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Narromine Lions’ 70th anniversary gains steam

By LUKE WILLIAMS IT is set to be a busy couple of months for the Narromine Lions Club, which is celebrating its 70th birthday while at the same time completing a fouryear rail restoration project.

Narromine famously established the fi rst Lions Club west of the Great Dividing Range, on June 5, 1953.

At its opening meeting, Mr Gordon H Smith, a Lions International special representative from Seattle in the United States, told the gathering: “Lionism is based on unselfish service to your own community”.

The Club’s fi rst President was Dr Keith McLachlan, and the Club’s secretary was Mr Ross Eggleston.

It was the 18th Lions Club formed in Australia and, at one stage, was the second largest in the nation. The Club is now in the process of fi nalising preparations for its 70th Anniversary Dinner.

“We are currently organising our 70th birthday celebrations with our wonderful committee,” Club President, Vicki Drew, told the Narromine Star.

She said the Club has, and continues to play, an important role in the community.

“We do ‘Meals on Wheels’; we source volunteers for different events, and it gives people who are out of town, a chance to connect with other

Celebrating its 70th birthday while at the same time completing a four-year rail restoration project; it’s set to be a busy couple of months for the Narromine Lions Club. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR. people,” she said.

“We give money to Royal Flying Doctors and the Cancer Council; we will be involved in catering at the Dolly Parton

Festival,” she added.

The local Club, is also a central supporter of one particular charity that is close to members’ hearts.

“We are also heavily-involved with Camp Licola — a camp for young people with special needs.

“Our Club supports it very

well; it’s the one week, where the kids say they are able to feel normal.”

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Thursday, June 8, 2023 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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THE FORECAST Thursday, June 8 Min 11. Max 17. Showers. Possible rainfall: 8 to 15 mm. Chance of any rain: 95% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Cloudy.

Very high chance of rain, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds north to northeasterly 25 to 35 km/h turning west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the late morning and early afternoon.

Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 12 with daytime temperatures reaching between 16 and 20.

Sun protection not recommended, UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low] Friday, June 9

Encouraging traditional bush industry: “speed shearing” is coming to Trangie

By LUKE WILLIAMS CLICK go the shears, boy, Trangie will host its fi rst-ever speed shearing event later in the year.

Manager of the NSW Speed Shear Circuit, Daniel Linnett has told the Narromine Star that the event: “will be good for the town and the community”.

“It draws crowds from all walks of life; people who don’t normally rub shoulders together, will start interacting; it creates a good sense of community” he said.

The event, he added, was a great way to showcase the skills and toughness needed for one of our great rural occupations.

“It highlights the physical and sporting nature of the industry; I like to compete; I like to race everyday,” Danile said.

“I like to have to change my singlet four times a day, because I’m so hot and sweat. It just completes me,” he added.

The spectacle, he explained, was also important in promoting the profession to young people, with a huge shortage of shearers in the country.

Australia’s shearer workforce, he said, has fallen from about 15,000 when wool prices were booming in the late 1980s, to about 2800 now.

The COVID pandemic further reduced the small

pool of skilled labour, with woolgrowers struggling to get their sheep shorn “We’ve lost so many jobs in rural towns, and I want to put this line of work right back into the eyes of the community, to show it’s a good job to have, if you do it right” he said.

“For the last seven or eight years I’ve been driving all over Australia; these shows create benefits for the community and show people that shearing is a legitimate job choice,” he said.

With prizemoney is the senior division totalling $4000, and $1500 for the intermediate division, the event is expected to bring people from various parts

of NSWwith novice, intermediate, and senior grades.

Daniel explained that competitors fi rst shear in pairs, go through a heat, before being paireddown to semi-finals and a fi nal, with animal welfare concerns ensuring the animals have been “crutched-out” before the tournament.

We remove the wool around the backside and head before the shearing event,” he said.

“They battle it out one by one, until the fastest shearer remains,” Daniel concluded.

You’re the “Voice”; consulting event held on referendum vote MORE than a dozen locals recently attended a “Voice to Parliament” Community Consultation at Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council Office.

The consultation was to discuss the vote that Australians will have later this year about recognising the First Peoples of Australia in the Constitution and establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander “Voice”, an independent and permanent advisory body, to Parliament.

“It only takes two people to have a conversation” event-speaker, Wellington-born Roy Ah See from the Uluru Leadership Team, told the Nar-

romine Star.

“The pleasing thing about the event, is that some people came who were unsure which way they were going in relation to their vote — either ‘yes’ or ‘no’,” Mr Ah See said.

“But, after the educational session that we presented, they walked away clearly knowing that there needs to be the change in this country and First Nations people need a voice enshrined in the Constitution put there by the people, rather than by the politicians,” he said.

The referendum however, appears to be on a knife-edge at this stage; latest Newspoll data found

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just 46 per cent of voting-aged Australians back the Voice, with 43 per cent opposing it.

The remaining 11 per cent said they didn’t know whether they would support it or not.

Polling data also showed that eight-out-of-10 indigenous Australians supported the Voice, with one-in-10 opposed, and one-in-10, undecided. For the referendum to pass, a majority of voters need to vote ‘yes’ nationally, plus a majority of voters in at least four out of six states.

“Indigenous people don’t want tokenism with their constitutional recognition,” Mr Ah See said.

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“We want a meaningful change and we want our voice enshrined in the constitution,” he added.

He said the Voice would give direct input into legislation impacting Indigenous Australians.

“The Voice gives us a seat at the table; at the moment, if your not on the table, you are on the menu” Mr Ah See said.

“Aboriginal people have been on the menu for many, many years… the Voice gives us a seat at the table so we can influence decisions and influence policy on behalf of our communities,” he concluded.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, June 8, 2023

Narromine Lions’ 70th anniversary gains steam

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From page 1 First Vice-President of Narromine Lions Club, Daryl Healey, told the Narromine Star that their donations are to organizations that are all local.

He said the current group is made of townspeople and farmers.

“They all contribute in whichever way they can.

“In the past, we have helped families who have fallen on hardship. In addition, we look after elderly people,” he added.

One exciting project the Lions Club has been working on since 2019, is the restoration of signage and a turntable for old steam trains which used to pass through town.

“The rail junction here was a major centre” Mr. Healey said.

“We are rehabilitating the steam-train area and looking

at restoring the signage for it around town.”

The plan, he said, is to revive the romance of the early days of rail in the district, from when locomotives that traveled through Narromine, moved from steam technology to diesel in the mid-1960s.

“There is a rail museum out at Nyngan, and we want to be part of that. We want to be part of the rail trail.

“I mean, look at the Zig-Zag railway being reopened. It just goes to show how popular steam trains are…, we want to increase the traffic stopping here for coffee,” he enthused.

The local Lions started the project in 2019, and aim to be finished by the end of the year, just in time for their 70th anniversary.

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Dusty Boots event; set to celebrate Mel’s “Slim” Dad

By LUKE WILLIAMS

THE stage is set for the iconic Dusty Boots Annual Weekend and Awards at Narromine.

USMC Narromine Bar Manager, Holly Monaghan,, said that the club was looking forward to the celebration.

“It is always a fun event; this year, I know there will be quite a few new singers, and we have people come from all different places,” she told the Narromine Star.

The event is organised annually by Mel Norton, a disa-

bility support pensioner, who funds the commemoration, in memory of his father.

“Everything is in readiness; now we have all the tension and excitement of it all happening,” he said.

Mr. Norton revealed, that the Awards are held to honour his Dad and cost him around $30,000 out of his own pocket, each year.

“What I’m doing is trying to keep his dream alive; my Dad was a Slim Dusty soundalike,” Mr Norton explained.

“He didn’t try to be; it was

just his natural-sounding voice; he was known as ‘Dubbo’s Slim Dusty’,” he added.

It is these memories, that drive his passion for the Weekend, he said.

“I do it for my love of country music, and I do it for my Dad, Johnny Norton, who passed away in 1983.

“I was a drummer in his band, since I was 11,” he added.

Mr Norton said he is looking forward to many of the artists playing at the three-day event, including Gina Timms from Tasmania, Rob Breeze from

Tamworth, and Gayle O’Neil from Yass.

Lance Birrell, who was Troy Cassar-Daley’s lead guitarist, will also perform at the event.

“We also have a range of musicians coming from all over the East Coast,” Mr Norton said.

The awards are also unique to the industry, as they honor: “the legends and the grassroots, and you don’t have to be a musician to win one. All awards are for services to country music,” Mr Norton said.

Narromine, he said: “will get a big benefit from it,” with country music one the most inclusive genres around.

“To me, country music means everything, because my Dad started me in it.

The music itself is not divisive; country music is one of the most uniting genres of music; it brings together all sorts of people,” Mr Norton said.

Narromine man struck by car after argument

Fatal crash at Tomingley after two-vehicle collision

Mitchell Highway upgrades on track for year’s end completion

A MAN has died following a two-vehicle crash near Dubbo over the weekend.

About 5.50am on Saturday, June 3, emergency services were called to the Newell Highway near Tomingley, 31km south of Dubbo, following reports of a crash between a truck and Mazda 323.

Police were told the truck and car crashed, before the truck rolled, blocking both lanes.

The driver of the car, a man aged 44, was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics, but died at the scene.

The male driver of the truck, aged 64, was taken to Dubbo Base Hospital for mandatory testing.

Officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

As inquires continue, police are urging anyone with dashcam footage or information about the incident to contact Orana Mid-Western police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Anyone with information about this incident, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers. com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages

WORK is progressing on a number of safety improvements as part of upgrades of the Mitchell Highway between Dubbo and Narromine.

This follows funding from the previous Coalition Government who had committed $32 million to deliver a number of projects along the 36-kilometre section of road designed to reduce travel times, improve safety, and increase overtaking opportunities for all vehicles.

The Mitchell Highway is a central thoroughfare that forms part of the Sydney to Western NSW corridor.

Locally in the Shire, large numbers of residents also commute daily between Narromine and Dubbo for employment and recreational activities, with heavy vehicles making-up about 12 per cent of daily traffic.

Key safety improvements include road widening, installation of rumble strips, one metre-wide centre lines, and safety barriers, as well as upgrades to intersections and private property accesses.

A spokesperson for Transport NSW, told the Narromine Star, that the work is scheduled as follows:

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f Lagoon Creek (westbound): Expected to be complete with both lanes open to traffic by August 2023, weather permitting. f Wynsley Lane (westbound): Also expected to be complete with both lanes open to traffic by August 2023, weather permitting. f Mylangra (eastbound): Work is underway, including drainage and other preparatory works, and these overtaking lanes are expected to be completed in late 2023, weather permitting.

The project is on track for completion by the end of the year, weather permitting.

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“When you win a Boot, you automatically become part of the family,” he added.

A PARTY dispute, may have led to a man being hit with a car in Narromine recently.

The alleged incident occurred at about midnight last Saturday, June 3, when emergency services were called to a home on McNamara’s Lane, Narromine, following reports a man had been struck by a car.

Attending Police were told a fight had broken-out after two people were asked to leave a party at the location. A male had subsequently arrived in a Holden Commodore, where he allegedly drove towards and struck a 44-year-old man before fleeing in his car.

The 44-year-old was treated on scene

by NSW Ambulance Paramedics before he was airlifted to Orange Health Service for treatment of injuries and was later released.

Police officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District, then commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Following inquiries, at about 3.40pm on Sunday, June 4, police attended a home on Murgah Street, Narromine and seized a Holden Commodore.

Later, at about 11am on Monday, June 5, a 40-year-old man attended Dubbo Police Station and is assisting police with inquiries.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, June 8, 2023

Mayor hits back at local government minister after parliamentary speech

By LUKE WILLIAMS CALLS for local government to “get their house in order”, has angered Narromine Shire Mayor, Councillor Craig Davies.

This follows Local Government Minister, Ron Hoenig, telling Parliament recently that: “local government need to face their expenditure issues, before they come bleating to the State Government asking for an allocation of funds when it is facing a $180 billion deficit,” he said.

His answer came in response to local councils complaining that rising State Government costs, may force them to cut jobs and services.

Local councils are angry at being told that their contribution to the State Budget in the form of fi re and emergency services levies would be increasing 19.5 percent next year following the 2022 floods, Black Summer bushfi res, and removal of a State Government subsidy scheme.

The hike to the Levy alone

will mean Narromine Shire Council will be paying $196,000 more next fi nancial year to the State Government.

Firing back at these complaints, the Minister claimed that the State’s Auditor-General had identified major errors in councils’ book-keeping, affecting about one-third of local government annual reports in the past year.

“The 2021/22 Audit Report, discovered errors worth $1.3 billion,” Mr Hoenig told Parliament.

He added that, councilors should instead focus on the jobs that rate-payers pay them to do.

Cr Davies, however, has responded in kind, accusing the Minister of “arrogance.”

“Since the State election on March 25, I’ve made it my business to meet with many new ministers and highlight the challenges that rural mayors face regularly,” he said.

“I have been received warmly and listened to intently,” Cr Davies added.

This, he said, was in con-

trast to the impression he had gained of Mr Hoenig.

“I have formed a very positive view of all of them.

“But to hear the rant of Minister Hoenig, is to listen to the voice of arrogance,” he added.

He added that the contrast between the relative affluence of State Government positions, and the low-level remuneration in Local Government, was striking.

“My annual stipend for working an average of 50–60 hours per week, is $37,000,” Cr Davies said.

“Minister Hoenig is paid $315,000 per annum, and he has the hide to deny mayors a fair and reasonable stipend, when our Queensland counterparts are paid $108,000,” he added.

Damage to Local and State Government relations, had already been done, Cr Davies believes.

“He’s unworthy of his very privileged position and will damage this Government and relations between Local Government and the ministers.

“What a shame.”

In a similar vein, the Country Mayors’ Association ina joint statement said that Mr Hoenig’s: “iron-fisted approach has many wondering: Is there a future for local government in NSW?” “Serving as an elected member of a regional community, is both a challenging and rewarding task, but it is in no way fi nancially lucrative,” it said.

Councilors stand-up for their communities, because they have a passion for where they live, the statement said.

The Mayors added that, the 2021 NSW Local Government elections had resulted in a high number of Councils that did not receive adequate nominations to hold an election.

Councilors aged between 60–69 make up the largest number serving in NSW, closely followed by 50–59 years of age, it said.

“This cannot change without respect, recognition, and collaboration by the State Government,” Country Mayors

Association Chairman Jamie Chaffey said.

“Minister Hoenig’s outburst against local government elected members in NSW, has left us all feeling frightened for the future of Local Government in NSW,” Mr Chaffey added.

The Country Mayors Association, said that “cost-shifting” from State to Local Governments, had contributed to the “fi nancial stress” local councils were under.

They also pointed to several other factors, including what it called: “an out-of-touch annual rate review system that does not keep pace with infl ation and cost of living increases” and “a need for many regional councils to provide for services that would normally be provided by State or Federal governments, like child care, aged care, accommodation for police, nurses, ambulance, emergency services,” as reasons for the fi nancial distress of local government.

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Thursday, June 8, 2023 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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Protect our water with constitutional protection, country mayors plead

By LUKE WILLIAMS WITH water the liquid gold of the driest continent, the Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA) is calling for public ownership of water assets to be constitutionally-enshrined.

On Tuesday, the NSW Legislative Assembly passed the Constitutional Amendment (Sydney Water and Hunter Water) Bill 2023.

While good, this law will only include regional water assets within the Hunter region.

The CMA said that the Government, should have expanded the scope of the Bill to include all council-owned assets so they stay in the hands of Local Government. This they add, is the only way to ensure that Local Government never loses control of what it calls our” “most important asset” — water.

“Over many years across Australia, state governments have increasingly been taking control of water and sewer utilities from Local Government, causing a significant increase in cost to residents, as well as loss of local autonomy in decision-making that guarantees future growth direction,” CMA Chairman, Snowy Mountains Mayor, Councillor Ian Chaffey said.

“Regional Councils also rely heavily on our utilities for our future viability. That has never been more critical than now. Financial viability was identified as our members’ most important issue in our recent member survey,” he added.

The NSW Labor Party made opposing the privatisation of Sydney’s drinking water, a key election issue and promised if elected; its priority would be to protect it from any further privatisation, Cr Chaffey said.

When passing the new law however,, the Government had rejected amendments by the Opposition to include regional water util-

ities alongside Sydney Water Corporation and Hunter Water Corporation as assets that cannot be privatised, he added NSW Nationals Leader and State Member for Dubbo, Dugald Saunders, said that access to drinking water for people in regional NSW, should be the same as for people living in Sydney.

“The Premier’s fi rst legislative act, has divided our State, based on where we live,” Mr Saunders said.

“Chris Minns had an opportunity to show he will govern for all of NSW, not just for Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong — he has failed,” Mr Saunders added.

Shadow Minister for Water, Steph Cooke, added that regional water utilities have different protection than metro utilities under this Bill.

“This Bill discriminates against the 1.85 million people who obtain their water from water utilities other than Sydney Water and Hunter Water,” Ms Cooke said.

“By focusing on Greater Sydney, the Lower Hunter, Illawarra, and Blue Mountains, and failing to acknowledge the rest of the state, this Bill raises serious questions about the future security of WaterNSW and all the local water utilities across regional, rural and remote NSW,” she added.

State Minister for Water, Rose Jackson, said that adding all water utilities in the State to the Bill, was not appropriate “We don’t take amendments to the Constitution lightly; both Sydney Water and Hunter Water are statutory, State-owned corporations and can be safeguarded against privatisation by an amendment to the Constitution Act,” Ms Jackson said.

“There has been no consultation with regional councils who run local water utilities in country NSW — the Liberals and Nation-

als are using these councils and essential services as a political football,” she added.

Ms Jackson warned that the entities covered in the Coalition’s defi nition, do not provide drinking water, but instead manage stormwater, provide irrigation services, or deliver environmental outcomes.

She added that, because those water entities had not been consulted or had the opportunity to consider the impacts of the Coalition’s amendments, their amendments would have paved the way for possible legal challenges and compensation claims against the State.

However, CMA released a statement saying they believed that Minister Jackson had indicated she had shown support for constitutional recognition of State water ownership for all of regional NSW, Deputy Chairman of the CMA, Temora Mayor, Cr Rick Firman said.

“Our CMA members have spoken loudly and clearly, especially through our recent survey results.

It is critical, that water remains in the hands of our communities through local government,” he added.

Cr Firman said, that it is not too late to add all State water to bill.

“We strongly and respectfully call on our new State Government, to please include the protection of our water in the NSW Constitution.”

Cr Chaffey said that these assets must be protected from being sold-off in the future.

“CMA has long held the position, that our water and sewer utilities must remain in the hands of Local Government, not State Government or any other entity, or be privatised; do not touch our water,” he said.

Add Local Government to the Constitution change”, Mayor Chaffey concluded.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, June 8, 2023

Fire + Rescue Awards NSW’s community presented to education trailer is finally restored Narromine

By LUKE WILLIAMS FIRE + Rescue NSW has fully-restored its RW1 Community Education Trailer, with a little help from their friends.

TAFE NSW, the Mudyigalang Craft Group Narromine, and the Narromine Fire Brigade Social Club, all pitched-in to help with the long-term project.

Fire + Rescue NSW originally kept the trailer at 280 Station Dubbo but, due to a lack of space, it was moved to the 401 Station at Narromine in about 2013.

Because the truck was kept outdoors, however, the paintwork on the trailer had faded so badly, that 401 Narromine Captain Ewen Jones and RFF Marc Barton decided to rub the trailer back to metal and repaint it in 2018. The squad used a spare vehicle decal set to brand the trailer at this time however, another five yearson, and the backyard paint-job was again fading.

Inspector at the time, Anthony Hojel (now RW1 Zone Commander), then asked Captain Jones to seek sponsorship to inquire if the trailer could be repainted.

After a long negotiation with TAFE NSW, the trailer was completely stripped-back and painted white.

The trailer was kept at Dubbo TAFE Myall Street Campus for

around six months while students from the vehicle refi nishing section worked on it.

TAFE teacher, Peter Allen, said that his students spent well over 100 hours collectively stripping the old paint, then preparing and painting the trailer as part of their Stage II student assessment.

Students included Preston Thorpe, Aleesa Gosbell, Tiffany Ingham, and Lochie Trueber.

Captain Jones then sought funds from FRNSW to brand the trailer, but none were available.

However, 401 Station, Narromine, does have a Variable Message Board (VMB) that local community organisations funded.

These same groups have also funded several smoke alarms for the hearing impaired for people at risk in the Narromine Community.

Captain Jones again approached the Mudyigalang Craft Group Narromine, who donated $250.

The Narromine Fire Brigade Social Club also donated $350, that allowed new sign writing on the RW1 Community Engagement Trailer.

The trailer has recently been fitted with new tyres and lights and is now ready to go to local agricultural shows and any other public events they want to advertise the service at.

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By LUKE WILLIAMS THREE members of Fire + Rescue’s NSW 401 Station, Narromine, were recently presented with awards at a special event in town.

Luke Hyland, Tony Coen, and Captain Ewen Jones, were all presented with the awards, with Captain Jones awarded his second clasp to his long service and good conduct medals.

This clasp is in recognition of 30 years of service as a fi refighter, having joined Narromine Fire + Rescue in 1991.

“At 10 years, you get a long service medal, and then, every 10 years after, you get a clasp,” a NSW Fire + Rescue spokesperson explained.

Retained Fire Fighter (RFF) Luke Hyland was also presented with his National Emergency Medal for his part in a task force battling the devastating 2019 and 2020 bushfi res.

“The medal was in recognition of the fact he was away for a week,” Captain Jones explained. “It’s a national medal, so it’s certainly a very significant achievement.”

“Luke is a boilermaker by trade, and he does very well in working smarter, not harder. If something big and heavy has to be moved, he knows the best way to do it,” Captain Jones added.

RFF Hyland told the Narromine Star, “It’s nice to get some recognition, al-

though that’s not why we joined.

“I joined to give back and do something for the community,” he added.

“We’ve got a really good crew in Narromine and a really good family mentally there, so it’s very satisfying to be involved....and to be there for people when they need help” the fi re-fighter of seven years said.

He said the 2019-2020 NSW Bushfires have left a lasting impact on him.

“It was very intense.

“It sounds, smells like a bonfi re, just on a bigger scale. As far as noise goes, it was deafening”.

These two medals were presented

by Acting Zone Commander, Matthew Hunter.

At the ceremony, RFF Tony Coen was also presented with a 20-years of service plaque that the Narromine Fire Brigade Social Club purchased.

Narromine Mayor, Councillor Craig Davies presented RFF Coen with his plaque, with Captain Jones revealing that Coen is following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Fred Coen who was in the fi re brigade for more than 30 years.

“He is an excellent fi refighter; he excels with rescue and basic life-support,” Captain Jones said.

“He also works at the mines in Tomingley, and has brought many of his skills from mining into fi re-fighting,” he added.

Coulton in “trespass” allegations; after recent rail line promo pics

By LUKE WILLIAMS AN Australian Rail Track Corporation representative, said they were “looking into the circumstances’ ‘ of a possible trespass by two Federal politicians in Narromine recently.

The alleged offences, were recorded in a photo opportunity and video taken by Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton and Senator Bridget McKenzie, which were subsequently posted to social media.

There have been suggestions that the pair trespassed in the photo and video taken on or near the level crossing intersecting Narwonah Road Narromine and posted on Thursday, April 27, as it appears to show the pair within the 15m exclusion zone of the track.

The alleged illegality came-up when Senator

McKenzie raised an issue relating to Government guarantees of the track’s trajectory between Narromine and Narrabri in a Senate “Estimates” hearing in Canberra on Tuesday, May 23. Labor Senator, Linda White, then asked ARTC officials about its policies on “trespass,” a word she used 12 times, querying whether its policies would: “cover politicians wandering onto rail corridors and infrastructure.”

White clarified that she had “accused [McKenzie] of anything.”

According to the ARTC policy: “trespassing involves unlawfully entering land which the rail operator privately or publicly owns”.

“It is illegal to enter the railway corridor, unless you are walking or driving across a level crossing.”

Acting Chief Executive

of Inland Rail, Rebecca Pickering, told the Estimates hearing, she had become aware of the visit, only after Mr Coulton’s Facebook post, which White tabled.

During the Estimates hearing, Sen McKenzie said that Mr Coulton and she had “a great week” and joked that: “they’ve tried to put me in jail before.”

Sen McKenzie said the photo was taken on a “public road,” rejecting the suggestion she was: “a trespasser.”

“We were actually standing on a public road, Narwonah Road when this photo was taken … I’m with the local member at a level crossing on the fabulous inland rail project,” she said.

“The Defence rests.”

Mr Coulton has also rejected any suggestion the pair was trespassing.

Trespassing, or doing their job? Nationals’ Senator Bridget McKenzie with Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, in the publicity shot at the level crossing in Narromine recently which a Labor Senator has suggested, may have constituted illegal entry.

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COUNCILCOLUMN NEXT COUNCIL MEETING

THURSDAY 8 June 2023

The next Ordinary Council meeting will be held 9GFPGUFC[ ,WPG 2023 at Council’s Chambers, commencing at 5.30 pm.

RATES NOTICES & FREE WASTE DISPOSAL VOUCHERS Narromine Shire Council rates notices will be delivered to your mail box and/or inbox during July. 2023/24 Waste Disposal Vouchers will also be supplied with the rates notices. The vouchers allow ratepayers with two (2) free visits to a waste facility in the Narromine Local Government Area, keep an eye out for them when you open Þ ÕÀ > ° / w ` ÕÌ Ài about the scheme visit: https:// www.narromine.nsw.gov.au/ residents/free-tip PUBLIC EXHIBITION – DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION Development: Recreation Facility (outdoor) – Motorbike track (private) DA No: 2022/58 Property: 151 Old Backwater Road NARROMINE Lot: 6 DP: 251750.

Council has received the above Development Application DA No: 2022/58 and you are now invited to inspect the details of the application. The subject development is local `iÛi « i Ì > ` Ì w V>Ì is in accordance with Council’s Development Control Plan 2011. The application includes the development and use of a private motorbike track to be used for training and personal recreation use. The track construction is from >ÌÕÀ> Ã ­ w ® > ` V ÛiÀÃ an area of approx. 14,400m2.

All submissions must be in writing and must be addressed to the General Manager, Narromine Shire Council

Ü Ì Ì i Ì w V>Ì «iÀ ` commencing on May 10 2023 CPF Ƃ PKUJKPI ,WPG you may view the application and make a submission online via the NSW Planning Portal by searching: www.planningportal. nsw.gov.au/daexhibitions

PUBLIC EXHIBITION – VOLUNTARY PLANNING AGREEMENT Council resolved at its meeting held on May 10 2023 to place the Draft Voluntary Planning Agreement between AH Investments Pty Ltd and Narromine Shire Council on Public Exhibition for a period of 28 days. The draft Agreement has been prepared under Part 7, Division 7.1, Subdivision 2 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. The draft Planning Agreement and the accompanying Explanatory Note are now available for viewing and comment. The draft Agreement can be found on Council’s website, at the Trangie and Narromine Libraries and the BP service station in Tomingley.

Submissions in regards to the Draft Planning Agreement will be received until 5pm on the June 12 2022. Submissions should be sent to Mrs Jane Redden, General Manager, PO Box 115, Narromine NSW 2821.

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Australia’s ag prospects tighten, as El Niño looms

By LUKE WILLIAMS AUSTRALIAN agricultural production is likely to fall from current record highs, as forecasters predict drier weather for the season ahead.

Overall value of the agriculture sector is set to contract by 14 per cent in 2023-24 due to drier-than-normal conditions after three La Nina (wet weather) years give way to the El Niño (dry weather) cycle.

Executive Director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), Dr Jared Greenville, said the reduction was to be expected after the records broken in the past three years and comes as Niña retreats.

“The value of agricultural production will still reach $79

billion in 2023/24, which is an expected fall given the circumstances,” Dr Greenville said.

“We are expecting exports to follow suit, falling by 17 per cent to $65 billion in 2023/24, which would be the third highest result on record.

La Niña is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño, as part of the broader El Niño–Southern Oscillation climate pattern. The name La Niña originates from Spanish for “the girl,” by analogy to El Niño, meaning “the boy”.

Australia’s La Niña officially ended in March, and climate forecasters around the world are monitoring what will happen next.

“As of May 2023, we’re coming to the end of the third La Niña in a row,” the CSIRO has

advised on its website.

“We are now sitting in the neutral phase of ENSO, waiting to see what will happen for the rest of the year. However, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says there are some signs an El Niño may form later in the year,” they added.

The La Niña usually involves winds blowing stronger from the Americas to Australia across the Pacific Ocean, bringing warmer ocean waters and, in turn, more evaporation and condensation, which leads to more rain.

“The latest seasonal outlooks expect drier conditions as we move away from three years of exceptional La Nina weather patterns,” Dr Grenville said, explaining that crop yields are expected to be reduced.

“Crop production in 2023/24 is forecast to fall by 34 per cent from record production volume in 2022/23.

“At the same time, domestic prices for most crops are expected to fall in 2023/24,” Dr Grenville said.

Winter crop production is expected to decline to three per cent below the 10-year average to 2022/23 of 46.4 million tonnes, and yield prospects are forecast to be below average due to the expectation of below average rainfall for winter and spring.

“Prices both in Australia and overseas will also ease, as global production increases world supply.”

He said horticulture production and demand for wool are likely to go up, however, but “The results are more mixed

for the livestock sector.

There will be slight increases in production across beef, sheep, and milk, but a drop in the value of livestock production to $35 billion in 2023-24 because of lower prices”.

An El Nino would bring drier, warmer weather, which means an increased risk of droughts, heatwaves, and bushfi res in north-eastern Australia, which is likely to have a big impact on wheat production, particularly.

BOM issued an El Niño watch, which means there’s approximately a 50 per cent chance of El Niño this year.

That is about twice the average likelihood of El Niño forming in any year.

Western region mayors meet police minister on youth crime

By LUKE WILLIAMS THREE mayors from the Alliance of Western Councils, recently met with the State Police Minister with youth crime in the region, top of the agenda.

Mayor of Bogan Shire, Councillor Glen Neill; Mayor of Bourke Shire, Cr Barry Holman; and Narromine Shire’s, Cr Craig Davies, all recently sat-down in Sydney with newly-appointed Minister, Yasmin Catley, to share ideas on the best way to tackle rural and, in particular young people and crime, in western NSW. “We brought to her attention some of the issues we are facing in rural NSW about crime, the bail conditions, and programs that might prevent crime” Cr Davies told the Narromine Star.

“We all recognise that incarceration is not necessarily the answer but, whatever will work, is certainly not being employed at the moment,” he added.

“We do need to fi nd programs that are going to end the crime–poverty cycle that exists across much of Western NSW.” Cr Davies said that he found the Minister very receptive to their ideas.

“She was great, quite frankly,” he said.

“She wants to visit the region and instigate programs that will help prevent crime,” she said.

He added that, youth crime is a complex issue requiring complex solutions..

“You don’t solve these problems overnight; these are societal issues, and we need to

work together to create situations where kids have something better to do than break the law and create havoc in the bush”.

“Clearly, programs like PCYC are great, and things like Clontarf (youth diversion program) helps.”

The Narromine Star understands that Cr Neill also raised the thorny issue of, what he perceives as local courts granting bail far-too-readily for offenders who then commit crimes while on bail.

“He mentioned that, we have offenders who have anything up to 45 charges, then being given bail; we just don’t see that as a fit and proper way to treat the community,” Cr. Davies said of Cr Neill’s comments.

“When these recidivists goout stealing cars, burning

them, and then they are released, the next day” he added.

Cr Holman added that the Minister seemed to be on the same page with the mayors on youth crime.

“We don’t like to see young people incarcerated, but if they do something wrong, they have to face-up to the consequences because we are seeing a lot of repeat offenders,” he said. In a statement, the Minister said that the meeting raised important points that she would seek to address.

“Dealing with these difficult social issues, requires a long-term multi-agency and community-led approach, so I welcomed the opportunity to sit-down with these local leaders and to get their input and ideas.”

“The NSW Police Force’s Youth Command, along with

Central North Police District, are actively-engaged in programs for both prevention and intervention strategies for young people who are at-risk of entering the criminal justice system,” she added.

The ultimate goal, she said, was to reduce offending, without recourse to imprisonment.

“Ultimately, the aim is to steer them away from crime and build their engagement with education and employment opportunities within the community.

“I look forward to working with all the local stakeholders around the police contribution to the work they’re doing to improving their communities,” the statement concluded.

Western Health apologises for past Indigenous outcomes, with a new Plan!

By LUKE WILLIAMS APLOGISING for the perceived failures of the past in regards to treating Indigenous Australians; the Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) has launched its second Reconciliation Plan.

Under the Plan, the Health District said they had previously failed First Nations peoples, with impacts still felt today “We accept and acknowledge past actions, the harm caused to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and the impact that this harm continues to have on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities today,” the Plan said.

“Our vision will become a reality, by valuing the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their cultures,” it added.

The WNSWLHD add, they will do better in the future.

“We are committed to improving the health outcomes and experiences of care for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who interact with our services and facilities.”

WNSWLHD Chief Executive, Mark Spittal, said the Plan reflects the diversity of all nine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations, as well as the many language groups, within the District’s footprint.

“Our District is so diverse in geography, communities and culture — our communities

are unique in many ways, and each has a strong sense of local identity,” Mr Spittal said.

“In 2017, Western NSW was the fi rst Local Health District to develop a Reconciliation Action Plan, and we are proud to now launch our second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2023-2025, which has been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia,” he added.

He said that improving outcomes for Aboriginal individuals in the region, is a central component of the document.

“This Plan is an opportunity to reflect on our approach to improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the journey we are on, and the next steps we will take together to make substantial im-

provement in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.”

WNSWLHD Executive Director Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, Tony Martin, said it is an important step in addressing the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the District.

Mr Spittal said the Plan builds on the District’s actions to date and recognises the next steps the District is taking on a long-term cultural immersion journey.

“We maintain our focus on creating meaningful change, through accepting and acknowledging the historical role health services have had in disempowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,” Mr Spittal said.

CEO of Reconciliation Australia, Karen Mundine, applauded the Plan.

“Reconciliation Australia commends Western NSW Local Health District on the formal endorsement of its second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)”.

“This Innovate RAP is an opportunity for Western NSW LHD to strengthen these relationships, gain crucial experience, and nurture connections, that will become the lifeblood of its future RAP commitments. By enabling and empowering staff to contribute to this process, your organisation will ensure shared and cooperative success in the long-term,” she concluded.

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Political News & Opinion COULTON’S ULTON’S CATCH TCH UP

Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, with the Australian Political Exchange Council’s 14th Delegation from the Philippines. PHOTO: PARKES ELECTORATE.

Comment ment by K COULTON, MARK Federal ral Member for Parkes arkes

UK Free Trade Agreement GOOD news for farmers and those seeking work in the United Kingdom! On Wednesday, May 31, we welcomed into force the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA).

The groundwork for this historic deal was laid by my Coalition colleagues, and I’m pleased that it has now been ratified, with 99 per cent of Australian products now able to enter the UK duty-free with a timetable for the elimination of tariffs on beef, sheep-meat, dairy, and sugar.

This agreement also opensup opportunities for more Australians to work professionally in the UK, including young people.

For more information on the benefits of this new trade agreement, go to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website.

Organ donation and transplantation IN Parliament last week, I spoke on the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2023. This Bill is to allow more information, with the permission of families, to be dispersed to the pub-

lic to raise awareness around organ and tissue donation.

I have argued that the privacy of recipients needs to be guarded completely. I have also argued that those who choose to donate their organs or tissues, need to inform their family members of their wishes very clearly to prevent further grief should they pass away.

I supported the Bill, with the reservation that it needed to be carefully scrutinised through the Senate process.

For my complete speech, go to my website, where you can fi nd copies of all my speeches.

Delegation from the Philippines RECENTLY in Canberra, I had the pleasure of providing a briefi ng to the Australian Political Exchange Council’s 14th Delegation from the Philippines.

The Exchange supports visits of young political leaders between Australia and other countries, and I was glad to meet with these outstanding young people representing the Philippines.

These young leaders, all from rural areas of the Philippines, were engaged, artic-

ulate, and very keen to learn more about the National Party and Australian politics.

It’s a reminder that we are part of an interconnected global community, and that our young people are very much our future across the world.

Referendum legislation passes Lower House LAST week, I was called upon to count the votes as the House of Representatives (Lower House) passed legislation for the referendum on enshrining a Voice to Parliament.

This referendum is likely to occur later this year, and it is Australians who will decide whether to adopt the proposed changes to the constitution. This will be a permanent change.

A referendum is the only mechanism by which Australia’s constitution can be changed. Since 1901, only eight of 44 changes proposed by a referendum have been successful.

For more information on what a referendum is, I encourage you to read the fact sheet from the Parliamentary Education Office online.

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Tough times; Vinnies volunteers are helping those most in need

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By LUKE WILLIAMS REACHING-OUT to help others, is one the most selfless ways we can change our world.

Anne Burns and Kathy Wakely have nearly 50 years of experience of volunteering with Vinnies (the St Vincent de Paul Society) Narromine between them.

The pair assist people who need help with clothes, rent, furniture, or energy bills — many of their clients include domestic violence victims and people who have just been released from jail.

Anne, like many Vinnies volunteers, became involved with the Catholic charity, through her faith.

“When I was at Mass one Sunday they advertised for people to help in what we call a ‘conference’, which is here in this office where we interview

clients and see what help they might need,” Anne told the Narromine Star.

“I’ve been here about 12 years,” she added.

Kathy, meanwhile, been working in the “conference” at St Vincent De Paul Society, Narromine for an astonishing 37 years.

When she fi rst moved to Australia from New Zealand, she was provided some assistance by Vinnies herself.

So, as soon as she had the time to help out, she felt she owed it to the organisation to join and offer her time.

“To me, this is normal. It’s just something I get up weekly and do,” Kathy explained.

“We are to see Christ in everyone, so they are to see Christ in us,” she added.

Asking for help, is no easy thing in an affluent society like Australia, but treating

people with dignity makes all the difference, Anne believes.

It’s a very hard thing for people to come to ask for people; it’s very humbling of them.

“If you respect them and do the right thing by people; they have no hesitation in coming back,” she said, Founded in France in 1833 by a group of Catholics, the St Vincent De Paul Society supports the poor in the community. They are active in 150 countries through 1,500,000 volunteers. The Society helps over 30 million people every day.

“It’s a hand-up, not a handout; we also try to refer them to other providers that will get them back on their feet,” Anne told the Narromine Star, adding that economic pressures, are putting more people at risk.

“Because of the rent going

up and cost-of-living going up, people run out of food very quickly,” she explained.

“They are on a fi xed income from the Government, they only need a small hiccup, just a little one, and it snowballs into bigger things. We catch them with rent, for example, and then go to CatholicCare to do budget counseling,” Anne added.

She said that their unique role also helped her see gaps in services and ways our community can do better to help deal with social problems.

“We’ve had men come in here, and I’ve said, ‘how can I help you?’ They’ve said, ‘I’ve just got out of jail’, and I would have thought, they would have had a support worker or something when they get out.

“They don’t, they come out of jail, and they have nothing,

and therefore, we help them get into a flat, we work with the men’s shed to get them furniture,” she said Both agree on another thing — giving their time to Vinnie’s, has enriched both their lives.

“It’s lovely working here, plus you get away from your worries at home,” Anne said.

“We make life-long friendships here too.”

The Society is currently looking for more volunteers, as they now serve 10–12 people per week through the conference, but have just four volunteers.

“Come and give your time.

Help people,” Anne said.

“After we help them, they feel so good and so good about themselves.”

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NASCA; Helping Narromine High School Students turn life around

By LUKE WILLIAMS IT was only a few years ago, that 16-year-old Tairae Darcy was getting into a lot of trouble at Narromine High School.

However, the intervention of a whole-of-life approach, through the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy (NASCA), has turned things around.

“She was very defiant, rebellious, and did whatever she wanted to be that truant or get into confl ict,” NASCA Program Lead at the School, Jordayna Smith said.

She was not doing well academically, and was getting suspended for getting into fights and swearing at teachers, she added.

Getting NASCA involved, Jordayna made some changes to Tairee’s living arrangements, and things began to improve.

NASCA is unique in that it works with young Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders by actively engaging with their families and communities to help with social and emotional wellbeing, provide one-onone mentoring, academic support, and connecting kids to culture.

Narromine High is one of a number of schools around the State that now have a NASCA program.

After joining NASCA, Jordayna says that Tairae has had a total turn-around in her life.

“She is now sweet and loveable, Tairee; she is turning up to class,” Jordayna said.

“She is doing well in class; she has joined our NASCA

National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy (NASCA), has turned things around for Tairae Darcy and Ashleigh Wood at Narromine High, with NASCA Program Lead at the School, Jordayna Smith.

PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

youth committee to provide a voice for students, and was recently selected to go on a NASCA excursion out of around a thousand other students,” she said proudly.

Tairae herself said that the change in her life, has been immediate and direct.

“Through NASCA, I decided to hang-out with a different group of friends,” the Narromine High School student said.

“And that I really wanted to do the right thing by my Nan, and make her proud,” she added.

Jordayna explained that, NASCA involves in-class support, wellbeing, encouraging students to reach-out to services, and to have one activity or workshop-based afternoon a week.

“I wanted to help girls defy stereotypes and statistics, like we are more than a statistic, and just prove to everyone we can do it,” she said.

Another Narromine High School student, Ashleigh Wood, had a similar tale to tell.

“Back in (Year) Seven or Eight , I wasn’t doing any of

my assessments. I was failing terribly at school. NASCA pushed me,” she said.

“I have to be pushed into doing something,” she added.

Tairae told the Narromine Star that NASCA had helped her deal with her emotions.

“I have built-up anger, and I have people in NASCA I can just go in and talk, and it just calms me right down, because my anger goes from 0 to 100,” she said.

Speaking about both students, Jordayna said that they have showed great determination to have another

chance at life.

“Anything that a kid has had to deal with, these kids have to deal with it, and they have overcome that and come through the other side stronger, and they have much resilience.

It’s unbelievable,” she said Jordayna is a former Narromine High School student herself, and said that the program, is one of good news for the future.

“So many success stories come-out of the school; people often focus on what goes wrong, but there are so many positive things happening.

“I just watch the students grow, II love watching them hitting their milestones and increasing their expectations of themselves.

The result, she said, is about fi nding their true potential.

“So, for example, most of them might have said before, ‘okay, I can pass this; I can get 20 out of 40’, so it’s about pushing those kids, it’s about saying, ‘know what? you can get more than a 20 out of 40; maybe, you could even get a 40 out of 40’.

“We tell them, you can do so much more than you think you can; you have to believe that”.

It’s about showing what Indigenous Australians can believe, Jordayna said.

“I want to show them what a strong, black woman is.

“I’m showing, you can get an education, you can be powerful, you can be leaders, we are there to push you, to make sure they are amazing things out there, but it doesn’t come from NASCA, it comes from you.”

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Classroom News

Sacrament of Confirmation for St Augustine’s students

Christian milestone: Year Six students from St Augustine’s School receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation with Father Sabbas and Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green.

Contributed by PIP ROBERTS

IT’S one of the major milestones in a Catholic Chrsitian’s journey, with many Year Six students from St Augustine’s School, recently receiving the Sacrament of Confi rmation.

The school was fortunate to have Bishop Columba

Macbeth-Green able to attend and celebrate the event with Father Sabbas.

“We turned the Bishop’s visit into a day full of fun activities for the school for Catholic Schools Week,” a school spokesperson said.

“We started the day with a whole-school Mass with a fo-

cus on ‘National Sorry Day’; Year Six were then fortunate to sit down and have a ’chat’ with the Bishop,” they added.

After recess at the school, sports teams competed against each other for the “Bishop Columba Games”.

“We fi nished the school-day with our Annual Talent Show;

and at 5pm, we met at St Augustine’s Church to celebrate the Sacrament of Confi rmation,” the spokesperson said.

The candidates who received the Sacrament were: Pip Roberts, Flynn Redden, Matty Smyth, Willow Brotherton, Addison Hunt, and Maria Brooks, and Hamish Jones.

“We would like to thank Mrs Driver, for organising the Mass.

“Thank-you to the people who came to support us,” the spokesperson concluded.

Campaign to combat falling school attendance numbers

By LUKE WILLIAMS

“EVERY Day Matters” it’s called — a new school attendance campaign to get students back in the classroom.

With pandemic lockdowns leaving kids languishing at home for months, the NSW Government initiative aims to get the number of students turning-up at bell time, back to pre-COVID levels.

Preliminary student attendance data for NSW public schools shows improvements to attendance rates for Term One this year, but the figures remain below target levels.

Analysis of State Government data by the Narromine Star, showed that the number of students, attending at least 80 per cent at the time at both Narromine High School and Narromine Christian School, has dropped.

In 2019 at the Christian School, 60 per cent of students attended at least 80 per cent of the time; in 2021 this figure had risen to 70 per cent; but, by 2022, it had fallen to only 39 per cent. The school did, however, recover to some 57 per cent in Term Three of last year.

For Narromine High School, their attendance rate of 57 per cent in 2019 slipped to 24 per cent in Term Three of last year.

NSW public schools have a target attendance rate of 95 per cent.

Low attendance rates is a persistent problem across the region, with State Government figures showing precipitous drops in several Western Plains schools, including Brewarrina Central School which fell from 44 per cent of the students attending for 90 per cent

of the time in 2018, to just eight per cent attending in Term Three last year.

Coonamble High School slipped from 40 per cent to just 15 per cent; Gilgandra High School went from 48 per cent to only 18 per cent.

The Every Day Matters campaign draws a direct link between school attendance and academic success, the Government said, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education and Early Learning, Prue Car said.

“The data shows, that NSW students who develop positive attendance behaviour in Year Seven are, on average, three months ahead in their learning by Year Nine.

“This is a wake-up call, that we need to prioritise good attendance across the State, and work with schools and the wider community to ensure our

children are back at school,” she added.

The Government said missing just one day of school each fortnight, adds up to four weeks of lost learning a year.

Over a student’s school life, this equates to an entire year of missed learning.

In April, Senior Vocational Specialist at youth counselling service, Headspace, Carol Bailey told the Narromine Star that non-attendance was often a well-being issue.

“In the vast majority of cases (school non-attendance), its related to mental health, she said.

“What we found last year, is that a lot of the kids having been at home during the COVID period, are fi nding it especially difficult to go back to school, because their anxiety has built for being at home for longer, and it’s harder to re-en-

gage,” she added.

The new campaign is to run until late July with the Government saying that families can help students reach their attendance goals, by ensuring they attend school every day unless they are unwell, booking holidays during breaks, and reaching-out for support from schools, if required.

NSW Premier, Chris Minns, has also thrown his weight behind the campaign.

“The best thing we can do for the next generation of kids, is provide a good education,” he said.

“It’s our job to ensure we get kids back into classrooms where they belong, learning and reaching their full potential,” he concluded.

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Narromine Public; working together for reconciliation

NARROMINE Public School’s Peer Support Leaders this year took charge of Reconciliation Week, with a range of activities in their peer support sessions.

The activities were both informative and thought-provoking for the students and explored how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

The pupils were also invited to wear red, black, and yellow, to mark the occasion.

Peer Support Leaders taking charge of Reconciliation Week; Jacquez Byrne with his group of Jakeel Faro Darcey Barbary, Alycia Slade and Troy Murphy. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

Narromine Publi’s Peer Support Leaders this year took charge of Reconciliation Week, with Alexis Press running an activity with Billy Fitzpatrick and Romeo Everingham.

Hamish Tuck and Tobias Kelly-Brown completing one of the Peer Support activities for Reconciliation Week.

Reconciliation Week at Narromine Public School; Malyn Gordon working with her Peer Support group of Jack O’Hagan, Brayth Dixon, Rylan Davison, and Charlotte Treseder.

Aniyah Clarke and Ava Hines working together as part of Narromine Public School’s Reconciliation Week activities.

Peer Support Leaders John Elder and Ally Gill working through the activities with their group at Narromine Public School.

Nikeirah Boney and Jackson York practising their teamwork at Narromine Public School’s Reconciliation Week.

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Sport CHRISTIE AND HOOD CASTLEREAGH LEAGUE ROUND FIVE

Jets jag lucky win against Gilgandra, following unprecedented touchie call!

By BRYSON LUFF SUPPORTERS of both the Narromine Jets and the Gilgandra Panthers, last weekend fi led out of Narromine’s Cale Oval, questioning if there has ever been a more dramatic fi nish to a game of rugby league than the one that they had just witnessed!

With just three minutes to go, Gilgandra supporters were ecstatic when winger, George Alchin, appeared to everyone to have touched down in the north corner on the eastern side of the field. He did this by fi nishing-off a movement that started deep in the Panther’s half to break what was a 16-all deadlock on the scoreboard at the time!

Moments later, they were looking at Narromine’s Brad Pickering slotting a penalty goal for the Jets at the other end of the field to give the home side an 18-16 win.

On the report of a touch judge, Alchin’s “try” was denied and a penalty was awarded to the Jet’s way-back down the other end of the field where the Panther’s movement had started.

The reason for the penalty being given, was that, when the Panther’s winger was touching down in the north-eastern corner of the field, a Gilgandra interchange player, in his

exuberance and celebration at what he was witnessing, left the bench located on the western side of the field near the half-way line, and crossed the nearby sideline and, whilst the interchange player was nowhere near the play or had any involvement in what happened on the field, his crossing of the sideline meant that Gilgandra technically had 14 players on the field before the try was awarded!

This breach was duly reported by the touch judge and the try was denied and the penalty given some 80 metres up the field.

It is doubtful if ever a game has been won or lost in such circumstances but the result means that the Jets retain the Boronia Cup and their upward location on the competition table!

Meanwhile, at Baradine, the Magpies registered their fi rst win for the season when they claimed quite a sizeable scalp in the form of the Dunedoo Swans, winning 22-10, much to the delight of their big band of faithful followers.

At the same time, the Cobar Roosters saw-off the Coonabarabran Unicorns at Tom Knight Oval, the home side scoring seven tries to four in their 38 to 22 win and Gulgong continued their unbeaten run thus far in season 2023 with a comfortable 66 to 6 win over

the Binnaway Bombshells.

There will be a general bye in the competition this weekend,before Round Six on the following weekend when, one of the highlights of the round, will be the League Tag clash between the two undefeated sides, the Dunedoo Swanettes and the Narromine Jets at Dunedoo who will be playing for the Jessica Skinner Challenge Cup!

Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Round Five Scores Youth League Cobar 42 (Reynold Mugugin 3, Kai Taylor 2, Jayden Paul 2, Toby Greenwood tries, Oisin McMullen 5 goals) defeated Binnaway 4 (Clayton Chatfield try).

League Tag Narromine 56 (Lily Spackman 2, Shian Chatfield 2, Emily Edwards 2, Beth Clarke 2, Millah Phillips, Rebecca Smythe tries, Shian Chatfield 6, Talitha Chatfield 2 goals) defeated Gilgandra 8 (Wendy Brown, Chloe McLean tries) Dunedoo 18 (Alexis Gallagher 2, Lauren Sullivan, Hayley Berg tries,

Georgia Price goal) defeated Baradine 0.

Gulgong 16 (Tayissa Lucas, Kimberley Sharpe,, Laurissa Hay, Justine Brown tries) defeated Binnaway 0.

Competition Ladder Narromine 18 (played 6, Won 6, Lost 0), Dunedoo 18 (P 6, W 6, L O), Coonamble 14 (P 6, W 4, L 2), Cobar 12 ( P 6, W 3, L 3), Gulgong 12 (P 6, W 3, L 3), Baradine 11 (P 7, W 2, L 5), Gilgandra 6 (P 6, W 0, L 6) First Grade Narromine 18 (Washie Itoya, Mitch Rixon, Ryan Wheeler tries, Doug Potter 3 Brad Pickering goals) defeated Gilgandra 16 (George Alchin, James Pomfrett, Brandon Hammond tries, Brandon Hammond, Hayden Smith tries) Cobar 38 (Tyler Coughlan 2, Thomas Plater, Hamish McLeod, Siane Fakahia, Zane Taylor, Slade Neale tries, Plater 5 goals) defeated Coonabarabran 22 (Kari Calleija, Andrew Harris, Harry Reardon, Tyler Frazer tries, Dean Lewin 3 goals) Baradine 22 (Thomas Martin, Harry Allan, Brandon Worrell, Travis Houghton tries, Jesse McElhinney 3 goals) defeated

Dunedoo 10 (Tyson Searle, Sam Christensen tries, Dan Lane goal) Gulgong 66 (Reece Fischer 2, Ethan Pegus, Tom James, Mitch McWhirter, Patrick Durrant, Sam Gorrie, Brad James, Blake Gorrie, Dan Crane, Duncan O’Leary, Rhys Beames tries, James 9 goals) defeated Binnaway 6 (Edward Kuras try and goal).

Competition Ladder Gulgong 15, Narromine 13, Cobar 13, Dunedoo 11, Gilgandra 9, Coonabarabran 9, Coonamble 9, Binnaway 9, Baradine 8.

Next weekend there will be a general bye.

Round 6 to be played on 17 June.

Dunedoo V Narromine (Jessica Skinner Cup Challenge in the League Tag) Binnaway V Baradine Gilgandra V Coonamble Coonabarabran V Gulgong Cobar bye.

Next weekend there will be a general bye.

Round Six to be played on Saturday, June 17.

Dunedoo V Narromine (Jessica Skinner Cup Challenge in the League Tag) Binnaway V Baradine Gilgandra V Coonamble Coonabarabran V Gulgong Cobar bye.

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GOLF CLUB NOTES

Ladies tee-off at Jean Gordon Memorial Day

Medal wins for McIntyre and Squires in Strokeplay Narromine Junior Soccer Club, event aims to grow by keeping players Contributed by DALE HARDING

LAST Wednesday, lady golfers played the Jean Gordon Memorial Day for a trophy donated by Mike Gordon.

The day involved a total of 19 ladies playing a par round over nine holes, before enjoying lunch together, with two new players, Cerri and Mardi, welcome to the group.

Also attending lunch were some of the ladies who no longer play golf but still short the club.

The winner on the day with a score of Plus Six was Jenny Fitzgerald; with the runner-up Betty Berryman on Plus Three.

The B Grade Ball went to Vicki Tuck on Plus One; the C Grade Ball went to Jeanette O’Brien, all square on a countback.

Ball winners were Bev Woods, Marj Kelly, and Maida

O’Mally, all square. Nearest-to-the-pins winners were Bev Woods and Michelle Ashdown, with the drawn card, Judy Heckendorf.

On Saturday, the Ladies played a Stableford event for a trophy donated by Soul Food with nine 18-hole competitors vying for the trophy.

Welcoming back Sue McCutcheon, she blitzed the field with an amazing 47 stableford points; with the runner-up Dale Harding with 41 stablefords.

Balls were won by Vicki Tuck on 38 points and Jenny Fitzgerald on 35 points (on a countback). The nine-hole winner was Jeanette O’Brien with 22 points; the ball winner was Bev Woods on 20 points.

Nearest-to-the-pin were Wendy Jeffery, Dale Harding, and Marj Kelly.

This Saturday is the Long Weekend, and the Ladies will be playing a Stableford event for a club trophy.

Contributed by NORM LEWIS

LAST Saturday, a field of 16 players participated in the June Monthly Medal round, which is supported by Macquarie Clothing.

The weather was fi ne,and the course in its usual good condition, as was evidenced by the good scores returned.

The Medal round is an 18-hole stroke/ handicap event, and in this we saw an excellent score of 64 nett returned by Mal McIntyre to take the handicap event of the day.

Runner-up in the daily event, was Steve Squires with nett 68. As is the custom,the Medals are awarded in the two grades with the A Grade Medal going to Steve Squires and the B Grade Medal to Mal McIntyre.

Well done to both players for some very fi ne golf — let’s hope Mal has similar success with his horses at Eagle Farm next Saturday!

On the day, the Nearest-the-Pin went to Steve Buckley on the third, while Craig Duff won the Long Drive on the eighth.The Drawn Jackpot hole was on the 17th, and Steve Gillette was the winner.

On Sunday, only 11 players took part in the Individual Stableford event with the winner Ash Bullock with 39 points from Kale Bock on 38.

The Nearest-the-Pin trophy went to Mick Purtell, and the Long Drive on the 11th was won by Mitch Smith — the Club Cup event was transferred to a date to be advised.

COMING EVENTS. On Saturday, June 10, a 4BBB event is on, while, on Sunday, June 11, a Two-Person Ambrose will run, while Monday June 12, for the holiday, an 18-Hole Stableford and Round Four of the Shootout.

Sunday, June 18, the Foursomes Championships is on for two rounds.

There was also a good roll-up at the Junior Clinic last Sunday; unfortunately, there will be no clinic next Sunday, due to the Long Weekend Holiday.

For Veterans on Saturday, their monthly nine-hole competition was held in conjunction with the Medal round.

This was a Stroke event on the front nine with a field of 13 players; the winner being Peter Hutchinson with a nett 311/2 on a countback from Mal McIntyre on the same score2.

Greg Barling took third on 331/2 , while Steve Squires won the Nearest-the-Pin. The next Vets nine-hole event is on the back nine on Saturday, July 29. The Gulgong Vets Open will also be played on Wednesday, July 12.

Congrats to the Narromine Jets on their wins at the weekend…

That’s all for this week — see you all at the 19th!

Keeping young gun players as they approach their high school years, is now the aim of Narromine Soccer Club, Secretary Sara McGilchrist, told the Narromine Star. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

By LUKE WILLIAMS AFTER several years of not having enough players to field junior teams over the Under 11s category, Narromine Soccer Club is now focusing on retaining their younger players.

The club now wants to try and keep kids playing “the beautiful game”, as they go up through the primary school years, Narromine Soccer Club Secretary, Sara McGilchrist told the Narromine Star.

“What we are really trying to do now, is ensure the teams that we have got, keep going-up through the age groups, so we make sure that we have support for our Under 11s, which is the oldest team we have at the moment,” she said.

“So, we are focused on keeping those players and really looking after them,” she added.

While still early, the strategy may just work, she said.

“They have a great coach, so I think they are really happy playing the sport,” she said.

“So, we want them to keep going through the age groups and hoping that next year we will have an Under 12s,” Sara added.

This comes as four junior players from the club — Kye Unicomb, Lucy Walker, Matilda Dowell and Jakeel Faro — were recently selected to play representative soccer in Dubbo:.

Jakeel’s father, Duane, told the Narromine Star he wanted to avoid having to travel to Dubbo next year if the club fails to field a local team.

“I don’t know what the problem is. I don’t have an answer to that.

I don’t know whether it dies-out or the player gets poached, but it’s such a shame. We don’t have to travel to Dubbo every single week to play. “ “He is a rep player, and we want to keep him in Narromine,” he said.

Sara says the reasons that so-many young players drop-out once they hit the 12–13-year-old mark, isn’t entirely clear, but she thought there were some possible reasons.

“A lot of people have said that they think it’s kids getting on their screens and not playing sports when they get to that age.

“Some of them, the slightly older ones, are getting part-time jobs on weekends,” she added.

Whatever the reason, officials have not given-up trying to retain older players at the club.

“We have tried to recruit; we are not really sure what the source of the problem is. So that’s why we are very focused on player retention,” she said.

“If we don’t have enough, we have to give them other options, and most of the time, it’s playing in Dubbo, which is not always good, or trying to get them involved in coaching or helping-out with our club. It’s something we do try to recruit players at the start of the year,” Sara added.

Mr Faro said he was unsure what the cause of the problem was, but wanted to spread the message, that soccer is a great sport.

“It really is! My son’s attitude and temperament toward sport, just in general, is much better than before he started playing.

The comaraderie required in the sport, is perfect for kids,” he added.

In this sense, he said, it is superior to some other football codes.

“It’s not like rugby, where one player can break-out and beat every player on the field. You must use your teammates.

“Camaraderie and communication are required. You are always talking to each other,” he concluded.

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No. 179

Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list?

The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”.

Today’s Aim: 19 words: Good 28 words: Very good 38 words: Excellent

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No. 129

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

after, daft, deaf, deafer, defeat, defer, deft, defter, draftee, fade, fare, fared, fate, fated, father, fathered, fear, feared, feat, feather, FEATHERED, federate, feed, feeder, feet, fete, feted, free, freed, fret, haft, hafted, heft, hefted, raft, rafted, reef, reefed

ACROSS

Cadge (3) Something signed by a parent, – form (9) Less wet (5) Bug (6) Girls’ name (9) Fastening (5) Senile decay (11) Collections of songs or photos (6) Prioritising material possessions (11) Rocks containing silica (9) Exaggerated self importance (9) Climb (6) In ancient architecture, a horizontal design (6) Metal rod for stirring a fire (5) Celestial being (5) Utter (3)

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In which 17th-century novel is there a horse named Rocinante?

The name for which science was first coined

by Eratosthenes?

The flag of which organisation consists of a white compass rose on a dark blue background?

What kind of carnivorous creatures are Winston Smith’s worst fear in the book 1984?

For which movie did Cher (pictured) win the award for Best Actress at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival?

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What are the colour of the flowers on a Jacaranda tree?

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Which UN Secretary-General died in a plane crash on September 18, 1961?

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Which popular British band from the 1960s and 70s is named after an 18th-century English agriculturist?

What is the name of the famous French apple brandy made in the Normandy?

10. What is the Japanese word for the fish-based product used to make imitation crab meat?

ANSWERS: 1. Don Quixote 2. Geography 3. NATO 4. Rats 5. Mask 6. Purple 7. Dag Hammarskjöld 8. Jethro Tull 9. Calvados 10. Surimi

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MOON

BOOTS

RADIO

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RELAX

CAMERA

RIVER

CANOE

ROPE

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SAFETY

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CREEK

SLEEPING BAG

DECK

SOLAR

DRIED FOOD

STOVE

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FOREST

THICKET

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TORCH

LAKE

TRAIL

LODGE

TREK

MAPS

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MARSHMALLOW

WOODS

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No. 179

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

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SOLUTION

Annoying (7) Deviate (7) Accurate shooters (7) Stylish (6)

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Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 1.30 The Weekly. 2.00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 2.30 Cook And The Chef. 3.00 Gardening Aust. 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Back Roads. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Miriam & Alan: Lost In Scotland And Beyond… 8.50 Grand Designs New Zealand. 9.35 One Plus One: The Elders.

10.05 Art Works. 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 PBS News. 2.05 Fight The Power: The History Of Protests. 2.55 Mastermind Aust. 3.25 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 3.55 Who Do You Think You Are? UK. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News.

7.30 Inside Sydney Airport. 8.30 Putin And The West. 9.35 Normal People. 10.30 SBS News.

11.00 Catch And Release. 11.50 Red Light. 3.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: The Perfect Girlfriend. (2015) 2.00 Business Builders. 2.30 Border Patrol. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Aust. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 News. 7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 Cricket. ICC World Test Championship.

Final. Australia v India. Day 2. Morning session.

9.30 The Lunch Break. 10.10 Cricket. ICC World Test Championship. Final. Australia v India. Day 2. Afternoon session. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Travel Guides. 1.00 Police Rescue Australia.

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 15. Gold Coast Titans v Wests Tigers.

9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 A+E After Dark. 12.00 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 MasterChef Australia. 3.10 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia.

8.40 Law & Order: SVU. 9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 Law & Order: SVU. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 (22) Kids’ Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 To Be Advised. 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Final. 9.10 Documentary Now! 9.35 The Weekly. 10.10 Portlandia. 10.50 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

11.35 Doctor Who. 12.25 Would I Lie To You? 12.55 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Philadelphia. 1.55 Louis Theroux: The Night In Question. 2.55 Live At The Apollo. 3.45 Close.

5.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (31) Programs.

3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS NewsHour.

5.15 Only Connect. 5.50 Forged In Fire. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Beyond Oak Island. 9.20 Roswell: The First Witness.

11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Critérium du Dauphiné. Stage 5. 12.55 F*ck, That’s Delicious.

1.50 Tales From The Territories. 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Room For Improvement. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Escape To The Country.

6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 ICC World Test Championship: Pre-Game. 7.30 Father Brown.

8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 9.30 Kavanagh QC. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 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: It’s All Happening.

(1963) 5.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Paramedics. 9.30 Casualty 24/7. 10.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show. 11.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 12. 12.00 Late Programs.

Home (53) 6.00 Shopping.

7.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. 8.30 Healthy Homes Australia.

9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman.

10.30 JAG. 12.30 In The Dark. 1.30 Bull. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.30 SEAL Team. 11.30 Star Trek: Discovery. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 4.00 JAG.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.50 The Deep. 3.10 Get Blake! 3.35 Art Ninja.

4.30 Summer Memories. 5.05 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The PM’s Daughter. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.05 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda. 8.20 Dogstar. 8.45 Hank Zipzer. 9.10 Find Me In Paris. 9.35 Crazy Fun Park. 10.10 Rage. 11.10 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 With Joe O’Brien.

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 Breaking The Code: Cyber Secrets Exposed. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 The Drum. 12.30 ABC News Overnight. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 American Pickers. 11.30 Beach Cops. 12.00 Highway Patrol. 1.00 Surveillance Oz Dashcam.

2.00 Jade Fever. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator.

3.30 Down East Dickering. 4.30 Storage Wars.

5.00 Storage Wars: Texas. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 13. Sydney v St Kilda. 9.40 The Front Bar. 10.45 MOVIE: We Are Marshall.

(2006) 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

12.00 Motor Racing.

IndyCar Series. Round 7. Detroit Grand Prix.

Highlights. 1.00 That ’70s Show. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 MacGyver. 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 MOVIE: Fast & Furious 6. (2013) 10.00 MOVIE: Smokey And The Bandit. (1977) 12.00 Britain’s Best Parent? 1.00 Rich Kids Go Skint. 2.00 Raymond. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Friends. 9.30 The King Of Queens. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Becker. 12.30 A Million Little Things. 1.30 The Middle. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 The King Of Queens. 4.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 11.05 Australia Remastered. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Messenger. 2.05 The Homes That Built Australia. 3.00 Gardening Australia.

4.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Back Roads.

5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Smother.

9.25 Utopia. 9.55 Mayfair Witches. 10.40 Interview With The Vampire. 11.25 ABC Late News. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Mastermind Aust. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Mastermind Aust. 8.35 Nothing Compares: Sinead O’Connor. 10.25 SBS News. 10.55 Vienna Blood. Return. 12.45 The Investigation. 2.35 The Hunt For A Killer. 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: I Am Elizabeth Smart. (2017) 2.00 House Of Wellness. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Aust. 6.00 7News Local.

6.30 News. 7.00 Pre-Game. 7.30 Cricket. ICC World Test Championship. Final. Australia v India. Day 3. Morning session. 9.30 The Lunch Break. 10.10 Cricket. ICC World Test Championship. Final. Australia v India. Day 3.

Afternoon session. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Calling For Love.

(2020) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point.

4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 15. Manly Sea Eagles v Dolphins. 9.55 Golden Point. 10.40 MOVIE: No Escape. (2015) 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 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 MasterChef Australia. 3.10 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30 The Graham Norton Show.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.30 Peter Rabbit. 7.05 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE: Charlie’s Country. (2013) David Gulpilil, Peter Djigirr.

10.15 Documentary Now! 10.40 Portlandia.

11.25 Doctor Who. 12.30 To Be Advised. 1.00 We Hunt Together. 1.45 Killing Eve. 2.30 Brassic. 3.15 Friday Night Dinner. 3.45 Close.

5.35 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (31) Programs.

2.00 Locked Up In America. 2.50 Cyberwar.

3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS News.

5.15 Only Connect. 5.50 Forged In Fire. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Hoarders.

9.20 Sex Actually With Alice Levine. 10.15 Asking For It. 11.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Critérium du Dauphiné. Stage 6. 12.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Discover With RAA Travel. 2.30 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 3.30 Room For Improvement. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 9.00 Escape To The Country. 11.00 The Aussie Property Flippers.

12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 Bondi Vet. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Crooks In Cloisters. (1964) 5.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 MOVIE: Spectre. (2015) Daniel Craig. 10.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show. 10.50 Tennis.

French Open. Day 13. 12.00 Late Programs.

Home (53) 6.00 Shopping.

7.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. 8.30 Healthy Homes Australia.

9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman.

10.30 JAG. 12.30 In The Dark. 1.30 Bull. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 Star Trek: Discovery. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 2.50 The Deep. 3.10 Get Blake! 3.40 Little Lunch.

4.30 Summer Memories. 5.05 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The PM’s Daughter. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.05 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda.

8.20 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.30 Dragon Ball Super.

10.20 Radiant. 11.10 Close.

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

3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News With Joe O’Brien.

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. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 The Drum. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (64) Programs.

10.30 American Pickers. 11.30 Pawn Stars.

12.00 Building Giants. 2.00 Jade Fever. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Down East Dickering.

4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 Storage Wars: Texas.

5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown.

7.30 Football. AFL. Round 13. Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show.

10.50 Armchair Experts. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 12.00 Family Law. 1.00 That ’70s Show. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 MacGyver. 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 The Nanny. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Transformers: Cyberverse. 5.45 MOVIE: Home.

(2015) 7.30 MOVIE: Jurassic Park. (1993) 10.00 MOVIE: Law Abiding Citizen. (2009) 12.10 Britain’s Best Parent? 1.05 Rich Kids Go Skint.

2.00 Raymond. 2.30 Bakugan: Evolutions. 3.30 Late Programs.

The (52) 6.00 Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.30 The King Of Queens. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Becker. 12.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier.

6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.30 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 A Million Little Things. 3.30 Becker. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage. 7.00 (2) Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Smother. 1.20 Miniseries: The North Water. 2.15 The Durrells. 3.05 Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe.

3.55 Landline. 4.25 Designing A Legacy (2023) 5.25 Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? 6.20 The ABC Of... 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Sister Boniface Mysteries. 8.15 Vera. 9.50 Miniseries: The North Water. Final. 10.45 Ragdoll. 11.35 The Messenger. 12.30 Rage.

6.00 Morning (3) Programs. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Gymnastics. Artistic World Challenge Cup series. Round 1. Highlights. 4.30 Journey Through Albania. 5.40 Weeks Of War. 6.30 News. 7.30 The Real Crown: Inside The House Of Windsor. 8.25 Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors. 9.20 World’s Most Scenic River Journeys. 10.15 Britain’s Most Expensive Houses. 11.10 Medici: The Magnificent Part II. 3.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (6) Programs. 12.00 The Star Stradbroke Day, Bob Charley AO Stakes Day and Ladbrokes Park Race Day. 5.00 News. 5.30 Border Security. 6.00 News. 7.00 Pre-Game. 7.30 ICC World Test Championship.

Final. Australia v India. Day 4. Morning session.

(Please note: alternative schedule may be shown). 9.30 The Lunch Break. 10.10 ICC World Test Championship. Final. Australia v India. Day 4. Afternoon session. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Getaway. 6.30 (8) A Current Affair. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday.

12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 The Pet Rescuers.

1.00 MOVIE: Blueprint To The Heart. (2020) 2.45 Parental Guidance. 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway.

6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. (2009) Daniel Radcliffe. 10.30 MOVIE: Mortal Engines. (2018) 12.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 12.00 MasterChef Australia. 1.10 My Market Kitchen.

1.30 Buy To Build. 2.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.00 My Market Kitchen.

4.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn.

5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 The Dog House. 7.30 The Dog House Australia.

8.30 Blue Bloods. 9.30 CSI: Vegas. 10.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 (22) Kids’ Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 8.25 Live At The Apollo. 9.10 The Stand Up Sketch Show. 9.35 Documentary Now! 9.55 The Stand Up Sketch Show. 10.20 Robot Wars. 11.20 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 12.05 In The Long Run. Final. 12.25 Kevin Can F*** Himself. 1.45 Doctor Who. 2.45 Intelligence. 3.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 3.55 Would I Lie To You? 4.25 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.30 Jeopardy! 4.00 BBC News At Ten. 4.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 5.00 PBS NewsHour. 6.00 Monty Python. 6.35 The Bee Whisperer. 7.35 Impossible Engineering.

Final. 8.30 Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun. 9.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Critérium du Dauphiné. Stage 7. 11.10 Story Of Science Fiction. 12.00 Vikings. 12.55 Hoarders. 4.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 3.00 Bargain Hunt. 4.00 The Aussie Property Flippers. 5.00 Medical Emergency.

5.30 Escape To… 6.00 Border Security: International. 6.30 The Highland Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Greatest Escapes To The Country. 9.15 Escape To The Country.

10.15 Secrets Of Beautiful Gardens. 11.15 The Highland Vet. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 12.20 MOVIE: Hue And Cry. (1947) 2.00 Motor Racing. SpeedSeries. Round 4. Race Winton. 5.00 MOVIE: Attack On The Iron Coast.

(1968) 7.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific.

Quarter-final. 9.30 Super Rugby Pacific PostMatch. 9.45 Keeping Up Appearances. 10.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show. 11.00 Tennis.

French Open. Day 14. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Infomercials. 8.30 Home Shopping. 9.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder.

11.30 Buy To Build. 12.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 12.30 iFish. 1.00 Jake And The Fatman.

2.00 A-Leagues All Access. 2.30 Roads Less Travelled. 3.00 JAG. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 48 Hours. 11.15 SEAL Team. 12.15 In The Dark. 1.15 Star Trek: Discovery. 2.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.10 MOVIE: Dino Dana The Movie. (2020) 1.25 Kids’ Programs. 3.35 Odd Squad. 4.00 Camp Lakebottom. 4.20 The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti.

4.55 Miraculous. 5.20 Mustangs FC. 5.45 The Inbestigators. 6.05 ITCH. 6.30 A Kind Of Spark.

6.55 The Wonderful World Of Kittens. 7.40 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda.

8.25 Dogstar. 8.50 Hank Zipzer. 9.15 Find Me In Paris. 9.40 Crazy Fun Park. 10.10 Close.

6.00 Morning (24) Programs. 1.00 ABC News. 1.30 Breakfast Couch. 2.00 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 The World This Week. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Australian Story. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 One Plus One: The Elders. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.30 Foreign Correspondent. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 China Tonight. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (64) Programs. 2.00 Australian V8 Superboats Championship: 2022 Season Review. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Last Stop Garage. 4.30 Leepu And Pitbull. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 6.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 13. Fremantle v Richmond.

10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 11.00 MOVIE: Resident Evil: Apocalypse. (2004) 12.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 8.00 MOVIE: Barbie Skipper And The Big Babysitting Adventure.

(2023) 9.20 Kids’ Programs. 2.00 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You! (2017) 4.00 Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. Round 7. Detroit Grand Prix. Highlights. 5.05 Go On. 5.35 MOVIE: The Croods. (2013) 7.30 MOVIE: Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. (2017) 9.50 MOVIE: Central Intelligence. (2016) 12.00 Late Programs.

(52) 6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 Friends. 11.00 The King Of Queens. 12.00 Frasier. 12.30 The Middle. 2.00 MasterChef Australia. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.15 Friends. 12.15 Home Shopping. 1.45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.40 Charmed.

3.35 A Million Little Things. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Infomercials.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, June 8, 2023

Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Sister Boniface Mysteries. 3.25 Miriam & Alan: Lost In Scotland And Beyond… 4.10 Grand Designs New Zealand.

5.00 Art Works. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Designing A Legacy (2023) 8.30 Silent Witness. 9.35 The Messenger. 10.25 In Limbo. 10.55 Interview With The Vampire. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Speedweek. 2.30 AusMoto Show. 3.05 Motorcycle Racing. FIM Superbike World Championship. Round 5. Highlights. 4.10 The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show. 5.35 Weeks Of War. 6.30 News. 7.30 The Kingdom. 8.55 Acropolis: The Ancient Builders.

9.55 Patagonia. 10.40 A Shot In A Starry Night: Van Gogh Case. 11.40 Secrets Of Playboy. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Motorbike Cops. 1.15 MOVIE: The Wizard Of Oz. (1939) 3.30 Border Security. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 News. 5.30 Weekender. 6.00 News. 7.00 Pre-Game. 7.30 ICC World Test C’ship. Final. Australia v India.

Day 5. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown). 9.30 The Lunch Break. 10.10 ICC World Test C’ship. Final. Australia v India. Day 5. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Drive TV. 6.30 A Current Affair.

7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday.

11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1.10 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures. 1.40 Parental Guidance. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 15.

Melbourne Storm v Cronulla Sharks. 6.00 Nine News Sunday. 7.00 60 Minutes. 8.00 MOVIE: Bohemian Rhapsody. (2018) Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton. 10.45 Nine News Late. 11.15 The First 48. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MasterChef Australia. 1.10 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 1.30 Bondi Rescue.

2.00 Luxury Escapes. 2.30 My Market Kitchen.

3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 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 MasterChef Australia. 9.10 FBI. Return. 10.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.00 The Sunday Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 (22) Kids’ Programs. 6.30 Peter Rabbit. 7.05 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 You Can’t Ask That. 8.35 Casey Anthony: Where The Truth Lies. 9.45 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Johannesburg. 10.45 Vera.

12.20 David Attenborough’s First Life. 1.15 To Be Advised. 2.15 Brian Cox’s Adventures In Space And Time. 3.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 4.00 Close. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (31) Programs.

12.00 Curse Of Oak Island. 1.30 Jeopardy! 2.45 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 3.15 Mastermind Aust. 6.45 The Engineering That Built The World. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering.

8.30 The Billionaires Who Made Our World.

9.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Critérium du Dauphiné. Stage 8. 11.10 Over The Black Dot. 11.40 UFOs. 1.00 Hoarders. 4.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 Greatest Escapes To The Country. 12.00 Escape To The Country.

1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

3.00 Secrets Of Beautiful Gardens. 4.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 6.00 Escape To The Country.

7.00 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.10 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 9.50 Pie In The Sky. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 8.00 My Favorite Martian. 8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 12.00 Getaway. 12.30 Customs. 1.00 MOVIE: Second Fiddle. (1957) 2.30 MOVIE: Last Holiday. (1950) 4.30 MOVIE: Kid Galahad. (1962) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show. 11.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 15.

Men’s Final. 12.00 Late Programs.

Home (53) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Exploring Off The Grid.

9.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 10.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 Luxury Escapes.

12.00 JAG. 2.00 Camper Deals. 2.30 Reel Action. 3.30 All 4 Adventure. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 iFish. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 MOVIE: In Like Flynn. (2018) Thomas Cocquerel, David Wenham. 12.20 SEAL Team.

1.15 In The Dark. 3.05 48 Hours. 4.00 JAG.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 2.05 Horrible Histories. 2.35 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Odd Squad. 4.00 Camp Lakebottom. 4.30 Hanazuki: Full Of Treasures. 4.55 Miraculous.

5.20 Mustangs FC. 5.45 The Inbestigators.

6.05 Viv’s Silly Mango. 6.30 A Kind Of Spark.

6.55 The Wonderful World Of Kittens. 7.40 The Deep. 8.05 Kung Fu Panda. 8.25 Dogstar. 8.50 Hank Zipzer. 9.15 Find Me In Paris. 9.40 Crazy Fun Park. 10.10 Rage. 11.15 Close.

ABC ME

6.00 Morning (24) Programs. 1.00 ABC News. 1.30 World This Week. 2.00 News.

2.30 Australian Story. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Offsiders. 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 One Plus One: The Elders. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (64) Programs. 11.30 Fish Of The Day. 12.00 The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 ITM Fishing. 1.30 Fishy Business.

2.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 3.00 Football.

AFL. Round 13. North Melbourne v GWS Giants.

6.00 Border Security: International. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 13. Carlton v Essendon.

10.10 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.40 MOVIE: After Earth. (2013) 12.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 1.30 Galavant.

2.00 The Profit UK. 3.00 Strangers Making Babies. 4.00 Top Chef. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

5.15 MOVIE: Penguins Of Madagascar. (2014) 7.00 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. (2007) 9.40 MOVIE: Species II. (1998) 11.35 Killjoys. New. 12.30 Top Chef. 1.30 Strangers Making Babies. 2.30 The Profit UK. 3.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike. 4.00 Yu-GiOh! Sevens. 4.30 Late Programs.

(52) 6.00 Charmed.

7.00 Friends. 8.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.20 MasterChef Australia. 11.30 Friends. 3.30 The Big Bang Theory. 4.30 The Middle.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.00 Friends.

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 MOVIE: The Secret: Dare To Dream. (2020) Katie Holmes, Josh Lucas. 3.30 A Million Little Things. 4.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 News (2) Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Marcella. Final. 1.45 MOVIE: Mao’s Last Dancer. (2009) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Back Roads. 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 The Business. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (3) Programs. 1.00 Al Jazeera News Hour. 2.10 The Royals In Wartime. 3.05 Mastermind Aust. 3.35 The Cook Up. 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 8.30 Big Fat Quiz Of Sport. 10.15 The Artist’s View. 10.40 SBS News.

11.10 Miniseries: Bonnie And Clyde. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise.

(6) 10.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Hidden Family Secrets. (2018) 2.00 AFL: Big Freeze. 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 Million Dollar Island. New. 8.30 9-1-1. 9.30 9-1-1: Lone Star. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 The Blacklist. 12.00 The Rookie. 1.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (8) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Grumpy Old Men. (1993) 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 Parental Guidance. 9.10 Police Rescue Australia. 10.10 Nine News Late.

10.40 100% Footy. 11.40 Mr Mayor. 12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 Destination WA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (5) 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 MasterChef Australia. 3.30 Judge Judy. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.40 Just For Laughs Australia. 10.10 FBI: Most Wanted.

12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 (22) Kids’ Programs. 7.05 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 David Attenborough’s First Life. 8.55 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 9.45 Brian Cox’s Adventures In Space And Time. 10.40 Portlandia. 11.20 Casey Anthony: Where The Truth Lies. 12.35 Documentary Now! 1.45 Louis Theroux: The Night In Question. 2.45 Black Mirror. Final. 3.55 Ghosts. 4.30 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (31) Programs.

1.50 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 2.30 Insight.

3.30 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.20 ABC America This Week. 5.15 Only Connect. 5.50 Forged In Fire. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Taskmaster. 10.20 Most Expensivest. Return.

11.10 Yokayi Footy. 12.05 King Of The Road.

12.55 Dynamo: Magician Impossible. 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 1.30 Escape To… 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 3.30 Room For Improvement. 4.00 Medical Emergency.

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 Air Crash Investigations: Special Report. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (81) Programs. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz Direct. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Bondi Vet. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Dove. (1974) 5.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Poirot.

9.50 Law & Order: SVU. 10.50 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.50 Late Programs.

Home (53) 6.00 Shopping.

7.00 Infomercials. 8.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. 8.30 Healthy Homes Australia.

9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 iFish. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 4.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull.

8.30 NCIS. 10.20 In The Dark. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Jake And The Fatman. 4.10 JAG.

ABC ME (23)

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.00 Horrible Histories. 2.30 Secret Life Of Boys.

2.50 The Deep. 3.25 Critters TV. 3.45 Little Lunch. 4.30 Summer Memories. 5.05 The Day My Butt Went Psycho! 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The PM’s Daughter. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.05 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 The Deep. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda. 8.20 Dogstar. 8.45 Hank Zipzer. 9.10 Find Me In Paris. 9.35 Crazy Fun Park. 10.05 Rage. 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 With Joe O’Brien. 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 One Plus One: The Elders. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 The Drum. 12.30 ABC News Overnight. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

11.00 Border Security: International. 12.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 1.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.00 AFL: Big Freeze. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 13. Melbourne v Collingwood. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Storage Wars.

8.30 MOVIE: Starship Troopers. (1997) Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards. 11.05 MOVIE: Firefox. (1982) 1.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

12.00 How To Build A Motor Car. 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 MacGyver. 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 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Lord Of War. (2005) Nicolas Cage. 11.00 Young Sheldon. 11.30 Dating No Filter. 12.00 Britain’s Best Parent? 1.00 Rich Kids Go Skint. 2.00 Raymond. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Friends.

8.30 The Big Bang Theory. 9.20 Friends. 11.50 The Big Bang Theory. 12.45 MOVIE: Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit. (1993) 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.30 Seinfeld.

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Frasier. 2.30 Mom. 3.30 The King Of Queens. 4.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Grantchester. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Gardening Australia. 3.55 Antiques Roadshow. 4.55 Back Roads. 5.25 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 The ABC Of... 8.30 The Platypus Guardian. 9.25 The Homes That Built Australia. 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.35 The Business. 10.55 Four Corners. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (3) Programs. 1.00 PBS News. 2.10 The Royals In Wartime. 3.05 Living Black. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 SBS News. 10.30 The Point. 11.30 Pandore. 12.25 Hope. 1.30 Partisan. 3.25 Miniseries: The WalkIn. 4.15 Mastermind Aust. 4.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise.

(6) 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 The Rookie: Feds. 2.30 Border Patrol. 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 Million Dollar Island. 9.00 The Rookie.

10.00 The Rookie: Feds. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 The Blacklist. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (8) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Parental Guidance. 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 Parental Guidance. 8.45 Million Dollar Murders. 9.45 Nine News Late.

10.15 Chicago Med. 11.10 See No Evil. 12.00 Court Cam. 12.30 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 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 MasterChef Australia. 3.10 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. 9.40 NCIS. 10.30 North Shore. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.30 Peter Rabbit. 7.05 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Would I Lie To You? 9.00 Ghosts. 9.30 Kevin Can F*** Himself. 10.55 In Limbo. 11.25 Fisk. Final. 11.55 Portlandia. 12.35 Intelligence.

1.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Friday Night Dinner.

1.55 Brassic. 2.40 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

3.00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 4.25 Close. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.30 Taskmaster Norway. 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS NewsHour. 5.15 Only Connect.

5.50 Forged In Fire. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Alone. 9.40 Couples Therapy.

10.40 Super Maximum Retro Show. New. 11.05 Hoarders. 1.30 High Society. 2.00 Jack The Ripper: Hidden Victims. 2.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Air Crash Investigations: Special Report.

3.30 Room For Improvement. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 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 RFDS. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 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: Lady Godiva Rides Again. (1951) 5.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 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 Shopping. 7.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Exploring Off The Grid. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 In The Dark. 1.30 Bull. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman.

3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull.

8.30 NCIS. 9.30 FBI. 10.30 Socceroos: Preview Show. 10.55 48 Hours. 11.50 SEAL Team. 12.45 Home Shopping.

2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Kids’ (23) Programs. 2.00 Horrible Histories. 2.30 Secret Life Of Boys.

2.50 The Deep. 3.25 Critters TV. 3.45 Little Lunch. 4.30 Summer Memories. 5.05 The Day My Butt Went Psycho! 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The PM’s Daughter. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.05 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 The Deep. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda. 8.20 Dogstar. 8.45 Hank Zipzer. 9.10 Find Me In Paris. 9.35 Crazy Fun Park. 10.05 Rage. 11.15 Close.

ABC ME

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 With Joe O’Brien. 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 ABC Late News. 11.30 The Drum. 12.30 Late Programs.

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

11.30 Pawn Stars. 12.00 Storage Wars. 1.00 Full Custom Garage. 2.00 Extreme Unboxing.

3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Down East Dickering. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 Storage Wars: Texas. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Aussie Salvage Squad.

10.30 Railroad Australia. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 12.00 Family Law. 1.00 That ’70s Show. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 MacGyver. 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 MOVIE: Knight And Day. (2010) 9.45 MOVIE: The Boss. (2016) 11.45 Young Sheldon. 12.10 Britain’s Best Parent? 1.05 Rich Kids Go Skint. 2.00 Raymond. 2.30 Full House.

3.00 Late Programs.

The (52) 6.00 Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.30 The King Of Queens. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Becker. 12.30 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. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 A Million Little Things. 3.30 The King Of Queens. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.40 Media Watch.

2.00 Parliament. 3.00 Gardening Australia.

4.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Back Roads.

5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Utopia. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. Final. 9.05 In Limbo.

9.30 QI. 10.05 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. 11.00 Ragdoll. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Dateline. 2.30 Insight. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 History Of The Sitcom. 8.30 The Mayfair Hotel Megabuild. 9.35 Blue Lights.

10.35 SBS News. 11.05 The Congregation.

11.55 The Promise. 2.00 La Fortuna. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Border Patrol. 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 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 Million Dollar Island. 9.00 The Front Bar. 10.00 The Latest: Seven News. 10.30 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous.

12.00 Absentia. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Parental Guidance. 1.00 Take Me Home. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. 8.30 MOVIE: Vacation. (2015) Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Chris Hemsworth. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 To Be Advised. 11.50 Council Of Dads. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 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 MasterChef Australia. 3.10 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 North Shore.

Final. 9.40 So Help Me Todd. New. 10.30 Fire Country. Final. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 (22) Kids’ Programs. 3.30 Play School. 4.00 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.35 Do, Re & Mi. 5.05 PJ Masks. 6.30 Peter Rabbit. 7.05 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Vera. 9.30 We Hunt Together. 10.15 Killing Eve. 11.00 Portlandia. 11.40 Miniseries: Tipping The Velvet. 12.40 To Be Advised. 1.45 In The Long Run. Final. 2.05 MOVIE: Charlie’s Country.

(2013) 3.55 Close. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (31) Programs.

3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS News.

5.15 Only Connect. 5.50 Forged In Fire. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Patriot Brains. Return. 9.25 MOVIE: Moneyball. (2011) Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright. 11.50 College Sports Inc. 1.25 Letterkenny. 2.15 Fear The Walking Dead. 3.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs.

8.00 Home Shopping. 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 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Room For Improvement.

4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Foyle’s War. 10.45 Pie In The Sky. 11.45 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 New Tricks. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The House In Nightmare Park. (1973) 5.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Madam Secretary. 11.50 Late Programs.

Home (53) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Infomercials. 8.00 Exploring Off The Grid. 8.30 Healthy Homes Australia. 9.00 Reel Action.

9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 In The Dark. 1.30 Bull. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman.

3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull.

8.30 NCIS. 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 Blue Bloods. 11.15 In The Dark. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.00 Horrible Histories. 2.30 Secret Life Of Boys.

2.50 The Deep. 3.25 Critters TV. 3.45 Little Lunch. 4.30 Summer Memories. 5.05 The Day My Butt Went Psycho! 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The PM’s Daughter. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.05 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 The Deep. 8.00 Kung Fu Panda. 8.20 Dogstar. 8.45 Hank Zipzer. 9.10 Find Me In Paris. 9.35 Crazy Fun Park. 10.10 Rage. 11.15 Close.

6.00 Morning Programs.

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 With Joe O’Brien.

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 ABC Late News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Pawn Stars. 12.00 Truck Night In America. 1.00 Aussie Salvage Squad. 2.00 Extreme Unboxing.

3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Down East Dickering. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 Storage Wars: Texas. 5.30 American Restoration.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars.

7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 Police Custody USA. 10.30 Surveillance Oz Dashcam. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

12.00 Family Law. 1.00 That ’70s Show. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 MacGyver. 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 MOVIE: Outbreak. (1995) 10.00 MOVIE: Dante’s Peak. (1997) 12.10 Britain’s Best Parent? 1.05 Rich Kids Go Skint. 2.00 Raymond.

2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Legends. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 TV Shop. 5.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, June 11

ABC TV (2)

ABC TV PLUS

MONDAY, June 12

ABC TV

ABC TV PLUS

TUESDAY, June 13

ABC TV

ABC TV PLUS (22)

WEDNESDAY, June 14

ABC TV (2)

ABC TV PLUS

ABC ME (23)

SBS (3)

SBS VLND

NEWS

SBS

SBS VLND

NEWS (24)

SBS

SBS VLND (31)

NEWS

SBS (3)

SBS VLND

NEWS (24)

SEVEN (6)

7TWO

7MATE

SEVEN

7TWO

7MATE (64)

SEVEN

7TWO (62)

7MATE

SEVEN (6)

7TWO

7MATE (64)

NINE (8)

9GEM

9GO!

NINE

9GEM

9GO! (82)

NINE

9GEM (81)

9GO!

NINE (8)

9GEM

9GO! (82)

TEN (5)

10 BOLD

10 PEACH

TEN

10 BOLD

10 PEACH (52)

TEN

10 BOLD (53)

10 PEACH

TEN (5)

10 BOLD

10 PEACH (52)

6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The Middle. 8.00 Friends. 9.30 The King Of Queens. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Becker. 12.30 A Million Little Things. 1.30 The Middle. 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. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

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Thursday, June 8, 2023 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Net, Set, Go, skills show!

By GINNI BROWN THE netball skills development program for five to seven-year-olds, Net Set Go, has started for 2023 with some very eager young netballers taking the court for the fi rst time.

Under the guidance of coaches Kristie and Addi Mackay — both experienced netballers who play for Narromine Netball Club — the participants will learn the building blocks of skills needed for competitive netball.

Net Set Go is still open for enrolments, contact the local club for more information.

Coaches Kristie and Addi Mackay — both experienced netballers who play for Narromine Netball Club —teaching five to seven-year-olds the building blocks of skills needed for competitive netball at, Net, Set, Go.

Ladies win easy, the men scrape home, as Jets tackle Gilgandra

By MICK BURNS ROUND Five of the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League rugby league competition, kickedoff on Saturday with Narromine Jets at home at Cale Oval against the Gilgandra Panthers.

The Ladies League Tag started the day off with a comprehensive win against the Panthers, the fi nal score being 56-8.

The Jet Ladies are obviously playing very well together, and look like a team who is enjoying not only competing on the field, but having fun and forming great friendships as well.

Try-scorers for the Jets, were: (Lily Spackman, two; Shian Chatfield, two; Emily Edwards, two; Beth Clarke, two; Millah Phillips, Rebecca Smyth, tries; Shian Chatfield six, Talitha Chatfield, two, goals).

“Players’ Player” for the game went to the creative and skillful halfback, Shian Chatfield. The Jets are now sitting unbeaten at the top of the ladder and, after the general bye this week, they will take on the unbeaten Dunedoo Swans at Dunedoo in what should be a great game.

The First Grade match was a game that went end-to-end all day with plenty of mistakes and penalties holding-up the contest which prevented consistent flow.

The game went down to the wire, with the Jets lucky to take out the win 18-16.

The game was in the balance at 16-all with three minutes remaining, when the Jets were given a penalty 30-metres out from the opposition’s line.

Captain Doug Potter calmly slotted the penalty conversion to take the fi nal score to 18-16.

The Jets have a few injury concerns with players out at the moment but, with rest and physio and a general bye this week before the next game, hopefully will see their strongest team back on the paddock.

Try scorers were Washie Itoya, Mitch Rixon, Ryan Wheeler; and Doug Potter, three goals.

“Players’ Player” was Mitch Rixon who had a strong game in the centres all day.

Narromine Jets Ladies League Tag started the day off with a comprehensive win against the Panthers, the final score being 56-8.

Narromine Jets First Grade team had lucky escape on the weekend against Gilgandra, 18-16. PHOTOS: SALLY EVERETT.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, June 8, 2023

RACING NG ORT REPORT

By COLIN HODGES GRADY Spokes rode his career-fi rst winner, Gunnerside, in the opening race on Saturday at Coonamble and, in the process, beat home champion Picnic jockey, Leandro Ribeiro in a close fi nish.

Aware he came from a good racing background — and also the fact he was making a very long trip from the north coast — saw the 19-year-old Spokes given his chance on Gunnerside by Wellington trainer, Karen McCarroll, and husband, Stephen, who share ownership of the five-year-old chestnut gelding.

Son of legendary Coffs Har-

Coonamble Picnic Races, Saturday, June 3 bour jockey, Raymond Spokes, who has ridden more than 700 winners, Grady is a dedicated trackwork rider having only his second race in the 1100-metres Mens Shed Class B Handicap at Coonamble.

Third on the home-turn, Gunnerside was tightened for room on the rails, however, Grady, with a very good ride, persevered for a clear-run and Gunnerside (the $2.30 favourite), charged through on the inside to beat Missiles Armed (Leandro Ribeiro at $2.60) and the early leader, Love Rat (Zara Lewis at $6).

A much-travelled galloper, Gunnerside was part of a small team taken to the Northern Territory during a holiday in 2021 by the McCarrolls and, from two starts, was placed at both Adelaide River and Darwin, but was injured in the Darwin race and then took six

months to recover.

The previous win for Gunnerside was in 2022 at Lightning Ridge when, due to problems with the barriers, the races became flag starts.

Following his second to Spokes, Ribeiro then kickedhome a winning double, Pahang and Blackhill Kitty, both trained at Dubbo by Connie Greig.

Pahang (the $2.80 favourite), fi nished fast from well-back to win by over three lengths from The Cave (Ricky Blewitt at $4) and Borlotti (Spokes at $21) in the 1600-metres Coonamble Cancer Survival Fund Class Two Trophy Handicap.

Blackhill Kitty (the $3 equal-favourite), also came from behind the leaders to win the 1200-metres Quota Club Class Two Trophy Handicap from Geesheehan (Tamsin Gough at $4) and The Defiant

Jakeel shines at junior soccer weekend round held in Dubbo

Proud Coach and rep player, Jake Unicomb and Jakeel Farop, over the weekend.

One (Ricky Blewitt on the $3 equal-favourite).

Richard Jackson, the only trainer based at Walgett, won the 1200-metres Rotary Maiden Plate with The Drafter ridden by Narromine-based jockey, Ricky Blewitt.

In a handy position from the outset, The Drafter (the $2 favourite) won by a short-head from Johnny Ravioli (Ashley Boyd at $4.20) with Opal Glory (Nicholas Perrett at $5) in third place.

Although a $10 chance, the grey mare, Miss Ash Star, was well-supported and proved very costly to bookmakers, but popular with the locals, when winning the 1400-metres Lions Club Open Trophy Handicap.

Trained at Coonamble by Colin Edgar and ridden by Zara Lewis from Gilgandra, Miss Ash Star, led all the way against a good-quality field

to beat Gossip (Sally Faulks at $4), and The Enzo (Tamsin Gough at $4) in a close-fi nish.

Jarmanagic and In The Road led in the 1100-metres Country Women’s Association Open Trophy Handicap before the Kieren Hazelton, Gilgandra trained, Zamali (Sebastian Galea at $10) from well-back, swept down the outside to overwhelm In The Road (Zara Lewis at $4.20) and Billy Bent Ear (Ribeiro at $5).

Galea has then doubled his career tally, having recently ridden his fi rst winner, Pridepluck, at Moree.

The Dubbo (TAB) Showcase meeting on Friday, features the Kings Hall Jewellers Silver Goblet for two-year-olds and two qualifying Heats of the Dubbo RSL Club Winter Country Classic.

BOWLS COLUMN

Farewell event for Steve Butterworth CONGRATULATIONS go out to Robbie Stanford and Dwayne Faro, who annexed the Major/Minor Pairs event last Saturday, courtesy of a strong win over Ben Clark and Richard Hyde in the Final.

The game saw the leading lads jump out of the blocks right from the get-go with the fi nal score of 24-10, pretty-much a reflection of their dominance in this match.

In other news, the GUB THORNE Day has been set down for Saturday, August 19, and again the Nomination Sheet will be found on the Club Noticeboard with all the relevant conditions of play and costs.

To date, numbers are looking good, but there’s always room for you and your team.

Thursdays Social Bowls attracted a handy field with the best of them being Tod Reed, Clifton Harris, and David McNair who got the lion’s share of the loot on offer.

Sunday’s Chook Run saw a smallish field, but it didn’t stop those who attended from having a go and the best at that proved to be Carl Moore, Richard Hyde, and Steve Buttsworth — speaking of “But-

tys”, he is retiring on Sunday, July 2. To help send him off in style, the Club will be having an appreciation bowls, luncheon, and presentation morning to honor and recognize his service to Narromine Bowling Club.

A nomination sheet has been posted on the Noticeboard, and all are welcome to join-in celebrating Steve’s remarkable achievement. So, to help with catering, put your name and guests on the sheet, so the club can ensure that there is plenty of “tucker”.

Other things happening around the Club, includes nomination sheets for the B Grade Singles, the Consistency Singles, and the Men’s Pennant sheet, which should all fi nd their way to the Club Noticeboard.

So, if you are eligible or have an inkling to be part of any or all of these events, I suggest you don’t delay a trip to the Noticeboard to plonk down your name down.

Well that it for me this week, a pretty quiet week, but no doubt still plenty of action coming up at the “Bowly”; hope you can be part of it!

GERRIES GOLF NOTES

King takes the prize in Wednesday comp Contributed by NORM LEWIS The U11 Rebels, under Coach Jake Unicomb, had a particularly strong game in Dubbo over the weekend.

By GINNI BROWN ALL Narromine Soccer Club junior teams played in Dubbo over the weekend against local sides, with some fantastic games on show.

The U11 Rebels, under Coach Jake Unicomb, had a particularly strong game.

Local player, Jakeel Faro, also spent Sunday playing in Dubbo for the Under 11s rep side in the final round of the Western Youth League. Well done to Jakeel!

The Club would like to send a big sponsor shout-out to USMC and Rebel Ag Aviation, with all teams enjoying a general bye over the Long Weekend.

LAST Wednesday, May 31, a field of 10 players took part in the weekly Gerries Golf Competition at “Royal Narromine” in rather pleasant conditions.

Play was on the back nine and this led to Ross King storming-home with a great round of 25 points — no doubt the handicapper will look closely at his handicap after such a round, and enjoy reducing his handicap!

Two players, Mal Fraser and Bruce Mitchell, then tied in second place on 23 points with the countback declaring Bruce the prize-winner.

It was not Fraser’s day, as he also lost the NTP (nearest-the-pin) to Ron Green who snuck past him on the 10th hole to claim victory.

Bob Richardson was the lucky winner of the weekly NAGA prize, with a score of 13 points.

There was insufficient nominations for the weekly Pool competition As mentioned last week, the Gerries Winter Comp will be played each Wednesday afternoon hitting off at 2.30pm, until further notice.

That’s all for this week — See you at the 19th!

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Thursday, June 8, 2023 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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Junior Gorillas play Walgett Gala Day of fine local rugby Happy in their footie, The Gorillas crew hit Walgett for some great rugby fun at their most-recent Gala Day.

Kye Brotherton Favourite player: Nick White Favourite position: 5/8 Like most about rugby: Experiences, western trip to Sydney, visiting the Waratahs Centre of Excellence.

Most annoying team-mate: Ben McLean, he’s a pest!

By GINNI BROWN

THE Junior Gorillas continued their gala day expeditions over the weekend, heading to Walgett, where the “Lambs” hosted a number of Western Plains matches.

Teams from Coonamble, Narrabri, Bourke, and Gulargambone, also made the trip for a great day of rugby with Club President, Pat McCutcheon,

Jock Dunbar Favourite player: Matt Giteau, because he wears the same headgear as me.

Favourite position: 12 — Inside Centre Like most about rugby: We are allowed to tackle! And playing with my mates….

Like least about rugby: My age, as I’m not allowed on the bus yet!

The Junior Gorillas U12s giving it their best at the gala day at Walgett.

The Junior Gorillas U8s enjoying their gala day at Walgett, where the “Lambs” hosted a number of Western Plains matches.

thrilled with the enthusiasm the kids showed on the day.

“As always we couldn’t do it without the players and coaches” he said.

MVP’s ( most valuable players) on the day included: in the U8s — Henry McIntyre with most tries; in the U10s — Indi Brotherton with speed and evasion; and, in the U12s —Lachie Watt for try assists and communication.

The Junior Gorillas Under 10s continued their gala day expeditions over the weekend, heading to Walgett.

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