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Council candidates meet in Narromine

By NICHOLAS CROKER AN information session was held for Narromine Shire election candidates last week that was coordinated

by Stacey Bohm — herself a candidate.

Held last Tuesday, the session was intended to place all those nominated on a level playing field, laying out to each the important legislation regarding campaigning for a seat on Council, Ms Bohm said.

Adhering to the strict legal requirements set for candidates is crucial, as failing to meet these standards can result in being struck from the ballot altogether.

The meeting was also open to the public following requests on social media, in the interest of transparency.

Members of the public were also able to have their say at the session on upcoming candidate meet-and-greets, such as the best venues and most workable times for locals, Ms Bohm said.

“There are nine new candidates who have never run for council, and a few existing ones who have never campaigned before, so [we] wanted to spread information on campaign legislation and legality,” Ms Bohm explained.

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Tammy Jones shares WNSWLHD Staff Member of the Year Award

By SHARON BONTHUYS NARROMINE Health Service employee Tammy Jones is flying high after being named dual winner of the Western NSW Local Health District’s (WNSWLHD) Staff Member of the Year Award in Dubbo last week.

The Acting Support Services Manager at the Narromine Hospital shared the prestigious award for the state’s largest Local Health District with Jasmin Jones, a registered nurse from Grenfell who shares the same surname but is no relation.

Both recipients were acknowledged for their outstanding contributions to their non-clinical and clinical roles at their respective facilities during a gala dinner at the Dubbo Rhino Lodge on Thursday, August 22.

The 51-year-old Narromine resident is still in shock at hearing her name called out to receive the key award presented at the dinner, which she attended with daughter Tiffany.

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Staff Member of the Year dual recipients, Jasmin Jones of Grenfell, Tammy Jones of Narromine, with WNSWLHD Board Member, Annette Crothers.

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Thursday, August 29, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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NASCA students go to Garma Festival

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By JAZMIN WRIGHT, YEAR 11, NARROMINE HIGH SCHOOL ARIANNA Brooks and I, together with the NASCA (National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy) Team Leader, Chatty, were selected along with 25 other NASCA students and staff members to attend this year’s Garma Festival in the Northern Territory earlier this month.

The Garma Festival is Australia’s largest Indigenous gathering, a four-day celebration of Yolngu life and Culture held in remote north-east Arnhem Land.

This is a festival hosted by the Yothu Yindi Foundation.

We spent most of our days within the Youth Forum connecting with local children, and schools that travelled from all over Australia to attend the festival.

The Youth Forum ran different activities with us and gave us a voice to speak up

on important issues regarding our generation and the future generation to come. The Youth Forum was also a safe space for us to learn respectful Cultural traditions and immerse ourselves in knowledge and change.

Other activities we participated in included the Rapidly Cleansing traditional ceremony that made the bad spirits go away and taught us the importance of discipline and not going down the wrong path in life.

The afternoons were spent making new connections and exploring the rest of the festival. We had the chance to make music, art and watch dance performances at the Bungul (Dance) Ground. We eventually built up the confidence to join in on the dances performed at the Bungul Ground.

The night time was fi lled with concerts performed by local artists and well-known artists Birdz and Kingstingray.

NASCA students, Jazmin Wright and Arianna Brooks, travelled to the Garma Festival in northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, earlier this month. PHOTO: NARROMINE HIGH SCHOOL.

Garden Club visits Garden Avenue

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Garden Club host this month, Liz Foreman, with Marie Bishop.

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THE FORECAST Thursday, August 29 Min 6. Max 20. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Sunny.

Light winds becoming westerly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 8 with daytime temperatures reaching between 17 and 23.

Sun protection recommended from 9:30 am to 2:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 5 [Moderate] Friday, August 30 Min 8. Max 29. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Sunny.

Winds north to northwesterly 30 to 45 km/h

Kath Cross, Hildred Oliver, Julia Elder, Donna Payne, Marj Kelly, and Jodi Browning, at the Narromine Garden Club visit to Garden Avenue recently. turning west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 6 and 9 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 33.

Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to 2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High] Saturday, August 31 Min 10. Max 21. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Mostly sunny. Winds west to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 7 and 13 with daytime temperatures reaching between 19 and 25.

Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to

2:50 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 6 [High] Sunday, September 1 Min 7. Max 23. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Monday, September 2 Min 9. Max 22. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Tuesday, September 3 Min 6. Max 23. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5%

B ANNIE HARMER, By N NARROMINE GARDEN C CLUB G GARDEN Avenue was our d destination this month, to ssee the beautiful home of L Liz Foreman.

With 28 members present, it was a great gathere iing on a very pleasant day.

Jodi and Donna chaired J tthe meeting as our wonderfful Secretary was at home rrecovering from surgery ((get well soon!)

During the meeting, Jodi sspoke of the hints that were given to her by friends, g ssuch as “now is the time to ffeed lawns”, and “it’s time tto mulch garden beds”.

It was also a great day for Barbie Tuck, who won the B rraffle donated by Amanda Adams.

A Our host, Liz, has achieved a lot in her garden a iin a short space of time.

From just a few trees and sshrubs, she now has very colourful, flowing garden c beds with many shades of b tthe dimorphotheca (also known as “Cape Daisy”) k and a variety of amazing sculptures.

Are you a fan of allthings gardening? Come join us at the Narromine Garden Club. We meet monthly, visit beautiful gardens, and occasionally take day trips. Oh, and we have a lot of fun, too.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, August 29, 2024

Tammy Jones shares WNSWLHD Staff Member of the Year Award Tammy and Ewen Jones enjoying time in the great outdoors. PHOTO: E JONES.

Tammy’s reaction to the news she had won Staff Member of the Year. PHOTOS: WNSWLHD. From page 1 “It was the last award of the night and I was so nervous. I thought I was hearing things when my name was called out.

It took a little bit to actually register that it was my name,” she laughed.

A photographer at the event captured her surprise perfectly.

Mrs Jones was one of five finalists from across the WNSWLHD vying for the Staff Member of the Year Award. Her surprise at receiving the award, shared with Jasmin Jones, partly came from knowing how good the other four finalists were, she said.

The 2024 WNSWLHD Awards were presented across 18 different team, project and individual categories, following the District’s annual symposium which featured presentations from all the categories’ finalists.

Mark Spittal, WNSWLHD Chief Executive, said the awards provide an opportunity to recognise the hard work and outstanding success of teams, projects and health professionals across the region.

“Every year this event allows us to see and appreciate the amazing work our staff do right across our District. Importantly, it gives us an opportunity to come together to celebrate and recognise those achievements,” Mr Spittal said.

ages the kitchen, cleaning and security services at Narromine Hospital, has been demonstrated in the service improvements she has developed, including a start-up package for Support Services Managers.

“When I started this role I didn’t really have anything to help me so I created a start-up package for when there are new Support Services Managers,” Mrs Jones explained.

“I knew the work I had to put into finding everything I needed, so I thought I could help other Support Services Managers by doing this,” she added.

“I’ve thrown everything in [the package], every form they’re going to need, every email they’ll need and things like that when they start.”

Her nomination noted that Mrs Jones “has significantly improved patient care through her dedication and leadership. She fosters a collaborative and inclusive environment, making sure every team member feels valued and empowered.”

It also said Mrs Jones’ excellent communication and problem-solving skills had streamlined workflows, ensured timely delivery of services, and promoted cross-departmental teamwork, enhancing patient outcomes and satisfaction.

Excellence recognised

Non-clinical support key to health

MRS Jones’ dedication to continuous improvement and excellence in her role, which man-

MRS Jones’ award is a public nod to the important role that non-clinical support staff play

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A delighted Tammy Jones after her win. in the state’s public health system. Thousands of people across the country work in non-medical roles like Mrs Jones’, without whom public health facilities would not function.

The work they do is rarely seen by the public, or properly understood for the value it brings to the primary health sector.

“Without people like us [non-clinical hospital staff ], patients aren’t going to be fed, they aren’t going to be cleaned up etc,” Mrs Jones said.

Hospital security is also very important for the safety of staff and patients.

Huge health district THE quiet achiever, who has worked in her current role for the last three years of the 12 she has spent at Narromine Hospital, was very surprised to be nominated for the award

by Health Services Manager,

Sanu Joy. Mrs Jones is still coming to terms with receiving the Staff Member of the Year award for the WNSWLHD, which is geographically the largest Local Health District in NSW and employs a large staff.

The district covers an area of 246,676 square kilometres, stretching from Cowra north to the NSW-Queensland border, east to Rhylstone and well west of Cobar — an area similar to the size of the United Kingdom.

The district employs about 8,000 people across three major rural referral hospitals, 25 multipurpose health services, 50 community health centres, and in a range of non-clinical corporate, and operational services roles like Mrs Jones’ position.

Love for family and the job

THE Jones family are still celebrating Tammy’s win, and love the unique trophy she received, which she said is made from “recycled hospital bits” like needle caps and such things.

She credits her close-knit family for underpinning her approach to life and work.

“I have an extremely proud husband,” Mrs Jones said of partner Ewen, who also works in the private health sector and is a Narromine Shire Councillor.

After the thrill of her win last week, Tammy Jones is back on the job and doing the vital behind-the-scenes work that helps ensure Narromine hospital patients are fed, clean and safe on site.

“I absolutely love my job, and it helps the day go so much easier when you enjoy your work,” she concluded.

Where is it…? Our great new comp WELCOME to our newest segment, which we hope to fi ll with something intriguing each week that encourages readers to get out and about and explore our region a bit more.

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Thursday, August 29, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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Locally-bred Merinos trump flies, fertility, comfort factor

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Robert and Scott Mudford with Parkdale SRS ewes. PHOTO: MUDFORD FAMILY.

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FLYSTRIKE is one of the most persistent animal welfare, control, and production costs impacting sheep farmers in NSW, year in, year out.

So it’s exciting news to hear that one central NSW sheep farming family is now saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in chemical and labour costs, with plain-bodied, non-mulesed Merinos with flystrike resistance that produce high-fleece weights of soft wool.

Parkdale SRS® Stud owners Don and Pam Mudford manage the family’s 5532-hectare aggregation near Dubbo. The couple and their family run 25,000 sheep at a peak, but dry conditions have reduced numbers to 23,000, including 1100 stud ewes.

Son Robert and his wife Meg own The Belars, Narromine, while son Scott and wife Jan, own Wandella, at Collie. The two families also own Greenvale in partnership. The Mudford’s western NSW holdings at Enngonia and Barringun cover 33,198 hectares and carry 4000 breeding ewes.

This year marks 21 years since the Mudford family stopped the practice of “mulesing” their sheep (removing flesh from their tail areas to reduce incidents of flystrike).

Employing Soft Rolling Skins (SRS) principles, the Mudfords’ non-mulesed sheep are fast growing, have a well aligned staple, high fertility and fecundity, with an average weaning rate of 137 per cent. They have not been mulesed since 2004 and there is a selection focus on high genetic fat cover and eye muscle for increased fertility

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and lamb survival.

The family’s SRS journey started in 1989 when Mr Mudford and his brother attended workshops in the area by research scientist, Dr Jim Watts. This began an association that only ended with Dr Watts’ death in 2019.

Mr Mudford aimed to transition the traditionally-classed Merino flock to SRS principles of a loose, pliable skin with a long, light and soft staple and lustrous deep, bold crimp.

“The easiest way for us to learn about SRS principals was to class the sheep off the board on their skins. We had to stop looking at the wool,” Mr Mudford said.

“We had concrete down the chute and letting out pens into the classing race so there was no dust on that freshly shorn skin. That really started to teach us about the sheep.”

At the time, the adult ewes were 21.5 micron and cutting 8kg greasy at a 60 per cent yield, had a comfort factor of 95-97 per cent and a 90 per cent lambing rate.

Within a few years, the flock averaged 20 micron and cut 7kg greasy with a 70 per cent yield and a comfort factor of 99 per cent. This equalled the same amount of wool at just under 5kg of clean wool.

Mr Mudford said there is a need to understand the bigger picture.

“We focused on the skin and the micron automatically becoming finer and the coefficient of variation improved, with the wool being whiter and bolder crimping,” Mr Mud-

ford explained.

“Dr Watts told me the SRS sheep would be blowfly-resistant. I really didn’t quite think how good it was really going to be as I was used to a lot of fl ies. Within another two years we were only buying a drum at a time for lamb marking,” he added.

The family started selling the wool as non-mulesed over a decade ago, and over time, wool prices crept up to a 10 per cent premium until three years ago.

“Since then it has been a 20 per cent premium, compared to what the clip was valued at,” he said.

As sheep classers, Robert and Scott Mudford are helping other growers transition to mules-free Merino flocks.

Mr Mudford said there was increasing pressure on growers from animal welfare groups for ethically-produced wool. He believes sheep need to be ethically-bred and managed, environmentally sustainable, and with a low carbon footprint.

“We focus on fertility and lamb survival, positive fat and eye muscle,” he explained.

“The further west our clients are, we like to have that fat content as high as possible. It helps all parts of animal health. The ewes recover faster post-weaning and are ready to rejoin, have multiples, and the lambs survive better in the western country where conditions can get tough and vary from year to year,” he concluded.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, August 29, 2024

PROGRESS UPDATE

Inland Rail is still going ahead in northern NSW We’ve heard communities north of Narromine up to the NSW/Qld Border asking if Inland Rail is still progressing.

Inland Rail is still going ahead in northern NSW and Queensland.

In coming months we’ll be in the community doing site investigations and surveys, finishing our last NSW environmental approval submissions, and continuing important land access and acquisition negotiations with landowners.

With the cooperation of landowners, our teams will be out and about completing geotechnical investigations, cultural heritage surveys, ecology studies and hydrology studies.

The Australian Government is funding these activities so we can finalise the scope and cost of building Inland Rail in northern NSW and allow decisions to be made about when construction can start.

To unlock the benefits of Inland Rail for northern NSW communities, we’re asking landowners to support us by granting land access and collaborating through voluntary land acquisition negotiations.

As Inland Rail progresses, our Stakeholder Engagement and Property teams will be reaching out to ensure the best outcomes for the region.

Speak with our team

1800 732 761 inlandrailnsw@inlandrail.com.au

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Thursday, August 29, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Six weeks ‘til Dolly

By SHARON BONTHUYS WITH Narromine’s Dolly Parton Festival just six weeks away, event organisers are urging country music fans near and far to move quickly and snap up the few remaining tickets to the free evening concert.

“All the acts are locked in and looking forward to coming to Narromine,” said festival founder and organising committee member, Susie Rae. Headlining the evening entertainment at the third annual Dolly Parton Festival concert on Saturday, October 12, is the talented Brooke McMullen. Supporting acts include popular band Ballz ‘n All, Graham Toole (performing as Kenny Rogers), and Dubbo songstress and festival regular, Tanya Andrew.

After two years at the local golfing greens, this year’s concert moves to the recently-refurbished Cale Oval sporting precinct in the centre of Narromine. Organisers can’t wait to try out the new location, and hope the free entry to the vestival will be a sell-out.

“We want the community to get these last tickets to this free event and have a great time,” Ms Rae said.

The evening concert will follow a daytime Street Party in Narromine’s central business district, with parts of Dandaloo and Burroway Streets to be closed to traffic to facilitate market stalls, musical and dance performances, food vendors, and shopping in local businesses.

Thousands of people attended the Street Party at both previous festivals, taking advantage of the warm

spring weather and free entertainment to visit downtown Narromine.

“The festival provides a chance to really showcase Narromine,” Ms Rae added.

The volunteer organising committee is supported in its preparations by dedicated assistance from Narromine Shire Council, which has received $150,000 from the NSW Government to help host the event this year, and a coordinated effort by local businesses to add value to the festival.

Starting on the Friday night, all entertainment venues in town, as well as the Narromine Aero Club and Rockwall Tourist Park, will host festival-themed events, including musical performances and a drag bingo session.

“We’re super excited to have received this support from the NSW Government for our festival and from the Council, and that the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads will be attending,” said organising committee member, Roz Reynolds.

Council spokesperson, Phil Johnston, said the organisation is working closely with the Committee to provide liaison with the NSW Government and to assist with procurement support, marketing, road closures, and logistics.

The Dolly Parton Festival website is in the process of being updated to reflect the hive of activity that is scheduled to take place over the weekend in Narromine.

The website also provides a link to 123Tix, where the fi nal tickets can be obtained.

The Narromine Lions Club with 2023 festival friends, Abork and Foxxe Faux.

PHOTO: NARROMINE LIONS CLUB.

Big blonde wigs are all the rage at the Dolly Parton Festival.

SATURDAY 1p( OCTOBER & - " ( & ( * ( ' The Dolly Festival will kick off on Saturday 1pB6 of October 202r and has a jam packed program including live music, street market stalls, family-friendly events and an evening festival.

We’d love to see you dressed as Dolly or Kenny, so start planning your outfits!!! dollyfestivalnarromine.com

Every concert goer has a great view of the show at the festival concert. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, August 29, 2024

Trangie project benefits Eye on the Environment from funds to revitalise Upper House Aboriginal languages examines amendment bill for biodiversity offsets scheme A PROJECT destined for display in the Wungunja Cultural Centre in Trangie has received funding under a NSW Government program to revitalise Aboriginal languages.

The Ginhar Indigenous Corporation has received $4300 for an Aboriginal languages and digital art exhibition, which will include Aboriginal artists and language speakers taking digital arts pieces such as photographs and clips and incorporate languages from the Wiradjuri and Wongaibon nations, and exhibit these at the Wungunja Culture Centre.

The NSW Government has committed more than $4 million in grants to 74 Aboriginal language projects across the state, said Duty MLC for the Dubbo Electorate, Stephen Lawrence MLC. The new funding builds on to the $3.9 million delivered in 2023, and the Trangie project is one of three within the Dubbo Electorate to receive funding under this initiative. These projects will support Wiradjuri, Wongaibon, Barkindji, Ngempa,

and Murrawarri languages.

Other projects in the region to receive support include $15,000 for the Oyster Tribe Aboriginal Corporation for its “Listening to the Voices of Our Ancestors Program”, which connects community members with the wisdom and knowledge of Wiradjuri Elders, strengthening language, reviving cultural practices, and ensuring their heritage is heard by future generations.

The Regional Enterprise Development Institute Ltd will also receive almost $200,000 to recruit two workers to expand the Indigenous languages services through face-to-face language workshops, celebratory events to be conducted with community, and additional language resources to be developed and made available online to preserve and promote the traditional languages of the region.

“The sheer size of these grants is a wonderful thing.

Western NSW is a big beneficiary”, Duty MLC for Dubbo Electorate, Stephen Lawrence said.

“Aboriginal languages are central to Aboriginal Culture, are vital to sustaining traditional knowledge, and need to be carefully nurtured,” he explained.

NSW remains the only jurisdiction in Australia to enact legislation that recognises the importance of Aboriginal languages and establishes mechanisms for a focused investment in their revitalisation, Mr Lawrence said.

Aboriginal organisations and groups in NSW are now invited to apply for grants to hold events and activities celebrating NSW Aboriginal Languages Week 2024 in late October.

“Grants of between $1000 and $5000 are available for initiatives to celebrate Aboriginal languages across NSW, including community events, exhibitions, language classes and language workshops,” Mr Lawrence said, encouraging groups to apply.

However, as applications close next Friday, groups seeking to apply will need to act quickly. For more information, visit the Aboriginal Languages Trust website.

A NSW Upper House inquiry has been established to examine the Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Offsets Scheme) Bill 2024.

The Bill introduces a range of amendments to the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme. This scheme, established in 2016, provides a mechanism to avoid, minimise and offset the impacts of development and some types of clearing on biodiversity in NSW. The Bill is intended to amend the scheme by increasing transparency and fairness, providing clearer guidance for industry, reducing regulatory burdens for low-risk local development, and requiring the scheme to deliver overall net positive outcomes over time.

“The Biodiversity Offsets Scheme is an important component of the environmental pro-

tection framework in New South Wales. However, several reports — including one by this committee two years ago — have found there are serious failures with the scheme,” Committee Chair, Sue Higginson (MLC) said.

“The Committee will be carefully looking at whether this Bill makes the right changes to ensure the scheme truly meets its objective of protecting biodiversity in NSW,” she added.

Interested stakeholders have until next Friday to lodge submissions via the committee’s website, and an online questionnaire is also available. A public hearing is expected to be held in mid-September.

Further information about the inquiry, including the terms of reference, can be found on the NSW Parliament website.

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It’s showtime!

By SHARON BONTHUYS BEAUTIFUL weather is forecast for the 119th Narromine Show which takes place this Saturday at the Narromine Showgrounds. Are you planning to go? The Narromine Star is and we’re excited!

The annual show is a labour of love for the hard working team of volunteers from the Narromine Agricultural Show Society who plan and deliver the event for the benefit of the wider community.

To see just what’s on and when, download the show schedule from the Narromine Show website. It highlights all the action including equestrian events, junior quests, pavilion exhibits, animal judging, sideshow stuff, displays, tractor pull, the Berkley Supertank and more.

Yard dog trials kick off the action bright and early at 8.00 am, followed by ring and showjumping events and the Prime Lamb Hoof Competition. The Alkane Pavilion and markets are open from 9.00 am, and junior and senior Farmers’ Challenges will take place in the morning and afternoon as well as the tractor pulls.

A range of other activities will also take place through the day, as per the schedule.

Pavilions close at 4.30 pm and the day rounds out with a smash-up derby, a band featuring Alana Potter and the Narromine Hardware and Newsagency Fireworks display There will be a variety of food and beverages on offer through the day, some provided by local volunteer community groups who will no doubt welcome you and your cash to support the work they do. The licenced bar opens at 1.00pm.

If there’s something you can do to support your local community, it’s this. Come on down to the Narromine Show this Saturday and spend some time appreciating all that is on offer and the hard work by community volunteers in the the Narromine Agricultural Show Society who have made it possible.

Get ready for some fun!

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Narromine information session for biodiversity conservation tender LOCAL landholders are invited to learn about a conservation tender with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust at an information session being held next week in Narromine.

The information session will give landholders from Narromine and Trangie the opportunity to learn about their eligibility and how they can bid for long-term set prices to protect and manage good condition native vegetation on their land.

Under the tender, successful landholders will receive annual payments to implement an agreed management plan and enter into an agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT).

The tender promotes long-term outcomes for landholders and the environment. The goal is to support farming enterprises alongside a fi nancial benefit for managing conservation assets.

This tender focuses on conserving remnant patches of four threatened ecological communities including Fuzzy Box Woodlands, White Box Grassy Woodlands, Grey Box Grassy Woodlands, and Poplar Box Grassy Woodlands, along with other native vegetation in moderate-to-good condition.

“Landholders across the Central West will recognise the importance of box gum woodlands on their properties, as well as the value it has to

Landholders in Narromine Shire can learn more about entering a tender with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust at an information session being held on Wednesday next week. PHOTO: NSW BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION TRUST. connecting this vegetation to the typically small and fragmented patches often found between paddocks and along roadsides,” BCT Regional Manager Glenn Harpley said.

“This is an opportunity taken up by landholders across the state to put forward their costs for managing this vegetation,” he added.

Landholders can seek advice on whether the vegetation on their property meets the criteria for the

tender, and or register for next week’s information session in Narromine by calling the Biodiversity Conservation Trust or visiting its website. Expressions of interest will be open from Monday, September 2.

The tender information session will be held at the Narromine USMC on Wednesday, September 4, from 2–4pm on.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, August 29, 2024

In Brief Around the traps…

HERE are the latest news-grabs from around the shire and beyond. If you know something going on around the traps, why not drop us a line? f Stephen Lawrence, Duty MLC for Dubbo, has welcomed the NSW Government’s decision to change the law to end renters being slugged with charges for background checks when they apply for a rental property.

The changes will form part of a package to update and modernise the NSW rental market, including reforms to fi nally end no-grounds evictions, which will be debated by Parliament later this year. f The Trangie Country Women’s Association have a massive Spring Into Spring raffle on at present. Have you bought a ticket? f Taxi customers, taxi service providers, and the general community have been invited to provide feedback for a review by the State’s pricing regulator, IPART, on the maximum fares for rank and hail services across NSW. Further details are available on the IPART website. f Take care in the water. The National Drowning Report 2024,

by Royal Life Saving Australia in partnership with Surf Life Saving Australia, found there were 323 drowning deaths over the past 12 months — 14 per cent higher than last year (278). The report said 34 per cent of drownings occurred in inland waterway locations (110), including 80 drowning deaths in rivers,

while people over 65 comprised 28 per cent of all deaths and those born overseas 25 per cent. f The arts are everywhere in the coming weeks, with a Spring Art Fair at the end of this month at Soul Food Depot, Narromine, and the Dubbo Art Fair taking place in late September. f There’s so much happening in the festival space on Saturday, September 28 in the region, did you know? It’s all free entry, to boot. The Big Bogan Street Festival starts at midday, while to the north, the Under The Gums Music Festival returns to Gilgandra. More info about both events is available online. And don’t forget our own Dolly Parton Festival which frocks up just a few weeks later and is also free. f Narromine Shire Council is seeking donations of unwanted clean blankets and animal bedding to keep stray and lost pets warm at Narromine’s Animal Shelter during the at-times still cold weather. Drop donated items to Council’s Customer Service Centre. f According to the Cotton Research and Development Corporation, one 227kg bale of cotton can produce 2100 pairs of boxer shorts, 215 pairs of jeans, 1200 t-shirts, 4300 pairs of socks, and 250 single bed sheets. That’s a lot of cotton… f SafeWork’s second biennial Building and Construction Symposium will visit Dubbo in October as part of a regional roadshow. A major focus will be the more than 300 construction workers in NSW that have

been killed falling from heights since 2019, with SafeWork NSW issuing $1 million in fi nes relating to management of workers at heights during the 2023/24 financial year. For more details, see the SafeWork website. f The Australian Medical Association and the Law Council of Australia have welcomed the fi ndings and recommendations of an Australian Human Rights Commission report into Youth Justice, which include raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years. These peak bodies have also called for better justice reinvestment and support for community-led diversion and support programs for young people which, in their view, improves community safety. f Narromine NAIDOC Ball is set to take place in late September. The evening comprising dinner, awards and entertainment is not to be missed. Contact Lynda Edwards for further information. f Between July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2024, the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) received 51,854 phone and internet complaints from consumers living in regional, rural and remote Australia about faults, poor service quality, poor mobile service coverage, outages and accessibility barriers. You can read the TIO’s recent submission to the 2024 Regional Telecommunications Review, outlining the problems experienced by regional, rural and remote phone and internet consumers in Australia.

Council candidates meet in Narromine

From page 1 “[Elections] are quite legislated about when and what you can and can’t do,” she added.

All candidates were invited to the session, she revealed.

“We want [this election] to be fair for all candidates, we all want a fair and equitable election.

“That was what the meeting was for: so all candidates were aware of their obligations, and the do’s and don’ts of campaigning,” Ms Bohm said.

Three further “Meet the Candidates” sessions are planned for Tomingley, Trangie, and Narromine.

Next weekend, sessions will be held in Tomingley on Saturday, September 7, at the Tomingley Crossroads Hotel, and at Trangie on Sunday, September 8, at the Trangie Bowling Club.

A further session for Narromine will be held on Tuesday, September 10, at the United Services Memorial Club.

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

Opposition to “Future Made in Australia” Bill LAST week in Parliament, I spoke against Labor’s “Future Made in Australia” Bill, which is all about investing in an economy powered by renewable energy.

I’m becoming increasingly frustrated by the constant virtue-signalling of the Labor Government, and this is just another example of the disconnect of our city-based MPs, who think they’re going to save the environment while creating jobs without any real understanding of how it works.

If we’re going to make renewables in this country, we’re going to have to stop the attack on the mining industry, because where does Labor thinking all the raw materials for renewable energy comes from?

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

This week, the NSW Nationals called for a moratorium and stocktake of renewables projects across the State after concerns that the only active Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), which happens to be in our backyard, is already completely overblown.

According to council data, the total generation from the Central-West Orana (CWO) REZ comes in at just over 12.5 gigawatts (GW), which is at least four times the original plan of three gigawatts, and double the aspirational target.

We can’t keep going down the current path we are on.

We have a power problem in NSW, and it extends well beyond the threat of black-outs.

The Minns Labor Government is reneging on its responsibilities when it comes to

torate, are essential components in clean energy technology from wind turbines to electric vehicles.

How are we going to make clean energy if we don’t have the mines to mine these critical minerals? Where’s the energy going to come from to drive these renewable factories?

I’d also like to know where this workforce is going to come from. One of the reasons that manufacturing has moved offshore is the scarcity of labour in this country.

Are the children of the Members from the leafy suburbs or the Teal seats going to go and bolt solar panels together, or is it their aspiration to say, “we’ve saved the environment, because we’ve subsidised a factory somewhere out in the suburbs where we don’t have to look at it, but we really feel good about what we’re doing for the environment”?

ployed six months or more, will have the option of converting to a permanent role, if they wish to do so. These changes will create extreme uncertainty for businesses, particularly our small businesses, and will make hiring casual employees unattractive, impacting job creation and those workers who welcome the flexibility of casual work.

The right to disconnect laws will also mean employers could face serious repercussions if they contact employees after-hours, while union officials will be allowed to enter any workplace without notice.

Our local businesses are already under significant pressure from rising costs, and these changes will burden them with additional constraints, making it harder to grow and create jobs in our communities.

Ultimately, these new measures will be detrimental to the economy, productivity and jobs.

Industrial relations reforms now in effect

Hurtful beef ‘joke’

MANY of the reforms from Labor’s reckless overhaul of industrial relations laws, will come into effect from today, including the right to disconnect and changes to casual employment.

From today, the defi nition of a casual employee will change, and those who have been emrenewables.

The CWO REZ is already over-subscribed with projects and we can’t get a straight answer as to where things are up to, or where we’re heading.

When you combine all the renewable projects, add in the impact of transmission lines, along with the additional accommodation and other services, you start to get an inkling of the cumulative impact being felt.

It’s pushing our regional communities to breaking point and it should be a clear warning that now is the time to stop just randomly allowing projects in.

According to the EnergyCo website, the CWO REZ will deliver “at least 4.5 gigawatts of transmitted electricity”, which is vastly lower than the calculations by Dubbo, Mid-Western, and Warrumbungle Councils.

The renewable energy zone having four times more generation than originally planned means more land is being used, more families and communities are being impacted, and growing frustration.

It would be like forcing

PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese has once again proven how out of touch he is with the agricultural industry, following the comments he made about live exports during the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award gala dinner last week.

How could the Prime Minister think it would be a good idea to “joke” about the live exfour times as many people onto the train in the morning for the same result. Everyone is severely cramped and stressed with no control over what is happening.

Regional residents are currently being put through this stress, but we’re still no closer to solving the supply issue hanging over our State. The Government needs to be honest about where it wants this REZ to fi nish up.

I’m not suggesting all renewables projects should be scrapped, but we need the Government to pause, assess and take stock of exactly where we are in this energy roadmap before we see irreversible damage to regional areas with very little to show for it.

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port industry in a room full of farmers, on a night celebrating our agricultural industry?

It was completely poor taste and further insult to our agricultural industry.

The Prime Minister’s comments only highlight the contempt Labor has for farmers, following his Government’s decision to shut-down the live sheep export trade. This decision is going to devastate an entire industry and is certainly no joke to the thousands of families who will be impacted.

Guidelines released for next round of regional funding THE guidelines have been released for the second round of the Growing Regions Program, even though riculture, Arts, Education, Health, Indigenous Business, Tourism, and Women in Regional Business will receive $15,000, and an overall champion will receive an additional $20,000. Entries close in late September.

CORRECTIVE Services NSW will become a stand-alone public service agency on October 1. The NSW Government has initiated change following the Astill Special Commission of Inquiry which highlighted the systemic workplace culture, leadership, and other organisational issues in Corrective Services NSW. Under the changes, the Commissioner of Corrective Services will be the head of the agency appointed directly by the Minister for Corrections and will report directly to the Minister, similar to other frontline Commissioner roles in Fire and Rescue NSW, NSW Rural Fire Service and NSW State Emergency Services.

NOMINATIONS are open for the 2025 NSW Women of the Year Awards to fi nd the most inspiring and extraordinary women and girls in our State.

The award categories in-

recipients from the first round are still waiting to see their funding that was announced back in May. A total of $393 million in funding is available for round two for community infrastructure projects across regional and rural Australia.

Five very worthwhile projects in the Parkes electorate were funded under round one, so I encourage councils and community groups looking for funding to build or upgrade local infrastructure like libraries, parks, community centres, sport and cultural facilities to apply for this program when applications open in September.

Hopefully by then, our round one projects will have received their funding and can start construction. clude Premier’s Woman of Excellence, Aboriginal Woman of the Year, Community Hero, Regional Woman of the Year, and Young Woman of the Year.

Nominations are also open for the Ones to Watch category, recognising 10 rising stars aged between seven and 15.

The recipients of the awards are announced as part of NSW Women’s Week next March.

FAMILIES and carers of school-aged children and struggling to pay their bills could benefit from the School Student Broadband Initiative which offers vouchers for free home internet.

The Australian Government program encourages applications from those caring for school-aged children who don’t currently have an active NBN connection at home (or had one in the past 14 days) but who can access the NBN network through a standard connection.

Applications lodged with Anglicare Victoria by the end of December will get free home internet until the end of December 2025.

Until next time, Dugald

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Thank you to all our sponsors & supporters of the 2024 Narromine Show!

This list represents the combined total of 2024 sponsorship for the Narromine Agricultural Show, Narromine AgShows NSW Young Woman Competition and the Macquarie Valley Yard Dog Championship. It is accepted that there will be errors and for this we apologise but your due recognition will be given at the Narromine Show.

Naming Sponsor: Narromine Hardware and Newsagency Champion Sponsor: Narromine Shire Council Blue Ribbon Sponsor: Alkane Resources Ltd; Inland Petroleum Narromine (Show Ball Naming Sponsor); QUBE Agri.

Red Ribbon Sponsor: Soul Food Depot & Gallery.

White Ribbon Sponsors: Beautifully You By Becc; Enza Zaden Aust.; Little Rai Of Sunshine ELC; Mallon Ag Commodities; Narromine USMC.; The Studio Trangie Hotel; Western Ard Points.

Green Ribbon Sponsors: Narromine Pharmacy; LJ Hooker Narromine Yellow Ribbon Sponsors: Bob Berry Real Estate; Fletcher International Exports Pty Ltd; Monaghan’s Butchery; S &S Hutchison; Three Rivers Machinery Narromine; Trangie Livestock & Property; TuckAg. Associate Sponsors: Ag Auto Spark; Beltana Partnership; Cheeky Boots; Ezmay’s Hair Bar; Innersense Narromine; Lister’s Machinery; Macquarie Valley Fuels; McPherson’s Automotive; Muldoon Pratten Ag Consultant; Narromine Auto Electrical & Air Conditioning; Narromine Auto Repairs & Spares; Sign Vision; The Abbey Bed & Breakfast Narromine.

Schedule Sponsors: Christie & Hood Pty Ltd; Coggan Wool; Central West Celebrant; Dubbo & District Show Horse Association; McDonald & Company Wool Brokers; Mumble Peg; Narromine Cottage Craft; Sid McCutcheon Earthmoving.

Prize Donors: CWA; Fedderson Consulting Group; Narromine Red Cross; Narromine Rose and Garden Club; N A Furney & Sons; Narromine Women’s Shed.

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2024 Local Government Elections

Meet our candidates

Narromine resident and business owner Stacey Bohm has put her hand-up to contest the Local Government election in Narromine Shire in September.

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The Narromine Star has reached out to all 15 candidates contesting the forthcoming Local Government election in Narromine Shire, inviting them to submit a candidate statement to us for publication.

We will publish those statements as we receive them. To date, three candidates have supplied their statements, which we published last week. Additional candidate statements are published in this issue.

I ndep endent ly- orga n ised “Meet the Candidate” events are also planned for Tomingley and Trangie next weekend, following a similar event held in Narromine earlier this month.

Stacey Bohm MY name is Stacey Bohm, and I have been a resident of Narromine for 12 years. Previously, I was the Branch Manager at ANZ Bank Narromine, which feels like forever ago now.

My husband Kaail owned the Trangie Pharmacy for many years, and we will always have a special place in our heart for all the residents who welcomed us like family.

We chose to raise our two beautiful daughters in Narromine, largely due to the community support and constant reassurance that our community stood together and stood for family values.

I believe that, recently, these values have been put in jeopardy by our Council; they have been too worried about their own interests and not the wider community.

I have been very vocal about my opposition to the current Council; they have been ignoring the local community and their opinions for way too long. Now it is my turn to put my hand up and run as a local candidate to represent both Narromine and surrounds.

I want to see transparency brought back to Council, with open and honest communication with our residents, especially with future projects that will affect the entire community.

Narromine is an agribusiness community, and the current proposed projects for Narromine will have a detrimental effect on the entire community, and especially local farms and families. I am fi rmly against the proposed incinerator and rezoning of

Narromine resident Brian Leak is a candidate at the forthcoming Council election in September.

Craigie Lea Lane.

Staying silent and hoping that other people will takeon this fight, is no longer an option. If I want my children and grandchildren to be able to grow and raise a family in Narromine, I need to stand up to the current Council and let them know that our health and safety is the most important thing.

I believe that the proposed incinerator will have a detrimental effect on our community for generations, the environmental and health effects will cripple our agricultural community.

I am so proud to see that we have an amazing number of candidates from all walks of life. Now Narromine has the chance to elect the council members that they believe best represent the community’s interest.

Over the coming weeks, you will get to hear from all the candidates. My sincere hope is that you will take the opportunity to get to know all the candidates and then decide who are the best candidates to represent our community.

I look forward to having a coffee or a simple chat with anyone that would like to get to know me and my stance on important topics affecting the community.

Feel free to reach out on social media, email or phone.

Authorised by Stacey Bohm, 101 Nellie Vale Road, Narromine.

Brian Leak MY name is Brian Leak, and I am a candidate in the upcoming Council election.

I am a long-time resident, going to school in Narromine and started working full-time on my parents’ small agricultural farm after fi nishing Year 10. My parents’ farm on the Bogan River was sold for their retirement. I started shearing in the area to supplement my income and purchased a property nearby.

Shearing has been a major part of my life, gaining great mates with fellow shed hands and property owners. I spent many years shearing at the property “Craigie Lea” in Narwonah, near Narromine, the proposed incinerator site.

The thought of turning this beautiful and highly-productive farm (nine kilometres

from Narromine) into a waste dumping ground and or incinerator, is appalling.

After many unsuccessful attempts to get more information from the Narromine Council, I started researching and campaigning against this project.

The Council and big business were planning to transport potentially 23,000 tonnes per week of domestic and industrial waste and unknown chemical cocktails to the proposed Narwonah incinerator site.

The plan to transport rubbish from Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, to Narromine region, is madness and seems totally driven by big business for big profits with little to no regard for the residents of the Shire. The risk of fi re during transportation is high and would result in the dumping of waste-loads along our local roads and highways. The dumping of ignited loads is becoming common in city council areas.

In addition to this, the Narromine Shire Council has voted to subdivide land at Narwonah and rezone part of it to E5 “heavy industrial”. This rating is intended for heavy and large-scale industrial activities with the potential for significant environmental impacts. The proposed incinerator site requires E5 zoning.

This is why I have decided to stand as candidate for this Council election, with the aim to rescind the proposed E5 zoning back to E4. E4 general industrial zones are the most common, accommodating activities such as manufacturing, processing, warehousing, storage and distribution.

This would accommodate Inland Rail demands without rezoning unnecessarily to E5 heavy industrial zoning, that would see the Narromine Shire vulnerable to further projects like the incinerator.

The Department of Primary Industries put out a damning report in 2021 advising strongly against this rezoning.

Despite warnings and opposition from local residents, Council has continued to forge ahead with support for these detrimental projects.

It appears the Council is leading-us away from our profitable, clean and green agricultural sector and small busi-

Trangie resident, current Councillor, and Mayor, Craig Davies, is seeking re-election at the forthcoming Council election.

ness base.

I am committed to the Narromine Shire and have family and community minded values, having raised three children here with my wife. I have previously been president, treasurer, and coach of the Narromine junior cricket.

I also assisted the campaign to improve the Narromine-Tullamore Road and have a long-standing connection with the Rural Fire Service, during which I travelled extensively to help contain the Black Summer Fires of 2019–20.

Narromine is a great place to live. Our greatest assets are our family, friends and the clean environment.

Authorised by Brian Leak, 169 Dandaloo St, Narromine NSW 2821.

Craig Davies IT has been a great privilege to serve as Mayor for the past eight years and a Councillor for a further four years.

With the support of staff and community groups, we have achieved a great deal.

I am grateful for the opportunity and ability to bring my experience on a range of issues to numerous ministers and governments.

Thank you to all the shire staff. The outcomes achieved have been extraordinary and are testimony to your dedication and perseverance. I am also indebted to the valued input of all councillors, and thank community members for their support over this period.

Supporting businesses, farming and mining communities is a major focus that includes meetings with State and Federal ministers regarding water, roads and infrastructure, with further meetings planned.

My executive role with the Country Mayors Association has led to significant reviews of both regional crime, health, and water infrastructure.

Crime prevention and collaboration with our Deputy Police Commissioner is a major focus of the Regional Councils’ organisation of which I am Chair, and helps provide safe communities to live in. We also offer support to schools and the Clontarf program which mentor young Indigenous youth.

The sporting facilities, including ovals in both Narromine and Trangie, are simply stunning and an example of what cooperative, collaborative and positive groups can achieve when we work together.

I am proud Tomingley finally has potable water and many facilities upgraded. The main streets in Trangie and Narromine have never looked better, again, the result of our wonderful staff.

Our pools have been upgraded to the highest specifications, Dundas Park and Trangie playgrounds have been completed and provide a haven for families to relax.

Tennis courts and clubs have also been significant beneficiaries of council action.

Over $50 million of development applications have been approved in the past three years alone. With more than 150 house sites developed or in the planning stages, we have not been idle providing opportunities for new home builders across the shire.

Narromine Wetlands are a testimony to council’s environmental aspirations, and will become iconic in the coming years, providing pristine recreation and walking tracks.

These achievements are a small snapshot of a much broader program of deliverables.

My vision for the future is to continue working with the many groups in our shire and sustainably develop both housing and industry. Whilst agriculture is the backbone of our economy, supported by mining, we need a greater diversity of industry to sustain the retail and service industries in our shire when drought hits or commodities suffer a downturn.

We need to be more visionary and take advantage of the incredibly strategic location of Narromine.

Communities are built on the cooperative nature of their citizens. When collaboration and cooperation exist, then communities thrive.

I hope for a positive proactive council to take this shire to the next chapter in our very proud history. I would be most grateful for your support at the coming election.

Authorised by K. Craig Davies, 61 Harris Street, Trangie NSW 2823.

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COUNCILCOLUMN

THURSDAY 29 August 2024

NEXT COUNCIL The next Ordinary Council meeting will be held Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at Council’s Chambers, commencing at 5.30 pm.

MEETING: LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS NSW Local Government Elections will be held on Saturday, 14 September 2024. All information in respect to these elections can be found by visiting NSW Electoral Commission website at: www. elections.nsw.gov.au

and cooperation during the construction phase.

GET READY FOR HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL CLEANOUT

ROAD CLOSURES and ROAD SAFETY

Council advises residents that the 2024 *QWUGJQNF %JGOKECN %NGCP 1WV will be taking place on TJWTUFC[ 1EVQDGT 2024. This clean out offers residents the opportunity to safely dispose of their unwanted or expired household chemicals for free. Hazardous chemicals include pesticides, weed killers, solvents, bleach, detergents and even old gas bottles.

ALL containers MUST be secure with lids.

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Up to date road closures and information à >Û> >L i Ó{ÉÇ ÛiÌÀ>vw V°V À by phoning council or via social media channels. Motorists are reminded to proceed with caution on all roads. For any further information about Narromine Shire Council’s roads go to www. narromine.nsw.gov.au/residents/roadconditions

Narromine Shire Council is seeking donations of unwanted clean blankets and animal bedding to keep stray and lost pets warm at Narromine’s Animal Shelter during the cold weather. Residents are requested to drop items to Council’s Customer Service Centre located at 118 Dandaloo Street, Narromine.

All motorists are reminded not to drive Ì À Õ} y `Ü>ÌiÀÃ > ` Ì `À Ûi Ì Ì i conditions of the road. Water that is covering roadways may be deeper and y Ü } v>ÃÌiÀ Ì > > Ì V «>Ìi` > `É À Ì i road may have suffered extensive damage hidden beneath the water. Flagrant and irresponsible disregard for this appeal could lead to prosecution to the full extent of the law. In life threatening situations call 000 (Triple Zero) for i iÀ}i VÞ i « y `Ã V> Ì i -7 SES on 132 500.

APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE/DONATIONS - NOW OPEN Narromine Shire Council is inviting applications for donations, sponsorship, and the waiver of Council fees and charges for the 2024/2025 year.

Community groups and organisations based within the Narromine Shire are encouraged to apply. Applications must be submitted on Council’s Application Form, available on the Council’s website at www.narromine.nsw.gov. au/community/grants. Forms are also available from Council’s Customer Service Building at 118 Dandaloo Street, Narromine, or by calling 02 6889 9999.

Closing date for all requests is Friday, August 30, 2024. Please ensure that applications are completed in full and include all required attachments. For any queries, contact Council’s Customer Service and Payments Centre at 02 6889 9999.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOI) – CAREERS OPPORTUNITIES AT COUNCIL Council invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) from people from all backgrounds and experiences seeking to work with us. The EOI allows an individual to share a resume - outlining experience, skills, Ü i`}i > ` µÕ> w V>Ì Ã > ` indicate interest in joining Council’s team. Find out more by visiting Council’s website:

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Council is commencing work on the Õ `>à *>À *ÕL V / iÌð / i w ÀÃÌ ÃÌi« involves installing a sewer main along }i -ÌÀiiÌ° / iÀi >Þ Li à i ÌÀ>vw V control in the area during the construction period.

KEEP YOUR BEST MATE SAFE WITH MICROCHIP & REGISTRATION Did you know there are legal requirements to microchip your pets by a certain age? Additionally, it is essential to register your pets. Registration allows you to update your pet’s details if you move, change contact information, or in the event of a change of ownership.

While working dogs must also be OKETQEJKRRGF CPF TGIKUVGTGF, their registration is free of charge. Ensure your best mate is safe by reading more at: www.narromine.nsw.gov.au/residents/

PUBLIC NOTICE – GAINSBOROGH ROAD Council advises that Gainsborough Road KU PQY QRGP VQ CNN VTCHƂ E. However, please note that vehicle access to the new wetlands carpark from Gainsborough Road remains closed until the fencing is completed. Unfortunately, fencing construction has been delayed due to recent wet weather. Over the next 12 months, Council will be upgrading the intersection of Tomingley Road and Gainsborough Road. Please remain vigilant and cautious of road and passenger safety along this road. Thank you to all residents for your patience

0CTTQOKPG 9CUVG (CEKNKV[ from 9:00 am until Midday am 6TCPIKG 9CUVG (CEKNKV[ from 1.00 pm until 4.00 pm Further information is available at www. netwaste.com.au/house-hold-cleanout/ NARROMINE SPORTS & FITNESS %'064' s /10&#;o5 12'0 STADIUM Get out of the cold and warm up in the Narromine Sports and Fitness Centre’s indoor stadium on Monday afternoons!

Free Open Use of the Indoor Courts during School Term every Monday from 5:00pm – 8:00 pm.

BASKETBALL 3 VS 3 & OPEN STADIUM Mixed open competition 3 vs 3 basketball and Open Stadium on Wednesday afternoons. Gather up a team and join in for some fun from 5:00 pm. Sign up now to secure your team! To register your ÌiÀiÃÌ v À ð vw Vi°V ÉÀÉ7` à 7Ì 1 NARROMINE ZUMBA EVERY TUESDAY @ 6:15 PM iÌ Ài>`Þ Ì ÃÌ>Þ w Ì Ü Ì <Õ L> V >ÃÃià at the Narromine Sports and Fitness Centre. Starting Tuesday 13th August 13th and running through to 1st October at 6:15 pm. The cost is $15 per person. ½Ì Ãà ÕÌ Ì i vÕ > ` w Ì iÃð NARROMINE SHOW 2024 Don’t miss out on all the fun at the Narromine Show on Saturday 31st August 2024. Be sure to swing by Council’s display, where Council’s friendly staff will be on hand to answer all your questions and queries. Whether you’re curious about local projects or just want to say hello, we’d love to see you there.

NBN CO AT NARROMINE SHOW – STAY CONNECTED NBN Co will be at this year’s Narromine Show to provide valuable information about the recent upgrade to the nbn® network. Residents can learn more about the available plans from retail providers and get expert advice on meeting their connectivity needs. Don’t miss this opportunity to get the information you need.

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WHAT’S COMING UP IN THE NARROMINE REGION

31 August – Narromine Show for more information visit: www. narromineshow.com/ 7 September – Outdoor Cinema feat Top Gun Maverick at Narromine Aeroclub 14 September – NSW Local Government Elections 21 & 22 September – NSW Veterans Men’s Sand Green Fourball 1EVQDGT – Mungery Picnic Races 1EVQDGT – Narromine Dolly Festival visit: www. dollyfestivalnarromine.com/ 1EVQDGT – Dandy Cup To list a community or sporting iÛi Ì > ` Ì w ` ÕÌ Ài about what is on in the Narromine Region make sure to visit www.narromineregion.com. au/calendar

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Community News A MESSAGE FROM NARROMINE ANGLICAN CHURCH Newton discovered gravity, God invented it!

OFFICIALLY, Isaac Newton is the one who fi rst documented the existence of gravity back in 1686. But whoever dropped the fi rst hammer (or rock!) on their toe, could’ve likely explained what had happened, too.

We know that objects fall to the ground. But knowing what gravity is or what makes it happen, its laws or principles, is usually best left to those like Newton to argue. However, even just explaining how something works doesn’t account for its existence.

The existence of anything at all is the great mystery. “Existence”, how or why anything exists at all, can be really hard to answer.

One temptation of the science movement is to assume that because we’re getting better at understanding how things work, that we can know why they exist. But is there a neces-

sary connection?

Knowing more and more about how things work won’t necessarily lead us to know why the universe exists. A great explanation for why it does exist comes from the God of the Bible.

The start of the Bible simply says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) If you wonder at a world that is intimate yet majestic, beautiful yet cruel, complex and yet so ordered, then you are pondering the imagination of God. You’re marvelling at the creative faculties of the maker of the universe.

Yes, it is a treat to hear of more scientific discoveries each year of the world we live in. Though it’s great to hear about the mind and person of the one who brought such laws and principles into being.

Great scientists who have shown us how things work are certainly worthy of applause.

But the one who made the very things we wonder at, our Creator, is the one deserving of most praise.

This is the constant struggle and prayer: to look beyond creation, seeing the magnificence of our world’s designer, through His Son. And the Son, Jesus, promises that by coming to him we will DISCOVER God Himself.

West-bound “Rouseabouts” enjoy fun Trangie stopover

By PHILIP HAND

CWA RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Gorgeous gingernuts

The Rouseabouts RV Club stopped over recently in Trangie and enjoyed the hospitality of the Trangie Caravan Park and other local businesses before heading west for further adventures.

PHOTOS: ALEX GARTSIDE.

By NARROMINE CWA WHO doesn’t love gingernut bikkies? You know, those classic, crunchy biscuits with the cracked surfaces that go so well with a hot drink.

We’re delighted to bring you this tried and true recipe for gorgeous gingernuts.

Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour 1 cup castor sugar 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp cinnamon pinch salt 2 tsp ground ginger 125g butter 1 small egg 1 tsp golden syrup Method:

Sift into a basin the flour, sugar, bicarb soda, cinnamon, salt and ginger. Rub in butter until the mixture has a very fine crumb consistency.

Beat the egg with golden syrup, and add to dry ingredients.

Work into a firm dough with your hands. Take teaspoonfuls of the mixture and roll into small balls, then place on a lightly-greased oven tray about 5cm apart.

Bake in a moderate to low oven for about 15 minutes. Loosen the biscuits, and cool on a tray.

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By PAUL GARTSIDE WITH all the caravan traffic leaving the Mundi Mundi music festival at Silverton recently and heading east, you might have wondered why there seemed to be almost as much caravan traffic heading in the opposite direction!

It seems, however, that the recent beautiful weather has also encouraged the west-bound traveller.

One such group was the Rouseabouts RV Club, which stayed at Trangie Caravan Park for a two-day stopover last week.

Some 21 vans carrying 40 members from the 200-strong club left south-

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east Queensland in mid-August, and arrived in Trangie last Monday, August 19, for their stopover, before heading further west towards Broken Hill and South Australia. Their ultimate goal was to visit Adelaide and then Kangaroo Island, we were told.

The group was in high spirits and enjoyed the hospitality of the Trangie Bowls Club for dinner on the Monday night of their visit, and a group Happy Hour at the caravan park on Tuesday afternoon.

The Rouseabouts then headed off on the next leg of their travels towards Emmdale Roadhouse on Wednesday, and then on

to Broken Hill.

Club secretary Brian Gill, who is touring with the Rouseabouts, is an advocate of the group’s policy of travelling separately on these trips, and meeting up at each location.

The idea behind this is that it allows individual exploration of the areas visited and stops the “travelling in convoys” practice of a lot of other recreational traveller groups.

As always, Trangie Caravan Park is proud of the warm welcome that the group received in our town, proving once again that there is no beating our country hospitality!

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Classroom News “Executive” teachers to return to classroom after review HUNDREDS of deputy principals, assistant principals and head teachers will resume teaching in classrooms following a NSW Government review into executive teachers.

A Department of Education review last year found 1500 executive teachers were not teaching timetabled classes at all, while a further 2400 were teaching fewer hours than required.

From next year, teachers in additional deputy principal positions in all but the State’s most complex settings will be expected to teach up to 2.5 days a week, while additional head teachers and assistant principals are expected to be in the classroom 3.5 to four days a week.

The move will amount to an estimated extra 237,000 hours taught in the State’s public schools every year by existing staff.

This decision is designed to correct the inequity in teaching time of executive teachers created under the former government’s Local Schools, Local Decisions policy, Education and Early Learning Minister, Prue Car said.

Despite 10,000 merged or cancelled classes in NSW public schools each day, the former government reportedly created thousands of extra executive teachers, taking them out of the classroom as student outcomes fell.

The Department of Education will continue to work with the NSW Teachers Federation to ensure teaching time, wherever possible for executive teachers across the system, is in line with their industrial agreements.

Ms Car, who is also the Deputy Premier, said the Government has a lot of work to do to improve declining educational outcomes.

“We are bringing [these teachers] back into the classroom where their experience and knowledge is needed the most,” she said.

“The historic pay rise delivered to teachers last year, as well as our decision to make thousands of teachers permanent members of staff, is helping to turn the system around but our students have been missing out on being taught by some of our expert teachers,” Ms Car added.

Callum reports back on his Paris trip

Callum Hutchinson with other Festival24 delegates in Callum Hutchinson with Peter Murphy from Rugby NSW, he recently Paris as part of the “Creating Chances” program that visited Paris during the Olympics as part of the “Creating Chances” he travelled under. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED. program.

By NARROMINE HIGH SCHOOL, IN CONVERSATION WITH CALLUM HUTCHINSON NARROMINE High School is so proud of Callum Hutchinson for being selected to attend the Paris 2024 Olympics with the “Creating Chances” program. We sat down with Callum after he got over the jetlag to fi nd out all about his trip.

How did you get this opportunity?

I got an School-Based Apprenticeship and Traineeship with Creating Chances and in the fi rst couple of months they flew me to Sydney for “Legends Connect”, which went for three days.

That is where they informed us about Festival24 and going to the Olympics Opening Ceremony. They showed us how to apply by giving us questions and seeing how well we socialised and involved ourselves at Legends Connect.

Would you recommend the Creating Chances Program? How does someone get involved in it?

I would recommend the Creating Chances program to anyone who loves sport, coaching, and connecting with others. They give the youth so many opportunities, just like my experience at Festival24. If you wanted to get involved in Creating Chances, you can speak to them or talk to your school about possible apprenticeships and traineeships.

Give us a brief rundown of your time in Paris — where did you go? What did you do?

We landed in Lyon where we spent the first five days, and that’s where Festival24 started. We played many sports and did many activities and workshops with all of the 500 delegates from around the world at the best sporting facility I’ve ever seen.

We also attended a French dance concert and saw many of the other countries’ cultural dances, which were incredible. We also did a lot of sightseeing in Lyon and tried many different foods.

The next five days we spent in Paris, camping in a forest which had a massive

grass area where we played many sports over the next few days.

In Paris we attended the Olympics Opening Ceremony and saw the athletes go past on boats. We also explored the city and the Eiffel Tower.

What was the biggest highlight of your trip?

I really enjoyed socialising with all the others, and seeing how everyone connected so strongly through sport, even though most of us spoke different languages.

And I loved showing others the Aussie accent and slang, especially the Americans.

Did you try any French cuisine, if so, what did you think?

I got to try many of the French breads but my favourite, by far, was the French croissants!

Would you recommend travelling to France, where should one go if they went there?

I definitely think people should travel to France and try the croissants,

and go sightseeing around Paris and check out the Eiffel Tower.

Is there anything else you would like to add?

Firstly, I would love to thank all the staff at Creating Chances and Rugby NSW for helping me, building my skills in coaching, and the opportunities they have given me in my time working with them.

I would also love to thank Michelle and Ricky at the Narromine Fishing Shed for donating a huge fishing pack for me to raffle and their support in selling tickets.

I would also like to thank Liza and the staff at The Courthouse Hotel for supporting my raffle. A big thank you also to Renee Horstman for her support.

I would also love to thank my Principal, Lucy Burns, and the other staff in the lead up to the raffle and the trip. And thanks to the Narromine Jets Senior League for their huge donation to my trip and the Narromine P&C also for their donation.

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Book Week 2024 Libraries and schools go all-out for Book Week 2024

Elouise Fountain at the Narromine Library front counter.

PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

Library staff member, Bel Maher reads a story to children from Narromine Preschool during Book Week.

PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

rdinator, Erin Barwick, er, Elouise Fountain, Library Coo Mah Bel of team ary Libr ine up. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR. The Narrom , Joss McKay, enjoyed dressing and visiting family daycare mum

PHOTOS: MACQUARIE REGIONAL LIBRARY.

By SHARON BONTHUYS

COUNTLESS children from a number of local educational institutions in Narromine Shire flocked to the Narromine and Trangie libraries during Book Week to enjoy the fun, frivolity, and fantastic learning experiences on offer.

Held last week, Book Week celebrates the works of Australian children’s authors and illustrators, while also promoting a love of reading.

Aided by staff who revel in the opportunity to dress-up as famous characters from literature, fi lm, and other fields of popular culture, Book Week reminds us of the joy that comes from good story-telling which resonates with readers of all ages.

The Narromine Star is pleased to publish some of the wonderful activities that were held locally during this special celebration of the magic of books.

The imaginative L ibrary staff during Book Wee k

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St Augustine’s students and staff shine at Book Week and Grandparents’ Day

Sam, Phoebe and Bella Smyth with their grandparents.

Trevor Housden and family.

PHOTOS: ST AUGUSTINE’S PARISH SCHOOL.

Charlotte McCutcheon and family.

By ST AUGUSTINE’S PARISH SCHOOL

Sam and Ruby Baldwinson and family.

ST Augustine’s Parish School last Friday held their annual Book Week Parade.

So, enjoy the photos featuring our “Little Saints”, Kindergarten, and Years One to Six and, yes, the staff also got into the spirit and dressed-up as a variety of Barbies, while our principal, Mr Quade, dressed-up as Ken. We had many visitors this year, as this event was combined with our Grandparents’ Day celebration, which honours the wonderful role that grandparents play in our lives.

First, we stopped in church to reflect on the gift grandparents are in our lives, followed by our annual Book Week Parade, and a shared morning tea and open classrooms.

The event was well supported, with some grandparents having travelled interstate for the occasion.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30

Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Planet America. 10.30 That Pacific Sports Show.

11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Troppo. Final. 2.00 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. 2.55 Monty Don’s French Gardens.

3.55 Extraordinary Escapes. 4.40 Grand Designs. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Return. 8.30 Van Der Valk. 10.00 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. 10.35 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. 11.25 ABC Late News. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Web Of Dreams. (2019) Jennifer Laporte. 2.00 House Of Wellness. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 MOVIE: Yesterday. (2019) 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.40 GetOn Extra.

1.10 Ant Middleton & Rebel Wilson: Straight Talking. 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 1: Early morning. 6.30 Today. 9.00 Today Extra.

11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Paralympics Paris 2024: Encore. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 26.

Penrith Panthers v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

9.55 Golden Point.

10.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 2: Late night. 12.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 2: Post midnight.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Judge Judy. 10.30 Sort Your Life Out. 11.45 Entertainment Tonight. 12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.30 Deal Or No Deal. 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime. 2.00 Family Feud. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Judge Judy. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Sort Your Life Out. 8.45 The Dog Academy.

9.45 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. 10.45 10’s Late News. 11.10 The Project. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Sue Perkins: Along the US-Mexico Border. 11.05 Auction.

12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 World’s Greatest Hotels. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.35 The Cook Up. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Great British Landmark Fixers.

8.30 Ancient Superstructures. 9.30 Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Agent Hamilton.

11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Discover. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Animal SOS Australia. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Rookies. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Extreme Railways. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Truck Night In America. 4.30 Storage Wars.

5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 AFL Women’s. Week 1. Sydney v Collingwood.

9.10 AFL Women’s. Week 1. West Coast v Richmond. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Modern Family. 3.30 Baking It. 4.30 Dodger. 5.30 First Dates UK. 6.35 MOVIE: The Angry Birds Movie 2. (2019) 8.30 MOVIE: Spider-Man 2. (2004) Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst. 11.10 MOVIE: Holmes & Watson. (2018) 1.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 Dr Phil. 1.30 Blue Bloods. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 JAG. 5.30 Diagnosis Murder. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 FBI: International.

11.15 CSI: Vegas. 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.30 King Of Queens.

2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet.

4.30 King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 8.30 Thank God You’re Here. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.20 ER. 3.05 Doctor Who. 3.50 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.10 MythBusters. 5.05 Long Lost Family. 5.50 Car S.O.S. 6.35 My Family.

7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: Cloud Atlas. (2012) 11.15 ER. 12.45 Rage.

1.45 Not Going Out. 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.40 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 Little J And Big Cuz. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.35 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 9.00 Robot Wars.

10.00 Doctor Who. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

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

6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News.

7.30 ABC Evening News. 8.00 Planet America: Fireside Chat. 9.00 The World.

9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 MOVIE: Some Will, Some Won’t. (1970) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow.

5.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 2: Afternoon. 7.30 Paralympics Paris 2024.

Day 2: Night. 10.30 To Be Advised. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.30 Over The Black Dot. 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight. 4.20 PBS News.

5.20 Forged In Fire. 6.10 Lost For Words.

7.15 Jeopardy! 7.45 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.45 Glastonbury Festival 2024. Final. 9.50 Threesome. 10.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage Charts. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Unforgotten. 1.15 Sister Boniface Mysteries. 2.05 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. 2.40 And We Danced.

3.45 David Attenborough’s Galapagos.

Final. 4.40 The Assembly. 5.30 Landline.

6.00 Australian Story.

6.30 Back Roads.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Sister Boniface Mysteries.

8.20 Vera.

9.50 Fifteen-Love.

10.40 The Beast Must Die. 11.30 Rage.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Horse Racing. Caulfield Spring Opener and San Domenico Stakes Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 7.30 MOVIE: Die Hard: With A Vengeance. (1995) Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson. 10.05 MOVIE: The Taking Of Pelham 123. (2009) Denzel Washington. 12.15 Underarm: The Ball That Changed Cricket. 1.15 Travel Oz. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.30 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership.

Round 6. Parramatta Eels v St George Illawarra Dragons. 2.30 NRLW Wrap.

3.00 Paralympics Paris 2024: Encore.

5.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 3: Afternoon. 6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 26. Cronulla Sharks v New Zealand Warriors. 9.25 NRL Saturday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 3: Night.

10.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 3: Late night. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 IFISH. 8.30 Australia By Design: Architecture.

9.00 My Market Kitchen. 9.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 10.00 Healthy Homes. 10.30 The Drew Barrymore Show. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 Planet Shapers. 1.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 2.00 Farm To Fork. 2.30 Planet Shapers. 3.00 My Market Kitchen. 3.30 The Big Bang Theory. 4.30 Deal Or No Deal. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Dog House. 7.30 Thank God You’re Here. 8.30 The Dog House Australia. 9.30 Ambulance UK. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 7.30 WorldWatch. 9.35 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 10.05 The Bee Whisperer. 11.00 Great Irish Interiors. 12.00 WorldWatch.

1.00 Motor Racing. Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 5.30 Frontlines. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Cumbria: The Lakes & The Coast. 8.20 Snowdon & Margaret: A Scandalous Affair. 9.15 Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors. 10.10 Scotland’s Extreme Medics. 11.05 Nordland 99. 12.05 Rex In Rome. 2.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Extreme Railways. 4.00 Escape To The Country. 5.00 Caulfield Spring Opener and San Domenico Stakes Day. 5.30 Medical Rookies. 6.00 Heathrow.

6.30 The Highland Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 AFL Women’s. Week 1.

3.00 Search4Hurt. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Desert Collectors. 5.00 Counting Cars.

5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 MOVIE: Ghost Rider.

(2007) 9.45 MOVIE: X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

(2019) 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Yummy Mummies. 12.00 Jabba’s Movies. 12.30 Britain’s Got Talent.

2.35 MOVIE: Spider-Man 2. (2004) 5.15 MOVIE: The Smurfs 2. (2013) 7.30 MOVIE: What Women Want. (2000) Mel Gibson.

10.05 MOVIE: The Shape Of Water. (2017) 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping.

9.00 Pooches At Play. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Bondi Rescue.

12.00 Jake And The Fatman. 1.00 JAG. 3.00 Tough Tested. 4.00 All 4 Adventure.

5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 Bondi Rescue.

6.00 JAG. 7.00 Diagnosis Murder. 8.00 NCIS. 9.50 Bull. 12.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

11.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 11.30 The Neighborhood. 12.30 Friends. 1.30 Becker.

2.00 Frasier. 3.00 The King Of Queens.

3.30 Becker. 4.00 Frasier. 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Long Lost Family.

6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.00 QI. 8.30 The Stand Up Sketch Show.

8.55 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. 9.45 Ab Fab. 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.25 Pfffirates. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.30 The Crystal Maze. 8.15 Robot Wars. 9.15 MOVIE: Zombie Town. (2023) 10.45 Officially Amazing. 11.15 Dragon Ball Super. 11.40 Supernatural Academy. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

4.10 Planet America: Fireside Chat. 5.00 News. 5.30 Asia News Week. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Aust Story. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Back Roads. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.15 Four Corners. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.20 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

10.30 The Baron. 11.45 MOVIE: The Honey Pot. (1967) 2.30 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. Grand final.

5.00 To Be Advised. 6.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 3. 7.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 3: Night. 10.00 To Be Advised.

12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.15 States Of Undress.

3.10 BBC News At Ten. 3.40 ABC World News Tonight. 4.10 PBS News. 5.10 Extreme Food Phobics. 6.05 National Indigenous Fashion Awards. 7.10 Rock Legends. 7.40 Impossible Engineering.

8.35 Woodstock. 10.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 Compass.

11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Darby And Joan. 3.10 Nigella At My Table. 3.45 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 4.30 Restoration Australia. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Vera.

Final. 9.00 Fifteen-Love. Final. 10.00 Unforgotten. Final. 10.50 Fisk. Final. 11.20 Annika. Final. 12.10 Frayed. Final. 12.55 Late Programs.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Beach Cops. 3.00 Border Security: International. 3.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The Voice. 8.40 7NEWS Spotlight. 9.40 The Latest: Seven News.

10.10 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous. 11.30 Autopsy USA. 12.30 Lipstick Jungle. 1.30 Harry’s Practice.

2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Paralympics Paris 2024: Encore. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

12.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 6. Newcastle Knights v Wests Tigers. 1.30 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 6. Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys.

3.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 26.

Sydney Roosters v Canberra Raiders.

6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 The Block.

8.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 4: Night. 10.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 4: Late night. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 9.00 Taste Of Australia: BBQ. 9.30 The Drew Barrymore Show. 11.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. 12.00 Hunted.

1.00 My Market Kitchen. 1.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 2.30 Farm To Fork.

3.00 Cook With Luke. 3.30 The Big Bang Theory. 4.30 Island Dreaming. New. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 The Sunday Project.

7.00 Hunted. 8.30 FBI. 9.30 The Real CSI: Miami. 10.30 FBI. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 7.30 WorldWatch. 9.30 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 10.00 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. 11.30 Great Irish Interiors. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 1.00 Motor Racing.

Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. 5.00 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 5.30 Frontlines. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Ottoman Empire By Train. 8.25 Kiss The Future. 10.20 Putin’s Crisis. 11.20 Lucille Ball: We Love Lucy. 1.00 24 Hours In Emergency. 1.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 2.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Bondi Vet. 3.00 WBBL Draft 2024. 5.30 Discover.

6.00 Greatest Escapes To The Country.

6.45 Escape To The Country. 7.45 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 8.30 Endeavour. 10.30 Kath & Kim. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Football. AFL Women’s.

Week 1. Hawthorn v Carlton. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Week 1. Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne. 5.00 Duck Dynasty. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: The Dark Knight Rises. (2012) 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

8.00 It’s Academic. 9.00 Get Clever. 10.00 Britain’s Got Talent. 12.00 The Amazing Race. 1.00 Home And Away. 4.00 To Be Advised. 5.30 Puppy School. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Law & Order. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 JAG. 12.30 Diagnosis Murder.

1.30 Exploring Off The Grid. 2.00 Hunted.

3.10 Tough Tested. 4.05 Bondi Rescue.

4.30 On The Fly. 5.00 IFISH. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Diagnosis Murder.

8.00 NCIS. 9.55 Bull. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Becker. 6.30 Frasier.

7.30 Neighbours. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Family Feud.

1.00 The Middle. 3.30 Becker. 4.00 Frasier. 5.00 Deal Or No Deal.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

8.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 South Park. 1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Long Lost Family. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.00 QI. 8.30 Queen: Days Of Our Lives. 9.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. 10.00 ER. 11.30 Rage. 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.25 Pfffirates. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009) 8.50 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.35 Speechless. 10.20 Doctor Who. 11.00 Beethoven Celebration Berlin. 12.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 News.

3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 News With Auslan. 5.30 News Regional. 6.00 Evening News. 6.20 Foreign Correspondent.

7.00 National News. 7.30 Insiders. 8.30 News Tonight. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Aust Story. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 MOVIE: Return To Paradise. (1953) 4.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 4: Afternoon. 6.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 4. 8.30 MOVIE: High Crimes. (2002) Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman. 10.55 Chicago Med. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

4.50 ABC World News Tonight. 5.20 PBS Washington Week. 5.45 The Machines That Built America. 6.35 Abandoned Engineering. 7.30 Abandoned Americana. 8.25 Myths: The Greatest Mysteries Of Humanity. 9.30 UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. 1.50 Late Programs.

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

1.00 Vera. 2.25 Back Roads. 2.55 Monty Don’s French Gardens. Final. 3.55 Extraordinary Escapes. Final. 4.40 Grand Designs. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 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 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. 11.10 Planet America. 11.40 Vera. Final. 1.10 Grand Designs. 2.00 Extraordinary Escapes. 2.50 Rage. 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.40 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam.

2.00 Catch Phrase. 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 The Voice.

9.00 The Rookie.

10.00 S.W.A.T. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Lopez Vs. Lopez. 12.30 The Event. 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. 1.30 Paralympics Paris 2024: Encore. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia.

5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block.

8.40 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 5: Night.

10.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 5: Late night. 12.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 5: Post midnight. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Judge Judy. 10.30 Hunted. 12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.30 Deal Or No Deal. 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime. 2.00 Family Feud. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Hunted. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.40 Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. 10.10 Ghosts. 10.35 10’s Late News. 11.00 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.05 Sue Perkins: Along the US-Mexico Border. 11.10 Auction.

12.10 WorldWatch. 2.05 World’s Greatest Hotels. 2.55 Dylan Alcott Interviews.

3.35 The Cook Up. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes. 8.40 Rise Of The Nazis: The Manhunt. 9.40 24 Hours In Emergency.

Final. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Suspect. Return. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 This Rugged Coast. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Rookies.

4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Austn Rally C’ship. H’lights.

3.30 Truck Night In America. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 9.30 Appalachian Outlaws.

10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 The Big Adventure. 12.00 Life. 3.00 Grand Crew. 3.20 To Be Advised. 5.00 Glee. 5.55 Modern Family. 6.25 First Dates Australia.

7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Law & Order: LA. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

8.30 Reel Action. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal.

11.30 JAG. 12.30 Dr Phil. 1.30 Blue Bloods.

2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 JAG. 5.30 Diagnosis Murder. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 FBI: International. 11.15 CSI: Vegas. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.30 Big Bang. 2.00 Becker.

2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement.

4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.05 ER. 2.50 Doctor Who. 3.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Long Lost Family. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.15 MythBusters. 10.05 ER. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 Little J And Big Cuz. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.25 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 9.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop. 10.00 Doctor Who. 10.45 Merlin. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

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

6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World.

10.00 Nightly News. 10.20 Foreign Correspondent. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.50 Building Icons. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 4.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 5: Afternoon. 7.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 5. 8.40 Grantchester. 9.50 Coroner. 10.50 #TextMeWhenYouGetHome. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Insight. 3.00 BBC News At Ten. 3.20 ABC World News Tonight. 3.50 ABC America This Week.

4.45 PBS News Weekend. 5.15 Forged In Fire. 6.00 Lost For Words. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 Taskmaster. 10.20 Late Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. 1.00 Paralympics Paris 2024: Encore. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block.

8.40 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 6: Night.

10.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 6: Late night. 12.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 6: Post midnight. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. 10.00 Judge Judy.

10.30 Hunted. 11.30 Entertainment Tonight. 12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.30 Deal Or No Deal. 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime.

2.00 Family Feud. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. 8.30 The Cheap Seats.

9.30 NCIS. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. 10.00 The Art Of France. 11.00 Auction. 12.00 WorldWatch.

2.10 World’s Greatest Hotels. 3.00 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 The Point: Road Trip.

11.30 Babylon Berlin. 1.20 COBRA. 3.55 Make Me A Dealer. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country.

2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Great Rail Restorations. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 ICU. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Gem Hunters Down Under. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Truck Night In America. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Big Rig Bounty Hunters. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 The Big Adventure. 12.00 Life.

3.00 Modern Family. 3.30 To Be Advised.

5.00 Glee. 5.55 Modern Family. 6.25 First Dates Australia. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 MOVIE: Superbad. (2007) Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen. 11.00 The Goldbergs. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 Dr Phil. 1.30 Blue Bloods. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 JAG. 5.30 Diagnosis Murder. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 FBI: International.

11.15 CSI: Vegas. 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.10 Big Bang. 1.35 King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.15 ER. 3.00 Doctor Who. 3.45 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.10 Would I Lie To You? 4.40 MythBusters. 5.30 Long Lost Family. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Breeders. 9.20 Extras. 9.50 ER. 11.15 Rage. 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 Little J And Big Cuz. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.25 Deadly Dinosaurs.

8.55 Planet Expedition. 9.50 Doctor Who. 10.35 Merlin. 11.20 Fresh Off The Boat.

11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 News Afternoons.

4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 ABC Nightly News. 10.15 Four Corners. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 MOVIE: On The Fiddle.

(1961) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 6: Afternoon.

7.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 6: Night.

8.40 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 9.40 Silent Witness. 10.50 Whitstable Pearl.

12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.05 Story Of Late Night.

2.50 Kickin’ Back. 3.25 BBC News At Ten. 3.55 ABC World News Tonight. 4.20 PBS News. 5.20 Forged In Fire: Best Of. 6.10 Lost For Words. 7.15 Jeopardy! 7.45 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.40 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

La Vuelta. 1.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. 1.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 2.25 Back Roads. 2.55 Magda’s Big National Health Check. 3.55 Love Your Garden. 4.40 Grand Designs.

5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. 8.35 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. 9.25 Planet America. 9.55 Would I Lie To You? 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. 11.00 Interview With The Vampire. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.35 Border Security: International. 2.05 Catch Phrase. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 The 1% Club UK. 8.30 The Front Bar. 9.30 Air Crash Investigations.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Talking Footy. 12.00 Miniseries: Midnight Man. 1.00 Travel Oz. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. 1.00 Paralympics Paris 2024: Encore. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block.

8.40 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 7: Night.

10.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 7: Late night. 12.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 7: Post midnight.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Judge Judy. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. 11.30 Entertainment Tonight.

12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.30 Deal Or No Deal. 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime. 2.00 Family Feud.

2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Thank God You’re Here. 8.40 Gogglebox Australia. 9.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 The Art Of France.

11.00 Auction. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. 2.30 Insight. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Secrets Of Our Universe With Tim Peake. 8.30 Dan Snow’s Greatest Discoveries. 9.25 Miniseries: The Sixth Commandment. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Enemy Of The People. 12.45 Good People. 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 ICU. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Judge John Deed. 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Big Rig Bounty Hunters. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Truck Night In America. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.00 The Force: BTL. 8.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 New Idea Test Kitchen. 3.30 Modern Family. 3.55 Bondi Vet. 4.55 Glee. 5.55 Modern Family. 6.25 First Dates Australia. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back.

10.35 First Dates Australia. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

8.30 Diagnosis Murder.

10.30 JAG. 12.30 Dr Phil. 1.30 Blue Bloods. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 JAG. 5.30 Diagnosis Murder. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 FBI: International. 10.30 Socceroos Preview Show. 11.00 FBI: International.

11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Big Bang. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Long Lost Family. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Interview With The Vampire. 9.20 Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe.

9.45 ER. 11.15 Rage. 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 Little J And Big Cuz. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.25 Doctor Who. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 11.05 Speechless. 11.25 Horrible Histories. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

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4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 ABC Nightly News. 10.30 Planet America. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 4.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 7: Afternoon.

7.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 7: Night.

8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Queens Of Mystery. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight. 4.20 PBS News. 5.20 Forged In Fire. 6.10 Lost For Words. 7.15 Jeopardy! 7.45 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.40 MOVIE: The Vault. (2021) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Compass.

11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Assembly.

1.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 2.25 Back Roads. 2.50 Magda’s Big National Health Check. 3.55 Love Your Garden. 4.40 Grand Designs. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 9.20 Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian.

10.20 ABC Late News. 10.35 The Business. 10.50 The Art Of... 11.25 Grand Designs. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Mommy Be Mine. (2018) Arianne Zucker. 2.00 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam.

2.15 Catch Phrase. 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 Football. AFL. Second qualifying ÄUHS 7VY[ (KLSHPKL ] .LLSVUN 11.00 WBBL Season Preview Show. 12.00 Magnum P.I. New. 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. 1.00 Paralympics Paris 2024: Encore. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 27. )YPZIHUL )YVUJVZ ] 4LSIV\YUL :[VYT 9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 8: Late night. 12.00 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 8: Post midnight.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Judge Judy. 10.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. 11.30 Entertainment Tonight.

12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.30 Deal Or No Deal. 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime. 2.00 Family Feud.

2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Soccer.

AFC 2026 World Cup qualifier. Third round. Australia v Bahrain. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 The Cheap Seats. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 The Art Of France.

11.00 Auction. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 World’s Greatest Hotels. 3.00 Trail Towns.

3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers.

5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta.

H’lights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great Australian Walks. 8.25 Junior Doctors Down Under.

9.20 Rebus. 10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Pray For Blood. 12.30 Devils. 2.25 Miniseries: The Dark Heart. 3.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 My Impossible House. 3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 ICU. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Grace.

10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Truck Night In America. 4.30 Storage Wars.

5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 To Be Advised. 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. 8.30 MOVIE: Commando.

(1985) 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 Instant Hotel. 12.00 Life. 3.00 New Idea Test Kitchen. 3.30 Modern Family. 3.55 Bondi Vet. 4.55 Glee. 5.55 Modern Family. 6.25 First Dates Australia. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 10.35 First Dates UK. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Socceroos Preview Show.

8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 Dr Phil. 1.30 Blue Bloods. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 JAG. 5.30 Diagnosis Murder. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 FBI: International.

11.15 CSI: Vegas. 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Big Bang. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.55 Doctor Who. 3.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Long Lost Family. 6.15 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 9.00 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. 9.40 Gruen.

10.15 ER. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.05 Little J And Big Cuz. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.25 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 9.10 New Leash On Life. 9.40 Doctor Who. 10.25 Merlin. 11.10 Fresh Off The Boat. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Antiques Roadshow. 2.20 MOVIE: Suspect. (1960) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Paralympics Paris 2024.

Day 8: Afternoon. 7.30 Paralympics Paris 2024. Day 8: Night. 10.30 Poirot. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.05 Bamay. 3.25 BBC News At Ten. 3.55 ABC World News Tonight.

4.20 PBS News. 5.20 Forged In Fire: Best Of. 6.05 Letters And Numbers. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Riot Island: Prison Without Walls. 9.30 History’s Crazy Rich Ancients. 10.20 Late Programs.

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

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7.30 The Voice. 9.05 Made In Bondi.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent.

10.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Newsreader. 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 2.30 Back Roads. 3.00 Magda’s Big National Health Check. 4.00 Love Your Garden. 4.40 Grand Designs.

5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 The Assembly. 9.15 The Art Of... 9.50 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.35 The Business.

10.50 Four Corners. 11.40 Late Programs.

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Thursday, August 29, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Sport RACING NG REPORT ORT

By COLIN HODGES

Michael Hackett tastes success as an owner with Way To Divine FORMER jockey Michael Hackett from Parkes, tasted success on the other side of the fence as a owner when Way To Divine won the Elite Sand

and Soil 1400 metres Country Boosted Maiden Plate at the recent Dubbo meeting.

Trained at Parkes by co-owner Sharon Jeffries and with Cowra jockey Mathew Cahill in the saddle, Way To Divine ($21) fi nished well along the inside to overhaul Release The Spirit (Ashleigh Stanley, $21) and win by a length with Rich Street (Andrew Banks, $61) another length away third.

After riding 276 winners the jockey career of Michael Hackett came to an end when he suffered life threatening injuries in a 2019 race fall.

Of his many highlights in the saddle, well remembered are his eight wins

on the grey mare Platinum Skye, rated amongst the best sprinters ever produced in the central west.

Bred by Simon Thompson and Janian McMillan from Wellington, owned by Danny Gregory from Mudgee and trained by Sharon Jeffries, Platinum Skye (by Intergaze from Sky News) at debut won a 1000 metres Maiden Handicap at Orange in November 2008.

The other wins for Michael Hackett on Platinum Skye were at Wellington (two), Orange, the Thunderbolt at Queanbeyan, Canberra, Warren and Coonamble while he was also a close second on Platinum Skye in the Flat

Knacker at Albury.

Tiffany Jeffries, the daughter of Sharon and Dale Jeffries, won at Randwick on Platinum Skye while Dubbo based apprentice Joe Saiki had a win at Queanbeyan.

Sharon Jeffries recorded 10 wins and 4 placings from 18 starts with Platinum Skye before the horse left her stable.

Later trained by Garry Portelli at Warwick Farm, Platinum Skye had three starts, fi nishing fi fth of 12 in the Listed Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill, fourth of eight in the G2 Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield won by Black Caviar and fi fth of eight in the G2 1100-metre Caulfield Sprint.

The win by Way To Divine at Dubbo was a real family affair, the strapper Tiffany Jeffries who rode 167 winners before retirement, being the cousin of Michael Hackett.

Tiffany Jeffries and Michael Hackett were apprenticed to Sharon Jeffries and were tutored by Dale Jeffries who during an outstanding career rode the winner of every Cup in the Central districts.

Meanwhile, Forbes will host a TAB meeting this Thursday (August 29) to replace the Narromine Cup meeting unfortunately washed out last Sunday (August 25).

GOLF CLUB NOTES BOWLS REPORT

Danny and team won the day

By JOHN EDWARDS, NARROMINE BOWLING CLUB IN social bowls last Thursday, a total of 18 players took to the green with three games of triples.

In the fi rst game, Neil, Bruce, and Danny put the cleaners through Richard, Bob, and Dave with the fi nal score, 25-9.

In the second Triples game, Wilkie, James, and Frenchy defeated Ian “newcomer” Barling, Robbie C, and Cranky in another high scoring game, 35-19.

In the fi nal Triples game, Cliffy, Greg, and Duane also soundly defeated Col, Sticker, and Buttsy, 22-11.

Richard and Cranky were also brought back to earth after being winners on Gub Thorne Day. Winners on the day were Danny and team, while runners-up were Frenchy and team.

Sunday’s social bowls were a wash out due to some much needed rain.

Coming events in the club include a NAIDOC Celebration Day in late September, in memory of Billy and Normie Newman.

These two local respected Aboriginal gentlemen did a lot for the Narromine community and were staunch supporters of the club.

The day will commence with a flag-raising ceremony with games kicking off at 10am.

Your fee includes a game of bowls, lunch, and prizes to be won. Nominate via the club.

Bowls Presentation Day will also be held in mid-September, right after social bowls and ending with a barbecue lunch.

Our annual bowls tournament is also on in early November. This is a Triples event and is open to the fi rst 24 teams to register.

More information will be provided as the date gets closer. Also, don’t forget our usual twice-weekly raffles.

Gillette big winner in both Stableford and Match Play

By NORM LEWIS IT’S been a big week for Steve Gillette, winning the Individual Stableford competition played last weekend in a round of the Club Shootout for trophies provided by YGPC. A field of 16 players participated in the Stableford event and this was the only competition played as the Sunday match was cancelled due to rain.

Mr Gillette, who is playing in top form at the moment, returned a card of 38 points to win the event comfortably by three points from Henry Buttsworth on 35.

The Nearest the Pin winners were Mr Gillette on the third and Troy Harding on the 17th.

The latter collected a double by winning the Long Drive on the fourth and he also won the Stableford Jackpot.

A quarter-fi nal match in the Club Match Play Championships was also won by Mr Gillette, who defeated Steve Barlow by 5-4.Two

GERRIES AND VETS GOLF

Big win for “Sheppo”

By NORM LEWIS LAST Wednesday, on a fine day at last, some eight hardy golfers turned up for the weekly Gerries’ competition.

Winner on the day was Col Shepherdson with a score of 22 points.

Runner-up was none other, than our “El Supremo”, Terry Willis, on 21 points; it appears as though he has recovered from his injuries,

Joke of the week:

LADIES GOLF

A TAXI passenger tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.

The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on the footpath, and stopped inches from a shop window.

For a second, everything was quiet in the cab.

Then the driver said, "Look, mate, don't ever do that again. You scared the living daylights out of me!"

The passenger apologised and said, "I didn't realise that a little tap would scare you so much."

The driver replied, "Sorry, it's not really your fault. Today is my fi rst day as a taxi driver — I've been driving a funeral van for the last 25 years."

Wet weather washes championships out

Until next week — have a good week and good bowling.

quarter-fi nal matches remain to be played before the semi-fi nals.

As previously mentioned, there was no play at Narromine in the Par Plus event on Sunday, however, neighbouring club Trangie was able to conduct their Annual Open Tournament.

This event attracted a good field which produced a tie for the major prize. Narromine’s Tony Mann tied with Bruce Bennett (Brewarrina) on nett 72, to be declared joint winners.

Next weekend, weather permitting, the program includes a four-ball Multiplier, with trophies supplied by Nutrien and, on Father’s Day, a Par Event for the Wakefield Founders Cup, with Scratch and Handicap prizes supplied by the Narromine Car Club.

A barbecue lunch for all players is included.

Don’t forget our Junior Clinic is on at the usual early time this weekend.

That’s all for another week. See you at the 19th!

By DALE HARDING LADY golfers last Saturday week played a Stroke event for an 18-hole trophy donated by Wendy Jeffrey, as well as a nine-hole putting comp for a trophy donated by Soul Food Depot.

In fi nal results, Michelle Ashdown won the 18-hole trophy on 74 net, while Bev Woods won the putting competition with a score of 10 putts.

In other results, Gail White won the nine-hole ball with 39 net, and Nearest the Pins (NTP) were won

by Michelle Ashdown and Dale

Steve Gillette won tthe Stableford and a quarter-final of the Club Match Play Championships last week in Narromine.

He also won on the NTP and took out the Stableford Jackpot. No wonder he’s happy!

PHOTO: GREG KEARINES.

and is back in form.

Once again, there was no winner in the Nearest the Pin, but Mal Richardson collected the NAGA prize with a score of 15 points.

In the clubhouse during presentations, players enjoyed the usual chips and nibbles and Ron Green arrived with some delightful corn dip and bikkies. Many thanks Ron, they were most enjoyable.

Next week, the comp is on the front nine at the usual time.

Harding.

Last Wednesday, the ladies played the second round of the Foursomes Championships, with the winners of the A-Grade Scratch being Vicki Gainsford and Betty Berryman, with a score of 180 off the stick.

The A-Grade Handicap was won

by Wendy Jeffrey and Michelle Ashdown, with 153 net and the B-Grade Scratch was won by Anne Harmer and Gail White on 233 off the stick.

The B-Grade handicap was then won by Jeanette O’Brien and Dale Harding with 167 net.

Nine ladies also played in the nine-hole competition, with the overall ball winner being Kim Handsaker on 19 Stableford points.

The C-Grade ball winner was

Veterans news THE Trangie Vets Open is on next Thursday. Are you going?

For the 10th consecutive year, Narromine also has the privilege of conducting the NSWVGA Men’s Four-Ball Sand Green State Championships in late September. Nominations for this event close a few days before the competition and entry forms are at the clubhouse.

There is also a separate Ladies event each day.

That’s all for another week. See you at the 19th!

Fran Crawford on 14 Stableford points (on a count-back) from Deb Fairbairn, who won a ball. The NTP was won by Kim Handsaker and the drawn card by Jenny Ward.

Last Saturday, the ladies were due to play an Irish Stableford event for a trophy donated by Pat Mitchell. Unfortunately, a clap of thunder and a rainshower as we were teeing off, sent players all scurrying back to the clubhouse where it was decided that a cup of tea was better than playing golf in inclement weather.

Before the players went home, we decided that we should have a putting comp. Everyone put in two dollars, and we had one putt from the edge of the green. Carol McDonald won the money with one putt!

Hope to see you on the course.

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‘Roos and Roosters to meet in western season’s decider

By BRYSON LUFF THE curtain comes down on the 2024 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League season this Saturday afternoon with the grand finals in all four grades played in front of what should be a huge crowd at Cobar’s Tom Knight Memorial Oval.

In First Grade, the game of the season is a highly anticipated clash between the Cobar Roosters and the Coolah Kangaroos.

The ‘Roos gained entry to the Big Dance last Saturday, when they downed the Narromine Jets in the preliminary fi nal played at Coolah on a day that featured variable weather conditions throughout play in all four grades.

In the First Grade encounter, the Jets enjoyed having use of a strong driving wind in the fi rst half, and their judicious use of that wind saw them continually kicking to the south-eastern corner and pinning the home side deep in their own half.

This made it tough going for the Kangaroos and rarely did they enter the Jets half in the opening quarter of the game.

But, as often does happen after sides are called on to defend strongly and do the hard yards in carting the ball up, it was to be the ‘Roos who were fi rst to score when they were able to benefit from a spilt ball by the Jets, quickly shifting the ball wide to replacement winger Sam Wesley, who went over out wide to make it 4-0.

That soon became 10-0 when

their hard running centre, Josh Charles, was able to score what was to become a converted try and the Kangaroos were seemingly well on top despite running into the wind.

However, for whatever reason, the Coolah side’s game then slipped into one of impatience and ill-discipline at that point. Their desire to throw the “miracle pass” on numerous occasions, coupled with the conceding of numerous penalties and having a player in the sin-bin, certainly aided the Narromine cause.

With five minutes remaining until half-time, the Jets’ front rower, Ryan Richardson, then crashed over for a converted try and, with only seconds remaining in the half, they looked to have scored again, but lost the ball over the line for a 10-6 scoreline at the break.

That score soon changed to 10-10 in the opening minute after the resumption of play, after Jets centre Washington Itoya was able to cross the line after the Jets were gifted possession by a Coolah knock-on from the kick off.

The game then became a dour struggle between the two teams with no change to the score until the 26th minute when the ‘Roos five-eight, Tyler Lennox, found some space in the Narromine Jets’ defence and he went over from close range.

This was to be the first of three tries that Coolah scored after a Narromine player had been binned just one minute earlier!

A mere two minutes after

Lennox’s try, the ‘Roos rangy prop, Tyler Austin, then galloped over from 15 metres out after Coolah had come down with the ball from a bomb and, at that point, his side led 22-10.

Some five minutes later, Chanse Burgess sealed Coolah’s grand fi nal entry with a great individual effort when he completed a one-on-one steal 30 metres out before bumping off numerous defenders on his way to score wide out.

Narromine’s woes continued when they had a player sent off in the dying moments of the match, the resultant penalty goal making the fi nal score 28-10.

It was a great day for the host club in their comeback year, because they also took out the League Tag game, with the Flyer’s coming from behind to down the Dunedoo Swannettes 24-10 to also book a Grand Final berth against the thus far unbeaten Narromine outfit.

Earlier in the day, the Baradine Magpies downed the Binnaway Bombshells 20-12 in Reserve Grade, and the Gulgong Terriers edged out the Bombshells 22-18 after both sides had scored four tries.

Action in the grand fi nals at Cobar this Saturday will kick off at 10am with the First Grade game due to start at around 2.30pm; and what a game it should be!

On the three occasions that the ‘Roos and the Roosters have met so far this year, the biggest winning margin has been just

six points with Coolah winning 22-16 at Cobar in Round Four, that win also delivering them the Boronia Cup. Then, in Round 13 at Coolah, it was again the ‘Roos that prevailed, this time 18-12 but, come the Major Semi-Final just two weeks ago, the Roosters got the win, and the right to host the 2024 Grand Final, with a 22-18 victory in what was a high quality and tough game played at Dunedoo.

That loss by Coolah has been their only one this year, but they face a tough task in downing the Roosters on their home turf in front of what will be a huge red, white, and blue presence.

Cobar has not hosted a Grand Final since they won the Group 11 Premiership in 1998, when they downed Parkes 34-19, that win sealing the Clayton Cup for them that year.

Certainly, the Kangaroos will need to be more patient in attack, and improve on the lack of discipline that they showed last Saturday, but to have only suffered one loss throughout the year, shows the quality of the team and holds them in good stead for the test that lays in front of them.

Christie and Hood Castlereagh League — Preliminary Finals scores Played at Coolah on Saturday, August 24 Reserve Grade Baradine 20 (Drew Harris 2,

Travis Houghton, Lewis Varty tries, Liam Fernando 2 goals) defeated Binnaway 12(Travis Elwell, Jade Hooper, Hayden Mitchell tries).

Youth League Gulgong 22 (Kayden Whiley, Bobby Pascoe, Xavier Yeo, Jay O’Brien tries, Caiden Horton 2, Pascoe goals) defeated Binnaway 18 (Sonny Bill Walker 2, Deakon Meyers, Will Duce tries, Walker goal).

League Tag Coolah 24 (Brooklyn Blackadder 2, Mackenzie Blackadder, Emma Pettett tries, Lisa Jones 4 goals) defeated Dunedoo 10 (Shelley Cox, Lauren Sullivan tries, Georgia Price goal).

First Grade Coolah 28 (Josh Charles, Tyler Lennox, Tyler Austin, Chanse Burgess, Sam Wesley tries, Dan Lane 4 goals) defeated Narromine 10 (Washington Itoya, Ryan Richardson tries, Doug Potter goal).

Grand Finals to be played at Tom Knight Oval, Cobar on Saturday, August 31 Reserve Grade to kick-off at 10am with other games to follow.

Gilgandra Panthers versus Baradine Magpies Youth League — Cobar Roosters versus Gulgong Bull Terriers League Tag — Narromine Jets versus Coolah Flyers First Grade — Cobar Roosters versus Coolah Kangaroos

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