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Results in from TOMINGLEY’S NEW COUNCIL water regulator’s FESTIVE FUN MEETS: MAYOR AND STORIES, PHOTOS: PAGES 7 & 11 DEPUTY RETURNED FULL REPORT: P4 checks PAGE 2 Narromine is the preferred location for a

Multi-milliondollar inland rail centre THE Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has proposed that a multi-million-dollar material distribution centre be built in Narromine as part of the Inland Rail Project. Planning and investigations are underway for the facility which will service the future installation of ballast, sleepers, rail and turnouts along the 1700-kilometre inland rail alignment. ARTC inland rail interim chief executive Rebecca Pickering said Narromine has been selected as the preferred location for the southern material distribution centre due to its prominence and locality along the inland rail alignment. “Narromine is a signiﬁcant location for the inland rail as it is the staging point for the largest greenﬁeld section of the project between Narromine and Narrabri,” she said. “It is hoped that the development of the facility will generj ate opportunities for jobs and suppliers of goods and serrea. vices in the area. n to stor“In addition ing materials,, we would also set up site offices which willl generate long-lasting employment opportunities.. Member forr Parkulton es, Mark Coulton aid (pictured), said ed the proposed

distribution centre in Narromine is a great win for the local community. “We’re already seeing the enormous beneﬁts inland rail is bringing to communities along the Narrabri-to-North Star section, and now it’s Narromine’s turn to reap the rewards,” Mr Coulton said. “This distribution centre will create a boom for the local economy, providing opportunities for local people and businesses to be involved in this once-in-a-generation project. “Inland rail will support 7500 jobs in NSW at the peak of construction and boost gross state product by $3.4 billion over construction and the ﬁ rst 50 years of operation. “Once complete, the Melbourne-to-Brisbane line will provide connection to a network of roads and rail that can increase the resilience of local supply chains and enhance capacity for regional businesses to access new markets for generations to come. come.” Mrs Pickering Picker encouraged the co community to take part in the planning process whic which will need to be comple completed over the month before concoming months struction starts early ye next year.

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Graham Johnston, Ewen Jones and Greg Powell at the Aviation Park street naming. PHOTO: NARROMINE SHIRE COUNCIL.

Narromine aviators honoured By SHARON BONTHUYS FOUR local aviators with long attachments to Narromine Aerodrome, Aero Club and who made significant contributions to local aviation and aviation history were honoured by Narromine Shire Council at a morning tea held on December 9 at Narromine Aviation Business Park. Descendants of three of the four aviators – Ewen Thomas David Jones, Keith Hayden, Keith Powell and

Neil Johnston – joined mayor Craig Davies and general manager Jane Redden and other guests as council publicly launched the names of the streets at the business park that now bear their names in perpetuity. Family members spoke at the event, providing a unique personal perspective on their relatives’ achievements and involvement with the Narromine Aerodrome and Aero Club over the years. Three of the aviators,

Ewen Thomas David Jones, Keith Hayden and Neil Johnston, served in WWII in various locations while Keith Powell, being a bit too young at the time, started training with aircraft towards the end of the war but did not serve overseas. Ewen Way in the Aviation Business Park has been named in honour of Ewen TD Jones, who began his ﬂying career in Narromine in 1942 with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Continued page 9

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WEATHER REPORT

from the previous quarter April to June 2021, which saw one of two investigations ﬁnalised in Narromine LGA, with no penalty or statutory notices issued, and no formal warnings. Despite NSW being in lockdown, NRAR reported taking signiﬁcantly more enforcement actions across the state during the July to September quarter than in any other quarter during the past 12 months. A total of 152 enforcement actions were taken across the state’s 14 water management regions dur-

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Thursday 16 December Min 19 Max 33. Partly cloudy. Chance of any rain: 10% Central West Slopes and Plains area Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower on the northern slopes. Winds southeasterly 15 to 20km/h tending southeast to southwesterly early in the morning then tending east to southeasterly in the late evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s. Sun protection recommended from 8.50 am to 5.10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

By SHARON BONTHUYS NINE investigations were carried out within the Narromine local government area (LGA) by the NSW Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) during the quarter July to September 2021, resulting in ﬁve statutory notices being issued. No penalty notices or formal warnings were issued in the shire during that quarter by the NRAR, which enforces water regulation in NSW. This was a signiﬁcant jump in investigations

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From page 1 “At this point, we’re looking to carry out environmental investigations of an area just outside the Narromine township so that we have a fi rm understanding on the cultural heritage, air quality, noise and vibration impacts and flooding risks,” she said. “We will undertake an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment and will be consulting with any people or organisations that hold cultural knowledge relevant to determining the significance of Aboriginal objects and places in the locality.” ARTC will now undertake a Review of Environmental Factors (REF) process. Pending the outcome of the REF and further planning, work will commence later next year. “We will work closely with Narromine Shire Council and will update the community as plans progress,” said Mrs Pickering.

ing the quarter. This consisted of 69 directions or stop work orders, 32 penalty notices, and 51 formal warnings or official cautions. NRAR ﬁnalised 911 investigations in this period across the state, almost ﬁve times the number completed during the previous quarter. “New and emerging technology is just one of the many tools used by our investigators and during the lockdown those work methods have shown their value,” said NRAR’s chief regulatory officer, Grant

Barnes. “We used satellites and smart data to audit more than 600 properties remotely and our officers spoke to water users over the phone to investigate cases. “The results highlight the strength of our technology and an ability to adapt to changing circumstances.” Residents can follow how compliant their LGA has been with NSW water laws by visiting NRAR’s quarterly compliance dashboard on the department of primary industries website.

Man charged with rural crime offences, $56,000 cash seized A 40-YEAR-OLD man faced Dubbo Local Court last week charged with rural crime offences after $56,000 cash was seized by Rural Crime investigators just north of Warren last month. Shortly before 6pm on Friday, November 19, officers attached to the Rural Crime Prevention Team were patrolling as part of Operation Ambush when they stopped a white Toyota Landcruiser on Carinda Road, about 50km north of Warren. Officers spoke with the man before searching his vehicle, seizing $52,400 cash and

releasing him pending inquiries. Following further investigations, officers stopped the same man on Carinda Road, Warren, on the afternoon of Wednesday last week (December 8), searching the vehicle and seizing a further $3700 in cash. The 40-year-old man was arrested and taken to Warren Police Station where he was charged with: f Deal with property proceeds of crime f Goods in personal custody suspected being stolen f Carry unrestrained dog on back of moving vehicle on street

f Unlawfully use net or trap for taking fish f Possess fish illegally taken f Take more fish than daily limit f Possess prohibited size fish, and f Operate as master non-PWC vessel without licence. The man was refused bail, and appeared at Dubbo Local Court last Thursday. Operation Ambush is an ongoing initiative in the region conducted by members of the Rural Crime Prevention Team (RCPT) targeting illegal hunting and other rural crime-related offences.

Upgrades to community assets across shire LOCALS and visitors alike will enjoy easier access to public toilets in the Narromine Shire, thanks to $350,000 from the NSW government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund. Member for the Dubbo, Dugald Saunders, said the funding will improve amenity, accessibility and safety at public toilets on Trangie’s main street and at the library, as well as at

Friday 17 December Min 17 Max 34. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area Sunny. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 25km/h tending east to northeasterly during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 14 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 37. Sun protection recommended from 8.40 am to 5.10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

Narromine’s Rotary Park. “In the wake of COVID-19, we’re seeing more and more people keen to explore their own backyard in regional NSW – but they need somewhere to go!” Mr Saunders said. “These upgrades will support more people to stop and shop in the Narromine shire, as well as take part in the many recreational activities on offer.

“Thank you to the council for prioritising these amenities and ensuring they meet the needs of the community for years to come.” The funding will also be put towards a beautiﬁcation project at Tomingley’s Eric Woods Park. “Funding for improvements to public toilets in the Narromine shire local government area will

ensure that the travelling public, families with children and disabled people all have a safe and compliant place to stop,” general manager Jane Redden said. “The Tomingley beautiﬁcation project will involve the installation of signage and a sculpture in the park, promoting and reﬂecting on the village’s rich gold mining history.”

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, December 16, 2021

Aaliyrah’s year-long ‘thank-you’ gift to Narromine Police

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By SHARON BONTHUYS NARROMINE Police were delighted to receive a visit from local student Aaliyrah on December 9, bearing a special gift for the new year. Aaliyrah presented Constable Taylah South with a 2022 calendar she had made, thanking Narromine Police for their service to the community. Sergeant Scott Heckendorf said Aaliyrah’s calendar was part of a special school project and she had chosen to dedicate hers to the police, thankful for all that they do for the community. The calendar will serve as a special reminder that our police are appreciated. Thank you, Aaliyrah, and thank you, Narromine Police.

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Free Christmas movies at Generocity Church

Pastors Peter and Jacy Richards take a break while guests watch ‘The Santa Clause’ in the auditorium at Generocity Church. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR THE auditorium at Generocity Church, Narromine, was converted into a movie theatre on December 12 to screen the ﬁ rst of two free Christmas-themed movies for the community this month. Sponsored by the church and Narromine Shire Council, the free screening of family-friendly Hollywood hit, ‘The Santa Clause’, featured comedian Tim Allen as a man who reluctantly takes on the iconic role of the world’s favourite festive gift giver. The smell of freshly cooked popcorn greeted families on arrival, served by the church leaders, pastors Jacy and Peter Richards and other church members operating the ice cream bar in the foyer. “About 30 to 40 people have come along today,” said pastor Jacy, pleased

with the attendance and hopeful that more families will attend the next screening. The second free ﬁ lm is the Christmas-themed animation classic, ‘The Polar Express’, which screens this weekend. Families are asked to reserve their free tickets, to help the church know how many people will be attending. Following the ﬁ lm, a Christmas Supper will be hosted at Third Space Community Connect. The forecourt is adjacent to the Nativity scene currently under construction. “All are welcome to attend the supper,” Pastor Jacy said. “Even people walking past on the street.” Attendees may wish to bring a plate of something to share at the supper, if desired, she said.

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DECEMBER COUNCIL MEETING UPDATE

Mayor and deputy returned; councillors elected to committees By NATASHA MAY AT the ﬁ rst meeting of the new council held on Wednesday, December 8, Craig Davies and Dawn Collins were both re-elected uncontested as mayor and deputy mayor respectively. Due to COVID-19, it was the ﬁ rst time in 18 months that a full council of nine councillors sat around the council table. All councillors individually took the oath of office swearing to undertake the duties of the office of councillor in the best interests of the people of Narromine shire and the Narromine Shire Council and that they will faithfully and impartially carry out the functions, powers, authorities and discretions vested in them under the Local Government Act 1993 or any other Act to the best of their ability and judgment. It was decided that council meetings will continue to be held on the second Wednesday of the month. However, no meeting will be held in January. The meeting also included the following appointment of councillors to statutory committees. f Cr Craig Davies was appointed delegate to the Local Emergency Management Committee, General Manager’s Performance Review Panel, the Trangie Showground and Racecourse Advisory Committee, the Economic Development Group Committee, the Orana Crime Prevention Partnership, the Trangie Action Group, the Macquarie Flood Mitigation Zone (MFMZ) Reference group, the Western Regional Joint Planning Panel, the Murray Darling Association (MDA), the Country Mayor’s Association of New South Wales f Cr Dawn Collins was appointed delegate for the Local Traffic Committee, the General Manager’s Performance Review Panel, the Narromine

Deputy mayor Dawn Collins Showground and Racecourse Advisory Committee, the Narromine Aviation Museum Committee, as well as the alternate representative to the Tomingley Gold Operations (TGO) Community Fund and the Western Regional Joint Planning Panel. f Cr Les Lambert was appointed delegate to the Narromine Australia Day Committee, the Narromine Floodplain Management Committee, the Tomingley Advancement Association Committee, the Bushﬁ re Management Committee, Tomingley Gold Operations (TGO) Community Consultative Committee and TGO Community Fund, and the Western Regional Joint Planning Panel, the NSW Public Libraries Association, in addition to alternate delegate to the Internal Audit Committee. f Cr Lyn Jablonski, was appointed delegate to the Macquarie Valley Weeds Advisory Committee, the Narromine Aviation Museum Committee, as well as alternate delegate to the Rural Fire Service Liaison Committee, and the Local Traffic Committee. f Cr Casey Forrester was appointed delegate to the Narromine Australia Day Committee, TGO Community Fund, as

well as alternate delegate to the Tomingley Advancement Association Committee, and the TGO Community Consultative Committee. f Cr Adine Hoey was appointed delegate to the General Manager’s Performance Review Panel, the Internal Audit Committee, the Trangie Showground and Racecourse Advisory Committee, the Economic Development Group Committee, and the Trangie Action Group. f Cr Ewen Jones was appointed as alternate delegate to the Local Emergency Management Committee, and the Narromine Health Council. f Cr Lachlan Roberts was appointed delegate for the Rural Fire Service Liaison Committee, the Narromine Floodplain Management Committee, and the Economic Development Group Committee. f Cr Diane Beaumont was appointed delegate for the Rural Fire Service Liaison Committee, the Narromine Showground and Racecourse Advisory Committee, the Narromine Health Council, and the Macquarie Valley Weeds Advisory Committee. The general manager, Jane Redden, was appointed representative of the Orana Crime Prevention Partnership, the Murray Darling Association (MDA), and the Country Mayor’s Association of NSW. The director of infrastructure and engineering services, Andre Pretorius, was also appointed as representative to the Bushﬁ re Management Committee. Ms Redden and Mr Pretorious were also appointed representatives to the Floodplain Management Association (FMA). It was also resolved at the meeting that the Trangie Memorial Hall Committee be disbanded. The mayor welcomed Barry Bonthuys as the new director of ﬁnance and corporate strategy, who has moved from

Mayor Craig Davies Queensland to ﬁ ll the role. Council voted unanimously to proceed with the preparation of a planning proposal for the amendment to the Narromine Local Environment Plan (LEP) 2011 to include a special clause for ‘temporary workers’ accommodation’. The director of community and economic development, Phil Johnston, explained that the clause was necessary because “at the moment our LEP governs our planning and rules around development, doesn’t allow us to build workers accommodation on any land that’s zoned in the shire”. Mr Johnston said there were several large developments on the council’s books that will need staff, which the proponent estimates will exceed the local supply of houses and rentals. “We certainly don’t want to drive up prices for locals for existing accommodation,” Mr Johnston said. Preempting future need for extra staff, he said they are proposing that if safeguards are met, including the worthiness of the proposed projects themselves, that workers accomodation be allowed to be built on RU1 land out of town. Mr Johnston mentioned that

this comes in addition to the workers camp to the south of Narromine proposed by inland rail for up to 500 people, which is “reasonably likely to happen”. Council adopted the Community Engagement Strategy 2022, which is a document that formally outlines how council will engage various groups and cohorts within the community and will govern council’s process for next few years of their office. The proposed names for the new roads for the Dappo Road and Timbrebongie subdivisions led to debate amongst councillors. Council resolved to adopt the proposed road names, Acacia and Coolibah for roads one and two respectively for the Dappo Road subdivision, and Blue Wren and Wagtail for roads one and two respectively for the Timbrebongie subdivision. Cr Jablonski subsequently moved that Wagtail be replaced with Carney because Wagtails were considered unlucky to Indigenous people and to include Warramunga. Cr Collins withdrew support for the motion. Councillors Jablonski and Jones moved that council defer the item of ‘Proposed New Road Names for the Dappo Road Subdivision and Timbrebongie Subdivision’, to allow an investigation of the inclusion of Warramunga and Carney as other alternate names. An amendment was then moved by councillors Collins and Beaumont adopt the proposed road names as ﬁ rst moved. An amendment was also put forward for ‘Falcon’ to replace ‘Wedgetail’ for the alternate names proposed because the wedgetail was a local bird, whereas falcons were not. The amendment became the motion was put to the vote and carried, but Cr Jablonski recorded her vote against the motion.

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WLHD tops state in vaccine average AS of Sunday, December 5, 95.4 per cent of residents in the Western NSW local health district (WNSWLHD) aged 16 and over are now fully vaccinated – above the state-wide figure of 92.8 per cent. Communities in WNSWLHD have continued to prove their commitment to fighting COVID-19, once again reaching a major vaccination target ahead of the state-wide figure. Mark Spittal, WNSWLHD acting chief executive, said reaching the milestone is a wonderful result and is testament to the efforts of staff, partner agencies and organisations, volunteers, and the community across the district. “Everyone involved in the vaccination effort across the district so far has shown what can be achieved when regional, rural and remote communities work together against a threat like the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Mr Spittal. “It has been a monumental undertaking so far and reaching 95 per cent fully vaccinated is a significant achievement when you consider the geographical distances and supply challenges faced across our footprint.” However, Mr Spittal wants to remind the district that this is not the end yet, and we cannot afford to think we’ve done enough. “There are still three LGAs in our district that are yet to hit 90 per cent fully vaccinated – Cobar (78 per cent), Brewarrina (78.8 per cent), and Walgett (87.8 per cent). So, we must continue our efforts, because we don’t want anyone in our District left behind,” Mr Spittal said.

An artist’s impression of the planned Cale Oval sporting precinct. PHOTO: NARROMINE SHIRE COUNCIL

Grandstand construction to begin soon at Cale Oval By TIJANA BIRDJAN NARROMINE Shire Council’s Cale Oval Master Plan will mean a major re-development at one of the shire’s best known sporting precincts. The construction of a modern grandstand facility will commence shortly to replace the older style stand, with refurbishments to the changeroom facilities, accessible toilets, referees’ area, canteen and bar

facilities. The developments have already seen an additional netball and multi-function court, new storage areas, improved fencing and overall improved spectator facilities. Narromine Shire Council Director Community and Economic Development, Phil Johnston, said the development will make for a better experience for all sport teams, both visitors and locals, and for specta-

tors to the facility. The Cale Oval developments are set to be completed before the start of the winter sporting season. The Narromine Shire Council had made substantial ﬁ nancial commitment to the project, with funding also coming from both the Federal and State Governments. “The facility will encourage greater visitation from away teams as well as spectators that support them,”

Mr Johnston said. “The facility is already well utilised through the winter season and this redevelopment will improve the overall experience for those that attend. “Cale Oval in Narromine along with Burns Oval in Trangie are two of Narromine Shire’s premier sporting precincts,” he said. “Both are maintained to a high standard and are considered to be major facilities within the shire.”

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THURSDAY 16 December 2021

NEXT COUNCIL The next Ordinary Council meeting will be held on MEETING Wednesday 9 February 2022 at Council Chambers

commencing at 5.30 pm. The meetings will no longer be live streamed; however, an audio recording will be uploaded the following day.

LOCALISED – PROMOTION OF NARROMINE REGION BUSINESSES

Council is determined to help local businesses digitally connect and has partnered with ‘Localised’ to create a local business network. Narromine Region Business is a local business network to promote and support all business activity across the Narromine region. A connected business community will build resilience and put your business in front of more local businesses. You can get started today. To join the Narromine Region Business platform, visit narromineregionbusiness.localised.com.au COUNCIL CLOSURE OVER CHRISTMAS PERIOD

Please be advised that Council Depot, Council Chambers, and Customer Service and Payments Centre will be closed from 5pm Tuesday 21 December 2021 and will reopen at 8.30am Wednesday 5 January 2022. All other facilities (including Swimming Pools and Waste Depots) will be closed on Christmas Day and re-open during the rest of the Christmas and New Year period but may operate with changes to the hours of operation. Council continues to provide essential services to en-

sure the health and safety of the community including kerbside garbage collection, CBD cleaning and cleaning of public facilities such as toilets, BBQs. Council will still provide appro«À >Ìi V> vwViÀÃ Ì ÀiÃ« ` to urgent maintenance work or emergency situations. ROAD NAMES

Council resolved at its monthly meeting held on 8 December 2021 to approve the following street names for the new Dappo Road Subdivision & Timbrebongie House Subdivision Development along Dappo Road, Narromine. The two preferred names for Dappo Road Subdivision roads 1 and 2 respectively are; Acacia and Coolibah. If any of these names should not be suitable, or other names are required at a later time the alternatives to be considered are Wilga, Butterbush and Saltbush. The two preferred names for Timbrebongie House Subdivision roads 1 and 2 respectively are; Blue Wren and Wagtail. If any of these names should not be suitable, or other names are required at a later time the alternatives to be considered are Wedgetail, Parrot and Thornbill.

complies with the criteria under AS/NZS 4819:2011. Council is seeking community feedback on the suitability or otherwise of these naming suggestions. Any person wishing to make a submission must do so in writing by Friday 14 January 2022. For more information please visit www.narromine.nsw. gov.au/council/public-exhibition SCHOOL HOLIDAY SPORTS JANUARY 2022

Narromine Shire Council will be conducting a number of free and affordable sport and recreational programs in Narromine and Trangie over the January 2022 school holidays. Clinics include AFL, NRL, Tennis, Cricket, Basketball, Soccer and Skateboarding, along with a number of open days at the Narromine Sports and Fitness Centre. All children aged 8 years to 17 years are invited to participate. To register interest in the upcoming programs please visit https://bit.ly/3oQWyJC

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NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN

Council is reminding all residents to acknowledge the wonderful contributions that individuals and groups make to the wider community. 2022 Australia Day Awards are now open and nomination forms are available from Council’s website: www.narromine.nsw.gov.au/community/australia-day-awards

EXTENDED SCHOOL HOLIDAY HOURS AT NARROMINE AND TRANGIE AQUATIC CENTRES Please be advised that Narromine and Trangie Aquatic Centres will have extended pool hours during the 2021/22 Summer school holiday period effective 17 December 2021 through to 1 February 2022. During this time, the opening hours at Narromine Aquatic Centre will be

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, December 16, 2021

Tomingley’s 2021 Christmas Festival will be jam ‘paca fun Smile! The alpacas will be giving Santa a helping hand with Christmas celebrations in Tomingley. PHOTO: NICOLE DREW

By TIJANA BIRDJAN IT’S beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Tomingley region with a series of Christmas events including the Tomingley Christmas Festival happening between now and Christmas Eve. Quentin Park Alpacas and Studio Gallery began hosting an ‘8 days of Christmas’ yesterday (Wednesday, December 15), with Christmas craft activities and an alpaca meet and greet, concluding on Thursday, December 24, with an alpaca crackin’ Christmas party. Quentin Park owner Amee Dennis said there are various events planned to keep both children and adults entertained. “On Thursday (December 16) we’re doing a grandparent free pass, Friday’s event is breakfast with the alpacas, Saturday of course is the festival, Sunday is for alpaca photos, and then we have the Christmas party on the remaining days,” Mrs Dennis said. “Despite the lack of Santas this year, we’ve decided to decorate the photo area and put Christmas hats on the alpacas to get everyone in the festive mood.

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“We’re all most excited for the festival as it is a way of bringing the community together after the awful few years we’ve had.” The event is sponsored by Tomingley Gold Operations, Narromine Shire Council and Quentin Park Alpacas and Studio Gallery. Mrs Dennis said there will be free activities for children including face painting, a jumping castle, Christmas craft activities, alpaca feeding, live music and profes-

sional photography. Marshall’s music is set to create a relaxed atmospheric tone by performing covers throughout the afternoon. “We asked him speciﬁcally not to perform carols for the entire six hours – he might put one or two songs in, but he will create a vibe that people can sing and dance to,” Mrs Dennis said. There will be a market stall at the event featuring Christmas gifts, jewellery, children’s clothes, leather

products and various other items. “It’s about supporting the local community and getting last minute presents in if you haven’t already done so,” she said. “There will also be food vendors where you can get food and drinks, and the Cross Roads Hotel will also be doing food.” She explained the event will help point out the vital role that the region’s mining and agricultural industries play in supporting the community and other local businesses. “We’ve had a rough few years with droughts, mice and COVID so we want to bring everyone together and have a bit of fun before the end of the year,” Mrs Dennis said. The Tomingley Christmas Festival is on Saturday, December 18, from 2pm-8pm. For further information about the festival or the 8 days of Christmas, visit quentinparkalpacas.com.

Grow Your Own teacher program targets bush shortages

HOT on the heels of industrial action by teachers across the length and breadth of the state last week – prompted partly by what they say is a severe shortage in the ranks – a new initiative has been launched to try to encourage people to consider a teaching career within their own regional communities. “High performing” country youngsters will be targeted through the program, creatively titled “Grow Your Own”, which aims to strengthen the recruitment of quality teachers in regional community. The NSW government cited research that shows people who grow up in the bush as more likely to pursue their chosen careers in a regional setting than their city-born counterparts. The program will target senior students who, after completing Year 12, will have the opportunity to secure employment as a School Learning Support Officer in a regional school for a year during which it’s intended they would gain “valuable work experience and mentoring”, according to Education Minister Sarah Mitchell. The program will be piloted next year in several regional schools, the location of which is yet to be revealed. MORE: Western NSW teachers join strike, see Regional News

Sharon joins the Narromine Star HELLO! My name is Sharon Bonthuys and I’ve recently moved to Narromine from Hughenden in northwest Queensland with my husband, Barry. I’ve joined the Narromine Star. While not a trained journalist, I am both a technical and creative writer, so I’m approaching my role with the Narromine Star from this perspective. Please bear with me if you encounter me at an event or activity wearing my ‘writer hat’, or if I call you up for an interview as I’m learning the ropes of writing for the newspaper. Maybe one day I might actually be able to call myself a journo. Until then, I’m just Shazz the writer. Things to know about me: I was born in Queensland (don’t

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Narromine Book Club wraps for the year By SHARON BONTHUYS NARROMINE book lovers attended the ﬁ nal book club meeting of the year on December 13 at the Narromine Library. Members discussed their thoughts about two very different books, the award-winning non-ﬁction tome ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ by Rebecca Skloot, and apocalyptic novel ‘Leave The World Behind’ by Rumaan Alam. The beauty of Narromine Book Club is that everyone has a different view of the same story. The club breaks now for the festive season and will resume again in February 2022. The books assigned for read-

ing over the break include ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Nobel-prizewinning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and ‘Mayfl ies’ by Andrew O’Hagan. The fi rst novel was published in 1967 and is considered Garcia Marquez’s fi nest work as well as an outstanding example of the Hispanic literary canon. The latter work was published in 2020 and won the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose that same year.

Right: Book club members Sandy, Ann, Linda, Daryl, Carol, Vickey, Ruth, Les, Dot, Grace, and Kay at Narromine Library. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR

hold it against me!) and love pineapples (there is a story to that but that’s for another day...) I’ve previously lived in the Top End, Northern Territory, for seven years so I’m used to heat and humidity and the presence of big bitey creatures in every waterway. (I’m not sure how I’ll react to winter here in central west NSW and hopefully there are no bitey creatures in the Macquarie...) I’m a mum of two, step-mum of two and grandma of four beautiful people. I’ve had several children’s books published under my former name, Sharon L Norris, and am working on concepts for new stories in my spare time. I’ve been an authorised marriage

celebrant since 2004 and my most memorable wedding was in 2009 when I hitched two Star Trek Super Fans in a Klingon wedding ceremony complete with Klingon language, drums, a sword ﬁght and bridesmaids dressed as Starﬂeet officers. I’m a trivia buff, love books and movies, and really love looking at oldstyle architecture. I’m a recent convert to rugby union thanks to my South African hubby. Go the Reds! Finally, I’m trying hard not to kill the plants growing in my garden... Seriously, I’m thrilled to be living here in Narromine and look forward to working with the local community and our publishers to bring you the Narromine Star.

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of ever-larger tractors and combines has been steadily growing. Some machines can quickly drain storage tanks of that size in a few days by themselves. Not to mention the other support machines operating during peak seasons which are also guzzling fuel. It may no longer be practical to depend on the fuel delivery truck pulling into the yard twice a week to keep you going. To help farmers plan for a new fuel storage facility, we have listed some questions you need to ask yourself before moving forward: 1. What is the farm’s annual fuel consumption? 2. Will they be expanding acreages or upgrading to larger equipment with higher fuel consumption rates in the foreseeable future? 3. What is the daily fuel consumption rate during peak periods like seeding and harvesting? Increasing your tank size does not mean you need to ﬁ ll it every time you use it. As a fuel bank, when the market is going great and prices are low, buy in bulk, so you are already stoked up when prices rise. f Inland Petroleum is a Foundation Supporter of the Narromine Star.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, December 16, 2021

Street names honour Narromine aviators From page 1 Mr Jones served in WWII from the age of 21 as a bomber pilot, and was posted to Canada, the Middle East and India. Upon his return to Narromine, Mr Jones was a member (and later a life member) of the Narromine Aero Club between 1947 to 1976. Nicknamed ‘The Bald Eagle’, he became the Narromine Aero Club’s second flying instructor in 1960 and later became an instructor at Parkes. Mr Jones’ family noted the aptness of naming the street “Ewen Way” given Ewen TD Jones’ patience with teaching people to fly who other instructors may not have taken on as students. This included a dyslexic student who has since gone on to become an avid aviator and successful businessman, as well as a neighbour with poor English. “Dad persevered with [the dyslexic student] and worked around his ability and still managed to get him trained,” said Ewen Jones. “Several of Dad’s other students have gone on to become airline captains. He was truly passionate about aviation and helping others achieve their dreams.” Mr Jones suffered a heart attack in 1976 which ended his flying career but he continued giving to others by teaching fl ight theory for many years at home and then later at TAFE in Parkes. Hayden Court honours Keith Hayden, who served in WWII and was posted to RAAF Narromine with the No.5 Elementary Flying Training School. Mr Hayden flew Catalina flying boats in the Pacific during the war, which his daughter Jeanette Hayden, unable to attend the morning tea in person, reflected upon. “Some of the things people don’t know about my father’s war experience was that he worked with the famous ‘Black Cats,’ the No. 113 Air Sea Rescue Flight working with UK Intelligence. A lot of what they did was top secret,” Ms Hayden said. “The Black Cats were Catalinas painted black because they were doing secret missions. And the missions my father was attached to were not just air-sea rescue, they were dropping the sea mines into the ports of the Japanese har-

Pictured at the ceremony are, back, Ross Powell, Mal Radburn, Mayor Craig Davies, Graham Johnston, Ewen Jones, Greg Powell and Tanya Powell, at front, Councillor Lyn Jablonski, Councillor Dianne Beaumont, Councillor Dawn Collins, Skye Jones. Right, A plaque honouring the aviators. PHOTOS: NARROMINE SHIRE COUNCIL; EWEN JONES

bours. They also did all sorts of surveillance.” Together with his wife Jean and son Eric, Mr Hayden in later life constructed a true, precise replica of the Wright Flyer Model A from plans they sourced directly from the Smithsonian Institute in the United States. The plane was launched in Narromine in September 2005 by American astronaut Buzz Aldrin and ﬂown by aviation identity Colin Pay. “The blood, sweat and tears those three put into that project, and then to get Buzz Aldrin out to launch it – what a feat!” reﬂected Ewen Jones. “The man who walked on the moon was walking around Narromine Aerodrome.” Mr Hayden’s relatives were unable to attend the morning tea but daughter Jeanette Hayden plans a visit to Nar-

romine in the future to view the street named after her father. Powell Place honours Keith Powell, the longest serving president and a life member of the Narromine Aero Club who was instrumental in the organisation of the warbirds air display shows in Narromine. Mr Powell started his aviation career with the ﬂ ight training school at Narromine towards the end of WWII but didn’t see active service during the war. Very involved with the Narromine Aero Club over the

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years, Mr Powell also owned an aircraft engineering business and flying school in Dubbo during the 1960s and 1970s. Johnston Close has been named in honour of Neil Johnston, a WWII Mosquito bomber pilot who later became Narromine’s fi rst flying instructor at the Narromine Aero Club. Son Graham Johnston indicated that his father’s career as an instructor began at Narromine when he was stationed there during the war. “When he fi rst wanted to join up they didn’t have enough pilots to show peo-

ple what to do. He wasn’t very old, he was only about 20 at the time so they said to him you can’t sign up and be a bomber pilot or a fighter pilot because we need people to instruct. So they made him an instructor.” Mr Johnston married Nancy Jean Trescowthick and settled in Narromine. Tragically, Mr Johnston and three others died in a plane crash at Narromine in 1955 when two Tiger Moths collided. His wife was pregnant with the couple’s fourth child at the time. Mr Johnston’s family has maintained a long association with the Narromine Aero Club since his death. “I don’t fly but I’ve always been involved with the Aero Club. All our family members have,” Graham Johnston said. The Narromine Aviation Museum houses a collection of Mr Johnston’s memorabilia. Greg Powell paid tribute to the four aviators. “Those people, especially the instructors, absolutely thrived on teaching others their love of flying,” he said. “It’s a great honour that these streets have been named after local people who shared their love of flying with so many.” Mayor Craig Davies appreciated hearing the families speak at the morning tea. “This family perspective was important for me, to hear about people who have made a massive contribution to our shire,” he said. A plaque outlining a brief history of each aviator will be displayed in the Aviation Business Park. Greg Powell echoed the sentiments of the families when discussing the honour bestowed on their loved ones. “I was very humbled and my Dad would be humbled, too. It’s a great honour for a street to be named after my father and the others. Everyone is very, very proud.” Jeanette Hayden also feels humbled by the council action to honour her father. “We are very proud that my father’s contribution to the town has been acknowledged.” The families also expressed appreciation to Narromine Shire Council for honouring their loved ones. “I was very taken by the warmth and generosity of the council in doing this. It was lovely,” said Greg Powell.

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Regional, State & National news Western NSW teachers join first strike in ten years

COVID-19 restrictions eased this week COVID-19 restrictions eased across the state yesterday, Wednesday, December 15, including signiﬁcant changes to face mask rules. Other key changes include the removal of density limits, removal of proof of vaccination requirement at some venues, and reduction of QR check-in requirements. Unvaccinated community members will have greater access to community events and services under the new guidelines.

By EMILY MIDDLETON

Masks MASKS are strongly encouraged in settings where you cannot socially distance. If you are over the age of 12, you must still wear a face mask at a public transport waiting area, while on public transport, at airports and on aircraft when the aircraft is ﬂying above NSW, for indoors front-ofhouse hospitality staff who are not fully vaccinated.

COVID-19 Safe Check-in COVID-19 Safe QR check-ins are only required at pubs, small bars and registered clubs, hairdressers, spas, nail, beauty, waxing, and tanning salons, tattoo parlours and massage parlours, gyms (except dance, yoga, pilates, gymnastics, and martial arts studios), hospitals, residential care facilities or hostels (except in relation to the residents), places of public worship, funeral, memorials and gatherings afterwards, nightclubs, strip clubs, sex on premises venues, sex services premises, and at indoor music festivals with more than 1000 people.

Vaccination evidence MOST premises in NSW are now open to everyone, regardless of whether you are fully vaccinated or not. You no longer need to show evidence that you are fully vaccinated at most premises. However, you still need to show evidence that you are fully vaccinated if you attend a music festival with more than 1000 people, at airports, if you work in certain industries.

Visiting family and friends YOU are not required to be fully vaccinated to have people visit your home or visit people at their home. However, if you are visiting an aged care facility or disability home, there may be rules that apply to you.

Sport, exercise, and outdoor gatherings ANYONE can participate in sport, exercise, and outdoor gatherings. You are not required to be fully vaccinated or carry vaccination evidence COVID-19 safe check-in is not required (except at gyms) Face masks are not required. Gyms and indoor recreation facilities can operate with no person or capacity limits in place, including group ﬁtness classes. Community sports, including matches, competitions, and training, can take place for all staff, spectators, and participants. Anyone can participate in an outdoor public gathering, such as a barbeque or picnic.

Uni debt to be wiped for rural practitioners By EMILY MIDDLETON DOCTORS and nurse practitioners now have the chance to have their university debt wiped by the federal government, if they choose to work in a regional, rural, or remote community. This could mean up to $100,000 back to some students. The new scheme is aimed at attracting, and keeping, more health professionals in isolated areas. However, there are a few conditions. If the practitioners are in a remote community, they must work for at least 24 hours a week, for a period equivalent to half the length of their degree. Practitioners in rural

and regional areas will need to work the same number of hours over a period as long as their degree. Alongside this new incentive, GP practices in towns throughout regional, rural, and remote Australia, will have more options and a larger pool of doctors to choose from, following changes announced by the federal government last week. From January 1, 2022, there will be automatic access to the distribution priority area (DPA) classification for regional and larger rural towns, to make it easier for areas to recruit more doctors. The DPA classification identifies locations in

Australia with a shortage of doctors. Currently, only rural and remote communities receive automatic DPA status. Other locations are assessed annually to see whether the health services for the population meet a service benchmark. If access is under the benchmark, a town is classiﬁed as a DPA, and clinics in that area can employ doctors subject to a moratorium, such as those who have trained overseas. Students who have accepted a commonwealth supported place in an Australian medical course in return for a commitment to work in a regional, rural, and remote area at the

end of their studies must also work in a DPA. “Short term, this means that practices can begin reaching out to overseas doctors who want to move to the regions and practise there,” said federal regional health minister, Dr David Gillespie. “I know that regional and rural practices will be working hard to take full advantage of this signiﬁcant change. It will help ensure rural and regional areas have a choice of more doctors to work in their local communities, leading to increased access to GP and primary care services for many thousands of Australians in regional and rural communities.”

TEACHERS and principals across NSW walked out for 24 hours on Tuesday, December 7, as the teacher shortage crisis worsened. Teachers from across the central west were among those protesting in Dubbo, while other schools took to Macquarie Street in Sydney. New Department of Education figures show the number of vacant permanent teaching positions in NSW has increased to 3000. Of the 44,500 permanent teaching positions in NSW public schools, 3038 were vacant in mid-November. Excluding the 1037 new positions, there were 2001 vacant positions – more than double the 995 recorded in June. NSW Teachers Federation president, Angelo Gavrielatos, said the government had made no effort to address the unsustainable workloads and uncompetitive salaries that were leading to growing teacher shortages across NSW. “Teachers and principals from the inner west to the far west are telling us they just can’t fi nd the full-time and casual teachers they need,” Mr Gavrielatos said. “The NSW govAngelo Gavrielatos ernment is concerned about children missing out for one day, but we are concerned about children missing out every day because there simply aren’t enough teachers. “If we don’t pay teachers what they are worth, we won’t get the teachers we need.” Mr Gavrielatos spoke of the increased and unsustainable workload teachers have. He is concerned that the government’s 10year wages cap means the salary they earn doesn’t reflect the skills or responsibilities they have. “Unfortunately, the only action the NSW government is prepared to take is legal action to try and stop teachers and principals protesting over salaries and workloads.” New figures published by the NSW government show that the shortages are forcing one in five Year 7 to 10 teachers to teach outside their area of expertise. It also stated that one in three secondary teachers educating children with disabilities are working outside their area of expertise. NSW teachers last went on strike nearly 10 years ago, in 2012. Narromine High School was non-operational during the strike while Narromine Public School and Trangie Central School provided minimal supervision for students in attendance.

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Community News Trivia Night Supports Tomingley Picnic Race Club By SHARON BONTHUYS THE Tomingley Gold Family Trivia Night held at the Memorial Hall on Saturday, December 11 was deemed a resounding success with 96 people attending the event in support of Tomingley Picnic Race Club. “It went really well,” said club spokesperson Sharanne Turnbull. “Alkane Resources-Tomingley Gold Operations provided a grant enabling us to have a free community event to enhance the name of the Tomingley Picnic Race Club,” Ms Turnbull said. “We need to get more people joining the club, so we had the event to encourage more people to join.” The event also doubled as a games night so attendees got to play a few different games as well. “The night was a great success and there is talk about possibly turning it into an annual event,” Ms Turnbull said. “Our race day is in April 2022, and that will be our next big event.”

Community members enjoyed the Tomingley Gold Family Trivia Night at the Memorial Hall on December 11, 2021. PHOTOS: TOMINGLEY PICNIC RACE CLUB

Santa arrives in style in Murray Fedderson’s Beechcraft Baron. PHOTOS: NARROMINE AERO CLUB

Santa Flies In To Narromine By STEWART HIGNETT ON Saturday, December 11, Santa ﬂew into Narromine Aero Club for the club’s Christmas party which was enjoyed by a large crowd of

children and parents. The weather was much kinder to Santa this year, and he safely arrived in the Beechcraft Baron ﬂown by Murray Fedderson, who offered his aircraft to ﬂy Santa

to Narromine. The kids were very excited to see Santa, with each receiving a gift and having the chance to chat to and remind him of what they wanted for Christmas.

Colleen Smith being presented with her Patroness Badge by hospital auxiliary president, Daphne Johnson. PHOTO: VICKI GAINSFORD

Narromine Hospital Auxiliary News By VICKI GAINSFORD

Above: Narromine Aero Club families enjoying the Christmas party. Right: Santa gives out his gifts to an excited group.

THE last auxiliary meeting for the year was a special one, with a Patroness Badge presented to long-standing and dedicated member, Colleen Smith, and certificates also presented to other members for five years of service to the auxiliary cause. Our small band of members has shown great commitment again this year. It was highlighted at our street stall held recently with an AMAZING influx of baking, craft and plants, as well as contributions from some very

loyal friends of the auxiliary, well done all! Our Christmas raffle prizes have been on display each Friday outside Coles, with more surprises of vouchers and wine included and not on show. Again, we’re grateful for private business donations to the raffle, especially Coles, Bunnings, Dan Murphy’s and Narromine Pharmacy. We’ll be selling tickets for the ﬁ nal time next week, with the raffle drawn that afternoon. Good luck to everyone who has bought a ticket!

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Community News

Shop Local: By SHARON BONTHUYS Photos by KATIE HAVERCROFT

Helen Henwood, Geoffrey Knudson, Chris Foggin, Lachlan Steimel, and library staff member Belinda Barlow before the show. PHOTO: MACQUARIE REGIONAL LIBRARY – NARROMINE LIBRARY/VICKEY FOGGIN.

December Saturday Cinema Wrap Up By VICKEY FOGGIN ON the ﬁ rst Saturday of each month, Narromine Library puts on a show. The free Saturday Cinema program allows locals to have a cinema experience without travelling to Dubbo. The lights are dimmed, popcorn is provided, and everyone has a laugh. The show is always fam-

ily-friendly and popular with seniors who enjoy a day out and the chance to catch up with friends. The program showcases movies available through the library’s free video streaming service, Kanopy, which includes independent cinema, documentaries, and children’s programming. This month’s feature was

the John Wayne comedy western, McLintock! “I loved it!” said attendee Verena Wright. “I’d like to see it again!” The next Saturday Cinema will be in February 2022, featuring Taika Waititi’s, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, a comedy about a rough city kid and his quiet country foster carer who go on the run.

THE business precinct was bustling as the ‘Shop Local’ late night shopping event attracted a crowd of locals and visitors to Narromine on the evening of Thursday, December 9. Live music by guitarist Duncan Ferguson set a relaxed and feel-good vibe for the evening as shoppers made their way through the precinct exploring the variety of stores and stalls involved in the Shop Local campaign. Sarah Atchison from Country Traders Home & Life offered a ‘Sip and Shop’ experience for her customers, while Macquarie Clothing’s larger than life inflatable Santa proved irresistible to some shoppers keen for a selfie. Volunteers at Mudjigalang Craft Group and Narromine Cottage Craft were happy to talk about the unique handmade gifts and local produce on offer in their stores. Hard at work on a quilt she is making for Mudjigalang, Janice Burns reflected on the evening. “We’ve had a few people in tonight and will stay open as long as we have customers,” said Mrs Burns. Participating businesses declared the event a success and thanked locals and visitors for their support. “Locals have already come to buy this week but have come back tonight,” said Michelle McDonald from Style 33 Boutique. “Locals supporting locals is great.

“A lot of people have come from out of town, too,” said Maryan Johnston from Narromine Cottage Craft. As one of the key drivers of the Shop Local Campaign, Narromine Shire Council widely promoted the event across the region through local media, including the Narromine Star. “After a challenging year with COVID, the Shop Local campaign provides a great incentive to support local businesses, and for businesses to showcase some of the great products and services that we have on offer in our Shire,” said Council general manager Jane Redden. Shoppers and businesses agreed that the live music organised by Erin Wallace from Ezmay’s Hair Bar added a great atmosphere to the one-night-only event. “I just wanted to get a good vibe going for the night,” Ms Wallace said. Narromine Library supported the campaign by providing free activities for children, enabling parents and carers to shop freely while their children had some fun. Vickey Foggin from the library reported that about 10 children attended these activities. The Shop Local campaign has encouraged support for businesses in the communities of Trangie and Tomingley as well as Narromine, with the opportunity for shoppers to win four $250 gift vouchers to be spent in participating stores in any of these communities. Winners will be announced later this month.

Local ladies enjoy Christmas lunch

Michelle McDonald at Style 33 Boutique with Aiden and Aleena Barlow. Velma Naylor, Sue Dagg, Pauline Newman, and Ann Touhey. Standing: Sally Anderson, Venita Newman, Daphne Boland, Pam Rees, Anne Reid, Sandra Edmunds, and Judy Wheatley. PHOTO: VELMA NAYLOR.

By VELMA NAYLOR WE are a very diverse group of 12 local ladies who have been meeting every six weeks for 11 years for lunch. We were all previously members of the

Narromine 25 Club, and decided we didn’t want to lose touch, so began going out to Edmunds Alpaca Train until it closed, and now to Narromine USMC Club. We enjoy our friendship and you can usually ﬁ nd us still chatting well after lunch.

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Late night shopping success

Amy Neve with her beautiful handicrafts.

Sharon Bonthuys and Lindy Barlow at Brenno’s Hotbake.

Meg Mitchell & Ava White selling Crazy A’s handmade earrings.

Casey Siegel, Sarah Atchison and Kristen Brown at Country Traders Home & Life.

Duncan Ferguson providing entertainment and busking on the street.

Crystal Paine, Santa Claus and Louise Harding at Macquarie Clothing.

Maryan Johnston, Hildred Oliver & Joy Kirkby at Narromine Cottage Craft.

Kerry Leeds at Rosie & Toots, and Annette Nicholls from Aubrey Design.

Casey Forrester helping Deb Bock with her Christmas shopping at Soy Scents Home & Gift.

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Political News & Opinion COULTON’S N’S P CATCH UP Comment by MARK COULTON, es Federal Member for Parkes

Catching up with local communities I HAD a big week on the road last week, visiting a number of community groups throughout the Warrumbungle and Coonamble shires. It was great to stop and catch up with the Men’s Sheds in Coolah, Dunedoo and Mendooran, as well as the Coolah District Development Association, Coolah Preschool, Dunedoo Historical Society and Museum, Coonabarabran Tennis Club, Coonabarabran CWA Evening Branch, Coonamble Meals on Wheels, Camp Cypress, Baradine Pastoral, Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and Baradine Golf Club. Each of these groups had received federal government funding through either the stronger communities programme, powering communities program, or the 2021 volunteer grants, so it was wonderful to see how this money is beneﬁtting some of our hard-working volunteer organisations, from ﬁnancing air-conditioners and solar panels to a range of new equipment. It was also a great opportunity to catch up with the Warrumbungle and Coonamble shire councils to take a look at some of the many projects rolling out across both districts thanks to the successful local

roads and community infrastructure program. Upgrades to sporting facilities, footpaths, roads and other public infrastructure are among the projects completed or underway, which are not only delivering last beneﬁts to these communities, but are creating much-needed local job opportunities.

Attracting more doctors to the bush LAST week some signiﬁcant changes were announced to help attract more doctors to our regional and rural areas. I welcomed the federal government’s new incentive for eligible doctors and nurse practitioners to practice in rural, remote or very remote areas of Australia, by eliminating all or part of their higher education loan programme (HELP) debt subject to meeting eligibility criteria. This new initiative shows that our government is serious about supporting doctors who genuinely commit to practice in the bush, offering that important continuity of care, instead of having an over-reliance of locums. Meanwhile, the government is also making it easier for more larger rural and regional areas to recruit from the pool of GPs under location moratoriums through a change to distribution priori-

Member for Parkes Mark Coulton (fourth from right) pictured with members of the Mendooran Men’s Shed. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. ty area (DPA) classiﬁcations. This means GP catchments in modiﬁed monash model three and four areas – including Boggabilla, Broken Hill, Dubbo, Gunnedah, Narrabri and Moree – will have more options and a larger pool of doctors to recruit from, which I’m sure will be welcomed in these communities.

An early present for two men’s sheds TWO men’s sheds in the Parkes electorate have received an early Christmas present, with funding through the federal government’s national shed development programme (NDSP). The Horizon Village men’s shed in Dubbo has received $2200 to purchase a lifesaving deﬁbrillator, while the Men-indee shed has been awarded $1000 to participate in a six-

week cognitive behaviour therapy program delivered by the Royal Flying Doctor Service. I’ve always been a big supporter of men’s sheds – they play an important role in our regional communities and are a great place for local men to put their health and wellbeing ﬁrst. The NSDP provides up to $10,000 in funding to men’s sheds through a competitive grants process. Applications for round 23 of the NSDP will be opened in mid-January 2022.

Funding for regional connectivity A SECOND round of the regional connectivity program is now open, with up to $112 million available to improve internet accessibility in our regional, rural and remote communities.

tems are healthy, which will improve water quality for our native ﬁ sh species. Eligible Landcare groups will have the opportunity to apply for grants of up to $50,000 to deliver on-ground projects, such as riverbank and stream restoration, onfarm erosion works, and tree planting. Local Land Services (LLS) will work with Landcare groups to administer the grants and support them to deliver the on-ground works.

AROUND THE ATE ELECTORATE Comment by DUGALD SAUNDERS, State Member for Dubbo

Irrigation screens along Macquarie

STATE-OF-THE-ART irrigation screens will be installed along the Macquarie River as part of the NSW government’s $200 million Regional Recovery Package, delivering benefits for farmers and native fish alike. The project will deliver fi sh-friendly irrigation pumps between Dubbo and the Macquarie Marshes, including at Narromine, Trangie, and Warren. It will ensure 70 per cent of extracted water is screened, clean and fi sh friendly, saving more than two million native fi sh every year in the Macquarie River. The project will also create jobs in our region, with a strong focus on using local expertise, including businesses supplying components, transport, logistics, and local crane and excavation crews.

LOCALS and visitors to the Narromine shire will be able to enjoy easier access to public toilets, thanks to $350,000 from the NSW government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund. The funding will improve amenity, accessibility, and safety at public toilets on Trangie’s main street and at the library, as well as at Narromine’s Rotary Park. These upgrades will support more people to stop and shop in our region, as well as take part in the many recreational activities on offer. Thank you to the council for prioritising these amenities, and ensuring they meet the needs of the community for years to come! IT was great to announce that Narromine Shire Council has secured $440,301 through the NSW government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund. For years now the council

This is a program that I am particularly passionate about, having established it as the former regional communications minister to deliver placebased solutions to digital connectivity issues in our regions. A number of communities in the Parkes electorate are already set to benefit from round one of the program, through the investment of new and improved mobile voice and data coverage, fixed wireless and fibre broadband service, and improved backhaul capacity. I urge telecommunications providers to work with regional communities, development organisations and state and local governments to submit an application to provide an innovative approach to ensure we fi ll the gaps in blackspot areas across the Parkes electorate. Interested parties have until late-January 2022, to submit applications to the competitive assessment process.

Dugald Saunders with Narromine Shire mayor Craig Davies. State funding will improve public toilets on Trangie’s main street and at the library, as well as at Narromine’s Rotary Park. The funding will also be put towards a beautification project at Tomingley’s Eric Woods Park. has worked to transform Cale Oval into a multi-sport hub to be envied. The ﬁ nal piece of the puzzle is the construction of a clubhouse with kitchenette, meeting space, store room and accessible change and bathrooms, as well as the upgrade of the ﬁ nal two tennis courts.

LANDCARE groups will be able to help restore riverbanks that have suffered from recent natural disasters to their former glory with a new $3 million support program. This restoration work is critical to ensuring riverbanks and the wider ecosys-

I AM encouraging families who are looking to bring a new furry friend home this Christmas to ‘adopt not shop’ when making their choice. Free lifetime pet registration is now on offer for people who adopt a rescue pet from council pounds and animal shelters to ensure more dogs and cats ﬁ nd a forever home. There’s nothing more rewarding than giving a “forever” home to a rescue dog or cat, and enjoying a lifetime of loving companionship. Anyone thinking about adopting a pet this Christmas should also consider the ongoing responsibility and commitment required to care for a pet. Until next time, stay well, Dugald

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Year 6 Graduation Week at St Augustine’s By RENEE MATHESON, PRINCIPAL, ST AUGUSTINE'S PARISH SCHOOL YEAR 6 have celebrated their wonderful seven years of schooling at St Augustine's with a special dinner, Staff versus Year 6 netball game, graduation mass with Fr Sabbas and fun day in Dubbo. The week was bittersweet for our school as we know they are ready for high school but we are not quite ready to say goodbye to them. Congratulations Year 6. You are exceptional young ladies and gentlemen who we will miss very much.

Some of the year four bronze Level students at Narromine Public School.

A selection of the year five silver Level students receiving their certificates.

Finishing the year on a high note By CLARE GILL NARROMINE Public School’s silver and bronze level students have been awarded their certiﬁcates to recognise their outstanding behaviour. These levels are the highest achievable in year four and ﬁve and students are congratulated for their consistent effort and conduct. Students also enjoyed the end of year Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) draw where ‘Super Val’ reward cards were drawn from the raffle and students had the opportunity to select a prize.

Above left: PBL prize winners, Jake Sherwood, Malakia Reid, Jed Sunderland, Hunter Tonkin, Lacey Tyrell, Tilly Mulloy, Stella Harding, Alex Warren, Annabelle Gibbs, Kurtis Heckendorf, and Edith McCutcheon. Above: Tori Haylan, Kobey Matthews, Blair Bell, Alicia Holden, Jade Moss, Amy Newton, Tyler Dixon, and Maisy Weir. Left: Ellie-Mae Haylan, Kayla Beer, Latika McKellar, Jaxton Klintworth, Ivy Barber, Bailey Farvis, and KJ Anderson. Right: Keiahnee-Jean Morgan, Charlee Adams, and Zaharnah Kelly.

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St John’s Parish School Wrap Up By KERRIE KERIN THAT’S a wrap! St John’s Parish School has been busy this past week ﬁ nishing off activities in the classroom and enjoying our ﬁnal weeks together in 2021. Last week was jam packed with the awards ceremony, year six graduation mass, school disco, year six farewell luncheon and class parties, just to name a few. We even managed to squeeze in a fun day at the Quentin Park Alpaca Farm at Tomingley with our infant students enjoying a fun day out with the animals. We wish Archie Milgate, Paris McCutcheon and Chelsea Hannaford all the best in their secondary education and thank them for their efforts as the school leaders of St John’s. We know that their memories of St John’s will be long lasting and look forward to seeing them in the future. Students have been busy making Christmas cards and goodies for the residents of the Trangie Multi-Purpose Health Centre. We have missed our visits with the residents because of COVID-19 and look forward to being able to visit them again in 2022. Wishing everyone a Happy and Holy Christmas and health for the New Year.

Infants’ excursion to Quentin Park Alpacas and studio/gallery. PHOTOS: ST JOHN’S PARISH SCHOOL/KERRIE KERIN.

Student Leaders Say Goodbye – Good Luck Paris, Chelsea and Archie.

Farewell grade six, St John’s Parish School, Trangie.

Above, Benji Linnett, Ruby Fraser, Paris McCutcheon, Chelsea Hannaford getting ready for the Trangie Multi-Purpose Health Centre gift giving.

Graduation Mass – Archie Milgate, Chelsea Hannaford and Paris McCutcheon.

Graduation Time at Narromine Public School

Our Tuesday group graduates from the Transition to Kindergarten program.

Our Wednesday group graduates from the Transition to Kindergarten program.

By CLARE GILL WE have celebrated our youngest and oldest graduates this week at Narromine Public School as our transition to kindergarten students ﬁnished their orientation to ‘big school’ and our year six cohort enjoyed their graduation assembly and farewell dinner. We wish our year six students all the best as they move forward on their learning journey while we welcome our newest mem- Year 6 graduates Alex Warren, Lacey Tyrell, Jake Sherwood, Taylor bers of the Narromine Public Rees, Ryan Pearce, Lillie Ogden, Amy Newton, Latika McKellar and Samantha McCarney. School family with open arms.

Ready for Kindy, Maggie Wheelhouse, Maisie Craft with Transition teacher Dash McAllen and Brax Harding proudly Kelly Robertson. displaying their graduation certificates.

Ryan Pearce, Josh Housden, Marlea Moss, Bailey Farvis, Eva Heckendorf and Alex Warren graduating from NPS.

Transition to Kindy graduate Victor McCutcheon receiving his certificate.

Jackson Smith, Jake Sherwood and Peter Wilson finishing their primary school journey.

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Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 1.30 The Sound. Final. 2.05 Glitch. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.15 Think Tank. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. Final. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia: Christmas Special. Final. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. 10.00 Talking Heads. 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Vaccine. Final. 11.15 Gruen. Final. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Italians. 2.15 Chefs’ Line. 2.45 Child Genius. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 France: A Journey Through Time. 8.30 Empire With Michael Portillo. 9.25 Dig World War II. 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 Cornwall With Simon Reeve. 12.00 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. 1.40 Celebrity Mastermind. 2.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: A Star-Crossed Christmas. (2017) 2.00 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. Day 2. 5.00 The Ashes: Tea Break. 5.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. Day 2. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 News. 7.00 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. Day 2. Continued. 7.40 The Ashes: Dinner Break. 8.00 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. Day 2. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Wish Upon A Christmas. (2015) 1.45 Making Of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 MOVIE: Deck The Halls. (2006) Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick. 10.20 MOVIE: Last Christmas. (2019) 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Living Room. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.30 Rhys Darby: Big In Japan. 10.30 Just For Laughs. 11.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 Letterkenny. 2.15 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup. Replay. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.15 The Swiping Game. 10.15 The Science Behind Sex. 11.15 Project Blue Book. 12.05 News. 1.00 MOVIE: Welcome To Me. (2014) 2.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.00 M*A*S*H. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 The Amazing Homemakers. 9.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 10.30 The Mentalist. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 12.00 Seaway. 1.00 Death In Paradise. 2.10 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. (1974) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Saved & Remade. 8.30 MOVIE: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. (1989) William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy. 10.40 Memory Lane. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (53) Shopping. 7.00 Infomercials. 8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 22. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Highlights. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 JAG. 12.00 MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek: Discovery. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 11.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30 Home Shopping. 1.00 Infomercials. 1.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 7.20 Dorg Van Dango. 7.35 Kids’ Programs. 12.40 100% Wolf: Legend Of The Moonstone. 3.55 Art Ninja. 4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Born To Spy. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: Elliot The Littlest Reindeer. (2018) Josh Hutcherson. 8.25 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.45 Sword Art Online. 9.10 Log Horizon. 9.35 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 10.00 K-On! 10.20 Close.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. Final. 4.30 Friday Briefing. Final. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.45 The Vaccine. Final. 8.00 ABC News Update. 8.30 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 The Business: Summer Series. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Final. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Heavy Rescue: 401. 1.00 Dirty Rotten Survival. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: The Rookie. (1990) Clint Eastwood. 10.00 MOVIE: Fire Down Below. (1997) 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.00 The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm In The Middle. 5.30 MOVIE: Ella Enchanted. (2004) 7.30 MOVIE: Mean Girls. (2004) 9.30 MOVIE: Clueless. (1995) 11.30 Malcolm. 12.00 Desperate Housewives. 2.00 Vanderpump Rules. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. 12.00 Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. 11.30 2 Broke Girls. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage. 7.00 (2) Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Midsomer Murders. 2.00 Restoration Australia. 3.00 That Christmas. 4.00 Dream Gardens. 4.30 Landline Summer. 5.00 Basketball. WNBL. Round 3. Southside Flyers v Melbourne Boomers. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 The Larkins. 8.20 Miniseries: Us. 9.20 Total Control. Final. 10.15 Call The Midwife. 11.50 Father Brown. 12.35 Rage.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Patrizio Buanne: Celebration. 4.00 The World’s Best Film. 5.40 Nazi Megastructures. 6.30 News. 7.30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers. 8.30 The World’s Greatest Hotels. 9.25 Titanic: Dead Reckoning. 10.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 11.20 MOVIE: Bleed For This. (2016) 1.30 Soccer. FIFA Arab Cup. Final. 4.30 VICE Guide To Film. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Salvation Army Christmas Special. 12.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movies. 1.00 Better Homes. 2.00 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. Day 3. 5.00 The Ashes: Tea Break. 5.40 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. Day 3. 6.00 News. 7.00 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. Continued. 7.40 The Ashes: Dinner Break. 8.00 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Cybershack. 1.00 Destination WA. 1.30 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures. 2.00 Light Up Xmas Appeal. 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia. 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Daddy’s Home 2. (2017) 9.30 MOVIE: Bad Moms 2. (2017) Mila Kunis. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.30 Farm To Fork. 1.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals At Christmas. 2.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 3.00 All 4 Adventure. 4.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. 4.30 Roads Less Travelled. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 Territory Cops. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 5. Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory. 10.00 Ambulance. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 Ben And Holly. 6.30 Piney: The Lonesome Pine. 7.05 The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.20 Live At The Apollo. 9.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.50 QI. 10.20 Mock The Week. 10.55 Schitt’s Creek. 11.40 Catastrophe. 12.05 The Young Offenders. 12.40 Upstart Crow. 1.20 GameFace. 1.45 Red Dwarf. 2.15 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 2.45 Escape From The City. 3.50 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 Kanyekanye. 12.30 SBS Courtside. 1.00 Basketball. NBA. Utah Jazz v San Antonio Spurs. 3.30 Julian. 3.45 Ancient Aliens. 4.35 WorldWatch. 6.00 When Demolitions Go Wrong. 6.50 The Story Of The Songs. 7.40 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 8.30 Kelly Clarkson: When Christmas Comes Around. 9.30 The X-Files. 1.40 Undressed. 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Weekender. 11.30 Creek To Coast. 12.00 A Foodies Guide To Kyushu Japan. 12.30 Horse Racing. VRC Christmas Race Day, Eagle Farm Racecourse and Royal Randwick Raceday. 6.00 Greyhound Racing. The Pheonix. 7.00 Border Security: International. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 The Mentalist. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Newstyle (81) Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.15 Saved & Remade. 12.15 MOVIE: The Courtneys Of Curzon Street. (1947) 2.30 MOVIE: The Ten Commandments. (1956) 7.00 MOVIE: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. (1991) William Shatner. 9.15 MOVIE: Star Trek: Generations. (1994) Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Jonathan Frakes. 11.30 Memory Lane. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

6.00 Home (53) Shopping. 6.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 MacGyver. 11.00 Diagnosis Murder. 1.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 All 4 Adventure. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Bondi Rescue. 4.30 iFish Summer Series. 5.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. 5.30 MacGyver. 6.30 Scorpion. Final. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 MacGyver. 11.20 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 1.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 7.20 Dorg Van Dango. 7.35 Kids’ Programs. 3.55 Art Ninja. 4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Born To Spy. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Play Your Pets Right. 6.45 Operation Ouch! Do Try This At Home. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Space Nova. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 The Legend Of Korra. 8.45 Danger Mouse. 9.00 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 9.20 Find Me In Paris. 9.45 Close.

6.00 Morning (24) Programs. 1.30 The Vaccine. 1.45 The Brief. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Landline Summer. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 The Breakfast Couch. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 Heywire. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 ABC News Regional. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 ABC News Video Lab. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.30 Aust Story. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Barrie Cassidy. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 12.00 The Mike & Cole Show. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 UIM Class-1 Powerboat Championships. Key West Championships. 3.00 Dirty Rotten Survival. 5.00 Pawn Stars. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: The Departed. (2006) 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 1.30 Malcolm. 2.10 MOVIE: Once Upon A Main Street. (2020) 4.00 MOVIE: The Flight Before Christmas. (2015) 5.50 MOVIE: The Little Rascals. (1994) 7.30 MOVIE: Richie Rich. (1994) 9.30 MOVIE: Beethoven. (1992) 11.15 Malcolm. 11.45 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. 12.45 Desperate Housewives. 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Seatbelt Psychic. 11.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 12.00 Jamie: Together At Christmas. 1.00 Carol’s Second Act. 2.00 Brides Of Beverly Hills. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.45 2 Broke Girls. 12.10 Home Shopping. 1.10 Infomercials. 1.40 Mom. 3.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline Summer. 1.00 Wildflowers Of The Midwest Of WA. 1.30 Gardening Australia: Christmas Special. 2.30 Nigella’s Christmas Table. 3.30 Magical Land Of Oz. 4.35 Everyone’s A Critic. 5.00 Art Works. Final. 5.35 Antiques Roadshow. 6.35 Quentin Blake’s Clown. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Death In Paradise. 8.40 MOVIE: Anthony. (2020) 10.10 Doc Martin. 10.55 Harrow. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 AusMoto Show. 3.30 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Round 3. Grand Prix of Italy. Highlights. 5.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 5.30 We Bugged Hitler’s Phone. 6.30 News. 7.35 Inside Harrods At Christmas. 8.30 Muhammad Ali. 10.15 Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. 11.10 24 Hours In Emergency. 1.00 Chasing The Moon. 3.00 Moon Landing. 4.40 Bamay. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (6) Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Swept Up By Christmas. (2020) 2.00 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. Day 4. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 5.00 The Ashes: Tea Break. 5.40 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. 6.00 News. 7.00 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. 7.40 The Ashes: Dinner Break. 8.00 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 11.00 With You This Christmas. 11.30 The Xtreme CollXtion. 12.00 Ultimate Rush. 12.30 Snackmasters. 2.00 MOVIE: Snowed Inn Christmas. (2017) 4.00 Bondi Vet. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 RBT. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 60 Minutes. 8.00 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet. 9.10 MOVIE: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. (2019) Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. 12.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. 12.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 1.00 Farm To Fork. 1.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 2.00 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. 3.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 4.00 All 4 Adventure. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. 8.30 FBI. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 6.05 Ben And Holly. 6.30 Go Jetters. 7.05 The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge. 9.20 Pilgrimage: Road To Istanbul. Final. 10.25 The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan. Final. 11.25 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 12.10 QI. 12.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 1.25 Horror Movie: A Low-Budget Nightmare. 2.25 In The Long Run. 2.50 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Basketball. NBA. Utah Jazz v San Antonio Spurs. Replay. 2.00 Stacey Dooley: Russia’s War On Women. 3.00 Ancient Aliens. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.30 Oh Lucy! 4.55 The Djarn Djarns. 5.30 Secrets Of Our Cities. 6.30 Country Music. 7.30 The Eruption: Stories Of Survival. 8.30 Patriot Brains. 9.25 Dark Side Of The Ring. 10.15 G-Spotting: A Story Of Pleasure And Promise. 11.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 One Road: Great Australian Road Trips. 12.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30 A Foodies Guide To Kyushu Japan. 2.00 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 3.00 Escape To The Country. 4.00 MOVIE: Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes. (1984) 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Heathrow. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.50 MOVIE: The Sound Barrier. (1952) 2.15 MOVIE: Darling Lili. (1970) 5.00 MOVIE: Gunfight At The O.K. Corral. (1957) 7.30 Christmas At Chatsworth House. 8.30 MOVIE: It’s A Wonderful Life. (1946) James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore. 11.10 House. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Pooches At Play. 9.00 Healthy Homes Australia. 9.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 10.00 iFish Summer Series. 10.30 The Doctors. 11.30 Scorpion. 12.30 MacGyver. 1.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. 2.30 All 4 Adventure. 3.30 Soccer. A-League Women. Round 3. Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Star Trek: Discovery. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 7.20 Dorg Van Dango. 7.35 Kids’ Programs. 4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Born To Spy. Final. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Play Your Pets Right. 6.45 Operation Ouch! Do Try This At Home. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.40 Space Nova. 8.05 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 The Legend Of Korra. 8.50 Danger Mouse. 9.05 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 9.25 Find Me In Paris. 9.50 Rage. 10.55 Close.

6.00 Morning (24) Programs. 1.00 ABC News. 1.30 The Breakfast Couch. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Compass. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 The Ticket. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 Landline Summer. 5.00 News. 5.30 World This Week. Final. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 The Brief. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.25 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Compass. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 12.00 The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 On The Fly. 2.30 Million Dollar Catch. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Ultimate Fishing. 5.00 Storage Wars Canada. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 14. Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 1.30 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Black – Victini And Reshiram. (2011) 3.25 MOVIE: Alice-Miranda – A Royal Christmas Ball. (2021) 5.00 MOVIE: The Nutcracker: The Untold Story. (2010) 7.00 MOVIE: Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. (2018) 8.35 MOVIE: The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor. (2008) Brendan Fraser. 10.45 MOVIE: Dragonheart. (1996) 12.40 Desperate Housewives. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 (52) Morning Programs. 11.00 Seatbelt Psychic. 11.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 12.00 The Dog House Australia. 1.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 3. Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 3. Brisbane Bullets v Illawarra Hawks. 5.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Friends. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 The Larkins. 2.00 Glitch. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 Grand Designs. 5.55 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 6.30 Movin’ To The Country. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Outback Ringer. 8.00 Australian Story Summer Series. 8.30 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Celebrating 70 Years. 9.40 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat: Christmas Special. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Italians. 2.15 Chefs’ Line. 2.45 Child Genius. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Britain’s Most Expensive Houses. 8.30 The Death Of Bruce Lee. 10.00 The Best Of 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.55 SBS News. 11.25 The Crimson Rivers. 12.25 Tell Me Who I Am. 1.20 North To South: The Full Journey. 4.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: The Christmas Swap. (2018) 2.00 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. Day 5. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 5.00 The Ashes: Tea Break. 5.40 The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v Eng. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 News. 7.00 The Ashes. Second Test. 7.40 The Ashes: Dinner Break. 8.00 The Ashes. Second Test. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Four Christmases And A Wedding. (2017) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Australian Crime Stories. 9.40 Reported Missing. 11.00 Chicago Med. 11.45 The Village. New. 12.35 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals At Christmas. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. Return. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Inside Bold. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. Final. 8.00 Territory Cops. Final. 8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. 10.30 The FBI Declassified. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 6.30 The Hive. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI Christmas Special. 8.30 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. 9.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.20 Doctor Who. 11.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.50 The Young Offenders. 12.25 QI. 12.55 Escape From The City. 1.55 Red Dwarf. 2.20 Community. 2.45 Parks And Recreation. 3.10 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 11.00 SBS Courtside. 11.30 Basketball. NBA. Brooklyn Nets v Denver Nuggets. 2.00 Mimi. 2.20 Curse Of Oak Island. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.25 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.55 Shortland Street. 6.25 RocKwiz Rewind. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 9.20 Hypothetical. 10.10 Chad. 11.00 Sex Tape. 12.00 The X-Files. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 10.30 One Road: Great Australian Road Trips. 11.00 Mighty Trains. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Railway Restorations With Peter Snow. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. 10.30 Cold Case. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz Direct. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Seaway. 1.05 Christmas At Chatsworth House. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Are You Being Served? (1977) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 Silent Witness. 10.50 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 (53) Infomercials. 7.30 Home Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 JAG. 1.00 MacGyver. 2.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 A-League Highlights Show. 11.20 Evil. 12.15 Infomercials. 12.45 Home Shopping. 2.15 48 Hours. 3.15 Hawaii Five-0. 5.05 The Doctors.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 7.20 Dorg Van Dango. 7.35 Kids’ Programs. 12.30 Miraculous. 3.55 The Dengineers. 4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.35 Operation Ouch! 7.05 Horrible Histories. 7.40 Space Nova. 8.05 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 The Legend Of Korra. 8.50 The Crystal Maze. 9.55 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 10.20 Find Me In Paris. 10.45 Rage. 11.45 Close.

6.00 News (24) Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.30 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Back Roads. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.15 Four Corners. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 12.00 Sound FX: Best Of. 12.30 Heavy Rescue: 401. 1.30 Weird, True And Freaky. 2.30 Great Lake Warriors. 3.30 Supercars Support Races. Dunlop Super2 Series. Highlights. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 15. Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 12.00 The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.30 Malcolm In The Middle. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond. 8.30 MOVIE: Wayne’s World. (1992) Mike Myers. 10.25 MOVIE: Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. (1994) 12.00 Desperate Housewives. 2.00 Vanderpump Rules. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 (52) Seatbelt Psychic. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 8.00 Friends. 10.00 The Middle. 11.30 Seinfeld. 12.00 Carol’s Second Act. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 2 Broke Girls. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 Miniseries: Us. 2.00 Glitch. Final. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.15 Think Tank. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 6.30 Movin’ To The Country. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Outback Ringer. 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.30 Christmas In Australia With Christine Anu. 9.30 Australia Remastered: Nature’s Great Divide. 10.25 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures. 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) The Italians. 2.15 The Chefs’ Line. 2.45 Child Genius. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Inside Aldi At Christmas. 8.30 Cher And The Loneliest Elephant. 9.30 Lucille Ball: We Love Lucy. 11.10 SBS News. 11.40 Man In Room 301. 12.35 Miss S. 4.30 Wiradjuri & Nari Nari. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. (6) 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Another Christmas Coincidence. (2019) 2.00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 16. Sydney Sixers v Adelaide Strikers. 11.00 Born To Kill? 12.00 The Goldbergs. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (8) Today Extra Summer. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Santa Con. (2014) 1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. 8.30 The Weakest Link. 9.30 Kath & Kim. 11.15 Christmas At Warwick Castle. 12.10 Tipping Point. 1.05 A Current Affair. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 8.00 Inside Bold. 8.30 Studio 10. 11.00 Jamie’s Italian Christmas. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Dog House Australia. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Inside Bold. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. Final. 8.30 NCIS. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 5.35 The Wonder Gang. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.30 PJ Masks. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Upstart Crow. 9.00 QI. 9.30 Schitt’s Creek. 10.20 Preppers. Final. 10.50 Doctor Who. 11.50 Catastrophe. 12.15 In The Long Run. 12.40 Sick Of It. 1.00 GameFace. 1.25 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2.10 Community. 2.30 Parks And Recreation. 2.55 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 Basketball. NBA. Brooklyn Nets v Denver Nuggets. Replay. 2.00 All Good Things. 2.15 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.25 Shortland Street. 6.25 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up To Infertility. 9.40 Kevin McCloud: Rough Guide To The Future. 10.35 Cults And Extreme Belief. 11.25 UFOs. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 A Foodies Guide To Kyushu Japan. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 3.00 Creek To Coast. 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Without A Trace. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz Direct. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Seaway. 1.00 Poirot. 2.10 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Spring In Park Lane. (1948) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (53) Shopping. 7.00 Infomercials. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Roads Less Travelled. 9.00 A-League Highlights Show. 10.00 JAG. 12.00 MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Blue Bloods. 10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.20 Evil. 12.15 Home Shopping. 12.45 Infomercials. 1.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 MOVIE: Warrior. (2011) 5.00 JAG.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 7.20 Dorg Van Dango. 7.35 Kids’ Programs. 12.35 Malory Towers. 4.00 Spirit Riding Free. 4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.35 Operation Ouch! 7.05 Horrible Histories. 7.40 Space Nova. 8.05 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.25 The Legend Of Korra. 8.50 The Crystal Maze. 9.55 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 10.20 Find Me In Paris. 10.45 Rage. 11.45 Close.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.30 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Back Roads. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.15 Four Corners. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Heavy Rescue: 401. 1.00 Weird, True And Freaky. 2.00 Great Lake Warriors. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Secrets Of The Supercars. 9.30 Counting Cars. 10.30 Vegas Rat Rods. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.00 The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond. 8.30 MOVIE: American Reunion. (2012) Jason Biggs. 10.45 MOVIE: 40 Days And 40 Nights. (2002) 12.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 1.00 Desperate Housewives. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. 12.00 Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.35 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 The Cook And The Chef: Christmas Special. 1.25 MOVIE: Anthony. (2020) 3.00 News. 4.00 Think Tank. 5.00 Worzel Gummidge. 6.00 Sammy J: Full Credit To Christmas. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Outback Ringer. 8.00 Hard Quiz: Battle Of The Has Beens. 8.40 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2021. 9.40 QI. 10.10 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.00 The Italians. 2.15 Chefs’ Line. 2.45 Child Genius Australia. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days. 9.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs. 9.30 Departure. 10.20 SBS News. 10.55 In Therapy. 11.50 DNA. 1.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 2.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (6) Programs. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Holiday Wish Come True. (2018) 2.00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 17. Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers. 11.00 Gordon, Gino & Fred: American Road Trip. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Christmas On The Menu. (2020) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Michael Bublé’s Christmas In The City. 8.30 MOVIE: Love Actually. (2003) Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley. 11.15 Christmas In New York: Inside The Plaza. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 11.00 My Market Kitchen. 11.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Christmas. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Inside Bold. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. 8.00 All Aussie Adventures. 8.30 Bull. 10.30 The Royals Revealed. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 9.15 David Stratton’s Stories Of Australian Cinema. 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.20 Horror Movie: A Low-Budget Nightmare. Final. 12.20 Pilgrimage: Road To Istanbul. Final. 1.20 Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge. Final. 2.15 Community. 2.35 Parks And Recreation. 3.00 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Curse Of Oak Island. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.25 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.25 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Source Code. (2011) Jake Gyllenhaal. 10.15 MOVIE: Colossal. (2016) 12.15 The X-Files. 2.45 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 10.20 Miranda. 11.00 What A Carry On! 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Seaway. 1.00 The Baron. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Night My Number Came Up. (1955) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 House. 11.50 The Equalizer. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Infomercials. 8.00 Stories Of Bikes. 8.30 iFish Summer Series. 9.00 Rhys Darby: Big In Japan. 10.00 JAG. 12.00 MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 Evil. 12.10 Home Shopping. 1.40 Infomercials. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 SEAL Team. 4.05 NCIS. 5.00 The Doctors.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 7.20 Dorg Van Dango. 7.35 Kids’ Programs. 8.20 Little Lunch. 3.55 Hank Zipzer. 4.30 The Inbestigators. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.35 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: Saving Santa. (2013) Newell Alexander, Noel Clarke. 8.25 Wallace And Gromit: A Close Shave. 8.55 Robot Wars: Battle Of The Stars. 10.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 10.30 Utopia Falls. 11.15 Rage. 1.30 Close.

6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 12.00 Heavy Rescue: 401. 1.00 Weird, True And Freaky. 2.00 Pawn Stars. 2.30 The Grade Cricketer. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 Storage Wars. 9.30 Storage Wars: Miami. 10.00 Irish Pickers. 11.00 Desert Collectors. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 12.00 The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm In The Middle. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond. 8.30 MOVIE: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. (1995) Jim Carrey. 10.20 MOVIE: Fist Fight. (2017) 12.10 Desperate Housewives. 2.10 Vanderpump Rules. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. 12.00 Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Friends. 2.30 NBL Slam. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.20 2 Broke Girls. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 Maggie Beer’s Christmas Feast. 1.30 QI. 2.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 2.30 Christmas With Poh. 3.00 News. 4.00 Think Tank. 4.55 Worzel Gummidge. 5.55 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 6.30 Movin’ To The Country. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Outback Ringer. 8.00 One Plus One. 8.30 Unseen Adventures. 9.20 That Christmas. 10.20 Lucy Worsley’s Christmas Carol Odyssey. 11.20 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Italians. 2.15 Chefs’ Line. 2.45 Child Genius Australia. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. 8.30 Red Election. 9.25 Bowled Over: Untold Australia. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Gomorrah. 11.55 We Are Who We Are. 1.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 1.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Last Christmas Home. (2018) 2.00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 7.30 Carols In The Domain. 10.00 MOVIE: Vacation. (2015) Ed Helms. 12.05 American Crime. 1.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Christmas Ball. (2020) 1.45 Explore. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Great Getaways. 8.30 MOVIE: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous. (2005) Sandra Bullock, Regina King, William Shatner. 10.50 New Amsterdam. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Jamie’s Easy Christmas Countdown. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Inside Bold. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Jamie: Together At Christmas. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 The Royals Revealed. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 6.30 Octonauts. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Mock The Week. 9.00 Hard Quiz: Battle Of The Has Beens. 9.40 Insert Name Here. 10.10 Doctor Who. 11.00 Gavin & Stacey. 12.05 You Can’t Ask That. 12.35 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. 1.35 The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan. Final. 2.35 Community. 2.55 Parks And Recreation. 3.20 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 Project Blue Book. 1.40 Nocturne In Black. 2.10 Butter Lamp. 2.30 Figure Skating. 2019-2020 ISU European Championships. Replay. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.25 RocKwiz Salutes The Bowl. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 The Source. 11.00 Vikings. 11.50 MOVIE: Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 1. (2012) 2.45 Deutsche Welle. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 A Foodies Guide To Kyushu Japan. 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Seaway. 1.00 As Time Goes By. 2.10 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Sea Devils. (1953) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Grantchester: Christmas Special. 10.10 Keeping Up Appearances. 10.50 Law & Order. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (53) Shopping. 6.30 Infomercials. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 NBL Slam. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 JAG. 12.00 MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 2.00 SEAL Team. 3.00 Blue Bloods. 4.00 Hawaii Five-0.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 7.20 Dorg Van Dango. 7.35 Kids’ Programs. 5.05 School Of Rock. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 Dodo. 6.15 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 6.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 7.00 MOVIE: A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon. (2019) 8.25 Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death. 8.55 Robot Wars: Battle Of The Stars. 10.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 10.30 Utopia Falls. 11.15 Rage. 2.45 Close.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.25 Australian Story. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Back Roads. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.15 Four Corners. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Desert Collectors. 10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Heavy Rescue: 401. 1.00 Weird, True And Freaky. 2.00 Great Lake Warriors. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 MOVIE: Cool Hand Luke. (1967) 1.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.00 The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 MOVIE: Dr Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. (2000) 9.35 MOVIE: Four Holidays. (2008) 11.20 Young Sheldon. 11.45 3rd Rock From The Sun. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Frasier. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. 12.00 Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Carol’s Second Act. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 2 Broke Girls. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, December 16, 2021

Early Christmas presents at Warren Twilight Meeting

RACING NG Sport ORT REPORT By COLIN HODGES EXPERIENCED jockey Tony Cavallo with a winning treble and apprentice Elissa Meredith, a double, gave their supporters an early Christmas present on Friday at the Warren TAB Twilight Meeting. Starting the ball rolling, Elissa Meredith won the 1200 metres Halcroft & Bennett-Warren Golf Club Maiden Plate on Jamella for her ‘boss’, Dubbo trainer Clint Lundholm. A lightly raced six-year-old mare, Jamella was having the second start for Lundholm since coming from stables in Victoria and was very well ridden by Meredith. Parked behind the leading pack, Jamella ($9) gained an inside run to win by a short head from the fast finishing Ready Made Doll (Kath Bell-Pitomac, $4.60 favourite) with another Clint Lundholm runner, Break Over (Tony Cavallo, $10) a length away third. Aboard the Janelle Galea, Dubbo-trained Manadria, Elissa Meredith weaved her mount through the field in the straight after being well back in the 1200 metres Coopers Farm Gear Class One Handicap. Producing a sharp sprint when clear, Manadria ($3.80, favourite) finished too well for the leader Brooklyn Star (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $3.90) and Skull Cap (Jackson Searle, $26). Mudgee trainer Bob Howe and four mates from Rylstone have been racing horses for

Elissa Meredith was all smiles after her win on Jamella in Race 3 at Warren on Friday, December 10, for Dubbo trainer Clint Lundholm. PHOTO: JANIAN MCMILLAN/RACINGPHOTOGRAPHY.COM.AU many years and, whenever possible, Tony Cavallo is the jockey. A long time successful jockey, Cavallo was at his best on the Bob Howe-trained pair Petain (1400 metres Nutrien Ag Benchmark 50 Handicap) and Byzantium in the 1000 metres Adors Party Hire Benchmark 50 Handicap. From midﬁeld, Petain ($8.50) worked home strongly to account for Danspur (Casey Wad-

dell, $5 favourite) and For Da Boys (Madeline Owen, $12). Leading for home, Byzantium ($10) held on to beat Jewel Of The Clan (Brooke Stower, $7) and Club Supreme (Tiffany Jeffries, $8.50). Placed in a good position from the outset, the Brett Thompson, Gulgong-trained Sniper Excels ($2.70, favourite) was the other leg of the Tony Cavallo treble when ﬁnishing best to beat My Shi-

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Wins for Halbish and McIntyre

romi (Mathew Cahill, $21) and Twice The Value (Ashleigh Stanley, $12) in the 1000 metres MCC Hydraulics Benchmark 50 Handicap. After two unplaced starts when trained in the Hunter Valley, four-year-old chestnut gelding Hamoon Sweetheart was an impressive ﬁrst up winner for Dubbo trainer Brett Robb in the 1000 metres 117 Bakery/M&M Oriel Maiden Handicap at Warren.

Narromine Golf Report By KALE BOCK

By NORM LEWIS LAST Saturday 23 golfers faced the starter in pleasant weather conditions with the Narromine course in excellent condition, although a little on the slow side following the recent rain. 13 ladies hit off on the back nine with Viv Halbisch taking the major prize with a great round of 22 points. Jeanette O'Brien was second with a round of 17. Michelle Ashdown had great shot on the NTP hole to take home six golf balls for her effort. A three way battle was on for the NAGA prize

which went to new player Robyn Davey who won on a count back from Ann Harmer and Bev Woods. The men’s division attracted 10 players with Mal McIntyre returning a great score of 25 points to collect the major prize. Runner up to Mal was the consistent Tom Hogan with 23 points on a count back from Malcolm Fraser. Once again there was no winner of the Men’s NTP and the prize jackpots. The NAGA prize for the men went to none other than Terry Willis, who has been trying his hardest to win this important title over the

past couple of weeks. After the golf presentations, attention turned to the pool table where Chris Harding and Terry Willis played Gus Smith and Bob Fletcher. This was a very tight battle, down to only the black ball left on the table, when ‘Smithy’ showing his true Parra form, fouled on the black, thus giving victory to Harding and Willis. They then claimed the title of ‘Champs of the Week’. Next Saturday the ladies will play the front nine and the blokes will hit off the back nine at the usual time.

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Sprinting along the rails, Hamoon Sweetheart (Jackson Searle, $6) swept past Yesterday’s Gone (Brooke Stower, $17) to score by a half-length with Dollar Pursuit (Tony Cavallo, $2.30 favourite) a long head away third. The other winner at Warren was the Will Freedman, Scone trained Rutilant (Mathew Cahill, $2.25 favourite) in the 1600 metres Western Farm Machinery Class One Handicap.

Business House Golf – week six (78 Players) Winners – Deep Divots (19.0) NDT 16.0 Def. Double Delights 16.38 Cub Cadets 15.5 Def. Phantoms 11.0 EPIROC 16.22 Def. Gerries 15.66 Ag Mark & LJ Hooker 17.66 Def. Canaries 16.6 Deep Divots 19.0 Def. McPhersons Automotive 10.33 Dozer Checks 13.33 BYE Individual Winners 1. A. Artery (24 pts) Long Drive’s 2. J. Heckendorf (24 pts) B. White (2nd) 3. C. Mackay (23 pts) J.

Sevil (14th) 4. S. Wallace (23 pts) V. Halbisch (16th) 5. G. O’Malley (22 pts) NTP’s S. Barlow (17th) LEADERBOARD POINTS 1. EPIROC 27 2. DEEP DIVOTS 27 3. NDT 25 4. DOUBLE DELIGHTS 23 5. CANARIES 22 6. PHANTOMS 21 7. GERRIES 19 8. MCPHERSONS AUTOMOTIVE 18 9. DOZER CHICKS 18 10. AG MARK & LJ HOOKER 18 11. CUB CADETS 17 WEEKEND GOLF Saturday, December 11 – Individual Multiplier (six players).

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Winner – T. Wiggins (81 points). NTP 9TH – C.Peter. Jackpot Hole not drawn – be drawn next Saturday. Sunday, December 12 – Two Person Ambrose (16 Players). Winners – T. Hogan and B. Day (63 nett). Runners Up – R and K Wiliams (63.25 nett). NTP 17th – M. Smith. Upcoming weekend’s golf: half hams for winners both days. Saturday: Mulligan Stroke (one shot per hole to replay). Sunday: 4BBB Par. Wednesday: Business House Hole in One Challenge on the 9th hole Happy golfing!

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Jockey Tony Cavallo, a regular at race meetings around Western NSW, completed a handy treble at the Warren Twilight Meeting last Friday. He’s pictured nearing the finish line in Race 6, riding the favourite Sniper Excels. Read Colin Hodges’ full race report on page 23. PHOTO: PHOTO: JANIAN MCMILLAN/RACINGPHOTOGRAPHY.COM.AU

Mixed results for Narromine cricketers By MATT ELLIS

A recent shot showing Under 12 Black playing in Dubbo.

WITH the sun beaming down at Lady Cutler playing ﬁelds in Dubbo, conditions were perfect for cricket with Narromine Red creating an exciting one-run victory over South Dubbo Pink Hornets in the under 12s. Matthew Smythe and William Heckendorf both had excellent mornings with the bat scoring 29 and 24 runs respectively. There is just one more week of club cricket before the Christmas break with the under 14s heading into Dubbo on Saturday morning to

take on South Dubbo. For the under 12s, it is a home game for Narromine Black at Olsen Park while the Narromine Red team also play in Dubbo against RSL Colts on Saturday morning. It was a trip to Dubbo to take on Newtown for the Pinnington Cup side on Saturday afternoon. They made the trip worthwhile coming away with a win after Ward set up the 63-run victory with a match winning 74 before Potter and Battishall backed up his work with the ball claiming four and three wickets respectively. Narromine came away with

a solid win against South Dubbo in Kelly Cup action at Dundas Park on Saturday afternoon. After winning the toss and batting ﬁ rst, Narromine recovered from being 6/73 to post a defendable 8/194 off their allotment of 40 overs. Greg Masonwells and Alex Williams were responsible for resurrecting the innings making 48 and 40 respectively. The Narromine bowlers were able to complete the job ensuring South Dubbo were bowled out 58 runs short of the target score with Greg Kerr the best of the bowlers claiming three wickets. In a very tight contest at

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Dundas Oval on Sunday, Narromine were defeated by Nyngan by just eight runs. After winning the toss and batting fi rst, Nyngan posted 116 with Goodman, Russo and Potter all claiming three wickets a piece. The run chase was tracking reasonably well for the hosts until Nyngan’s young leg spinner Tyson Deebank claimed a five-wicket haul including the wicket of top scorer Preston Beauchamp for 30. It is the fi rst loss of the season for Narromine in the Brewery Shield competition with their next assignment in the new year against Dubbo.