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Hawks Nest Golf Club launches summer family fun By Thomas O'KEEFE KIDS and golfers alike enjoyed a Family Fun Day at the Hawks Nest Golf Club (HNGC) on Sunday 10 December, as the Club launched its summer fun campaign in time for the holidays. Several activities wowed the kids, including the Grand Opening of the Club’s new outdoor play area, a jumping castle, live DJ music, putt-putt, and free golf clinics run by the Club’s new PGA-qualified Head Coach, Glen Haynes, who has come from

q New Hawks Nest Golf Club Head Coach Glen Haynes is ready for the kids at the upcoming holiday golf camps.

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q New Head Coach Glen Haynes shows the kids how to swing away.

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FROM Page 1 Monash in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. “The last three months, we have already started growing the HNGC Junior Golf Academy during school terms, with regular Monday and Tuesday afternoons at 4:45pm,” Mr Haynes said. “There are plenty of plans for the future, as the school holidays ‘Kids Xmas Golf Camps’ are scheduled already, letting kids learn new skills and fundamentals, with fun games and prizes.” Inside, hungry families enjoyed the Club’s fare and an indoor golf simulator, “a prelude to a permanent, proper coaching facility that is coming soon to Head Professional Andrew McCormack’s Pro Shop,” said Emily McCormack, HNGC Marketing and Events coordinator and main organiser for the Family Fun Day. "I envision two goals with the Golf Club, starting with our Family Fun Day. “We want to encourage our junior golfers, they are the future of the Club and it's a great sport for kids to play. “The HNGC can be more open to the

q Family Fun Day organiser Emily McCormack with husband and HNGC Pro Andrew, as kids putt-putt around the green. community and a place where families can come regardless of whether they're a ‘golfing family’ or not. "Our new play area is just the beginning of many new things that I plan to introduce to the club." "Our Kids Disco nights have been a huge success and a great night out for kids to burn off some energy – we have three discos on 4,

11, and 18 January." "Kids Xmas Golf Camps inquiries can go to Glen Haynes (0401 923 883), with PeeWees (5-7yo), Cadets (8-12yo) and Teens (13-17yo) groups, running multiple days throughout the Christmas holidays, book at the Pro Shop. “Keep an eye on our Facebook and website for the latest events happening on the course and in the club.”

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Tea Gardens on Monday 4 December. The café at Estia was festooned with balloons in a definitively mauve (not lavender, and not purple) ‘high-tea’ motif, as Olga was accompanied into the room by her daughter, Lynette Mildwater. Born in Woodstock, NSW on 4 December 1919, Olga’s family moved to Spring Hill where she went to school and was very active in the church.

“She was a good runner and often won first place with many prizes, and she was also a hospital volunteer with the women's auxiliary in Orange,” Lynette told NOTA. They later moved to Orange when Olga was a teenager, where she lived until 2020, aged 101, encompassing a very full life with 61 and a half years of marriage from 1941, and a prodigious progeny of four children, four grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren, many

of whom are now living across the country. “Mum moved to Tea Gardens after the death of her sister, to be closer to family, and into Estia in 2021,” Lyn explained. “Her favourite pastime is bingo, and she also cuts fabric for quilters in the Wednesday Craft Group,” Lyn added. For more than a century, Olga has been receiving this early Christmas present, and while most of us would be lucky to get just one, Olga’s clean country living has enabled her to receive her fifth letter from

the Governor-General of Australia, congratulating her on her birthday, as well as from the Prime Minister... but was still waiting on one from the King, surely en route from Buckingham. “She loved the party, was really happy, exhausted by the end, people enjoyed themselves for a few hours at Estia, a big day with happy tears, Estia’s staff did a marvellous job,” Lyn said. “She is caring, loving, and she's supported all of us at some stage in our lives, and a loyal friend.”

q A rare sight for many, the birthday message from Governor-General David Hurley and his wife.

q Olga is escorted into her mauve high-tea by daughter Lyn.

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A new sleigh for Santa By Thomas O’KEEFE

SANTA gets a new sleigh when he visits Tea Gardens, courtesy of the multi-talented Tea Gardens Men’s Shed, which will debut at the Lions Christmas Festival on Friday 15 December. Men’s Shed President John Adkins invited News Of The Area to witness the finishing touches on the gleaming sleigh, which will comfortably hold Santa and up to three kiddies for photo opportunities at the Lights Festival. Santa’s new sleigh was prepared by Barry Mclean, with design and construction directed by John Adkins. True to form, it sports a festively bright red veneer, with attractively contrasting black trim, courtesy of resident Shed painter Ray Curtis. “Tea Gardens Lions initiated the sleigh idea for the Lights Festival, and we took it and ran with it,” Mr Adkins explained. “It is made from recycled materials, reclaimed from items donated by the community, wherever possible.” “The Men’s Shed built it for free, and we can make it available for other community groups that may like to borrow it for Christmas in July or other events,” Ray Curtis added. It may even one day take part in a future resurrection of the Christmas parades that once passed through town, perhaps by mounting it on a box-trailer or as a float under the right conditions. While there is a dearth of proper reindeer in town to pull the sleigh, perhaps the mangaroo (man-sized kangaroo) that bounds around shearwater could drag the whole thing on his own, in lieu of reindeer in summer. Having the space and wherewithal to maintain the sleigh, the Men’s Shed will store

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q Tea Gardens Men’s Shed members John O’Keefe, John Adkins and Ray Curtis put the finishing touches on Santa’s sleigh. it there for the time being. “Solid, safe and stable, the sleigh also won’t

be too big to hide the little kids, so some great Santa photos will be taken on this.”

Carols In The Park q An Australian addition to the traditional Nativity scene. Photo: courtesy of Reverend Goscombe.

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Gardens is preparing to hold its Christmas ‘Carols In The Park’ event at Tea Gardens’ ANZAC Park on Wednesday, 20 December. Starting from 6:30pm will be a free sausage sizzle, with the festive singing to start from 7:15pm. “At a time when we’re all pretty dismayed and disturbed at the way the world is tearing itself up, it's important for us to consider why we have Christmas at all; why Christ was born,” Reverend Richard Goscombe told NOTA. “It's a pretty staggering story: ‘Kid Born in a Shed Saves World’ – it certainly got my attention, and Christmas is when it needs to get the attention of us all, because he's the one that came to bring peace between nations, peace between communities, peace between families, peace to our own hearts and minds – peace for all. “So, grab a chance to come and celebrate the heart of Christmas down at ANZAC Park and join us for ‘Carols In The Park’ on Wednesday 20 December. “It'll be great to sing some carols, have some fun, and hear the story of where Christmas began.” Rev. Goscombe thanks the Tea Gardens Country Club and RSL sub-Branch for gifting the free sausage sizzle to the community. “Terry's going to be manning a free bus, and will happily pick up anyone who needs a lift to the Park.” Pick up information is on the St Andrew’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/groups/195929288509402. “You can enjoy the free BBQ, but you're also welcome to bring your own picnic, blanket and chairs, or grab something at the local eats. “Come and enjoy the evening, as we celebrate how a kid born in a shed saved the world.” On Christmas Day, St Andrew’s welcomes all to join services starting with the Bennetts Beach Service at 6am, and Family Christmas Service at 9:30am at St Andrew’s, on the corner of Ogden and Witt St. “Feel free to join us and if you're not able to, I hope you have a truly happy, peaceful and blessed Christmas.”

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Karuah coming alive with Christmas events By Thomas O’KEEFE

SEVERAL Christmas events are readying for the holiday period in Karuah, with multiple community groups pitching in. The Karuah Progress Association’s (KPA) Christmas Lights Competition, in its third year and born of the impacts of lockdowns, is already lighting up the place. “Karuah’s community pivoted to celebrate the holidays for our kids,” said

KPA President Breanna Landwehr. “New to the competition, the KPA has made over 80 pallet Christmas trees for the community to decorate, for free, and over $1000 in prizes are up for residences and businesses sharing in the festive season.” The KPA has brought on-board several corporate sponsors to donate prizes including the first prize Wangi Wangi Ferry Dinner Cruise for two (and $100 cash), and

q The new, grant-funded stage is being erected out the front of St Columba’s Anglican Church in Karuah.

q St Columba’s Minister Allison Williams will host ‘Carols Under the Gum Tree’.

prizes from Moonshadow Cruises, Salamander Weber, Bunnings, Scotty’s Cinema, Irukandji Encounters and Karuah RSL. “Registration ended 10 December, voting runs from 15-30 December online via a link on the KPA Facebook page, or paper forms at the post office, and winners will be announced on 7 January.” On Sunday, 16 December at 5pm, St Columba Anglican Church will run ‘Carols Under the Gum Tree’, its fourth

q Pallet tree creativity seen at 17 George Street, Karuah.

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year outside, even bringing COVID-safe cheer through the pandemic, fielding songs, a live band, and nativity play. “Kids dress up as angels, wise men, Mary and Joseph, all ages are welcome to participate in the carols,” Minister Allison Williams told NOTA. “We won a $5000 Council community grant to build

a stage, which is currently erecting out the front, and will be used for community afternoons at other times.” The Karuah RFS brigade is also hosting Santa’s run around town on 23 December, starting at 10:30am at Alice Street. “We intend to move through Holdom Road, George Street and Peachy

Circuit, then Ironbark Estate, and finish at Roundhill Crescent by 11:30am,” Jim Semple, Karuah Rural Fire Brigade Captain said. “Times are approximate and could change, we will endeavour to do all streets, but due to safety reasons some dead-end streets might be missed.”

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The fisherman’s paradise of Broughton Island By John ‘Stinker’ CLARKE

OVER the next couple of months Port Stephens will be experiencing a huge rise in population as visitors from near and far arrive to experience the wonders of this magnificent area. Many, I am sure, will be armed to the teeth with all the fishing gear to target the snapper off our coastline. Those with suitable boats will no doubt head to snapper central - Broughton Island. Before you head off there are a few things you need to know. Broughton Island has been a fishing paradise for as long as records have been kept. Firstly, the Worimi people, followed by the Chinese in the early to mid 1800s, then the Italians from 1893. Greeks and Europeans set up small fishing communities at the turn of the century. Frenchmen spent time on the island in 1906, introducing rabbits, in a failed attempt to discover a virus that would free the mainland of the ongoing rabbit plague. The Frenchmen left the island but the rabbits stayed

and continued to grow in healthy numbers grazing on the native vegetation. Rats invaded the island and became a major concern around the shacks and also to nesting birds, particularly the fairy penguin and the shearwaters. In 2009 National Parks and Wildlife took up the challenge with a baiting program to rid the island of the feral animals. All reports continue to suggest that the program has been a great success, which I’m sure would be greatly appreciated by the native flora and fauna. Referred to as Long Island by the commercial fishers,

Broughton still has much to offer, 150 years later. For recreational fishers the snapper fishing remains fantastic with thumping “reddies” swimming up from the bottom to smash lightly weighted baits metres from the surface. Big prawns, fresh bonito and squid baits will be attacked seconds after hitting the water. Rat kingfish can be expected to join the party accompanied by the odd monster kingy that hit the bait and keep going. Resident sand flathead litter the sand drifts to the north. The magnificent beaches

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q ABC Radio announcer Scott Levi with his first Broughton Island snapper.

on the island are alive with cracker whiting that swim along the sandy stretches in less than a metre of water. Rock fishing provides drummer, groper and snapper for those who try. To preserve this wonderful fishery, bag and size limits are enforced along with possession limits. Possession limits particularly apply to those who remain on the island overnight or for any extended

period of time. Possession limits are equivalent to one day’s bag limit. If there are two in the boat your possession is doubled. Keep in mind that you are in a Marine Park and that certain areas that surround the island are designated Sanctuary Zones. Free maps are available from all Bait and Tackle outlets so don't get caught in the wrong place. Pleading ignorance rarely

works these days. Broughton Island is a fragile environment which demands respect from all who choose to visit. Contact Port Stephens Marine Rescue on leaving the Port, on your arrival on the island and again when you return. The eight nautical miles to the island can become very unfriendly at times. Stay safe and enjoy the remarkable experience.

THE Bureau of Health Information (BHI) last week released two reports – showing activity and performance for public health services in NSW during July to September 2023, and patients’ experiences of emergency care in small rural hospitals in early 2023. BHI Chief Executive Dr Diane Watson said the July to September 2023 Healthcare Quarterly results show continued improvement for patients receiving elective or planned surgery. “Since the same quarter one year ago, there has been a considerable decrease in the number of patients on the elective surgery waiting list and more patients receiving their surgery on time,” said Dr Watson. For example, in July to September 2023, compared with the same quarter a year earlier: • The number of elective surgeries performed was up 10.4 percent, to close to pre-pandemic levels. • 82.6 percent of all elective surgeries were performed on time – a 7.1 percentage point increase. • The number of patients on the waiting list who had waited longer than

clinically recommended decreased by 61.2 percent, to 6,937. Emergency departments (EDs) continued to see an upward trend in patients presenting with the most urgent clinical conditions, with increased numbers of triage category 1 and 2 presentations. “Despite EDs seeing larger numbers of very sick patients, 67 percent of all patients started their treatment on time – a slight improvement on the same quarter last year,” said Dr Watson. “However, patients spent a record amount of time in the ED, with 56.6 percent leaving within four hours – the lowest result for any quarter since BHI began reporting in 2010.” BHI has also released the latest results of the Rural Hospital Emergency Care Patient Survey 2023, which reflect the experiences of more than 5,100 people who received emergency care in one of 81 small rural public hospitals in NSW between January and March 2023. “Patients were very positive about the emergency care they received, although ratings for some important questions declined compared

with the previous survey in 2019,” said Dr Watson. Notable results include: • Most patients (94 percent) said, overall, the care they received was ‘very good’ or ‘good’. • 67 percent of patients rated how health professionals worked together as ‘very good’. • 71 percent of patients said they were ‘definitely’ involved as much as they wanted to be in decisions about their care and treatment. Additionally, almost half of patients (45 percent) thought, at the time of their visit, their condition could ‘definitely’ (23 percent) or ‘to some extent’ (22 percent) have been treated by a GP or other health professional. Of those 45 percent of respondents, the most common reasons given for not seeing a GP or other health professional were: those services were closed; or they couldn’t get an appointment within a reasonable time. Detailed results for Healthcare Quarterly and results of the Rural Hospital Emergency Care Patient Survey 2023 are available at bhi.nsw.gov.au

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The challenges and pleasures of recording local history

q Rascals: Commercial fishers Ken Barry, Athol Sproule and Glyno Tarrant.

By John ‘Stinker’ CLARKE AMONG many of the pleasures writing history books has given me, has been the opportunity to meet many of the numerous men and women who have contributed significantly to the growth and development of Port Stephens. Listening to their stories and viewing their old photographs has been a step back in time to a wonderful period in our development as a nation. From the Worimi people, who first settled our shores and were such a significant, positive influence on the oyster industry, to the pioneering commercial fishermen, boat builders and light keepers. Broughton Islanders were a tough lot who ventured outside the safety of the port to motor and sail the treacherous eight nautical miles to an island surrounded by lobsters and fish. I have felt particularly privileged to have been welcomed into the homes and lives of these people and wish to thank them sincerely for their generosity and warmth.

There has been no work involved in writing these books, to me it has been a great experience. The pioneers of this area deserve recognition and the respect that they have earned. To put it simply, the folks that I interviewed, for all my books, were a wonderful

group of people who lived in an era that was free of many of the dilemmas associated with modern society. There was a mutual respect that was undeniable from one family to another, a genuine care for the welfare of others who shared their lives and experiences.

q Worimi oystermen. Vital to the success of the industry.

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The lifestyle that I uncovered was basically a struggle in tough times and was dominated by hard working, hard drinking, heartbreak and happiness. The closeness of the characters in this book was moulded by their reliance upon each other. Woven throughout this period in our history, that included two Great Wars and a Depression, existed a spirit that is truly Australian. These people could

always find something to laugh about when it appeared all was lost, a sense of ‘Digger’ humour that I think only exists in us. A fun-loving attitude that defines our character, an attitude that I hope we never lose. Pranks were a part of everyday living, never hurtful or demeaning. Not a day would pass when there wasn’t a good natured ‘set up’ on some unsuspecting soul who would

respond at some time in the future. I laughed at the craziness of it all and thought how much I wished that I could have been a part of it. Currently I am writing my fifth history book, ‘Marsh Road’, due for release in October 2024. As I interview those old families that chose to live in Bobs Farm, along Marsh Road, I find the very same approach to life.

Twilight Markets a hit at Bulahdelah By John SAHYOUN

ANOTHER successful running of the Bulahdelah Twilight Christmas Farmers Market had locals smiling on Saturday 2 December, with an array of offerings to tempt the palate and fill stockings. Despite initial rain, market organisers’ prayers were answered when skies cleared above the Big 4 River Myall Holiday Resort. With this the third iteration of the Christmas markets, locals and visitors came out in numbers to support local producers and community organisations. There was something for everyone including great food, Christmas treats, decorations, fabulously creative art and kitchenware, fairy floss, plants, sourdough bread, cheese, wine, handmade toys and lots more.

Santa also took some time out of his busy schedule to drop in and spend some time with the kids. The market was sponsored by the Bulahdelah Chamber of Commerce and the River Myall Resort. "We were very pleased q Nothing like a bit of fairy floss.

q Bulahdelah Men’s Shed members display their wares.

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with attendance considering the belting we got from the rain not long before kickoff,” market organiser Dale Bradshaw said. “Stallholders told me they were pleased with the support from everyone and visitors commented

q The Haddon family offered a great selection of eggs. that the market had a great atmosphere. “A big thank you to the local Rural Fire Service crew who turned out to answer any questions people may have had about bushfire survival

q Lots of smiling faces at the Bulahdelah Twilight Markets.

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plans and of course the local Lions Club who seem to have a direct line to Santa as well as serving great sausage sangas." Residents can look forward to more markets

in the area in the coming months. Check them out - you may find something you like while supporting local small businesses.

Santa checking out the gifts on offer.

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Taskforce established to tackle emergency department wait times THE State Government will establish a new taskforce to tackle emergency department (ED) wait times. The ED Taskforce will comprise health workers and NSW Health officials, from across the state’s various local health districts and specialty networks, including from regional communities. It will be tasked with identifying and implementing efficiencies, including initiatives to reduce unnecessary presentations, address bed block and improve patient flow, safely discharge patients more quickly, improve the experience of patients and staff in the ED, and move patients to parts of the system with more capacity where clinically appropriate. Minister for Health Ryan Park has instructed NSW Health to draft terms

of reference, appoint membership of the taskforce and set a first meeting date. The announcement comes after the release of two Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reports and the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) quarterly results. The two AIHW reports show that over 2022-23, NSW reported the highest number of ED presentations of any state or territory in Australia (three million). The latest BHI data for the September quarter shows a record number of triage 2 category (emergency) presentations (118,772), and a 61 percent reduction in the number of overdue surgeries compared to September 2022.

A significant factor in the record demand on hospitals is the proportion of cases that could be treated in primary or aged care settings. Almost half of all presentations to EDs were either category 4 (e.g. sprained ankle, earache) or category 5 (e.g. small cuts or abrasions). A further BHI report on patient experiences in small rural hospitals shows that 45 percent of patients felt they could have been treated by a GP or other health professional. This will remain a focus of the ED Taskforce. “This Emergency Department Taskforce is the latest initiative in our suite of measures to improve wait times and access to care, including supporting and boosting our workforce; and embracing innovating initiatives to divert pressure from our

hospitals,” Minister for Health Ryan Park said. “Patients just want to receive the care they need and deserve in a timely manner. “Having people and their loved ones waiting around in our hospitals for lengthy periods of time is neither good for them, nor our staff, nor other patients. “I’ve made it a ministerial priority of mine that where we can safely improve access to care and treatment – including timeliness – we will do it. “I’m proud of our healthcare workers across NSW who have faced serious challenges over the past couple of years but continue to show professionalism amidst record presentations and demand on our health system.”

Baptist Church celebrate the season

q Last week a supermodel, this week an architect, Sharon Townsend created a ‘Gingerbread Manor' for her granddaughter.

By Thomas O’KEEFE

CHRISTMAS tidings call at Tea Gardens Baptist Church, with their Christmas Carols returning on Sunday, 17 December, commencing at 6:30pm. “There will be a free sausage sizzle from 5:30pm, so everyone can come along and join in the Carol singing,” said Sue Roberts. “Be treated to an evening of Carol singing, stories and festive fun as locals prepare for Christmas to celebrate the birth of Jesus,” Ms Roberts added. “We’ve been hosting this Carols event since 1996, despite the COVID gap, and this year we have a Christmas tree and special Baptist Church band with John Carter, Leone Keipert, Julie Hughes, Graham Brydon, Darrell Thornthwaite, Caroline Thornthwaite and Susan Carter.” “The band has been together for several years, doing a free monthly live concert in the Church hall, and they often perform at the Grange and nursing homes.” The Carols this year will specially feature one eleven-yearold performer, as well as items presented by several other local churches, including St Andrews Anglican Church, and the Uniting and Catholic Churches. The Christmas mood was high at the Baptist Church on Saturday, 9 December, with dozens of kids and family members building gingerbread houses. “A lot of people said there's not much Christmas stuff around,” Barb James told NOTA. Gingerbread tenants lay waiting for their domiciles, even as some succumbed to poor structural engineering, or stillgooey icing adhesive. “All the pieces were cooked in-house; the church is very generous and people brought in different ingredients each week." Kids aged toddler to 90 built

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away, some tempted to sample their carpentry supplies en route to the construction site. “It’s a good way to spend the day!” Ms James said. “Tea gardens Baptist Church would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas. “May we all remember the importance of

q The detail on some gingerbread houses was deliciously good.

q A light dusting of sugar ‘snow’ set off many designs and decorations.

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knowing God and loving one another as Jesus loved us,” said Sue Roberts. The Baptist Church Christmas Day Service is at 9am, and other local churches will hold services at their own times.

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n the O Couch

You look guilty and now you feel guilty

which makes your dilemma a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I have this problem because I’m a

nervous flier.

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I’m so nervous that I drop my bag and

DEAR Jasminda,

passport when I’m trying to check in, I

sweat as though I’m a drug mule, and I

Every time I go through airport

have nervous mannerisms such as running

security, I get checked.

and screaming ‘it’s too windy; the plane is

It’s now a family joke that I’ll be held

going to crash’ which doesn’t endear me to

back.

flight staff or fellow passengers.

I’m starting to get a complex. Harry B.

Also try to allow enough time for a few

DEAR HARRY, READING by Lynne Miles: Luke 1: 26-27 & 30-32 (Abridged) "God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth in Galilee to a virgin named Mary, engaged to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. ..... He said to her, do not be afraid Mary. You have found favour with God and will give birth to a Son and you are to give Him the name Jesus. He will be great and called the Son of the Most High....."

The Write Direction By John BLACKBOURN

Powerful thoughts THE issue that is dominating discussion in our area is that of the offshore wind farm proposal for our Mid Coast location. With the pending closure of coal fired electricity generators in the near future, the question being asked is: Where is the replacement power generation coming from? Renewables is the quick and easy response and most likely the preferred option, but is that practical and probable? The worst possible outcome if this issue isn’t solved quickly is a gap in

production and resultant blackouts for all consumers. The Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers said last month that the government's prediction that 82 percent of our electricity will be supplied by renewables by 2030 is now unlikely to be achieved. He went on to say that further action is required so we are able to reach that target. Energy Minister Chris Bowen is pushing ahead strongly to get offshore wind up and running as his method of filling the power supply void. Under the previous Government the solution was to build the Snowy 2 pumped hydro scheme, which is now well behind schedule. Its budget has also long since blown out. The Pioneer-Burdekin pumped hydro proposal for North Queensland is also in the consultative stage. This project reminds me of our locally failed Tillegra Dam proposal, which was dumped by the NSW State Government after they had acquired all the land that would have been flooded as well as land required for runoff and environmental purposes. The loss of some 50 homes would

I’M not sure if you are seeking my help here or merely stating a fact.

LEON Bobako's opinion (‘Pool management change not adding up’, 7 December 2023 Edition) is worth a response. The MidCoast Council's consideration to transition Tea Gardens Pool management to a small operator or community group, despite recognizing it as a 'High Risk' endeavour, raises concerns. While public facilities like swimming pools, libraries, and garbage disposal often

run at a loss, they are integral to vibrant communities. Our own Midcoast Council would run at a loss if it wasn't for grants. As Mr Bobako wrote, "The current operator, YMCA, maintains a 'Low Risk' safety rating, with performance improvements, despite facing challenges like Covid management and pool renovations." Mr Bobako went on and wrote, "The Council's emphasis on monetary considerations overlooks the community's

beverages or perhaps sniff some calming

lavender, which will do very little to help,

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Jasminda.

be required for Pioneer-Burdekin to go ahead and understandably those unhappy residents are making their views heard. So, are there other alternative sources for electricity production that need to be investigated? It is well known that a group of Federal politicians recently visited Germany in order to assess the suitability of mini transportable nuclear power generating plants with the capacity to power 30,000 homes. These could be used to travel to locations in Australia experiencing power outages and set up to operate within hours of arrival. Several of these plants could be of great benefit when used in different locations and transported quickly by road or rail to supply the power needs of affected areas. The fact that they are nuclear is creating issues for the green elements in our society and a major political party whose members are distinctly anti-nuclear. Our near neighbours in South Korea have built eight active nuclear plants that operate 25 reactors.

However, when the government changed, the new group decided that renewable energy was their preferred way to generate power and set about extensive renewable installations. In May of last year, it was found that these units were being run at massive losses so asked the government to greatly increase the cost of electricity supply. That led to another change of Government and the new lot has embraced nuclear as a solution to reduce carbon footprint and inexpensive source of electricity. Since then, three United Arab Emirates have employed Korean nuclear technology plus a fourth is now under construction as their major method for production of electricity. Time is quickly running out for Australia to protect its power supply situation, so we must very soon have the discussion on the positives and negatives of power generation by the various alternative methods of production.

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health and well-being benefits from such facilities. “Even as the Council assures no pool closure, the decision to seek community input post-management change seems untimely." He then further added, "The commendable standard, cleanliness, and efficient staff of the YMCA-run pool highlight the importance of experienced operators for community welfare. “The community deserves a facility

managed by a low-risk, experienced operator to ensure its well-being.” Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest anticipate exponential growth in the next ten years, housing development releasing of 700-plus home sites and increased patronage is currently driven by a $1 million swimming pool upgrade to facilitate disability-friendly and child-friendly swimming pools. Regards, Regards, Chris LOCK, Immediate past President Myall Masters Swimming Club, Immediate past President Myall Coast Radio Inc., Lifeguard, Tea Gardens Swimming Pool.

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MidCoast Council promotes summer reading

q Achievement trends for Australian schoolkids over the last 22 years, clearly showing a steady overall decline in all three key areas of reading, maths and science. Graphic: PISA.

By Thomas O’KEEFE

MIDCOAST MidCoast Council Libraries Summer Reading Club is offering the chance for prizes to the most prodigious readers aged seventeen and under. The Reading Club annually encourages kids to read throughout the summer holidays, with a 2023-24 seasonal theme of a ‘Roomful of Stories’. “Reading for pleasure has so many benefits for children including improved concentration, literacy skills, imagination, and creativity and will give them a hobby they can enjoy for the rest of their lives,” said Alex Mills, MidCoast Council’s Manager Libraries, Community and Cultural Services. “You can borrow a huge range of books from MidCoast Council Libraries, with access to books, e-books, audiobooks, e-mags, and even movies, TV and music through the

libraries’ three apps, Libby, Borrow Box and Hoopla.” “These great free resources are a fantastic way to keep your kids entertained this summer and will give them the opportunity to fall in love with reading.” Literacy among Australia’s kids needs desperate motivation, especially in light of the recent 2022 OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA, conducted every three years across 81 countries, 690,000 students worldwide, 13,437 in Australia, assesses fifteenyear-old students’ “ability to apply their Reading, Mathematics and Science knowledge and skills to solve real-life problems and participate fully in society”. Official PISA information shows Australian kids ranked barely above the OECD average in all three knowledge areas, and an apparent improvement

overall was actually the result of other nations dropping due to COVID impacts, rather than Australian kids actually performing better. Kids across Australia, let alone MidCoast LGA, can never read enough, and books always make great

thoughtfulness,” Kris Whiteley, President of the Craft Group, told NOTA. “This is just one day per year, and it's clear why they all keep coming to the group.” The crafters share the funds from the sale as donations that are given directly to major local community service groups at the Biggest Morning Tea in May, which this year included the Rural Fire Service, State

Emergency Service, Westpac Helicopter, Free Clinic Bus and the Cancer Council. The stage of the Hawks Nest Community Hall was piled high with donations gathered by the crafty ladies for the Salvation Army in Raymond Terrace. Salvos’ Envoy Ron Petterson visited with grandson Jack McDonald to greet the ladies and collect the generous donations.

Christmas presents. Summer Reading Club participants can register online at https://library. m i d c o a s t . n s w . g o v. a u / Events/Summer-ReadingClub, then visit their local MidCoast Council Library to receive a reading

calendar, the challenges, and challenges card to start their reading journey and fill up a reading log over the summer. Registrations close Saturday 20 January 2024, all materials must be completed and returned by 27 January, whereby

participants can be invited to the Summer Reading Club party and enter the draw for prizes. Forster Library will host the Summer Reading Club party on Saturday 3 February 2024 in the Civic Centre.

Crafty Christmas Sale a seasonal success By Thomas O’KEEFE

THE CRAFTY ladies of the Hawks Nest Wednesday Craft Group opened their doors to the public for their biggest sale of the year, raising money for the group’s ongoing local community donations, on Wednesday 6 December. Visitors dropped in all morning to behold the array of useful and beautiful, lovingly hand-crafted wares, and walked away happy to find a decent last-minute Christmas gift, as well as helping out the greater community... or perhaps just some delicious home-made baked goods for themselves. Expert macrame hanging pots, exquisite coat-hanger covers, cute ant-repellent chooks, delightfully crocheted octopi, babywear, and totebags of many colourful designs were on offer. “I am very proud of the ladies, their generosity of time and energy and

q Raymond Terrace Salvos’ Envoy Ron Petterson and grandson Jack McDonald, receiving the ladies’ donations, with Group President Kris Whiteley.

q Cute critters rendered in handicrafts were all over the sale.

How could anyone go past these adorable octopi?

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“Thank you, mainly for the kids and families that will be delighted to receive some of these gifts at Christmas,” Mr Petterson said. “We have over 400 parcels of toys and food hampers

q Baby clothes, coat-hanger covers and totes featured, too.

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to give to families in need, part of our ‘Christmas Cheer’ program at 15 Carmichael Street, Raymond Terrace. “This year, we have also given out food to needy families on Mondays, and

community lunches on Tuesdays.” “It was a very successful day, and we appreciate the generosity of the people who attended on the day,” said Ms Whiteley.

Home-baked goodies... impossible to resist!

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Tea Gardens Men’s Bowling Club News By John SLATER

RSL LIFECARE sponsors the Club’s annual Versatility Day, and they also sponsored this week of bowls. 6 Dec The summer heat did not deter the 52 players today but there was a nice southerly breeze blowing to keep play bearable. The overall winners on the day with a score of 34 were John Moore, Neil Kibble, and Rick Islaub. The morning game was decided by the Highest winning score and with a score of 20 Paul Carter, John Yabsley and Doug Naylor were the winners. In the afternoon Peter Gurney, Greg Smith and Bruce Murray were the winners, having the lowest winning margin of just 1 shot. The Garden Eatery voucher was won by Paul

Carter. Thank you to the Garden Eatery for sponsoring this voucher. 9 Dec With heat wave conditions forecast for the weekend, the finals of the Club Triples and the Minor Singles took place this morning starting at 9am. I unfortunately missed the Singles final between Wayne Duggan and Colin

Hands but, it was a good game with Colin running out the winner 25-14. Having seen both players in their earlier matches, I thought that whoever won needed to bring their “a” game with them and bowl consistently. Forget the score, both these players can play. The important fact to come out of the Minor

q Club Minor Singles Champion Colin Hands with runner-up Wayne Duggan.

Myall Coast Vets By Tony SMITH 7/12/2023. 18 HOLE Stableford. A Grade 1. Gregory Blyton 38 2. Graeme Bramley 37 3. Ian Blamey 36 c/b 4. Bob Williams 36 5. Colin Bagnall 35 B Grade 1. Patrick Nugent 38 2. David Merryweather 37 3. Terry Hulme 35 c/b

4. Ron Stewart 35 5. John Forrest 34 c/b C Grade 1. Brian Jones 31 c/b 2. Gordon Morrison 31 c/b 3. Peter Campbell 31 c/b 4. Michael Talty 31 5. David Rimmer 30 c/b NTP. A. B. 3rd. Downie, Denis Rapley, Colin 5th. Lashwood, John Rapley, Colin 10th. Blamey, Ian Stewart, Ron 16th. Peters, Bob Rowe, Ronald Gordon Balls To. A. 31 c/b B. 30 c/b

Hawks Nest Vets By Len GOUGH

5/12/2023. HN VETS Stableford Grey Tees Front Nine. Nett Scores 1st Ross Kirwin 21 2nd Peter Buttrey 20 3rd Des Padget 19c/b

By Shayne FULLER

BRIDGE RESULTS Monday 27/11/23 1. Bea Treharne & Jeanette Whalan 2. Chez Rands & Leslie Falla 3. David Hipkins & Bruce Eyre 4. Carol Richards & Sue Matheson E/W 1. Liz Howarth & Elke Greenhalgh 2. Jan Armstrong & Dawn Dale 3. Carolyn Bywater & Linda Hulme 4. Shirley

I was asked the other day who were the best players in our Club and with a few more inclusions it would be hard to go past the six players in the Club Triples final. It was a close game with the score locked at 14-14 at one stage and then the Greg Brown trio dropped an unexpected 5 from which they never recovered. Just about any side has experienced this phenomenon, but at this level it is difficult to play “catch-up” bowls. Greg’s side ran out of

ends, and they lost the match 15-27. Congratulations to the Club Triples Champions for 2023, Peter Gurney, Chris Ross and Cody Ross and commiserations to John Parkinson, Jeff Baker, and Greg Brown. In other news. This week will be the last game of organised bowling for the year. When play resumes in the New Year the Mixed Pairs competition will commence. Nominations for this event have been posted.

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C. Pollack, Ronald

Kirwan, Ross Morrison, C. 23

NTP 3rd Richard Booth (Birdie) 5th Ross Weightman 10th Michael Talty (Birdie) 10th Tony Ward (Birdie) 16th Keith Hudson

Pearson & Davina O’Brien Wednesday 29/11/23 1. Peter Baily & Adrian Ryan 2. Dianne Russell & Leslie Falla 3. Neryl Grehan & Jean Glover Friday 1/12/23 1. Chez Rands & Leslie Falla 2. Peter Baily & Gordon Morrison E/W 1. Jean Glover & Neryl Grehan 2. Helen White & Susan Helsen Monday 4/12/23 1. Chez Rands & Leslie Falla 2. Peter Baily & Gordon Morrison E/W 1. Kerry McMurray & Lyn Butler = 1. Jan

Armstrong & Dawn Dale Wednesday 6/12/23 (Howell) 1. Peter Baily & Brian West 2. Bea Treharne & Sue Matheson 3. Jeanette Whalan & Carol Richards 4. Adrian Ryan & Eric White Friday 8/12/23 (Howell) 1. Trish & Jim Thatcher 2. Chez Rands & Leslie Falla 3. Helen White & Susan Helsen 4. Jennifer Fowler & Bill Taylor 5. Bea Treharne & Sue Matheson

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Singles Championship this year is the discovery of some exciting “new blood” for our Pennant sides. Apart from Colin and Wayne, Gareth Cuss also stood out as a player of value. Congratulations to Colin and indeed all those taking part this year. The other match on the grass green was the final of the Club Championship Triples with the team of Cory Ross, Chris Ross, and Peter Gurney taking on Greg Brown, Jeff Baker, and John Parkinson.

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4th Bill Vandenberg 19c/b Balls to 16c/b Back Nine. Nett Scores 1st Michael Rose 21 2nd David Hipkins 19c/b 3rd David Candy 19c/b 4th Michael Talty 19 Balls to 15c/b

Hawk Nest Bridge Club

q Club Triples Champions Peter Gurney, Cody Ross and Chris Ross with runners-up Jeff Baker, Greg Brown and John Parkinson.

IT has been an eventful week at the Golf club this week with the" Last Man Standing" being played Saturday this is a big day for the Golfing Calendar year, the conditions on Friday and Saturday were extreme to say the least. Tuesday Vets 5th Dec 23 23 Players Winner: Bill Johnson 46pts R/U Andrew Patroni 46pts Highest Score: Bill Johnson NTP: 2/11: Mark Newman, 4/11: Trec Cumins, 6th: Mick Wilkins Friday Floggers 8th Dec 23 12 Players Winner: Jayden Russell 27pts A few broken Handicaps. Hot day with Hot scores Saturday 9th December 23 Mug of Mugs played today in conjunction with' Last Man Standing' Stableford. Mug winners for the

year. Trev Cumins, Brian Garthwaite, T Aurthur, D Cant, T Russell, B Bills, A Bills, M Bills, A Knot, M Turvey and R Trowbridge Winner for 2023 was Brian Garthwaite congratulations Brian. 'Last Man Standing" Stableford. Saturday saw extreme heat conditions and 37 Players turned up for the shotgun start at 8am The course was in top condition and despite the

heat there were good scores accomplished. Once lunch was over 8 brave golfers faced the heat for the last stand off. B Garthwaite, D Sharp, B Johnson, G Masters, R Berry, D Cant, R Trowbridge, P Fitzgerald. The winner was Geoff Masters 37pts with runner up R Trowbridge 35pts. Congratulations gentleman it was hot, hot , hot. See you all at the 19th Hole

7th DECEMBER 2023 1st Diane Vercoe 5 2nd Janet Merryweather 7

3rd Viv Ballinger 9 4th Heather McGuinn 10 5th Susan Fordy 11 Chip In

Jane Harvey 1st Hole Sylvia Bolden 9th

Winner of Last Man Standing Geoff Masters.

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BRIDGE RESULTS Monday 27/11/23 1. Bea Treharne & Jeanette Whalan 2. Chez Rands & Leslie Falla 3. David

Hipkins & Bruce Eyre 4. Carol Richards & Sue Matheson E/W 1. Liz Howarth & Elke Greenhalgh 2. Jan Armstrong & Dawn Dale 3. Carolyn Bywater & Linda Hulme 4. Shirley

Pearson & Davina O’Brien Wednesday 29/11/23 1. Peter Baily & Adrian Ryan 2. Dianne Russell & Leslie Falla 3. Neryl Grehan & Jean Glover Friday 1/12/23 1. Chez

Rands & Leslie Falla 2. Peter Baily & Gordon Morrison E/W 1. Jean Glover & Neryl Grehan 2. Helen White & Susan Helsen Monday 4/12/23 1. Chez Rands & Leslie Falla 2. Peter

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By Lynda RICHARDS

TUESDAY 5th December: Social bowls played a game of 2 bowls Triples, a game of 3 bowls Pairs both 18 ends and 2 games of 2 bowls Fours 21 ends (practice games for Pennants). A close contest all the way for Precy Swaddling (swinger Lead), Lynette Arthur (visitor) and Maryanne Cuss 16 v Precy, Anne Jefferey (visitor) and Jan Coomer 12. Sheril Johnson and Dawn May bowled extremely well to being 8 shots down on the 10th end, 14 v 6 to just losing by 2 shots, 19 v17, the victors here were Pam Gilchrist and

Sandra Leisemann. Lynda Richards, Ingrid Luck, Dot Dallas and Dale Winter on the 10th end had edged 1 shot ahead of Irene Roberts, Jeanette Emmett, Jean Glover and Bette Saillard (8 v 7). Unfortunately Dale's team remained scoreless for the next 6 ends, Bette's team added 11 points to their tally, the score now 18 v 8 things didn't improve from here on for Dale's crew going down by 8 points 21 v 13. A great "comeback story" on the 15th end Sheila Rattray, Bev Harrington, Lynne Green and Robyn Beaumont were losing by 11 points (17 v 6) v Lorraine Murphy, Robyn

By Brenda EDWARDS

THURSDAY night darts. Winners: Dermot O'Sullivan and Darby Neville. Runners up: Gene McKenzie and John Edwards.

Webster, Karen Green and Pat Baker, by the 20th end the difference between the scores was just 3 (18 v 15), still anyone's game Pat's crew won the last end gained another 3 points and claimed victory 21 v 15. The winners on the day winning with the lowest margin were Pam and Sandra. Lynne Green was the winner of the raffle many thanks to The Garden Eatery

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Ladies Highest Score: Michelle Cole-141. Mens Highest Score: Graeme Bramley-171. Great to see so many players last night. Darts are on every Thursday night, names in by 6.45pm darts start 7pm. Everyone is welcome to come along and play.

for donating the raffle prize. Thursday 7th December: Format for play 2 games of 2 bowls Triples 14 ends and a game of Fours 12 ends. Vicki McMillan, Maryanne Cuss and Pat Baker had a hard battle against Jane Uff, Lyn Nightingale and Karen Green the scores were even on ends 2, 5 and 12, on the 13th end Karen's team were ahead by 1 (11 v 10), Pat's team scored

Baily & Gordon Morrison E/W 1. Kerry McMurray & Lyn Butler = 1. Jan Armstrong & Dawn Dale Wednesday 6/12/23 (Howell) 1. Peter Baily & Brian West 2. Bea Treharne & Sue Matheson 3. Jeanette Whalan & Carol Richards 4.

Adrian Ryan & Eric White Friday 8/12/23 (Howell) 1. Trish & Jim Thatcher 2. Chez Rands & Leslie Falla 3. Helen White & Susan Helsen 4. Jennifer Fowler & Bill Taylor 5. Bea Treharne & Sue Matheson

q Winners: Dermot O’Sullivan and Darby Neville . Runners up: Gene McKenzie and John Edwards.

3 on the last end winning 13 v 11. Lynda Richards, Loretta Baker and Dale Winter were being thrashed by Christine Fossey, Maynie Roberts and Bette Saillard with only 2 ends left to play they were losing by 11 shots (17 v 6) thankfully they won the last 2 ends adding 7 to their count resulting in just a loss by 4 points, 17 v 13. Vicki Harris (swinger lead), Dorothy

Thompson, Lorraine Murphy and Ingrid Luck led all the way defeating Vicki, Liv Everingham, Jean Glover and Bev Dumm 13 v 9. The winners on the day winning with the highest score were Bette, Maynie and Christine. Coming events: Thursday 14th December, Break Up Day/President v Secretary Day

By Thora-Lou SMITH

THE ladies enjoyed a “3-clubonly” Stableford round before their Christmas party and presentation lunch on Wednesday November 29th. The almost empty golf bag didn't make a lot of difference, and T-L Smith was the winner with 31pts on a c/b from M.South and H.Aitken. 2023 Eclectic winners were: Over 28 handicap pars and 2nd shots on the 6th/15th – M.South Most gobblers and 1st shots on – B.Gordon Best Stableford – B.Newton Most birdies and best Stroke score – T-L.Smith Jack Ireland putting competition – B.Gordon

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Golf NSW Medal winners – T-L.Smith, B.Newton and M.South It was great to have some “old girls” join us for the party, and the ladies will now have a break until Wednesday 31st January, 2024. Saturday golf will

Swinging Big STORY STARTS on BACK COVER, Page 24 sent through by the captains of each team. Run in similar fashion to the Ryder Cup, players covered 36 holes in total, one round of 18 in foursomes, the other as singles, with the highest (not the lowest) scores being the winners. “It was the first time I've

played this competition, and it was great,” said Denise Sainty, a veteran player of 20 years. “I played with a friend from Hawks Nest, and had a really fun time against good opponents.” The Newcastle team is picked from all different clubs, including Merewether, Belmont, Waratah, Newcastle, Hawks Nest, and Maitland. “Mandy and I played

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continue during December and January. The Vets played a Stableford on Thursday November 30th, and the winner was D.Johnston with 42pts from visitor D.Johnston with 36pts on a c/b from P.Norman.

Ladies Christmas Golfers.

G.Harvey won the NTP (6/15) as well as the 17th jackpot. Visitor D.Johnston got the 3/12 3rd shot. The Monthly Mug is next week and Christmas party on Thursday 14th. The golfers enjoyed an immaculate course on

q Denise Sainty, Mandy Dickson and Helen Haynes represented the local region as part of the Newcastle/ Hunter District Ladies Golf Association team.

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Saturday December 2nd and the A grade winner was K.Hughes with 40pts from A.Gardiner with 36pts on a 4-way c/b! G.Willadsen was the B.Grade winner with 43pts from D.Bishop with 41pts. The ladies' winner was T-L.Smith with 31pts

from B.Gordon with 28pts on a c/b from A.Benson. NTPs were M.Bramble, J.Ware and T-L.Smith while the long drivers were J.Mackellar, Z.Watt, M.Barrow and A.Benson. M.Barrow got the $36 jackpot with a great shot on 17th.

in foursomes together and won 5/3 (‘5 holes up and 3 to go’), while Helen and Katrina Skinner-Oyston (from Maitland) also won their foursomes game 2/1,” Denise explained the ladies' individual pair victories. “In the singles match, I won 2/1, but at the end of the day, the foursome score for NHDLGA was 8 and a half, while CCWGA was 9 and a half, so they won.” “Wyong’s course was wellpresented and the people

very welcoming.” A common sight amongst the ladies swinging away was the army of husbands employed in caddying, with Ray and Les digging deep into their years of extensive training for the task of lugging golf bags twice around the course. There were only a few arguments between playercaddy pairs, which is, really, all just par for the course.

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Whether you’ve been busy burying your head in the sand, or you’ve followed every news thread this year like a hawk, there’s fun and hijinks to be had for all in this biting and fun wrap-up of the year’s headlines. It’s an annual tradition for Charlie Pickering (pictured) to gather together a group of insightful and funny folks to try to make sense of the year that was and tonight’s oﬀering promises laughs and amusement galore. Let’s face it: there was a lot going on in 2023, but Pickering is here to take his pick of the most bizarre and memorable. With the help of comedy duo Roy and HG, ﬁlm critic Margaret Pomeranz and comedian Rhys Nicholson, expect mushroom gags and soccer silliness aplenty. 1512

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TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 11.00 State Memorial Service For Barry Humphries. 12.15 News. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 Magical Land Of Oz. (R) 3.30 One Plus One. (R) 3.55 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PG, R) 10.00 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGl, R) 10.50 Our Coast. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (R) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PGnv, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 12.30 Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Morning session. 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Afternoon session.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.00 Barry Humphries AC CBE: State Memorial. 12.30 Morning News. 1.00 Bondi Vet. (PGam, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PG, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Ent. Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Drum. (Final) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. (Final) Costa Georgiadis gives garden bed gifts. 8.30 Barry Humphries In His Own Words. (PG) Takes a look back at the life and work of Barry Humphries, told in his own words from archival interviews. 9.00 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) A girl is found murdered in the woods. 10.30 Question Everything. (Final, R) 11.00 ABC Late News. (Final) Coverage of the day’s events. 11.20 Life. (Mal, R) 12.20 Wakefield. (Mals, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Lost Treasures Of Egypt: Tut’s Unsolved Secrets. (PGa) 8.30 Lost Cities Of The Bible: Mystery Of The Great Flood. (R) Part 1 of 2. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Good People. (Final, MA15+a) 11.50 L’Opera. (Mal, R) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 9.00 MOVIE: Men In Black II. (2002, PGh, R) A secret agent, who specialises in policing aliens living covertly on Earth, enlists the help of a former partner. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rosario Dawson. 10.45 MOVIE: Last Night In Soho. (2021, MA15+alv) A fashion student travels back in time. Anya Taylor-Joy. 1.15 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 For The Love Of Pets. (PGm) 8.30 MOVIE: Deck The Halls. (2006, PGals, R) Two neighbours compete in a lights display. Danny DeVito. 10.25 MOVIE: Last Christmas. (2019, PGals, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Bondi Vet. (PGam, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Postcards Summer. (PG, R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

6.30 The Project. Special guest is Claire Hooper. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Guests include Julianne Moore, Ricky Gervais, Jamie Oliver, Paapa Essiedu and Olivia Dean. 9.30 My Life Is Murder. (Mv, R) Feuding celebrity bakers put Alexa through her paces when a man is found drowned with flour in his lungs. 11.30 Good Sam. (Ma) Lex confronts Griff about his betrayal. 12.30 The Project. (R) Special guest is Claire Hooper. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Gardening Australia Junior. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 MOVIE: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. (1998, MA15+) 10.10 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 10.40 QI. 11.10 Ghosts. 11.40 Killing Eve. 12.25am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 1.15 ABC News Update. 1.20 Close. 5.00 In The Night Garden. 5.15 Tik Tak. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.10 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.25 Sex Unlimited. 10.20 Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne. 11.15 Limetown. 12.55am The Last Year Of Television 2020 Special. 2.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Hidden Coastal Villages. 2.00 I Escaped To The Country. 3.00 Animal SOS Australia. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 I Escaped To The Country. 5.00 Bargain Hunt. 6.00 Pie In The Sky. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Brides Of Fu Manchu. (1966, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Never Say Never Again. (1983, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 7. Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar. Highlights. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 SEAL Team. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Sirocco. (1951, PG) 7.50 Into The Arms Of Strangers. (2000, PG) 10.00 The Amazing Catfish. (2013, M, Spanish) 11.40 The Company You Keep. (2012, M) 1.55pm The Mouse That Roared. (1959) 3.25 Belle And Sebastian. (2013, PG, French) 5.15 Capricorn One. (1977, PG) 7.30 The Client. (1994, M) 9.45 In The Line Of Fire. (1993, M) 12.10am Late Programs. 5.55 Capricorn One. (1977, PG)

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Pawn Stars. 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Extreme Ice Railroad. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Pickers. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Godzilla. (1998, PG) 10.15 MOVIE: Anaconda. (1997, M) 12.10am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance C’ship. H’lights. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Children’s Programs. 5.45 MOVIE: A Unicorn For Christmas. (2021) 7.30 MOVIE: The Polar Express. (2004) 9.30 MOVIE: Bad Moms 2. (2017, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Strait To The Plate. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 MOVIE: Get Santa. (2014, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: Baby Done. (2020, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Sharri. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 Erin. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 The Rita Panahi Show. 8.00 The US Report. 9.00 The Media Show. 9.30 NewsNight. 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.

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 News. 12.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) 2.00 QI. (Mal, R) 2.30 You Can’t Ask That. (Mal, R) 3.00 The Durrells. (PG, R) 4.40 Landline Summer. (R) 5.10 Joanna Lumley’s Britain. (PG, R) 5.55 Barry Humphries In His Own Words. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. 10.05 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 11.00 Rick Steves’ Europe. (R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 Surf Life Saving. Iron Series Manly. Round 1. 3.00 Sailing. Transat Jacques Vabre. H’lights. 4.00 Ethnic Business Awards.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Be Our Guest! Behind The Scenes Of Beauty And The Beast: The Musical. (PG, R) 12.30 Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Morning session. 3.20 The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Afternoon session.

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Great Australian Detour. 1.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG, R) 2.00 Explore. (R) 2.10 Family Drives. 3.10 MOVIE: Christmas Next Door. (2017, G) 5.00 News. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 10 Minute Kitchen. (R) 10.00 St10. (PG) 12.00 Luxury Escapes. (R) 12.30 The Yes Experiment. 1.00 Taste Of Australia: BBQ. (R) 1.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (PGl, R) 2.00 Planet Shapers. 2.30 GCBC. (R) 3.00 Healthy Homes. (R) 3.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 5.00 News.

6.30 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road. (R) Poh Ling Yeow visits the Flinders Ranges. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG) James is given a last chance to make the Ministry of Agriculture’s TB testing scheme work. 8.20 Vera. (Ma, R) Part 4 of 4. Vera is drawn into a mystery that brings her closer to her estranged family than she would like. 9.50 The Capture. (MA15+lv, R) DCI Rachel Carey investigates a case involving a man murdered by invisible assassins. 10.50 Prosecuting Evil. (Ma, R) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses & Gardens. (Premiere) 8.40 Highclere: The Real Downton Abbey. (PG) 9.35 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 10.30 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PG, R) 11.20 Rex In Rome. (Mv, R) 1.15 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. (R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (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 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 9.00 MOVIE: Men In Black 3. (2012, Mv, R) A secret agent, who specialises in monitoring and policing aliens living covertly on Earth, must travel back in time to 1969 to save the planet after a criminal manages to change the course of history. Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin. 11.10 MOVIE: Antlers. (2021, MA15+ah) Keri Russell. 1.20 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 Get Clever. (R) 5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R)

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Garden Hustle. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. (1971, G, R) 10.30 MOVIE: Patch Adams. (1998, Mal, R) 12.40 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PGl, R) 1.30 Great Australian Detour. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) A woman is rescued from a rip. 6.30 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less. Jamie Oliver whips up budget recipes. 7.30 The Dog House. (PGa, R) Dogs are matched with companions. 8.30 Ambulance. (Ma) Ambulance crews attend an 85-year-old man who has collapsed and cut his leg; a woman with chest pain; a male patient who has come off his motorbike; and 93-year-old female struggling with shortness of breath. 11.00 CSI: Vegas. (Mm, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Authentic. (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.40 Melbourne Comedy Festival: The Gala. 10.40 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 11.25 MythBusters. 12.15am Portlandia. 1.00 Fleabag. (Final) 1.25 ABC News Update. 1.30 Close. 5.00 In The Night Garden. 5.15 Tik Tak. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon Noisey. 12.55 Planet A. 1.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 2.45 WorldWatch. 4.45 Mastermind Aust. 5.50 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. 6.45 The Toys That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Love In Bright Landscapes. 10.25 Vegan Vigilantes. 10.40 Overlooked. 11.10 Vikings. 1am The X-Files. 2.50 Letterkenny. 3.25 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 11.00 Hidden Coastal Villages. Noon Horse Racing. Royal Randwick Raceday, Caulfield Christmas and Ladbrokes Grand Prix Stakes. 6.00 Extreme Animal Transport. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 The Baron. 12.10pm Saved & Remade. 1.10 MOVIE: The Titfield Thunderbolt. (1953) 2.55 MOVIE: Beautiful Stranger. (1954, PG) 4.50 MOVIE: The Barefoot Contessa. (1954, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Johnny English Reborn. (2011, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Octopussy. (1983, PG) 12.10am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Exploring Off The Grid. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 All 4 Adventure. 11.30 On The Fly. Noon Escape Fishing With ET. 12.30 Jake And The Fatman. 1.30 Luxury Escapes. 2.00 JAG. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 iFish. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 8. Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC. 10.15 NCIS. 11.10 SEAL Team. 12.05am FBI: Most Wanted. 1.00 Evil. 2.00 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Capricorn One. Continued. (1977, PG) 8.10 The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. (1988, PG) 10.30 The Ides Of March. (2011, M) 12.25pm Kill The Messenger. (2014, M) 2.30 Sirocco. (1951, PG) 4.20 The China Syndrome. (1979, PG) 6.35 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020) 8.30 The Promise. (2016, M) 11.00 Erotica 2022. (2022, MA15+, Polish) 1.35am Late Programs. 5.55 The China Syndrome. (1979, PG)

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Drag Racing. NDRC Nitro Funny Cars. H’lights. 4.00 Secrets Of The Supercars. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Aust v Pakistan. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. 8.30 Marine Disasters. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.15pm MOVIE: Holiday In Santa Fe. (2021, PG) 4.00 MOVIE: Loving Christmas. (2021) 5.50 MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Pets 2. (2019, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee. (1986, M) 9.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Animal House. (1978, M) 11.45 Duncanville. 12.15am Metro Sexual. 1.15 Life After Lockup. 2.15 Transformers: Cyberverse. 2.30 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2.15pm Vanille: A Carribean Tale. 2.50 Songlines. 3.30 Pacific Lockdown: Sea Of Resilience. 4.30 Songlines On Screen. 4.50 Going Places. 5.50 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. 6.20 News. 6.30 The Barber. 7.00 Great Lakes Wild. 7.30 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro. 8.30 Nina Simone: Live At Montreux. 9.50 MOVIE: The Descent. (2005, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Gameday Live. 9.00 Gameday Live. 10.00 News. 11.00 Weekend Live. Noon Weekend Live. 1.00 Weekend Live. 2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 Weekend Live. 4.00 News. 5.00 News. 6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 The US Report. 8.00 The Media Show. 8.30 NewsNight. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGa, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline Summer. (R) 1.00 You Can’t Ask That. (Ml, R) 1.30 Call The Midwife. (Ma, R) 3.00 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG, R) 3.45 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.30 Project Wild. (PG, R) 5.00 Nigella’s Christmas Table. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. 10.05 Love Your Garden. (R) 11.00 Rick Steves’ Europe. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Surf Life Saving. Iron Series Manly. Round 2. 3.00 Speedweek. 4.30 AusMoto Show. 5.00 Going Places. (R) 5.30 The D-Day Superhero: Jack Kirby. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Surf Patrol. (R) 12.30 PreGame Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Morning session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 3.20 The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Afternoon session.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Golf. Jack Newton Celebrity Classic. H’lights. 11.00 Cross Court. 11.30 Iconic Australia. (PGa) 12.30 Fishing Aust. 1.00 Drive TV. 1.30 The Pet Rescuers. (PGam, R) 2.00 The Garden Hustle. (PG, R) 3.00 For The Love Of Pets. (PGm, R) 4.00 Great Getaways. (PG, R) 5.00 News. 5.30 RBT. (PGl, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.30 Freshly Picked. (R) 9.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less. (R) 10.00 St10. (PG) 12.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGls, R) 1.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 2.00 Food Trail: South Africa. (R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Cook With Luke. 3.30 GCBC. (R) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 Living With Devils. (PG) A look at the Tasmanian devil. 8.30 Vera. (Ma) Vera investigates the apparent suicide of a well-known TV personality who has recently fallen from grace. 10.00 We Hunt Together. (Malsv, R) Freddy makes a deadly confession. 11.35 Attenborough And The Empire Of The Ants. (R) 12.30 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 1.30 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Gardening Australia: Christmas Family Special 2017. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Nefertiti: The Raiders Of The Lost Tomb. (PGa) 8.30 Rescuing The Nile’s Sunken Temple. 9.35 The Kim Dynasty: A Family Affair. (PGa) 10.30 Autun: Rome’s Forgotten Sister. (PG, R) 11.30 Rodman: For Better Or Worse. (Mal, R) 1.30 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 9.00 MOVIE: Men In Black: International. (2019, Mav, R) Two MIB agents uncover a sinister plot involving a traitor who is aiding an alien invasion. Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson. 11.15 7NEWS Spotlight. 12.15 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) 1.15 Emergency Call. (Ma, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 Christmas With Delta. 8.50 MOVIE: The Holiday. (2006, Mls, R) Two women switch homes for Christmas. Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet. 11.20 MOVIE: An American Pickle. (2020, PGalv) 12.50 Great Getaways. (PG, R) 1.50 The Pet Rescuers. (PGam, R) 2.20 Cross Court. (R) 2.50 9Honey Hacks. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Drive TV. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. (Final) Joins panellists for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Bachelors Australia. (PGls) Eligible bachelor Wesley Senna Cortes drops a bombshell on the ladies when he arrives at the mansion. 8.40 NCIS: Hawai’i. (MA15+v, R) The discovery of a dead former MI6 agent uncovers secrets from Tennant’s past. 10.40 The Secrets She Keeps. (Mal, R) Meghan navigates a nightmare. 11.40 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.10pm PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Altered States. 9.30 You Can’t Ask That. 10.05 Doc Martin. 10.55 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.35 MOVIE: Gone Girl. (2014, MA15+) 2am ABC News Update. 2.05 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Shortland St. 12.05pm Patriot Brains. 1.00 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey. 4.20 WorldWatch. 4.50 Shortland St. 5.20 Kelly Clarkson: When Christmas Comes Around. 6.10 Kars & Stars. 6.40 The Buildings That Fought Hitler. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 A Very British Space Launch. 9.30 History’s Greatest Of All-Time With Peyton Manning. 10.20 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Animal SOS Australia. 3.00 Extreme Animal Transport. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 4.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Slow Train Through Africa With Griff Rhys Jones. 8.30 Call The Midwife. 11.05 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 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Avengers. 11.40 MOVIE: Isn’t Life Wonderful! (1953) 1.25pm MOVIE: Private’s Progress. (1956) 3.30 MOVIE: The Hallelujah Trail. (1965) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: A View To A Kill. (1985, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 9.00 All 4 Adventure. 10.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 JAG. 1pm On The Fly. 1.30 What’s Up Down Under. 2.00 iFish. 2.30 JAG. 4.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 8. Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 FBI: International. 12.10am Evil. 2.05 48 Hours. 4.00 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The China Syndrome. Continued. (1979, PG) 8.10 Belle And Sebastian. (2013, PG, French) 10.00 The Client. (1994, M) 12.15pm In The Line Of Fire. (1993, M) 2.40 Capricorn One. (1977, PG) 4.55 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 6.30 The Ipcress File. (1965, PG) 8.30 The Man Who Sold His Skin. (2020, MA15+, Arabic) 10.25 Molly’s Game. (2017, M) 1am Sid And Nancy. (1986, MA15+) 3.05 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 2.30 Step Outside. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Apocalypse Now. (1979, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Rich House, Poor House. 3.00 MOVIE: Charming Christmas. (2016) 4.45 Mr Mayor. 5.15 MOVIE: Christmas Next Door. (2017) 7.00 MOVIE: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. (2005, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: The Matrix Revolutions. (2003, M) 11.50 Duncanville. 12.20am Yorkshire Job Centre. (Premiere) 2.20 Rich House, Poor House. 3.20 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. Replay. 1.00 Away From Country. 2.05 Songlines On Screen. 2.35 Bamay. 3.30 Struggling Songlines. 4.00 Going Places. 5.00 Stories From The Land. 5.50 Moko. 6.20 News. 6.30 Wild New Zealand. 7.40 Greatest Hits Of The 80s. 8.30 Ella: Just One Of Those Things. 10.05 MOVIE: Mandela. (1996, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Sunday Agenda. 9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend With Ross Greenwood. Noon News. 1.00 Weekend Live. 2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 Weekend Live. 4.00 News. 5.00 News. 6.00 Outsiders. 7.00 The Sunday Showdown. 8.00 Bernardi. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Royal Report. 10.30 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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TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Dubboo: Life Of A Songman. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 Barry Humphries In His Own Words. (PG, R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.55 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (R) 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGadlv, R) 11.00 Our Coast. (R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PG, R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PGas, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 News. 12.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 12.30 Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 5. Morning session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 3.20 The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 5. Afternoon session.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Crashing Through The Snow. (2021, PGa) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 GCBC. (R) 9.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.30 Bold. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 2.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGls, R) 3.10 Ent. Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 Great Australian Stuff. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 The Man Who Stole The Scream. (Mal) 9.35 Bradman And Tendulkar. (R) 10.35 MOVIE: Brock: Over The Top. (2020, Ml, R) 11.35 Yakka: Australia At Work. (PG, R) 12.30 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen. (PG, R) 1.35 Call The Midwife. (Ma, R) 3.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 4.30 Classic Countdown. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 London Zoo At Christmas. (PG) 8.30 Freddie Mercury Auction Special. (PG) 9.25 Big Ben Restored: The Grand Unveiling. (R) 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 My Brilliant Friend. (MA15+v) 11.45 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (Mav, R) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 9.00 MOVIE: Morbius. (2022, Malv) A biochemist inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism. Jared Leto, Matt Smith. 11.15 MOVIE: Winchester. (2018, Mhv, R) Ensconced in her sprawling California mansion, an eccentric heiress believes she is haunted. Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook. 1.15 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth III. (PGa) 8.40 Australian Crime Stories. (Mav, R) 9.50 Vanished: The Disappearance Of Dolores McCrea. (Mv) 10.50 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (Return, MA15+av) 11.40 Kenan. (PGal) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Hello SA. (PG) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 ACA. (R) 5.00 News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 The Bachelors Australia. (PGl) Hosted by Osher Günsberg. 8.40 The Secrets She Keeps. (Final, Mal) Agatha and Meghan face their hardest trials yet with an explosive ending that neither will see coming. 9.40 FBI: Most Wanted. (MA15+av, R) A celebrity child psychiatrist is kidnapped by the son of a former client. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.10 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Lagos. 11.10 Would I Lie To You? 11.40 QI. 12.10am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.35 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 1.20 ABC News Update. 1.25 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon Miniseries: The Salisbury Poisonings. 1.50 Mukbang. 2.40 Sidelined: Women In Basketball. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days. 10.55 Then You Run. 11.50 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Slow Train Through Africa. 3.30 Last Chance Learners. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Endeavour. 10.30 Fortitude. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Dr Quinn. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Kind Hearts And Coronets. (1949, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 MOVIE: The Living Daylights. (1987, PG) 11.20 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Snap Happy. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 10.20 Blue Bloods. 11.15 SEAL Team. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Ipcress File. Continued. (1965, PG) 7.00 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020, PG) 8.55 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 10.30 The Promise. (2016, M) 1pm Ferrante Fever. (2017, M, Italian) 2.25 Modern Times. (1936, PG, No dialogue) 4.00 FairyTale: A True Story. (1997, PG) 5.50 Three Summers. (2019, PG, Portuguese) 7.40 Ladies Of Steel. (2020, M, Finnish) 9.30 Small Town Killers. (2017, MA15+, Danish) 11.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.00 Motor Racing. Extreme E. Copper X-Prix. 3.15 Motor Racing. Extreme E. Copper X-Prix. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Pickers. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Aust v Pakistan. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 10.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Rich House, Poor House. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.45 MOVIE: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. (1999, M) 11.45 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Moko. 2.00 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 The Panther Within. 10.00 MOVIE: Once Were Warriors. (1994, MA15+) 11.50 Late Programs.

6am Sky News Breakfast. 7.00 Sky News Breakfast. 8.00 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 9.30 News. 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 News. 5.30 News. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 Chris Kenny Tonight. 9.00 Liberals In Power. 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, December 19 ABC TV (2)

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NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 10.30 Dream Gardens. (PG, R) 11.00 Living With Devils. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (Mv, R) 4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (Return) 10.05 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 10.55 Our Coast. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PGav, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: Christmas In My Heart. (2021, PGa) 2.00 Border Security: Int. (PG, R) 2.30 Surf Patrol. (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 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Song For Christmas. (2017, G) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGdls, R) 2.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGl, R) 3.10 Ent. Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 Great Australian Stuff. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Songs Of Summer: The Best Of Take 5. Explore stories of summer in Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Whitney. (2018, Madl) An intimate portrait of Whitney Houston. Whitney Houston, Michael Houston. 10.30 MOVIE: Burlesque. (2010, Mls, R) 12.25 Just Between Us. (Malns, R) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 4.30 Classic Countdown. (PG, 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) 8.40 Britain’s Scenic Railways At Christmas. (R) 9.35 Copenhagen: Europe’s Greatest Christmas Market. (PGa, R) 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Das Boot. (MA15+s, R) 12.50 The Promise. (Malsv, R) 4.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 8. Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder. From Adelaide Oval. 11.00 The Endgame. (Malv) When a shocking discovery racks the country, Val’s faith in job and country are tested. 1.00 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) Dylan questions his loyalty to Norma. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. International news including interviews with people from the world of business, politics, media and sports. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) 8.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee II. (1988, PGlv, R) 10.45 New Amsterdam. (Mamv, R) 11.35 Kenan. (PGl) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (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 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 The Bachelors Australia. (PGas) Hosted by Osher Günsberg. 9.10 NCIS. (Mav, R) The team works to solve the murder of a marine private who was helping an Afghan refugee. 10.10 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv, R) The NCIS team investigates a shootout on a boat in which a rare cultural artifact is stolen. 11.10 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events. 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Ghosts. 9.45 Rosehaven. 10.10 Inside Portlandia. 10.35 Portlandia. 11.00 State Of The Union. 11.20 Would I Lie To You? (Final) 11.50 MOVIE: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. (1998, MA15+) 1.30am ABC News Update. 1.35 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon When Big Things Go Wrong. 2.20 The Future Of Work. 3.25 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips. 9.25 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 10.15 Hudson & Rex. 11.55 Dopesick Nation. 12.45am Hate Thy Neighbour. 1.40 VICE Guide To Film. 2.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Law & Order: UK. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.05 Dr Quinn. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Went The Day Well? (1942, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 MOVIE: Licence To Kill. (1989, M) 11.25 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Snap Happy. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30pm JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 9.25 FBI: International. 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 6.35 Three Summers. (2019, PG, Portuguese) 8.25 Modern Times. (1936, PG, No dialogue) 10.05 Molly’s Game. (2017, M) 12.35pm Hive. (2021, M, Albanian) 2.10 The Ipcress File. (1965, PG) 4.10 It’s All About Karma. (2017, PG, Italian) 5.50 Bye Bye Birdie. (1963, PG) 7.55 Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009, PG) 9.30 Me, Myself And Mum. (2013, MA15+) 11.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 America’s Game. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Aussie Salvage Squad. 2.00 Motor MythBusters. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 10.30 Ice Road Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Troy. (2004, M) 11.45 Seinfeld. 12.45am Life After Lockup. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 4.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 The Casketeers. 8.30 MOVIE: Bitchin: The Sound And Fury Of Rick James. (2021, MA15+) 10.30 Faboriginal. 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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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Magda’s Big National Health Check. (PG, R) 11.00 That Christmas. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 The Royal Variety Performance 2021. (PG, R) 4.30 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. 10.05 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 10.55 Our Coast. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PG, R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: Maggie’s Christmas Miracle. (2017, PGa, R) 2.00 Border Security: Int. (PG, R) 2.30 Surf Patrol. (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 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Dogwalker’s Christmas Tale. (2015, G, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGls, R) 2.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGas, R) 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGas) 5.00 News.

6.00 Great Australian Stuff. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz Battle Of The Influencers. (PG) 8.30 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2023. 9.30 Would I Lie To You? (Final, PG, R) 10.05 QI Christmas Special. (PG, R) 10.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 11.15 We Hunt Together. (Malsv, R) 12.00 Life. (Mal, R) 1.05 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 One Plus One. (R) 4.30 Classic Countdown. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Gods Of Tennis. (Ml) 8.30 Monster: The Mystery Of Loch Ness. (R) 9.30 Fargo. (MA15+) 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 COBRA. (Mal) 11.50 Max Anger: With One Eye Open. (Mal, R) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.20 Bamay. (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. Game 9. Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes. From Perth Stadium. 11.00 The Amazing Race. (Final, PG) The teams of two continue their race around the world for a $1 million prize. Hosted by Phil Keoghan. 12.30 Parenthood. (Mds, R) Amber’s ex-boyfriend arrives from Fresno, putting the family on alert. 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PGm) 8.30 Clarkson’s Farm: Wilding. (Ml) Presented by Jeremy Clarkson. 9.40 Police Rescue Australia. (PG, R) 10.40 Superpower. (Mal) 1.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 2.00 Fishing Australia. (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 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 The Bachelors Australia. (Final, PGl) Hosted by Osher Günsberg. 9.00 My Life Is Murder. (Ma) When Alexa investigates the death of a popular male nanny, she discovers pushy parents can be more terrifying than killers she has met before. 11.00 The Hunt For The Family Court Killer. (Mav, R) Part 4 of 4. 12.00 The Project. (R) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.40pm Do, Re & Mi. 7.05 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Doc Martin. 9.20 Bay Of Fires. 10.20 Killing Eve. 11.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? (Final) 11.35 Louis Theroux: Altered States. 12.35am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.00 ABC News Update. 1.05 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.00 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.15 WorldWatch. 5.15 Shortland St. 5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: 2001: A Space Odyssey. (1968) 11.05 MOVIE: Poltergeist. (1982, M) 1.10am VICE. 2.20 Letterkenny. 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 I Escaped To The Country. 7.30 Under The Hammer. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis. 10.45 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Last Days Of Dolwyn. (1949) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 MOVIE: GoldenEye. (1995, PG) 11.20 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Snap Happy. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30pm JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 Evil. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Movie Show. 6.15 Bye Bye Birdie. (1963, PG) 8.20 FairyTale: A True Story. (1997, PG) 10.10 Ladies Of Steel. (2020, M, Finnish) 11.55 Beautiful Lies. (2010, M, French) 1.55pm Three Summers. (2019, PG, Portuguese) 3.45 Asterix And Obelix Vs Caesar. (1999, PG, French) 5.50 Malcolm. (1986, PG) 7.25 Entrapment. (1999, PG) 9.30 28 Days. (2000, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Outback Truckers. 2.00 Motor MythBusters. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 Beach Cops. 10.30 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Deck The Halls. (2006, PG) 10.20 MOVIE: Suka. (2023, MA15+) Midnight Seinfeld. 1.00 Life After Lockup. 2.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Living Black. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Supreme Team. 8.30 Barry White: Let The Music Play. 9.35 White Noise: Inside The Racist Right. 11.10 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 9.30 News. 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 News. 5.30 News. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Chris Kenny Tonight. 9.00 Artificial Intelligence Investigated. 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

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NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 The Pacific: Summer Special. (R) 11.00 Christmas Sounds Better This Year. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 Hard Quiz Battle Of The Influencers. (PG, R) 3.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) 3.30 Shaun The Sheep. (R) 4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.15 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 11.05 Wonderful World Of Baby Animals. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PGs, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: Candy Cane Candidate. (2021, PGa) 2.00 Border Security: Int. (PG, R) 2.30 Christmas With The Salvos. (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 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Dancing Through Christmas. (2021, PGa) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGas, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 2.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGl, R) 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 Great Australian Stuff. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. (Final) 8.00 Project Wild. 8.30 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 9.20 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen. (PG, R) 10.20 You Can’t Ask That. (Ma, R) 10.50 MOVIE: Whitney. (2018, Madl, R) 12.50 Nigella’s Christmas Table. (R) 1.50 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 3.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 4.30 Classic Countdown. (R) 5.30 7.30. (Final, R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Secret World Of Snacks. 8.30 Megabridges: Spanning The Void. (PG, R) 9.30 The Doll Factory. (Malsv) 11.30 SBS World News Late. 12.00 Mr Mercedes. (MA15+alv, R) 3.25 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan 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. Game 10. Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat. From Marvel Stadium, Melbourne. 10.30 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin. A deep dive into the world of cricket. 11.00 MOVIE: Cold Pursuit. (2019, MA15+av, R) An unassuming snowplough driver seeks revenge on a criminal kingpin for his son’s murder. Liam Neeson, Laura Dern. 1.25 Black-ish. (PGa, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Great Getaways. (PG) 8.30 RPA. (PGm, R) 9.30 Children’s Hospital. (PGm, R) 10.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+am) 11.20 Emergency Call. (Ma, R) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Drive TV. (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 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 Jamie’s Christmas Shortcuts. Part 2 of 2. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav, R) Velasco takes drastic action to get information from a witness as Benson and Carisi put crime boss Oscar Papa on trial. Fin tries to help a woman who was drugged and left for dead in a garbage truck. 10.30 Blue Bloods. (Mv, R) Frank and Mayor Chase butt heads. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 Hard Quiz Battle Of The Influencers. 9.00 Gruen. 9.40 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.25 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 11.55 Live At The Apollo. 12.45am Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Lagos. 1.40 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 2.55 The War On Kids. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.15 Shortland St. 5.45 Vs Arashi. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Beyond Oak Island. 10.10 Battleground Texas. 11.05 Locked Up: Teens Behind Bars. Midnight F*ck, That’s Delicious. 12.30 QAnon: The Search For Q. 1.20 Dark Side Of The Ring. 2.10 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Under The Hammer. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Geordie. (1955) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.40 MOVIE: Tomorrow Never Dies. (1997, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 8. Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC. Highlights. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30pm JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 FBI: Most Wanted. 11.15 JAG. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Malcolm. Continued. (1986, PG) 6.35 Asterix And Obelix Vs Caesar. (1999, PG, French) 8.35 It’s All About Karma. (2017, PG, Italian) 10.15 Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009, PG) 11.50 Motherhood. (2018, M) 1.25pm Bye Bye Birdie. (1963, PG) 3.30 Big Fish. (2003, PG) 5.50 Last Chance Harvey. (2008, PG) 7.30 The Mirror Has Two Faces. (1996, M) 9.50 Two Days In Paris. (2007, MA15+, French) 11.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Highway Patrol. 1.00 The Force: BTL. 2.00 Motor MythBusters. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Family Guy. 8.00 American Dad! 8.30 MOVIE: The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. (2005, PG) 10.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Survivor 45. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Survivor 45. 10.30 MOVIE: Vampires Suck. (2010, M) 12.10am I’ve Got A Text With Josh And Flex! 12.50 Life After Lockup. 1.50 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.20 Full House. 2.50 Transformers: Cyberverse. 3.00 Bakugan. 3.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Not Even. 9.00 MOVIE: I’m Not There. (2007, M) 11.20 Late Programs.

6am Sky News Breakfast. 7.00 Sky News Breakfast. 8.00 Sky News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 9.30 News. 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 News. 5.30 News. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 Chris Kenny Tonight. 9.00 Are We Ready For War? 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

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THREE local ladies were selected to compete in the 2023 NewCoast Cup at Wyong Golf Club on Monday, 4 December. Denise Sainty, Mandy Dickson and Helen Haynes, all members of the Hawks Nest Golf Club, were selected to join a team of twelve representing the Newcastle/ Hunter District Ladies Golf Association (NHDLGA), to play against twelve from the Central Coast Women’s Golf Association (CCWGA), in the fourth year of the NewCoast Cup. The players’ selection was based on their Golf Australia handicaps, and, as the best in the area, they joined the competition by invitation,

q Denise Sainty, Mandy Dickson and Helen Haynes represented the local region as part of the Newcastle/Hunter District Ladies Golf Association team.

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