Nambucca Valley News Of The Area 16 December 2022

By Mick BIRTLES

Former Bellingen Mayor Dominic King announced as Greens state election candidate for Oxley

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Mr King said his experience in leadership roles across the region means he knows what it takes to “advocate for the needs of our diverse communities”.

“I am running in this contest because we need a bigger, bolder vision for our region,” Mr King said.

“We are at a crossroads and we need to take the right direction to future proof our communities and our environment.”

Mr King said he has witnessed a real desire for change across the electorate.

“With the Greens, I have a strong vision where the needs of our most vulnerable people are put ahead of the needs of big business greed and we leverage our natural capital for our wellness and our local and regional economy.

“Many people are struggling with the

cost of living, housing is becoming a luxury and we are living the impacts of climate change. We have an opportunity to turn that around here in Oxley.”

Greens MP and Northern Rivers farmer Sue Higginson highlighted Mr King’s strong record of advocacy on environmental issues.

“I am so excited to see Dominic stand up and lead us in this contest,” Ms Higginson said.

“It’s significant that we are standing on Gumbaynggirr country where much of the Great Koala National Park is proposed.

“Under Dominic’s leadership as Mayor, he helped drive the economic assessment for the Great Koala National Park and Bellingen Shire Council became a leader in the development of its Koala Plan of Management.

“Dominic is passionate about regenerative agriculture and has a proven record of being a strong advocate for his community.”

Rocking For The Roosters - A Day on the Oval Music Festival at

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and raise money to support the Nambucca Roosters RLFC, organisers are hoping that A Day On The Oval will become an annual event.

Conceived initially by Nambucca Roosters Committee members Jeff Cork and Peter Bellden, the festival will begin at 10:00 am and run through until 10:00 pm.

Nambucca Heads

Jeff told News Of The Area, “We wanted to add that little something extra for people living in or visiting the district over the holidays and we thought a music festival would fit the bill.”

The management of the Nambucca Heads RSL Club Ltd agreed with the Roosters Committee to step in as major sponsors.

Jeff Cork said, “The twelve hour special event will be family friendly, including food vans, market stalls, amusements for the kids and a

licensed bar will open at 2:00 pm.

“Entry will be $20 per person at the gate and anyone under sixteen-years-old is free and we will run courtesy buses from key locations including caravan parks.”

The music line-up will kick-off with One Job at 10:00 am then Tom Tlarmon, Matty Devitt and Johnny Mac following on, then at 3:00 pm the popular Barnes/ Chisel tribute act ‘Barnes Storm’ will hit the stage.

They will be followed by

Raven, Black Pallas, Random Panda, Marshal and the Fro with Loose Cannons rocking out a big finish from 9:15 pm till 10:00 pm.

Front man of the Loose Cannons, Rob Torelli, told News Of The Area, “I think it’s great that local musicians are showcased in this event as we do have great talent in this valley and the venue is perfect.”

For more information visit the Nambucca Roosters on Facebook.

q Dominic King, the former Mayor of Bellingen Shire, is the Greens candidate for the seat of Oxley in the 2023 state election.

Stuarts Point Residents Talk Development

By Jen HETHERINGTON

ON Wednesday evening, 7 December, a concerned collection of local residents congregated at Stuarts Point Community Hall for the first of many community information events to be held by Allam Property Group, regarding the proposed mixed residential development of land west of the village.

With approximately 100 people in attendance, to what was initially planned by Allam as a ‘drop-in’ session with mapping information boards and literature strategically located throughout the hall, residents called for an open Q&A address, whereupon developer representatives took to the stage.

As stated in the handout provided, the proposal relates to development of about half the designated site and studies are currently being conducted to identify the areas of vegetation with the highest conservation value.

The highly engaged audience raised many queries, predominantly various concerns regarding the long overdue drainage and sewerage program in the village.

Also noted and discussed were environmentally and culturally sensitive land issues, design fit/ planning controls, block sizes, impact on the character of the

village, employment/tourism opportunities, provision for green spaces, medical services, and dwelling lease costs.

Allam representatives were not able to resolve many queries as answers are reliant on continued

points in mind.

With the next community meeting proposed for February 2023, more information, a timeline, and a feedback portal can be accessed via www.allam.com. au/community/stuarts-point.

q The initial ‘drop-in’ and chat procedure.

technical studies, though concluded the evening with an assurance to the residents that they will keep all

q Residents listening intently at the consultation meeting.

q The Stuarts Point Men’s Shed catered for the meeting.

q Allam Property Group representatives taking questions.

Nambucca Valley Radio Celebrates Ten Years at Tewinga

By Mick BIRTLES

TO celebrate the relocation of their studio from Bowraville to the Tewinga Community Hall ten years ago, Nambucca Valley Radio 105.9FM threw their doors open to the public on Saturday 10 December.

Despite the initially wet weather a continual flow of visitors came to see the Nambucca Valley’s own community radio station for themselves.

To make the day somewhat special, 2NVR delivered a broadcast of music being played at the studio by the talented and fun Clint & Roxy.

Some visitors to the station even accepted the opportunity to sing backup vocals for the delighted duo.

Roxy’s beautiful voice mesmerised the live audience and sounded just as good being streamed for listeners across the Valley and indeed the globe.

The Macksville Branch of the CWA were set up at the studio and offered a huge range of baked goods and even a few Christmas present ideas.

Valla Lions tended to a sausage sizzle to keep hungry visitors fed and Feaths Coffee Van looked after the beverage needs on the day.

The completely volunteer

operated community radio station has evolved over the years as a broadcaster that caters for all tastes in music and radio content and has even drawn praise from local government for its work during

Some of yesterday's visitors to the Tewinga Studios of 2NVR indicated that they may join the station

President of the 2NVR Committee of Management, Donna Collins told News Of The Area, “Our open day was a great way to celebrate ten years at Tewinga and was a wonderful example of real community coming together which is what 2NVR is all about.”

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q Grace Walters and Faith Hutchinson providing some backing vocals to Clint Waaka and Roxane Yetfoy at the 2NVR Open Day on Saturday.

q Supporting 2NVR at the Open Day last Saturday were Valla Lion’s John Sowter, 2NVR’s Linda Jerrison, Valla Lion’s Lyn Parkes and Charlie Higgins.

q The Macksville Branch of the CWA were on hand to support 2NVR at their Open Day last Saturday. (L-R) Treasurer of the Macksville Branch of the CWA Anne Sutton, 2NVR’s Ceri Wrobel, and President of the Macksville Branch of the CWA, Gail Kirby.

Labor’s Nature Positive Plan welcomed by environmentalists

THE Federal Government last week formally responded to the Samuel Report, announcing a broad overhauling of our national environmental laws with the release of its ‘Nature Positive Plan’.

The response includes the announcement of a new national Environmental Protection Agency that will have powers to reject development proposals on biodiversity grounds.

Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek said the Nature Positive Plan is a “win-win: a win for the environment and a win for business”.

Ms Plibersek said the Plan delivers stronger laws designed to repair nature, to protect precious plants,

animals and places.

“For the first time, our laws will introduce standards that decisions must meet. Standards describe the environmental outcomes we want to achieve.

“This will ensure decisions made will protect our threatened species and ecosystems.”

Greens NSW spokesperson for the environment, Sue Higginson said the plan was a welcome “first step from the Federal Government in slowing down the extinction crisis”.

“For too long we have been worsening the extinction crisis with no real measures in place to protect our rapidly declining native species and ecosystems.

“The introduction of national standards and greater engagement with First Nations people is very long overdue.

“The traffic light system that has been announced is an important approach which acknowledges that some things simply can not be harmed, but we need to see the settings.”

Ms Higginson also welcomed the announcement of tightening of logging regulations, but said the plan should have gone further.

“Currently there is no Federal oversight of logging whatsoever.

“Today should have indicated that public native forest logging will be ruled out altogether.”

Concerns were raised however over the federal

offset scheme, which Ms Higginson said was “set to allow developers to pay into a fund rather than requiring a genuine like for like offset”.

“This is shaky ground when it comes to genuinely protecting and improving biodiversity.

“We have seen the results of this in NSW, with millions of dollars sitting in a fund and the biodiversity not being available to offset the destruction, pushing more species towards extinction and ecosystems to collapse.

“If the Federal Government is going to take this approach they need to learn from the failure of the NSW scheme and establish strict rules that will improve environmental outcomes in real terms.”

Business Council of Australia President Tim Reed said, “Business welcomes the government's commitment to implementing recommendations of the Samuel Review of our environmental protection laws but we'll need to work closely together to avoid creating more complexity.

"Big reform is hard, so we appreciate the government's willingness to design these changes through a consultative process that gives us the opportunity to work through the detail.

"The current system doesn't deliver businesses certainty or facilitate environmental outcomes.

“Complexity makes project approvals too slow and a lack

Enormous Increase In Native Forest Logging

By Andrew VIVIAN

FORESTRY Corporation’s recently released 2021-22 Sustainability Report shows that native forest logging saw a massive increase in the past financial year, according to the Nature Conservation Council.

The Council says that the report shows that every product type saw a marked increase, with total wood harvested jumping from 272,499m3 in 2020-21, to 477,460m3 in 2021-22, an increase of 175 percent.

It notes that this follows Forestry Corporation’s 202122 Annual Report that showed that the hardwood division lost $9 million over the past financial year.

Nature Conservation Council CEO Jacqui Mumford said, “These figures show a complete disregard for the decline of our unique forestdependent wildlife.

“In a year where some of our most iconic forest species like the southern greater glider, koala and gang-gang cockatoo were listed as endangered,

rates of native forest logging almost doubled.

“Under the current government, nature is sadly in sharp decline.”

The Council says that ‘pulpwood’ production, which is timber that gets woodchipped, almost tripled in the past year and is now the largest class of timber produced.

“This is just exported to make cardboard boxes and toilet paper, with almost no economic benefit for NSW,” Ms Mumford said.

A spokesperson for Forestry Corporation said that harvesting levels in native State forests remain well below the usual levels from FY19 and prior and in the aftermath of the 2019-20 bushfires.

She said Forestry Corporation reduced timber harvesting in native State forests while the fire-affected forests recovered.

On the North Coast the majority of operations were moved to plantations.

The spokesperson said harvesting operations are now

shifting back to native State forest now that the forests are regenerating and that Forestry Corporation’s Sustainability Report also shows that less than one percent of the native forest area is subject to harvesting in any given year and this remained the case for FY22.

She said the majority of products sourced from native State forests were high quality sawlogs, veneer, poles, piles and girders and lower quality logs and that pulp accounted for a smaller proportion of

of clear accountability means we're not getting the best environmental results, we need a win-win system.”

Greenpeace Australia Head of Advocacy and Strategy, Glenn Walker said, “The reforms outlined are a very welcome and long-overdue step to better protecting Australia’s extraordinary wildlife, forests and natural environment.

“The reforms announced today present a major opportunity to set Australia on a path to stronger environmental protection and should bring hope to all Australians.

“We congratulate the Minister for showing leadership on this critical issue.”

the products sourced and is sold along with products like firewood to ensure the use of as much of the tree as possible.

Ms Mumford said native forest logging costs the taxpayer $19 for every cubic metre of timber harvested.

She said the Environment Minister could make a huge difference by ending native forest logging.

“We have lost a shocking amount of our native forest that has been destroyed in the past year,” Ms Mumford said.

“If these species have any hope of surviving, we need to urgently scale back logging and commit to ending the industry.”

82-year-old trapped for three days underneath tractor wheel

AROUND 6:40 pm on Sunday 11 December, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by New South Wales Ambulance on a primary mission to a property at Talarm, west of Macksville.

82-year-old farmer Mary

Gibson had sustained serious leg injuries after being trapped underneath a small tractor’s rear wheel.

She had been there for three days before being found.

Mary was treated on scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics

and the Helicopter Critical Care Medical Team who, in coordination with Fire and Rescue NSW crews, were able to extricate her from underneath the wheel.

She was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.

Police on the Streets

• IN the early hours of 3/12/22 Police arrested a 43-year-old woman following a family violence incident at Nambucca Heads in which another woman is alleged to have been assaulted.

The accused woman was charged at Macksville Police Station with Assault occasioning actual bodily harm and later released on conditional bail to appear before Macksville Local Court on 9/2/23.

• On 3/12/22 Police arrested a 30-year-old man at a Valla Beach address following a family violence incident in which a woman is alleged to have been assaulted.

The accused man was charged at Macksville Police Station with Common assault and later released on conditional bail to appear before Macksville Local Court on 9/2/23.

• On 5/12/22 Police arrested a seventeen-year-male youth in Bowraville following investigations related to a violent brawl that occurred in Bowraville on 14/9/22.

The young person was charged with Reckless wounding in company and Affray and later released on conditional bail to appear before Macksville Children’s Court on 15/12/22.

• On 5/12/22 Police arrested a 41-year-old man at Macksville Police Station following investigations related to a family violence incident.

The accused man was charged with Intimidation and breaching an AVO and was refused bail to appear before Coffs Harbour Local Court on 6/12/22.

The accused man was subsequently granted conditional bail by the Court to next appear before Grafton Local Court on 6/2/23.

• Police are investigating the

serious assault of a 33-yearold woman at a Newee Creek address about 7pm on 5/12/22 by a 35-year-old female offender.

The victim reported the matter to Macksville Police Station the following day before attending Macksville Hospital to seek attention for a head wound and further treatment.

The accused woman was later arrested the same date at a residence in Macksville and charged at Macksville Police Station with Aggravated Break and Enter and commit Serious Indictable Offence and breach of bail.

The accused woman is currently refused bail to appear before Coffs Harbour Local Court on 14/2/23.

• On 7/12/22 Police arrested a 24-year-old man in Valla Beach following investigations related to a serious domestic violence assault upon a woman in Coffs Harbour on 20/11/22.

The victim sustained a number of stab wounds which required surgery.

The accused man was charged at Macksville Police Station with Wound person intend to cause grievous bodily harm and is currently refused bail to appear before Coffs Harbour Local Court on 15/2/23.

• On 8/12/22 Police were alerted to a domestic violence incident occurring in Cohalen St, Bowraville involving an assault and malicious damage to property.

Upon arrival a 60-year-old man was armed with a large knife and threatening self-harm.

Police deployed a taser which quickly subdued the man and he was placed under arrest and assessed by attending Ambulance officers.

The accused man was conveyed to Coffs Harbour Health Campus.

The accused man is to be charged with Common assault, Destroy/damage property and Intimidation upon release from hospital.

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CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR CLOSURE DATES

Council advises that the following facilities will be closed on dates below over Christmas and the New Year:

Administration Centre, 44 Princess Street Macksville from 12:00PM on 23 December 2022 to 2 January 2023 inclusive.

Macksville Library, Princess Street Macksville from 24 December 2022 to 2 January 2023 inclusive.

Nambucca Heads Library, Ridge Street Nambucca Heads from 26 and 27 December 2022 and 2 January 2023

All facilities will re-open after the public holiday closures at their usual business operating hours.

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Christmas cheer in high

A WONDERFUL evening of Christmas spirit was shared by the community at the Valla Beach Carols on Friday 9 December.

While rain threatened, it didn't dampen the enthusiasm of either the crowd or performers.

The event was broadcast live on 2NVR Nambucca Valley Radio 105.9FM and streamed worldwide.

Organisers offered special thanks to volunteers of the Lions Club of Valla and the Valla Beach

Rural Fire Service, who kept a watchful eye on proceedings and had the most interesting vehicle in the car park.

The event was hosted by the team behind the Valla Beach Community Markets, a part of the Valla Beach Community Association.

Event MC Ceri Wrobel told News Of The Area, “We were entertained by the Nambucca District Band and the Bowraville Theatre Singers.

“Children's activities were

offered

Townley.

“Santa visited to the delight of the children, with the night culminating in fire twirling.”

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q Ceri Wrobel, 2NVR Presenter and event MC.

q Trish and Kerri at the Valla Beach Carols.

q The 2NVR gazebo with Donna Collins and Paul Weekley.

q Rachael Wrobel, Aria Wrobel and Michelle Wrobel.

q Santa meeting the local children of Valla Beach.

Veterans Farewell a Great Mate - Vale Bob Crisp

By Mick BIRTLES

FOR the past sixteen years the sick, hospitalised and elderly veterans in the Nambucca Valley have had the Welfare Officer of the Nambucca Heads RSL sub-Branch, Robert ‘Bob’ Crisp, always around to be by their side.

Sadly, last week Bob Crisp passed away after a long and brave battle with a complex medical condition.

Bob, a former soldier, went on to have a career with the Electricity Commission and as a farm hand until his retirement.

He was a man of great compassion who took his responsibilities as Welfare Officer seriously, even to the point of traveling to Sydney

with veterans requiring surgery just so they would not be alone, and he did this as a volunteer.

Bob would be on hand to advise veterans and their families regarding entitlements, face to face visits and welfare checks on veterans and their families.

He was well known to go beyond his regular duties to ensure that Nambucca Heads veterans, particularly those who may be ill or alone, had someone they can call on for assistance or even just a cup of tea and a chat.

It would not have been rare for Bob to be providing comfort and literally provide a hand to hold during a veteran's last moments.

Like many in the volunteer

sector, Bob’s work was severely impacted by COVID-19 restrictions over the past few years.

Bob was in the age group where he was in the COVID-19 high risk category himself.

Although Bob fully understood the requirement for the restrictions, it was those veterans in nursing homes and not able to be visited that he worried about the most.

Some of these people had come to rely on Bob's cheesy smile coming through the door on a regular basis and only being able to make a phone call to ask after their welfare affected him.

Last week the veterans community of Nambucca Heads lost a great mate and those who are sick, incapacitated or alone lost an irreplaceable champion.

Treasurer of the Nambucca Heads RSL subBranch, Mr John Kent OAM told News Of The Area, “Without Bob Crisp being around the road ahead will be a little rougher for veterans in Nambucca Heads and the world is a sadder place for his passing.”

Lest we Forget.

Art Space Presents The Summer Show

By Mick BIRTLES

THE beauty of the Mid North Coast provides inspiration to so many creative souls who have made the district their home.

For the last seven years the Art Space Urunga has long been a venue where so many exponents of the visual arts have been able to meet, display their work to the public and see the work of others.

Last Saturday 10 December the Art Space Urunga opened The Summer Show, an exhibition for anyone who is an Art Space member, and it is proving to be one of their biggest ever

Stories Woven Together

By Jen HETHERINGTON

ON Tuesday morning, 13 December, an enthusiastic group converged at Stuarts Point Community Hall for a ‘Free Seniors/Elders Storytelling Workshop’.

With inspiring themes of history, myth, wisdom, fantasy, adventure and life story (memoir), facilitator Denni Scott Davids led participants through sharing exercises evoking creative motivation.

The morning started with introductions, offerings of refreshments and when all

were settled the workshop commenced with a short selection of poetry readings and a simple six word story task, which created a mix of results, some humorous, some emotionally resonant, some delightful nonsense but all proved to be thought provoking, as this example shows, ‘Should I, could I, maybe not’.

Attendee Bibi Ahmed was pleased to comment, “Hearing the stories of other community members was a great way of connecting on a deeper level, rather than through regular conversation

and it really demonstrated the power of narrative.”

Supported through the

art shows.

On exhibit and available for sale are paintings, photography, ceramics, glasswork sand sculpture in a range of mediums.

Art Space Publicity Officer Chris Wilson told News Of The Area, “The majority of our artists are from the local area however we do have members from South West Rocks, Port Macquarie and as far north as Grafton.

“The range of talent in the area is just amazing.”

The Art Space Urunga, on Bonville Street, operates as a not-for-profit entity and is

a sequence of drawings, items and photographs, some she provided, and some brought along by participants, to provoke a creative thought and writing process that may have been dormant and now could be a healing

entirely volunteer run, rented from the Bellingen Council for the benefit of the Urunga Community.

“We are supported by the Urunga Mylestom Chamber of Commerce and some generous sponsors such as the Ocean View Hotel Urunga, Harbour Magazine, Planet LED PUCK and the Bellingen Shire Council,” said Chris Wilson.

The Art Space Urunga is open every day, except Christmas Day, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

The Summer Show will run until 29 January 2022.

narrative.

As Denni likes to quote, ‘Stories are the threads that make up the fabric of our lives and communities’.

For information on upcoming events contact Denni on 0498 880 355.

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q Serving for sixteen years as the Welfare Officer for the Nambucca Heads RSL sub-Branch, Bob Crisp was a champion for the sick, incapacitated or lonely veterans in Nambucca Heads.

q Members of the Volunteer Curator Team at the Art Space Urunga setting up for the Summer Show are Helen Aiken, Hugh Wade and Bruce Aiken.

‘Creative Ageing Initiative’ of Arts Mid North Coast and Create NSW, Denni utilised

q Denni Scott Davids welcomes local storytellers.

Applications open for The

Youth Parliament

CALLING all thought-leaders, change-makers, trailblazers and inspired young people - applications are now open for the Y NSW’s 2023 Youth Parliament.

Young people in years ten, eleven and twelve (or equivalent age) in all 93 NSW state electorates are invited to apply.

As NSW’s premier youth empowerment program operating for over 20 years, Youth Parliament offers young people the opportunity to debate in NSW Parliament, create Youth Bills on issues for change, and have their voices and recommendations heard by Members of Parliament.

Youth Parliamentarians receive specialised training through a series of camps and online workshops, parliamentary education and experience, plus opportunity for community engagement and teamwork which are all designed to nurture participants in developing their skills to create social impact and positive change.

Throughout the program, participants are invited

to create reports with recommendations for policy change and debate their recommendations during a mock sitting week in NSW Parliament House chaired by Ministers of Parliament.

The Y NSW then actively works to facilitate ongoing engagement with relevant Ministers.

The Y NSW CEO Susannah Le Bron commented that the Youth Parliament program provides an important platform to ensure young people are heard.

“Each year I am amazed by the immense passion, intelligence and insight participants bring to Youth Parliament as they speak on issues that are important to them.

“Young people are the focus of everything we do at the Y NSW so it’s incredibly exciting watching participants flourish as they are empowered to engage with civic leadership, policy development and democratic parliamentary debate,” said Le Bron.

In the past ten years,

approximately 1,000 young people have participated in the program with 97 percent of participants surveyed saying they felt more empowered to advocate for issues in their local communities.

Testament to the value of the program, former Youth Parliamentarians have gone on to become Members of Parliament and return to the Youth Parliament program as guests and mentors.

“If you are a young person in NSW looking for an opportunity to stand up and give a voice to issues that you’re passionate about, I urge you to put in your application for our 2023 Youth Parliament,” she concluded.

To apply to take part in the 2023 Youth Parliament, eligible young people should visit ymcansw.org.au/youthparliament and submit their application before 17 February 2023.

School teachers and Members of Parliament can also nominate a young person.

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q Young people are encouraged to apply to be a part of the Y NSW’s 2023 Youth Parliament.

q Youth Parliament offers young people the opportunity to debate in NSW Parliament, create Youth Bills on issues for change, and have their voices and recommendations heard by Members of Parliament.

q The Youth Parliament program provides an important platform to ensure young people are heard.

TIL The Cows Come Home, a not for profit animal rescue and adoption organisation is holding a hen rescue and adoption on Saturday 17 December 2022 between 9:30am-10:30am in

Nambucca Heads.

There are 600 hens that desperately need a home.

All 600 hens are around eighteen months of age, a quarter of their natural lifespan.

The hens are all from an egg farm and have reduced their egg production below what is required for a

commercial farm.

If the rescue organisation cannot identify adopters, the hens will be culled.

Til The Cows Come home is seeking adopters who wish to give the hens a second chance at life.

Rachele Clarke, Operations Manager of Til The Cows Come Home told News

Of The Area that hens make excellent backyard pets.

Urgent Animal Rescue: Help save a life and adopt a hen today

“They will provide home grown eggs for many years, provide garden pest control, be a natural kitchen and garden waste disposal as well as being wonderful family companions,” said Rachele.

“Our vision is to create a more compassionate world

where farm animals are viewed as companions, not commodities.”

Rachele explains that for potential adopters “the process is simple, involving an online application form”.

“My team can help with advice on transport home and care guides for the long-term care of adopted hens.”

To adopt, connect with the Til The Cows Come Home Adoptions Team via Facebook or email info@ tilthecowscomehome.org.

Website: https:// tilthecowscomehome.org/ Facebook: www. facebook.com/ tilthecowscomehomeau/

Educating future generations to keep oceans healthy

ON Monday the NSW Government announced the release of the NSW Marine Estate Education Strategy, to help current and future generations to be responsible stewards of NSW's iconic coast and estuaries.

Deputy Director General NSW Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries Sean Sloan, said the Education Strategy is the first of its kind in NSW.

“The Education Strategy will coordinate, develop and

deliver education programs to promote a healthy marine estate to the NSW community,” Mr Sloan said.

“By focusing on sustainable use and building awareness of threats to the coast, our estuaries and marine waters, the strategy aims to build custodianship of this valuable natural resource, as well as provide tools to help care for it.

“The NSW Government recently committed an additional $182 million for

the remaining six years of the implementation of the NSW Marine Estate Management Strategy and this is a key deliverable under that strategy.

"The Education Strategy is a significant step to achieving meaningful and coordinated marine estate education while encouraging new partnerships with local government, coastal communities, schools and Aboriginal communities, who are all critical to its successful implementation.”

Mr Sloan said the NSW Government's successful marine litter campaign, which is helping raise community awareness of the source and impact of marine litter, is a great example of the Education Strategy in action.

"With 25,000 tonnes of misplaced litter each year, it is promising to see a significant increase in community understanding from the recent campaign highlighting that littering in residential streets ultimately harms marine life,"

Mr Sloan said.

"85 percent of NSW residents live within 50 kilometres of the coast, and our marine estate supports a $15 billion ocean economy – a healthy marine estate shapes the success of these coastal communities.”

The Education Strategy will be a widely used and popular guide for marine estate education for a broad range of stakeholders in NSW, with a particular focus on future generations.

A curriculum-based primary school Marine Estate Agents program is currently being developed as part of the Education Strategy.

This program will feature lessons and learning resources to help raise awareness around threats to coastal waterways and help to influence behaviours positively.

To learn more about the NSW Marine Estate Education Strategy, please visit www. marine.nsw.gov.au.

Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club SPORT

By Geoff MCCANN

WITH the course in top nick, and great start to summer weather, our golfers are enjoying playing our course close to its best.

Our Greenkeeper has applied herbicide to the first fairway in preparation for its replanting as soon as staff and weather conditions allow.

This week’s featured sponsor is Nambucca Smash Repairs – thank you for your support!

On Tuesday 6 December we hosted over 90 players from the MNC Veteran Golfers for a Medley Stableford.

Chris Smith (15) from Bellingen won Division 1 (0 to 15) from John Fortesque (15) Macksville 36, on countback from Paul Ryan (14) Nambucca, and John Nicholls (14) Coffs Harbour 33 on countback from Wendy Johnstone.

In Division 2 (16 to 22), Terry Noble (21) from Bowraville was the winner from Maurie Tate (22) from

Bellingen 38, Dennis Hardgrove (16) from Coffs Harbour 37 points on countback from Kevin Walker from Bowraville and Paul Bonaventi from Sawtell.

Division 3 (23 to 45) was won by John Hall (30) from Bowraville with 39 points from Ross Challinor (25) Coffs Harbour 37, then Shadley Fataar (28) from Bellingen on countback from John Ward (28) Coffs Harbour and Jennifer Johnstone (23) from Nambucca.

All scores 32 or better featured in the ball rundown.

NTP’s to Alan Wallis from Satwell on 5, Maurie Tate on 8, Robert Alexander from Bellingen on 13 and Geoffrey Knight from Coffs Harbour on 18.

The Women played a 9 Hole 3 Clubs + Putter Xmas event on Wednesday. Dianne O’Leary (18) won Division 1 (0 to 23) with 20 points from Kerrie Eichorn (12) with 18 points.

Kerrie Jackson (26) won Division 2 (24 to 30) with 21

points from Ann Antcliff (27) with 17 points on countback from Faye Hopkins.

Joy Green (35) won Division 3 (31 to 45) with 18 points from Robyn Jones (31) with 17 points.

NTP’s to Kerrie Jackson, Kerrie Eichorn and Joy Green on the 5th.

Thursday’s Medley Stableford had a good field of 91 players, despite unexpected flooding of the Causeway around 10am – some drove through, others waded across!

Greg Wicks (10) from South West Rocks top scored for the day to win Division 1 (0 to 14) with 41 points from Kai Burkenshaw (5) on 39 points.

David Mattacott (16) has been knocking on the door lately, and his 40 points won him Division 2 (15 to 20) from Peter Shepherd (20) with 39 points.

In Division 3 (21 to 45), John Buganey (25) scored 37 points to win from Heather Gray (26) with 36 points.

Other good rounds from

Drew Glasson 38, William Mann, Bruce Berry Terry Wicks, Paul Ryan and Peter Moxon all 37 points.

The Ball rundown to 34 points on countback. NTP’s to Anthony Smith for the Longest Putt on 2, Linne Street on 5 to 95cms, Craig Haworth on 7 to 140 cms, Jeff Robinson on 8, Rick Heywood won the “Pizza This” voucher on 13, Terry Wicks got Stu’s ball on 15 and Wayne Stevens (Coolangatta Tweed) went home with the Pro Pin Jackpot on 18.

Shot of the day goes to William Mann for his Eagle on the Par 5 11th Hole – Bill will be collecting a Box of Balls from the Eagles nest for his achievement!

Saturday’s Ham and Turkey Day 4BBB Stableford was sponsored by Greg McCoy just returned from a long holiday in Europe and Ireland – Thank you Greg!

We also ran a Cancer Council “Yellow Day” assisting Duffo and Wormo’s fundraising efforts as part of their “Longest Day” 72 Holes in One Day on Monday 12 December.

Unfortunately, unexpected rain showers in the morning significantly reduced the field,

but our members still donated $359 through our Raffle.

With a great score of 47 Points, the Hams were won by Michael Summerill and David Rosser with 47 points.

The Turkeys were won by Luke France (Sawtell) and Adam Berrada (Bonville) with 45 points from Stuart Hughes and David Bartos who won a carton of amber ale each.

The Ball rundown went to 41 points on countback. NTP’s to Scott Burley for a tiddler Longest Putt on 2, Peter Lean on 5, John Morgan on 7, Geoff

McCann on 8, Garry Johnstone got the “Pizza This” voucher on 13, and Gary Laing won the Pro Pin Jackpot on 18. The 15th was unclaimed.

Raffle Results are on the Notice Board, collect from Scorers.

Good Luck to Duffo and Wormo in their 72 Hole “Longest Day” Challenge on Monday.

Wormo has scheduled the big “shave off” for Saturday 4 March – put that one in your diary!

See you on the Island!

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q Preparing to tee off in the rain on Saturday was Glen Crowe, Murray Ingram, Steve Frost and Colin Wormleaton, with Sue Brooks accepting raffle donations.

q Wading over the causeway is Peter Fredericks. Some golfers will let nothing stop them from their game!

Macksville Country Club Golf

By Max TURNER

THE Carpet Court sponsored Stableford on Saturday saw early starters having to contend with showers, nonetheless it didn't seem to affect scores.

Brad Southan started early, played well and came in with a net 40 (4 under par) to beat runner up Tony Grebert on a count back.

Straight shooters with nearest the pins were Allan Clarke (A) , Dale Bunton (B) and Brian King (C grade).

Graham Everett won the Mid Week Competition with Greg Hogan coming in runner up.

Both are relatively new to the club and have become valued members.

The ‘Chook Run’ finished with Dave Poole winning ahead of Wolf Jirzik.

Tuesday's ladies competition was won by Cheryl Fortescue with Desma Hughes coming in as runner up, a position she has filled

on a regular basis lately.

During the year Desma has been involved in arranging professional coaching for new recruits for

ladies golf.

These ladies are showing good form and making competitions more competitive.

Macksville Country Club Men’s Bowls

By Mark COLEMAN

AS the weather gods were not kind to us last week, there wasn't anything to report.

This week's social bowls has seen a slight increase in numbers to enjoy the greens and company with our lucky winners on the day being, Cliff Yager and Ken (Skinno) Ainsworth, congrats boys.

On Saturday we had an impromptu game with 5 rinks of pairs organised, a great fun afternoon was had, we will need to do this more often.

On Thursday 22 December, after the social bowls there will be a get together Christmas party, come along and support your club.

Club Championships.

On this weekend we have the semi finals and finals of the Mixed Pairs.

On Saturday 17 we have Karen Liddell and Mark Coleman playing Judy Walker and Peter (Nobby) Carlow.

In the other game we have Carol Turner and Greg Burton facing off against Mel Train and Andrew Shearer.

With the finals to be played Sunday 18th, good games to all combatants.

The list is still on the board for Pennant nominations, good bowling all.

Bowraville Bowls Results

By Paul O’NEILL

THREE

Beau McKay had most

touchers with eight and lucky bowler was Mike Oldham.

Names in by 12.30 for a 1pm start.

The draw for consistency singles is on the board inside so tee up your opponent and a marker as soon as you can.

This Saturday (17) is

Grumpy’s Grumble - Nambucca Bowls Club

By GRUMPY

WHAT a week it’s been down your Bowlo.

An elderly gentleman needed rescuing down at Shelly Beach and for a good laugh speak to Golden Arm for details.

There was a members Christmas Party on last Saturday which was well

attended, and a good ambiance permeated the crowd.

The semifinalists of the Mixed Pairs had plenty of deserving support as we had two great games to watch.

Darcy and Rosemary Dugdale played Warren Gallop and Margret Dwarte with Darcy and Rosemary narrow winners in a close game 23 -20.

In the other match Urky and Chris Davies beat Mark and Nerida Blackford 27 -15.

The final was played on Sunday arvo and Rosemary won her first ever final.

The game was played in very windy conditions which made it difficult, but all players played some great bowls to the crowd’s delight.

Darcy and Rosemary beat

Urky and Chris 25-17.

This Saturday we have our annual Christmas Pairs with a full field of 28 teams, with lunch and our annual Presentation after that.

Friday bowls returns to normal with the Urunga boys being able to play on their green again.

It’s been a pleasure having you guys on the greens and in

Nambucca River Bridge Club

By John BUGANEY

ALTHOUGH our numbers were down, due to illness, accidents, vacation and family issues, our members still enjoyed an afternoon of bridge, food and fun during our Saturday Christmas function.

A very joyous afternoon was had by all those that could attend and our sympathy goes out to our members that couldn’t attend.

Thanks to Amber and Stephen Fox for doing the decorations and to all members for providing the great food.

This week we played twice.

Our Thursday session was another draw for first place.

Stuart and Jennifer Thorne tied with Stephen and Amber

Fox with 52.50 percent and getting a massive 0.16 masterpoints.

They were followed up by a tie for third by Daphne Priestley and John Buganey tied with Colin Denney and Pete Rundle who got 50.00 percent.

The Saturday Christmas function was won by John Buganey and Daphne Priestley tied with Jennifer and Stuart Thorne (perhaps a swab test might be required on this pair), with 52.50 percent and a very generous 0.16 masterpoints.

Also this week Jenny and Stuart Thorne and Amber and Stephen Fox had success whilst playing at Coffs Bridge Club.

Please take care over this festive season.

Nambucca Valley Bridge Club Results

By Scott PARKER

THE flu season continues to affect our normal table numbers.

If you are feeling unwell, please look after yourself and stay home.

Monday 5 December: Phil directed a Red Point day day with winners Carol

McKee and Daphne Priestly followed closely by Phil Booth and Rob Marshall Tuesday night 6 December: Carol directed an evening that saw Margaret Sullivan and Alison savage winning with Carol McKee and Amber Fox running up.

Wednesday 30 November: Improve your

Bridge – Player numbers continue to improve.

Scott and Carol jumped into the fray and helped supervise play on the day.

All members are welcome to touch up their bridge

Thursday 8 December: John directed with Phil Booth and Glen Hallett taking the

day with Maureen Cowan and Janet Dyson runners up.

Saturday 10 December: Rob directed a Red Points day with Noreen Cork and Helen Roswell taking honours.

Rob Marshall and Phil Booth runners up.

Congrats to all our winners.

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the club.

The Christmas spirit is returning to the club, with more people returning for the raffles on Wednesday and Friday.

Members' draw this week is $3,800 as well as mystery prizes in the raffle where you could win $100 cash if you get the right envelope.

The Royal Tar is coming

Patron's Day, a day to recognise the legends of Bowra bowling.

So get along for a top afternoon of bowls, food, raffles and general frivolity at the friendliest club in the universe.

Go Bowra!

up. Played under lights in January so look for the nomination sheet up on the board.

It’s a 3 Bowl Triples event so get a team together and enjoy the beautiful Nambucca evenings on the green (T’s and C’s apply).

Finally, a big thank you to those volunteer’s that turned up last Monday.

Well, till next week that’s all, The Grump.

By Julee TOWNSEND

q Club stalwart Desma Hughes putting on the 7th with Jess Lambert waiting her turn.

games of triples in mixed social action last Thursday with John Cowie, Andy DalSanto and Trevor Ryan snagging winning card honours.

q Members enjoying the club's Christmas event.

HYPOTHETICAL

By Manny WOOD

Dorin’s Draws

By Paul DORIN

Choose your executor wisely

PAUL makes a will, appointing his best friend and business colleague, Michael as his executor. Paul appoints his brother David as his back-up executor.

Paul leaves the whole of his estate to his wife and children.

When Paul passes-away, Michael obtains a grant of probate and begins performing his executorial duties and administering Paul’s estate.

Two years later, Michael resigns from his senior management role, for health reasons.

Michael feels that now that he has effectively retired, he no longer wishes to act as Paul’s executor, despite the fact that Paul’s estate is yet to be finalised.

Michael talks to a solicitor about renouncing probate and appointing David to act as replacement executor.

The solicitor advises Michael that he cannot simply pass the position on to David and that it will be necessary in the circumstances, to ask the Court to formally revoke the original grant of probate and make a new grant in favour of David.

Paul’s family signs formal consents and an application is filed in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, together with supporting affidavits.

The Court rules that the original probate parchment is to be delivered to the Court, the original grant be revoked and that “letters of administration with the will annexed” be granted to David.

Whilst the process was ultimately successful, it was costly and resulted in further delays.

As part of proper estate planning, it is important to nominate appropriate executors who will perform their role diligently and be willing to take-on a role that in some circumstances can take several years to complete.

It is also important to nominate appropriate backup executors.

If you are nominated as an executor, it is important to understand that you should not seek a grant of probate unless you are confident that you will be able to fulfil your obligations, as you cannot easily resign from the role.

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

This column cannot be relied upon as legal advice.

Have your say on serious road crime

ATTORNEY General Mark Speakman is urging members of the public and other interested parties to have their say on a review by the independent NSW Law Reform Commission (LRC) of the laws governing serious road crime.

Mr Speakman said preliminary submissions have been invited as part of the review which he commissioned.

“The heartbreak and suffering caused by road crime deaths, and the pain families have to face every day afterwards, are immeasurable,” Mr Speakman said.

“I have met with families of victims and heard the terrible tragedies they have had to face.

“The trauma caused by deaths and serious injury due to road crimes ruins lives, not only for the victims, but for their families and friends.

“It is critical that sentencing for serious road crimes appropriately reflects the seriousness of these crimes and is fit for purpose.

“Those who ignore the road rules and put innocent people in danger need to know it is unacceptable and that they will face the full weight of the law.

“As a first step in the review, the LRC is accepting preliminary submissions relevant to the terms of reference that need addressing.”

Mr Speakman has asked the LRC to examine:

· whether the existing serious road crime offences, and the relevant laws on accessorial liability, remain fit for purpose

· whether the maximum sentences for serious road crimes remain appropriate

· the sentencing principles relevant to serious road crimes

· the experience and rights of victims of serious road crimes and their families within the criminal justice system

· any other matters the LRC considers relevant.

Minister for Metropolitan Roads Natalie Ward said this review underscores the Perrottet Government’s commitment to improving the safety of our roads and of the community.

“I am deeply humbled and grateful to the families that I have had the privilege of listening to,” Mrs Ward said.

“This review is an important step in ensuring the penalties handed to dangerous drivers are appropriate and deter others from taking risks behind the wheel which could result in a preventable tragedy.”

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway welcomed the decision by the Attorney General and said this was a positive step towards making regional roads safer.

“I have met with many victims and families impacted by dangerous drivers in regional NSW.

“This is a step we are taking as a government to ensure our laws are adequate in attempting to deter bad driving behaviour, not just in regional NSW, but across all of the state,” Mr Farraway said.

The LRC inquiry is in addition to the NSW Government’s commitment in November to establish a parliamentary inqury in the next term of government to consider whether the Road Transport Act 2013 can be improved, particularly when it comes to dangerous drivers.

The LRC is the State’s independent law reform advisory body which independently scrutinises the operation of NSW laws and justice system and advises on reform.

Preliminary submissions can be emailed to nsw-lrc@justice.nsw.gov.au by 17 February 2023.

Information on making a submission, and about the serious road crime review including the terms of reference, can be found on the LRC website at https://www.lawreform.justice. nsw.gov.au.

On the Couch

with Jasminda

Email Jasminda: media@newsofthearea.com.au

DEAR Jasminda,

My wife has become obsessed with competing with her friends in increasingly time-consuming and expensive Elf on the Shelf ideas.

She spends so much time working out what the Elf will do next, that she is running late for work, forgetting appointments and costing us a fortune at an already expensive time of year.

What is this madness?

Dear Peter,

Peter Q.

How things have changed since we were kids.

The most we did was leave out a carrot for the reindeer and a beer for Santa, which always struck me as irresponsible.

How could one Santa drink so much?

Was that the real reason behind his huge stomach and ruddy cheeks?

Would he have perhaps arranged for me to receive a pony instead of a remotecontrolled plane if he'd had less to drink?

Peter, I tend to agree with you about this Elf on the Shelf mania.

In the past week I have seen images of the Elf cutting up children's clothes for his blanket, urinating into a glass (apple juice? we can only hope), fishing in a huge inflatable pool, and spreading reindeer poo (choc drops) all over the carpet.

All this in one of the few times of the year we can draw on the 'Santa won't visit if you don't behave' threat.

I'm not sure what message the Elf is sending, unless it's mass consumerism, misdirected privilege, suburban pointscoring or mindless micro-management.

Thankfully my kids are teenagers and have no interest in elf shenanigans.

It strikes me as another way to spend more money on more landfill while sending a message that it's okay to be sneaky and naughty.

There are now social media accounts dedicated to the Elf, as well as flourishing industries catered to Elf-styling. And when the phase dies out (as it surely will), there will be thousands of little red elves joining the hundreds of blue Smurfs and the millions of Cabbage Patch dolls and the hundreds of Tickle Me Elmos, and the kilometres of Slinkies and the mountains of Rubik's Cubes.

Perhaps then the elves can make better use of themselves and use some of their magic to clean up the mess we've created.

Carpe diem, Jasminda.

Road safety needs to be improved across regional NSW

LAST Thursday, the Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety (Staysafe) tabled its report on speed limits and road safety in regional NSW.

The Hon. Lou Amato MLC, Committee Chair, acknowledged that more needs to be done to make regional roads safer.

"Most road fatalities happen in country areas.

“Regional communities need roads that are designed and maintained to a high standard to allow them to safely go about their business,” said Mr Amato.

The Committee found that that the 100 kilometre per hour default speed limit may not be appropriate for all regional roads in

NSW.

It recommends that local council requests to review speed limits are responded to more quickly and the reason for changing a speed limit is published.

The Chair stated, "Speed limits are an important way of keeping our roads safe and should be suitable for the road conditions, and the process for reviewing them should be timely, with any changes clearly explained to the community."

The Committee also recommends construction of more overtaking lanes and allowing a speed limit tolerance when vehicles are safely overtaking.

"More overtaking lanes gives drivers more chances to safely overtake and

prevent them from taking unnecessary risks.", noted Mr Amato.

The report's fifteen recommendations also focus on the need to educate drivers to drive to the conditions, and improved management of speed limits in road work zones.

The feasibility of increasing speed limits above 110 kilometres per hour in some situations was also considered.

Suicide by truck was raised, with a recommendation that more work be done to better understand this issue.

On this point, the Chair stated, "While some research has been done, it is important that we get a better understanding of this issue, given the

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tragic affect it can have on all those involved."

The Committee also looked at advances in vehicle technology and found there is a slower uptake in regional areas and that road infrastructure is not keeping up with these advances.

"We hope the Committee's recommendations help improve road travel, which is a key part of daily life for regional communities," the Chair concluded.

The report is available at http:// www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/ committees/inquiries/Pages/ inquiry-details.aspx?pk=2878#tabreportsandgovernmentresponses.

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FRIDAY

GARDENING AUSTRALIA

ABC, 7.30pm

MONDAY SNACKMASTERS

NBN, 7.30pm

Most of us shy away from pondering just what really is in some of our favourite snacks; we just steadfastly devour them. Besides, the ingredient lists are often a blur of numbers and additives. This entertaining and fun-loving series, hosted by Scott Pickett and Poh Ling Yeow, has thrown some curveballs as the competing chefs try to crack the code to making some of the nation’s favourite tummy fillers. After delicacies such as Cheezels and Domino’s loaded pepperoni cheesy crust pizza, tonight’s final serves up two classics: a Four’N Twenty Classic Meat Pie and King Sized Sausage Roll. Tune in to find out who has their finger in the pie for a win.

6.00

WEDNESDAY MAD AS HELL DOES HARD QUIZ

ABC, 8pm

Some of us complain about Christmas, but there comes a time to admit when the annual overload of festive spirit really delivers the goods: this is one of those moments. When you thought you couldn’t possibly watch another Christmas special, Tom Gleeson (above) wraps up a winner, assembling the cast of Mad As Hell. Shaun Micallef’s off-the-wall current affairs spoof bid adieu forever after its 15th season a few months ago, but the cast –Christie Whelan Browne, Tosh Greenslade, Emily Taheny and Francis Greenslade – band together again to battle it out. Topics include US sitcom The Office, slapstick movie Joe Dirt and singer-songwriter Paul Kelly.

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11.00 Barkley Manor. (Premiere) 8.30

Inside Central Station: Lidcombe Self Harm. (PGa, R) 9.30 Concorde: Secrets Behind The Crash. (PGa, R) 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Dear Mama. (Premiere, Madl) 3.20 Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2021. (Mls, R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Karen Martini makes prawn linguine. 7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 4. Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes. From the MGC. 8.15 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 5. Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers. From GIANTS Stadium, Sydney. 11.45 MOVIE: Wind River. (2017, MA15+av, R) A veteran animal tracker helps an FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman. Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen. 2.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.00 Swimming. 16th FINA World C’ships (25m). Day 4. Heats. 1.30 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Swimming. 16th FINA World Championships (25m). Day 4. Finals. From the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. 10.30 MOVIE: Deck The Halls. (2006, PGals, R) Two neighbours compete in a lights display. Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick. 12.30 Council Of Dads. (Premiere, PGa) A father is faced with a health crisis. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

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

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Ml, R) Olly Murs performs.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 7.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 Jamie’s One-Pan Christmas. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 GCBC. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Freshly Picked. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 5.00 News. 6.00 The Drum. (Final) Analysis of the day’s news. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Gardening Australia. (Final) Josh Byrne preps his garden for the holidays. 8.30 Vera. (Ma, R) DCI Vera Stanhope investigates when the body of a businesswoman’s sister is found in the river. 10.00 Troppo. (Malv, R) Amanda is shocked to discover the attack on Ted. 10.55 ABC Late News. (Final) Detailed coverage of the day’s events. 11.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) UK-based panel show. 11.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6am Morning Programs. 1pm The World According to Rowan Dean. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 The Kenny Report. 6.00 Hardgrave. 7.00 Bernardi. 8.00 The Media Show. 8.30 The US Report. 9.00 NewsNight. 10.00 NewsNight. 10.30 Piers Morgan Uncensored. 11.30 Late Programs. SKY NEWS (53) 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon Cocaine Trade Exposed: The Invisibles. 12.50 The Source. 1.40 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. 2020 NHK Trophy. Replay. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 The Language Of Love. 10.15 Love And Sex In An Age Of Pornography. 11.15 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 House Of Wellness. 4.00 Our Town. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 11.30 Late Programs. 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00 NCIS. 2.00 Bull. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 Evil. 11.15 Star Trek: Discovery. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs. 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 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 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Brothers In Law. (1957) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Fawlty Towers. 8.40 MOVIE: The Living Daylights. (1987, PG) 11.20 Late Programs. BOLD (51) 9GEM (82) 7TWO (62) VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.40pm Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Odd Squad. 7.10 Shaun The Sheep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE: Love The Coopers. (2015, PG) 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.00 Back. 11.25 Archer. 12.05am QI. 12.35 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 1.25 ABC News Update. 1.30 Close. 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Dot. 5.25 Pablo. 5.35 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Inside Phuket Airport. 1.00 The Bionic Woman. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 MOVIE: The Nanny Diaries. (2007, PG) 7.40 MOVIE: Mean Girls. (2004, M) 9.40 MOVIE: Monster-In-Law. (2005, M) 11.40 Telenovela. 12.10am Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. 1.10 Below Deck Mediterranean. 2.00 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 American Restoration. 11.30 Pawn Stars. 1pm Pawn Stars Sth Africa. 1.30 Pawn Stars UK. 2.00 Scrap Kings. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 4. Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes. 7.30 Carnage. 8.30 MOVIE: Rambo: First Blood 2. (1985, M) 10.30 MOVIE: New Jack City. (1991, MA15+) 12.40am Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 1.45pm Songlines On Screen. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Future Dreaming. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. 4.30 Thalu. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Songlines On Screen. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Great Blue Wild. 7.30 Barrumbi Kids. 8.00 MOVIE: Bush Christmas. (1983, PG) 9.40 First Nations Bedtime Stories. 9.50 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 10.50 Late Programs. 9GO! (83) 6am The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir. Continued. (2018, PG) 7.40 Our Little Sister. (2015, PG, Japanese) 10.00 Kill The Messenger. (2014, M) 12.05pm A Royal Affair. (2012, M, Danish) 2.35 The Chaperone. (2018, PG) 4.35 Strange Birds. (2017, PG, French) 5.55 Hairspray. (1988, PG) 7.35 Desperately Seeking Susan. (1985, M) 9.30 To Die For. (1995) 11.30 Late Programs. NITV (34) 7MATE (63) SBS MOVIES (32) ON THE Box NEWS OF THE AREA NAMBUCCA VALLEY Locations where you can find your Nambucca Bowraville IGA Supermarket plus liquor Bowraville Recreation Club Historic CoachHouse Bowraville Pharmacy Bowraville Ex Services Club Bowraville Hotel Eungai Creek Eungai Creek Post Office and General Store Scotts Head Club Scotts Lairds Friendly Grocer a@jCafe Tasty Bites Cafe Scotts Head Pharmacy Stuarts Point Stuarts Point Pharmacy Friendly Grocer Supermarket Point Café Stuarts Point Bowl Club Matts Cafe Mid north coast Realty Taylor's Butchery Valla Beach Valla beach café and general store Valla Beach Tavern Valla Beach House Tavern Nambucca Plaza main floor Nambucca Heads Newsagency Nambucca Heads Pharmacy Priceline Pharmacy Beatties Furniture Earthbound Bowra Cafe Farington Village Friday, 16 December 2022

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 News. 12.30 Vera. (Ma, R) 2.00 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) 3.30 Harley & Katya. (PG, R) 4.55 Dream Gardens. (PG, R) 5.25 Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens. (Final, R)

6.30 The ABC Of: Sarah Ferguson. (PGa, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Doc Martin. (Ml) The village learns of Martin’s job offer.

8.20 Shetland. (Mal) Facing a dead end in the hunt for Galbraith’s killer, Tosh leads Perez to the remote island of Fetlar.

9.20 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) Barnaby and Winter investigate an attack on a bee keeper and the death of a villager.

10.50 MOVIE: The Post. (2017, Ml, R) Meryl Streep.

12.40 Rage Fifty Countdown. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBC News At Six.

7.30 WorldWatch. 9.05 Britain’s Great Outdoors. (PG, R) 10.05 The World From Above. (PG) 11.05 For The Love Of Dogs Xmas. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 Surf Life Saving.

Iron Series Manly. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Brazil v South Korea. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Lapland: The Ultimate Winter Wonderland.

8.30 Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors. (PG, R)

9.25 Thatcher & Reagan. (PGv, R)

10.25 Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M)

11.25 The Artist’s View. (Ms, R)

11.55 Wonders Of Scotland. (PG)

12.55 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs. (PG, R) 1.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Third place play-off. 4.30 Going Places. (PG, R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

DW Global 3000. 8.10 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon Dave

Gorman: Terms And Conditions Apply. 12.55

Wellington Paranormal. 1.25 American Song Contest. 3.05 WorldWatch. 4.30 Mastermind Aust. 5.35 Vs Arashi. 6.30 FIFA World Cup Extra 2022. 7.30 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 MOVIE: Super Mario Bros. (1993) 10.25 Late Programs.

6am Chocolat. (1988, French) 7.35 Hairspray. (1988, PG) 9.15 Strange Birds. (2017, PG, French) 10.40 American Pastoral. (2016) 12.35pm Happy As Lazzaro. (2018, M, Italian) 2.55 The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir. (2018, PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 1. Morning session. 1.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 2.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 1. Afternoon session. 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 1. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Schools Spectacular Creating The Magic. (PG) Coverage of the Schools Spectacular from Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, with the theme Creating the Magic and featuring dance and musical performances by 5000 students from across NSW.

9.30 VIC State Schools: Spectacular. (PG) Coverage of the Victorian State School Spectacular featuring dance and musical performances.

12.00 Black-ish. (PGas, R) Bow surprises Jack and Diane with a brand-new car and tries to teach the twins how to drive. 1.00 Home Shopping.

6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph. 10.30 Creek To Coast. 11.00 House Of Wellness. Noon Horse Racing. 6.00 Border Security: International. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 10.30 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. 11.30 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Motor Racing. Austn Top Fuel C’ship. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Carnage. 5.00 Leepu And Pitbull. 6.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Ultimate Rides. 8.30 Counting Cars. 9.30 Full Custom Garage. 10.30 Barrett-Jackson: Revved Up. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Drive TV. (R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.00 Swimming. 16th FINA World C’ships (25m). Day 5. Heats. 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (PGl) 1.30 Cross Court. 2.00 Light Up Xmas Appeal. 4.30 Garden Gurus. 5.00 News. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Swimming. 16th FINA World Championships (25m). Day 5. Finals. From the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre.

10.30 MOVIE: Daddy’s Home 2. (2017, PGals, R) An ideal Christmas is thrown into chaos. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg.

12.30 Reported Missing: Tyler. (Mal, R) Follows the search for five-year-old Tyler.

1.45 Talking Honey. (PGs, R) A discussion about sex education.

2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

Taste Of Aust. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R) Follows the work of elite lifeguards.

6.30 Hungry. Presented by George Calombaris and Sarah Todd.

7.00 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (Final) Jamie Oliver prepares an aubergine burger. 7.30 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes.

(2009, Mv, R) Holmes and Watson battle a cult leader. Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law.

10.00 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game Of Shadows. (2011, Mv, R) Sherlock Holmes pursues a criminal mastermind. Robert Downey Jr. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Authentic. (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.30 World This Week. (Final, R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline: Summer Series. (R) 1.00 First & Forever. (Ml, R) 2.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 3.30 QI. (PG, R) 4.00 Fake Or Fortune? (Final, R) 5.00 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 The ABC Of. (Final, PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (Madv, R)

A survival expert is found dead.

8.30 MOVIE: Jackie. (2016, MA15+v, R) Jackie Kennedy fights through her grief to define her husband’s legacy following his assassination. Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard.

10.05 Miniseries: Ridley Road. (Mv, R)

11.05 Mystery Road: Origin. (Final, Mlv, R)

12.05 The Heights. (PG, R)

2.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.00 Classic Countdown. (PG, R)

5.00 Think Tank. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 2022 FIFA World Cup. Third place play-off. Replay. 10.35 The World From Above. (PG, R) 11.05 Paul O’Grady

For The Love Of Dogs Xmas. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 Surf Life Saving. Iron Series Manly. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Portugal v Switzerland. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily Show.

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Houdini’s Lost Diaries. 9.05 Big Ben: Restoring The World-Famous Clock. (R)

10.00 Cher And The Loneliest Elephant. (PGal, R) 11.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs. (PG, R) 1.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Final. 4.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera.

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon

The New York Times Presents: The Weekly. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 The Jeff Bezos Empire: The Rise And Reign Of Amazon. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 Insight. 5.30 The Bee Whisperer. 6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. 7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 7.30 RocKwiz Salutes. 9.30

QAnon: The Search For Q. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 2. Morning session. 1.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 2.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 2. Afternoon session. 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 2. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 7. Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder. From Marvel Stadium, Melbourne. 11.00 7NEWS Spotlight. (R) Takes a look inside Australian sport’s biggest crisis, as told through the eyes of Rabbitohs legend Mario Fenech, now battling early onset dementia after years of head knocks. 12.00 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. Takes a look at the latest news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

6am Children’s Programs. 1.35pm Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance C’ship. H’lights. 2.45 Inside Phuket Airport. 4.45 About A Boy. 5.15 MOVIE: Bee Movie. (2007) 7.00 MOVIE: Shrek The Third. (2007, PG) 8.50 MOVIE: The Scorpion King. (2002, M) 10.40 MOVIE: Life. (2017, MA15+) 12.40am Manifest. 2.30 Transformers

Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Drive TV. (R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Mega Zoo. (PG, R) 11.00 Swimming. 16th FINA World C’ships (25m). Day 6. Heats. 1.00 Great Australian Detour. (PG, R) 1.30 Explore. (R) 1.45 Driving Test. (PG, R) 2.15 Snackmasters. (PGl, R) 3.30 Bondi Vet. (PGm, R) 4.30 Explore TV. 5.00 News. 5.30 RBT. (PGa,

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 Snackmasters. (PG) Hosted by Scott Pickett and Poh Ling Yeow. 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program. 9.40 Under Investigation: The Cop Who Knew Too Much. (Mav, R) 10.40 The First 48: Fatal Showdown/Deadly Text. (Mav) 11.35 Manhunt: The Railway Murders. (MA15+av) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Filthy House SOS. 3.00 Full Bloom. 4.00 Ed Sheeran: Full Circle. 5.00 MOVIE: Casper. (1995, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. (2018) 8.40 MOVIE: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. (2019, M) 11.15 Duncanville. 12.10am Filthy House SOS. 1.10 Full Bloom. 2.05 I’ve Got A Text With Josh And Flex! 2.40 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 12.10pm Great Blue Wild. 1.00 Always Was Always Will Be. 1.35 From The Heart Of Our Nation: A Celebration. 4.35 Going Places. 5.35 Power To The People. 6.05 Pacific Island Food Revolution. 6.55 News. 7.05 On Country Kitchen. 7.35 Boteti: The Returning River. 8.35 MOVIE: The Tracker. (2002, M) 10.20 MOVIE: Tudawali. (1987, M) Midnight Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 9.00 Destination Dessert. 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R) 12.30 The Savoy At Christmas. (PGl, R) 1.30 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 2.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 3.00 Taste Of Aust. (R) 3.30 Well Traveller. (Final, PGa) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl) 5.00 News.

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

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Celebrity guests include Tom Hanks. 8.30 MOVIE: Top Gun. (1986, Ms, R) A young, hot-headed fighter pilot competes for the prestigious Top Gun award at an elite US flying school. However, his insistence on doing things his own way brings him into conflict with those around him. Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer. 10.55 FBI. (Mv, R) A university student is murdered.

11.55 The Sunday Project. (R) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

6am Morning Programs. 2.25pm The South Sydney Story. 2.55 Living Black. 3.25 Football. NTFL. Women’s. Under-18s. 4.40 Football. NTFL. Men’s. Under-18s. Replay. 5.55 The Land We’re On With Penelope Towney. 6.00 Spirit Talker. 6.30 News. 6.40 Animal Babies: First Year On Earth. 7.40 Greatest Hits Of The 80s. 8.30 Kutcha’s Koorioke. 8.40 Sam Cooke: Legend. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) Hosted by Chris Moller. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Laura Tingle. 8.00 Australian Story: Bon Scott – On The Brink. (Final, R) A look at the life of Bon Scott.

8.40 Brian Cox: Seven Days On Mars.

(R) Presented by Professor Brian Cox.

10.10 Our Dementia Choir. (PG, R)

11.10 The Detectives. (Mal, R)

12.10 Operation Buffalo. (Madlv, R)

1.05 Total Control. (MA15+l, R)

1.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

Final. Replay. 11.30 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 11.40 Barkley Manor. 12.10 BBC Weekend News. 12.30 ABC World News

Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 Al Jazeera News Hour. 2.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Final. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.30 SBS World News.

Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M, R) 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency: Safety Net. (M)

6.00 Sunrise. 10.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 11.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 3. Morning session. 1.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 2.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 3. Afternoon session. 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 3. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 8. Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers. From University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston, Tasmania.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Snackmasters. (Final, PG) 8.50 Inside The Superbrands: McCain.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) Lifeguards try to enforce social distancing.

11.00 The Spin. Lisa Sthalekar, Brad Hodge and Jason Richardson take a look into the world of cricket.

11.30 April Jones: The Interrogation Tapes. (MA15+a, R) Explores the 2012 abduction and murder of five-year-old April Jones.

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

9.50 Australian Crime Stories. (Mad, R) 10.50 The Equalizer. (Mv, R) 11.40 Almost Family. (Mas) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

8.30 Ghosts. (PGs) Jay’s sister visits the mansion for Christmas, and brings along an adoring male friend.

9.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible. (1996, Mv, R) A secret agent sets out to discover who double-crossed him and killed his colleagues. Tom Cruise, Jon Voight. 11.45 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mv, R) 1.30 The Project. (R) 2.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Dr Richard Harris. (PG, R)

8.30 Love On The Spectrum. (PG, R) Part 1 of 5.

9.30 Christmas Cabaret. 10.25 Summer Love. (Mdl, R) 11.00 Our Dementia Choir. (PG, R) 12.00 The Detectives. (Mal, R) 12.55 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 2.15 Ask The Doctor. (R) 3.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

Secrets Of Playboy: The Playboy Legacy. (Premiere) 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 Reunions. (Mal, R) 11.45 Medici: The Magnificent Part II. (Mav, R) 4.00 Food Safari. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Denise Drysdale. (PG, R) Denise Drysdale explores her roots. 8.35 Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina. Celebrates the lives of mother and daughter. 10.10 SBS World News Late. 10.40 Cheyenne & Lola. (MA15+l) 11.55 Unit One. (MA15+s, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6am WorldWatch. 6.50 The 77 Percent. 7.20 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. 2.50 Bizarre Foods. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.35 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Hypothetical. 10.20 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Medical Emergency. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Late Programs.

6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Bondi Vet. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Third Man. (1949, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 MOVIE: Tomorrow Never Dies. (1997, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 All 4 Adventure. 11.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 The Code. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 The FBI Declassified. 3.10 ST: Next Gen. 4.05 MacGyver.

6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Spirit Talker. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Tales Of The Moana. 4.00 Raven Steals The Light. 4.10 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 The Land We’re On With Penelope Towney. 6.35 News. 6.45 Great Blue Wild. 7.35 Hip Hop Evolution. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.10 Sing About This Country. 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer. (PG) 10.00 Paul O’Grady’s Little Heroes. 11.00 Barkley Manor. 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Railway Vietnam. (PG, R) 2.30 The Cook Up. (R) 3.00 Jeopardy! 3.30 Ethnic Business Awards. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 11.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 4. Morning session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 1.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 2.00 Cricket. First Test. Aust v South Africa. Afternoon session. 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.20 Cricket. First Test. Aust v South Africa. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 9. Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder. From Adelaide Oval.

11.00 Chicago Fire. (Mav) Mouch and Ritter work together to solve a murder mystery. Severide and Cruz tackle a food truck fire.

12.00 The Real Dirty Dancing. (PGals, R) As eight Aussie celebrities continue their Dirty Dancing experience, it is time for the ladies to let their inhibitions go in a bid to become the ultimate “Baby”. 1.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

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9GEM (82) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.10pm Hey Duggee. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Universe With Brian Cox. 8.30 Long Lost Family. 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.05 Catalyst. 11.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.50 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 12.35am Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 1.15 Back. 1.40 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 2.10 ABC News Update. 2.15 Close. 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Dot. 5.25 Late Programs. 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. 9.15 Staged. 9.40 Upstart Crow. 10.10 Friday Night Dinner. 10.35 Fleabag. 11.05 Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. 11.25 This Time With Alan Partridge. (Final) Midnight Back. 12.25 Black Comedy. 12.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.35 Live At The Apollo. 2.20 ABC News Update. 2.25 Late Programs.

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. 2.45 Unknown Amazon. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.35 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Country Music. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland. 9.30 Forbidden History. (Return) 10.25 Why Does Everyone Hate The English? 11.20 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Medical Emergency. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 Miniseries: Bancroft. 10.45 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Pawn Stars Sth Africa. 1.30 Pawn Stars UK. 2.00 Down East Dickering. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Irish Pickers. 4.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 Cricket. First Test. Aust

v South Africa. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Motorway Patrol. 8.00 Beach Cops. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 9.30 Outback Truckers. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) 8.30 MOVIE: Bad Moms 2. (2017, MA15+als, R) Three mums prepare for Christmas. Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell. 10.35 La Brea. (Mv, R) 11.25 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (Mv, R) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 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.

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 GB Sewing Bee. (Return) 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: The Constant Husband. (1955) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 MOVIE: The World Is Not Enough. (1999, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mdlm, R) Follows dispatchers and paramedics. 8.30 NCIS. (Mdv) The NCIS team investigates the death of a university student who was killed while running across the street.

9.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible II. (2000, Mv, R) A special agent is ordered to find a deadly virus stolen by a criminal mastermind. Tom Cruise, Thandiwe Newton.

12.00 The Project. (R)

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Australia. 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 The Love Boat. 11.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. Noon MacGyver. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Bull. 10.20 48 Hours. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Great Blue Wild. 7.30 Off

8.30 The Last Land:

Gespe’gewa’gi.

WEDNESDAY, December

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer. 9.30 Music Of The Brain. 10.30 Barkley Manor. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. (R) 3.00 The Interviewer. (R) 3.10 Railway Vietnam. (PG, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show.

6.00 Seven News.

R) 3.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Think Tank. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

THURSDAY,

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 The Great Acceleration. (PG, R) 11.00 Australia Remastered. (Final, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Christmas Cabaret. (R) 2.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 3.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 3.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.45 Back Roads. (R) 5.10 QI. (PG, R) 5.45 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 6.00 Morning Programs. 10.35 That Pacific Sports Show. (Final, R) 11.05 The Wimbledon Kidnapping. (PG, R) 11.55 Heywire. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? (PG, R) 1.30 Call The Midwife. (Ma, R) 3.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 3.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.45 Back Roads. (R) 5.10 QI. (PG, R) 5.45 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. (Final) 8.00 You Can’t Ask That: Cheaters. (Mal, R) 8.35 First & Forever. (Ml, R) A celebration of Blak Excellence. 10.10 Movin’ To The Country. (R) 10.40 Love On The Spectrum. (PG, R) 11.40 EXPOSED: The Case Of Keli Lane. (Mal) 12.35 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 1.20 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 2.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Think Tank. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. 2.45 Unknown Amazon. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.05 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.35 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Country Music. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: 2001: A Space Odyssey. (1968) 11.10 MOVIE: The Big Short. (2015, M) 1.30am Late Programs.

December 22

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 WorldWatch. 9.10 Peer To Peer. 10.10 Inside Aldi At Christmas. (R) 11.00 Barkley Manor. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Saving Lives At Sea. (R) 3.00 Be My Brother. (R) 3.10 Railway Vietnam. (PG, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Inside Harrods At Christmas. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Toys That Built The World. (PG) 8.30 The Airport: Back In The Skies. 9.25 Tokyo Vice. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Dignity. (MA15+v) 12.00 The Night Manager. (Mav, R) 12.55 Shadow Lines. (Malv, R) 3.25 The Late Session. (Ml, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: Australia, Queensland. (PG) 8.30 Coastal Ireland With Adrian Dunbar. (PGa, R) Part 1 of 2. 9.30 War Of The Worlds. (MA15+av) 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Ethnic Business Awards. (R) 12.55 Stella Blomkvist. (MA15+v, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. 1.50 Valley Of The Boom. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.35 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Country Music. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Betraying The Badge. (Final) 11.00 The UnXplained. 11.50 Late Programs.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 10. Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat. From GMHBA Stadium, Victoria.

11.00 Crime Investigation Australia: Kerry Whelan – Wife For Ransom. (Mav, R) Examines the 1997 kidnapping and murder of 39-year-old wife and mother Kerry Whelan and the quest to convict her abductor, Bruce Burrell, who had demanded a $1 million ransom for her safe return.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. Takes a look at the latest news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Our Town. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Medical Emergency. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis. 10.45 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Pawn Stars Sth Africa. 1.30 Pawn Stars UK. 2.00 Down East Dickering. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Irish Pickers. 4.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: War Dogs. (2016, M) 9.50 MOVIE: Skiptrace. (2016, M) 12.05am Late Programs.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 11. Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes. From the SCG. 11.00 Ambulance: Code Red. (Mal, R) After a car driver is seriously injured, the paramedics put him into an induced coma at the roadside.

12.00 Fantasy Island. (Ma, R) When a young artist wants to see his mentor again, the man realises he may not have been the best influence.

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Medical Emergency. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Kavanagh QC. 10.15 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.15 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Irish Pickers. Noon American Restoration. 12.30 Pawn Stars. 1.00 Pawn Stars Sth Africa. 1.30 Pawn Stars UK. 2.00 Down East Dickering. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Irish Pickers. 4.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: Resident Evil: Afterlife. (2010, MA15+) 10.30 The Cleveland Show. 11.00 Late Programs.

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

7.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Follow the staff at the Animal Welfare League as it tries to find the right fit for a blue Staffordshire bull terrier.

9.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible III. (2006, Mv, R) A secret agent comes out of retirement. Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late-night talk show. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Country Home Rescue With Shaynna Blaze. (PG) 8.30 Dream Listings Byron Bay. 9.30 Escape To The Chateau. (R) 10.30 Family Law. (Ma) 11.20 The Thing About Pam. (Mav, R) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Great Australian Detour. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News. 5.30 Today. 6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Great Getaways. (Return, PG) 8.30 Paramedics. (Ma, R) 9.30 Police After Dark. (Mlv) 10.30 Emergency Call. (Ma) 11.20 Pure Genius. (Mm) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

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6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Inside Phuket Airport. 1.00 The Bionic Woman. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 MOVIE: Deck The Halls. (2006, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: Daddy’s Home 2. (2017, PG) 11.20 Telenovela. 11.50 Young Sheldon. 12.15am Satisfaction. 1.10 Late Programs.

6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 GB Sewing Bee. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Tommy The Toreador. (1959) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 MOVIE: Die Another Day. (2002, M) 11.20 Late Programs. 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon The Young And The Restless. 1.00 As Time Goes By. 1.40 MOVIE: The Playboy Of The Western World. (1963, PG) 3.45 MOVIE: Looks Like Christmas. (2016, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Grantchester Christmas Special. 9.00 Poirot. 11.00 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Inside Phuket Airport. 1.00 The Bionic Woman. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 MOVIE: The Polar Express. (2004) 9.30 MOVIE: Fred Claus. (2007, PG) 11.45 Young Sheldon. 12.10am Dash Dolls. 1.10 Kardashians. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Australia. 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 The Love Boat. 11.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. Noon MacGyver. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 Tommy. 11.15 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 2pm Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Tales Of The Moana. 4.00 Legendary Myths: Raven Adventures. 4.10 Jarjums. 4.35 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Living Black. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Unknown Amazon. 7.30 Deadly Funny 2022. 8.35 I, Sniper. 9.35 Kutcha’s Koorioke. 9.40 Rudeboy: The Story Of Trojan Records. 11.10 Late Programs.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Christmas. Jamie Oliver gets festive.

8.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. (2011, Mv, R) A spy goes rogue to uncover the truth after his organisation is implicated in a bombing. Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner.

11.10 Law & Order: SVU. (MA15+av, R) An offender is released from juvenile detention.

2.00 The Project. (R)

3.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes. 8.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 The Love Boat. 11.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. Noon MacGyver. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Bull. 10.30 The Code. 12.30am Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm Bamay. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Tales Of The Moana. 4.00 Legendary Myths: Raven Adventures. 4.10 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Unknown Amazon. 7.30 Going Places. 8.00 Strait To The Plate. 8.30 Tribal. 9.20 No Ordinary Black. 9.30 MOVIE: Jedda. (1955, PG) 11.05 Late Programs.

Future Footy Stars

By Aiden BURGESS

AFL North Coast will be delivering a new initiative this preseason to help Youth Girls players prepare for the season ahead.

Force Girls Development Clinics are a brand new initiative within the region, designed to support girls aged 12 to 17 in their growth as footy players from both a skills and game sense perspective.

The sessions will feature players being split into groups based on their age, experience, and skill level,

meaning that the workouts will be targeted at new players wanting to learn about the game, those that want to fine tune their skills ahead of the season, as well as previous representative players and those that aspire to play rep footy (North Coast Force).

The first of these sessions will be conducted on Saturday, 11 February with the plan being to run up to two further clinics prior to the start of the season.

Former North Coast Academy of Sport AFLW Head Coach Matt Crawley

will lead the coaching team and is keen to get started.

"Girls footy has grown so quickly in our region and we know that it will only continue to expand,” he said.

“We want to make sure that girls have the chance to continue to build their skills and game sense so that they have their best season yet.

"These sessions aren't just designed for rep players, they're every bit as much for players who only started out last year, or are about to play for the first time.

“The focus of the whole coaching team will be on

developing the individual so that each and every girl will walk away feeling that they've learnt things that they can put into place with their club in the 2023 season."

Community Football & Competition Manager Paul Taylor said the clinics would be a great way for young girls to prepare for the season ahead.

“We’ll be rolling out an exciting new initiative next year with the Force Girls Development Clinics being delivered in the pre-season,” he said.

“These clinics are designed to help girls aged 12 to 17 prepare for the club footy season ahead.

“The focus will be on individual development so the clinics will be perfect for new and near-new players through to rep players and those aspiring to play representative footy.”

All the Force Girls Development Clinics will be free to participants, with players able to attend as many or as few as they're able to.

Further details will be provided in the new year via

the AFL North Coast website and social media channels.

The North Coast Force is a representative program run by AFL North Coast for both male and female athletes, offering teams at Under 13, Under 15, Under 17, and Youth Girls levels.

The Force teams play in several carnivals each year, including the Northern NSW Challenge in Coffs, where they come up against players and teams from the Central Coast, Hunter Metro, Hunter Country, North West, and South Coast.

Across the ages at Nambucca Heads Bowls Club

By Nerida BLACKFORD

WE have been celebrating the game of bowls at our club with people of all ages recently.

It’s often considered to be an older person’s sport, but players are starting to play bowls at much younger ages, and our current Australian Champions started before they were ten!

To foster a love and interest in our game, we have had students from the Red School at Nambucca come

down to our greens with their teacher, Sandra Fenning.

Graeme Hunt and Mick Boyle and a raft of keen volunteers from our club led the students through the basics of how to bowl and ran lots of drills to develop their skills.

We were all impressed with their enthusiasm, and many showed potential.

Their five weeks have now finished, but we hope to see some of them bring their family or friends down

and continue to practise their skills.

Thursday Twilight or Sunday mornings would be a great time for them to join in.

At the other end of the spectrum we have seen a team consisting of experienced bowler Kim Porter, and newer bowlers Sandra Seckold and Teresa Meehan become our Club Triples Champions for 2022.

It was a very tight match, with team Porter victorious over Margaret Flagg, Margaret Duffus and Kerrie

Dale, 17-15. The match was played in the true spirit of the game and all the ladies enjoyed it tremendously.

With our recent elders of the club, Gloria and Elaine winning the District Senior Finals, we are certainly seeing a huge range of ages enjoy the game of bowls at Nambucca and many new faces are having a great time at social bowls throughout the week.

Come on down to the club and see which day and time suits you to have a go.

q The North Coast Force Youth Girls team in action.

q Teresa Meehan, Sandra Seckold and Kim Porter - Triples Champions 2022.