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Trangie nurses join statewide strike By SHARON BONTHUYS Amee and Shaun Dennis from Quentin Park Alpacas & Studio Gallery.

Alpacas put Tomingley officially on the map By SHARON BONTHUYS A SMALL family-owned rural business has officially put Tomingley on the map with a bronze award at the NSW Tourism Awards, held on February 3. Quentin Park Alpacas and Studio Gallery received bronze in the new tourism business category of the 2021 awards behind giant corporate entities the Sydney Zoo and A For Adina Sydney. Owners Amee and Shaun Dennis knew they were ﬁ nalists in the awards late last year but had no idea what other businesses they were up against in the hotly contested new tourism business category until the awards night. They were blown away watching the virtual awards ceremony when they heard their small family business announced as the bronze winner and a huge dot appeared on the Continued page 6

A group of nurses at Trangie Multi-Purpose Health Service (MPHS) joined the statewide strike action launched by the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) this week. They joined nurses and midwives at more than 150 public hospitals and health services across NSW in demonstrating against the NSW government’s failure to introduce nurse-to-patient ratios on every shift. As part of the strike action, NSWNMA members at Trangie MPHS left their roles for two hours from 10am to 12pm on February 15. Lisa Leathem, president of the Trangie MPHS branch of the NSWNMA, left her rostered shift at the MPHS with another colleague to participate in the strike action. They were joined by an additional ﬁve colleagues outside the front gate of the MPHS for the duration of the strike action. Ms Leathem said the reaction from hospital management when the strike action was announced was “brilliant”. “We had full support from our health services manager and nurse unit manager,” Ms Leathem. The nurses believed the strike action would bring the desired result from NSW Health. The Narromine Star asked

Nurses joined Tuesday’s state strike action at Trangie Multi-Purpose Health Service. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

Ms Leathem what would happen if an emergency occurred during the strike action – one of the questions that NSW Health authorities would not answer when asked. “If an emergency presents, we will stop striking immediately and go in and assist. Our main focus is safe patient care for residents and those who come into our care,” Ms Leathem said. Indeed, safe patient care is

at the heart of the strike action with one of the signs on display stating “one nurse to eight patients is not safe”. Another sign read “a fail safe system will fail without adequate staff to manage the dream”. NSWNMA general secretary, Brett Holmes, said the statewide strike was a culmination of 10-years’ inaction by the government and its refusal to negotiate with nurses

and midwives to secure safe staffing on each shift in every hospital. The Trangie nurses joined colleagues from 13 other branches of the NSWNMA in the Western NSW Local Health District who participated in the strike and called on the NSW premier to implement shift by shift nursing and midwifery staffing for safe patient care. Continued page 6

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Recommended actions to help control feral pigs By SHARON BONTHUYS LAST week’s Narromine Star featured the story of a local resident menaced by feral pigs in her own yard. Narromine Shire Council has advised that it has not been notified of any further issues with feral pigs in its urban areas. Council offers the following preventative advice to urban residents to reduce the opportunities for feral pigs to target their properties. “Members of the public can take a number of steps to reduce the potential for feral pigs to impact them. This includes fencing their property to ensure that pigs are unable to enter, or if this is not possible, fencing small areas of gardens A remote camera caught these feral pigs eating treated grain near a sorghum crop. which are being impacted by feral pigs. For example, and reduce feral pig num- Boyce said. “When controlling feral removing access to a food bers before sowing gets “Pigs are quite good at pigs, the aim is to take out source,” a Council spokes- underway. fi nding areas to camp that more than 70 per cent of the person said The agency is eager to are well hidden, and with pigs to have an impact on Do not leave pet food out assist landholders to tack- more feed around this can that local population. and clean up any fallen or le the feral pest by fund- make them even harder to “Ideally this means foloverripe fruit and vegies, ing the cost of 1080 grain see.” low-up baiting and ongoing the spokesperson said. treatment, enabling more As part of baiting, free control activities to main“Council will only inter- people to control feral pigs feeding of pigs and moni- tain pig numbers at a convene in certain circum- now and before numbers toring with cameras will trollable level. stances to minimise the increase even further. enable landholders to get “We encourage landrisk to public health and Central West LLS Inva- an indication of how many holders to make use of this safety, and this will be as- sive Species team leader pigs are on their property funded grain treatment to sessed on a case by case ba- Nigel Boyce said with the and in turn the potential control their pigs before the sis and in consultation with change of season 18 months for crop damage, Mr Boyce funds run out.” d Services.” Local Land ago, pigs have had ex- said. Landholders can contact Central West Loceptional conditions con “Now is the time to re- their local Biosecurity Ofcal Land Services to increase in num- move feral pigs prior to ficer to seek advice on tar(LLS) told the Narbers while staying well sowing and while they geting feral pigs on their stay romine Star tarr that hidden. gather around watering rural properties by calling ommitted it has committed “During harvest points during hot weather.” Central West Local Land wards the $60,000 towards landholders m may have Baiting of feral pigs is Services on 1300 795 299. treatment of feral noticed crop cr dam- the primary control methFor incidents involving pig grain to enfrom feral od and when done correctly feral pigs entering urban age fro courage land but may has the potential to elimi- properties, contact Narpigs b managers to not have nate the majority of the lo- romine Shire Council on 02 ng run baiting seen the cal population, Mr Boyce 6889 9999, for advice in consee programs pigs,” Mr said. pig Nigel Boyce sultation with LLS.

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THE FORECAST Thursday, February 17 Min 19. Max 35. Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 20% Central West Slopes and Plains area Hot and mostly sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly in the middle of the day then becoming southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 17 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 33 to 38. Sun protection recommended from 9.20 am to 5.10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]

POLICE, Ambulance and Fire and Rescue NSW attended an early morning motor vehicle accident on Sunday, February 13, in Narromine. A blue sedan and white utility collided just after 5am at the intersec-

Friday, February 18 Min 18. Max 35. Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 20% Central West Slopes and Plains area Hot and mostly sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a shower on the northern slopes in the afternoon and evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 38. Sun protection recommended from 9.20 am to 5.10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]

tion of Minore and Algalah Streets. The utility rolled twice, landing on its wheels on the footpath. The driver was not injured. The driver and occupants of the blue sedan allegedly ﬂed the scene. It is unknown if any of those persons were injured in the collision. Police are investigating.

The aftermath of the accident in Narromine. PHOTO: FIRE & RESCUE NSW STATION 401 NARROMINE.

Saturday, February 19 Observations: The past seven days Min 18. Max 33. Mostly sunny. Chance of any Date Day Min Max Rain rain: 20% Central West Slopes and Plains area 8 Tu 11.4 28.4 0 Mostly sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a show9 We 10.9 32.7 0 er on the northern slopes, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in 10 Th 14 35.1 0 the afternoon and evening. Winds south to 11 Fr 18.1 32.9 0.8 southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h turning easterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning. Overnight 12 Sa 14.9 29.3 2.4 temperatures falling to between 14 and 19 13 Su 13.1 29.4 0 with daytime temperatures reaching 30 to 36. Sun protection recommended from 9.30 14 Mo 15.8 30.8 0 am to 5.10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 15 Tu 15.4 0 [Extreme]

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 17, 2022

Locals win business awards By SHARON BONTHUYS QUENTIN Park Alpacas and Studio Gallery (featured on our cover in today’s Narromine Star) was not the only local business to be recognised with a major award this month. Delroy pharmacist, Kaail Bohm, received the People’s Choice – Service With A Smile Award at the 2021 Rhino Awards in Dubbo on February 4, 2022. Mr Bohm, who grew up and was educated in Narromine and currently owns with wife Stacey the Terry White Pharmacy, Delroy, received the award that recognises Dubbo’s most popular employee as voted by the public. It is one of four awards that are voted on by the public at the Rhino Awards. “It’s really nice to receive this award. I have been nominated a few times in past years but it was a wonderful feeling to get over the line this year,” said Mr Bohm. The award was presented to Mr Bohm at a gala event attended by many in the regional business community. A proud Wiradjuri man, Mr Bohm has worked in Dubbo, Narromine and Trangie and has said previously that he “loves being a community phar-

macist.” He has been very vocal promoting vaccination against COVID during the pandemic. Showcasing the city's most outstanding businesses, the Rhino Awards allow the Dubbo’s business community through the Chamber of Commerce to honour its most outstanding performers in over 20 categories. Congratulations to Mr Bohm. Narromine mum Rebecca Cullen also walked away with two awards for the Australia and New Zealand region at the annual Nutrimetics Awards on February 13, 2022. Ms Cullen, who runs a home-based cosmetics consultancy called Beautifully You By Bec, placed ﬁ fth in the region for overall business. She also placed third in the separate category of group sponsoring with the company. “I’m blown away by this and on cloud nine,” Ms Cullen said.“I feel I’m this little country bumpkin in my ‘jamas out here but [these results are] amazing. “The Nutrimetics Queen Award is for my business overall – so sales, leadership, new business, joiners, and growth. I’ve basically doubled my business

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Narromine United Services Memorial Club Ltd last year even with COVID and homeschooling four kids so I’m pretty proud.” Ms Cullen watched the virtual awards ceremony in Narromine with her family. Only last month Ms Cullen was proﬁ led on the Nutrimetics Australia blog where she spoke about her success managing her business around her family and the pandemic. “I’m fortunate my business grew amidst the chaos. Fun will also be my major focus for 2022. We all need more fun after the past year and it will feel good to put the stresses of the Pandemic behind us,” she told the blog. Congratulations to Ms Cullen.

Rebecca Cullen with her husband Joe Cullen and children Riley, Ollie, Charlie and Mia. PHOTOS SUPPLIED BY REBECCA CULLEN.

Kaail Bohm at Dubbo’s Rhino Awards. PHOTO: SUPPLIED BY KAAIL BOHM.

Community consultation in Trangie NARROMINE Shire Council held a community consultation session in Trangie at the kiosk in front of the library on Dandaloo Street on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Narromine The Star stopped by just as Rhonda Yearby and Chelsea Hancock were talking with Kellie McCutcheon from Narromine Shire Council and Terrie Milgate from Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council. The consulta-

tion session ran from 10am until 12pm. If you missed the kiosk, don’t forget: you can also let your local councillor know your views, too.

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Melanoma mission: ‘Doing it for Lionel’ By SHARON BONTHUYS WHEN Narromine local Sally Everett’s father Lionel McGuire passed away last November, the shock and sadness of losing him was exacerbated by witnessing the pain and suffering he endured. Mr McGuire had been formally diagnosed with terminal melanoma just two months earlier. Ms Everett, her sister Carin McGuire and their mother Denise McGuire have joined together to raise awareness of melanoma and the many things the public doesn’t know about the disease. “When Dad was diagnosed with melanoma there was so much we didn’t know. So much that we learnt in such a short space of time. It was a horrible, painful cancer,” Ms Everett said. “We want to help prevent another family from going through that.” Mr McGuire was found to have a 22-centimetre internal melanoma wedged between his spine and pelvis. “The doctors don’t know how he was walking. The melanoma was internal, putting pressure on both his spine and pelvis, so he was only just walking aided by a walking frame. Even his oncologist didn’t know how he was walking.” If you are surprised to learn that melanomas can be internal, you’re not alone.

Image0.jpg The McGuire family – Carin McGuire, Lionel McGuire, Denise McGuire and Sally Everett. PHOTO: SUPPLIED BY SALLY EVERETT

“That was another thing I didn’t know – that you could have melanomas internally. I thought they were only external,” Ms Everett said. Mr McGuire had previously had a melanoma in his groin 20 years earlier which had been removed, and doctors believe his internal melanoma may have returned from that. “It never gave him any grief and [the doctors] didn’t know

it was there until it got really big. It actually looked like a hernia from the outside – a massive lump,” Ms Everett said. The shock of Mr McGuire’s terminal diagnosis in September 2021 was extended by the realisation that at this advanced stage of the disease, immunotherapy was the only form of treatment available to him.

“By the time he was diagnosed, he was past the radiotherapy, chemotherapy and things like that. Immunotherapy was not something we knew about, either. It was such an education process in such a short space of time.” Mr McGuire underwent a series of injections in the new cancer section at Dubbo Base Hospital. “The staff there were incredible,” Ms Everett said. Mr McGuire’s wife, daughters and extended family have since rallied to raise awareness of melanoma by participating in a fundraising event during the month of March. They have launched “Mission Melanoma: Doing It For Lionel” through the Australian Skin Cancer Foundation. They invite the local community to join them in walking a few kilometres each day for 31 days to raise funds for melanoma research and donating to the cause. “You can pick how far you want to walk each day – one kilometre, three kilometres, ﬁve kilometres – to raise awareness. We’re also doing other fundraising. “We have a ‘100 Club’ which

we just started and we already have just a few tickets left. People pay $10 a ticket and the winner receives $500, with $500 donated to the charity. We also have a raffle we will run over the month of March, for which we’ve got some really amazing prizes donated by local businesses in Dubbo and Narromine.” Ms Everett’s sister lives in Sydney and the cafe she manages there will also be doing some fundraising. “Carin and I have come to an agreement that if we raise $3000, we’re both going to get the Australian Skin Cancer Foundation logo tattooed on our bodies,” said Ms Everett. She is unsure what part of her body Carin might get tattooed but Ms Everett plans to have her tattoo on her ankle. The McGuire-Everett clan have a strong but poignant message to share with the wider community. “The preventative message we want to put forward is if something doesn’t look or feel right, get it checked out,” Ms Everett said, encouraging the community to be vigilant. “Dad was always very skinaware, and we were always wearing hats and never leaving without hats and sunscreen. We think he would be very proud now we are doing this in his name.” You can ﬁ nd Ms Everett’s fundraiser on the Australian Skin Cancer Foundation ‘Mission Melanoma’ website at www.mycause.com.au/events/ missionmelanoma. Scroll to the bottom where you can see individuals and teams listed. Ms Everett’s team is currently ranked second in the teams’ list. With 16,000 Australians expected to be diagnosed with melanoma this year, the Foundation says this means one person every 30 minutes will learn that they have melanoma. Early detection provides options, while late detection limits options, as Lionel McGuire sadly discovered. “[Dad’s melanoma] was so painful. If we can prevent someone from going through that, it will be worth it,” Ms Everett said.

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ational activities,” Ms Holcombe said. Member for Dubbo Mr Saunders pointed to the biosecurity roleof TSRs. “Stock movement and public users make TSRs a real high-risk pathway, so it’s particularly important to control weeds that are easily spread by animals and birds. “In a lot of instances, TSRs have some of the last remaining areas of remnant vegetation in the district, making it vital to control weeds to protect and enhance their biodiversity.” Crown land covers around 34 million hectares or 42 per cent of NSW, with about 35,000 Crown reserves that accommodate parks, community halls, nature areas, showgrounds, sporting facilities, camping areas and walking tracks.

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 17, 2022

Redevelopment on Derribong Avenue By SHARON BONTHUYS

The old shopping complex on Derribong Avenue is being extensively renovated. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR

THE old shopping centre complex on Derribong Avenue, Narromine, is undergoing signiﬁcant renovations as the new owners plan big things for the redevelopment. New owner Tracy Dignum is currently renovating the ground level with a view to establishing the headquarters of his business, Asia Paciﬁc Waste Solutions (APWS), in the venue. Other sections of the property will also be available for lease by other businesses. In the longer term, Mr Dignum plans to build upwards on the site and provide serviced accommodation on the upper levels. A dining precinct may also form part of the redevelopment. Mr Dignum said the proactive council and in particular, mayor Craig Davies, was a deciding factor in bringing his business

to Narromine. “The attitude of the council here is exceptional,” he said. Originally visiting Narromine on business for APWS, Mr Dignum was impressed by the town and what he saw. Local realtor Jason Hartin showed Mr Dignum the property on Derribong Avenue and the Wauchope businessman saw the potential in the property. One of the big issues facing the redevelopment is the lack of tradespeople who are available to come to Narromine from Dubbo to quote and undertake work. “I think I’m going to have to bring people in to do this work. I had a bloke lined up before Christmas to do some stuff and he just said last week ‘look, I’m overloaded. I can’t do it,’” said Mr Dignum. “The whole feel of it is important. I’d like to retain some of the existing elements as a feature,” he said.

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Alpacas put Tomingley officially on the map

Amee Dennis (right) with good friend Melissa Stoker dressed to celebrate on February 3. PHOTO: SUPPLIED BY AMEE DENNIS.

From page 1 screen identifying the location of Tomingley on the NSW map. “To actually see that on the screen was incredible,” said Ms Dennis. “We’ve managed to put the tiny town of Tomingley on the map for real.” They were staggered to see that Quentin Park Alpacas had placed third behind two huge Sydney-centric corporate giants, the zoo and a luxury apartment venue. “They are huge corporate Sydney businesses,” Ms Dennis said. “We’re a family run rural business.”

The Dennis family had originally planned to travel to Wollongong to stay with friends in preparation for the awards which were to be held at a gala function at Luna Park, Sydney. The event turned virtual due to COVID concerns, but the family still went to Wollongong anyway and their friends helped them celebrate as they watched the awards online. “Our friends decorated their house with balloons and there was a real party atmosphere as we watched online,” said Ms Dennis. “My friend Mel Stoker planned to come with

me to the awards and we were going to get our hair and makeup done for it. So we did go get our hair and makeup done anyway and we dressed up. It was wonderful. And then we placed third.” This award has opened doors that had been previously closed to the business, Ms Dennis told the Narromine Star. “People who wouldn’t take my calls before are now doing so. I’ve been able to connect with government agencies that wouldn’t deal with me before, and have taken enquiries from tour companies looking to include

Quentin Park in their itineraries.” Entering their business for consideration in the NSW Tourism Awards was not a simple process, Ms Dennis said. It involved an 8000-word detailed application and supplying 12 months worth of data. The end result has been worth it with the bronze ‘New Tourism Business’ award and the ﬂurry of enquiries from tourism operators that have come with it. Mr and Mrs Dennis are yet to receive their award in person but the Narromine Star will be present when they do.

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From page 1 Ms Leathem indicated that health services in smaller communities were also doing what they could in support of the industrial action. “Our members have overwhelmingly indicated how fed up they are with the NSW government for continuing to ignore the need for nurse-to-patient ratios on every shift across our public health system, similar to those already working successfully in Queensland and Victoria,” said Mr Holmes. “Nurses and midwives across NSW have had to ﬁght to be safe at work during the current pandemic. Fit testing, workers’ compensation and leave entitlements have been a constant battle under this government.” The NSWNMA is also seeking a 2.5 per cent pay rise and withdrawal of the amendment to the Workers’ Compensation Act that would force workers to prove they contracted COVID-19 at work. “Each peak of this pandemic has demanded more from our members and put them under considerable strain,” said Mr Holmes. “Working conditions have deteriorated as staff vacancies increased, scope of practice has been diluted, admissions have skyrocketed, and untrained staff have been introduced into care models. All of this impacted the level of care they can provide to patients. “COVID-19 has exacerbated the failings of our health system and highlighted the disrespect shown to nurses and midwives by this government. The platitudes will not be enough to sustain our already fatigued and diminished health workforce,” he said. The NSW government and NSW Health engaged in talks with the NSWNMA and sought the assistance of the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) to end the action, a NSW Health spokesperson told the Narromine Star. On February 14, the IRC issued dispute orders and directions against the NSWNMA to refrain from taking any form of industrial action. The NSWNMA refused to comply with the orders and strike action commenced the following day as planned. NSWNMA assistant general secretary, Shaye Candish, said Tuesday’s action was a pivotal moment for nurses and midwives statewide because many had reached the end of their good will. “Our members do not take industrial action lightly. They want to deliver high quality care to the patients of NSW, but the government’s refusal to listen has placed our members in an impossible situation. So far, the government hasn’t given them a thing except pats on the back,” Ms Candish said. Tuesday’s strike action was staggered across the day, with some nurses and midwives walking off the job for up to 24 hours. During the strike, life-preserving services were maintained in all public hospitals and health services, including Trangie which was impacted for two hours. The support from Trangie community members for their local hospital staff was keenly felt by the striking staff, who reported locals driving past and waving in support of their industrial action.

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 17, 2022

Narromine Shire does well in latest NRAR quarterly results THE Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) has released the fi nal quarter results for 2021 which confi rm the state’s water watchdog is continuing to deter offenders. NRAR’s Chief Regulatory Officer, Grant Barnes, said the October to December results show enforcement continued despite the pandemic and adverse weather conditions, and that the regulator also turned to educational measures including videos and fact sheets to ensure compliance. “Some COVID restrictions continued when the lockdown lifted in mid-October and large parts of NSW were hit by severe storms and flooding in November,” said Mr Barnes. “Despite the challenges we continued to perform investigations, inspections and compliance checks, however we took into account the individual circumstances of each case and, as always, considered the unique challenges water users were facing.” NRAR completed 207 inspections between October and December 2021, with 116 conducted at property sites and 91 via desktop. Statewide, 79 enforcement

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actions were taken including 42 directions or stop work orders, 13 penalty notices, and 24 formal warnings or official cautions. Thirteen prosecutions were before the courts while 238 investigations were ﬁ nalised and 206 new investigations commenced. Almost half (45 per cent) of the enforcement actions related to compliance with the new metering rules while others mostly related to controlled activities

(27 per cent) and unlawful works or dams (24 per cent). In the Narromine Shire, three investigations were commenced during the ﬁnal quarter. No penalty notices, statutory notices or formal warnings were issued and no investigations were ﬁ nalised during that period, according to the NRAR’s digital reporting tool. “We respond in a range of ways when we uncover non-compliance; enforcement actions are necessary

but we also take a lighter touch approach when there is evidence that water users have faced obstacles which were outside of their control,” said Mr Barnes. The water regulator will remain focused on enforcing the new metering rules, bore extraction limits, overdrawn accounts and irrigated agriculture in 2022. “To ensure compliance with our annual priorities, we will conduct ongoing audits across the state,” Mr Barnes said.

Call out for nominations for “truckie wall of fame”

WITH the bi-annual Trangie Truck and Tractor (TTT) just a few short weeks away, the organising committee is calling for nominations for the inaugural Truckie Wall of Fame award. President of the TTT committee, Toby Mitchell, is hoping that the award will help celebrate the men and women of the trucking industry who are the backbone of our regional communities. “The idea of this award is to show our appreciation to those hard-working truckies that keep our towns going,” Mr Mitchell said. “Without trucks, our regional communities would simply grind to a halt,” he said. “There may have been a lot of advances in technology in agriculture over the years and we have changed the way we do many things. However, one thing that still holds true is that trucks are what keeps Australia moving,” he said. “We want to show our appreciation and recognise the incredible contribution our truckies make to the agricultural and transport industries within our region,” he said. After the enormous success of the ﬁ rst TTT, the committee are looking forward to this new feature on the program of events. “Anyone can nominate, but the nominee needs to operate within the Narromine Region. “They could be business owners, drivers, employees or advocates that have made a signiﬁcant contribution to the agricultural or transport industries,” Mr Mitchell said. Nominations are now open and close on February 28, 2022. For more information and an application form go to www.trangie.com.au.

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THURSDAY 17 February 2022

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

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Council is hosting ‘A Welcome to the Narromine Region evening’ and invites all new residents to attend. It will be held next Wednesday 23rd February 2022 at Narromine Aero Club commencing at 5.30 pm, please email mail@narromine.nsw.gov. au or call Council on 6889 9999 to RSVP for catering purposes. SERVICE NSW MOBILE SERVICE CENTRES

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Council is reminding all road users to be extra cautious around school zones now that the new school year has commenced. Council urges all motorists to be

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 17, 2022

Trangie needs more firefighters By SHARON BONTHUYS LOOKING to do something valuable to help your community and get paid for doing it? Look no further than Trangie Fire and Rescue 465 Station. Station Commander/Recruitment Officer Wade Haines hopes to attract some new members to work at Trangie as Retained Firefighters on a part-time, on-call basis. “Firies undertake an array of duties, including fi re suppression, rescue, hazardous material response, community education and fi re prevention activities,” said Mr Haines. During the 2020/2021 financial year, Trangie Fire and Rescue responded to 53 incidents. Mr Haines was straightforward when describing the workload at 465 Station. “Trangie might go a couple of weeks without a call and then we might get two or three within a week. There’s no set pattern to it, it’s just the way it is.” The team also goes out to childcare facilities, primary schools and does at-home fi re safety checks for the community. Team members are paid for all of this activity. Mr Haines explained more about the remuneration for fi refighters. “On-call fi refighters are paid a fortnightly ‘retainer’, as well as an hourly rate for attending incidents, training, and drills. “They also receive paid leave entitlements, including annual leave, sick and long service leave, and employer contributions to superannuation.” In monetary terms, this drills down to the following: a recruit fi refighter in Trangie receives a $66 fortnightly re-

Trangie Fire & Rescue 465 Station needs new recruits. Do you have what it takes? tainer, as well as $31 per hour for attending incidents, drills, or training. This rate increases with rank, so that a Fire and Rescue Captain can make as much as $43 per hour.” Fire and Rescue is also a registered training organisation, Mr Haines said. “Every certificate and training that you do here is paid for but it’s also nationally recognised so it can benefit you in your primary employment.” For local employers who are looking at enabling staff to go and join Fire and Rescue for call-outs during work hours, a lot of those certificates and training can be transferred over to their workplaces, he said. This includes fi rst aid, chainsaw, basic life support, truck licences, and more. There are other benefits

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for being in the service, Mr Haines added. Firies and their families are entitled to five free counselling sessions a year and are also treated to free tickets to the Dubbo and Sydney zoos. “I believe that helping the community is the most rewarding part of the role. The culture in the fi refighting community is beneficial and the fi re brigade in general is a tight community – it doesn’t matter where you go, you make lifelong friends,” he said. “Despite these incentives, Trangie is starting to see numbers decline in fi refighters. This places a burden on our current members having to make more of a commitment to help out in our community. “I cover 18 stations from Dunedoo to Brewarrina to

assist Captains in recruitment. In this region, Warren, along with Walgett, Coonamble and Wellington, are in desperate need of more retained fi refighters. “What we’re seeing now in Trangie, like most other small stations, is when their numbers do fall short in their local community, they are required to get another fi refighter in – so that person could come from Dubbo, Narromine, Nyngan, Gilgandra, anywhere,” Mr Haines said. DO you think you have what it takes to be a new firefighter at Trangie? Mr Haines told the Narromine Star what the service is looking for in new recruits. To become a retained fi refighter, you need to be ‘reason-

ably fit and healthy’, assessed through a medical and physical test. “There is a physical aptitude test that you do as part of your recruitment, which is just basic stuff that simulates what you do as a fi refighter. Trangie is lucky enough to have fi refighters available 24/7, however the crew can roster themselves on when it’s convenient to them,” he said. The minimum requirement of hours that recruits need to be available is 24 hours in one week. Recruits must also adhere to an attendance management system and attend at least 33 per cent of the calls and 75 per cent of the regular drills. Trangie Fire and Rescue is open to all members of the community, but recruits must be aged 17 or older and have a provisional licence at the very least. “We’re open to school leavers and anyone that’s having a gap year and aren’t sure what they want to do, or uni students while they’re studying online. It’s a great way to earn a bit of extra money,” Mr Haines said. This work would also suit parents at home whose children are at school and would cover those middle of the day gaps, he said. For anyone interested in becoming a retained fi refighter or obtaining some more information about the job and the processes involved, Trangie Fire and Rescue holds drill nights every second Wednesday from 7pm. Pop down and talk to the crew about how you can become an on call fi refighter and give back to your community.

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First council meeting for 2022 THE fi rst ordinary meeting of the Narromine Shire Council for 2022 was held on the evening of February 9, at the council chambers in Dandaloo Street. All elected members were present. The meeting opened at 5.30pm with general manager (GM) Jane Redden welcoming everyone to the meeting. Following the Lord’s Prayer, the mayor Craig Davies, made the Acknowledgement of Country. The fi rst item of business was the adoption of the minutes from the previous ordinary meeting held on December 8, 2021 (moved Cr Lambert, seconded Cr Collins and carried). Disclosures of interests were made in relation to items in the community and economic development report. Ms Redden declared a pecuniary interest in item one of that report in relation to the Dappo Road development. Cr Roberts declared a significant non-pecuni-

ary interest in item two of that report relating to proposed new road names in the Dappo Road and Timbrebongie subdivisions due to a family relationship with the chair of Timbrebongie House. In the GM’s reports, council resolved to lease office site 12 and hangar site 16 at Narromine aerodrome for one year with an option to renew for a further year (moved Cr Lambert, seconded Cr Jones, and carried). In the ﬁ nance and corporate strategy reports, it was resolved to receive and note the reports on council’s investment portfolio for December 2021 and January 2022, note the certiﬁcation of the responsible accounting officer and adopt both reports (December: moved Cr Collins, seconded Cr Roberts, and carried; January: moved Cr Lambert, seconded Cr Roberts and carried). The council resolved to note the quarterly budget review statement, approve and vote on the

variations of income, operating and capital expenditure and reserves, and note the amount of $520,790 being allocated from council’s unrestricted cash reserves (noted Cr Collins, seconded Cr Lambert and carried). In the community and economic development reports, Ms Redden left during discussion of item one (development approvals). Council resolved to note the information (moved Cr Lambert, seconded Cr Jablonski, and carried). Cr Roberts left the meeting during the discussion of item two (proposed road names in Dappo Road and Timbrebongie House subdivisions). It was resolved to adopt proposed road names for both subdivisions with alternative names should they be required, publish a notice on the council website as per the Road Regulation 2018 (moved Cr Collins, seconded Cr Jones, and carried). This information is available in the

Narromine Shire Council met on February 9. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

unconﬁ rmed minutes on the council website. In the infrastructure and engineering services reports, the works report was noted (moved Cr Collins, seconded Cr Lambert, and carried). With item two, lease of land within the rail corridor at Trangie, council resolved to enter into a long-term lease agreement with John Holland Group/UGL Regional Linx for the purposes of stormwater drainage and access for asset maintenance (moved Cr Collins, seconded Cr Lambert, and carried). Notices of motion before council were resolved as follows: It was resolved that council staff investigate the costs involved in

purchasing and relocating the Westview Drivein screen, projector and sound equipment from Dubbo to a location to be agreed in Narromine,” (moved Cr Jones, seconded Cr Beaumont, and carried. Council also resolved for staff to investigate the possibility and feasibility of providing public toilets in Dundas Park, Narromine (moved Cr Jones, seconded Cr Jablonski, and carried). Council also resolved to reinstate the Narromine Aerodrome Users Committee to provide recommendations on issues affecting the aerodrome’s strategic direction and management (moved Cr Jones, seconded Cr Lambert, and carried).

For a time the session moved from open to closed (time not declared), to discuss the Dappo Road Development (moved Cr Collins, seconded Cr Jablonski, and carried). Upon the return to open council meeting, council made a number of resolutions in relation to the sale, subdivision and titling of the Dappo Road development land (moved Cr Collins, seconded Cr Lambert and carried). This information is available in the unconﬁ rmed minutes of the meeting on the council website. The meeting closed at 6.15pm, and the minutes will be put forward for consideration and adoption at the next meeting.

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Mayor Craig Davies joins Terry and Jamie Scott to raise the flags during last week’s Apology Day Ceremony. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

Apology Day 2022 By SHARON BONTHUYS IT was a special moment for Narromine elder Terry Scott, 82, when he raised the Aboriginal ﬂag at the Apology Day Ceremony at the council chambers on February 11. Mr Scott, father of seven and one of the original founding members of the Narromine Local Aboriginal Lands Council (LALC), had never raised the ﬂag before despite attending the annual event many times, his son Jamie Scott told the Narromine Star. National Apology Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the formal apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by prime minister Kevin Rudd on February 13, 2008, is an annual event hosted by Narromine Shire Council. The former prime minister had apologised for past laws, policies and practices that have impacted Australia’s First Nations Peoples, particularly members of the Stolen Generations. Jamie Scott, whose own family goes back seven generations, said “normally [this ceremony] would be attended by most of our fam-

ily members, including the four prominent families in the town”. Mr Scott said it was important to involve the younger generations in ceremonies like this. “We’re starting to get thin on the older generations so we need to pay it forward and have some of the younger ones come to these ceremonies. We need to pass the heritage along,” he said. Due to COVID restrictions, however, this year’s ceremony could not be held in the presence of local families. Assisted by his son, Terry Scott proudly raised the Aboriginal flag alongside the Narromine mayor Craig Davies, who raised the Australian flag on behalf of the council. The flag raising ceremony was followed by morning tea in the council chambers with the mayor and senior council staff. Narromine Shire Council general manager Jane Redden, who was unable to be present at the event, said “while we are unable to meet with a large capacity of people for this event in 2022, we were fortunate to recognise the significance of this day with key council and LALC representatives”.

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Drone training for landholders By SHARON BONTHUYS NARROMINE recently played host to a special training day for landholders wanting to know more about how drones can be used in agriculture. Organised by the NSW Farmers, the training on February 9 attracted participants from the local area as well as Yeovil, Geurie and Dubbo. NSW Farmers has been working with training partners Tocal to deliver Drones in Agriculture across NSW. Participants gain two units of competency through this training. Contract agricultural drone operators from Orange, Ben Watts and Paul Morgan, delivered the training for Tocal at the Narromine event. The trainers ran the participants through the practical uses of drones in agriculture including acquiring data for mapping ﬁelds, loading trucks, photographing stock, sheds and water sources, and applying weed protection. They also explained the legal regulations for using drones, especially where landholders may be near controlled airspace. “Narromine Aerodrome is uncontrolled,” Mr Morgan said, encouraging participants to be mindful of where they intended to operate the drones. “CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) will prosecute if operators contravene the regulations near controlled airspace.” He encouraged drone users to monitor air frequencies and be mindful of manned aircraft if operating near controlled airspace, observing the relevant approvals and mandated height rules. “Don’t ﬂy your drones in or around

emergency situations,” he cautioned, using bushﬁ res and accidents as examples. Emergency aircraft will not enter airspace where drones are present, he said. Mr Watts told participants that factory height settings on most drones are 30 metres, which may not be practical for undulating landscapes on rural properties. Participants were also told about the technical aspects of operating drones on other settings when objects like sheds interfere with satellite navigation and operators lose direct line of sight to their drones. “Drones will come home in a straight line so it’s better to come home high and clear. We’ll show you how to manually set your drone base height,” he said. The majority of participants attending the training had not used drones before and knew little about them. This had changed by the end of the day when they not only knew a lot more but had gained practical experience operating drones. Richard Sears from Geurie enjoyed the training, indicating that he wanted to see the practical uses of drones that could be applied to his 420-hectare property. “I’d like to use them to check water, for cropping and to check weeds in crops,” he said. “I was very interested in the height stuff because my country is undulating and [the drone] can easily go out of sight behind a hill.” Jeweles Heinrich was also impressed by the training and could see uses for the technology on her 25-acre property outside Dubbo. “This is my ﬁ rst experience with drones. We have uneven terrain on our

land which is very difficult to access, and I think this will be useful to help manage it,” she said. It was important to be able to operate a drone with conﬁdence, Ms Heinrich said. NSW Farmers sees great potential in providing this training to the agricultural sector and offers it as an extension of beneﬁts to its membership and advocacy to the sector. “We had a range of farmers join the [training] days and have had some interesting uses arise from different situ-

ations. Whether it be cropping, horticulture or for livestock management, there seems to be a use for drones,” said Andrew Coughlan, NSW Farmers’ Regional Services Manager for Central-Orana. “Having another tool on the farm that allows farmers to do something quicker, safer, or even allow multiple tasks to be completed within a shorter time frame is great. Participants walk away with a greater understanding on how a drone can assist their dayto-day operations.”

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Political News & Opinion COULTON’S ULTON’S CATCH TCH UP Comment ment by MARK K COULTON, ral Member Federal arkes for Parkes

Biodiversity Bill for farmers ON February 9, the Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Market Bill was introduced to parliament. This Bill will create a framework to support new income streams for farmers, improved biodiversity, and international recognition of Australia’s biodiversity stewardship credentials. The bill builds on the Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Package, which aims to improve on-farm land management practices and develop a market-based approach for rewarding farmers to deliver biodiversity services. The Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Package demonstrates that a market can deliver ﬁ nancial returns

AROUND UND THE TORATE ELECTORATE Comment nt by DUGALD D SAUNDERS, ERS, State Member ember bo for Dubbo

Mental Health Sports program APPLICATIONS are now open for the $2.8 million Mental Health Sports program. Clubs can apply for grants of up to $150,000 for activities that provide mental health, resilience and wellbeing beneﬁts to individuals and groups across the local region. I commend our sporting clubs for the amazing work they already do supporting the mental health of their communities, and I strongly encourage groups to take ad-

to farmers by piloting projects that deliver biodiversity outcomes alongside carbon and enhance remnant vegetation. The government is building on the success of these pilots to provide a longterm pathway to market for farmers, a market that is world-leading and informed by science. Australian farmers are amongst our most essential caretakers of the land – they manage 58 per cent of Australia’s landscape.

Communities to benefit from media reform package ACCESS to public-interest journalism is critical to the health of Australia’s democratic system. However, the economics of public interest journalism is challenged, especially in regional areas. The government will provide $10 million over two years for the Journalist Fund creating employment opportunities for cadet and trainee journalists and professional development opportunities for journalists working in regional

vantage of these grants, so our region can kick goals both on and off the ﬁeld. All NSW-based sports bodies are encouraged to apply, with the aim of ensuring a spread of funding and projects across the state. Grants will be available to clubs supporting both general populations and the following priority populations: Aboriginal people Culturally and linguistically diverse people LGBTIQ+ people People with coexisting mental health, alcohol or other drug issues Applications close next month.

Parents NSW vouchers are now available THE NSW government’s Parents NSW vouchers are now available, with 300,000 house-

news businesses. The Journalist Fund is an excellent opportunity for local news outlets to secure new talent, upskill existing talent, and ensure local stories are captured and reported. The federal government is ensuring residents have access to high-quality local content and regional coverage. The importance of streaming services investing in local content, ensuring that they continue to do so through the Streaming Services Investment and Reporting Scheme and asking the ABC to report on its regional footprint. For more information on the Media Policy Statement and the Streaming Services Investment and Reporting Scheme Discussion Paper and have your say, visit the federal government infrastructure website.

Reopening to tourists and other international travellers AUSTRALIA will reopen to all fully vaccinated visa holders, welcoming the return of tourists, business travellers, and other visitors from February

holds across the state already taking advantage of the program. Since its launch on 7 February, there have been more than 1.5 million vouchers issued to NSW families, totalling more than $75 million dollars in parents’ pockets! The Parents NSW program provides each eligible household with at least one school-enrolled child where home learning took place in 2021 with ﬁve $50 vouchers which can be redeemed at Discover NSW and Stay NSW registered businesses. It’s not too late for tourism, recreation and accommodation businesses to register. Parents NSW vouchers are valid until October, 2022. For more information and details on how to apply, visit the Service NSW website.

Upgrade for water reticulation system NARROMINE Shire Council has received $46,093 from the

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21. These changes will ensure we protect the health of Australians while we continue to secure our economic recovery. Australia’s health system has demonstrated its resilience throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, including the recent Omicron wave. With improving health conditions, including a recent 23 per cent decline in hospitalisations due to COVID-19, the National Security Committee of Cabinet agreed Australia is ready to further to progress the staged reopening of our international border. Visa holders who are not fully vaccinated will still require a valid travel exemption to enter Australia and be subject to state and territory quarantine requirements. In 2018-19, tourism generated more than $60 billion for the Australian economy, with more than 660,000 jobs dependent on the industry. Since the staged international border reopening from November 1 last year, we have seen almost 580,000 arrivals come to Australia, including those reuniting with loved ones, working, or studying.

Funding to help preserve wartime heritage

NSW government’s Crown Reserves Improvements Fund to upgrade the water reticulation system for Narromine Showground. The showground is the much-loved home of the Narromine Turf Club, Narromine Pony Club and, of course, the Narromine Agricultural Society. In challenging times, like drought or COVID-19, people want to come together, and crown reserves like the showground provide a place for them to do just that. I commend the Narromine Shire Council for securing the funding for this vital community asset.

The expansion of the NSW Police’s Staying Home Leaving Violence program to the Narromine shire will assist women and children to stay safely in the family home, while the perpetrator is removed. In the 12-months to September 2021 the Narromine shire had the seventh highest rate of incidents of domestic assaults in NSW, more than 2.7 times the state average. Domestic violence is a scourge in our community, and women and children trying to escape a violent situation will often sadly be forced to leave their home and move away from their crucial support network of family and friends. The Staying Home Leaving Violence program turns that around, allowing women and children to stay safely and heal in their own home.

Staying Home Leaving Violence program DOMESTIC violence services in the Narromine region will beneﬁt from an expansion of an important NSW government program to help more victim-survivors stay in their homes.

THE Saluting Their Service program has seen hundreds of worthy projects across Australia funded in recent years to help local communities pay tribute to Australians who have served during wars, conﬂ icts, and peacekeeping operations. The latest round has funded three projects in the Parkes electorate, Moree, Emerald Hill, and Gilgandra. The North West Nashos will use this $9650 grant to construct a Moree Anzac Centenary Park memorial to commemorate all National Servicemen. Emerald Hill Progress Association will receive $2700 to remember local World War I veterans. Gilgandra Returned and Services League Sub-Branch will utilise $4207 to upgrade the Coo-ee March Memorial Park. This funding is part of the government’s $32 million investment in the Veterans’ Affairs grant programs.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 17, 2022

Growing for gold How mining and agriculture are working together IF you thought mining and agriculture couldn’t peacefully co-exist, think again. At a time when the land on which we grow our nation’s food and ﬁbre is more precious than ever, Tomingley Gold Operations (TGO) – a project of Alkane Resources – is acutely conscious of the need to preserve and protect agricultural land, and is going above and beyond to meet that goal. Alkane’s Dubbo-based General Manager, Mike Sutherland, is more conscious than most of just how important it is for mining operations such as TGO to operate harmoniously with agriculture. Having grown up as a son of the NSW regional soil on family and his own farming operations, and with some serious environmental street-cred to his local name, Mike has been at pains to ensure the community, including the farming sector, is able to count TGO as a partner. “On my own farm between 1983 and 2002, we demonstrated that you could do nature conservation on a working farm – doing the mining thing is just an extension of that,” says the passionate advocate for both sectors. “(Alkane) has an operating gold mine at Tomingley, and we’ve leased some of the land that’s surplus to our mining requirements back to one of the farmers we bought it from. “We’re looking at three aspects – the agricultural production, the biodiversity values and the mining business.” The operation has enlisted the services of an experienced professional, university-qualiﬁed farm manager with corporate agriculture experience, Fergus Job, whom many would know from his time at the helm of Little River Landcare and who has strong community ties and an intimate understanding of sustainable and commercial agriculture.

It seems such is the way of the future for both mining and agriculture, the scientiﬁc basis of which is increasingly recognised and employed, so the two make sensible if seemingly unlikely bedfellows. “Mining plays an important part in building resilience in regional communities by providing alternative employment opportunities and generally generating economic activity,” Mike says. “There are a whole lot of community and social beneﬁts from having a relatively large business operating in the area rather than individual farms.” SO what does that mean in real terms, and how exactly is Alkane putting its money where its mouth is with TGO? First, it’s important to understand what’s on the horizon for the project, Mike explains. “We’ve been operating TGO since 2014, and we’ve just lodged an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a project called the Tomingley Gold Extension Project, which will extend the life of the mine for another ten years.” The extension will also expand the mining footprint by realigning several kilometres of Newell Highway, and acquire seven family farms, for which socio economic and agricultural impact statements have been prepared as part of the EIS.

“We’re looking at three aspects – the agricultural production, the biodiversity values and the mining business.” – Mike Sutherland.

Mines aren’t able to pick and choose their locations. They need to be situated where the ore bodies are, so there’s an inherent conﬂ ict in land use. Because of the nature of the operation, there will inevitably be a certain amount of land permanently lost to agriculture, but as Mike explains, TGO has made the commitment to ensure this doesn’t mean a net loss of productivity, putting various measures in place now to offset the loss of land use. “We’ve made a commitment to improve the carrying capacity and productivity of the agricultural land outside the mine footprint over the life of the project. “We actually have a farm plan that’s being enacted by Toongi Pastoral Company, headed up by Fergus Job, which is essentially to fence the properties into smaller paddocks, increase the stocking rates in those paddocks but have a lot of paddocks empty. It’s all about intensively grazing then providing long periods of rest for the pasture.” For those familiar with cell grazing, Mike says it’s a similar system, the aim being to maintain good ground cover and build organic matter in the soils. “We’re also looking at putting on more water for the stock – at the moment we’re relying on existing dams and surface water, there’s very little ground water in the area. The plan is to use relatively small amounts of water from TGO – the idea is to set up some large tanks and reticulate water around with pipes and troughs. Clean water for livestock makes them more productive.” Another measure being investigated is to move away from annual cropping and towards perennial pastures. “We’ll still have annual clovers and legumes to boost productivity in the winter, but

Alkane’s Dubbo-based General Manager, Mike Sutherland. we’ll have those deep-rooted perennials as our dominant ground cover. These are all things that are proven to improve soil productivity over time.” But wait, there’s more. Mike says the farm will experiment with measures such as adding composts to build organic carbon. “If you can increase the amount of organic carbon in your soils, it increases the moisture holding capacity and thereby the pasture and livestock productivity.” For those whose concerns lie beyond the farm gate and the agricultural sector to the wider, general impact of having a gold mine or two on the doorstep, the news is equally reassuring.

The overall benefit of TGO to the productivity of the community is significant, says Mike. “There are 200 staff at TGO, with another 20 casuals. There are at least another 150 jobs coming with the extension project. “TGO produces a significant amount of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the Narromine Shire, and Parkes and Dubbo also benefit from the employment that stems from Tomingley. “The longer that economic activity goes on, the greater the benefit to Narromine and the surrounding areas.”

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Local sporting clubs to be champs of mental health and wellbeing SPORTING clubs in the Narromine Shire are being encouraged to come to the crease with some big-hitting ideas for delivering mental health and wellbeing activities as part of a $2.8 million Mental Health Sports program. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders said clubs can apply for grants of up to $150,000 from now until March 6, 2022, for activities that provide mental health, resilience and wellbeing beneﬁts to individuals and groups across the local region. “Sporting clubs are the heart of our communities, helping to bring people together and forge a strong sense of place,” Mr Saunders said. “During the drought we saw ﬁelds, sidelines and club houses become a

place of refuge, while in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic we turned to our sporting stars for inspiration. “I commend our sporting clubs for the amazing work they already do supporting the mental health of their communities, and I strongly encourage groups to take advantage of these grants, so our region can kick goals both on and off the ﬁeld.” All NSW-based sports bodies are encouraged to apply, with the aim of ensuring a spread of funding and projects across the state. Grants will be available to clubs supporting both general populations and the following priority populations: Aboriginal people, Culturally and linguistically diverse people, LGBTIQ+ people, and People with coexisting mental health, alcohol or other drug issues.

Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders with Wellington Cowboys 2019 premiership-winning coach Justin ToomeyWhite. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Narromine firies get physical Contributed by EWEN JONES FIRE + Rescue NSW 401 Station Narromine held a “physical preparedness” drill at Rotary Park, Narromine, on Monday, February 7. Retained Fire Fighter Lynden Davis conducted the drill, “thinking outside the square”. Firefighters wore their fi refighting “flash hood” backwards, meaning they had no vision.

Each team had handheld radios, each on a different channel. A “coach” for each team communicated with their players, giving their players directions as to where the ball was, in relation to their feet. This was very effective training that also brought on many ﬁts of laughter. Healthy eating, sleeping, exercise and the importance of a good work/ home balance were also explained to and discussed by the team.

Fire + Rescue NSW 401 Station Narromine undertaking a unique physical preparedness drill at Rotary Park on February 7. PHOTOS: FIRE + RESCUE NSW

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Book Club gathers on Library Lovers’ Day By SHARON BONTHUYS NARROMINE Book Club returned this week for 2022 with a robust discussion about two very different novels. The club met at the Narromine Library on February 14, which just happened to be Library Lovers’ Day. Two new members joined the group, bringing the number of attendees to 17. The assigned reading over the break included the Nobel Prize-winning post-modernist saga “One Hundred Years Of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and 1980s punk drama “Mayﬂ ies” by Andrew O’Hagan. The discussion looked at the books’ topics, such as interbreeding and superstition in Marquez’s literary tome, and how O’Hagan portrays masculinity, male fragility and behaviour in Thatcher’s England. The next meeting will be on Monday, March 14, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. The assigned reading for this month includes “Hilbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance, which was made into a ﬁ lm starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams, and “Questions of Travel” by Michelle De Kretser. New members are welcome to join the Book Club. Please contact the Narromine Library for information on how to join. Narromine Library continues to celebrate Library Lovers this week with their members “showing the love” by telling what they love about their local library. In return they are given a bookmark, chocolate and Library Lovers Day sticker.

Narromine Book Club members enjoy the first meeting of 2022.

Library Lovers’ Day at Narromine Library.

Food barn Fridays helping to lower the cost of living By SHARON BONTHUYS

President Pat Riley presents new Treasurer Kate Kennedy with her treasurer’s pin. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR

Trangie CWA looking forward to a good year By SHARON BONTHUYS THE hardworking volunteers at the Country Women’s Association (CWA) Trangie met for the ﬁ rst time in 2022 on February 10 at the CWA rooms in Derribong Street. With the CWA NSW celebrating its centenary in April, plans are underway for the Trangie chapter – which is fast approaching its own centenary – to host a major event during Seniors Week in late March. President Pat Riley has led the planning for this event on March 22 which will feature media personality Tracy Spicer as the keynote speaker. Ms Ri-

ley acknowledged the support of fellow members and thanked sponsors for contributing to this event. “It’s a group effort, and we’re grateful to our sponsors,” she said. The members were pleased with the fundraising results of their last street stall and rafﬂe, which raised over $1200 and $2000 respectively. During the meeting, new Treasurer Kate Kennedy was presented with her treasurer’s badge by the president. Trangie CWA welcomes new members. Further information is available on the CWA NSW website.

ORGANISERS want to remind shire residents that Friday is Food Barn Day in Narromine and all items can be purchased for $1 each. Some smaller items are available in multiples for $1. The Narromine Food Barn operates out of the St Andrews Uniting Church hall in Meryula Street from 9am to 11am every Friday. It provides a range of fresh and non-perishable food as well as personal hygiene products and cleaning supplies. Staffed by community volunteers, the food barn helps on average 30 to 35 people each week, said volunteer Iris Bohm. She said it was important to remind the community that the food barn exists to help anyone in need and you don’t need to be a local to come and shop. “I think some people don’t feel they are entitled to come here. If people are struggling we can help,” she said. People passing through had even stopped at the food barn. No one is turned away, she said. Volunteers Carol Carnevale and Barbara Lincoln said they enjoy welcoming people to the food barn and take great pleasure in being able to assist people in need.

Food barn volunteers Darby Pigott, Ken Rumble (coordinator) and Iris Bohm. “There are a lot of people in need. We have had people come [to the food barn] from Tottenham, Tullamore, Trangie, Warren and even Trundle,” said fellow volunteer Darby Pigott. Coordinator Ken Rumble said donations of in-date, unopened, non-perishable food,

personal hygiene products and cleaning supplies are welcome from the local community and are available on the ‘take away table’. This supplements what items the group purchases from the Food Bank in Sydney, Australia’s largest food relief organisation.

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Classroom News

Mia Wardman and Jacinta and Jasmine Miller.

Kindergarten class welcomed to NPS

Beth Robertson enjoying her first day of school. PHOTOS: NARROMINE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Will Reeks getting busy on his first day of Kindy.

Frankie Burns making patterns.

Billie Penson having fun with the creative play.

Contributed by CLARE GILL OUR Kindergarten 2022 class has arrived and we are so happy to welcome them to the Narromine Public School family. Our students have had a great ﬁ rst week making new friends and learning all about school. We are looking forward to seeing them grow and develop as learners in our school.

Perri Boland.

Max Garlick.

Maisie Craft and Maggie Wheelhouse getting creative.

Ted McCutcheon.

Ollie Boyd.

Alfie Hitchcock.

At St John’s this week Contributed by SHARON FERRARI, PRINCIPAL

Jordyn McMaster.

Parker Sladek.

WE are pleased to provide photos of our new kindergarten students who started at St John’s this week. All classes are back into the swing of learning with a lot of enthusiasm and excitement. The St John’s Swimming Carnival was held on Wednesday, February 9, with some of the best sportsmanship we have ever had the pleasure to

witness. Students of all ages encouraging other students of all ages, cheering for their team mates and students in other houses. It was great to hear them using encouraging words to help others complete the race and a “well done”, “great work” at the end. All students, whether they received a ribbon on the day or not, were winners at the Carnival.

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 17, 2022

Narromine preschool staff and students off to a busy start

Lyric Baker.

Trystan Sharpe.

Nate McAllan.

Charlie Wheelhouse.

Fergus Barling.

Contributed by LOUISE SIMPSON, DIRECTOR NARROMINE Preschool is off to a busy start with full enrolments for 2022 and a small waiting list. The children have been enjoying making new friends while playing with playdough, painting, puzzles, pasting, drawing and cutting. They have also been exploring our engaging outdoor play environment; riding bikes, playing in the sandpit and on the monkey bars and trampoline. Preschool is still taking enrolment details for children who are turning three prior to March 31, 2022, with priority given to the children in the year before school. For more information, please contact the preschool on (02) 6889 1795.

Isla Deveril.

News from Trangie Central School

Kindergarten class, Trangie Central School.

Olivia Beatie.

George Hutton.

Charlotte Treseder.

By SHARON BONTHUYS “VERY busy.” That’s how Trangie Central School spokesperson Sharyn Brown described the ﬁ rst school week for 2022. Resuming for the year on February 7, Trangie Central School had 13 new enrolments to process and held its swimming carnival on Friday, February 11. The new kindergarten class also commenced last week as did its teacher. “The [kindergarten] teacher Mr Chris Hooper is new to our school, and everyone has settled in really well,” Ms Brown said. Photos of the new kindergarten class feature in this week’s Narromine Star. The swimming carnival wrap up, including results, will be featured in next week’s edition.

Mr Chris Hooper with the kindergarten class.

PHOTOS: TRANGIE CENTRAL SCHOOL

St Augustine’s parish school makes a splash Contributed by RENEE MATHESON, PRINCIPAL

Madden team has done it again – members of the winning team at the swimming carnival.

Emma Goodman at the St Augustine’s swimming carnival.

ALL students and staff returned to face-to -face learning at St Augustine’s Parish School last Monday, including our new kindergarten students. Induction mass was held on Thursday where our fantastic Year six students received their leadership badges. Congratulations to all students. We ﬁ nished our ﬁ rst week off with a splash. All students from year one to year six participated in our highly competitive swimming carnival.

Year six students received their leadership badges.

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HEIRS

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1702 | PUZZLES AND PAGINATION ©

No. 111

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

EASY

4 7 6 2 6 8 5 7 2 3 4 1 7 9 6 1 7 3

1 7

8 1

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SOLUTIONS

MEDIUM

SOLUTIONS: 1=J, 2=K, 3=A, 4=L, 5=D, 6=G, 7=W, 8=N, 9=F, 10=V, 11=E, 12=R, 13=S, 14=U, 15=O, 16=M, 17=T, 18=Y, 19=X, 20=C, 21=P, 22=I, 23=B, 24=H, 25=Q, 26=Z

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6. What chemical regulates feelings of wellbeing in the body? 7. Water Lilies is a series of paintings by which French Impressionist artist? 8. Which is the largest island of the Cayman Islands? 9. Which Charles Dickens novel did George Bernard Shaw describe as ‘a mere ﬁgment of middle-class imagination’? 10. What does integumentary exchange refer to?

ANSWERS: 1. One 2. South 3. American football 4. 22 months 5. William Harvey 6. Serotonin 7. Claude Monet 8. Grand Cayman 9. Hard Times 10. Exchanging gas (breathing) through the skin

How many studio albums did The Sex Pistols release? Is the city of Dunedin located on the North or South Island of New Zealand? What sport do the New York Giants play? How long is an elephant’s (pictured) gestation period? The systematic circulation of blood throughout the human body was ﬁrst described by who?

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No. 021

Can you ﬁnd all the words listed? The leftover letters will spell out a secret message.

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SECRET MESSAGE: You must train to be a good commuter

WORD SEARCH

QUICK QUIZ 1.

SOLUTION

4 LETTERS BALM BOAT CLAM CYST EASE ECHO EGGS ELMS GANG

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SOLUTION

AURAL

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Each number corresponds to a letter of the alphabet. Two have been ﬁlled in for you, can you work out the rest?

ADORE

5 2 9 4 8 6 3 1 7

No. 061

ABOVE

3 8 4 7 9 1 2 6 5

CODEWORD

ABOUT

1 4 2 3 7 5 6 8 9

35 words: Excellent

5 LETTERS ABORT

7 9 3 8 6 4 5 2 1

26 words: Very good

WREN

8 5 6 1 2 9 7 4 3

Today’s Aim: 17 words: Good

WAFT

2 7 5 9 4 8 1 3 6

Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”.

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No. 111

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Unit of power (4) Loud and forceful (10) Watery (7) In contrast (7) From Europe (8) Debatable point (5)

Masticate (4) Stated an argument (10) Skilled craftsmen or inventors (10) Servant (4) Of equal value (2,3) Decreased (8)

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1 7 9 8 5 3 2 4 6

1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 14

GASP

3 2 8 7 4 6 1 5 9

DOWN

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Light source (3,4) Floating ice (3,4) Unbend (10) Outside limit (4)

No. 021

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WORDFIT

7 6 2 9 3 4 5 1 8

No. 111

4 8 3 5 2 1 6 9 7

CROSSWORD

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 17, 2022

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SUNDAY, February 20

SATURDAY, February 19

FRIDAY, February 18

Your Seven-Day TV Guide ABC (2)

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Crucifixion Mystery. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Celtic Heart. 4.35 Jeopardy! 5.00 Letters And Numbers. 5.30 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 The Lakes With Simon Reeve. 8.40 How To Build A Nuclear Power Station. 9.45 Rise Of Empires. 10.45 SBS News. 11.15 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 12.10 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. 2.00 The Killing. 3.05 Late Programs.

ABC PLUS

6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 American Boyband. 1.00 Flophouse. 2.10 Hunters. 3.00 Jungletown. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 Sex Unlimited. 10.15 Mums Make Porn. 11.10 Narcos. 12.05 News. 1.00 The Trixie & Katya Show. 1.25 Epicly Later’d. 2.15 Twiz And Tuck. 2.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Princes And The Press. 1.55 Les Misérables. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. 4.55 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 5.25 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Return. 8.30 Van Der Valk. 10.05 Mum. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 11.20 Starstruck. 11.45 Late Programs. 6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 6.05 Octonauts. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE: For Your Consideration. (2006) Christopher Guest. 9.55 Doctor Who. 10.50 Brassic. 11.30 QI. 12.00 Community. 12.25 Parks And Recreation. 12.45 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. Final. 1.40 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.40 Mustangs FC. 3.05 Art Ninja. 3.25 How To Do Stuff Good. 3.40 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 4.30 Little Lunch. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 School Of Rock. 6.00 Miraculous. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: Bruno & Boots: The Wizzle War. (2017) 8.25 Shaun The Sheep. 8.55 Log Horizon. 9.25 Dragon Ball Super. 10.10 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 10.35 Close.

ABC

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Van Der Valk. 2.00 Employable Me Australia. 3.00 Outback Ringer. 3.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Basketball. WNBL. Round 11. University Of Canberra Capitals v Townsville Fire. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.30 All Creatures Great And Small. 9.15 Call The Midwife. 10.20 Father Brown. 11.05 Les Misérables. 12.05 Late Programs.

SBS (3)

SBS VLND

NEWS (24)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 4.30 Friday Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.45 The Virus. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.15 Four Corners. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.15 The Virus. 12.30 Late Programs.

SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Bamay. 2.15 Going Places. 2.45 QE2: The World’s Most Luxurious Hotel. 4.30 KGB: The Sword And The Shield. 5.30 Battle Of Okinawa: Operation Iceberg. 6.30 News. 7.35 Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Ancient Egypt’s Darkest Hour. 10.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 11.25 Dublin Murders. 12.30 MOVIE: The 15:17 To Paris. (2018) 2.20 MOVIE: Harry Brown. (2009) 4.20 Late Programs.

ABC PLUS (22)

6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 Gay Conversion Therapy. 12.50 Unknown Amazon. 1.40 The Pizza Show. 2.10 Insight. 3.10 WorldWatch. 4.35 RocKwiz. 5.55 RocKwiz Rewind. 6.35 Extreme Food Phobics. New. 7.35 48 Hours In Wales. New. 9.25 Raw Comedy Festival. 10.55 The X-Files. 12.35 South Park. 1.35 King Of The Road. 2.25 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Late Programs.

ABC ME

6.00 Morning (24) Programs. 1.00 ABC News. 1.30 Q+A Highlights. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Landline. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 The Breakfast Couch. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 Close Of Business. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 ABC News Regional. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Back Roads. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 One Plus One. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.15 Four Corners. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.35 Luo Bao Bei. 6.05 Octonauts. 6.30 The Gruffalo’s Child. 7.05 The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.05 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.55 Gavin & Stacey. 11.25 Schitt’s Creek. 11.50 Archer. 12.10 Dead Pixels. 12.35 The Young Offenders. 1.05 Conquest Of The Skies. Final. 2.05 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 1.55 Red Dirt Riders. 2.15 The Zoo. 2.35 72 Cutest Animals. 3.00 Mindful Earth. 3.15 Thunderbirds Are Go. 3.35 Lost In Oz. 4.30 Little Lunch. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 School Of Rock. 6.00 Miraculous. 6.30 Top Jobs For Dogs. 7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 The Flamin’ Thongs. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda. 8.25 TMNT. 9.00 Hank Zipzer. 9.25 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 9.50 Close.

ABC

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. Final. 3.25 Love On The Spectrum. 4.30 Back In Time For Dinner. 5.30 Nigella At My Table. 6.05 Australia Remastered: Forces Of Nature. Final. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. Return. 8.30 Vera. Final. 10.00 Miniseries: Patrick Melrose. 11.05 Harrow. 11.55 Late Programs.

SBS VLND

NEWS

SBS

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Cycling. UCI Europe Tour. Tour Of Provence. Highlights. 4.00 I’m Not A Runner. 5.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 5.30 Mauthausen: Camp Of No Return. 6.30 News. 7.30 Curse Of King Tut. 8.30 Lost Cities Of The Trojans. 10.05 Every Family Has A Secret. 11.10 Diana: Interview That Shocked The World. 12.25 Michael Mosley: What’s My Diagnosis. 3.50 Late Programs.

ABC PLUS

6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Black Market: Dispatches. 1.00 Tattoo Age. 1.50 Insight. 2.50 WorldWatch. 3.20 RocKwiz. 7.20 Pluto: Back From The Dead. 8.30 The Story Of Late Night. 9.20 Point Blank: Gun Obsession. New. 10.15 Dark Side Of Football. 11.05 Love And Sex In America. 12.15 MOVIE: Jane Got A Gun. (2015) 2.05 Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6.00 Morning (24) Programs. 1.00 ABC News. 1.30 The Breakfast Couch. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 ABC News Video Lab. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 The World This Week. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 The Virus. 8.00 Insiders. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Back Roads. 10.00 ABC Late News Weekend. 10.30 Q+A Highlights. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 4.45 Play School’s Story Time. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 5.35 Luo Bao Bei. 6.05 Octonauts. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.05 The Deep. 7.30 Compass. 8.00 You Can’t Ask That. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.15 Catalyst. 10.15 How To Paint The Mona Lisa. 11.05 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 11.50 MOVIE: For Your Consideration. (2006) 1.20 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 1.45 DisRupted – Rocky & Me. 2.15 The Zoo. 2.35 72 Cutest Animals. 3.00 Mindful Earth. 3.35 Lost In Oz. 4.30 Little Lunch. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 School Of Rock. 6.00 Miraculous. 6.30 Top Jobs For Dogs. 7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 The Flamin’ Thongs. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda. 8.25 TMNT. 9.00 Hank Zipzer. 9.25 Find Me In Paris. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.

SBS VLND (31)

NEWS

PRIME7 (6)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 14: Day session. 2.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 14: Afternoon session. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 8.30 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 14: Night session. 10.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 14: Late session. 12.00 Late Programs.

7TWO

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 10.00 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 11.00 Andrew Denton’s Interview. 12.00 Wild Bill. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Jabba’s Movies. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Australia’s Deadliest. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 To Be Advised. 8.30 Selling Houses Australia. 11.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (63)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 SAS: UK. 1.00 Demolition NZ. 2.00 Hellfire Heroes. 3.00 Big Easy Motors. 3.30 Last Stop Garage. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 14: Evening session. 7.30 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 14: Night session. 8.30 MOVIE: The Dead Pool. (1988) Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson. 10.30 MOVIE: Pale Rider. (1985) 1.00 Late Programs.

PRIME7 (6)

6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 15: Day session. 2.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 15: Afternoon session. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 15: Night session. 10.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 15: Late session. 12.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 15: Overnight session. 2.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.30 Arj Barker: We Need To Talk. 10.30 Drunk History Australia. 11.00 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

9GEM

6.00 Home (53) Shopping. 7.00 Infomercials. 8.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 8.30 Cheers. 9.00 Jake And The Fatman. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 Bondi Rescue. 11.30 Cheers. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 Law & Order: SVU. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: The Baby Proposal. (2020) 1.45 Talking Honey: Princess Diana. 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 David Attenborough’s Green Planet. 8.40 MOVIE: The Bourne Ultimatum. (2007) Matt Damon, Julia Stiles. 10.50 MOVIE: Out Of Time. (2003) 1.00 Late Programs. 6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 The Bill. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Kind Hearts And Coronets. (1949) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.30 MOVIE: The Firm. (1993) Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman. 11.40 Late Programs.

9GO! (82)

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.00 Xena. 2.00 Hercules. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 MOVIE: Smurfs: The Lost Village. (2017) 7.45 MOVIE: Kung Fu Panda 2. (2011) 9.30 MOVIE: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. (2007) 11.50 Weird Science. 12.20 The Carrie Diaries. 1.15 The Arrangement. 2.10 Below Deck Sailing Yacht. 3.00 Late Programs.

9GO!

6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Brides Of Beverly Hills. 12.00 Australian Survivor. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.15 Friends. 12.10 Home Shopping. 1.10 Infomercials. 1.40 Mom. 2.35 Undercover Girlfriends. 3.30 Nancy Drew. 4.30 Home Shopping.

NINE

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 12.00 Australian Survivor. 1.30 My Market Kitchen. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 2.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. 3.00 Destination Dessert. 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 Australian Survivor. 9.10 FBI. 11.00 The Sunday Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 (8) Weekend Today. 10.00 Drive TV. 10.30 The Xtreme CollXtion. 11.00 Women’s Footy. 12.00 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures. 12.35 World’s Greatest Natural Icons. 1.45 MOVIE: Overboard. (1987) 4.00 Bondi Vet. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 RBT. 6.00 Nine News Sunday. 7.00 Married At First Sight. 8.40 60 Minutes. 9.40 Nine News Late. 10.10 Australian Crime Stories. 11.20 The First 48. 12.10 Late Programs.

7TWO (62)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 MOVIE: Sands Of The Desert. (1960) 11.55 Getaway. 12.25 MOVIE: Fire Over Africa. (1954) 2.05 MOVIE: The Amazing Howard Hughes. (1977) 4.35 MOVIE: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming. (1966) 7.00 MOVIE: The Hunt For Red October. (1990) 9.45 Chicago P.D. 10.45 House. 11.45 Late Programs.

7MATE

6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 1.40 A1: Highway Patrol. 2.40 MOVIE: City Slickers II. (1994) 5.00 MOVIE: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2. (2013) 7.00 MOVIE: Get Smart. (2008) 9.10 MOVIE: Star Trek Beyond. (2016) Chris Pine. 11.35 Weird Science. 12.05 The Carrie Diaries. 1.00 The Arrangement. 2.00 Very Cavallari. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Fury. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Teen Titans Go! 4.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 11.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 12.00 The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Ultimate Fishing With Matt Watson. 2.00 Pawn Stars. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 7. North Melbourne v Collingwood. 5.00 Pawn Stars. 5.30 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 16: Evening session. 7.30 MOVIE: Terminator: Dark Fate. (2019) Arnold Schwarzenegger. 10.05 MOVIE: 2 Guns. (2013) 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Seinfeld. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 This Is Us. 1.00 Mom. 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 Mom. 11.00 Nancy Drew. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (53) Programs. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 Cheers. 10.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. 11.00 Bondi Rescue. 12.00 Jake And The Fatman. 1.00 JAG. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 Buy To Build. 3.30 Hotels By Design. 4.00 Bondi Rescue. 4.30 iFish Summer Series. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 The FBI Declassified. 11.20 SEAL Team. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 1.30 Peaking. 2.15 Race Across The World. 3.30 Ultimate Rush. 4.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 2. Replay. 5.00 MOVIE: Big Momma’s House 2. (2006) 7.00 MOVIE: Despicable Me 3. (2017) 8.45 MOVIE: The Divergent Series: Allegiant. (2016) Shailene Woodley. 11.05 MOVIE: Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid. (2004) 1.00 The Arrangement. 2.00 Very Cavallari. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 2.15 My Road To Adventure. 2.45 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.15 Escape To The Country. 4.15 MOVIE: Superman IV: The Quest For Peace. (1987) 6.00 Dog Patrol. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 Railroad Australia. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Great Scenic Railway Journeys. 11.10 Coastal Railways With Julie Walters. 12.20 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning (6) Programs. 2.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 16: Afternoon session. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Dancing With The Stars: All Stars. Return. 8.30 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 16: Night session. 10.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022: Countdown To Closing Ceremony. 11.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022: Closing Ceremony. 1.30 Late Programs.

10 BOLD

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Beyond The Fire: Recovery. 1.00 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 Destination Dessert. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Taste Of Australia. 5.00 News. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 15. Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners. 10.00 Ambulance. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Delish. 1.00 My Way. 1.30 MOVIE: City Slickers. (1991) 3.50 David Attenborough’s Green Planet. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. Return. 8.30 MOVIE: Grease. (1978) John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John. 10.45 Marry Me Tonight! Jennifer Lopez And Maluma Live. 11.45 Late Programs. 6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 8.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.50 The Baron. 1.00 MOVIE: The Man Who Loved Redheads. (1955) 2.55 MOVIE: Invitation To A Gunfighter. (1964) 4.55 MOVIE: McLintock! (1963) 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 1. Queensland Reds v Melbourne Rebels. 9.45 Super Rugby Post-Match. 10.00 MOVIE: The Magnificent Seven. (1960) 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 12.00 Big Easy Motors. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Motor Racing. 2021 Velocity Invitational. Highlights. 2.30 Last Stop Garage. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 7. GWS Giants v Adelaide. 5.00 Pawn Stars. 6.00 Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Day 15: Evening session. 7.00 MOVIE: Superman. (1978) 10.00 MOVIE: Superman II. (1980) 12.40 Late Programs.

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6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Winners. 11.00 Weekender. 11.30 Creek To Coast. 12.00 Horse Racing. Black Caviar Lightning Day and Silver Slipper Stakes Day. 5.30 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 4.00 Weekender. 4.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Healthy Homes Australia. 9.30 Bondi Rescue. 10.00 iFish Summer Series. 10.30 Reel Action. 11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 Destination Dessert. 12.30 Scorpion. 2.30 Snap Happy. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Soccer. A-League Women. Round 12. Melbourne City v Sydney FC. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.10 Late Programs.

9GO!

6.00 (52) Brides Of Beverly Hills. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Neighbours. 10.30 Australian Survivor. 12.00 The Middle. 1.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 12. Adelaide 36ers v Cairns Taipans. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 12. Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers. 5.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Friends. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

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MONDAY, February 21

Your Seven-Day TV Guide ABC (2)

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Gangs Of Pompeii. 3.00 World’s Most Extraordinary Homes. 4.10 The World’s Greatest Palaces. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. Return. 6.30 News. 7.30 Heritage Rescue. 8.30 Royal History’s Myths And Secrets. 9.30 The Great House Revival. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Paris Police 1900. 12.05 Wisting. 12.55 Unit One. 4.25 VICE Guide To Film. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 Late Programs.

ABC PLUS

6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 MOVIE: Shanghai Surprise. (1986) 2.00 Nirvanna. 2.30 Does America. 3.00 Young Brides For Sale. 3.30 Dead Set On Life. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Derry Girls. 10.25 VICE. 11.25 Sex Tape Germany. 12.35 Stacey Dooley: Young And Homeless. 1.45 Late Programs.

ABC ME

6.00 News (24) Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.30 The Breakfast Couch. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Cook And The Chef. 1.25 Vera. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. 4.55 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 5.25 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. Final. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Countdown To War. 10.20 Ms Represented With Annabel Crabb. 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.10 The Business. 11.25 Late Programs. 6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 5.35 Luo Bao Bei. 6.05 Octonauts. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 The Planets. 8.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 9.20 Grand Designs. 10.05 Doctor Who. 11.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.40 QI. 12.10 Escape From The City. 1.10 Community. 1.35 Parks And Recreation. 1.55 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 2.05 What It’s Like. 2.20 100 Things To Do Before High School. 2.40 Mustangs FC. 3.05 Art Ninja. 3.30 The Dengineers. 4.30 Little Lunch. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 School Of Rock. 6.00 Miraculous. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 The Flamin’ Thongs. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda. 8.25 TMNT. 9.00 Hank Zipzer. 9.25 Find Me In Paris. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.

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WEDNESDAY, February 23

TUESDAY, February 22

ABC

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 All Creatures Great And Small. 2.00 Death In Paradise. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. 5.00 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Outback Ringer. 8.30 Catalyst. 9.30 Dementia & Us. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. 11.05 Four Corners. 11.50 Late Programs.

ABC PLUS

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 6.05 Octonauts. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.15 Gavin & Stacey. 9.45 Brassic. Final. 10.35 Schitt’s Creek. 10.55 Doctor Who. 11.50 Starstruck. 12.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.55 Plebs. 1.20 Community. 1.40 Parks And Recreation. 2.05 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.20 100 Things To Do Before High School. 2.40 Mustangs FC. 3.05 Art Ninja. 3.30 The Dengineers. 4.30 Little Lunch. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 School Of Rock. 6.00 Miraculous. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 The Flamin’ Thongs. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda. 8.25 TMNT. 9.00 Hank Zipzer. 9.25 Find Me In Paris. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.

ABC

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.40 Media Watch. 2.00 Shetland. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. 4.55 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 9.00 Starstruck. 9.25 QI. 9.55 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. 11.10 Late Programs.

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6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.05 Tutankhamun’s Last Mission. 3.00 World’s Most Extraordinary Homes. 4.10 The World’s Greatest Palaces. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? UK. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Framed. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 The Point. 11.30 Shadow Lines. 12.20 The Night Manager. 2.00 Miniseries: The Victim. 3.05 Late Programs.

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6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 MOVIE: The Intervention. (2016) 1.35 Bamay. 2.00 Rum: The Thirsty Road. 2.30 Woman With Gloria Steinem. 3.00 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Punk. 9.30 Secret World Of Las Vegas. 10.25 Stacey Dooley And The Bounty Hunters. 11.25 Late Programs.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 Late Programs.

SBS

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.00 Insight. 3.00 World’s Most Extraordinary Homes. 4.10 The World’s Greatest Palaces. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Tony Robinson: The Thames At Night. 8.30 Concorde: Secrets Behind The Crash. 9.30 Hidden Assets. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 In Therapy. 11.50 The Handmaid’s Tale. 12.45 The Good Fight. 1.45 Cacciatore: The Hunter. 3.55 Late Programs.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Paradise Papers: The Secret Investigation. 1.00 The Last Shot. 1.50 Rise. 2.40 Stacey Dooley: Fashion’s Dirty Secrets. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Wellington Paranormal. 9.00 Letterkenny. Final. 9.30 MOVIE: Apocalypto. (2006) 12.05 Late Programs.

ABC ME

6.00 News (24) Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.40 ABC News Day. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.35 Go Jetters. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 5.35 Luo Bao Bei. 6.05 Octonauts. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Brush With Fame. 8.00 Art Works. 8.30 Richard Leplastrier: Framing The View. 9.30 The Romantics And Us. 10.30 Doctor Who. 11.20 To Be Advised. 12.05 Community. 12.30 Parks And Recreation. 12.55 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 1.25 The Crystal Maze. 2.25 100 Things To Do Before High School. 2.50 Mustangs FC. 3.15 Operation Ouch! 3.30 The Dengineers. 4.30 Little Lunch. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 School Of Rock. 6.00 Miraculous. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 The Flamin’ Thongs. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda. 8.25 TMNT. 9.00 Hank Zipzer. 9.25 Find Me In Paris. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 2.00 Shetland. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. 5.00 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Q+A. 9.35 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One. New. 10.05 Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. 11.25 Late Programs.

ABC PLUS

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 5.35 Luo Bao Bei. 6.05 Octonauts. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.15 Hard Quiz. 9.45 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.15 QI. 10.45 Doctor Who. 11.40 Live At The Apollo. 12.25 Would I Lie To You? 12.55 Community. 1.20 Parks And Recreation. 1.40 Plebs. 2.05 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 1.25 The Crystal Maze. 2.25 100 Things To Do Before High School. 2.50 Mustangs FC. 3.15 Operation Ouch! 3.30 The Dengineers. 4.30 Little Lunch. 4.45 Odd Squad. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 School Of Rock. 6.00 Miraculous. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 The Flamin’ Thongs. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda. 8.25 TMNT. 9.00 Hank Zipzer. 9.25 Find Me In Paris. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Egypt’s Apocalypse Volcano. 3.00 Ethnic Business Awards. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Scenic Coastal Walks With Kate Humble. 8.30 Miniseries: The Long Call. 9.25 No Body Recovered. 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 Gomorrah. 11.45 Partisan. 12.40 Beforeigners. 3.30 Blinded. 4.25 VICE Guide To Film. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 Late Programs.

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6.00 (31) WorldWatch. 12.00 College Sports Inc. 1.35 Bamay. 2.00 Most Expensivest. 2.30 Gaycation Presents: Orlando. 3.20 Mr Tachyon On The Edge Of Science. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Chasing Famous. 11.00 The Feed. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.30 Foreign Correspondent. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: You May Now Kill The Bride. (2016) 2.00 What The Killer Did Next. 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 Home And Away. 7.30 SAS Australia. Return. 9.15 The Amazing Race. Return. 11.15 The Latest: Seven News. 11.45 Late Programs.

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6.00 The Talk. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 8.00 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Australian Survivor. 2.40 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Australian Survivor. 8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. 11.30 The Project. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 (53) Infomercials. 7.30 Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 15. Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners. 10.30 JAG. 11.30 Cheers. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 Law & Order: SVU. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 A-League Highlights Show. 11.20 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15 Home Shopping. 1.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 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 Married At First Sight. 9.10 La Brea. 10.10 Nine News Late. 10.40 Botched. 11.40 Bluff City Law. 12.30 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 TV Shop: (81) Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz Direct. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 The Bill. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Baxter! (1973) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Agatha Raisin. 8.30 Poirot. 10.45 Law & Order. 11.45 Late Programs.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. (82) 12.00 Xena. 2.00 Hercules. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 RBT. 8.00 GC Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: Swordfish. (2001) John Travolta. 10.30 Young Sheldon. 11.00 Raymond. 11.30 Weird Science. 12.00 The Carrie Diaries. 1.00 The Sex Clinic. 2.00 Social Fabric. 3.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 3.30 Late Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (8) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 Getaway. 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 Married At First Sight. 9.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. 10.00 Nine News Late. 10.30 True Story With Hamish & Andy. 11.00 Mr Mayor. New. 11.25 The Village. 12.10 Tipping Point. 1.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 12.00 Wild Bill. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Australia’s Deadliest. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Cold Case. 12.50 Andrew Denton’s Interview. 2.00 Late Programs. 6.00 Morning (63) Programs. 12.00 SAS: UK. 1.00 Demolition NZ. 2.00 Hellfire Heroes. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Big Easy Motors. 4.30 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Pawn Stars South Africa. Return. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: The Predator. (2018) Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Olivia Munn. 10.45 MOVIE: Blade. (1998) 1.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. (6) 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Perfect Boss. (2013) 2.00 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous. 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 Home And Away. 7.30 SAS Australia. 9.00 The Rookie. Return. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 MOVIE: Dirty Harry. (1971) 2.00 Late Programs.

7TWO

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 Wild Bill. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Selling Houses Australia. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.45 Without A Trace. 12.45 Andrew Denton’s Interview. 2.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 12.00 SAS: UK. 1.00 Demolition NZ. 2.00 Hellfire Heroes. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 3.30 Big Easy Motors. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Highway Thru Hell. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Truckers: Best Of. 9.30 Outback Truckers. 10.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 11.30 Late Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Sunrise. (6) 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Tenth Circle. (2008) 2.00 Autopsy USA. 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 Home And Away. 7.30 SAS Australia. 8.45 The Front Bar. Return. 9.45 Ambulance: Code Red. 10.45 The Latest: Seven News. 11.15 Autopsy USA. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

9GO!

6.00 Home (53) Shopping. 7.00 Infomercials. 8.00 A-League Highlights Show. 9.00 Jake And The Fatman. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 Bondi Rescue. 11.30 Cheers. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 Law & Order: SVU. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Bull. 12.15 Home Shopping. 12.45 Infomercials. 1.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

7TWO

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 A Confession. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Selling Houses Australia. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 SAS: UK. 1.00 Demolition NZ. 2.00 Hellfire Heroes. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 3.30 Big Easy Motors. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Pawn Stars South Africa. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: The Fast And The Furious. (2001) Paul Walker. 9.45 MOVIE: The Grey. (2011) Liam Neeson. 12.10 Late Programs.

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6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 This Is Us. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 The Talk. 7.00 (5) Judge Judy. 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 8.00 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Ambulance Australia. 8.30 Bull. 10.30 This Is Us. Return. 11.30 The Project. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.00 Xena. 2.00 Hercules. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 RBT. 8.00 GC Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra. (2009) Channing Tatum. 10.45 Young Sheldon. 11.10 Raymond. 12.10 The Carrie Diaries. 1.05 The Arrangement. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (8) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 My Way. 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 Married At First Sight. 9.00 Under Investigation. 10.00 Nine News Late. 10.30 Forensics: The Real CSI. Return. 11.40 Grand Hotel. 12.30 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Family Sins. (2004) 2.00 Harbour Cops. 2.30 Dog Patrol. 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 Home And Away. 8.30 Miniseries: Showtrial. 11.10 The Latest: Seven News. 11.40 To Be Advised. 1.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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Basketball. NBL. Round 12. Adelaide 36ers v Cairns Taipans. Replay. 8.00 Friends. 10.00 The Middle. 11.30 Seinfeld. 12.00 This Is Us. 1.00 Nancy Drew. 2.00 Mom. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 The Talk. 7.00 (5) Judge Judy. 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 8.00 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Australian Survivor. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Australian Survivor. 9.00 NCIS. 11.00 The Project. 12.00 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 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 The Bill. 3.30 MOVIE: The Frightened City. (1961) 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 Morning (63) Programs. 12.00 SAS: UK. 1.00 Demolition NZ. 2.00 Hellfire Heroes. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 3.30 Big Easy Motors. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Pawn Stars South Africa. 5.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 8. GWS Giants v St Kilda. 7.30 Pawn Stars. 8.30 Storage Wars. 9.30 Desert Collectors. 10.30 Extreme Unboxing. 11.00 Power And Ice. New. 12.00 Late Programs.

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Thursday, February 17, 2022 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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Trangie netball ‘come and try’ day By SHARON BONTHUYS TRANGIE Netball Club is looking for some local superstars for the upcoming 2022 netball season and is holding a “come and try day” on Thursday, February 17. This is the second such tryout day for the club, and will be held at the Trangie town court between 3.30pm and 4.30pm. Children attending the “come and try day” will participate in games and basic drills and should bring a hat, water bottle and their joggers. Junior Coordinator Nicole Berry said the club is keen to welcome boys and girls aged between 5 and 12 years to their inclusive club. “We’re a NetSetGo club so children can develop the basic skills in netball from a young age,” Ms Berry

said. The Trangie Netball Club ﬁelds nine teams from under-8s to adults and participates in the Dubbo Netball Association competition which will run between May and September. The club is currently in its pre-season preparation, Ms Berry said. “We need to start early to get our teams together.” Anyone interested in joining the club, wanting to try on a uniform or just want to see what it’s all about, get on down to the Trangie town court on February 17 and help will be available. Pictured right: Children attending the first ‘come and try day’ on February 10. Back row, Ethan, Reggie, Indie, Nicole (coach), Willow and Kairi, middle, Ruby, Addison and Danielle, front, Issy, Piper, Addison and Mylee.

Trangie swimming carnival breaks attendance record By SHARON BONTHUYS WITH 155 swimmers registered, the Trangie swimming carnival last weekend officially broke its own attendance record. Previously, the highest attendance at the annual event was 150 swimmers, said swim meet director Adine Hoey, who was thrilled with the turnout. “We have kids aged from four to 18 years participating today,” said Ms Hoey of the swim meet which took place on February 12 at the Trangie swimming pool. The inclusive sporting event included three paraswimmers competing in various events. Prize money was also awarded to the ﬁ rst three placegetters in each race, Ms Hoey said, expressing appreciation to the many local businesses that sponsored prizes. She also thanked the officials who travelled from other towns to help make the

event possible. With official timekeepers from Warren and referees hailing from Dubbo and Shell Cove near Wollongong, times recorded at the event mean that participants are able to enter other NSW swimming events. Referee John Williams from Shell Cove enjoyed visiting Trangie for the meet and said he would like to encourage more children to participate in swimming. “I also want to encourage more parents to become volunteer officials. Volunteers are involved in swimming right up to national level,” he said. With swim club president Ash Miles unwell and unable to participate on the day, Ms Hoey directed the meet which started early in the morning and was expected to wrap up about 4pm. When the Narromine Star stopped by, we were impressed by the military precision with which the races were staged.

There were lots of smiling faces as the children emerged from the water and celebrated their swims with family and friends. There were many personal bests achieved on the day, Ms Hoey said. The chance to swim in the local summer event was appreciated by the young competitors who spoke to the Narromine Star. A group of boys who had just ﬁ nished a race told the Star they were having a great time and enjoying the racing as they posed for our photo. The girls were equally enthusiastic. “I just want to get in the water. I love it,” said Ruby, 10. Fellow competitor Lara, 11, declared “the 100-metre breaststroke is the best”. But for young Molly, 11, what motivated her to swim fast in her races was something altogether different. “I keep thinking there’s a big ﬁsh behind me and I have to swim away from it,” she said.

These young lads just finished their race and declared the event a ‘thumbs up’.

Volunteer officials helped make the day a great event.

Excited swimmers gather with meet director Adine Hoey. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR

NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, February 17, 2022

RACING NG ORT REPORT By COLIN HODGES SOON to embark on a new career in the professional ranks as an apprentice jockey, Will Stanley takes with him a perfect record in the Bedgerabong Picnic Cup on Saturday, February 12, having won the race at his only two attempts. Last year when riding at his ﬁ rst meeting, the 17-year-old Bathurst-based Stanley won the cup on the Bryan Dixon, Gilgandra-trained Song One. On Saturday, before a crowd of over 2000 at the beautiful racecourse west of Forbes, Stanley produced another great ride to win the feature race aboard the Connie Greig, Dubbo-trained Valydium. Sipharderson led in the $10,000 Total Wear Solutions Australia Bedgerabong Picnic Cup (1400 metres) with Valadyium settling near the tail of the ten-ﬁeld. The Bald Eagle took a nar-

Valadyium takes out Bedgerabong Picnic Cup row lead turning for home before Valadyium ($12) ﬁ nished powerfully to win by almost a length from another strong ﬁ nisher, Nepenthes (Wayne Wheatley, $7) with a half head to third placed The Bald Eagle (Michael Gray, $5). Connie Greig had earlier won the feature sprint, the 800 metres Daniel Ball Transport-Clearview Bracelet Handicap with Call Me Trinity, one of three winners on the day for Leandro Ribeiro, formerly from Brazil. Close to the lead from the outset, Call Me Trinity ($4) scored by nearly two lengths from Expect A Hero (John Wilson, $3.50) and My Shiromi (Belinda Wright, $12). The Darryl Rolfe, Canberra-trained Guiltless (Leandro Ribeiro, $5) led for home and held on to beat Travstar (John Wilson, $3 favourite) and Miracle Knight (Belinda Wright, $41) in the (800 metres) KMWL and Aussie Labouring Enterprises Class B Handicap and to complete his treble Leandro Ribeiro was responsible for an outstanding ride on Shiny Agent in the

ﬁ nal event. From the back of the ﬁeld, the Bryan Dixon trained Shiny Agent ($8) gained a rails-run to beat the leader Sheeza Menzies (Anaelle Gangotena, $11) and Beau Zariz (Will Stanley, $3.50) in the 1400 metres Class B Handicap. First leg of a double for Gilgandra trainer Bryan Dixon was Penny’s Bonitas (Wayne Wheatley, $11) an all the way winner from Jamella (Will Stanley, $2.30 favourite) and Georgian Court (Anaelle Gangotena, $8) in the 1100 metres Roylances Tractor Replacements Class Three Handicap. Dubbo trainer Brett Robb kicked off the meeting with a win by Bold Louise in the 1100 metres Lachlan Sands Maiden Plate. Bold Louise (John Wilson, $1.60 favourite) had a nice run before taking control in the straight however the winning margin was only a half neck from the leader Acres Midnight (Leandro Ribeiro, $3) which came again close to home while Little Outa Reach (Breanna Bourke, $21) battled on for third.

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Dubbo trainer Connie Greig.

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Gerries golf notes

By KALE BOCK SATURDAY, February 12 – ten players had a hit in a stroke event. Winner of the day was Jason McPherson (68 nett), who won on a countback to Chris Peter (68 nett). Jason McPherson (NTP 10th), Matt Gainsford (NTP 17th) and Greg Barling (long drive ﬁ rst). The 17th pulled out for the stableford jackpot hole, no winner this week so, it jackpots to next week. Sunday, February 13 – 19 players played in a Four Ball Aggregate (Random Partner). Winners of the day were Mal McIntyre and Alex Sambrook (74 points), beating Tony Harding and Robert Williams (73 points) by one point. Mitch Smith (NTP ninth), Tony Mann (NTP 10th) and Duane Faro-Mann (long drive 11th). Birdie Jackpot Hole was the 18th for a second week in a row, but no bird-

ies on 18 this week so jackpots next week. This weekend’s golf – Saturday, February 19 is a 4BBB (random partner) and Sunday, February 20 is a Single Irish Stableford. Business House Leaderboard: Epiroc (59 points) Canaries (57) Deep Divots (56) Double Delights (53) NDT (52) Phantoms (49) Cub Cadets (43) Agmark & LJ Hooker (42) Gerries (40) Dozer Chicks (37) McPhersons Automotive (36) Very tight at the top of the leaderboard with six rounds remaining in the Business House Golf competition but the defending champions are holding a slight lead. Thank you and happy golﬁ ng!

Contributed by NORM LEWIS LAST Saturday, a good ﬁeld of 21 golfers faced the starter for the weekly Gerries Golf competition on the Narromine course which was in very good condition. Nine ladies took part in their competition and played on the front nine. Winner on the day was Marj Kelly with a very good score of 24 points (best score of the day). Well done Marj. Close behind in second place was Jeanette O'Brien on 23 points. The Ladies NTP was not won and as usual the prize is added to the kitty for next week. The battle was on for the ladies NAGA prize with

several contenders. Bev Woods ended up winning and thus earned two extra shots on her handicap for next week. Twelve boys battled it out on the back nine for their weekly event. Once again it was a close battle for ﬁ rst place with Greg Kearines and Ross King both on 23 points. Bad luck Ross as Greg took the title on a count back. Gus Smith took the mens NTP but only one ball again this week in the prize kitty. Easy winner of the men’s NAGA was Alan Kearines. Interest then moved to the pool table where there was much frivolity from the gallery as the players battled it out. Greg Kearines and Chris Hard-

CRICKET By HOLLIE CUSACK

It has been a very busy few weeks for Narromine Junior Cricket. This photo was taken during the under-14 game in Narromine last Saturday. It was a very tough game for the boys and unfortunately they were defeated. PHOTO: SUPPLIED BY HOLLIE CUSACK

High scoring game in the Kelly Cup By MATT ELLIS IT was a high scoring game in the Kelly Cup with Dubbo CYMS setting Narromine 212 for victory at Dundas Park on Saturday afternoon. The best of the bowlers for Narromine were Goodman, Battishall and Everett who each picked up two wickets for

the home side. Mick Burns and Michael Kent were the mainstays of the Narromine run chase with Burns dismissed for 87 and Kent making a handy 32 batting at number nine. Unfortunately, they fell just short of the target, ﬁ nishing all out for 196. The next challenge for Narromine will be their

match against Dubbo Rugby in Dubbo on Saturday afternoon. Narromine’s Pinnington Cup team had the bye last weekend with their next assignment hosting Macquarie Cricket Club at Dundas Park. The Brewery Shield team heads to Dubbo on Sunday for their highly anticipated grand ﬁ nal clash with Dubbo.

Name: Emma Goodman. Age: Nine. Team: Master Blasters. Most fun part of playing cricket: Batting. How many years have you been playing cricket: Three. Favourite Big Bash Team: Sydney Sixers If you could invite any three people to a game of backyard cricket, who would you choose: Adele Cusack, Ellyse Perry and Nelly Tink. What are you most looking forward to this cricket season: Playing with my friends. PHOTO BY NARROMINE JUNIOR CRICKET.

ing played Greg Walsh and Terry Willis in the preliminary round. A great game with Willis and Walsh taking the match and advancing to the ﬁ nal where they met that pairing of Ross King and the perpetual ‘ring-in’ Kane Adams. The result was never in doubt as Willis returned to top form assisted by Walsh, and won convincingly to claim the title of pool champs for the week. In all, a great morning’s entertainment. This Saturday morning, the weekly comp will continue with the girls hitting off on the back nine and the boys off the front. Hit off is at the usual time of 9am. See you all at the 19th.

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Narromine Shire locals compete in Sydney dragon boat comp NARROMINE Shire locals who are part of Dubbo’s Outback Dragons dragon boating team travelled to Sydney to compete at Lunar New Year at Darling Harbour recently. Mark Bourchier from Narromine and Michael Montgomery from Trangie were part of the 26-member Outback Dragons team, one of just two country clubs to compete at the event. The Outback Dragons competed in a total of 12 races, including mixed and women’s races in different categories. Many women members participated in all 12 races, which are 200 metres long. The ﬁ rst race was at 7.30am. A total of 72 teams competed on the weekend and the Outback Dragons were in races against top Sydney teams. “A big thanks to Deb Garden and Graeme Board for sweeping in very competitive races, under very strict rules,” said spokesperson Chris Robinson. “We were regularly in the ﬁ rst four boats of the six boats racing. Coaches Helen Simmons and Sue Miles did a great job. “On Sunday, Trish Taylor and Fiona Fidock were in the

winning boat for the Cancer Survivors race.” The club thanked Mel Setterfield and Sue Miles for volunteering on the Sunday after a busy day of racing the day before. Anyone interested in trying dragon boating and having some fun can check out the club’s website for paddling times at Dubbo’s Sandy Beach. The main photo shows the Dubbo Outback Dragons flying the flag for the central west. Back row, Jen Smoothy (white cap), Zac Setterfield (orange cap), Mark Setterfield, Graeme Board, Mark Bourchier, second row, Michael Montogomery, Joy McCallister (hands are in front of her chest), Sue Miles (navy cap), Michelle Graham (white cap and sunglasses), Renae Crain (blue cap with writing), Roley Samuels, third row, Helen Simmons (coach), Mel Setterfield, Corrina Board, Fiona Fidock, Lou Norton, Cate Horsborough, Anna Samuels, front row, left to right, kneeling, Trish Taylor, Deb Garden, Marilyn O’Connor, Heather Ayson, Chris Robinson, Catie Douglas.

Left: The Outback Dragons ready to go. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED BY CHRIS ROBINSON.

Will, Ollie and Stella weave motocross magic By SHARON BONTHUYS

Will Cale, Ollie Cale and Stella Harding holding their golden tickets to the NSW state MX titles. PHOTO: SUPPLIED BY KERRY HARDING.

THREE young Narromine locals are headed for the NSW state motocross (MX) titles which will be held in June 2022 in Wagga Wagga. Will Cale, Ollie Cale and Stella Harding have each earned their ‘golden ticket’ to the state titles, known as King of MX, by winning ﬁve qualifying MX rounds of racing. “The top eight from each qualifying round will go to the King of MX and from that they will determine the state champions for the year,” explained proud dad Luke Harding. As they prepare for the state titles, the trio will

head to other competitions to be held before then, including the ﬁveround east coast series. “The ﬁ rst round of that is this weekend at Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, so that’s where we’re heading this weekend,” said Mr Harding. Eleven-year-old Will Cale has been down this path before, running fourth at last year’s state titles, Mr Harding said, but Stella and Ollie were too young last year. As Mr Harding explained, “you have to be seven to be able to race competitively in the state titles. Ollie turned seven in July last year but the state titles were held

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he said. The families are certainly travelling for their children to compete and gain racing experience, and it is an expensive exercise. Last weekend they were at Leeton, another weekend soon they are off to Newcastle, and then on to Albury for racing commitments. With no formal sponsorship arrangements in place, the families are grateful for the support provided to Will, Ollie and Stella by Dubbo City Motorcycles. Well done, kids, and all the best as you continue to race your way to the King of MX. Your community is behind you all the way.

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in June. Then COVID hit and there wasn’t a lot of racing. “Stella only turned seven two weeks ago so this is her ﬁ rst year. Ollie and Stella now compete in the seven to nine-year-olds class, having previously ridden in the four to seven-year-old’s class. “They’re the youngest in their class,” Mr Harding said. With no MX club in Narromine, and nowhere to train locally as no approved track exists, the trio are members of a MX club in Dubbo. “Our local track is at Dubbo and that’s where they race in events about ﬁve or six times a year,”

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