

Josh Carney and Callum Murray def Jake Rynne and Lee Schraner 18 – 11

Joseph Clarke and Ben Twist def Jack McShane and Kane Nelson 21 – 11

Final

Joseph Clarke and Ben Twist def Josh Carney and Callum Murray 17 – 14

Overall Placings

1. Joseph Clarke and Ben Twist

2. Josh Carney and Callum Murray

3. Jake Rynne and Lee Schraner

4. Jack McShane and Kane Nelson

5. Cody Griffin and Jay ByeNorris

6. Hayden Bojkowski and

Triples Games

G Pickard, H Dodd K Lewis DEF

R Lucas, M McDonald, K Tattersall

L Mitchell, D Grebert, D Garth

DEF H Muir, L Wheeler, D Ide

Pairs Games

M Cuss, C Weir DEF L Kratz, N Elford

T Rhoads, L North DEF S Kennedy, J Poletti

WEDNESDAY – Men’s Social Bowls 3/7/24 - Cancelled due to weather Conditions

FRIDAY –Open Social Bowls 5/7/24 –Cancelled due o weather Conditions

Sharks' streak ends

STORY STARTS on BACK COVER, Page 40

the evening.

Things went from bad to worse for Cronulla when Sifa Talakai was sent to the sin bin for a high tackle.

The Titans capitalised on their ten minute numerical advantage, quickly adding another try to their tally.

The Sharks showed glimpses of their attacking prowess, pushing hard at the Titans' try line.

Twice they thought they had scored, only to be denied by a knock-on and a last-ditch defensive effort that bundled Will Kennedy out of play just before he could ground the ball.

Despite launching a spirited second-half comeback, the Sharks' efforts were in vain.

Their unbeaten record at C.ex Coffs International Stadium was shattered, leaving them to rue missed opportunities and costly errors.

In a touching moment before kickoff, 98-year-old Maisie Miller stole the spotlight.

Josh Walker-Davis 7. Craig Donaldson and David Ferguson

8. Matt Miles and Jesse Noronha

Thanks to our Sponsors, Taylor Bowls, BCIB, Coffs Toyota and Hyundai, Ridgey Didge Pies at the Bailey Centre, Park Beach Plaza and Shoreline.

Urunga Men’s Veterans Golf

By Ross HARDAKER

JULY 1

Single Stableford 22 players contested today’s event, results follow, Winner Wozz Rawlings 36, 2nd Selwyn Newby 34 c/b, 3rd Kim Michelsen 34 c/b. Run-down Bob Jones 34, Tony Shields, Paul Bastick, Grant Cardow and Jock Howarth 33,

the Coffs Harbour Comets.

Given the honour of the coin toss, Maisie was the darling of the evening, charming both Titans captain Kieran Foran and Sharks captain Cameron McInnes with her intoxicating love of the game.

They shared a warm chat about Maisie's half-century of support for

Maisie, with the biggest smile in the stadium, recounted her experience.

"They were all so kind,” she said.

“The referee even brought me the 50-cent piece afterwards and said I could keep it as a souvenir.

“I'm 99 this year and have been supporting the Coffs Harbour Comets for 50 years.

Congratulations to all the players and a huge thank you to the many volunteers that helped make the tournament a success in sometimes very trying conditions. To the Management and staff of Park Beach Bowling Club and the Greens staff, thank you on the outstanding presentation of the Club.

Chris O’Donnell 32, Dave Baldock 31c/b.

Bradmans Loz Renshall 18. NTPS 3rd Bruce Parker, 9th Kim Michelsen.

Longest Putt Bob Jones.

Slab Winner Chris O’Donnell, ( again ).

Finally , congratulations to Nick Betar, who’s grandson Ricky has achieved selection in the Paris Olympics Swim Team. A great achievement, and a very proud Pop. Well done !

“We were called the Banana Benders back then, and I still wear the same colours to this day," she beamed.

Though the Sharks' night ended in disappointment, Maisie's presence was a poignant reminder of the enduring spirit and passion that makes rugby league so special.

q Winners Sarah Bracken and Judy Moncks.

q The Gold Coast Titans’ resolute defence denies the Cronulla Sharks a try.

LOCALCLASSIFIEDS

David Gregory Doyle 15/12/1947 – 03/07/2024

Beloved husband and best friend of Deborah Doyle (Murray) for 46 years. Much loved and respected father of Rhiana and Rachael. Grandad to Cooper, Emma, Chloe and Billie who loved him greatly.

The nurses from Medical Ward A at CHBH have been exceptional. The care and love that has been shown by them has helped us at an incredibly difficult time.

So dearly loved. So sadly missed.

As per David’s wishes he was privately cremated.

VICTOR RULLIS FUNERAL SERVICES

Merrilyn Maree Gomersall

4th July 2024

Passed away peacefully at St Joseph’s Aged Care. Late of Sandy Beach. Much loved wife of Les (dec). Sadly missed by her mother Marie Hall. Loved sister of Robyn, Stephen, Dave and Jennifer. Cherished aunt to Matt, Nikki, Kris & James (dec). Much loved by her step family.

Aged 73 Years Reunited with Les

A private cremation was held at the Coffs Harbour Crematorium, Karangi.

McCALLUM

Patricia Barbara ‘Trish’

9th July 2024, passed at Bellinger River District Hospital with her family at her side. Wife of George (dec’d). Loving mother and mother-in-law of Barbara & Ben and Andrew & Sonia. Adored ‘Nana Trish’ of Charlotte, Nerissa, Patrick and Hamish. Trish will be sadly missed by all her extended family and friends.

Aged 75 Years

Forever In Our Hearts

Trish will be privately cremated at Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour.

Avona Seccombe (nee Sellings)

4th July 2024

Passed away peacefully at High View Dorrigo. Late of Brooklana. Loving wife of Don (dec). Mother & Mother-in-law to Sue & Michael, Donna & Wayne, Gay & Stephen, Guy, Trish & Justin, Charm & Paul. Wonderful Nan & Great-Grandmother.

Aged 89 Years

Reunited with Fix It.

As per Avona’s wishes, a private cremation was held at the Coffs Harbour Crematorium, Karangi.

VICTOR RULLIS FUNERAL SERVICES

(02) 6651 5007 www.funeralcoffsharbour.com.au

SMITH, Jill

2nd July 2024, late of Woolgoolga. She was a much loved friend of many who contributed generously to the community and all those she knew. Jill will be fondly missed by her dear friends Jenny & Barrie Hadlow, their children Ruth, Meredith and Ian, along with her many friends, associates and neighbours.

Aged 89 Years

“And When The Earth Shall Claim Your Limbs, Then Shall You Truly Dance”

Jill was privately cremated at Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour.

KEITH LOGUE & SONS

Coffs Harbour 6652 1999

Funeral Director’s Assoc. of NSW Accred No 12033-01

George Thomas

5th July 2024, late of Sawtell. Loved husband of Beth. Caring brother of John (dec’d), Angela (dec’d) and brother-in-law of Kim and Maurice Bird.

Aged 95 Years

George Will Be Sadly Missed By All His Family And Friends

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend George’s Memorial Service to be held in the Chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Saturday 13th July 2024 commencing at 11.30 am.

KEITH LOGUE & SONS Coffs Harbour 6652 1999 Funeral Director’s Assoc. of NSW Accred No 12033-01

SACKLEY

James Michael ‘Jim’

7th July 2024, passed peacefully at Baringa Private Hospital. Late of Woolgoolga, formerly of Cascade Dorrigo. Much loved husband and soulmate of Judy (dec’d). Loving and devoted dad and father-in-law of Mark & Pip and Jane & Tony. Cherished pop of Steph, Laura, Emma, Michael and Amy. ‘Big Pop’ to Banjo.

Aged 84 Years

VICTOR RULLIS FUNERAL SERVICES MILLER

(02) 6651 5007 www.funeralcoffsharbour.com.au

Forever In Our Hearts

Reunited With Judy

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Jim’s Funeral Prayers to be celebrated in the Chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Monday 15th July 2024 commencing at 2.30pm. Jim’s Funeral Prayers will be live streamed on Keith Logue & Sons Facebook page.

KEITH

& SONS

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SATURDAY

BIG BACKYARD QUIZ

SBS, 7.30pm

Joining hands with NAIDOC Week, this sprightly game show celebrates all things Australian from a blak perspective. Delving into sport, music, food and people, it’s a lighthearted and playful trek through history that proudly looks at the Australian experience “the way we were not taught in school”. Produced by Spicks and Specks’ Anthony Watt, join hosts Narelda Jacobs (The Point) and Steven Oliver (Black Comedy) with team captains rapper Barkaa and triple j’s Dave Woodhead.

FRIDAY, July 12

SUNDAY

LADIES IN BLACK

ABC TV, 8.30pm

Set in early 1960s Sydney, a city on the cusp on change, this decadent production delights with period-perfect details as it draws back the curtain on the lives and loves of the women who work at Goodes Department Store. in Black harks back to another era with its costumes, sets and social expectations, but also by being an Australian drama series on free-to-air TV – in this day and age, they’re few and far between. With just two episodes to go, this homegrown standout is worth savouring. Tonight, in “Men in Briefs”, Magda (Debi Mazar) ropes Angela (Azizi Donnelly) and Lisa (Clare Miles) in on her plans for a bold promotion.

MONDAY GHOSTS

TEN, 10pm

With this American sitcom

third season, gem’s premise is all about versatility. It’s simple: several spirits who all died in the same mansion at different points in history are stuck together until a young couple moves in. Sam (Rose McIver) is the only one who can see her spectral housemates, while husband Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) does his best to help her deal with their shenanigans. But all that’s about to change – in tonight’s episode, Bela (Punam Patel) and Eric (Andrew Leeds) return to Woodstone, where he reveals a major change.

(R) Presented by Wil Anderson.

Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

Austin. (PG, R)

ABC Late News.

Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R)

Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PG, R)

12.45 We Hunt Together. (Malsv, R)

1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Ancient Egypt: Top 7 Pyramids. (R) 8.30 Nazca Desert Mystery. (PG, R) Takes a look at the Nazca Lines. 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 13. 2.00 Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late. (Mlnv, R)

3.50 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)

4.50 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs catches up with Morgan Hipsworth. 8.30 MOVIE: The Dressmaker. (2015, Malsv, R) After a woman returns to her home town in the Australian outback, old rivalries are reignited. Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth.

10.50 Dancing With The Stars. (PG, R) 12.35 Criminal Confessions. (MA15+alv, R)

1.35 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 19. Cronulla Sharks v Wests Tigers. From PointsBet Stadium, Sydney. 9.55 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the Cronulla Sharks versus Wests Tigers match, with NRL news and analysis.

10.30 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 12.

12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 12 Late.

4.00 Postcards. (PG, R) The team travels to the Peninsula.

4.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) A professor tries to study Skippy.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R)

6.30 The Project. 7.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Hosted by Tom Gleisner. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Ml, R) Guests include Dominic West, Michelle Keegan, Jacob Anderson, Alan Carr and Teddy Swims. 9.30 The Cheap Seats.

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SATURDAY, July 13

6.00

6.00 Stuff The British Stole: Girl And Her Doll. (PG, R)

6.30 I Was Actually There: Port Arthur. (PG, R)

7.00

Midsomer Murders. (Final, Ma, R)

a picturesque village in pursuit of a giant fish, chaos ensues.

9.45 Ladies In Black. (Ms, R) Lisa and Angela’s friendship is tested.

10.35 Shetland. (Mal, R)

11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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6am Children’s Programs. 2.05pm MOVIE: Thomas And Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie. (2018) 3.30 Children’s Programs. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 7.55 The Crystal Maze. 8.45 All-Round Champion. 9.35 MOVIE: Open Season 3. (2010, PG) 10.45 Good Game Spawn Point. 11.30 Rage. 1.05am TMNT. 1.50 The Legend Of Korra. 2.10 Shasha And Milo. 2.35 Late Programs.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Big Backyard Quiz. (Mls) Hosted by Narelda Jacobs and Steven Oliver.

8.30 The Artist’s View: AC/DC. (Ms, R) Angus Young and Brian Johnson recall the inspiration behind AC/DC’s most hard-hitting music videos.

9.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 14.

2.00 Blinded. (Malns, R)

3.45 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)

4.45 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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SBS MOVIES (32)

6am Skies Of

Lebanon. Continued. (2020, PG, Italian) 6.45 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 8.35 The Wild Duck. (1983) 10.20 Ten Canoes. (2006, M, Ganalbingu) Noon Selma. (2014, M) 2.20 Jonsson Gang. (2020, PG, Finnish) 4.40 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 6.50 Eat Wheaties! (2020, PG) 8.30 Marmalade. (2024, M) 10.25 Stars At Noon. (2022) 12.55am Late Programs.

SUNDAY, July 14

6.00

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG)

8.00 Austin. (PG)

8.30 Ladies In Black. (Ms) Fay confronts marital disaster.

9.20 The Split. (Ml, R) Ruth learns of Nina and Tyler’s affair.

10.20 Shetland. (Mal, R)

11.20 Annika. (Mal, R)

12.05 Miniseries: Des. (Mal, R)

12.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

3.00 Classic Countdown. (Ml, R)

4.00 Landline. (R)

4.30 Art Works. (PG, R)

5.00 Insiders. (R)

ABC FAMILY

6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 MOVIE: Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. (2022, PG) 8.50 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.55 Doctor Who. 10.40 Merlin. 11.25 And We Danced. 12.25am Horrible Histories. 12.50 Wildlifers! 1.05 Operation Ouch! 1.35 Holly Hobbie. 1.55 Malory Towers. 2.20 The Next Step. 3.25 Odd Squad. 3.55 Close. 4.00 Moon And Me. 4.20 Late Programs.

1.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike C’ship. Round 4. 4.00 Sports Woman. 4.30 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. 5.30 The Abyss: The Rise And Fall Of The Nazis. (PGav, R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Paris Hotel De Ville: A Masterpiece. Takes a look at the Hotel de Ville in Paris, home to the city council and mayor.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 15. Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille. 198km mountain stage. From France.

2.15 Battle Of Britain: 3 Days To Save The UK. (PG, R)

3.05 Hitler: Countdown To War. (PGav, R)

4.00 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

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6.00 NBC Today. 7.00

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6am Jonsson

Gang. Continued. (2020, PG, Finnish) 7.20 Goddess. (2013, PG) 9.15 The 400 Blows. (1959, PG, French) 11.10 We Are Still Here. (2022, M) 12.50pm Skies Of Lebanon. (2020, PG, Italian) 2.35 About Elly. (2009, PG, Persian) 4.45 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 6.35 Leap Year. (2010, PG) 8.30 Begin Again. (2013, M) 10.25 I’m Not A Killer. (2019, MA15+, Italian) 12.30am Late Programs.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Border Force busts an attempt to smuggle cocaine.

7.30 MOVIE: Free Guy. (2021, Mlv, R) A bank teller discovers he is in a video game. Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer.

9.50 MOVIE: Deadpool 2. (2018, MA15+lv, R) Deadpool protects a young mutant. Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin.

12.15 Criminal Confessions. (MA15+av, R)

1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Drop Dead Weird. (R)

5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)

6am

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby Union. International Test Series. Game 2. Australia v Wales. 9.50 Test Rugby: Wallabies V Wales Post-Match.

10.30 Wimbledon 2024 Pre-Show.

11.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 13. Women’s final. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 13 Late. Women’s final.

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa)

2.30 Getaway. (PG, R)

3.00 TV Shop. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGlm, R) Reidy returns.

7.00 The Dog House Australia. (PG, R) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith. 8.00 The Dog House. (PG, R) Follows pets, including a timid puppy, which are matched with potential companions. 9.00 Ambulance UK. (Ma, R) With a spike in staff illness due to COVID-19, the ambulance service calls on the military for help. 11.30 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

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6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Dancing With The Stars. (PGl)

8.40 7NEWS Spotlight.

An exclusive special investigation.

9.40 The Latest: Seven News. 10.10 Code 1: Minute By Minute: The Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race. (Mal, R)

11.10 Born To Kill? (MA15+av, R)

12.10 Lipstick Jungle. (Mds, R) 1.10 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Children’s Programs. 2.10pm Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio. H’lights. 3.20 MOVIE: Loch Ness. (1996) 5.20 MOVIE: The Water Horse. (2007, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Edward Scissorhands. (1990, PG) 9.40 MOVIE: Practical Magic. (1998, M) 11.50 MOVIE: Like A Boss. (2020, M) 1.30am The Platinum Life. (Return) 3.30 Beyblade

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 Travel Guides. (PGl) The guides head to Newcastle, NSW.

8.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.00 9News

6.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) Andy, Poh and Jean Christophe swap roles, becoming the cooks while the semi-finalists become the judges. 8.40 Tulsa King. (Mlv) As pressure increases, Dwight, Mitch and Tyson assemble their team. Stacy confronts Waltrip. 10.20 FBI. (Mav, R) A young woman is abducted.

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4.00 MOVIE: The Unforgiven. (1960, PG) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: The Negotiator. (1998, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

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MONDAY, July 15

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Midsomer Murders. (Ma, R) 2.25 I Was Actually There. (Ml, R) 3.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PGd, R) 4.45 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.10 WorldWatch. 11.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review. (R) 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 15. H’lights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Wildlife ER. (PGa, R) 3.00 Trail Towns. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Amazing Railway Adventures With Nick Knowles. (Final, PGa, R)

8.30 Unlocking The Secrets Of Stonehenge. (PGah, R)

9.20 24 Hours In Emergency. (Mal, R)

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Sisi. (Ma)

12.35 Tokyo Vice. (Malsv, R)

2.35 The Autistic Gardener. (R)

3.30 Peer To Peer. (PGa, R)

4.30 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG)

7.30 Turbulence: How Safe Is Your Flight? (PG)

8.30 Alert: Missing Persons Unit. (Mav)

9.30 S.W.A.T. (Mv)

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Code Blue: The Killing Of June Fox-Roberts. (MA15+av, R)

12.00 The Event. (Mav, R)

1.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. (R)

1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (PGl)

8.40 Limitless With Chris Hemsworth. (PGa) 9.40 100% Footy. (M) 10.40 9News Late.

La Brea. (Mav) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Hello SA. (PG) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early

6am Ramen

Shop. Continued. (2018, PG) 6.40 Stolen Kisses. (1968, PG, French) 8.20 Eat Wheaties! (2020, PG) 10.00 Marmalade. (2024, M) 11.55 J.T. LeRoy. (2018, M) 1.55pm Creation. (2009, PG) 3.55 The 400 Blows. (1959, PG, French) 5.50 The Witches. (1990, PG) 7.30 Real Genius. (1985, M) 9.30 La Femme Nikita. (1990, MA15+, French) 11.40 American History X. (1998, MA15+) 1.50am Late Programs.

TUESDAY, July 16

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 One Plus One. (a, R) 10.30 Monday’s Experts. (M, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 The Newsreader. (Mal, R) 2.00 Ladies In Black. (Ms, R) 3.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PG, R) 4.45 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.15 Great Canal Journeys. (PGa, R) 11.10 Inside Oxford Street. (Ml) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Destination Flavour. (R) 2.10 Wildlife ER. (PG, R) 3.10 Living Black. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (R) 4.15 Scenic Coastal Walks With Kate Humble. (PG,

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great British Railway Journeys: Wokingham To Heathrow. (PG) Presented by Michael Portillo.

8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchi explores second chances and whether they are a blessing or a curse.

9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 16.

2.10 Unseen. (Maln, R)

4.05 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)

4.35 Bamay. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

Curse Of Oak Island. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Alone. 9.40 Hoarders. 11.20 Couples Therapy. 12.50am Hypothetical. 2.40 NHK

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6am About Elly. (2009, PG, Persian) 8.10 Leap Year. (2010, PG) 10.00 Anonymous. (2011, M) 12.25pm Begin Again. (2013, M) 2.20 Stolen Kisses. (1968, PG, French) 4.00 Ramen Shop. (2018, PG) 5.40 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael. (1990, PG) 7.30 The Big Chill. (1983, M) 9.30 Hero. (2002, M, Mandarin) 11.25 Snatch. (2000, MA15+) 1.20am Parallel Mothers. (2021, M, Spanish) 3.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGs) Tane makes inroads with Perri.

7.30 Britain’s Got Talent. (PG) Hosted by Ant and Dec.

9.30 The Good Doctor. (M) Claire returns from her work in Guatemala for a medical examination.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 The Chernobyl Disaster: Firestorm. (Ma, R) 12.00 The Disappearance. (Madv, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Ladies In Black. (Ml, R) 3.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PG, R) 4.45 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

France.

WorldWatch. 7.00

H’lights. 8.00

11.00 Tour De France

(R) 12.00 Tour de France. Stage 16. H’lights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Insight. (R) 3.00 Trail Towns. (PG, R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Tour De France 2024 Highlights Review.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Moulin Rouge: Yes We Can-Can! (Mn)

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 17. Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to SuperDévoluy. 177.8km mountain stage. From France.

1.45 Trom. (Madl, R)

3.20 Diversity Theatre Project:Transformation. (PGa, R)

4.00 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael. Continued. (1990, PG) 7.25

THURSDAY, July 18

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 The Greek Islands With Julia Bradbury. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Maggie Beer’s Big Mission. (R) 2.00 Ladies In Black. (PG, R) 3.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of Australia. (PG, R) 4.45 Grand Designs. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

Clunes: Islands Of Australia. (PG, R) 1.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Guillaume’s French Atlantic. Part 5 of 5.

8.30 Riveted: The History Of Jeans. (PGadnvw, R) Takes a look at the story of jeans.

9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 18.

2.10 The Congregation. (MA15+s, R)

3.50 Peer To Peer. (R)

4.50 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PG) Hosted by Lee Mack.

8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Takes a lighter look at all things AFL.

10.45 The Latest: Seven News.

11.15 Talking Footy.

12.15 Dracula. (MA15+hv)

1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Rugby League. State Of Origin. Game 3. Queensland v New South Wales. 10.00 State Of Origin Post-Match. A wrap-up of the State of Origin clash.

9.30 Kitchen Nightmares Australia. (MA15+l, R) Hosted by Colin Fassnidge.

11.00 Come To The Edge. (Ml) Follows the Australian Olympic Surf Team.

12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.00 Pointless. (PG, R)

2.00 Surfing Australia TV. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Fishing Australia. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

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The Witches. (1990, PG) 9.05 The Color Purple. (1985, PG) 11.55 Real Genius. (1985, M) 1.50pm The Mole Agent. (2020, Spanish) 3.30 A Hero. (2021, PG, Farsi) 5.50 The Grey Fox. (1982, PG) 7.30 The Talented Mr Ripley. (1999, M) 10.00 Heathers. (1988, MA15+) 11.55 One False Move. (1992) 1.55am Late Programs. 6am The Grey Fox. (1982, PG) 7.40 A Hero. (2021, PG, Farsi) 10.00 Hero. (2002, M, Mandarin) 11.50 The Big Chill. (1983, M) 1.50pm Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael. (1990, PG) 3.40 Menashe. (2017, PG, Yiddish) 5.15 Cutthroat Island. (1995, PG) 7.30 Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997, M) 9.10 A Fish Called Wanda. (1988, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

2.00 Catch Phrase. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00

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6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Xander suffers a freak accident.

8.30 Starstruck. (Return, PG) Ordinary members of the public transform into some of the world’s biggest music icons.

9.45 ABBA Vs Queen. (PGa, R) A comparison of ABBA and Queen.

10.45 Air Crash Investigations: Terror Over The Pacific. (PGa) A look at United Airlines Flight 811.

12.45 The Goldbergs. (PGl, R)

2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30

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