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McGrane Way bridge money to weatherproof Narromine road

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Mystery remains over the “Dulla Dulla” Italian POWs who made stone garden MYSTERY about the identity of a group of Italian POWs photographed here during the Second World War took one step-closer to resolution recently.

Dozens of fascinated locals last Friday attended a special presentation held at a district property trying to help fi nd some answers.

While an historian with an interest in Italian POW’s in Australia was able to name dozens of Italians based at Narromine during the war, she was not able to name, without doubt, the three that appeared in a photo taken at the property.

For the past six decades, the Martin family knew there were layers of history built within the stone garden walls of their “Dulla Dulla” property.

One of the most fascinating of these memories, is the story of the three Italian Prisoners of War (POW) who were attached to the property during World War II (1939–45).

Recollections of those individuals, are vaguely etched into the minds of the property’s current residents, Kerrie and Andrew Martin.

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Simmons to bring “manufacturing back” IN a huge coup for the shire, global entity the Simmons Group is relocating from West Australia to Narromine. The move will also bring the company’s manufacturing back onshore to Australia.

Company owner Dave Simmons said the Simmons Group has for many years used lowcost centre manufacturing in Asia and Europe as a cheap source of keeping project expenses down on general engineering. Simmons Group has also utilised the capacity of European engineering fi rms and carried out much work itself offshore.

“The company has reached a decision that the advanced manufacturing techniques utilised so well in the USA to bring manufacturing back on shore are ready to be applied to Australia,” he said.

“Currently we are working out of a very basic premises at Narromine, and I thank my staff for their efforts. The proof is in the pudding, on Tuesday, February 28 we loaded a complex technical piece of equipment to use in a Simmons Australian-designed and constructed gold processing plant in the Ivory Coast Africa.

“Simmons Group (or Simmons Global) being the owner of the ‘Thermic’ brand of mining process heaters, has brought the manufacture of its industrial packaged heaters, steam boilers and pressure vessels back to Australia for the first time in over 20 years (in reality for the fi rst

Simmons Group CEO, Dave Simmons inspects the company’s ‘Made in Narromine’ Thermic gold heater at their local industrial site with Narromine mayor Craig Davies. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. time this century),” said Mr Simmons.

Thermic as a product line has over 800 of the gold heaters operating globally, with installations on six continents.

This home-grown manufacture is part of the Regional Job Creation Fund (RJCF) program which awarded Simmons Global funding support for its ‘Advanced Manufactur-

ing Precinct’ currently under planning at Narromine.

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Thursday, March 2, 2023 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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Dubbo and Narromine share in $12 million pothole fund fix

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Dubbo Regional Council and Narromine Shire Council are sharing in $12 million of funding to repair regional and local roads damaged by last year’s flooding. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

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Thursday, March 2 Min 15. Max 33. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Sunny.

Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northeast to southeasterly early in the morning then tending southeast to southwesterly in the early afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 17 with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 37.

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gional Council will all share in the money that is part of the Regional and Local Roads Repair Program.

The funding comprises: $5,074,270 for Dubbo Regional Council to repair 2783 kilometres of Council-owned roads;

$4,134,301 for Mid-Western Regional Council to repair 2268km of Council-owned roads; $3,056,154 for Narromine Shire Council to repair 1676km of Council-owned roads.

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Narromine CWA to celebrate Centenary with special event Contributed by SHARON BONTHUYS

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THE FORECAST

THREE local government areas in the flood-damaged central west are sharing in more than $12 million to repair the now-ubiquitous potholes that dot much of the region’s roads.

Narromine Shire Council, Dubbo Regional Council and Mid-Western Re-

in the west or Gulgong in the east, we’ve all seen just how bad the potholes have become,” Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders said.

He said the money is designed “to fi x the potholes on council roads right across the State – this is about fi xing the roads you use every day.

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said the injection of funds means that councils can plan and undertake work now to restore roads and help protect against reoccurring problems.

“We managed to secure an additional $280 million for regional councils. We also provided cash advances for emergency disaster funding to eligible councils and have diverted Transport for NSW road crews to help fi x local roads.

“I encourage councils to get the deeds signed quickly so that funding for your local and regional roads gets to you sooner for essential repairs to get underway,” he concluded.

HAS it really been 100 years since the Narromine Branch of the CWA fi rst opened its doors? Yes, it has!

Built and sustained through the hard work of many dedicated local women, the Narromine CWA has been helping and encouraging country women since it began in 1923. The branch formed just a year after the CWA NSW body was founded.

Originally operating out of premises near the CBD to support the health of new mums and their babies, the Narromine CWA has also lobbied over the years in support of country families and has done its bit to help the community in many different ways over the decades.

Narromine CWA’s Centenary celebrations kick-off next Friday, with a

sunny. Slight (20%) chance of a shower on the northern slopes, near zero chance elsewhere.

The chance of a thunderstorm on the northern plains in the afternoon and evening. Winds northeast to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light during the afternoon then becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching 31 to 36.

Sun protection recommended from 9:40 am to 4:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High] Saturday, March 4 Min 16. Max 32. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Sunny.

special evening event in Narromine focusing on the contributions of country women from the local area.

About 100 people are expected to attend the event, which will feature guest speakers including the CWA NSW State President, Joy Beames; Branch President, Jean Richardson; and Narromine pharmacist, Felicity Roberts.

A highlight of the night will be a discussion panel featuring the 2019 NSW Business Woman of the Year, Leanne Heywood; health advocate, Margie Fenwick; and Agronomist, Keiley Noble; who will all field questions from Moderator, Pippa Moore, about what it means to be country women in the 21st century.

Attendees will also enjoy light refreshments and a delicious, threetier Centenary cake being baked by a

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Overnight temperatures falling to between 15 and 19 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 30s.

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Narromine CWA member.

Mrs Richardson said that the Narromine CWA members, are looking forward to the opportunity to celebrate the Centenary with the community.

“We’re very grateful to the NSW Government for recognising the importance of our Centenary and the work our organisation has done over the past 100 years. Its support is helping make this event possible,” she said.

“We will celebrate in style with a wonderful evening hailing the efforts of country women from Narromine and surrounding areas,” Mrs Richardson said of the event, which is being held during NSW Women’s Week.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, March 2, 2023

Simmons to bring “manufacturing back” From page 1 UNDER the RJCF, Simmons Group was awarded $ 4.8 million to bring the company to Narromine, along with 253 jobs.

Component to this approach is Simmons’ ‘Made in Narromine’ program which will see the promotion of these regionally made products being shipped across the world and supported by the Narromine service team when established.

“Simmons undertook to relocate its engineering division to Narromine NSW, and this project stands testimony to the commitment and delivery of these products and the initiative to develop the Advanced Manufacturing Precinct in regional NSW,” said Mr Simmons.

“This fi rst gold processing heater, is the fi rst ‘Made in Narromine’ process heater, for export to the Ivory Coast; Africa.

Currently Simmons have a number of packaged heater orders which will be made from the local facility.

“We are of course, proud and thrilled to be making these products in regional Australia, especially for export clients, along with the opportunities that this affords local communities in this leading-edge global product line,” said Mr Simmons.

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Thursday, March 2, 2023 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

McGrane Way bridge money to weatherproof Narromine road

Locals happy with the funding announced to build a new bridge at Graddle Creek on The McGrane Way between Narromine and Tullamore.

Causeway to be replaced: Improving safety for trucks and other vehicles on a major local road – following a tragic drowning last year – is the aim of a new bridge planned at Graddle Creek on The McGrane Way between Narromine and Tullamore. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. IMPROVING safety for trucks and other vehicles on a major local road following a tragic drowning last year is the aim of nearly $8 million in funding to build a new bridge at Graddle Creek on The McGrane Way between Narromine and Tullamore.

Parkes Shire Mayor Ken Keith said the community is excited about the funding for a new bridge at Graddle Creek and realignment works on The McGrane Way. “This road is a vital route for transporters connecting the west to Narromine and Dubbo, producers to grain silos, saleyards and mining operations,” Cr Keith said.

“The new bridge will be more resilient, replacing a narrow causeway that is subject to frequent flash flooding which has posed a serious

safety risk for the community,” he added.

Last year’s flooding at the site, where a young boy drowned after his father’s car was swept away in floodwaters, showed the need for more infrastructure to weather-proof country roads, he said.

“Realignment works will include road straightening in areas where trucks have previously rolled on corners, causing significant injury and loss of assets. Flood events and road closures have also caused detours of more than 200 kilometres for some motorists during severe weather events.

“This project will deliver safer and more reliable journeys for all road users across the region, helping to keep moving the more than 800,000 tonnes of freight transported

each year along The McGrane Way,” Cr Keith added.

Member of the MR354 Committee and local farmer, Fiona Aveyard, said the investment was a big win for the community.

“Following the events of last year, our community rallied for a stronger and more resilient bridge at Graddle Creek, which would ensure our community was safe and remained connected during emergency situations,” Ms Aveyard said.

“With this funding secured, thanks must go to the Parkes Shire Council and the NSW Government for listening to our needs and taking action to improve road safety in our region.

“This investment will keep freight moving, get families home safe and will keep Tullamore, Parkes and region-

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, March 2, 2023

River restoration project funded for Macquarie River at Narromine

By DAVID DIXON MAJOR restoration works on the Macquarie River at Narromine aim to repair serious riverine damage to banks and waterways left devastated by last year’s flooding.

Funding has also been allocated for the Macquarie River at Dubbo under the Riparian Restoration Grants Program.

The are 50 individual initiatives that will be delivered across regional NSW by Landcare and natural resource management (NRM) organisations, focussing on specific areas of decline and degradation caused by not only the almost unprecedented rain and storm events of 2022, but years of drought, bushfi res and rain.

“When we look around our neighbourhoods, it’s not hard to see just how dilapidated these important riparian zones have become after being smashed by continuous flooding, bushfi res and drought,” Minister for Agriculture Dugald Saunders said.

“This funding will make a real on-the-ground difference to landholders who have seen parts of the riverbank washed away, while also creating a better habitat for our wildlife,” he said.

Organisations involved will

be undertaking grass-roots projects designed to restore and future-proof damaged riparian areas, such as tree planting and other minor on-farm erosion works, to help mitigate erosion and ensure that riverbanks and the wider ecosystems are healthy.

Narromine Shire Council will be working on a Restoration Project at the Gin Gin Weir Road Reserve, while OzFish Unlimited has been awarded funding for projects on the Macquarie River Reserves, with the aim of restoring the local habitat, post-drought.

Landcare NSW CEO Turlough Guerin said that Landcare groups will use the funding to ensure landscapes are prepared for future disasters.

“Landcare’s extensive network will deliver projects such as riverbank and stream restoration, on-farm erosion works and tree planting, to help mitigate erosion and ensure riverbanks and the wider ecosystems are healthy,” Mr Guerin said.

“A resilient community is one that can withstand and bounce back from natural disasters by engaging and supporting each other, and that is what Landcare does.”

Works are expected to be completed by September 2023.

Major restoration works on the Macquarie River at Narromine aim to repair serious riverine damage to banks and waterways left devastated by last year’s flooding. PHOTO: VISIT NSW.

More government advertising for “trusted” country newspapers under Labor: pledge

NSW Labor has committed to investing millions of dollars into regional NSW newspaper advertising to keep rural communities better informed.

MORE money for Government advertising in country newspapers is part of a $9 million plan to safeguard regional and community media across NSW recently announced by State Labor.

If elected in March, a Minns Labor Government will commit an additional $3 million

in government advertising for regional print media, Shadow Minister for Regional NSW, Mick Veitch, said.

“These are trusted media outlets with deep roots in our communities. I’m proud to be a member of a party who are safeguarding the future of regional news and stories,”

he said. ”This has been a key ask of media advocates across NSW, with Country Press NSW reporting that, despite holding a significant share of voice, the sector only receives half of one per cent of the overall regional NSW advertising budget.”

Labor said that not only will the party match the Coalition’s commitment to provide $3 million to the Regional Media Fund for the round of grants currently underway, they will also fund a second round of the same value to be rolled out in late 2023 to early 2024.

“Labor understands the importance of regional and rural papers delivering local content and empowering local voices.

It is regional and rural papers that help get local issues on the agenda that would otherwise fall through the cracks,” Shadow Minister for Customer Service, Yasmin Catley, said.

“That is exactly why Labor is committing crucial funding to help safeguard and secure the future of these rural and regional publications.”

Currently an applicant can

apply for up to three grants worth between $20,000 to $60,000. Applications for the current round of funding close on April 11, 2023.

Country Press NSW president Lucie Peart said the group is grateful to Labor for engaging in an ongoing dialogue with independent news publishers in NSW. “We also welcome the commitment of the current Regional Media Fund and Labor’s plan to extend that fund for a second year,” Ms Peart said.

“Recent media commentary suggests that newspapers are ‘in peril’ however it is the opposite experience of independently run newspapers in the state,” she added.

Labor has also committed to better support for regional media in diversifying and expanding into digital content.

“Our member papers are strong and resilient publications, well supported by their communities. Many have, during the COVID years, expanded their businesses, offered more to their readers, and have created digital presences,

“ Ms Peart said.

“That being said, currently, the state’s regional independent newspapers are receiving less than one per cent of the advertising budget, despite there being a 26 per cent allocation for all regional advertising,” she added. This was despite many of these smaller publications being the only source of locally produced news in their communities.

“We would like to work with the next term of government to further deliver a more sustainable outcome for publishers through a proper advertising program for local newspapers,” Ms Peart said.

“This in turn would represent a better outcome for regional NSW residents, who are currently being overlooked for important information and locally held events, that the government should be conveying through local newspapers.

“Country Press NSW looks forward to continuing our positive engagement with NSW Labor on this issue, and we thank them for their commitment to change,” she concluded.

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Thursday, March 2, 2023 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Tomingley approval sees Newell diverted, mine extended to 2032 THE much-anticipated extension of the Tomingley Gold Mine, about 30km south of Narromine, will include a relocation of the Newell Highway and an extension of mine life to 2032. The Tomingley site is seen as the region’s major mining industry employer.

The recent approval by the NSW Minister for Planning will allow for both open-cut and underground mining at the Roswell and San Antonio deposits, with funding of $50m having also been secured for the development.

The expansion is estimated to see 100,000 ounces of gold hedging with a weighted aver-

age price of A$2825 per ounce mined from March 2024 to December 2026.

Mining lease-holder Alkane Resources will now progress its Environmental Protection Licence and Mining Lease applications, which are a formality following the Minister’s Planning Approval.

Alkane Managing Director, Nic Earner, said that approval represents a significant milestone in the life of the Tomingley operation.

“We can now progress our development and expansion in earnest, delivering significant and sustained production for our shareholders, employees

and other stakeholders,” Mr Earner said.

“We intend to be mining underground from Roswell before the end of the year and we’re targeting a 100,000 ounce per annum run rate in 2025. We’re continuing to explore nearby exploration targets, including Macleans, which is immediately adjacent to our vent rise at Roswell,” he added.

“We look forward to communicating our progress and further information about the Tomingley Gold Extension Project in the months ahead.”

The much-anticipated extension of the Tomingley Gold Mine about 30km south of Narromine will include a relocation of the Newell Highway and an extension of mine life to 2032, following approval by the NSW Minister for Planning. PHOTO: ALKANE RESOURCES.

Warren Hospital’s $66 million upgrade only the start, Minister says COUNTRY health in the Central West has received a boost with the recent announcement of a $66 million investment into redeveloping the Warren Multipurpose Service (MPS).

Warren MPS is a 41-bed facility that provides a range of services including emergency, acute and sub-acute treatment, as well as residential aged care and ambulatory care.

The facility also has a 24-

hour Emergency Department, networked to Dubbo Health Service for more critical care, with the Warren Hospital redevelopment the fi rst of several key announcements over the coming weeks, according to State Minister for Regional Health, Bronnie Taylor.

“Warren MPS is a key health service that has provided much-needed care and treatment to thousands of people over the past 22 years,” Mrs

Taylor said.

She said the money “recognised that it’s time it was upgraded so that locals know their families will continue to get the care they need and deserve”.

Mrs Taylor said Warren MPS is the only aged care service in the community, and she wants residents to feel at home while receiving “the best care from our wonderful health staff ”.

“In addition to delivering a complete redevelopment and upgrade of this facility, the project will improve service integration and enable best practice models of care to be implemented,” Mrs Taylor said.

“We will reconfigure and upgrade the inpatient zone including the emergency department and acute/sub-acute ward, with an increase in bed capacity, and an emphasis on

renal care.

“We will also upgrade and expand bed capacity for aged care, creating a ‘home-like’ philosophy of care that our residents deserve,” she added.

The redevelopment will also establish an expanded community health offering at the MPS, with therapeutic and preventative health and lifestyle programs, Mrs Taylor said.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, March 2, 2023

After three years of wet, farmers now fear “fire bomb” from big dry

First the long wet, now the big dry... the easing of the most-recent La Nina wet weather cycle leaves many NSW farmers worried that time is running out for public land-managers to prevent mass bushfires at the end of this year. PHOTO: NSW FARMERS.

By DAVID DIXON THE easing of the most recent La Nina wet weather cycle, following a year of near-record local rain, leaves many NSW farmers worried that time is running out for public land managers to carry-out prudent weed management, which could prevent mass bushfi res at the end of this year.

Former Fire and Rescue commissioner, Greg Mullins, told the media recently that “the summer after a triple La Nina, you get major bushfi res in NSW”, adding that he believed major bushfi res would ravage the State by the end of the year.

But the lessons of our most recent Black Summer in 2019 had not been learned, accord-

ing to NSW Farmers Head of Policy and Advocacy, Annabel Johnson, who called for a swift crackdown on public land managers letting weeds grow out of control.

“During Black Summer we saw horrific fi res as a result of the disastrous ‘lock it up’ approach to land management,” Ms Johnson said.

“We’ve seen huge parts of the state converted into National Parks and just locked up in the name of conservation, and this is where the next fi re risk will come from,” she added.

Near-record rains for the region in 2022 and below-average temperatures have provided unique conditions for rampant grass and brush growth in the central and western NSW. Dubbo led the way in 2022 with an annual rainfall total of just over 1000mm, a near-record of a metre of rainfall for the city that normally averages just over half that annually. Falls totalled 130mm for January, 190mm for April, and 196mm for October – a new record for the city.

Maximum daily temperatures were also well-below average for every month but March and July (just on average), with October a full three

degrees below average, November four degrees below, and December 2.6 degrees below the long-term average.

This gave Dubbo a new 30-year-low average temperature for the whole year, as recorded at the Airport, of only 23.10C, a full 1.50C below average for the full year.

Gilgandra also got a drenching with a total of 966mm of rain, a full 400mm above the average with, again, January (117mm), April (154mm) and October (130mm) all recording near-unprecedented precipitation.

Trangie’s two big rainfall months were April with a whopping 165mm of rain, and October with 104mm. The town also had below average maximum temperatures – up to three degrees below the mean for the second half of the year – with the district a full 0.70C below average for 2022.

NSW overall had 863.6 mm rainfall in 2022 as an area average across the State, which is 55 per cent above the 19611990 average.

It was the second wettest year on record for NSW after 1950 when there was 916.5mm rainfall.

However, the La Nina weather cycle of the past three years

is now slowly breaking down, with the next three months in the central west and western NSW looking to have above-average temperatures, and below-average rain.

“The decision-makers need to come to their senses and listen to the people who experience these natural disasters fi rsthand, and make sure there is an embedded strategy that will effect change in the short and long term,” Ms Johnson said.

Australia had a long history of wet years followed by fi res which could devastate rural areas and even towns and villages in their path.

“You hear the stories of fi res outrunning vehicles, and you just hope it never happens to you,” Ms Johnson said. “I’ve heard of whole farms being incinerated and the people only barely making it out alive, and that was before we had these huge National Park tinderboxes everywhere.

“For the most part, farmers and private landholders are actively managing their properties, but there simply are not enough resources to do the same on public lands and this will surely lead to catastrophe,” she concluded.

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New Warren Health Care units to help retain, as well as attract, staff

By DAVID DIXON NEWLY opened health care worker accommodation in Warren is not just aimed at encouraging professionals to move to the region, but also retaining staff already employed in the sector, according to Minister for Regional Health, Bronnie Taylor Ms Taylor recently toured the four new accommodation units, which fi rst welcomed health workers earlier this year.

“These units provide modern, safe accommodation close to the Warren MPS to support and attract health workers to this wonderful region,” Mrs Taylor said.

“Healthcare workers work busy shifts both day and night, so ensuring they have access to a home away from home which meets their specific needs is important.”

A spokesperson for Mrs Taylor added that the new accommodation will also be available for current longterm employees of the Health Service.

“These units are not only to attract new workers, but also those who already work at Warren Hospital,” the spokesperson said. The availability of the units is already having

a positive effect on retention numbers of Health care staff, the spokesperson added.

“I was speaking to a nurse who lives out on a farm, and she had to drive home after every shift,” she explained.

“She said that as she can now stay a few nights a week in the accommodation, rather than having to drive at night all the way back to her property; she can continue working, otherwise she would have had to have retire.”

The four accommodation units are equipped with a kitchenette, living area and ensuite.

Mrs Taylor said the units will be a crucial tool in helping to attract doctors and healthcare workers to the area.

“Addressing the rural medical staff shortage requires a holistic approach – from implementing the largest ever shake-up of the regional health workforce incentive scheme, to providing accommodation to health workers when they move to a new region,” Mrs Taylor said.

The units at Warren are the start of an ongoing plan to improve, upgrade and build key health worker accommodation across rural and regional NSW.

The newly opened health care worker accommodation in Warren is not just aimed at encouraging professionals to the region, but also retaining staff already employed in the sector.

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NARROMINE GARDEN CLUB NEWS

New Committee elected at AGM

L to R: Heather Young, Virginia Mather, Donna Pain, Marj Kelly, Chris Samuels and Amanda Adams.

NARROMINE Garden Club’s recent get-together at the Anglican Church Hall was also the group’s Annual General Meeting.

Election of the new Committee, saw the following members appointed: President, Chris Samuels: Vice-President, Amanda Adams; Second Vice-President, Heather Young; Secretary/Treasurer/Publicity: Virginia Mather, Donna Payne, Anne Harmer.

This year’s program of visits was also distributed, with many interesting gardens on the agenda. With 19 members present, a fi ne lunch that was enjoyed by all, followed the meet.

The raffle with a prize donated by Carole Mitchell, was won by Chris Samuels.

The March meeting for the Club will be held in Greg O’Malley”s garden at 21 Meryula Street.

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Concerns over water buybacks

Spotlight on banking closures IT was good to host senator Matthew Canavan in Moree last week to talk to locals about the impact of bank closures, just a day before Westpac’s Moree branch closed its doors for the fi nal time after almost 150 years of serving the community.

Senator Canavan is currently touring around the country as part of the newly-established senate inquiry into regional bank closures.

As chair of the committee that established the inquiry, senator Canavan is speaking to communities impacted by bank closures in an effort to fi nd solutions to ensure regional people can still access banking services without having to travel large distances.

The increasing closure of banks across the Parkes electorate, is most disadvantaging our elderly, Indigenous peoples, and those with a disability. If the big four banks were serious about fulfi lling the aims of their reconciliation action plans, they would not be withdrawing their services from places like Moree with a high-proportion of Aboriginal people.

While it’s unfortunately too late for Moree’s Westpac branch, we’re hopeful that oth-

AROUND UND THE ELECTORATE TORATE Comment nt by DUGALD D SAUNDERS, ERS, State Member ember for Dubbo bo THE Country Women’s Association in Narromine has secured $5000 to celebrate and support 100 years of the Narromine CWA in the leadup to NSW Women’s Week.

The Narromine CWA will host a free event on Friday, March 10 at Soul Food Depot and Gallery, featuring professional panellists, guest speakers and light refreshments. NSW Women’s Week is all about bringing women

WATER minister, Tanya Plibersek, last week announced a reopening of non-strategic, open-tender water buybacks for a number of catchments in the Parkes electorate, which is very worrying news for our Basin communities.

A total of 49.2 gigalitres of water will be recovered from six catchments in the Murray-Darling Basin, including the Namoi, Barwon-Darling, NSW border rivers, and Lachlan catchments, which all fall within the Parkes electorate. The new round of buybacks aims to help achieve the “Bridging the Gap” Target – a total of 2075GL in flows, to be returned to the environment each year.

Previous water buybacks have had disastrous consequences for communities in the Parkes electorate, and I’m concerned about the impact these new purchases will have. It’s all well and good for the minister to say that irrigators want to sell their water, but there’s obviously little thought as to what that means for our agricultural communities when productive water is taken-out of the system.

“Voice” meetings and tree plantings FOLLOWING a few days at home recovering from the retogether to celebrate and inspire each other and we are committed to supporting the wonderful women in our electorate.

This grant is a great opportunity for community members, business owners, local sportswomen, high school students, representatives of community groups, people from all walks of life to come together to celebrate and inspire each other.

The Narromine CWA values diversity and aims to make the centenary celebration as inclusive and accessible as possible and I am pleased to support this.

The NSW Women’s Week Grants Program provided grants of $3000 to $5000 for events that support at least one of the key priorities of the NSW Women’s Strategy

Senator Matthew Canavan, and federal member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, were in Moree last week to meet with locals impacted by recent bank closures. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. moval of a melanoma and two BCCs (basal cell carcinomas), I enjoyed a busy week back out-and-about in the electorate last week with various meetings and events in Dubbo and Moree.

I had a number of meetings with local Aboriginal leaders about the proposed “Voice to Parliament” last week. I’ve been trying to meet with people throughout the electorate to fi nd-out their views and, interestingly, there has been lots of varying opinions.

But regardless of whether they support the voice or not, everyone I’ve spoken to has some concerns over the mechanisms of a Voice – how it will work, what regions it will cover, who will be eligible to vote,

and how leaders will be elected – as those details are yet to be released.

During the week, I also met with members of the Paramount Tennis Club in Dubbo and OzFish Unlimited in Moree, both groups that have received funding from the former coalition government, to fi nd-out what they’ve been up to.

I also had the opportunity to be a panellist at the RDA Orana Outlook Dinner last Monday night, where we discussed how we might overcome some of the challenges our region is facing, including worker shortages, housing, population growth, liveability and more. We also heard about some of the incredible projects

and opportunities our region has to look forward to over the coming years.

I also had the pleasure last week, of attending the opening of the upgraded Moree PCYC, where I had the opportunity to plant a tree in memory of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The PCYC received funding under the Australian government’s Planting Trees for the Queen’s Jubilee program to plant about 30 trees outside the renovated building, so it was wonderful to see what a difference they’ve made to the façade.

As the Moree community enjoys this great facility for years to come, the trees will be an ongoing reminder of the dedicated service of the late monarch.

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These include improving women’s economic opportunities, health and wellbeing, and participation in community.

floods and COVID in recent years and, unfortunately our children, are not immune from the turbulence and the uncertainty we’ve all experienced. This program will make a big difference to the students to build on their strategies and skills of resilience.

The Children and Young People Wellbeing Recovery Initiative is funded through the NSW COVID-19 Economic Recovery Initiative and the co-funded NSW and Australian Governments’ Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

has received $830,000 to allow the council to undertake condition and load ratings on 42 bridges and culverts across the Narromine Shire. Council will be able to determine the structural soundness of the road pavement, culvert and bridge structures which will lead to greater safety, productivity and access from agricultural freight.

STUDENTS at St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School in Narromine, are set to embark on a five-month well-being program aimed at building their resilience, thanks to the NSW Government’s Children and Young People Wellbeing Recovery initiative.

I was very pleased to hand over $49,920 for the delivery of the Kalm Kids Program for students in Year Three, Four, Five, and Six. The Kalm Kids Program gives children the opportunity to learn and develop strategies to overcome issues such as stress and anxiety.

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Self-driving ute touring the west is “future of motoring”, Minister says is proudly published by PPNS News Media Pty Ltd and printed at 64-66 Miller Street, Gilgandra, NSW, 2827

A self-driving car is in Dubbo over the next fortnight, with locals able to spot the ute travelling sections of its premapped journey between Dubbo CBD, Dubbo Regional Airport, and Taronga Western Plains Zoo. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. of our big-picture exploration of how automated vehicle technology can deliver more reliable and accessible transport options. Connected and automated vehicles have the potential to transform travel on our roads and be a significant contributor to the regional economy by enhancing the lives of our communities, creating new market opportunity for businesses, and increasing employment opportunities,” he added.

Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders said the trial, along with the Future Mobility Testing and Research Centre, places the Central West and Orana region on the global stage as a regional hub for future transport technology.

“It’s great that Dubbo will host Australia’s fi rst Smart Ute trial of its kind in the heart of regional NSW, the hub of automated vehicle technology in regional Australia,” Mr Saunders said.

“This trial sets our sights on how autonomous vehicles can safely, efficiently, and reliably help locals and visitors move about the region,” he added.

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THE “future of motoring” has come to Dubbo with an Australia-fi rst trial of a self-driving car in the the city over the next fortnight.

The vehicle operates by utilising technology including radars, lidar (light detection and ranging technology), and cameras, to collect data and recognise and respond to obstacles along its path.

The “Smart Ute” – a retrofitted Ford Ranger – is now navigating the streets around Dubbo after fi rst undertaking robust testing at Transport for NSW’s Future Mobility Testing and Research Centre at Cudal near Orange.

Locals and visitors will be able to spot the ute travelling sections of its pre-mapped journey between Dubbo CBD, Dubbo Regional Airport, and Taronga Western Plains Zoo, as it navigates parts of Whylandra, Victoria, Macquarie and Church streets and at low speed sections on the Newell Highway.

A trained operator will be in the driver’s seat at all times and ready to manually take control of the vehicle if it encounters road conditions the technology has not yet learned to respond to.

The Smart Ute trial is a partnership between Transport for NSW, autonomous vehicle company Conigital, NRMA, Dubbo Buslines, mobile app developer Liftango, QBE and Dubbo Regional Council.

The trial is a step forward for automated vehicle technology, with safety and future connectivity for regional communities front and centre of the trial, Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said.

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Regional, State & National news

Don’t dump Rural Fire Service assets on local government, council group says COUNTRY councils want to make it clear – they are neither fi nancially nor legally responsible for Rural Fire Service (RFS) assets.

This follows a recent call by regional and rural councils for the NSW Government to stop “cooking the books” on RFS assets that are being listed as Council-owned as a means of making the State Budget look better.

The call at a recent local government conference follows the receipt of qualified audits by around 40 councils, due to their refusal to include the depreciation cost of assets they neither own nor control, Local Government NSW (LGNSW) president Darriea Turley said.

“This fi nancial sleight-ofhand, where depreciation

costs are dumped onto council accounts to make state government budgets look better, is misleading and disingenuous,” she said.

“The bottom line is that equipment ordered by, used by, maintained by, and disposed of by the RFS is the property of the RFS, and the depreciation needs to be recorded accurately in their accounts.

“But despite this, the NSW Government continues to dig its heels in on the issue and heap more financial uncertainty on the local government sector at a time when councils facing unprecedented natural disasters can least afford it.

“Qualified audits create serious fi nancial repercussions if they limit councils’ ability to obtain loans and the grants

they depend on to serve their community.

“The government needs to do the right thing – take back control of the RFS assets and restore accounting transparency to the process.”

Cr Turley said LGNSW and councils across NSW wholeheartedly support the efforts of RFS volunteers who do a heroic job to keep communities safe.

“This is purely about questionable accounting practices adopted by the NSW Government,” Cr Turley added.

“Requiring councils to record in their fi nancial statements the total annual depreciation expense of RFS red fleet assets – estimated to be $145 million in the past year – will result in many councils

Country councils are neither financially nor legally responsible for Rural Fire Service (RFS) assets, and so those assets should not be listed as Council-owned as a means of making the State Budget look better, the Local Government Association says. PHOTO: NSW RFS. having even less money to provide and maintain other community infrastructure and services.

“That hurts everybody, including the RFS volunteers,” she said.

Bureaucratic red tape threatens our prime farmland, NSW Farmers group says STATE bureaucracies should get out of the way and allow our farmers to do what they do best, produce world-class food and fibre, the State’s peak agricultural body believes.

Instead, farmers on our best agricultural land, have faced years of uncertainty because of complex red tape that threatens food production.

New analysis from NSW Farmers revealed a cloud over ongoing farm production on two-thirds of State Significant Agricultural Land because of confl icting mapping and landuse defi nitions from the NSW Government.

NSW Farmers vice-president Rebecca Reardon said there was an urgent need for clarity and co-ordination from government so farmers could get on with the job of growing food and fibre without worrying about inaccurate maps and indecipherable restrictions.

“It’s simply not good enough for government to slap a re-

State bureaucracies should get out of the way and allow our farmers to do what they do best, produce world-class food and fibre, the State’s peak agricultural body believes. PHOTO: NSW FARMERS. strictive map layer nearly the size of Tasmania over the State’s best farmland, and then drag their feet for over two-and-a-half years failing to give farmers clear guidelines on what they can and can’t do

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According to the data, more than half a million hectares (545,308Ha) of the state’s best farmland was listed as containing critically endangered ecological communities and at the same time was covered in petroleum exploration licenses. Only 30 per cent of State Significant Agricultural Land had no competing land uses listed.

Under state laws there were fi nes of up to $1.65 million for corporations or $330,000 for individuals for breaching environmental protections, but the guidelines on what continuing agricultural uses would be permitted in listed zones was years overdue.

“It’s time governments recognised they need to work with farmers rather than tying them up with spools of red tape,” Mrs Reardon said.

“Australia experienced a 14 per cent decline in land used

for food and fibre production between 1973 and 2017, a loss of about 106 million hectares.

“We’ve got politicians talking about strategic plans to retain important food and fibre production lands and ‘avoid land use confl icts’ but the reality is we’ve got more – not less – confl ict,” she said.

Facts: State Significant Agricultural Land f Total State Significant Agricultural Land: 9,425,481Ha f SSAL covered in Petroleum Exploration Licenses that also contain Critically Endangered Ecological Communities: 545,308Ha f SSAL covered in Petroleum Exploration Licenses: 64,466Ha f SSAL containing Critically Endangered Ecological Communities: 5,969,891Ha f Remaining SSAL: 2,845,816Ha Source: NSW Farmers.

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Summer storm lashes Trangie SUMMER storms arrived with gusto last week, with high winds and rain lashing the wider western districts on multiple nights. Across the district trees were uprooted; a number of tree limbs fell down and caused damage to fences and park benches. A local property owner’s shed was also destroyed by the winds. Even though less than 10mm of rain was recorded at Trangie over February 21/22, the wind certainly made up for it. The forecast is only predicting five per cent chances of rain over the weekend.

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Community News

Fun-run for Auto members out to the Nevertire Pub Contributed by EBONY WATSON, TRANGIE CAR CLUB CAPTAIN A GREAT run in some classic cars out to Nevertire Pub on a recent Sunday was thoroughly enjoyed by members of Trangie Automobile Club.

The monthly meeting/club run saw a total of six fantastic vehicles taking the trip with of 16 members in attendance.

Those making the journey comprised: Club President, Ray Watson, driving his 1955, Series 1 Land Rover, with his wife Tanya as passenger; Barry Roulston in his 1950 Austin A90; Club Vice-President, Chris Wagner driving a 1959 FC Sedan with Geoff Swain in the passenger’s seat; Graeme Doyle in his classic 1988 Toyota Corolla SR5 with wife Pam, as navigator.

There was also Jim and Margaret Terry with their 1971 Falcon and, fi nally, Club Captain Ebony Watson in her 1974 HQ one-tonner with “Bandit” and “Stella” riding shot-gun on the back.

The Club’s next “cars and coffee” meeting/club run will be to Gilgandra in April, where the Trangie Car Club will be holding their monthly “cars and coffee”.

Chris Wagner’s classic 1959 FC Holden on the Nevertire Pub run.

Trangie Automobile Club’s Barry Roulston’s Austin A90 at the run to Nevertire Pub. Ebony Watson HQ one-tonner, a classic Aussie ute.

Aussie Iron, Jim Terry’s iconic 1971 Falcon at the Trangie Automobile Club’s Nevertire trip.

Graeme Doyle’s classic 1988 Toyota Corolla SR5 on the Nevertire Pub Run

Gel chairs add comfort at Kurrajong Court

Standing, Les McKinnon, Pam Ferrari, Kathleen Bennett, Colleen Evans.

Occupying the new gel chairs are Pat McKinnon and Ruth McAnally. Both ladies were long standing and valued members of the Trangie Hospital Auxiliary. Ruth McAnally was a secretary for many years and was awarded Life Membership in July 2020. PHOTO: KATHLEEN BENNETT. Contributed by KATHLEEN BENNETT THE Trangie Hospital Auxiliary executive made a presentation of two new gel chairs to Kurrajong Court for the residents to use.

The gel chairs are well padded, extremely comfortable and are structurally very strong.

The chairs were a much-needed ad-

Riding shotgun on Trangie Automobile Club Captain Ebony Watson’s 1974 HQ one-tonner are regular passengers, “Stella” and “Bandit”.

Standing, Trangie Hospital Nurses Ashley Kelly, Annalee Monds (Acting NUM), and resident Les McKinnon. Resting in the gel chairs, Pat McKinnon and Ruth McAnally.

PHOTO: COLLEEN EVANS.

dition, as the fi rst gel chair, purchased in October 2019, proved to be beneficial and offered a greater degree of comfort for the residents.

These gifts from the Hospital Auxiliary were received by the hard-working nursing staff, with grateful thanks, as at this time the majority of residents are in need of special care.

Ray Watson classic Series 1 Land Rover on the recent Trangie Automobile Club’s Nevertire run.

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Mystery remains over the “Dulla Dulla” Italian POWs who made stone garden

The garden stone walls on the “Dulla Dulla” property, constructed by three Italian POW’s, are now in need of some serious stonemasonry work! PHOTO: KERRIE MARTIN. TRYING to fi nd some answers, Kerrie recently welcomed history buffs and a well-known author to a special community presentation hosted at the property last Friday.

Ms Martin said that the unknown identity of the three Italian POWs, and her own professional background, made this a mystery she couldn’t leave alone.

“My career background in Sydney, was Knowledge and Information Management which encompasses records and archival management.

“This, plus my love of all things Italian, piqued my interest in the preservation of

historical artefacts such as the Italian Prisoner of War stonewalls we are discussing today,” Ms Martin said.

Paired with the need to restore the property’s picturesque stone garden walls, Kerrie decided to invest her time and efforts into fi nding out more about these POWs. Researcher, Joanne Tapiolas, became Kerrie’s go-to expert on the issue, having authored books on Italian POW’s in Australia during the War. Guest speaker at the event, Joanne spent six-months researching the wall and the Italian prisoners who built it.

“The event went really well,

we had a number of people there, I think there were 66 RSVPs, I did a presentation on the Italians who were billeted at Narromine, I identified 140 of them,” Joanne said.

“While I found their records in the archives, there is no information about which prisoners were billeted at what farms, so it’s almost impossible to tell,” she added.

She said that the famed skills of the Italian POWs as trained artisans, made the task even harder.

“I started looking at the Prisoners who were stonemasons and craftsmen, but all Italians were able to build walls at the time,” she said.

“We’ve got some fi rst names, but we’d only be guessing to say that we know for sure who any of the prisoners in the photos are,” she added.

David Martin, who was present on the property during the War, remembers as a child the Italian prisoners who, became for so many farmers, not just invaluable help, but much-admired for their love of the land and hard-work.

“In 1943, I was eight years of age. I’m not sure how they came to be here, however, during this period, two lots of three Italian Prisoners of War came to live at Dulla Dulla and resided in a small hut,” he said.

“They tended to do general farm work however my strong

Joanne Tapiolas and Nesto Falcioni at the recent Dulla Dulla event. memory of them was sitting in their hut while they made handmade pasta and cooked it – boy was it good!

“I also remember them building the rockery along the path to what was then the main entrance,” he added.

A Narromine local of Italian descent, Nesto Falcioni, whose father, Nicola, was an Italian POW and emigrated back to Narromine after the war, was also a special guest at the event and helped Joanne in

her exhaustive studies.

Attendees were also be invited to walk around the house and garden to view the stone garden walls and raised beds constructed by the Italian POW’s.

“Over 18,000 Italian POW’s were sent to Australia. There is still so much of this era we do not know about”, Joanne concluded.

Italian POWs Remembered

By JOANNE TAPIOLAS FROM July 1944 until January 1946, 140 Italian prisoners of war worked on farms in the district. A hall in Narromine was leased by the Department of Army as a Control Centre for the administration of Italian POW farm workers who were placed on farms in a 35mile radius of Narromine.

It was an almost forgotten history until Kerrie Martin from Dulla Dulla tried to fi nd information about the POWs who built the farm’s stone walls and garden beds. “In July 2022, after doing a google search for “Italian prisoners of war Narromine” all I could fi nd was that N28 PWCC Narromine operated from June 1944 – January 1946 and involved 88 POWs,” Kerrie Martin said.

Last Friday, a special afternoon event was held at the Martin family property Dulla Dulla providing an opportunity for locals to learn about this history. David Martin remembers that they billeted two groups of POWs with the fi rst group responsible for the stone walls.

His love of pasta began with the Italians who made their own pasta and sauces.

George Mack of Weembah spoke about his childhood

Many people attended the Dulla Dulla event. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR. memories and catching rabbits with Umberto Cimmino.

“I can only remember Umberto who used to take me out rabbiting. He was cutting up a dead log to get a rabbit out and had put his hat over the end of the log to block the rabbit.

“Being a typical little boy, I put the hat on my head and away went the rabbit with Umberto telling me “bad boy George, get hold of him Frazer.” Frazer being the kangaroo dog with us,” recounted Mack.

The face of this history is multi-faceted. Ernesto Falcioni related details of his father’s journey as a POW in Egyp-

tian camps where the POWs suffered ongoing hunger and thirst. His father Nicola had worked from Mr James Pigott of Back Woodlands Narromine and with the fi nancial assistance of Mr Pigott the family migrated to Australia in 1952.

On a more personal level, Ernesto recounted that he was three months old when his father left for war in Libya and did not see his father until he was seven-years-old.

With the assistance of Joanne Tapiolas, researcher from Townsville, many other personal stories were revealed. Giulio Barbieri was

employed by Mr Samuel Shaw at his property Shawstal.

With permission, he went to The Weir on the Macquarie River near Dubbo to swim with two POW friends. He entered the water then slipped, disappeared, and drowned.

Never to return home, Barbieri was one of 95 Italian POWs who died in Australia.

Out of the archives came the stories of two sets of brothers. Graziano and Carmine D’Acierno stayed three months before Graziano damaged his farmer’s property and was sent off for 28 days detention.

Giovanni and Giuseppe Pinto who were in the district for 15 months. Their journey is remarkable because they were together from capture in Uolchefit [Abyssinia] to India to Australia to repatriation.

“This history is rich, vibrant and exciting and the POWs in Narromine were a diverse group,” Tapiolas recounts. Interestingly two POWs were born in USA: Francesco Tedone in New York and Rino Scipioni in Union City.

Tapiolas hopes that some of the stories and names will jog the memories of locals and bring forth new information.

The relationships formed between farmer and POW is represented by a 1946 article from the Narromine News and

Trangie Advocate: “If an incident which occurred at the Centre may be taken as a criterion, there were some at least who had developed a high regard for those for whom they had worked.

“One of the captured men asked permission to say farewell to his employer, who was in a truck outside the Centre.

When he returned to the hall, he was seen to brush tears away from his eyes.”

While Kerrie Martin has not found the names of the POWs allocated to Dulla Dulla, her efforts have contributed to the showcasing and documentation of Narromine’s POW history.

The scheme which placed POWs on farms was known as Prisoner of War Control Centres: Without Guards and the Italians were usually placed in twos or threes on farms.

To assist with the placements the Department of Army provided a booklet: Pidgin English for Italian Prisoners of War. The Italian POWs were dressed in recycled Australian army uniforms which had been dyed burgundy.

The farmer paid £1/week per worker and the Italian POWs were paid 1 shilling 3 pence per week in credit.

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Classroom News

Narromine High School Swimming Carnival Contributed by NARROMINE HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY, February 10th was the NHS Swimming Carnival.

The day started with a chant competition where Girralang could not be beaten with a “shaky caboose” performance.

Throughout the day the students swam really well against each other as well as against staff.

There were some close races that had students on the edge of their seats and our new little Year 7 students showed NHS that there are some dominant swimmers amongst the group.

We also had some fantastic novelty events that saw some red bellies and high splashes.

The overall points at the end of the day saw Wyamba edge out all three other houses to take out the Cup.

Congratulations to the following age champions: 12 year girl – Francis Anning 13 year boy – Kye Brotherton 13 year girl – Layla Leese-Caines 14 year boy – Ryan Pearce 14 year girl – Alicia Holden 15 year boy – Miles Leese-Caines 15 year girl – Skye Morrissey 16 year boy – Callum Hutchinson 17 year boy – Blake Tonkin 17 year girl – Josie Fountain 18 year boy – Racardo Stanford 18 year girl – Ashleigh Woods Congratulations to all students for a fun and competitive day.

Narromine High School have 12 swimmers qualified to attend the Western Region Swimming Carnival on March 9th.

Goodluck to our swimmers, Kye, Marshall, Tyler, Paddy, Ryan, Layla, Heidi, Samantha, Skye, Miles, Callum and Brock!

Age Champions: Back – Miles Leese-Caines, Frances Anning, Josie Fountain, Racardo Stanford, Ryan Pearce, Callum Hutchinson Front – Skye Morrissey, Layla Leese-Caines, Alicia Holden, Ashleigh Woods, Kye Brotherton. Absent Blake Tonkin. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

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Government cash to buy better clunkers for country kids WITH country drivers more likely to be involved in major car accidents, a new “cash for better clunkers” program is aimed at helping kids from the bush buy newer cars.

Young drivers in regional NSW will be given a cash incentive to help them buy a safer vehicle under the State-first program.

The new “Safer Cars for Country Kids” program will provide a $5000 subsidy for up to 1000 young drivers to help them purchase a safer car.

Peter Frazer OAM, President of Safer Australian Roads and Highways, supports the initiative.

“Too many novice drivers in our regional communities are killed or seriously injured simply because their vehicles are not as safe as they could be,” Mr Frazer said.

“Providing support to those who are most at risk will allow them to upgrade their cars to safer ones. This initiative will help save lives.”

Driver education specialist Matthew Irvine said staying safe on the road presents extra challenges for young people living in the country.

“People living in regional NSW usually spend more time on the road, driving longer distances and at higher speeds.

Programs such as the one an-

The initiative recognised that young drivers are much more likely to inherit the old family car, or buy an older, cheaper or less safe vehicle as their fi rst car, Deputy Premier Paul Toole said.

“Every parent wants to know their kids are in the safest possible car when they head off down the road, especially in the regions where they are driving longer distances and dealing with additional challenges like dust and roos,” Mr Toole said.

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Sam Farraway, said the scheme will trialled with up to 50 young people in selected areas, before rolling out in phases to all regional areas across the State.

Local driver education specialist Matthew Irvine. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. nounced today will defi nitely help keep our young people safe on the roads,” Mr Irvine said.

“Research shows newer vehicles equipped with advanced active and passive safety technology are far less likely to be involved in a fatal crash.

“As someone who educates young drivers, today’s announcement is a big positive and a step in the right direction to saving more lives on our roads.”

The average age of vehicles in NSW is 10 years, and it takes longer for newer cars with better safety technology to fi lter out to younger drivers, especially those in regional areas.

Electronic Stability Control and advanced safety features such as autonomous emergency braking or Lane Keeping System technologies have proven to reduce crashes.

“We will get old and unsafe cars off our country roads and make it easier for young driv-

ers to get behind the wheel of a safer car,” NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said in announcing the scheme.

“This is extra incentive for kids in the bush to ditch their old cars and upgrade to a more modern vehicle with better safety features.

“Young drivers in regional areas clock up the miles, and this is one way we can lower the risk of country kids being seriously injured or losing their life in car accidents.”

“If we want young people to really benefit from this program then we have to get it right, and this trial will provide us feedback on what works and what doesn’t,” Mr Farraway said.

“If you’re under the age of 25 and drive a car with a used car safety rating of 1 or 2 stars, or (a car that) is unrated and over 16 years old, you may be eligible to participate in the program and upgrade to a safer vehicle,” he said.

Fencing, pumping and permaculture at empowering women event PRACTICAL skills for country women – including fencing, water pumping and permaculture – will feature at a special workshop in early March aimed at connecting and empowering rural women in the region.

Watershed Landcare has secured $4896 from the Women’s Week Grants to deliver a series of practical workshops, from fi refighting to fencing, as one of the highlights of NSW Women’s Week.

The event will comprise a fencing workshop with a local female fencing contractor; a pumping workshop with local female Rural Fire Service volunteers; a permaculture workshop with a local female farmer; and a lunch guest speaker from the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program to support rural women and open doors to resources available.

Watershed Women Coordinator, Kennedy Porter, grew up on a family farm near Dubbo, but said women don’t have to be farmers to benefit from the event.

“This grant is a really great opportunity for us to showcase our Watershed Women initiative, which is not just about the environment – it’s that holistic approach to look after yourself, your community and your environment,” Mrs Porter said.

“You don’t have to be on the land – this is about highlighting a different demographic of women in our community, women who are self-sufficient, who are keen to focus on

sustainability and looking for opportunities to learn new skills that they might ordinarily rely on other people to help them with.

“We’ve got everything from permaculture and fermenting, to portable pumps and fi refighting to fencing – there’s something for everyone,” Mrs Porter said.

“NSW Women’s Week is all about bringing women together to celebrate and inspire each other,” Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders added.

“This grant will give women from some traditionally male-dominated industries the chance to build their confidence by learning some practical new skills and build connections that last beyond this one day.

“I commend Watershed Landcare for putting together an event that celebrates our rural women, whether they’re on the land themselves or just passionate about environmental sustainability and giving back to their community,” Mr Saunders said.

NSW Women’s Week runs from March 6-12 and promotes gender equality while celebrating the social and cultural achievements of women.

Other successful grant recipients in the Dubbo electorate include $5000 for “Narromine CWA Centenary: A Celebration of Country Women”, and $5000 for Connecting Community Services (Dubbo) to host “Elegant and Equal – A night out for Women”.

Practical skills for country women will feature at a special workshop in early March aimed at connecting and empowering rural women in the region. Pictured are Watershed Women Coordinator, Kennedy Porter, with Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

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No. 165

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Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current. 11.00 Australia Remastered. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Queerstralia. 2.00 QI. 2.30 Back Roads. 3.00 Gardening Australia. 4.00 Antiques Roadshow.

5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Endeavour. 10.00 Van Der Valk. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

9.00 Home Of The Year: Scotland. 10.00 Grayson’s Art Club. 10.55 Lady Jane Grey: Murder Of A Child Queen. 12.05 WorldWatch. 2.20 Amplify This. 2.40 Deafying Gravity. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Bamay. 3.45 Cook Up. 4.15 We Hear You. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust.

6.30 News. 7.30 Wrecks That Changed The World.

8.30 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways. 9.25 Royal Autopsy. 10.25 SBS News. 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Heaven. (2019) Annalise Basso. 2.00 House Of Wellness. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 MOVIE: Hacksaw Ridge. (2016) 11.15 MOVIE: Point Of No Return. (1993) Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne. 1.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 For The Love Of Pets.

1.00 Space Invaders. 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 Rugby League. NRL. Round 1. Penrith Panthers v Brisbane Broncos. 9.55 Golden Point. 10.40 All The Way: Panthers Title Defence. 12.10 The First 48. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Studio 10. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 Would I Lie To You? Australia. 3.00 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. 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. 8.30 Taskmaster Australia. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Just For Laughs. 11.00 Just For Laughs Uncut. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs.

5.35 Interstellar Ella. 6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE: The Proposition. (2005) Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone. 10.10 Doctor Who. 10.55 Silent Witness. 11.55 Killing Eve. 12.40 High Fidelity.

1.10 Friday Night Dinner. 2.00 Close. 5.05 Curious George. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

ABC PLUS

6.00 (31) WorldWatch.

9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show.

12.00 Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech. 1.35 The Beach. 2.05 The UnXplained. 2.50 Counter Space. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.15 Takeshi’s Castle.

5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Hoarders.

9.20 Sex With Sue. 11.00 Sex War Robots. 11.25 News. 12.20 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 2.10 True Believers. 3.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 The Surgery Ship.

1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Our Town. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 ICU. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Security USA. 8.00 Border Patrol. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 World’s Most Secret Homes. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 Queens Of Mystery. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: School For Scoundrels. (1960) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 For The Love Of Pets. 8.30 MOVIE: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. (2018) Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep.

10.40 MOVIE: Footloose. (1984) 12.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (53) Shopping.

6.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Tough Tested. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

10.30 MacGyver. 11.30 JAG. 12.30 NCIS. 1.30 Blue Bloods. 2.30 Scorpion. 3.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 4.30 MacGyver. 5.30 JAG. 6.30 Scorpion. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 Evil. 11.15 MacGyver. 12.15 Home Shopping. 1.15 Infomercials. 1.45 Home Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 10.35 Kids’ Programs. 3.35 The Deep. 3.55 PJ Masks.

4.30 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.05 Kuu Kuu Harajuku. 5.25 Jade Armor. 6.00 100 Things To Do Before High School. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Slugterra. 8.00 Camp Lakebottom. 8.20 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.05 Dragon Ball Super. 9.30 Sailor Moon Crystal.

9.55 Fruits Basket. 11.15 Close.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 China Tonight. 8.30 ABC News Tonight. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Close Of Business.

10.00 The World This Week. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News.

12.15 China Tonight. 12.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

10.00 Blokesworld. 10.30 American Pickers.

11.30 Pawn Stars. 12.00 Motorbike Cops.

12.20 Jabba’s Movies. 12.50 MOVIE: The Last Starfighter. (1984) 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 Ultimate Rides. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Waterworld.

(1995) Kevin Costner. 10.15 MOVIE: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. (1981) 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

12.00 Motor Racing.

SpeedSeries. TCR Australia Series, TransAm Series and the S5000 Australian Drivers Championship. Highlights. 2.00 Full House.

2.30 3rd Rock. 3.30 Raymond. 4.00 The Nanny.

5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie.

6.00 MOVIE: Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. (2009) 7.45 MOVIE: Meet The Fockers. (2004) 10.05 MOVIE: Little Fockers.

(2010) 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam.

7.30 Becker. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.30 The King Of Queens. 10.30 The Middle. 11.30 Frasier. 12.30 Becker. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 7.30 Basketball. NBL. Finals. Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Nancy Drew. Final. 11.30 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage. 7.00 (2) Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Endeavour. 2.00 Death In Paradise. 3.00 Scottish Vets Down Under. 3.30 Monty Don’s French Gardens. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Dream Gardens. 5.30 Further Back In Time For Dinner.

6.30 Better Date Than Never. Final. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Call The Midwife. Final. 8.35 The Larkins At Christmas. 9.40 Traces. 10.30 Miniseries: Time. 11.30 Rage.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 10.05 Love Your Garden. 11.00 Outside: Beyond The Lens. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Bowls.

Ultimate Bowls 2022. Event 1. Final. Highlights.

3.00 Figure Skating. Four Continents C’ships.

H’lights. 4.35 Secret Scotland. 5.30 The Abyss: Rise And Fall Of The Nazis. 6.30 News. 7.35 The World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes. 8.30 Britain’s Scenic Railways. 9.25 Inside Windsor Castle. 10.15 Planet Sex. 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Horse Racing. Australian Guineas Day and Randwick Guineas Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 To Be Advised.

8.00 Border Patrol. 8.30 MOVIE: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. (2019) Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne. 11.10 MOVIE: Absolute Power. (1997) 2.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Our State On A Plate. 12.30 The Pet Rescuers.

1.00 My Way. 1.30 MOVIE: The Man In The Moon. (1991) 3.30 Journey To South Africa.

4.30 Explore TV. 5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders.

8.30 MOVIE: The Notebook. (2004) Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling. 11.00 MOVIE: The Choice. (2016) 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 10.00 Studio 10: Saturday.

12.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 2.00 All 4 Adventure.

3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Taste Of Australia: BBQ Special. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 To Be Advised. 7.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 8.30 FBI: International. 10.30 NCIS. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.50 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 8.15 Live At The Apollo. 9.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.45 The Set. 10.25 Doctor Who. 11.05 Fleabag. Final.

11.40 Cucumber. 12.20 QI. 12.50 Banana. 1.15 The Young Offenders. 1.50 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 (31) WorldWatch.

9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show.

12.00 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish.

2.55 WorldWatch. 4.55 Mastermind Aust. 5.25 The Jeff Bezos Empire: The Rise And Reign Of Amazon. 7.30 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Women Who Rock. 9.30 The Day The Rock Star Died. New. 10.30 Cycling. UCI Women’s World Tour. Strade Bianche Women. 11.25 Vagrant Queen. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs.

12.00 Escape To The Country. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Escape To The Country.

4.00 The Hotel Inspector. 5.00 Horse Racing.

Australian Guineas Day and Randwick Guineas Day. 6.00 Dog Patrol. 6.30 The Highland Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 I Escaped To The Country. 9.30 Escape To The Perfect Town.

10.30 Vintage Roads: Great And Small. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.00 The Baron. 11.10 MOVIE: The Sleeping Tiger. (1954) 1.00 MOVIE: The Frightened City.

(1961) 3.00 MOVIE: Outcast Of The Islands.

(1951) 5.00 MOVIE: Beachhead. (1954) 7.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 2. Fijian Drua v Waratahs. 9.30 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 9.45 MOVIE: Platoon.

(1986) Charlie Sheen. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (53) Programs.

10.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 12.30 Exploring Off The Grid. 1.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 Beyond The Fire. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Scorpion. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Reel Action. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Soccer.

A-League Men. Matchweek 19. Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory. 10.15 MacGyver. 11.10 48 Hours. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 12.10 Spookiz. 1.35 Kids’ Programs. 2.35 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.

3.55 The Fairly Odd Parents. 4.30 The Beachbuds. 4.55 Miraculous. 5.20 Lagging.

5.45 The Inbestigators. 6.10 The PM’s Daughter.

6.35 MythBusters Junior. 7.35 Slugterra. 8.00 Camp Lakebottom. 8.20 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 8.55 Nova Jones. 9.20 Soundtrack To Our Teenage Zombie Apocalypse. 11.15 Close.

6.00 Morning (24) Programs. 1.00 News. 1.30 In Conversation With Sachin Tendulkar. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Landline. 3.00 News. 3.30 China Tonight. 4.00 ABC News.

4.30 Close Of Business. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Aust Story. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Foreign Correspondent. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.15 Four Corners. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 China Tonight. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (64) Programs. 12.00 Weekend Prospector. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 The Car Club. 2.00 Boating.

Australian V8 Superboats C’ship 2022. Round 4.

Replay. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars.

4.00 Last Car Garage. 4.30 Down East Dickering.

5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 6.30 Building Giants. 7.30 Air Crash Investigations.

8.30 Air Crash Investigations: Special Report. 9.30 Disasters At Sea. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 1.30 MOVIE: Pokémon: Lucario And The Mystery Of Mew. (2005) 3.30 Motor Racing. ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Round 5. Cape Town ePrix. Highlights. 4.40 About A Boy. 5.10 MOVIE: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. (1989) 7.00 MOVIE: Back To The Future Part II. (1989) 9.10 MOVIE: Executive Decision. (1996) 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 Friends. 10.30 The Neighborhood. 11.30 The King Of Queens. 12.30 Frasier. 1.00 The Middle.

1.50 Australian Survivor. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.15 Friends. 12.15 Home Shopping.

1.15 Infomercials. 1.45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.45 Mom. 3.35 Nancy Drew.

4.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Call The Midwife. Final. 3.30 Victoria. Final. 4.20 Grand Designs: The Streets.

5.10 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.30 Vera. 10.05 Miniseries: Butterfly. Final. 10.50 Queerstralia. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

(3) 11.00 Outside: Beyond The Lens. 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian ProMX Championship. Round 1. 4.00 Cycling. UCI Women’s World Tour. Strade Bianche Women. Highlights. 5.00 Surf Life Saving.

Australian Interstate Championships. Highlights.

5.30 The Abyss: The Rise And Fall Of The Nazis.

6.30 News. 7.35 Ancient Egypt By Train. 8.30 Chernobyl: New Evidence. 10.20 Castles: Secrets, Mysteries And Legends. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (6) Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Cycling. Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

Replay. 2.15 To Be Advised. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Australian Idol. 9.00 7NEWS Spotlight. 9.30 The Latest: Seven News. 10.00 Manhunt. 11.00 Born To Kill? 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Drive TV. 6.30 (8) A Current Affair. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. Return.

11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. Return. 1.00 Drive TV. 1.30 Arctic Vets. 2.00 Surfski. World Series. The WA Race Week. 3.00 Rugby League.

NRL. Round 1. Dolphins v Sydney Roosters.

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. 11.15 The First 48. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 10.00 Studio 10: Sunday. 12.00 Australian Survivor. 1.10 My Market Kitchen. 1.30 Bondi Rescue. 2.00 Luxury Escapes. 2.30 Exploring Off The Grid.

3.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 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. 9.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. 10.00 FBI. 11.00 The Sunday Project.

12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs.

4.35 Go Jetters. 5.05 Fireman Sam. 6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.40 Ben And Holly.

7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 You Can’t Ask That. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids. 9.30 Louis Theroux: Drinking To Oblivion. 10.30 Women Of Steel. 11.25 Micro Monsters. 12.20 Long Lost Family. 1.05 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

2.00 Close. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

ABC PLUS

6.00 WorldWatch.

9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show.

12.00 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey.

3.15 Bamay. 3.35 E-Sports Revolution. 4.35 WorldWatch. 5.05 Mastermind Aust. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 Lost Gold Of World War II. Final. 9.20 Tales From The Territories. 10.15 187 Minutes: Capitol Riots.

11.05 MOVIE: The Big Squeeze. (2021) 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 I Escaped To The Country. 1.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Sean’s Kitchen. 3.00 The Great Australian Doorstep.

3.30 Animal SOS Australia. New. 4.00 Vintage Roads: Great And Small. 5.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 6.00 Border Security USA. 6.30 Border Patrol. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 Heathrow. 9.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 The Avengers. 11.40 My Favorite Martian. 12.10 Getaway. 12.40 MOVIE: Dangerous Voyage. (1954) 2.10 MOVIE: Chase A Crooked Shadow. (1958) 4.00 MOVIE: The Way West. (1967) 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet. 8.40 MOVIE: The Dead Pool. (1988) Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson. 10.35 Major Crimes.

11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Tough Tested. 9.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 10.00 Reel Action. 11.00 Australia By Design: Architecture.

11.30 Roads Less Travelled. 12.00 JAG. 1.00 Beyond The Fire. 2.00 What’s Up Down Under.

2.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Matchweek 19.

Macarthur FC v Brisbane Roar. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 MOVIE: Deep Rising. (1998) 12.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.50 Built To Survive. 1.15 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 2.05 Horrible Histories. 2.35 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 3.55 The Fairly Odd Parents. 4.30 The Beachbuds. 4.55 Miraculous. 5.20 Lagging.

6.00 Crazy Fun Park. 6.30 MythBusters Junior.

7.35 Slugterra. 8.00 Space Nova. 8.20 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 8.55 Dwight In Shining Armour.

9.20 Silverpoint. 10.10 Rage. 11.10 Close.

6.00 Morning (24) Programs.

1.00 News. 1.30 World This Week. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 News. 3.30 In Conversation With Sachin Tendulkar. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 ABC News Regional. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 China Tonight. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 Insiders.

8.30 ABC News Tonight. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Australian Story. 10.00 ABC Late News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (64) Programs. 11.00 Air Crash Investigations: Special Report. 12.00 The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 3.00 Fishy Business. 3.30 MOVIE: Superman III. (1983) 6.00 MOVIE: Batman. (1989) 8.40 MOVIE: Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. (2016) Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 1.30 Galavant. 2.00 Hollywood Medium. 3.00 I Can See Your Voice.

5.00 About A Boy. 5.30 To Be Advised. 7.00 MOVIE: 17 Again. (2009) 9.00 MOVIE: The Hitman’s Bodyguard. (2017) 11.20 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords. 1.15 Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance Championship. End of season review. Highlights. 2.10 Hollywood Medium.

3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 (52) Friends.

7.30 The Neighborhood. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. 12.00 Friends. 3.00 The Neighborhood.

4.00 Basketball. NBL. Finals. New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends. 12.00 Home Shopping.

12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping.

1.30 The Middle. 2.30 Nancy Drew. 3.30 The Neighborhood. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, March 2, 2023

Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Being Frank: The Frank Gardner Story. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Gardening Australia. 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Q+A. 10.35 China Tonight. 11.10 ABC Late News. 11.25 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Home Of The Year: Scotland. 10.00 Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft. 10.55 Lady Jane Grey: Murder Of A Child Queen. 12.05 WorldWatch. 2.00 First Ladies. 2.45 Mastermind Aust. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 The Architecture The Railways Built. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Planet Reef. 8.30 South Korea With Alexander Armstrong. 9.30 Secrets Of Playboy. 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: The Perfect Boss. (2013) 2.00 Surveillance Oz. 2.30 Border Security: International. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Australian Idol. 8.45 Starstruck.

10.00 Australia: Now And Then. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Married At First Sight.

1.30 Explore TV. 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 Big Miracles. 10.00 Nine News Late.

10.30 100% Footy. Return. 11.20 The Equalizer.

12.10 Almost Family. 1.00 Hello SA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Judge Judy. 9.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 10.00 Studio 10. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 Australian Survivor. 3.30 Judge Judy.

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. 8.40 Would I Lie To You? Australia. 9.40 Ghosts. 10.10 The Montreal Comedy Festival. 11.10 FBI: Most Wanted. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.40 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Micro Monsters. 8.50 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 9.40 Long Lost Family. 10.25 MOVIE: Jaimen Hudson: From Sky To Sea. (2021) 11.20 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.00 Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids. 1.00 Black Mirror. 2.10 Close. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

ABC PLUS

6.00 (31) WorldWatch.

6.50 The 77 Percent. 7.20 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. 12.00 VICE. 12.35 Lethal Ladies: NZ Female Fighters.

1.00 Curse Of Oak Island. 2.55 Insight. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.15 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Taskmaster. 10.20 Somewhere Boy. 11.20 Deep Inside The Sex Factory. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 12.00 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys. 1.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.00 Weekender.

2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 ICU. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Gold Digger. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 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 Bondi Vet. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Heart Of The Matter. (1953) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime. 9.55 Coroner. 10.55 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (53) Shopping.

6.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Destination Dessert. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.30 All 4 Adventure. 11.30 JAG. 12.30 NCIS. 1.30 Blue Bloods. 2.30 JAG. 3.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 4.30 MacGyver.

5.30 JAG. 6.30 Scorpion. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 10.20 In The Dark. 11.15 NCIS: New Orleans.

12.15 Home Shopping. 1.15 Infomercials. 1.45 Home Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 1.55 Play Your Pets Right. 2.10 Ace My Space. 2.40 Spirit Riding Free. 3.00 Danger Mouse. 3.35 The Deep. 4.30 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.05 Kuu Kuu Harajuku. 5.25 Jade Armor. 6.00 100 Things To Do Before High School. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Slugterra. 8.00 Space Nova. 8.20 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 8.55 Dwight In Shining Armour.

9.20 Silverpoint. 10.10 Rage. 11.15 Close.

6.00 News (24) Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News.

12.30 7.30. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (64) Programs. 9.50 Full Custom Garage. 10.50 MOVIE: Batman.

(1989) 1.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.30 Boating. Australian V8 Superboats Championship 2022. Round 4. Replay. 3.30 Full Custom Garage. 4.30 Counting Cars. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: The Patriot. (2000) Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 12.00 I Can See Your Voice. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 3rd Rock. 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 The Nanny.

5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Mechanic: Resurrection.

(2016) Jason Statham. 10.30 Young Sheldon.

11.00 That ’70s Show. 11.30 Duncanville. 12.00 Eyewitness. 1.00 Manifest. 2.00 Raymond.

2.30 Full House. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 (52) Friends.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. 1.00 The Middle. 2.00 The Neighborhood. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier.

6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping.

12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Becker. 2.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. 3.30 The King Of Queens. 4.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.30 Everyone’s A Critic. 11.00 Monty Don’s French Gardens. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Father Brown. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Gardening Australia. 4.00 Antiques Roadshow.

5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 5.25 Hard Quiz.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop. 9.00 Queerstralia. 10.10 Brazen Hussies. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 9.00 Home Of The Year: Scotland. 10.10 Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft. 11.00 Looking For Rembrandt.

12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 First Ladies. 2.45 Mastermind Aust. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 The Architecture The Railways Built. 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 Dateline. Return.

10.00 SBS News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (6) Programs.

12.00 MOVIE: Mommy Group Murder. (2018) 2.00 Surveillance Oz. 2.30 Border Security: International. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 We Interrupt This Broadcast.

8.30 The Good Doctor. 9.30 Quantum Leap.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Police Custody USA. 12.00 Late Programs.

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 Botched. 11.20 La Brea.

12.10 Tipping Point. 1.00 It’s All Greek To Me. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 8.30 Entertainment Tonight. 9.00 Judge Judy. 9.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 10.00 Studio 10. 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil.

2.00 Australian Survivor. 3.00 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. 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 NCIS: Hawai’i. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.40 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Would I Lie To You? 9.45 This Time With Alan Partridge.

10.15 QI. 10.45 Friday Night Dinner. 11.30 The Young Offenders. 12.00 High Fidelity. 12.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 1.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2.20 Close. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

ABC PLUS

6.00 (31) WorldWatch.

9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show.

12.00 Rise Up. 12.55 Fanatics: The Deep End. 1.25 Planet A. 1.55 Chasing Famous. 2.50 Counter Space. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.15 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips. 9.25 The Machines That Built America. New. 10.15 50 Years Of Mr Men & Little Miss. 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.

10.45 A Confession. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 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 Death In Paradise. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Raising The Wind. (1961) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles.

10.40 Major Crimes. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (53) Shopping.

6.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Destination Dessert. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 10.30 MacGyver.

11.30 JAG. 12.30 NCIS. 1.30 Blue Bloods. 2.30 Scorpion. 3.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

4.30 MacGyver. 5.30 JAG. 6.30 Scorpion.

7.30 Bull. 8.30 My Life Is Murder. 9.25 Bull.

10.20 SEAL Team. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15 Home Shopping. 1.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 11.25 Norway. 11.50 Kids’ Programs. 3.00 Danger Mouse. 3.35 The Deep. 4.30 Secret Life Of Boys.

4.55 FriendZSpace. 5.10 Kuu Kuu Harajuku.

5.25 Jade Armor. 6.00 School Of Rock. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Slugterra. 8.00 Space Nova. 8.20 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 8.55 Dwight In Shining Armour.

9.20 Silverpoint. 9.45 BTN High. 10.10 Rage.

11.15 Close.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.15 Four Corners. 10.00 The World.

11.00 The Drum. 12.10 Q+A. 1.15 ABC Late News.

1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 American Restoration. 10.30 American Pickers.

11.30 Pawn Stars. 12.00 Counting Cars. 12.35 MOVIE: Bonnie And Clyde. (1967) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 Ultimate Rides. 5.30 American Restoration.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 8.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 9.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 10.30 Truck Night In America. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

12.00 Pure Genius.

1.00 Raising Hope. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 The Nanny. 5.00 Bewitched.

5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 That ’70s Show.

7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 To Be Advised.

11.30 Young Sheldon. 12.00 Eyewitness. 1.00 Manifest. 2.00 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 3.30 LEGO City Adventures. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Seinfeld.

8.30 Basketball. NBL. Finals. New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings. Replay. 10.30 Becker.

11.30 Frasier. 12.30 Two And A Half Men. 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. 10.20 Becker.

11.10 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.40 Media Watch. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Gardening Australia. 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 5.25 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.05 QI. 9.35 Zoe Coombs Marr: Bossy Bottom. 10.40 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.25 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 (3) Home Of The Year: Scotland. 10.05 Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft. 11.00 Looking For Rembrandt. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. 2.30 Insight. 3.35 The Cook Up. 4.10 I Want To Make A Film About Women. 4.25 Dylan Alcott Interviews. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Wildlife ER. 8.30 The Swap. 9.30 Bloodlands. Final. 10.35 SBS News. 11.05 Cargo. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (6) Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery. (2015) 2.00 Surveillance Oz. 2.30 Border Security: Int. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 The Best Of The Russell Gilbert Show. 8.45 The Front Bar: All Sports Edition. 9.45 Kitchen Nightmares Australia.

10.55 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 See No Evil. 11.20 Ordinary Joe. 12.10 Tipping Point. 1.00 Our State On A Plate. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 8.30 Entertainment Tonight. 9.00 Judge Judy. 9.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 10.00 Studio 10.

12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 Australian Survivor. 3.30 Judge Judy. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. 8.40 Law & Order: SVU. 9.40 Fire Country. 10.40 Bull. 11.30 Late Programs.

ABC PLUS (22)

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.55 Floogals. 3.30 Play School. 4.00 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 4.35 Go Jetters. 5.05 Octonauts.

6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.40 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Silent Witness.

9.30 Banana. 9.55 Cucumber. 10.45 Killing Eve. 11.30 Black Mirror. 12.25 MOVIE: The Proposition. (2005) 2.10 Women Of Steel. 3.10 Close. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show.

12.00 One Armed Chef. 12.55 Border To Border.

1.25 Cryptoland. 1.55 Taskmaster Norway.

2.50 The Pizza Show. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.55 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.25 Forged In Fire. 7.15 Jeopardy!

7.45 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 RocKwiz Salutes The Decades. 9.30 Women And The Power Of Activism. 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue.

4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Foyle’s War. 10.55 Frankie Drake Mysteries. 11.55 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. 1.50 New Tricks. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Beautiful Stranger. (1954) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 One Deadly Mistake. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping.

6.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Buy To Build. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 10.30 MacGyver. 11.30 JAG. 12.30 NCIS. 1.30 Blue Bloods. 2.30 Scorpion.

3.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 4.30 MacGyver. 5.30 JAG. 6.30 Scorpion. 7.30 Bull.

8.30 NCIS. 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 Blue Bloods. 11.15 In The Dark. 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 2.10 Fierce Earth. 2.40 Spirit Riding Free. 3.00 Danger Mouse. 3.35 The Deep. 4.30 Secret Life Of Boys. 4.55 FriendZSpace. 5.10 Kuu Kuu Harajuku. 5.25 Jade Armor. 6.00 School Of Rock. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Slugterra. 8.00 Space Nova.

8.20 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 8.55 Dwight In Shining Armour. 9.20 Silverpoint. 9.45 BTN High. 10.10 Rage. 11.15 Close.

6.00 News (24) Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 ABC News Day. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News.

7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Australian Story. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (64) Programs. 10.00 American Restoration. 10.30 American Pickers.

11.30 Pawn Stars. 12.00 Boy To Man. 1.00 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 2.00 Truck Night In America. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator.

3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 Ultimate Rides. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Highway Cops. 9.30 Motorway Patrol. 10.30 Surveillance Oz. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 12.00 Pure Genius.

1.00 Raising Hope. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 The Nanny. 5.00 Bewitched.

5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 That ’70s Show.

7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 To Be Advised.

11.30 Young Sheldon. 12.00 Eyewitness. 1.00 Manifest. 2.00 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 3.30 LEGO City Adventures. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 (52) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Friends. 8.30 The Neighborhood. 9.30 The King Of Queens.

10.30 The Middle. 12.00 Frasier. 1.00 Becker.

2.00 NBL Slam. 2.30 Two And A Half Men. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier.

6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.20 Two And A Half Men. 10.10 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping.

12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 The Weekly.

2.00 Parliament. 3.00 Gardening Australia.

4.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 5.25 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Grand Designs: The Streets. 9.20 Griff’s Canadian Adventure. 10.10 Movin’ To The Country. 10.40 ABC Late News.

10.55 The Business. 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer. 9.35 Home Of The Year: Scotland. 10.05 Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft. 11.00 Looking For Rembrandt.

12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 First Ladies. 2.45 Mastermind Aust. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 The Architecture The Railways Built. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters and Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Coastal Ireland With Adrian Dunbar. 8.30 American Presidency With Bill Clinton. 9.20 Vigil. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Pregnant At 17. (2016) 2.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 8.30 Code 1: The Martin Place Siege. 9.30 Air Crash Investigations. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 It’s All Greek To Me. 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 Rugby League. NRL. Round 2. Penrith Panthers v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

9.55 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 A+E After Dark. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 10.00 Studio 10.

12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 Taskmaster Australia. 3.00 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. 4.00 Farm To Fork.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Taskmaster Australia. 8.30 Gogglebox Australia. 9.30 The Montreal Comedy Festival. 10.30 Would I Lie To You? Australia. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ (22) Programs. 6.40 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Return. 9.15 Hard Quiz. 9.45 The Weekly. 10.20 Gruen. Final. 10.55 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 11.30 Doctor Who. 12.45 Would I Lie To You? 1.15 Louis Theroux: Drinking To Oblivion. 2.15 Live At The Apollo.

3.05 This Time With Alan Partridge. 3.35 Close.

5.05 Kids’ Programs.

ABC PLUS

6.00 (31) WorldWatch.

9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show.

12.00 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey.

2.55 The Pizza Show. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.15 Takeshi’s Castle. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Sex Trafficking In America. 11.10 The UnXplained.

12.50 Behind The Blue Line: Untold Australia.

1.50 Dark Side Of Comedy. 2.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi.

2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 9.30 Kavanagh QC. 11.15 Murdoch Mysteries. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 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. 1.50 As Time Goes By. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Five Golden Dragons. (1967) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Paramedics. 9.30 Australia Behind Bars.

10.35 Silent Witness. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (53) Shopping.

6.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Buy To Build. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 10.30 MacGyver. 11.30 JAG. 12.30 NCIS. 1.30 Blue Bloods. 2.30 Scorpion.

3.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 4.30 MacGyver. 5.30 JAG. 6.30 Scorpion. 7.30 Bull.

8.30 NCIS. 9.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.30 SEAL Team. 11.30 48 Hours. 12.30 Home Shopping.

1.00 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.10 Fierce Earth. 2.40 Spirit Riding Free. 3.00 Danger Mouse. 3.35 The Deep. 4.30 Secret Life Of Boys. 4.55 FriendZSpace. 5.10 Kuu Kuu Harajuku. 5.25 Jade Armor. 6.00 School Of Rock. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 Slugterra. 8.00 Space Nova.

8.20 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 8.55 Dwight In Shining Armour. 9.20 Silverpoint. 9.45 BTN High. 10.10 Rage. 11.15 Close.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Back Roads. 10.00 The World.

11.00 The Drum. 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.30 7.30. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 American Restoration. 10.30 American Pickers.

11.30 Pawn Stars. 12.00 Highway Patrol. 1.00 Surveillance Oz. 2.00 Boy To Man. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 Ultimate Rides. 5.30 American Restoration.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: The Dark Knight Rises. (2012) Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

12.00 Motor Racing.

IndyCar Series. Round 1. Grand Prix of St Petersburg. Highlights. 1.00 Rivals. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 3rd Rock. 3.30 Raymond. 4.00 The Nanny. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Survivor 44. 8.30 To Be Advised.

11.00 Young Sheldon. 11.30 Duncanville. 12.00 Eyewitness. 1.00 Manifest. 2.00 Raymond.

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6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Friends.

8.30 Becker. 9.30 The King Of Queens. 10.30 The Middle. 12.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.00 Frasier. 2.00 The Neighborhood. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier.

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Thursday, March 2, 2023 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Sport RACING NG REPORT ORT

By COLIN HODGES

Yass Picnic Races – Saturday, February 25 NARROMINE-BASED jockey, Ricky Blewitt, is on a golden streak.

He was the rider of a winning double at Bedgerabong recently – including the cup on Honeywine – followed by a treble at Bathurst a week later, and then another three winners on Saturday at Yass, to complete a highly-successful month on the picnic circuit for the local hoop.

With the leaders at Yass setting a fast pace in the 1350-metres Elders Ltd Yass Picnic Cup, Blewitt wisely settled his mount, Madison Point, back in the field and waited to make a late run.

Riding the 68kg top-weight and $1.70 favourite, Blewitt ran home strongly to win by a long-neck from George Two (Leandro Ribeiro at $9) with a length to the third-placed Namarari (Emily Waters at $6).

Blewitt on golden streak at picnics; Dixon and Hazelton also succeed Now the winner of eight races, Madison Point is trained at Canberra by Rob Potter, who might now be considering another shot at the $50,000 Picnic Championship later this year; the eight-year-old gelding being extremely-unlucky when unplaced in the 2021 Final.

Opening winner for Blewitt at the Yass meet, was the Ron Weston and John Nisbet, Canberra-trained Coupla Days (at $3.60) which led throughout in a nearly four-lengths win over Nordy Girl (Kate Petersen at $3.50) and Hot Country (Leandro Ribeiro, the $1.30 favourite) in the 900-metres Maiden Plate.

Lucky Champion (at $3) from the John Rolfe stable at Canberra, brought up the Ricky Blewitt treble when setting the pace and beating the Terry Fahey, Dubbo-trained, Hireach (Emily Waters at $3.40) which had raced outside the leader, while Guiltless (Kate Petersen on the $2.20 favourite), battled-on for third in the 900-metres Hamilton Rise Class Three Trophy Handicap.

Often dominant at meet-

ings, Leandro Ribeiro had to wait until the fi nal race, the 1100-metres Trophy Handicap, to land a winner – the Warren Ganderton, Nowra-trained, Las Vegas Girl.

Racing third to the home turn, Las Vegas Girl (at $3.40) won by over four-lengths from Waldo Waldorf (Kate Petersen at $6.50) which came from a long last, while Bella Days (Emily Waters at $2.70) fi nished third, after sharing the lead with Magic Stratagems.

Forbes trainer Peter Kirby and Emily Waters, combined with Her Call (at $2.60) for the all-the-way winner of the 1200-metres Agnew Plate from Guetary (Leandro Ribeiro at $2.80) and Just Ace (Tim Grace on the $2.20 favourite).

In the 1200-metres Class B Handicap, it was the Lauren Davies, Moruya-trained Rock ‘N’ Tori (Breanna Bourke at $8) leading throughout, to beat Eight Willows (Leandro Ribeiro on the $3.40 favourite), and Here Comes Chum (Emily Waters at $5).

Bathurst and Mudgee meetings AT other meetings, Gilgandra trainer, Bryan Dixon, was on-target when he backed-up Searchlight and Fling Foxy to race at Bathurst last week, six days after the stablemates had performed well at Quirindi.

Ridden by stable apprentice, Zara Lewis, Searchlight (at $19) led all-the-way to win a maiden handicap at the meet, while Flying Foxy, with apprentice, Camille Houlgatte, fi nished strongly to be beaten by less than two lengths by the very-smart Raging Rush in a class two handicap.

Lewis was again in the saddle when Searchlight (at $18) led throughout to beat Nobel (Ashley Morgan on the $2 favourite) and Behind The Storm (Blake Spriggs at $4.20) at Bathurst in the 1400-metres class one handicap.

The following race, the 1300-metres Benchmark 50 Handicap, saw Flying Foxy (Zara Lewis on the $3.60 equal favourite) coming from near last early, to beat Down To Earth (Will Stanley at $4.40)

and Honeywine (Grant Buckley at $5) in a three-way photo-fi nish.

Meanwhile, another Gilgandra horse, the Kieren Hazelton-trained Order Of Merit staged a top performance to win the 1400-metres XXXX Gold Country Boosted Benchmark 58 Handicap at Mudgee.

Trailing the field to the home turn, Order Of Merit (Jake Pracey-Holmes at $10), came home with a big fi nish to win by two-lengths from Girragulang (Ashley Morgan at $3.90) and the $1.80 favourite, Billiethefi llie ridden by Clayton Gallagher.

From further west at Nyngan, trainer Greg O’Neill, recently made the long trip to the Bathurst Picnic Meeting to win the 1100-metres Class One Trophy Handicap with Are You Certain.

Third early, Are You Certain (Ricky Blewitt on the $2 favourite) joined the leaders approaching the home-turn, and fi nished best to win by a length from More Than Luck (Todd Bailey at $6) and Just Ace (Tamsin Gough at $2.80).

Good scores in Course in topweekend golf shows shape for Saturday volunteers’ efforts Competition after recent storms Contributed by NORM LEWIS

FEATURE of last weekend’s golf was the good scores returned.

This shows how the course is playing, and also reflects on the fine work done by the band of volunteers who have the fairways back in top condition.

On Saturday, a field of 20 players took part in an 18-Hole Individual Stableford event which was won by Alex Sambrook with a top-score of 40 points. Runner-up was Mick Oriel on 38, both of which were two very good rounds.

The NTP (nearest-the-pin) comps went to Alex Sambrook on the third, and Shane Liddell on the 10th. Long drive on the 11th, was won by Henry Buttsworth with the Jackpot Hole the 17th this week, which was won by Steve Squires.

On Sunday, the event was an Individual Irish Stableford with the winner Kale Bock with 80 points and the runner-up Rob Gainsford on 77 points.

Good to see “Bocky” back in the winners list after some time away.

The NTP on the ninth was won by Tony Mann and, on the 17th, by Dwane Faro-Mann. The Jackpot Hole was the 17th with no winner.

Next weekend, the event on Saturday is the 18-Hole Stroke Monthly Medal, while on Sunday, the event is a 4BBB Stableford. A Nine-Hole Stableford for the veteran golfers will also

be played in conjunction with this event.

Some 64 players also lined-up on Wednesday for the latest round of the Business House competition. Numbers were down slightly on previous weeks, no doubt due to the storm on Tuesday night. The winners on the day were team McPhersons with an adjusted score of 18.

Daily winners were Steve Thompson, 23; Greg Kearines, 23; Viv Halbish, 22; Jenny Ward, 21; and Stu Crawford, 21.

The NTP winners were, on the Ninth, Vicki Gainsford; on the 10th, Steve Thompson; and the 17th, Tony Harding with the third hole prize not won.

Long Drive winners were Ross King at the fourth and Bill Gibbs on the 11th.

With only two more weeks of this popular competition left, there has been a change at the top of the Leaderboard.

Team NDT has hit the front on 51, leading by two from team Dozer Chicks on 49, followed by team Epiroc on 48, and team Gerries on 47.

The fi nal two rounds of the competition will be interesting with only four points separating the top four teams.

The Junior Clinic will be held again next Sunday with a good roll-up expected for the start-time of 9.30am.

That's all for this week – see you at the 19th!

Contributed by NORM LEWIS LAST Saturday saw some 17 players take part in the weekly Gerrie’s Golf Competition.

While not a major announcement in itself, mention must be made of the tip-top course condition following the recent storms.

This is due to the volunteer band of course-workers who have done a wonderful job presenting the grounds in such good condition.

A little more needs to be done on the greens, as the sand has been washedaway but, no doubt, this will be rectified in time for the start of the summer programme.

On Saturday last, only five ladies played the Front Nine in the weekly competition with Marj Kelly returning an excellent score of 23 points to win from Bev Woods on 17.

Once again, there was no NTP (nearest-the-pin) winner for the Ladies however, Carol McDonald won the NAGA prize with a score of 11 points.

All players also joined in wishing Anne Harmer “Happy Birthday” during the presentations. (Gee, the cake was nice!)

On the Back Nine, 12 fellas battled it out for weekly supremacy with the winner Blake Mallon on 23 points. Great round, Blake – no doubt you were helped by your little Caddy!

Runner-up on the day, was Bob Fletcher, also on 23, having been beaten on the count-back. “Fletch” also won the Men’s NT, with the NAGA prize going to Jamie Roberts with a score of 12 points.

Pool was on again with six players with the preliminary round featuring Terry Willis and Norm Lewis against Bob Fletcher and Graham Shaw.

This was a tight match, which saw Willis and Lewis advance to the fi nal where they met the top-pairing of Chris Harding and Ross King.

You may have guessed right, Chris and Ross combined well to win the final and claim the title of “Pool Champs” for the week.

Next Saturday, the girls are on the Back Nine, and the fellas on the front.

See you all on the tee at 9.30am!

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, March 2, 2023

Life Membership for Bowlo’s Kevin Rider AT the Bowling Club’s AGM held recently, Life Membership was bestowed upon longtime supporter, Kevin Rider.

Kevin, who spent a decade at the helm of the Club, richly-deserved this honor, so it was no surprise to see everyone vote unanimously for this Notice of Motion.

It was envisaged that Kevin would receive his badge at the conclusion of the Pennant Match against our friends from Bourke, with an open invitation that was extended to all family members and friends, along with his bowling fraternity mates, to help celebrate this special occasion.

The 2023 Club Fours Championships have also now reached the Finals after last

weekend’s semi-fi nal results which saw the Robbie Stanford-skippered quartet get over the top of Adam Jermyn’s foursome in Game One, whilst in Game Two, it was the Aaron Hutchison Quartet who proved too good for Heny Buttworth’s team, winning comfortably.

The Final of this event was originally scheduled for Saturday, but both skippers requested a hiatus as they have important functions to go to and, to that end, “Happy 40th Birthday” to Robbie Stanford, looking forward to it on Saturday.

The results of the AGM also saw Narromine Bowling Club with a new President – congratulations to Bruce Powyer, who I am sure will do a ster-

ling Job. Bruce has the full backing of the new Board which consists of Vice-Presidents Bruce Maher and Richard Hyde; Club Secretary Norman R Bohm; and Directors Adam Jermyn, Ray Anthony, Peter Cross, and Rick Bohm.

Bruce has already indicated he will want to change a few things to attract bowlers into the clubhouse and onto the greens, and is also looking to garner some grants to paint the club-house and other renovations: all good going forward.

There was just the one social bowls outing this week with some 14 players going round in pleasant conditions on Thursday afternoon.

Once the dust had set-

tled, Bob Christoff and Greg Wright were deemed the best winning team on the day and bagged the vouchers! Des Lincoln, Bill West, and Bill Wilkie, were declared the day’s runners-up and the jackpot?

Well, it was kept!

Last week in the Pennants, the boys hosted the Bourke Bowling Club and had a comfortable win with the fi nal score, Narromine 63 shots to Bourke’s 47 shots, for a nine points to one point win.

Once again, our teams to play at home against West Dubbo, won’t be known until later in the week, due to players being away, and also for who is making themselves available. Selectors James Daley, Ben Clark, and Rick Bohm, will be meeting on

Wednesday to sort it out.

The Club Triples nomination sheet has been posted for a few weeks now, and will close shortly so, if you haven’t entered your team, you only have two weeks to do so as entries close on Saturday, March 11.

The nest two championships we will be playing are the Major/Minor Pairs and the Consistency Singles. The nomination sheet for both these events, along with the Conditions of Play, will be posted on the notice-board next weekend.

That’s about the lot for me this week, look forward to catching up with you up at the “Bowly”

Diocesan Touch Football Trials

Seven students from St Augustine’s Primary School, recently took-part in the touch football trials for the Wilcannia-Forbes Diocesan representative team.

Contributed by BEN MACLEAN AND LACHIE WATT STUDENTS from St Augustine’s Primary School, Narromine, recently took-part in some hot, fast, and furious

touch football trials for the Wilcannia-Forbes Diocesan representative team.

Last Tuesday, Ben, Fred, Lachie, Matty, Flynn, Lewis, and Eddie from the school, all travelled to Woodward Oval in

Parkes to try-out for the touch football.

“Playing in 40 degrees heat was so hard and exhausting,” the boys reported.

There were 74 students from the Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese,

40 boys and 34 girls.

Teams of 13 played four games each and, out of the 74 there, were 18 girls and 18 boys picked for the fi nal game.

“Possibles” vs “Probables”.

After that game, the Dioce-

san Sports Coordinator, Mrs Burke, chose the fi nal team of 12.

Congratulations go to Matthew Smyth for making it! The boys all had fun on the day and met some great new mates.

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Thursday, March 2, 2023 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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James Magnussen’s Olympic inspiration with Narromine swim visit

SIXTY young and very-eager swimmers arrived at Narromine Aquatic Centre bright and early last Sunday for a fun “Faster Freestyle” clinic with Australian Olympic great and triple-medalist, James Magnussen.

The free clinic was organised by the Macquarie Yabbies Swim Club and was for all swimmers aged from 8–16 in the Narromine and Trangie area, with sponsorship from Narromine Shire Council.

The eager young athletes then spent three hours receiving top-level coaching, advice, and encouragement from the former 100-metre Freestyle World Record-Holder.

“He told us we should never give up” attendee Lucy Brown aged eight, revealed: “Even if other people don’t believe in

our dreams,” she added.

All aspects of competing in freestyle were covered in detail, from starts and turns to strokes, breaths, and finishes.

Magnussen kept the audience captivated for the duration of the session with his stories and attention to detail, and even had a few things for gun Yabbies coach, Lance McCabe, to learn!

Yabbies representative Hugh Bevan later presented Magnussen with a Yabbies merchandise pack as a “thank-you” for the amazing day; commenting on how incredible it was to learn from the very best.

The Macquarie Yabbies Committee also thanked Narromine Council for their support in making this clinic accessible to all swimmers in the Shire.

Digby, Flynn, and Eddie at the recent “Faster Freestyle” clinic at Narromine Pool.

Learning tips and techniques for diving at recent “Faster Freestyle” clinic at Narromine Pool.

James Magnussen and Flynn Redden warming-up at Narromine Aquatic Centre for the recent “Faster Freestyle” clinic.

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