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Voters back nurses on pay dispute

By Andrea FERRARI A RECENT poll has revealed the State Government is at odds with New South Wales voters over its handling of the current pay and conditions dispute with nurses and midwives.

The state government has been at loggerheads with the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) since May, unwilling to negotiate a deal beyond its original baseline public sector pay offer of three percent over three years, excluding superannuation.

SERVICE EXPANDS q Over 200 nurses rallied in Coffs Harbour in November.

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Voters back nurses on pay dispute

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“This report is further evidence of just how out of touch this government is with the electorate.

“By punishing nurses and midwives they are punishing the people of NSW and poorly managing our state’s health system.”

Director of Strategy and Analytics at RedBridge, Kos Samaras, said Labor was vulnerable on healthcare.

“Voters’ existing opinion of the NSW Labor government’s policies and performance in this area is lower than the government should be comfortable with, and this ongoing industrial dispute has the potential to pull this down further,” said Mr Samaras.

“Labor’s softest supporters do not rate it highly when it comes to healthcare.

“In fact, the Coalition is better rated by Labor voters on healthcare than Labor is scored by Coalition voters.”

Sixty-seven percent of voters said the ongoing pay dispute with nurses and midwives decreased their confidence in the NSW government’s ability to manage healthcare, and 61 percent said their view of the government was shaped by whether it increased the pay for nurses and midwives.

“Voters in these marginal seats say the current state of the NSW public health system is important to their vote at the 2025 federal election, and it matters most to those who are supportive of the pay demands of nurses and midwives,” added Mr Samaras.

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“It's been clear to us at every rally we've held that the Coffs Harbour community are overwhelmingly supportive of us.

“They know that without better pay, nurses and midwives will continue to leave the state and profession and our health system will suffer because of that.”

Ms Bailey Derrett said the community will suffer unless the NSW Government acts.

“Our members are sick and tired of being overworked, underpaid, and undervalued.

“It is absolutely appalling that a Labor Government has chosen to treat nurses and midwives this way."

NSWNMA General Secretary Shaye Candish, said the Minns government had failed to recognise the vital contribution nurses and midwives make to the state’s public health system and in their broader communities.

“Our members feel incredibly undervalued by the Minns Labor government and are devastated they are being forced to contemplate moving interstate for better pay and conditions, or leaving their chosen professions altogether,” said Ms Candish.

“The people of NSW expect their public health system to provide accessible and appropriate care to every patient who needs it, but voters have witnessed the demoralising working conditions for themselves, and they know the sacrifices nurses and midwives make to provide care.

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Polling and analysis of marginal electorates conducted by the RedBridge Group revealed voters had overwhelming support for the NSWNMA’s pay claim, with 70 percent of participants in support of a 15 percent pay increase, including 71 percent of Labor voters, 66 percent of Coalition voters and 90 percent of Greens voters.

Support increased (80 percent overall) when respondents learned nurses and midwives were leaving NSW due to the pay disparity with other states, including the 18 percent pay gap for early career nurses and midwives compared to their Queensland counterparts.

Coffs Harbour NSWNMA Branch President Amanda Bailey Derrett told News Of The Area, “It's clear from this polling that the community are supportive of nurses and midwives in our fight for better pay and conditions.

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SERVICE EXPANDS FROM Page 1

The Justice Health NSW Safeguards Service will establish dedicated regional hubs to help vulnerable young people access on-site care in Dubbo, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Coffs Harbour and Newcastle.

The program currently provides mental health assessment and treatment

for at-risk youth in the Sydney metropolitan area, while young people in the regions typically rely on telehealth clinics for psychiatry support.

The expanded service will provide young people aged up to 17 years and their families with direct access to a range of health services including psychiatry, social work, occupational therapy,

psychology and Aboriginal mental health care.

The regional hubs will build on the successful metropolitan service, which has received more than 150 referrals during its 14 months of operation.

From these, more than 100 young people have been provided with mental health support, and many were connected to other community-based health services for ongoing care.

oncology, or medical units.

Once the individual no longer requires the device, it returns to the Emergency Department for use by the next patient.

The hospital’s Senior Biomedical Technician Malcolm Schweitzer said the Chapmans’ generosity would deliver improved health care to countless patients over the devices’ lifespan.

“These infusion pumps are a critical tool in modern healthcare, enabling us to deliver precise treatments efficiently.

“Donations like this directly benefit our patients and support our healthcare professionals in delivering the highest standard of care,” Mr Schweitzer said.

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Chapman are well-known for their support of CHHC, with a long history of donating essential medical equipment across various departments.

“It’s incredibly rewarding to support our local hospital and ensure that its dedicated healthcare teams have the tools they need to provide excellent care,” Mr Chapman said.

“We’re delighted to know this donation will positively impact so many lives.”

“We hope this equipment will continue to benefit patients for years to come, improving outcomes for those who need it most,” Mrs Chapman added.

“Supporting our community in this way is an honour,” she said.

Pumped by donation

By Andrea FERRARI

ROBERT and Margaret Chapman, long-term benefactors of Coffs Harbour Health Campus (CHHC), have donated nine infusion pumps costing almost $15,000 to the hospital’s Emergency Department.

Infusion pumps are essential medical devices capable of delivering fluids in precise amounts, ranging from nutrients and medications like insulin, antibiotics, and pain relievers, to chemotherapy drugs.

The pumps remain with the patient from the Emergency Department to whichever specialised ward they are moved to, such as cardiology, surgical,

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Minister for Mental Health and Youth Rose Jackson said, “The expansion of Justice Health’s Safeguards service to Dubbo, Lismore, Wagga Wagga, Coffs Harbour and Newcastle acknowledges that vulnerable young people in the regions typically face obstacles in accessing specialised, wraparound care.

“This innovative program doesn’t only work to address the serious mental health

challenges faced by some young people – it also provides interventions that can prevent future encounters with the justice system.”

Justice Health NSW Chief Executive Wendy Hoey said the expansion will help more young people stay out of the criminal justice system.

“It will support their family and community connections and encourage them to engage with health

services where they live.

“This service allows us to intervene early to reduce the number of young people facing court and ensure they get the right care at the right time.

“We look forward to working with key stakeholders and the community to extend this important service into regional NSW and to support more vulnerable people get the care they deserve.”

q Rob and Margaret Chapman, pictured with two of the nine infusion pumps they generously donated to Coffs Harbour Health Campus. Biomedical Technician Cinup Vincent was on hand to thank the Chapmans and demonstrate how the pumps operate.

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Turtle release at North Wall Beach

By Andrea FERRARI

SEA turtles Fred and Basil have been returned to their ocean home at North Wall Beach in a heartwarming collaboration between the Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary (CCWS) and the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour.

This release marked a milestone in the partnership between CCWS and Rotary, with the rescue and rehabilitation efforts sponsored by Rotary’s Community Partnership Program.

“Many people would not be aware that one of the

areas of focus for Rotary is supporting the environment, and we are very pleased to assist with the conservation work of CCWS,” said Rotary Club Coffs Harbour President Neil McVicar.

Fred and Basil, both green sea turtles, were rescued after suffering from floating syndrome - a condition caused by ingesting marine debris that blocks the gastrointestinal tract, leading to a buildup of gas and preventing them from diving or digesting food properly.

After several months of intensive rehabilitation at

the Sanctuary, both turtles were deemed healthy and ready to return to the wild.

To further support research, Fred and Basil were tagged prior to release, enabling conservationists to track their movements and gather valuable data about their behaviour and habitats.

Tiga Cross, Managing Director of the Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary, praised the collaboration.

“This partnership with Rotary exemplifies how communities can come together to make a tangible difference.

“Releasing Fred and Basil

q Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary volunteer and Émilie Madelaine, a Rotary exchange student from France, about to release Basil. Photo: Glen James.

q Tiga Cross from Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary and Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour members.

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is a reminder of the resilience of our marine wildlife when given a second chance.

“We’re deeply grateful for Rotary’s support in enabling us to continue this vital work.”

Over the past year, CCWS has rescued nearly 100 sea turtles, rehabilitated and released more than 30, and continues to care for another 20.

These efforts reflect the Sanctuary’s commitment to protecting marine life and raising awareness about the threats facing sea turtles today.

q Tiga Cross, Émilie Madelaine and Neil McVicar after the release of Fred and Basil. Photo: Glen James.

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Veterans get active

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THE Bellinger RSL subBranch is adopting its organisation’s successful RSL NSW Sport and Recreation Program, an initiative that has been running for two years.

The program began in 2022 as a pilot program in two district councils with only 14 sub-Branches.

It has fast become a statewide institution that’s touched the lives of more than 1,000 people and counting.

The program of free activities was designed to encourage RSL NSW members to socialise and have fun, and to enhance the wellbeing of all veterans and their family members.

For the Bellinger RSL sub-Branch, the first activities to be introduced are invigorating gym sessions and scenic river adventures.

It’s all completely free for all current and former serving military members and their families.

Starting on Tuesday 14 January 2025, participants can energise their mornings with professional fitness classes at Bellingen Fitness.

The program offers two different workout styles: Tuesday weekly sessions focus on strength, balance, and bone density, while alternate Saturday classes blend strength and cardio training to help participants tackle life's challenges with confidence.

Classes are thoughtfully designed to accommodate all fitness levels and ages, ensuring everyone feels welcome and supported.

For those seeking outdoor excitement, the sub-Branch is launching monthly paddling adventures on the Bellinger River beginning Sunday 9 February.

These Sunday morning sessions promise not just exercise, but also the joy of exploring our region's natural beauty.

"We're creating more than just a fitness program," says Bellinger RSL sub-Branch president Rick Maunder.

"We're building a community where veterans and their families can connect, have fun, and support each other while improving their wellbeing."

The paddling sessions include all necessary

equipment – canoes, lifejackets, and expert guidance from Bellingen Canoe Adventures staff.

As a special touch, each paddling session concludes

JAMES Minson’s “The Ego Taking the Ids for a Ride” has taken out the People’s Choice Award in the Coffs Coast Art Prize 2024.

Coffs Harbour Arts Council Vice Chair Ann Leonard described James as a “master of his craft” with a “great sense of humour to go with it”.

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“The Coffs Harbour Arts Council would like to take this opportunity to thank Coffs Harbour Cardiology and The Art Factory Coffs Harbour for their joint contributions to this prize,” Ann said.

“James will now have an extra $1000 to spend on his Christmas celebrations.

“The Coffs Harbour Arts Council would also like to thank everyone who supported this year's prize

including Gowing Bros, Mike and Robyn Mills-Thom and of course the Coffs Coast News Of The Area.”

Ann said the exhibition was once again well received by all who attended.

“The Coffs Harbour Arts Council will continue to endeavour to create opportunities for our community of artists to see their work professionally displayed for the viewing public to enjoy.

“We wish everyone all the very best for the festive season and the coming year.”

Paddling sessions are part of the veterans’ fitness and adventure program.

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with a free barbecue breakfast, making it a social opportunity to relax and chat with fellow participants.

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By Andrea FERRARI LOCAL support for the Bellingen Street Landcare Group is funding a project to regenerate an important bushland site near Lions Park, Urunga.

Thanks to Bellingen Shire Council’s Environmental Levy providing a grant of $3762, a donation of 350 native plants by Urunga Lions Club, and help from a local bush regenerator, the group is making great headway.

The vegetation at the Crescent Close site is dominated by a single Keith Class vegetation type, Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest, which is a “Threatened Ecological Community”.

The presence of Swamp Mahogany and Broad-leaved Paperbark suggests that Flying Foxes and other nectivores are likely to forage at the site, particularly in winter.

The mid-storey species include Cheese Tree and Bangalow Palm while the native ground cover species are sparse, with Matgrass and regenerating natives present.

More than forty species have been identified on-site so far.

Over the years, it has become infested with weeds such as trad, ochna, madeira vine, asparagus fern, morning glory and lantana.

Using grant funds, bush regeneration

contractors have been employed to control weed infestations so that volunteer regenerators can expand across the site with regular working bees.

Recently, Urunga Lions Club, Mayor Cr Steve Allan, Cr Jo Brotherton and members of Council’s Sustainable Environment and Waste Team had a working bee to plant the donated plants. q Mayor Cr Steve Allan, planting alongside volunteers near Lions Park, Urunga.

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Mayor Allan got stuck in with the ground work.

“It is great to be working alongside community members to help protect and restore our natural environment,” he said.

“You can already see changes to the site with weed cover decreasing and native seedlings starting to emerge. “The project is a great example of what can be achieved on a local scale with a dedicated group of volunteers, and I encourage others in the community to get involved in local projects such as this.”

The Mayor was given the task of planting an aniseed myrtle (Syzygium anisatum), which is a rare Australian rainforest tree naturally found only in the Nambucca and Bellinger valleys.

Project Coordinator Jenny Sewell, is thrilled with how the project is going.

“When we started the project, you couldn’t even access the site because it was so thick with weeds,” she said.

“With the help of contractors and our dedicated volunteers the vine weeds are now under control, and you can really see the beauty of the site returning.

“It’s great to be working alongside neighbours and community members and I am looking forward to seeing further transformation of the site as the new trees start to establish.”

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Birders’ delight

q Pacific Baza. Photos: Cheryl Cooper, taken at The Botanic Garden on Friday, 13 December.

By Andrea FERRARI

UNDETERRED by superstitions around the date, Coffs Harbour Birder group spent the morning at the North Coast Botanic Garden seeking to see avian activity on Friday, 13 December.

The local “birdos” always hold their end-of-year final bird outing and morning tea at the Garden and there were several very special sightings.

Garden volunteer and group member Cheryl Cooper, arrived early as there had been some sightings of the powerful owl family recently.

“I couldn’t believe my eyes,” Cheryl told News Of The Area.

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the two almost fully grown chicks, and on display at lower levels than usual.

“Certainly this was my best sighting of the owls this year.

“Normally they would have moved on, but they seem to be staying in the garden for longer and longer each year as, clearly, the garden provides all their needs.”

Fortunately, the family stayed around for the main birder group, who crept down quietly and had some great views of the birds.

“It was a pretty hot day, and it felt fairly quiet, bird-wise, but the final bird tally for the day was still 47 observed.”

This included wood ducks with ducklings, other water birds, green catbirds, dollar birds, yellow-tailed black cockatoos feeding in one of the trees and, of course, the satin bowerbirds.

Then there was more excitement when a nesting pair of Pacific Bazas was spotted.

“Bazas are a small raptor, and they love frogs so the garden, with some of its wetland areas, is an ideal home for them,” Cheryl said.

Many watched enchanted as an adult Lewis honeyeater fed her chick in the shade and then the final fabulous sighting was one of the garden’s three koalas.

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Dorrigo seniors celebrate together

By Andrea FERRARI

THE Dorrigo Support Centre welcomed the elderly and their carers to its Annual Seniors Christmas Luncheon at the Dorrigo Community Hall on Thursday, 15 December.

The centre is a hub that provides services to seniors over 65 years of age and their

carers.

By offering social support and friendship, the centre aims to help people to remain living in their own home and living a lifestyle of their choice.

There are centre-based activities as well as outings and an annual supported holiday.

The Christmas Luncheon

highlighted the importance of community connection and celebrated the contributions of local seniors.

The party opened with a heartfelt Welcome to Country

by Sally Marsden, setting the tone for a warm and inclusive gathering.

Guests enjoyed a delicious meal prepared by Bev Miller, Ellie Luhr and Ian Puddefoot,

q Guests enjoying a convivial Christmas Luncheon at the Dorrigo Support Centre. accompanied by the soulful tunes of local artist John Peppercorn.

Bellingen Shire Mayor Steve Allan attended the event and expressed his delight in being part of such a meaningful celebration.

“It was truly wonderful to see the community come together to honour and support our seniors during this festive season,” Mayor Allan said.

“Events like these remind us of the importance of ensuring our older residents

q John Peppercorn performing at the Dorrigo Support Centre’s Annual Seniors Christmas Luncheon.

feel loved, supported, and connected, especially at this time of year.”

There was a generous raffle and door prizes donated by local businesses, including Dorrigo Hardware, Dorrigo Butcher, Pam’s Fruit and Veg, SPAR, IGA, and Sally Marsden from Landcare Australia.

Every attendee left with the gift of an indoor plant.

“The Dorrigo Support Centre and its incredible staff do outstanding work all year round to connect and uplift our seniors,” Mayor Allan

added.

“This event is a testament to their dedication and the overwhelming generosity of our community.

“A big thank you to everyone who donated, volunteered, cooked, cleaned, and made this day so special.”

Special mentions go to the Dorrigo Lions Club, Dorrigo Rotary, and the Community Hall Committee for their invaluable contributions to making the event a resounding success.

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Allegra School mentioned in Parliament

By Andrea FERRARI

ALLEGRA School in Coffs city centre was the subject of Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh’s Community Recognition Statement presented to Parliament in November.

Community Recognition Statements are one-minute presentations made by MPs which congratulate or acknowledge the achievements of people or groups in the community, recognise charity work, retirement, honours and awards, or express words of thanks or condolence.

Mr Singh chose to mention Allegra as a school in Coffs CBD that is making a big difference across the community by being at the forefront of inclusive and individual education.

“Allegra welcomes young people from a range of learning and social backgrounds who have barriers to learning and found mainstream schools challenging,” he said.

“Allegra’s success lies in creating a balanced approach to academics and wellbeing.

“Using a combination of extensive multilayered learning support, small class sizes and a differentiated approach to the curriculum tailored to the individual, Allegra is creating transformative learning experiences and opportunities for students to thrive.”

After two major renovations, an increase in specialised staff, and the implementation of extensive learning supports to complement existing

ADDITIONAL funding to improve mobile phone connectivity across the Mid North Coast is now available.

The Albanese Government has announced $55 million worth of grants through Round 8 of the Mobile Black Spot Program (MBSP).

MBSP is a cofunding arrangement with the telco industry for new and upgraded telecommunications infrastructure to enhance mobile coverage and competition.

Round 8 funding is

targeted at natural disaster prone locations in regional and rural Australia, to bolster community safety and enable better assistance for locals during and after emergencies.

An online Project Noticeboard has been set up to allow local councillors and state and federal parliamentarians to work with their local communities to identify potential projects.

This can be found by searching “mobile black spot program” on the infrastructure.gov.au website.

Telco industry applicants are being encouraged to

q Students Archie Holdaway and Tyla Long taking Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh on a tour of Allegra School.

programs, school principal Erin Caceda was excited to host an open day for local health and education professionals.

“The open day was a chance to share our vision and values as well as our learning and support programs with locals who work with young people,” Mrs Caceda said.

“We offer students in Years 9 and 10 a safe and supportive learning environment by creating a balanced approach to academics and wellbeing.”

“Understanding the vital connection between a student’s overall wellbeing and their learning outcomes is at our core.

“We provide a support network to assist young people build resilience and learn strategies to enable them to leave school with choice, purpose and direction.”

Money to boost coverage during MNC disasters review these community and regional submissions when preparing their own applications.

Round 8 also provides higher levels of funding for colocation and active sharing technologies delivered by all three national mobile carriers - Optus, Telstra and TPG. Meanwhile, Telstra has joined Optus in upgrading its resources in the Mid North Coast region.

It has announced the upgrade of ten payphones, recovery equipment on standby and extra mobile data for customers during

q The JP Christmas Party 2024: Terry Perry, Doug Wigg, Terry Tweedie, Paul North, Lyndall, Wetherby, Eric Pitman and Brendan Walsh, Ken Capps, Myra Capps, Dot Nagy, Peter Leonard, Jill Woodlock, Heather Tweedie, Barbara Davis and Irene Wells.

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times of disaster.

Telstra Regional General Manager for Northern NSW Michael Marom said with extreme weather events becoming more common and harder to predict, it is critical to ensure the telecommunications provider can keep communities connected.

“While we can’t predict what mother nature will throw at us, we’re as ready as we can be,” Mr Marom said.

Payphones in Sawtell, Telegraph Point, Urunga and Woolgoolga are among 1000 across the nation being

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upgraded with free Telstra Wi-Fi, USB charging ports and back-up power.

Last disaster season, Telstra deployed new trailer-mounted, highpowered generators across Australia as part of a multi-million-dollar coinvestment under the Federal Government’s Strengthening Telecommunications Against Natural Disasters (STAND) program.

Twenty-seven have been deployed “pro-actively” this season, including three to the Mid North Coast.

“We have back up

power systems built into many of our network sites, but these high-powered generators along with other infrastructure such as temporary mobile towers known as Cells-on-Wheels can help with getting people back online faster.”

Optus has also improved its disaster preparedness.

It has a satellite-powered unit (SatCat) permanently based in Coffs Harbour, ready to deliver connectivity to residents, medical responders and evacuees in the event of bushfires or other emergencies.

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have gone through these desks on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

“Our year-to-date are almost 3500 documents signed, and they are proving to be very popular and very diverse.

“There’s always something new coming across the desks.

“It is a lovely atmosphere to work in and the Library staff are very supportive.”

The team of JPs recently got together to celebrate the very successful year with lunch at Chill Out Café at the Coffs Harbour Community Village.

“2024 was a growth year for our JP desk coverage in the Coffs Harbour shire plus we opened desks in Coffs Harbour, Nambucca Heads and Dorrigo Libraries,” Mr Blewitt said.

Including Yamba there are ten desks each operating one day during the week.

Busy year for JPs THE Coffs Harbour Justice of the Peace (JP) service achieved a new record for servicing the community in 2024.

“Our team processed a new record of in excess of 18,000 documents during the year,” Coffs Harbour Branch NSW Justices Association spokesperson Mike Blewitt told News Of The Area.

“While Park Beach Plaza is the major contributor to these results, all desks are growing and we know that our clients appreciate the assistance of our JP volunteers.”

With its first full year of operation the desk at Harry Bailey Memorial Library at Yarrila Place is going well.

Secretary for the Coffs Harbour JP Branch Jill Woodlock said, “We have been pleasantly surprised at the numbers that

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Surprises, Santa and singing at Ulong

By Andrea FERRARI

SURPRISE kicked off the afternoon for the Ulong community’s Mountain Christmas Carols event on Sunday 15 December.

Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh and Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan both arrived at Ulong Community Hall unannounced and in a festive mood; ready to sing and celebrate with the mountain community.

They joined Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams who brought her three daughters to the bustling party.

“We knew that Nikki

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q Moffee welcomes Santa as he brings Mayor Nikki Williams to the Ulong Christmas Carols party.

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was attending but we had no idea that Gurmesh and Pat were also coming, and they were such great sports, readily jumping in as elves to crowd control when Santa arrived,” Eastern Dorrigo Community Hall Management Committee Chair Carol Cleary told News Of The Area.

As proprietor of Ulong General Store and Cafe in the Valley along with her husband Steve, Carol is a driver of positive change in the village.

“It was such a nice surprise when Nikki offered a small Mayoral donation to kick off the buying of the presents for the children.

“We have become so used to being told that the council had no money for any community events that it was such a stimulus for us to make an amazing night.

“In true local style we had a couple of generous locals who matched the Mayor’s offer and then it just snowballed,” she said.

Triple M Coffs Coast morning show host Moffee MC-ed the event.

Many of the local musos on the mountain joined in the entertainment and sang along with carols.

“And Santa came out of his workshop on a ride-on mower to invite the children to enter and select their own gift - it was fabulous,” said Carol.

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Art Prize adds miniatures

By Andrea FERRARI

GROWING the annual E J Mantova Art Prize is a mission close to the heart of Bellingen’s arts community.

Following the tremendous success of this year’s exhibition, which saw record-breaking participation and sales, the Prize will return in 2025 with a new Miniatures category.

The Prize pays homage to Ernest John Mantova, who is credited as Bellingen’s first professional artist.

Born in Canterbury, NSW, in 1882, Mantova studied at the Julian Ashton Art School before establishing a career as a signwriter and house painter.

It was a roving contract creating advertising murals that brought him to Bellingen in 1931.

He spent the next 20 years

producing innumerable landscape works and helping local artists establish their own creative practice.

A letter from Norm Braithwaite to Les and Ella Moodywe, reveals that Mantova “found special pleasure in the grand canvas of hoardings and the huge bare walls of prominent buildings for picturesque murals canvassing the virtues of Lipton Tea, Sunlight Soap and Shell Motor Spirit”.

Upon his death in 1952 the community rallied to celebrate his achievements by way of a Memorial Exhibition at the Bellingen Show.

This event captured the admiration of other friends and art lovers, so the event became an annual art competition in conjunction with the agricultural show.

Artists from Bellingen and beyond are invited to

be part of this celebrated local tradition, with the next exhibition planned to run from Saturday, April 26.

Entries open on Monday,

singer Colin Slater OAM, is an Australia-wide organisation with a mission to foster a culture of singing in Australia.

Colin was inspired during his time in Italy, where he noticed the joy people found in singing for its own sake and wanted to share that experience with Australians.

“Anyone is welcome to

High note for Sing Coffs Harbour

By Andrea FERRARI

SING Australia’s Coffs Harbour group wrapped up its year on a high note, celebrating with a festive, funfilled evening on 9 December.

“Our final night of singing was full of holiday cheer, with carols and some members’ choice songs,” said Isabella, co-leader with Bev, Lexie, and Ros. “One of our members celebrates their birthday on Christmas Day, so we sang ‘Happy Birthday’ and their chosen number from our song books.”

Following the official event, the celebrations continued at a member’s home, with a second round of carols, food, dancing, and plenty of karaoke.

Sing Australia, founded in 1985 by trained opera

February 24, and close on Monday, March 31, The prestigious art event will once again be hosted at the Bellingen Gallery and

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Framing Studio, under the enthusiastic stewardship of new owners Jude and Paul Regan.

The EJ Mantova Art Prize

is presented by the Bellinger River Agricultural Society and sponsored by Bellingen Shire Council.

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join Sing Australia,” said Bev. The Coffs Harbour singer said it is a diverse and inclusive group.

“While not everyone can sing on their own, we can all sing together.”

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membership is a token payment.

“It’s a great get-together for the social, physical, and mental health benefits.

“We’re looking forward to a new collection of songs in early 2025 to add to our

already extensive repertoire.”

Sing Australia Coffs Harbour resumes on Monday, 13 January, meeting every Monday night (except public holidays) from 7pm to 9pm at the Coffs Harbour Girl Guide Hall in Harbour Drive.

Male ensemble Steve, Tom, Graham, Geoff and Graeme.

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Special Disability Trusts workshop

By Andrea FERRARI

SPECIAL Disability Trusts (SDT) were the subject of a workshop held in early December at the Coffs Harbour Village.

Marking International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), the session was arranged

by Joanne Magill from PhysAbility NSW, an NDIS support provider.

The guest presenter was Rodney Fox, a Coffs Harbour public accountant who specialises in various trust structures.

Ms Magill convened the workshop to assist parents who have adult children with disability.

“Parents are concerned about their child’s future once ‘Mum and Dad’

become too elderly to provide support,” Ms Magill told News Of The Area.

“SDTs can play a role in the provision of money to meet future needs.”

The two big concerns expressed by parents were housing and guardianship.

“Many parents don’t have anyone that can take over the guardianship role of their child,” Mr Fox said.

“This is of significant concern as many of those that carry disability do need significant levels of care and this care needs a high level of management and support.

“It not only includes the basic provision of food and clothing, it also means managing the medical needs and social needs of the person.”

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The Big Screen

By Lindsay HALL

BOTH releases this week are throwbacks to fondly remembered properties of an older time.

Nosferatu comes courtesy of director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman)

and is a remake/homage to the legendary German film from 1922.

The story is ostensibly the equally legendary and endlessly retold Dracula, with character names and locations changed so as to avoid a lawsuit from the estate of Bram Stoker.

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The film stars Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlock (the Dracula stand-in), with Lily-Rose Depp and Nicholas Hoult as the young couple who are forced to contend with the evil and obsessed vampire.

Eggers works are all incredibly distinct in style

and tone - he is a filmmaker who creates moods and atmosphere more than he tells stories.

It’s not quite arthouse cinema, but it has been through that part of town.

In a completely different vein of film is Paddington in Peru: Lost in the Jungle, the third installment in that impossibly heartwarming and family friendly series.

Guest presenter Rodney Fox.

Starring half of the UK's roster of well-known actors, with a fun turn from Antonio Banderas as a hunter named Hunter, the soft-spoken Ben Whishaw returns as the voice of the titular, marmalade loving bear.

When Paddington receives word from the Home for Retired Bears in Peru that his beloved Aunt

Lucy is behaving strangely, he and the Brown family decide to travel across the world to visit.

Once they arrive Paddington experiences a series of adventures and misadventures that he must face with his usual disarming charm, generosity and grace.

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STORY STARTS on BACK COVER, Page 28 This followed a 12-10 win in their semi-final against the South Coast’s Mt Terry Public School.

A school spokesperson gave a recap of their two big wins in Sydney.

“In the semifinal showdown against South Coast’s Mt Terry Public School, the game was a true battle of skill and determination,” they said.

“Trailing 6-7 after two tight innings, the Crows staged an electrifying comeback in the final inning, racking up six runs while holding their opponents to three.

“Facing Tamworth’s Nemingha Public School in the finals, the Crows came out swinging, racking up seven runs to Nemingha’s one in the opening innings.

“This early lead gave our girls the confidence to push their limits, delivering two phenomenal double plays in consecutive innings.

“The defensive brilliance combined with powerful batting secured a commanding 12-2 victory and back-to-back state titles!”

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“We have got hundreds of schools in the state

Narranga Public School’s girls softball team celebrate their state title win.

competition, so if you do win a state title you're doing well,” he said.

“Our boys softball team also made the state finals, and both our basketball

teams made the state finals.

“And we’ve had a number of kids make it to state in other sports, so it’s been a great year.”

The proud principal

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explained what made the school such a softball powerhouse.

“We’ve got some really good, dedicated coaches, and I think softball is

definitely part of the school’s culture, as the kids see the others playing and want to join in.”

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame in Coffs

By Andrea FERRARI

NAIDU Theatre Company in Woolgoolga is bringing The Hunchback of Notre Dame musical to Coffs Harbour.

The show takes to the stage at the Regional Conservatorium from 16-26 January.

Artistic Director at Naidu Theatre Company, Jade Naidu describes it as a show of “immersive and intimate storytelling with an incredible choral score, choreography and insanely talented cast”.

Lincoln Elliott, a Coffs local and now professional performer in Sydney, is

coming back to perform the lead role.

“We have worked with Lincoln on previous projects such as 'An Evil Cabaret' and 'Stage & Screen - Songs from The Golden Age' and have always admired his professional approach as a performer,” Ms Naidu told News Of The Area.

“When we decided to take on the Hunchback of Notre Dame, we loved the idea of the leading role of Quasimodo being played by Lincoln as he was originally from Coffs Harbour.

“The stars aligned, and we were able to bring him on for the short period he has free in

between other projects.”

Inspired to take to the boards again herself, Ms Naidu is taking the role of Esmeralda.

“This story is one of those Disney classics that, as a child, you only grasp on a surface level.

“I was drawn to it back then, especially because there weren't many films at the time that featured women of colour in such a powerful role.

“But as an adult, after reading Victor Hugo's original text and spending years researching the historical and cultural context of the story, it became clear how deeply q Jamie Baker playing Phoebus and Jade Naidu playing Esmerelda, rehearsing for The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

q Regan Arnold understudies Quasimodo and plays multiple roles in the show with members of the company.

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q Hannah Edwards plays one of the comedic gargoyles in the Hunchback of Notre Dame. entrenched marginalisation and discrimination were during that era.

“The struggles of the minority groups in the story, such as the Romani people, still resonate today as they continue to fight for recognition, rights, and equality.

“Esmeralda represents someone who, despite facing persecution, stays true to her values, her people, and her heart.

“I think the role resonates now more than ever, given the themes that are still so relevant today.

“To work and perform

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with such a dedicated and talented cast is incredibly inspiring,” she said.

Rehearsals have been going well with the feeling that this is going to be an extra special show for the company.

“We introduced a Children's Chorus to help bring the world of Notre Dame alive through their eyes, which has been a huge highlight.

“They are so talented and bring such amazing energy to each rehearsal.”

The Hunchback of Notre Dame tells the story of Quasimodo, an isolated bell-

ringer at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

He is raised by the cruel archdeacon Frollo, who becomes obsessed with Esmeralda, a free spirited woman outcast from society.

When Esmeralda is wrongfully accused of a crime, Quasimodo forms a bond with her, protecting her from Frollo's wrath.

The story explores themes of love, obsession, prejudice, and the struggle for acceptance, ultimately ending in tragedy as the characters face the consequences of their actions and society’s harsh judgments.

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Art show in the garden

By Andrea FERRARI

THE Combined Art and Craft Group are back hosting an exhibition at Coffs’ Botanic Garden from Sunday 5 to 12 January.

It’s a school holidays tradition for the group and the Friends of the Garden to collaborate on bringing art to the outdoors city venue.

All exhibited works are by six local artists.

There will be a smorgasbord of paintings using various mediums such as watercolours,

pastels, pen and wash, acrylic and even some steampunk pieces by artists Sharon Ingersole, Ivinnie Brown and Sue Roberts.

Papercraft art which includes journals, friendship verses, bookmarks and cards, porcelain painting, stained glass suncatchers, and various knitted and crochet items are just a few of the various items on display by the other three artists - Marion Crear, Maxine Kohlhagen and Yvonne Smith.

All of the artists enjoy participating in this exhibition and each day garden visitors

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Porcelain artwork by Maxine Kohlhagen.

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will find two of the artists at the exhibition, providing an opportunity to meet and talk with them.

“The Botanic Garden is a great place to visit and while you are there do come in to have a look at the exhibition,” artist Maxine Kohlhagen said.

“This is a bit of a different opportunity for people to see the artwork by local artists.”

The exhibition opens daily from 9.30am to 3.00pm and entry is free.

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A lack of logic

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DEAR News Of The Area, I KNOW it is politics, but even so, two recent announcements by Peter Dutton and the LNP exhibit a fundamental lack of logic and poor decision making.

On this occasion I am not discussing the detail per se but rather the logic and decision making aspects of the announcements.

Firstly the costing announcement for the nuclear power proposal.

Surely if you are making an argument, and you believe that one system is more cost effective than another, then you base your argument on the same parameters and compare apples with apples and not apples with oranges. For the exercise of comparing the renewables pathway with the nuclear option this should have been a given as the parameters projected over a 20 year period have questionable accuracy anyway, so to claim a cost advantage after changing the base parameters is both illogical and deceptive.

The second announcement relates to the logic behind not intending to display the Indigenous flag.

This raises the question as to why it is acceptable to stand in front of a flag which includes the flag of another nation that relates to our history i.e. the Union Jack as part of our Australian flag, but then deeming it unacceptable to acknowledge and accept a flag which represents a much longer period of our history.

If the backstory to this initiative was that there was an agenda to work toward a flag that represented the immense diversity of Australians and was accepted universally by the population then that could be offered as a reason but I doubt that is the case.

Unfortunately both announcements appear to be an ongoing campaign to promote division and uncertainty.

Regards, Trevor HARRAGON, Boambee East.

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DEAR News Of The Area,

WISHING you all peace and love this Christmas.

Giving brings joy to the heart.

I have little to give these days but I can dream.

There has been a lot of discussion over the Jetty Foreshore; what a delightful area it is with all its different walks, its beaches and the view of the sea.

Like the majority I don’t want to see it built out.

I would love to see it shared with all parts of the community.

Since I moved to Coffs Harbour years ago I have met many people with disabilities and their support networks.

They are a great part of our community and have so much to offer.

I grow older now, often in pain and losing my independence.

I know it comes to us all eventually but I have to admire those who so often take it silently with a smile all their lives.

So east of the railway to have affordable low level holiday accommodation would be okay, particularly if it was built to enable those with mobility difficulties to have a holiday by the sea.

On the ground floor I would like to see accessible two bedroom units to allow for a carer or family member to accompany them.

Can you imagine a young child in a wheelchair seeing the sea for the first time and right at their front door.

It would be for all ages but what joy if you have never seen the sea before.

There is so much to see and do close by they wouldn’t have to be in and out of a vehicle all the time - an added bonus.

Done properly it would be a good advert for tourism and bring a lot of pleasure to many.

Before we make changes, think of the consequences of our actions.

Regards, Mary BOOTH, Coffs Harbour.

Let’s be fair with GKNP costings DEAR News Of The Area,

READING the article with excerpts from Oxley MP Michael Kemp's recent speech about the logging industry and the planned Great Koala National Park, I didn't see any costing of the NSW Forestry Commission subsidies and the connected Hardwood Timber Haulage Subsidy Program currently paid for by the NSW taxpayer.

Wouldn't it be fair to deduct that amount from the assumed cost of the planned Koala Park?

The calculations should also consider the increased financial benefits from

tourism and educational activities in the GKNP. In the speech Michael Kemp infers that environmental non-government organisations should not sit on community panels and he questions if they represent the community at all.

It is a requirement that the panels' consultation processes hear all points of view and not only the view of the industry which in itself could be seen as conflict of interest.

Unlike the industry representatives, the community organisations do not gain financial benefits from their involvement.

I am compelled to quote the Bible and ask Mr Kemp: “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?”

Matthew 7.3.

On the point of community representation: it is possible that the members of environmental organisations did not vote for Michael Kemp, but should the elected Member of Parliament not work on behalf of all people in the electorate?

I have heard an elected government member say that they only represent the people who voted for them.

I hope that is not how Mr Kemp

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Dear Jasminda, I'm sick of supermarkets acting like we are employees when we don't get paid. There is hardly anyone on the checkouts, and we have to self-serve.

Heidi L. Dear Heidi, WHEN my parents were young adults, they'd go to the local store and ask for a loaf of bread, a certain type of biscuit and other ingredients and the shop owner would gather the items, put them into brown paper bags, box everything up, and send them on their way.

My parents happen to be here at the moment and your conundrum has encouraged them to debrief. They are in full agreement. Dad: 'Now you wheel a bloody trolley around, often with a dodgy wheel, search and search for what you want because all the aisles have been reordered overnight by someone who thinks the nuts need to be in three separate spots. And then, when you finally get to the checkout, there are only two operators and no express checkout because they've been removed, so all you can do is go to the service desk, but then you have to line up behind the smokers.'

Mum: 'Then, after making you work as an unpaid employee, they put cameras everywhere because they don't trust you. Well you know what I do, I take some grapes and I eat them in front of the cameras. And I knock a few potatoes on the floor. The buggers.'

It seems, Heidi, that you are not alone. Perhaps as employees we should get some decent training, uniforms with name tags, and some sort of promotional system whereby if we can work out how to scan all the products without the 'please place items in the bagging area' alert, we progress to section manager. A tax break or two and some long service leave wouldn't go astray either. If we're contractors, travel to and from the place of work should be included. So are we contractors or employees, because we're certainly not customers. The customer is supposed to always be right.

Carpe diem, Jasminda.

represents the Oxley electorate and that he will consider how environmental protection in the planned Great Koala National Park has the potential to become a World Heritage Area which benefits all of us.

Regards, Christa SCHWOEBEL, Kempsey.

No surprise on environmental vandalism DEAR News Of The Area,

WHY are we still surprised on the Coffs Coast when vandals feel entitled with impunity to cut down or poison trees that are such a wonderful part of our scenery and a necessary habitat for our many surviving native species!

Whilst some local politicians and a select few Councillors actively condone the

ongoing destruction of old growth forests, supposedly set aside for conservation and the establishment of the Great Koala National Park!

These same bureaucrats, further ignore public opinion, despite our vote to the contrary, and want to push ahead with taking over valuable open space at the Jetty Foreshore, to cater to greedy developers and annexing our land for housing and

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commercial premises!

If and when vandals are arrested, which rarely happens, they get off far too lightly, instead of setting an example with heavy fines and maybe even a prison sentence when warranted. No wonder our wonderful Coffs Coast is gradually decimated and losing its appeal both for eco tourism as well as a desirable place to call home.

It is a well known fact that more income

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can be earned through the tourism market than the jobs currently available in the destructive and declining timber industry which is already operating at a highly tax payer subsidised loss.

Regards, Z KOENIGSEDER, Coffs Coast.

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It’s time to table the facts DEAR News Of The Area,

IN NSW we grow timber in State forests.

Plantations and native forests are carefully managed to provide a supply of timber today and in the future.

There are 500 NSW state forests and these have been harvested and regrown for more than 100 years.

The forests in NSW generate $2.9 billion from hardwood alone for the NSW economy.

One of the most iconic builds from the NSW hardwood is the interior of the Sydney Opera House.

The timber industry also supports 22,000 jobs in NSW and the NSW forests each year produce enough timber to build 25% of new homes in Australia.

Fourteen percent of Australia’s total timber needs comes from NSW State forests and becomes power poles, marine wharf piers, timber pallets, timber flooring, decking, furniture and house framing.

Beyond the obvious benefits of building materials, timber has another key benefit: carbon storage.

Carbon is stored in growing trees, but carbon is also sequestered in the timber products these trees become. Through careful harvesting the forestry industry is able to continually pull

carbon out of our atmosphere.

However, forestry is more than just chopping down trees haphazardly, it is a science, and great care is taken with our forests.

Here's some insight into the due diligence of timber harvesting and land management in NSW State forests.

Forestry Corporation undertakes thorough operational planning processes to ensure that the potential for environment impacts from all forest management activities including timber harvesting as well as activities such as road maintenance, management of recreational sites and fire management is managed and mitigated.

Before a single tree is touched, Forestry Corporation surveys for threatened species and maps and protects their wildlife habitat.

Forestry Corporation also maps and protects waterways, Aboriginal cultural heritage sites, old growth and rainforest.

Every tree removed for timber is regrown.

Strict protections, developed by scientific panels and adopted

by Government, guide every forest operation from fire management, road upgrades to tourism developments and timber harvesting.

Timber harvesting in native State forests is regulated by

the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approval (CIFOA).

The CIFOA integrates the regulatory regimes for environmental planning and assessment of timber harvesting and associated operations for protection of the environment and for threatened species conservation.

Plantation operations are also managed.

Plantations fall under the Plantation and Reafforestation Act 1999 (P&R Act) and Plantations and Reafforestation (Code) Regulation 2001.

The objective of the P&R Act is to undertake plantation operations consistently in line with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.

The Regional Forest Agreements have set aside a comprehensive adequate and representative reserve network and timber harvesting only takes place within the parts of the forest estate that have be identified as sustainable for timber production.

The process of developing operational plans for timber harvesting operations includes a number of steps to ensure due diligence.

Depending on which operations are being planned these include tree marking to identify trees and additional areas to be retained, not already mapped, pre-harvest surveys

for flora and fauna species and contacting affected stakeholders.

On average 40 percent of each native forest operation area is set aside for conservation.

Fourteen out of every 10,000 trees in native forests in NSW are harvested each year while 14,000 football fields of trees are planted every year.

Site-specific operational plans provide instructions to the harvesting and haulage operators showing which areas are to be harvested, individual native trees and areas that are to be retained, which roads to use to deliver the timber and a range of other site specific and detailed information.

The site-specific operational plans are used in conjunction with maps provided to staff and harvesting and haulage operators through the Forestry Corporation’s MapApp. The MapApp ensures that the application of complex and detailed regulations can be communicated to operators as they undertake their work.

It also allows information from staff and the operators to be loaded into the maps, including GPS tracking of harvest and haulage machinery.

Plans are prepared for specific compartments in State forests and work is scheduled depending on a number of factors including market conditions and weather.

Regards, Steve DOBBYNS, Beechwood.

Supporting older Australians DEAR News Of The Area,

I and the other many older Australians who use Community Transport services would like to thank all staff and volunteers for their help in 2024.

Special thanks go to the beautiful Monica and her husband Terry.

They are amazing people and

Bellingen Diggers Swimming Club

By Lois LANE 19.12.24 THERE were fourteen swimmers tonight.

RACE 1 $ 25m Freestyle There three busts in this race, Jo Brotherton, Mike Navin and Julie Cornall, taking one second off their time.

HEAT 1 Paul Sheridan held on by a whisker coming first, in second was Amanda Vockler and in third was Jill Williams.

HEAT 2 Jim Baird came from behind coming first.

HEAT 3 Elizabeth Casey put the pedal to the metal coming first, closely followed by Rachael Wallace and in third was Andrew O’Keeffe.

FINAL There was one bust in the final, Jim Baird taking one second off his time.

Paul Sheridan show us how it was done, coming first and in the

Monica organises all the social outings for the year which is no easy task.

We are picked up from home and delivered back home afterwards.

We have bingo, trivia and movie days, lunches, picnics and mystery lunch and shopping trips among other things.

We have people from

Macksville, Bellingen up to Corindi and when we arrive we are greeted with a hug from Monica and Terry, same when we are leaving.

A lot of older Australians would never get to leave their homes without this wonderful service.

Many friendships are forged.

So, Merry Christmas to all

SPORTS RESULTS money, in second was Rachael Wallace and in third was Elizabeth Casey.

RACE 2. 25m Breaststroke There were three busts in this race, Mike Navin taking one second off his time, Jo Brotherton taking two seconds off her time and Rachael Wallace taking three seconds off her time.

HEAT 1 Amanda Vockler had her foggy legs on coming first, in second was Peter Allison and in third was Paul Sheridan.

HEAT 2 Julie Cornall held on for dear life coming first and in second was Jim Baird.

HEAT 3 Cath Fisher held on by a fingernail , coming first, closely followed by in second was Elizabeth Casey and in third was Andrew O’Keeffe.

RACE 3 50m Backstroke There were three busts in this race, Peter Allison taking one second off his time, Julie Cornall taking four seconds off her time and Jo Brotherton taking five seconds

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off her time.

HEAT 1 Amanda Vockler blitzed the field coming first and in second was Jill Williams.

HEAT 2 Andrew O’Keeffe swam at the speed of light coming first, in second was Cath Fisher and in third was Mike Navin.

HEAT 3 Rachel Browning swam like grease lightening coming first, in second was Rachael Wallace and in third was Elizabeth Casey.

RACE 4 75m Freestyle There were three busts in this race, Amanda Lockman taking one second off her time, Julie Cornall and Rachael Wallace taking two seconds off their time.

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staff, volunteers but especially to our Monica and Terry and the bus drivers and carers.

We are all looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us in 2025.

Regards, Jan SMIDT, Park Beach.

Jill Williams went like a bat out of hell coming first, in second was Paul Sheridan and in third was Jim Baird.

HEAT 2 Mike Navin ripped his lane apart coming first, in second was Andrew O’Keeffe and in third was Elizabeth Casey. Jo Brotherton did a time trial.

HEAT 3 Rachel Browning went hell for leather coming first, in second was Cath Fisher and in third was Peter Allison.

A great night had by all, come and join us in the new year on Thursday night at 5.15.

We would like to thank our sponsors IGA, The Bellingen Providore and Fullers Fresh.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

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BROOMFIELD Mark William ‘Broomy’

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PRESHAW Christopher Leonard ‘Chris’

Aged 89 Years Chris Will Be Sadly Missed ‘Gone Cycling’ A private family Funeral Service was held for Chris.

KEITH LOGUE & SONS FUNERAL DIRECTORS Coffs Harbour 6652 1999

31st December 2024, peacefully at Coffs Harbour Health Campus. Much loved husband of Lorraine. Loving father and father-in-law of Melissa & Anthony, Katrina & Matt and Amy. Adored pa of Chloe, Samuel, Beau, Ryan, August and great-grandfather of Adayna.

Aged 70 Years Your Love And Laughter Will Forever Be In Our Hearts

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‘Broomy’ will be privately cremated at Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour.

Passed away on 26th December 2024 at RFBI Bellingen Masonic Village. Late of Urunga & Brierfield. Loved brother & brother-in-law to Kevin & Kerry and Neil (dec).

Aged 86 years Family and friends are warmly invited to attend Geoffrey’s graveside funeral service on Tuesday, 7th January 2025 at 10.30am in the Bellingen Cemetery, Lyon Street, Bellingen.

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ELKS, Betty Jean 27th December 2024, passed away peacefully. Late of Bonville. Dearly beloved wife of Neville. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Greg & Sue, Pete & Kim and Wayne & Sandy.

Cherished nan of 8 grandchildren and great-nan of 13. Adored sister, sister-in-law and aunty of their families.

Aged 93 Years Forever In Our Hearts Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Betty’s Funeral Service to be held in the Chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Saturday 4th January 2025 commencing at 11.00 am.

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Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Lacey’s Funeral Service to be held in St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Dorrigo on Friday 10th January 2025 commencing at 10.00 am, thence for private interment in Dorrigo Cemetery.

In lieu of floral tributes the family would appreciate donations to Lifeline, a collection box will be at the Church.

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LARSEN, Owen Ernest 29th December 2024, peacefully at The Grange Nursing Home.

Late of Coffs Harbour, formerly of New Zealand. Much loved husband of Julie (dec’d). Loving father of Grant, Craig, Andrea, Kirsten, Bronwyn and their families. Brother of Muriel, Beryl, Alan, Eric and Val (all dec’d). Owen will be sadly missed by all his extended family and friends.

Aged 95 Years We Will Miss You Dad A private family Funeral Service will be held for Owen, followed by private cremation at Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour.

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19th December 2024, passed away suddenly, late of Dorrigo. Dearly beloved daughter of Andrew & Melissa. Cherished sister of Rhys and Hayley.

Lacey’s Funeral Service will be live streamed on Keith Logue & Sons Facebook page.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend ‘Broomy’s’ Memorial Service to be held in the Chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Friday 10th January 2025 commencing at 10.00 am.

Please find livestream details on Keith Logue & Sons website.

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28th December 2024, peacefully at home with Margaret at his side.

Long term resident of Heritage Park, Moonee Beach. Much loved husband of Margaret. Loving father of Christopher. Grandfather of 3.

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MISSING JACOB PARTRIDGE

Great opportunity to start or continue your career in Aged Care with Catholic Healthcare in the New Year!

LAST SEEN IN EMERALD BEACH NSW ON FRIDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2024

Join us to work at St Joseph’s Coffs Harbour, where you will have the opportunity to do meaningful work in a purpose driven organisation.

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• Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits – increase your take home pay!

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Luke John Brownlee 26/08/1988 – 02/01/2017 If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, we’d walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

You will be in our hearts forever.

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6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 A Grand Royal Design. (R) A look at the restoration of Dumfries House.

8.25 Murder In Provence.

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9.55 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World: Paris. (PG, R) Dame Joanna Lumley explores Paris.

10.45 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 11.30 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.20 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

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5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Match 21.

Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat. From C.ex Coffs International Stadium, NSW. 9.10 Cricket. Big Bash League. Match 22.

Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder.

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1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) Information about pet care.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute.

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5.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Tennis. United Cup. Day 8. Quarterfinal. From Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney.

11.30 MOVIE: No Reservations.

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1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

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4.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Drive TV. (R) A look at the Mazda MX-5.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 MOVIE: 80 For Brady.

(2023, Ml, R) Four friends set out on a journey. Lily Tomlin.

9.40 MOVIE: Galaxy Quest.

(1999, PGv, R) The cast of a sci-fi TV series, cancelled more than 20 years earlier, is called upon by real aliens to save their race. Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver.

11.45 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.20pm Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. (Return) 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Teen Titans Go! 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.25 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.50 Robot Wars. 9.50 Doctor Who. 10.40 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Food Lover’s Guide. Noon WorldWatch.

12.30 MOVIE: The New Corporation. (2020, M) 2.30 Scandinavian Star. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.40 Joy Of Painting. 6.10 Smoke And Steel: Secrets Of The Modern World. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 A League Of Their Own: Mexican Road Trip. 9.25 Secrets Of Penthouse. (Premiere) 10.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 TBA. 3.00 DVine Living. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 The Baron. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Antiques Roadshow. 2.30 MOVIE: Some People. (1962) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow.

5.30 Tennis. United Cup. Day 8. Quarter-finals.

7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.40 MOVIE: The Birdcage. (1996, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Bondi Rescue. 1.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 All 4 Adventure. 6.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i.

11.15 Bull. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 All 4 Adventure. 5.00 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 9.05 Monty Python And The Holy Grail.

(1975, PG) 10.45 Monty Python’s Life Of Brian.

(1979, M) 12.25pm The Legend Of Ben Hall. (2017, M) 3.00 Whisky Galore. (2016, PG) 4.50 Four Souls Of Coyote. (2023, PG) 6.50 Horrible Histories: The Movie. (2019, PG) 8.30 A Fish Called Wanda. (1988, M) 10.35 Blue Is The Warmest Colour. (2013, MA15+, French) 1.40am Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Pawn Stars. 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Big Shrimpin’. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Pickers. 6.00 Cricket.

Big Bash League. Match 21. Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Surveillance Oz. 8.30 MOVIE: Salt. (2010, M) 10.35 MOVIE: Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. (2021, MA15+) 1.05am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Hop. 6.30 Children’s Programs. Noon Tennis. Brisbane International.

Quarter-finals. 6.00 Tennis. Brisbane International.

Night 6. Quarter-finals. 11.00 MOVIE: Fletch Lives. (1989, PG) 1am Life After Lockup. 2.30 La Brea. 3.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive. 4.00 Transformers: Prime. 4.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. 4.50 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. 5.10 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.30 Pokémon: XYZ.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.50pm Carpool Koorioke. 2.00 Taste Of The Territory. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Waabiny Time.

3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. 4.05 Cities Of Gold. 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.15 Harlem Globetrotters. 6.00 Bamay.

6.40 Waterworld Africa. 7.30 MOVIE: Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020) 9.00 MOVIE: White Chicks. (2004, M) 10.55 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 First Edition. 9.30 First Edition.

10.00 NewsDay. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 5.00 Afternoon Agenda. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report.

8.00 The Late Debate. 9.00 Royal Report. 9.30 Royal Revolt: Harry And Meghan Review. 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat Please Note: Programs are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by the Networks.

Sawtell Golf Results

By Janet O’DOWD 17/12 MEDELEY Stableford A: Anthony Sozou 38c/b, Lochie Smith 38.

B: Brian McKellar 38c/b, Chris Ryan 38. C: Gary Reynolds 41, Phil Forrest 38c/b. Balls to 34c/b. NTP 7 A: Brian Wilson, B: Kane

Hickey (pro pin), C: Phil Forrest. NTP 11 A: John Veness, B: Bill Blaikie, C: Gus Schroder 18/12 Medley Stableford Gloria Rossi 40, Gayle James 36c/b. Balls to 36 19/12 Play 9 Btyan Symes 20, Peter Rode 18.

Ball to 17c/b 20/12 Medley Stableford Nicholas Brown 44,

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Jason Small 40. Balls to 36 21/12 Super Sixes Bradley Lewis & Neal McCarthy 57, Hugo & Ken Alderman 58.5, Rodney & Asttan Hope 59c/b. Balls to 6.2.5. NTP 3 B: Chris Ryan (hole in i). NTP 7 pro pin Dieder Galas. NTP 11 C: Luke Johnston. NTP 14 C: 2nd Mitchell Napier. NTP 15 A: Stephen Sharp. NTP

16 A: 2nd Hugo Alderman, NTP 17 B: 3rd Chris Turnbull. Longest Drive A: Charles Alderman, B:: David Meyers, C: Cyanlee Manlupig. Bradman: Josh Fitzpatrick & Thomas Sheely 22/12 Medley Stableford Lochie Smith36c/b, Jet Dixon 36. Ball to 35

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SATURDAY, January 4 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 12.30 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG, R) 1.15 All Creatures Great And Small Christmas Special.

(Final, PG, R) 2.10 Wallace And Gromit: A Close Shave. (R) 2.45 Last Night Of The Proms. (R) 4.10 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World. (PG, R) 5.00 Great Australian Stuff. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize.

(PG, R) 9.10 The World From Above. (R) 10.10 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 11.00 Along Ireland’s Shores. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Best Of Dakar Rally 2024. 3.00 Aliquam Dive Stories. (PG, R) 4.00 Forgotten Frontlines.

(PGa, R) 5.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally.

Prologue. H’lights.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket. Fifth Test.

Australia v India. Day 2. Morning session.

12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. Fifth Test. Australia v India. Day 2.

Afternoon session. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. Fifth Test. Australia v India. Day 2. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Garden Gurus. (R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Mr Mayor. (PG, R) 10.30 Tennis. United Cup. Day 9. Semi-final.

4.00 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 4.30 Find My Beach House Australia. (R) 5.00 9News First At Five.

5.30 Country House Hunters Australia. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Wheel Of Fortune Australia. (s, R) 12.00 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. (R) 12.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (R) 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. (R) 1.30 The Yes Experiment. 2.00 4x4 Adventures. 3.00 GCBC. (R) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl) 5.00 News.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Costa Georgiadis. (PG, R) Julia spends time with Costa Georgiadis.

6.30 Tiddler. (R) Animated short film.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Beyond Paradise. (Premiere, Ma) A DI joins the police force in Shipton Abbott.

8.20 MOVIE: The Fabelmans.

(2022, Malv, R) A young man discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of film helps people see the truth. Michelle Williams, Gabriel La Belle, Paul Dano.

10.45 Shetland. (Mal, R) 11.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers.

(Return, PG) 6.30 News.

7.30 Magical Train Journeys In Switzerland.

8.30 Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres. (R) 9.20 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro. (PG, R) 10.20 Great Australian Railway Journeys.

(PGa, R) 11.30 Mister8. (Mls, R) 1.45 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 2.35 Make Me A Dealer.

(R) 4.15 Her Majesty’s Cavalry. (PGal, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Horse Racing. Magic Millions Night.

9.00 MOVIE: Life. (2017, MA15+v, R) A mission of discovery turns to primal fear for a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station.

Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal.

11.15 Border Security: International. (PGadl) 11.45 The Real Manhunter: The Murder Of Krystal Hart. (Madv, R) 12.45 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R)

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Tennis. United Cup. Day 9. Semi-final.

From Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney.

11.30 To Be Advised.

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) Religious program.

2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands Summer Series. (PG, R) A celebration of people and organisations across Australia which make the world a better place.

6.00 MOVIE: Sonic The Hedgehog.

(2020, PGv, R) A super-fast hedgehog joins forces with a small-town police officer to stop an evil genius.

Jim Carrey, James Marsden.

8.10 MOVIE: The Heartbreak Kid. (2007, Mdls, R) After rushing into marriage, a man falls in love with another woman while on his honeymoon.

Ben Stiller, Malin Akerman.

10.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mal, R) A crash involving a motorcyclist occurs.

11.45 Ambulance UK. (Madl, R) Crewmates help an elderly patient.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.10pm Tiddler. 5.35 Children’s Programs. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly.

7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey.

7.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 7.55 MOVIE: The Midnight Gang. (2018, PG) 9.00 Fresh Off The Boat.

9.45 Speechless. 10.05 Officially Amazing. 10.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 11.00 The Movie Show. 11.30 Super Maximum Retro Show. Noon Scrubs. 2.05 Beyond Oak Island. 2.55 Celebrity Mastermind. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.55 The MegaBrands That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2024.

10.15 Hudson & Rex. 11.55 The X-Files. 3.35am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping.

8.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 10.00 Escape To The Country. Noon Horse Racing. Royal Randwick Raceday, Ladbrokes Super Saturday on the Coast and Magic Millions Gold Raceday. 5.00 Horse Racing. Magic Millions Night. 7.00 Dog Patrol. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 I Escaped To The Country. 10.30 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Helping Hands Summer Series. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries.

12.20pm Explore. 12.30 MOVIE: Nicholas Nickleby. (1947) 2.45 MOVIE: The Pride And The Passion. (1957, PG) 5.30 Tennis. United Cup. Day 9.

Semi-finals. 7.30 MOVIE: Ronin. (1998, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Double Impact. (1991, MA15+) 12.10am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Jake And The Fatman. 10.00 IFISH. 10.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.30 Diagnosis Murder. 1.30pm JAG. 2.30 All 4 Adventure. 3.30 JAG. 4.30 Soccer.

A-League Men. Round 12. Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC. 7.00 Football Tonight. 7.25 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 12. Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers. 10.00 NCIS. 12.45am Bull. 3.30 Bondi Rescue. 4.00 JAG. 5.00 Home Shopping.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Four Souls Of Coyote. Continued. (2023, PG) 7.00 Horrible Histories: The Movie. (2019, PG) 8.40 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 10.30 I Love My Dad. (2022, M) 12.20pm Baby Done. (2020, M) 2.00 The 400 Blows. (1959, PG, French) 3.55 Soft Skin. (1964, PG, French) 6.05 Fried Green Tomatoes. (1991, PG) 8.30 A Good Person. (2023, MA15+) 10.50 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 The Weekend Prospector.

2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Boating. Circuit Drivers C’ship. 2024 Windsor Spectacular. Replay. 4.00 Desert Collectors. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 MOVIE: Back To The Future Part II. (1989, PG) 9.45 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. 10.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

8.00 Wild Manes. (Premiere) 8.30 Children’s Programs. 10.30 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 11.00 Children’s Programs. Noon Tennis. Brisbane International. Semi-finals. 6.00 Young Sheldon.

7.30 Tennis. Brisbane International. Night 7.

Semi-finals. 11.30 MOVIE: 17 Again. (2009, PG) 1.30am The Originals. 3.30 Surfing Aust. 4.00 Transformers: Prime. 4.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.45pm Yiyili. 1.50 Larapinta. 2.20 A Wetland For Te Waihora. 2.50 Thanks For All The Fish. 3.20 Big Boss. 3.50 Tradition On A Plate. 4.20 Carpool Koorioke. 4.30 Strait To The Plate. 5.00 Spirit Talker. (Return) 5.30 Ice Cowboys. 6.20 NITV News: Summer Yarns. 6.30 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: A Nightmare On Elm Street. (1984, M) 10.15 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Royal Report. 10.30 Barry Humphries: A Tribute. 11.00 Weekend Live. Noon Weekend Live. 1.00 Weekend Live. 2.00 Artificial Intelligence Investigated. 3.00 Weekend Live.

4.00 Weekend Live. 5.00 NewsNight. 6.00 Your ABC Exposed. 7.00 NewsNight. 8.00 NewsNight.

9.00 US Debate Reaction: Trump Vs Harris. 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, January 5 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Compass.

(PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. (R) 1.00 A Symphonic Odyssey With Professor Brian Cox. (R) 2.30 A Grand Royal Design. (R) 3.25 Long Lost Family: The Unknown Soldiers. (PG, R) 4.30 Dream Gardens. (PG, R) 5.00 Fake Or Fortune?

(Final, PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. 11.30 Along Ireland’s Shores. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 12.55 Wheelchair Sports.

(R) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Plat Du Tour. (PG, R) 3.10 Wonders Of Scotland. (PGa, R) 4.05 Forgotten Frontlines. (PGav, R) 5.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Stage 1. H’lights.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket. Fifth Test.

Australia v India. Day 3. Morning session.

12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. Fifth Test. Australia v India. Day 3.

Afternoon session. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. Fifth Test. Australia v India. Day 3. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 GolfBarons.

(R) 10.30 Fishing Aust. 11.00 Maritime Masters: Expedition Antarctica. (PG, R) 12.00 Bondi Vet. (PGm, R) 1.00 MOVIE: Mr Holland’s Opus. (1995, PGl, R) 3.50 David Attenborough’s Green Planet. (R) 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 RBT. (PGl)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Drew Barrymore. (PGas, R) 11.00 Luxury Escapes.

(R) 11.30 Buy To Build. (R) 12.00 Pooches At Play. (PGa, R) 12.30 Cook With Luke. (R) 1.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 1.30 Island Dreaming.

(R) 2.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 2.30 Basketball.

NBL. Round 15. New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats. 4.30 GCBC. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 The Split: Barcelona. (Ml) Hannah and her family are reunited.

9.30 Love Me. (Final, Mdl) Glen and Anita prepare for the wedding. Clara tries to work things out with Peter.

10.20 You Can’t Ask That: Postnatal Depression. (Mal, R) 12.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (Final, Ml, R) 12.55 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.10 Australia Remastered. (R) 4.05 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.05 The Great Acceleration. (R)

6.00 Toby Price Dakar Preview.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Fortress Britain With Alice Roberts. (PGa, R) 8.25 Asia’s Ancient Civilisations. (PG, R) 10.15 Putin And The West. (Mav, R) 11.25 Lies, Politics And Democracy. (Malvw, R) 1.30 Rise Of The Nazis: Dictators At War. (Ma, R) 2.40 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 3.35 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 4.25 Her Majesty’s Cavalry. (MA15+l, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Match 24.

Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers.

10.30 Big Bash League Post-Game.

Post-match coverage of the game.

11.00 7NEWS Spotlight. (R) A look at screen addiction.

12.00 MOVIE: House Of Chains.

(2022, MA15+av) A couple imprison their six children. Mena Suvari, Greyston Holt.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News. The latest news, sport and weather.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Tennis. United Cup. Day 10. Final.

From Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney.

11.30 The Brokenwood Mysteries.

(MA15+ahv) The local scare attraction of the House of Screams becomes the venue for an actual murder.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory.

(PGa) Religious program.

4.30 GolfBarons. (R) A panel of experts discusses golf.

5.00 Today Early News. A look at the latest news, sport and weather.

5.30 Today. The latest in news and current affairs.

6.00 MOVIE: Sonic The Hedgehog 2.

(2022, PGalv, R) Dr Robotnik enlists Knuckles the echidna to help search for an emerald with the power to destroy civilisations. Jim Carrey, James Marsden.

8.25 The Graham Norton Show.

Graham Norton is joined on the couch

by Robbie Williams, Rami Malek, Motsi Mabuse and John Bishop.

9.55 MOVIE: Scream. (2022, MA15+l) Decades after a streak of brutal murders shocked Woodsboro, a new killer begins targeting a group of teenagers. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette.

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3.30pm MOVIE: Thomas And Friends: The Mystery Of Lookout Mountain. (2022) 4.30 Children’s Programs. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly.

7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.50 The Secret Life Of Our Pets.

8.45 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.25 Speechless. 9.50 Doctor Who. 10.50 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.05 Super Maximum Retro Show. 11.55 48 Hours In Wales.

1.45pm Jeopardy! 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 PBS Washington Week. 4.40 Scandinavian Star. 5.50 The Engineering That Built The World. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 MOVIE: Food, Inc. 2. (2023) 10.20 WWE Legends. 12.05am Hoarders.

1.00 The X-Files. 3.50 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 I Escaped To The Country. Noon Escape To The Country. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Better Homes. 3.30 Steam Train Journeys. 4.30 Australia’s Amazing Homes.

5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 McDonald And Dodds. 10.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 The Baron. 11.00 MOVIE: Go To Blazes. (1962) 12.45pm MOVIE: My Brother Jonathan. (1948) 3.05 MOVIE: The 7th Dawn. (1964, PG) 5.30 Tennis. United Cup. Day 10. Final. 7.00 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: The Negotiator. (1998, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Reel Action. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. 9.30 What’s Up Down Under. 10.00 4x4 Adventures. 11.00 Escape Fishing. 11.30 Bondi Rescue. 1pm The Dog Hospital With Graeme Hall. 2.00 JAG. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 4.00 IFISH. 4.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 15. Tasmania JackJumpers v South East Melbourne Phoenix. 6.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 1.05am Diagnosis Murder. 4.00 Bondi Rescue. 5.00 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The 400 Blows. Continued. (1959, PG, French) 6.55 Fried Green Tomatoes. (1991, PG) 9.20 Binti. (2019, PG, Dutch) 11.00 A Fish Called Wanda. (1988, M) 1pm Coming Through The Rye. (2015, M) 2.50 Horrible Histories: The Movie. (2019, PG) 4.30 The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir. (2018, PG) 6.20 Roman Holiday. (1953, PG) 8.30 Both Sides Of The Blade. (2022, MA15+, French) 10.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Pawn Stars. 11.30 Storage Wars. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker.

1.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 2.30 Portland Charter Boat Wars.

3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Building Giants. 5.00 Nature Gone Wild. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Tears Of The Sun. (2003, MA15+) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

12.30pm Basketball. WNBL. UC Capitals v Geelong United. 2.30 Young Sheldon. 3.30 Tennis. Brisbane International. Finals. 6.00 Tennis. Brisbane International. Finals. 10.00 MOVIE: Get Shorty.

(1995, MA15+) 12.10am Gotham. 1.10 Love After Lockup. 3.00 Young Sheldon. 3.30 Beyblade X. 4.00 Bakugan: Legends. 4.30 Transformers: Cyberverse. 4.50 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm Rugby League. Koori Knockout. 2.00 S.O.G. The Book Of Ward. 3.45 Bob Marley & The Wailers: Live 1977. 5.05 Carpool Koorioke. 5.15 Bob Marley & The Wailers: The Capitol 73. 6.30 NITV News: Summer Yarns. 6.40 Kairakau. 7.10 Great Lakes Wild. 7.40 The First Inventors. 8.30 MOVIE: Amazing Grace. (2018) 10.05 MOVIE: Ten Canoes.

(2006, M) 11.40 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Weekend Live. 2.00 New World Order: Global Shake-Up. 2.30 The US Presidential Campaign Uncovered. 3.00 Weekend Live. 4.00 Weekend Live. 5.00 NewsNight. 6.00 Cyclone Tracy: 50 Years On. 6.30 While I Was Sleeping. 7.00 NewsNight. 8.00 NewsNight. 9.00 Never Again: The Fight Against Antisemitism. 10.00 NewsNight.

11.00 Late Programs.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat

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SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 The Soundtrack Of Australia. (Final, R) 10.30 The Art Of... (PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Tom Gleeson’s Secrets Of The Australian Museum. (PG, R) 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.00 A Bite To Eat. (R) 3.30 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.15 Long Lost Family.

(PG, R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.25 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 11.15 Great Canal Journeys. (R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Such Was Life. (R) 2.10 Heritage Rescue. (R) 3.00 Ireland In Music: Caithnin. 3.30 Plat Du Tour.

(R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Dakar Rally. Stage 2 48 Hour. H’lights.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. Fifth Test.

Australia v India. Day 4. Afternoon session.

3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket.

Fifth Test. Australia v India. Day 4. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 MOVIE: A Bridesmaid In Love. (2022, G, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Farm To Fork.

(R) 8.00 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 8.30 Bold.

(PGa, R) 9.00 Drew Barrymore. (PGas) 10.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Golden Globes Red Carpet. (PGls) 12.00 The 82nd Annual Golden Globes. (PGals) 3.00 Lingo. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold.

(PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Britain By The Book. (PG, R) 8.50 Louis Theroux: Extreme Love. (PG, R) 9.50 Shakespeare: Rise Of A Genius. (MA15+av, R) 10.50 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen. (PG, R) 11.50 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 12.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.45 Parkinson In Australia. (Mas, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.35 The Holy Grail Mystery. (Ma, R) 8.25 Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. 9.20 Inside Sydney Airport. (PGal, R) 10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Clean Sweep. (MA15+l) 11.45 Wisting. (Malv, R) 12.40 Faking Hitler. (Man, R) 2.30 Grayson’s Art Club. (PG, R) 3.25 Make Me A Dealer. (PG, R) 4.15 Her Majesty’s Cavalry. (PGav, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Match 25.

Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder.

10.30 Big Bash League Post-Game.

Post-match coverage of the game between the Brisbane Heat and Sydney Thunder.

11.00 Murder In A Small Town. (Mav) Alberg and his team piece together clues.

12.00 Satisfaction. (MA15+ads, R) Adriana interferes in a family matter.

1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R) Presented by Greg Grainger.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (PGdl, R) 8.30 MOVIE: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. (2008, Mv, R) 10.55 Miniseries: Love Rat. (Mv, R) 11.45 Chicago Med. (MA15+amv) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Contestants compete in a high-stakes game where they must beat The Banker to win a cash prize.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The 82nd Annual Golden Globes. (R) Hosted by Nikki Glaser.

10.30 MOVIE: Downsizing.

(2017, Mdlns, R) A couple decide to shrink themselves. Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz.

1.10 The Project. (R) 2.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC FAMILY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly.

7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 Hard Quiz Kids. 9.05 The Wonderful World Of Kittens. 9.50 Doctor Who. 10.50 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.05 Super Maximum Retro Show. 12.05pm WorldWatch. 12.35 Spiraling: Crypto Special. 1.05 The Real Stories Of Basketball.

2.00 Scandinavian Star. 3.10 WorldWatch. 5.25 Joy Of Painting. 5.55 Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams Tour. (Premiere) 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd.

10.10 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 Room For Improvement. 11.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 DVine Living. 1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

2.00 Weekender. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector Morse.

10.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Adventures In Rainbow Country. 10.30 The Baron. 11.30 Tennis. Adelaide International. Day 1. 6pm Tennis. Adelaide International. Night 1. 10.30 Death In Paradise.

11.40 Good Karma Hospital. 12.35am Skippy. 1.00 Creflo. 1.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. 8.30 Reel Action.

9.30 Bondi Rescue. 10.30 Diagnosis Murder.

11.30 JAG. 12.30pm Bondi Rescue. 1.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i.

11.15 Bull. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.25 An Ideal Husband. (1999, PG) 9.15 A River Runs Through It. (1992, PG) 11.30 Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy. (2021, M, Japanese) 1.45pm Fried Green Tomatoes. (1991, PG) 4.10 Binti. (2019, PG, Dutch) 5.50 The Producers. (1967, PG) 7.30 The Man Who Knew Too Little. (1997, PG) 9.15 An Almost Perfect Town. (2016, M, Italian) 11.05 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am NFL. NFL. Week 18.

Continued. 8.30 NFL. NFL. Week 18. 11.30 Armchair Experts: NFL Edition. 12.30pm Border Security: Int. 1.00 Border Security. 2.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.30 Big Shrimpin’. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 American Pickers.

6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Adventure Gold Diggers. 10.30 Frozen Gold. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Hart Of Dixie. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 3.00 The Golden Girls. 3.30 The Nanny.

4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Space Cowboys. (2000, PG) 11.10 Seinfeld. 12.10am The Nanny. 1.10 Life After Lockup. 2.05 La Brea. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.50pm Black As. 2.00 Taste Of The Territory. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.15 Harlem Globetrotters. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 NITV News: Summer Yarns. 6.40 Waterworld Africa.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.05 Diana Ross: Supreme Sensation.

9.55 Johnny Cash: Redemption Of An Idol. 11.35 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 First Edition. 9.30 First Edition. 10.00 NewsDay. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 5.00 Afternoon Agenda. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 The Late Debate.

9.00 Catching The Claremont Killer: The Untold Story. 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, January 7 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 A Dog’s World With Tony Armstrong. (R) 7.00 News. 9.00 News Breakfast Late. 9.30 Our Brain. (PG, R) 10.30 The Art Of... (Ml, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News.

1.00 Call The Midwife. (PGa, R) 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.00 A Bite To Eat. (R) 3.30 Grand Designs. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.05 Great Canal Journeys. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Such Was Life. (PG, R) 2.10 Heritage Rescue.

(R) 3.00 The Weekly Football Wrap. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Stage 2 48 Hour. H’lights.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. Fifth Test.

Australia v India. Day 5. Afternoon session.

3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket.

Fifth Test. Australia v India. Day 5. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 MOVIE: The Movie Star And The Cowboy. (2023, PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Ent. Tonight.

(R) 10.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 11.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 12.00 Farm To Fork. 12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less. (R) 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (Premiere) 8.30 Eat The Invaders. (Premiere, PG) 9.00 David Attenborough’s Tasmania. (R) 9.55 Flyways: The Story Of Migratory Shorebirds. (R) 10.55 Murder In Provence. (Mav, R) 12.25 Grand Designs. (R) 1.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 2.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.45 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 8.35 MOVIE: James Blunt: One Brit Wonder. (2023, MA15+l, R) 10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Beyond Signs. (Premiere, MA15+a) 11.55 Christian. (MA15+d, R) 2.40 Grayson’s Art Club. (PGl, R) 3.35 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 4.25 Peer To Peer. (PG, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Match 26.

Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades.

From Optus Stadium, Perth.

10.30 Big Bash League Post-Game.

Post-match coverage of the game.

11.00 Lockerbie. (PGav, R) A key piece of evidence is uncovered.

12.05 Satisfaction. (MA15+ads, R) Anika takes a mind-altering drug.

1.05 Travel Oz. (PG, R) Presented

by Greg Grainger.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 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, R) The travel guides head to Marrakech.

8.30 The Grand Tour. (MA15+l) The team takes a road trip across Namibia.

10.35 Transplant. (MA15+m) 11.30 Inside The Superbrands. (R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 GolfBarons. (R) 2.30 Our State On A Plate. (PG, 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 News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 6.30 The Project.

7.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PGdls, R) 8.30 MOVIE: Meet The Parents.

(2000, Ml, R) A teacher takes her accident-prone boyfriend home to meet her mother and humourless father.

Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo.

10.40 MOVIE: Jackass Forever.

(2022, MA15+aln) 12.40 The Project. (R) 1.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC FAMILY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly.

7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 Meet The Hedgehogs. 9.20 Deadly Predators. 9.50 Doctor Who. 10.50 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech. 2.05 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 3.00 Celebrity Mastermind. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.55 Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams Tour. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The UnXplained Mysteries Of The Universe. 9.20 Hoarders. 10.55 Adam Looking For Eve. 12.35am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute.

9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes.

5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 Inspector George Gently. 10.45 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Baron. 11.30 Tennis. Adelaide International. Day 2. 6pm Tennis. Adelaide International. Night 2. 10.30 New Tricks. 11.30 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 12.30am Skippy. 1.00 Creflo. 1.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Bondi Rescue. 1.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i.

11.15 Bull. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

SKY NEWS (53)

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Binti.

Continued. (2019, PG, Dutch) 6.40 The Producers.

(1967, PG) 8.20 Roman Holiday. (1953, PG) 10.30 Police. (2020, M, French) 12.20pm Twist. (2021, M) 2.00 The Man Who Knew Too Little. (1997, PG) 3.40 An Ideal Husband. (1999, PG) 5.30 Basmati Blues. (2017, PG) 7.30 Official Competition. (2021, M, Spanish) 9.35 Blindspotting. (2018, MA15+) 11.25 Late Programs. 5.50am The Movie Show.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Storage Wars. 10.30 American Resto. 11.00 American Pickers. Noon Pawn Stars. 1.00 Outback Opal Hunters. 2.00 Adventure Gold Diggers. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Big Shrimpin’. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers.

9.30 Kings Of Pain. 10.30 Ice Road Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Hart Of Dixie. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.00 The Golden Girls. 2.30 The Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 The Addams Family.

5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.30 MOVIE: Jupiter Ascending. (2015, M) 11.00 Seinfeld. Midnight The Nanny. 1.00 Life After Lockup. 2.50 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Larapinta. 2.00 Taste Of The Territory.

2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories.

5.15 Harlem Globetrotters. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 NITV News: Summer Yarns. 6.40 Waterworld Africa. 7.30 The Lake Winnipeg Project. (Premiere) 8.00 Boxing For Palm Island. 8.30 Ice Vikings. 9.20 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.20 MOVIE: The Orator. (2011, PG) 12.15am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 First Edition. 9.30 First Edition. 10.00 NewsDay. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 5.00 Afternoon Agenda. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 The Late Debate.

9.00 The Secrets Of My Success. 10.00 NewsNight.

11.00 Late Programs.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat

Woopi Monday Vets Golf

By Shirley STRAUCH MONDAY 16th December 2024 33 starters Winner Frank Garth 25 R/U Norm Mitchener 26 2nd. R/U Tony

Innes NTP 4th.

Ray Willing Bev Jenkinson NTP 7th.

Peter Smart NTP 9th.

Frank Garth Sue Kempnich Putting Lindsay Smith 13 Bill Mc Alister took out the NAGA & Bev Jenknson with an impressive 29

26 COFFS COAST NEWS OF THE AREA

putts Max Clark had a birdie on the 2nd & Peter Smart on the 5th’ Monday 23rd. December 2024 24 starters Winner Michael Skinner 23 R/U Roy Spencer 25 2nd.R/U Col Wade 26

NTP 4th.

Bob Fairclough Sue Kempnich NTP 7th.

Ray Willing NTP 9th.

John Ragan Sue Kempnich Putting Bob Fairclough 13 A disputed decision saw Mark Ashcroft not win the NAGA but he ultimately triumphed with a 40, the

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Frog went to Bev Skinner with 22.

No birdies were carded but the “highly commended” award goes to both Bev Jenkinson & Robin Skinner, who for the first time collectively, didn’t get a stroke back.

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WEDNESDAY, January 8 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 A Dog’s World With Tony Armstrong.

(Final, R) 7.00 News. 9.00 News Breakfast Late. 9.30 This Is Going To Be Big. (PG, R) 11.30 The Art Of... (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Changing Ends. (PG, R) 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice.

(R) 3.30 Grand Designs. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.05 Great Canal Journeys. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Such Was Life. (R) 2.10 Heritage Rescue. (R) 3.00 Ireland In Music: Caithnin. 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers.

(R) 5.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Stage 3.

H’lights.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show Summer Series. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Brush With Love.

(2019, PGa) 2.00 Catch Phrase. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 MOVIE: The Engagement Dress. (2023, G, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Ent. Tonight.

(R) 10.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 11.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 12.00 Farm To Fork. 12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less. (R) 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 8.35 Changing Ends. (PG) Alan’s little white lie causes problems.

9.25 Utopia. (PG, R) 10.20 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 10.50 Live At The Malthouse. (Ml, R) 11.45 Grand Designs. (R) 12.35 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.15 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.35 The Real Crown: Inside The House Of Windsor. (PG, R) 8.30 Michael Palin: Into Iraq. (PG, R) 9.25 The Night Manager. (MA15+sv) 10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Pagan Peak. (Return, MA15+asv) 11.55 Soldiers. (MA15+av, R) 2.30 Grayson’s Art Club. (PGl, R) 3.20 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 4.15 Peer To Peer. (PG, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Match 27.

Sydney Thunder v Hobart Hurricanes.

10.30 Big Bash League Post-Game.

Post-match coverage of the game.

11.00 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) Footage of headline-grabbing moments.

12.00 Stan Lee’s Lucky Man. (MA15+av) Suri follows a trail of breadcrumbs.

1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R) Presented by Greg Grainger.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PGm) 8.30 Space Invaders. (PGa, R) 9.30 Millionaire Holiday Home Swap. (PG) 11.30 Social Media Murders: The Murder Of Alex Rodda. (Malv, R) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 ACA. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PGal, R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

8.30 MOVIE: Meet The Fockers.

(2004, Ms, R) A young man takes his fiancée and her parents to Miami to meet his family, who live an alternative lifestyle. Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand.

10.55 The Project. (R) 11.55 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC FAMILY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly.

7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 Doctor Who. 10.05 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”.

10.30 Operation Ouch! 11.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Hudson & Rex. 2.10 Queer Sports. 3.05 The Story Of. 3.30 The Weekly Football Wrap. 4.00 WorldWatch.

5.55 Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams Tour. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever. 9.15 MOVIE: Deathtrap. (1982, M) 11.20 MOVIE: Animal Kingdom. (2010, MA15+) 1.20am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 TBA. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. 10.45 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Baron. 11.30 Tennis. Adelaide International.

Day 3. 6pm Tennis. Adelaide International. Night 3. 10.30 Midsomer Murders. 12.30am Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 1.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 1.30 MOVIE: Carry On Jack. (1964, PG) 3.30 Gideon’s Way. 4.30 My Favorite Martian. 5.00 The Baron.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 NBL Slam. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Bondi Rescue. 1.30 Star Trek: Voyager.

2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i.

11.15 Bull. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Movie Show. 6.25 Basmati Blues. (2017, PG) 8.20 The Man Who Knew Too Little. (1997, PG) 10.05 Breaking Up In Rome. (2022, M, Italian) 12.15pm An Almost Perfect Town. (2016, M, Italian) 2.05 The Producers.

(1967, PG) 3.45 Diana. (2013, PG) 5.50 Earth To Echo. (2014, PG) 7.30 Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997, M) 9.10 Violet & Daisy. (2011, MA15+) 10.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Storage Wars. 10.30 American Resto. 11.00 American Pickers. Noon Pawn Stars. 1.00 Outback Truckers. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Full Custom Garage. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars.

7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 10.30 Special Forces. (Premiere) 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Hart Of Dixie. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.00 The Golden Girls. 2.30 The Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 The Addams Family.

5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.30 MOVIE: The Matrix. (1999, M) 11.15 Seinfeld.

12.15am The Nanny. 1.15 Love After Lockup. 2.35 La Brea. 3.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2pm Taste Of The Territory. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.15 Harlem Globetrotters. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 NITV News: Summer Yarns. 6.40 Seasons Of The Wild.

(Premiere) 7.30 Great Australian Walks. 8.30 Island Echoes With Nornie Bero. (Premiere) 9.00 MOVIE: Along Came A Spider. (2001, MA15+) 10.55 Late Programs.

6am Sky News Breakfast. 7.00 Sky News Breakfast. 8.00 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 First Edition. 9.30 First Edition. 10.00 NewsDay. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda.

3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda.

5.00 Afternoon Agenda. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 The Late Debate. 9.00 Liberals In Power. 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, January 9 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Back Roads.

(PG, R) 10.00 Eat The Invaders. (PG, R) 10.30 The Art Of... (PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 David Attenborough’s Tasmania. (R) 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 3.30 Grand Designs. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.05 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.05 Great Canal Journeys. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Such Was Life. (R) 2.10 Heritage Rescue. (R) 3.00 Ireland In Music: Caithnin. 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers.

(R) 5.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Stage 4.

H’lights.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show Summer Series. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Love Yarn. (2021, PG) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 2.15 Catch Phrase. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 MOVIE: Mr Pawsitively Perfect. (2023, G, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Ent. Tonight.

(R) 10.30 Jamie’s 5 Ingredient Mediterranean.

(R) 11.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 12.00 Farm To Fork. 12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less. (R) 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads. (Return, PG) 8.30 Long Lost Family.

9.15 Grand Designs: South Manchester. (R) 10.05 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R) 10.35 Britain By The Book. (PG, R) 11.25 Grand Designs. (R) 12.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 8.30 The Emerald Isles With Ardal O’Hanlon. (Final, PGa, R) 9.30 The Darkness. (Premiere, M) 10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 DNA. (Malv) 11.45 Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late. (Mlv, R) 12.40 Blanca. (MA15+a, R) 2.35 Grayson’s Art Club. (PG, R) 3.25 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 4.15 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Match 28.

Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers.

10.30 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin.

An expert panel tackles all the big news and issues with a deep dive into the wild world of cricket.

11.15 Pam & Tommy. (MA15+alns) The tape falls into Bob Guccione’s hands.

12.15 The Real Manhunter: The Night Stalker Delroy Grant.

(Mav, R) Takes a look at Delroy Grant.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 A Night With Novak. From Road Laver Arena, Melbourne.

10.30 Forza Jannik. Explores Italy’s tennis renaissance.

11.40 Resident Alien. (Malv) Harry tries to bond with Heather.

12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Truth About The Skinny Jab. (Ma) Presented by Anna Richardson.

8.30 MOVIE: Little Fockers.

(2010, Msv, R) A man visits his son-in-law to discover if he has what it takes to become the family patriarch. Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Robert De Niro.

10.30 MOVIE: Shutter Island.

(2010, MA15+, R) Leonardo DiCaprio.

1.15 The Project. (R) 2.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly.

7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.20 72 Cutest Animals. 9.45 Doctor Who. 10.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. 12.05pm WorldWatch. 12.35 MOVIE: Subject. (2022, M) 2.25 Overlooked. 2.55 Insight. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.55 Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams Tour. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Cars That Built The World. 11.00 Question Team. 12.50am MOVIE: Subjects Of Desire. (2021, MA15+) 2.40 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Mt Hutt Rescue. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue.

4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Baron. 11.30 Tennis. Adelaide International.

Day 4. 6pm Tennis. Adelaide International. Night 4.

10.30 Poirot. 12.30am Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

1.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 1.30 MOVIE: Carry On Screaming! (1966, PG) 3.30 Gideon’s Way. 4.30 My Favorite Martian. 5.00 The Baron.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Bondi Rescue. 1.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i.

11.15 Bull. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Diana.

Continued. (2013, PG) 7.05 The Lake House. (2006, PG) 8.55 The Bookshop. (2017, PG) 11.00 Official Competition. (2021, M, Spanish) 1.05pm Stage Mother. (2020, M) 2.50 Basmati Blues. (2017, PG) 4.45 The Majestic. (2001, PG) 7.30 Wild Target.

(2010, M) 9.20 Charlie And Boots. (2009, M) 11.15 Six Minutes To Midnight. (2020, M) 1.10am Hive.

(2021, M, Albanian) 2.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 A Football Life. 10.00 Storage Wars. 10.30 American Resto. 11.00 American Pickers. Noon Pawn Stars. 1.00 Highway Patrol. 2.00 The Force: BTL. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Full Custom Garage. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Resto.

5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Pawn Stars Do America. (Premiere) 8.30 MOVIE: The Amazing Spider-Man. (2012, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Hart Of Dixie. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.00 The Golden Girls. 2.30 The Nanny.

3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Tower Heist. (2011, M) 10.35 Seinfeld.

11.35 The O.C. 12.35am The Nanny. 1.35 Love After Lockup. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2pm Taste Of The Territory. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Waabiny Time. 3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. 4.05 Cities Of Gold. 4.35 Motown Magic.

5.00 Our Stories. 5.15 Harlem Globetrotters. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 NITV News: Summer Yarns. 6.40 Seasons Of The Wild. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 The Walkers. (Return) 9.30 MOVIE: The Piano. (1993, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

6am Sky News Breakfast. 7.00 Sky News Breakfast. 8.00 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 First Edition. 9.30 First Edition. 10.00 NewsDay. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda.

3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda.

5.00 Afternoon Agenda. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 The Late Debate. 9.00 Liberals In Power. 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat

Urunga Men’s Veterans Golf

By Ross HARDAKER DECEMBER 23.

Single Stableford.

25 players contested today’s event for the final Christmas ham.

Winner, with 37 points,

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on a count back, Peter Inskip , 2nd Dave Baldock 37, 3rd Bruce Parker 37 c/b.

Run down Peter Wood 37, Ross Hardaker, Kevin Sanford, Bob Archibald, Garry Matthews 34, Terry Van Dyk, Paul Bastick 33 c/b.

Bradmans Pete Brotherton 26.

NTPs 3rd Tony Shields, 9th Bruce Parker, 18th Garry

Matthews.

Longest Putt Peter Wood.

Slab Winner Peter Inskip.

Mr Parker again shot under his age, with 81 off the stick.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, and see next week for our final round of the year, and presentation of the prestigious Annual Bradmans Award.

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By Aiden BURGESS NARRANGA Public School are state softball champions once again.

The Narranga Crows successfully defended the state title they won last year, after triumphing at the Primary School Sport Association Knockout Softball State Finals in Sydney.

The Narranga girls were crowned state champions after a 12-2 win against Tamworth’s Nemingha Public School in the grand final.

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q Narranga Public School’s girls softball team celebrate their state title win.

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