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Warren teens row for Kinross Wolaroi at nationals STORY: PAGE 13 Rescued fish returned to MacquarieWambuul River at Warren

Election: It’s on for May 3

Hundreds compete in another triumphant Warren Triathlon

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STORY & PHOTOS: PAGE 20

IGA turns 30 Bernie and Kevin Taylor cut the cake celebrating 30 years in business at Warren IGA. PHOTO: WARREN STAR.

By SHARON BONTHUYS FIVE years after being rescued from the drought-ravaged Macquarie-Wambuul River, and cared for in the NSW Government’s Narrandera Fisheries Centre native fish hatchery, 18 large and mature Murray Cod were returned to their home waters last week.

The Warren Star was present for the release of some of the rescued fish at the boat ramp at Bob Christensen Reserve on Thursday, March 27.

Of the 250 fish originally rescued from the river in November 2019, 25 Murray Cod and 35 Golden Perch were taken back to the Narrandera hatchery.

The remaining fish were either provided to other hatcheries for their broodstock programs, or relocated to safer sections of the river.

Over the past five years, these 60 broodstock have produced more than one million Murray Cod fingerlings as part of the NSW Government’s native fish stocking program. More than 250,000 fingerlings have since been released at various sites along the Macquarie-Wambuul River, including Wellington, Dubbo, Narromine, Trangie, and Warren.

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By SHARON BONTHUYS WARREN’S own IGA supermarket celebrated its 30th anniversary last Thursday with a special morning tea.

Customers, councillors, current and former staff and representatives from local businesses gathered in-store for the momentous occasion, which featured a range of speakers, congratulations all round, and of course, a delicious celebratory cake.

Proprietor Kevin Taylor

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spoke fondly of the company’s three decades in business in Warren. He thanked his staff, some of whom have been with the business for many years, including generations of families, as well as his wife of 46 years and business partner of 30 years, Bernadine “Bernie” Taylor.

He also thanked Peter and Marion Thomas for being great business partners through the decades, family including daughter-inlaw Jess Taylor, and oth-

er committed staff whose hard work ensures that he and Bernie can occasionally step away for a break.

He also reserved some special words for Warren IGA and Liquor supermarket customers.

“A business doesn’t become successful [without] the people who support your business,” Kevin said, addressing those gathered.

“The most important people are, obviously, you — the customers — who have supported

us and helped us to provide a better supermarket for you.

Thank you very much for supporting us for 30 years,” he added.

His words reinforced how important the business is to the local community and to local employment. Many residents have gained valuable work experience and skills working in the family-owned business over the years.

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INSIDE THIS WEEK Political News & Opinion . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .10 Classroom News .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .12

IGA turns 30 and celebrates with

Puzzles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .14 Classifieds .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .15 Your Seven-Day TV Guide .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .16 Sport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18

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Generations of IGA staff all from the same family: Dolly (a future employee?) and mum Holly Blake, with mum and matriarch Joy O’Neil, and Jayden Collins.

Bernie and Kevin receive an award from a Metcash officer.

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THE FORECAST Wednesday, April 2 Min 16. Max 25. Partly Cloudy. Possible rainfall: 0 mm. Chance of any rain: 20% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the north in the morning and early afternoon. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeast to southwesterly in the early afternoon then becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 12 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching 22 to 27.

Sun protection recommended from 10:10 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Thursday, April 3

A delicious morning tea for the celebration.

From page 1 “For a lot of juniors, it was their fi rst job experience dealing with adult customers and it gave them so much confidence,” Kevin said.

“It’s great to see those kids [who have just] blossomed [with confidence],” he added.

Warren IGA is well entrenched in the local community and gives back to it through sponsorship Min 13. Max 28. Partly Cloudy. Possible rainfall: 0 mm. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 13 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s.

Sun protection recommended from 10:10 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Friday, April 4 Min 14. Max 27. Sunny. Possible rainfall: 0 mm.

Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Sunny.

Light winds becoming west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h during the afternoon then becoming

and by supporting many local activities, schools, community and sporting groups.

“We’re pretty proud of our Community Chest sponsorship,” Kevin said.

“We give the Community Chest proceeds to the schools. We think that’s a great thing where it gives the kids something,” he added.

Deputy Mayor, Cr Sarah Derrett, stood in for the Mayor, Cr Greg

light during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 10 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s.

Sun protection recommended from 10:10 am to 4:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 7 [High] Saturday, April 5 Min 11. Max 25. Sunny. Possible rainfall: 0 mm.

Chance of any rain: 5% Sunday, April 6 Min 9. Max 24. Sunny. Possible rainfall: 0 mm.

Chance of any rain: 5% Monday, April 7 Min 9. Max 26. Sunny. Possible rainfall: 0 mm.

Chance of any rain: 5%

Whiteley, who was away on council business, congratulated Kevin and Bernie on their success.

Cr Derrett told those gathered that the business holds a special place in the community.

“It’s really lovely to be able to come in here and have a chat,” she said.

“We’re extremely lucky to have such quality shopping in Warren,” Cr Derrett concluded, wishing the team well for the next 30 years.

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customers and cake

Safer level crossings in regional areas

Making our crossings safer… a new funding program for regional councils will support projects to upgrade roads at public level crossings. PHOTOS: TFNSW. The ‘wall of fame’ tracking the store’s long history was very popular with attendees.

By STAFF REPORTERS A NEW funding program offers regional NSW councils the opportunity to share in $1 million for projects to upgrade roads at public level crossings.

The NSW Government’s “Level Crossing Improvement Program — Regional Council Minor Works” is accepting applications until May for projects that make road approaches to level crossings safer.

This work could include vehicle-activated signage, line marking, upgrading or installing street lighting, traffic calming treatments (excluding speed limit reductions), and minor road realignments.

Transport for NSW’s road and maritime safety chief, Bernard Carlon, said the new program will help councils carry out minor, lowcost engineering works and safety improve-

ments on road approaches to level crossings.

“There are over 1300 level crossings located on public roads across NSW and collisions between trains and vehicles are a major road and rail safety risk,” Mr Carlon said.

“Through the new Level Crossing Improvement Program, we are partnering with regional councils who manage around 90 per cent of the State’s road network by length,” he explained.

Improvement projects to be funded by the grants are considered to be another step towards fulfi lling the government’s aim of zero road trauma incidents by 2050.

“It’s also important to remember that, while infrastructure improvements will continue to reduce risk at level crossings, drivers, riders and pedestrians should always take care and obey the road rules each time they encounter a level crossing,” Mr Carlon added.

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Rural Crime Matters

New rapid response units target Western youth crime A NEW rapid response police unit is promising to tackle youth crime in Western NSW as criminal activity spirals in regional and rural communities.

On Wednesday, March 19, NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Pisanos announced a high-level strategy including 60 new dedicated police and rapid response units to tackle juvenile crime across the state.

“Operation Soteria” aims to address the escalation of violence in offenders aged between 11 to 16-years-old across Western and Northern areas of the state.

The initial focus will be on the communities of Moree, Tamworth, Dubbo, Orange, Tweed Heads, Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Taree and Newcastle, with the initial phase of the operation to run until mid-June.

An extra 20 officers will supplement the unit in the form of “surge operations” each week, to bolster operational numbers to 80.

Polair and roaming response units will also complement the high-visibility operations that will focus on a range of crimes, in particular aggravated break, enter and steal offences, stealing motor vehicles, and “postand-boast” offences where kids use social media to gain notoriety for their crimes.

Deputy Commissioner Pisanos also said there will be a strong focus on diverting young offenders away from criminal behaviour.

“The operational arm of this will consist of high-visibility policing, targeting a defi ned cohort of hundreds of repeat offenders believed to be responsible for 90 per cent of youth crime across regional NSW,” he told a press conference in Dubbo last week.

As part of the prevention arm of Operation Soteria, police authorities will aim to identify and refer young offenders into programs such as Youth Action Meetings, a multi-agency forum designed to help at-risk young people from re-offending.

Other youth programs through the NSW Police Crime Prevention and Youth Command will also be utilised.

“This is about sending a clear message to these young criminals,” he said.

“Part of this mission is to lock up the ring leaders and divert others away from a life of crime.”

Under Operation Soteria, investigators will use “real time” intelligence to identify “post-and-boast” social media trends, and those on the periphery of offending will be diverted to youth support services.

Since new “post-and-boast” legislation came into effect 12 months ago, 53 individuals have been charged, 27 of whom were under the age of 16.

can therefore be proceeded to court or diverted from the court system to young offender programs.

The Young Offenders Act 1997 also allows young people who meet the eligibility criteria to be dealt with through Youth Justice Conferences, formal cautions, or formal warnings.

The number of young offenders in the Far West and Orana region in the reporting period was 1089 — a 10 per cent increase in the 10 years to December 2024.

A total of 617 (56 per cent) of these then proceeded to court, with 61 diverted to Youth Justice Conference.

A total of 330 (30 per cent) of these young offenders also received a caution notice from police while 81 (seven per cent) received a warning.

Despite the number of young offenders in the region, cause for concern in itself, we are yet to reach the peak of 2023, which involved just under 2000 young offenders being arrested between January and December of that year.

The top three offences for young offenders in the Far West and Orana region in the reporting period of January to December last year included non-domestic violence related assault (143 offences), intimidation, stalking and harassment (141 offences), and malicious damage to property (96 offences).

Coordinated response to youth crime

Youth crime in Far West and Orana: what the data reveals

OPERATION Soteria will be a statewide coordinated response to youth crime and will take overall command and control of criminal investigations into offending across the northern and western policing regions.

It will also oversee Operation Regional Mongoose — established in September 2023 — which has been arresting an average of 13 young offenders every week.

EARLIER this month, the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) released youth crime data in the reporting period of January–December 2024.

In NSW, “Young People” — for the legal defi nition — are aged between 10– 17 years inclusive with the minimum age of criminal responsibility set at 10 years old.

Young people in the State who offend

Young offenders need support for successful rehabilitation

By SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN

WHILE many in the community are pleased with the announcement of another dedicated taskforce to youth crime, this has sounded the alarm bells among social and youth services.

The peak organisation representing young people and youth services in NSW, Youth Action, has urged the State Government to ensure that Operation Soteria is accompanied by a

“robust” investment in youth hubs which aim to address the root causes of crime by offering practical, pro-active support to at-risk young people.

Youth hubs are designed to provide young people with a one-stop shop to access support services and programs.

The hubs aim particularly to support young people who have experienced trauma, poverty, or disengagement from education, factors that are known to drive young people into crime.

Youth Action Chief Executive, Lauren Stracey, said that if the NSW Government was actually committed to preventing this problem, then investment into youth hubs needed to be a priority.

“If you are serious about addressing youth crime, then you need to be serious about solutions that focus on early intervention, trust-building, and community-based support,” Ms Stracey said in a media statement.

“Youth hubs give young people access to support delivered by qualified staff with the right skills to actually engage meaningfully,” she added.

The hubs offer young people opportunities to gain essential life skills and connections to educational and employment pathways.

Youth Action recommends the NSW Government partner with local councils and specialist youth community organisations to establish and expand youth hubs, especially in regional areas.

The organisation says the partnership should include funding commitments that allow for adequate staffing including intensive support workers, activity coordinators and Aboriginal support workers, Ms Stracey said.

“Youth Action is ready to collaborate closely with the NSW Government to co-design these hubs with young people themselves, ensuring they are relevant, safe, accessible and responsive to local community needs,” she concluded.

FAITH MATTERS

Forever Forgiveness

By MICHAEL CAMPBELL, WARREN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH DID you hear the one about the paralytic that dropped in on Jesus from above? True story – Jesus was talking to a crowd.

A group of mates did not want their friend to miss out, so they dug a hole through the roof and lowered him down.

Jesus says, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”

(Matt 9:2) It was surprising then, it is surprising now. Most people would see someone paralysed and think that was the problem.

But Jesus sees the heart of a person, the inner core.

When Jesus says, “Take heart…” he reveals his gentle heart. He doesn’t say, “I know why you’re here.” Or, “I’ve been

waiting for you to show up…”

He speaks tenderly, comforting him, and then gives this man what he needs most.

What you and I need most: complete and forever forgiveness.

“Sinner, take heart – God forgives you.”

When you think you have gone too far.

When your mouth has ripped holes in somebody.

When your pride has been exposed.

When you think God is not going to put up with you anymore.

When you are facing the consequences of sin: “Sinner, take heart – you have been forgiven.”

To be forgiven means it is never counted against you, ever again. It is gone: the guilt, the impending punishment. Complete and forever forgiveness.

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Election: It’s on for May 3

By SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN AFTER months of speculation, the 2025 federal election has been called for Saturday, May 3.

On Friday, March 28, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called a press conference at Parliament House to announce the federal election would be held in the fi rst weekend of May — a move that stole major momentum and thunder from the Opposition’s budget reply.

With the announcement of the Election, Governor-General, Sam Mostyn, dissolved the House of Representatives and caretaker conventions of the federal government are now in place.

During the caretaker period, the government restricts its activities and the Australian Public Service adopts practices consistent with the conventions, and to protect its apolitical nature in accordance with the Guidance on Caretaker Conventions. It will continue until the election result is clear, or if there is a change of government, until the new government is appointed by the Governor-General.

It was expected that the federal election was going to be called in early March following results from the Western Australia state election, which saw Labor retain government on

the west-coast at a state level.

With the election being called for the fi rst Saturday in May, it gives the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, just under six weeks of campaigning with both leaders set to travel across the country in a bid to win over voters. The Prime Minister is fighting to secure a second term in parliament, and if he is successful, will be the fi rst to do so since John Howard, who went onto win four consecutive federal elections from 1996 to 2004.

Mr Albanese would be the fi rst Labor Prime Minister to win a second-consecutive election since Bob Hawke.

Both major parties will struggle to form a majority government, with many election analysts predicting it will be one of the closest federal elections in years, with voters focussed on issues such as cost-of-living, healthcare, education, energy transition and housing affordability.

In the outgoing parliament, Labor held 71 of 151 seats in the House of Representatives, giving it an overall majority.

The Coalition (Liberals and Nationals) held 52 seats, the Greens four and Independents 13, with one each from the Centre Alliance party and

Katter’s Australia party.

2025 Parkes Candidates AFTER 17 years as the Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton is retiring from federal politics to spend more time with his family and enjoy a much-needed retirement. It has been held

by Mr Coulton since 2007 and is a very safe Nationals’ seat with a margin of 18.1 per cent.

Jamie Chaffey is The Nationals’ candidate for Parkes and has been campaigning around the electorate since October last year.

Mr Chaffey is the former mayor of Gunnedah after being elected onto council in September, 2016.

The Libertarians, Greens and Family First parties have all put forward their candidates for Parkes, but Labor is yet to announce if they are putting a candidate forward.

Libertarian candidate and Dunedoo local, Sally Edwards, began campaigning earlier this year on a sentiment of less big government and more empowered decision-making by individuals and their communities.

Greens candidate and second-term councillor at Brewarrina Shire Council, Trish

Frail, says on her website she is 100 per cent committed to the community and wants to prioritise the environment across the electorate.

Ms Frail is a Ngemba woman and has sat on a number of boards and committees including the Brewarrina Hospital Board and is a co-founder of the Aboriginal Women’s Legal Centre.

Family First candidate and Alectown local, Maurice Davey, is a fourth generation farmer and grazier and is proud of his multi-generational Christian heritage. Mr Davey is campaigning on a religious Judeo-Christian platform and is passionate about the preservation and active nurture of the family unit, recognising it as the building block of a happy and prosperous society.

All the candidates so far announced for Parkes will be campaigning in their fi rst federal election except for Greens candidate, Trish Frail who was a candidate at the 2022 election and received just under five per cent of the vote.

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Warren Shire Council kindly reminds all residents to check their smoke alarms as we are coming into the cooler weather.

The Following is a Smoke Alarm Maintenance Guide.

Once a month - Test your smoke alarm batteries every month.

Every 6 months - Vacuum dust off your smoke alarms every six months.

Every Year - Replace batteries every 12 months.

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EWENMAR WASTE DEPOT OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday 1pm – 5pm Saturday and Sunday 9am – 5pm (EXCLUDING – NEW YEARS DAY, GOOD FRIDAY, EASTER SUNDAY, ANZAC DAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY AND WET WEATHER) Please direct all enquires to: Manager Health and Development Services during normal business hours on 68476600

Division of Parkes Redistribution

PARKES has grown in size again since the 2022 federal election and now covers over 50 per cent of NSW — almost twice the size of Victoria.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced last year that the Division of Parkes would now include Bland, Forbes and Parkes shire councils, while losing the remainder of the Gwydir Shire to the Division of New England.

The redistribution of Parkes now sees the number of members in the House of Representatives decrease from 47 to 26 with the changes to the electorate having been made to accommodate low or negative projected growth in elector numbers. Enrolment in the current Division of Parkes on Monday, April 10 2028 is projected to be 109,528 electors which is less than the minimum number of projected electors required.

The Division of Parkes therefore had to gain at least 15,557 electors, or up to 24,629 electors, for it to fall within the permissible range from the maximum and minimum number of electors in an electoral division at the projection time.

For further enquiries please contact any of the following: 115 Dubbo Street, WARREN NSW 2824 PO Box 6, WARREN NSW 2824 Phone: 02 6847 6600 Email: council@warren.nsw.gov.au

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS AND DOG OWNERS Dogs Not Under Effective Control With numbers of stray dogs on the rise within our Shire, we wish to remind residents of their responsibilities as a pet owner, and of the appropriate methods of reporting such incidents to Council.

Under the Companion Animals Act 1998, it is an offence if your dog is not under effective control, meaning if a dog is Ì V w i` Ü Ì > ÕÃi À Þ>À`] À tethered by an adequate cord, leash or chain.

Warren Shire Council has “off leash area” for exercising your dog, these are located:

1) Grassed area adjacent to levee bank along River Ave (Ebert Park); 2) Grassed area adjacent to levee bank along Orchard St (Orchard Street Park) The public is reminded that when your dog is off the leash, the dog must be under control of a competent adult.

If you come across a dog that is not under effective control, you should contact the Shire Ranger on 02 68476600 for the dog to be seized and impounded.

Find out more about your rights and responsibilities: warren.nsw.gov.au/ residents/animals-and-pets

RAIN AND FLOODS MAKE OUR HOMES A BREEDING GROUND FOR MOZZIES Flood water and pools of stagnant water from recent rain have turned many backyards into the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes, that spread human disease, such as Murray Valley encephalitis and Ross River virus.

Any still or stagnant water around the home can encourage mosquitoes to breed and increase the chance of people being bitten.

Tips to minimise the chance of a mosquito breeding ground around the home or school: - Remove all water-holding receptacles from around the yard; ,i}Õ >À Þ yÕÃ ÕÌ « Ì « > Ì L>ÃiÃÆ - Keep guttering clear; - Mow lawns regularly and clear vegetation areas of moist, tangled undergrowth;

- Make sure openings of septic tanks and water tanks are covered and screened securely.

Important preventative measures include: - Ensuring all doors and windows, including Þ ÕÀ Ìi Ì] >Ã yÞ ÃVÀii } } ` condition; - Protecting your skin from bites by covering up with long sleeves, pants and socks; - Use insect repellents on any exposed skin. (The best repellents contain the chemical ingredients DEET or picaridin).

Most mosquitoes become active around dusk although some species are active also during the day.

The key time to take special care again mosquito bites is just prior to, and for two hours after dusk.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Local News for the Warren Shire WARREN STAR

Federal Budget 2025

Federal Budget 101: spotlight on regional and rural funding aged care assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through respective organisations.

The measure aims to improve culturally safe access pathways to aged care services and support for older First Nations people in regional, remote and very remote communities.

Further to the funding, just over $116 million has been committed in 2025-26 to fully deliver existing and new regulatory functions under the Aged Care Act 2024, through the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission that appropriately costs all of their regulatory activity under the Act. More than one-third of all Australians of all residential and home care aged care services are in regional, rural and remote Australia.

STAFF reporter Sophia McCaughan travelled to Canberra to report on all the major funding announcements from the 2025 Budget last Tuesday, March 25, that will affect regional and rural communities across Australia.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry THE Albanese Government will provide $45.2 million over three years from 2025-26 to support priorities in the agriculture, fi sheries and forestry portfolio.

According to Budget papers, the overall production of the sectors are projected to reach $98 billion in 2025-26.

This is the third highest production value on record and demonstrates the Australian agriculture, fi sheries and forestry sectors are resilient to changes in internal markets, seasonal conditions and input costs.

With approximately 70 per cent of Australian agricultural goods exported, agricultural trade and exports are a source of direct economic job and skill security in regional and remote communities across the country, where agricultural goods are predominantly produced.

The $45.2 million in funding includes $23.8 million over three years from 202526 to sponsor agricultural trade events, $11 million in 2025-26 to continue efforts to reduce the economic and environmental burden of established feral animals, pests and weeds, $6.8 million to the Department to sustain non-regulatory agricultural export and $3.5 million over two years to develop a National Food Security Strategy (NFSS).

The NFSS will position Australia as a regional food superpower, according to the Budget papers, ensuring the success of the nation’s agricultural sector and supply chains while securing our regions by supporting farmers.

The strategy aims to deliver improved agricultural productivity and supply chain resilience, which in turn will provide insights into food price volatility, improve food security, and provide cost-ofliving relief.

Water THE Albanese Government will continue to provide funding over three years from 2025-26 to continue the implementation of the Murray Darling Basin Plan through additional voluntary water purchases that will contribute towards better environmental outcomes under the Basin Plan.

The fi nancial implications were not for publication in the

Education

Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down Labor’s fourth budget in the lead-up to the Federal Election earlier this week.

PHOTO: COMMUNITY RADIO NETWORK NOAH SECOMB.

Budget papers, with the Government saying it would impair the Commonwealth’s position in negotiating contracts.

There has been no funding announced for water infrastructure projects in Western NSW, with funding distributed to projects in Queensland and Tasmania.

However, $21.1 million will be redirected over three years from the 2024-25 financial year from projects not longer proceeding to new water infrastructure projects and repurpose funding provided to support urgent First Nations water infrastructure priorities.

Closing the Gap THE Government will provide just over $506 million over five years from the 2024-25 fi nancial year to achieve better outcomes for First Nations people under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. Some of the initiatives that make up the funding include $33.6 million over two years from 2025-26 to extend the Clontarf Foundation program for the 2026 school year to support school engagement for First Nations young men; $21.8 million over two years from 2025-26 to continue to provide family, domestic and sexual violence services to First Nations women, chil-

dren and communities; and $24.7 million over four years from 2024-25 to improve access to culturally safe and qualified mental health support, including scholarships for up to 150 First Nations psychology students to boost the First Nations healthcare workforce.

Regional and Rural Healthcare REBATES for Bulk Billing Incentive items will continue to scale based on the location of the provider, with practitioners in regional, rural and remote areas able to claim items with higher rebates compared to those working in metropolitan areas.

This means many Medicare-eligible patients bulk billed for a standard general practitioner consult would be eligible for a tripled incentive of $32.50 in regional areas and up to $41.10 in very remote areas — compared to an incentive of $21.35 in metropolitan areas.

The Government is committed to growing Australia’s healthcare workforce with $606.3 million over four years from 2025-25 to strengthen Medicare by delivering more Australian doctors.

This package will increase capacity across the General Practitioner and Rural Generalist training pipelines, with

50 per cent of the additional GP trainee places to be in regional and rural areas.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has also announced an additional 50 Urgent Care Clinics.

He says this brings the total number of facilities to 137 across the country.

“Four in every five Australians will live within a 20-minute drive of an Urgent Care Clinic… taking pressure off hospitals and emergency departments.”

However, the closest Urgent Care Clinic to this shire, and the only one in the Western NSW Local Health District, is located in Bathurst.

Aged Care THE Department of Health and Aged Care develops and delivers evidence-based policy, well-targeted programs, and best practice regulation to achieve better health and wellbeing for all Australians, now and for future generations.

The Budget will build upon the reform to the aged care system that the Australian Government has undertaken.

It will ensure that there is dignity and equitable access for older Australians in regional and rural communities.

The Government has committed just over $60 million over five years from 2025-26 to deliver culturally appropriate

TO support Free TAFE, the Federal Government has introduced legislation that will establish it as an enduring feature of the national Vocational Education and Training system.

The Treasurer says the government is aiming to provide 100,000 free TAFE places annually from 2027.

Currently 35 per cent of existing fee-free TAFE enrolments are in regional locations, and it is anticipated that ongoing fee-free TAFE will have a positive impact on regional Australia by providing high-quality, responsive and accessible education and training to boost productivity and build a skilled workforce in sectors of national priority.

The Albanese Government is also committing $7 million over four years to increase the Living Away from Home Allowance to $120 per week for fi rst-year apprentices, $90 per week for second-year apprentices and $45 per week for third-year apprentices.

Inland Rail THERE was no announcement for additional funding or progress of the Inland Rail project from Narrabri to Narromine.

However, the Albanese Government says work continues to progress the delivery of Inland Rail, with sections between Beveridge in Victoria and Parkes in NSW to be completed in 2027, and design and approvals work underway between Parkes and Ebenezer in Queensland.

In the 2025-26 Budget, the Government has provided $8.5 billion towards 19 million new major road and rail projects and $292.6 million in additional funding for existing projects in regional Australia, with most of those located in Northern Australia.

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WARREN STAR Local News for the Warren Shire Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Federal Budget 2025

More tax cuts announced… but won’t be felt until 2026

By SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN IN its 2025-26 Federal Budget, the Albanese Labor Government announced further tax reform for every Australian taxpayer on top of already existing tax cuts that were rolled out in July last year.

However, taxpayers in Australia will not see the cuts come into effect until July 1, 2026.

According to the Federal Government, every Australian taxpayer will receive an extra tax cut of up to $268 from 2026 and up to $536 every year from July 1, 2027, compared to 2024-25 tax settings.

In 2024, the Government cut two rates and lifted two thresholds to deliver tax cuts for all Australian taxpayers, including cutting the rate that applies to a taxable income earned between $18,201 and $45,000 to 16 per cent.

The 2025-26 Federal Budget handed down earlier this week has announced further tax cuts for Australian taxpayers. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

This week’s announcement means further cuts to income taxes, with the rate being reduced to 15 per cent from July 1, 2026 and further reduced by another one percent to 14 per cent from July 1, 2027.

The average annual tax cut will increase to just over $2,220 in 2026-27 and just over $2,500 in 2027-28.

In real terms, that means the average Australian will be saving around $50 per week.

It will mean a worker on average earnings is expected to pay $30,000 less tax from 2024-25 to 2035-36.

In good news for singles, families, seniors and pensioners, the Medicare levy low-income thresholds will be increased by 4.7 per cent.

Australians on lower incomes will continue to be exempt from paying the Medicare levy, or pay a reduced levy rate

Single Income Case Study

Dual Income Case Study

ELOISE is a high school teacher who lives in regional Australia and earns $90,000 per year.

Under the fi rst round of tax cuts, Eloise pays $1,929 less tax in the 202425 fi nancial year and 2025-26 compared to the 2023-24 tax settings.

When combined with the new tax cuts, this tax saving will grow to nearly $2,500 in the 2027-28 fi nancial year.

This means Eloise will receive an additional tax cut of $536 every year from 2027-28 fi nancial year.

ISHA and Cameron have two children and are working full-time.

Isha is a registered nurse and Cameron is a truck driver, both earning $80,000 per year.

As a result of the Government’s new tax cuts, Isha and Cameron will collectively pay $536 less tax in the 202627 fi nancial year, and $1,072 less tax in the 2027-28 fi nancial year.

Combined with the Federal Government’s fi rst round of tax cuts, Isha and Cameron will collectively pay $4,430 less tax in the 2027-28 fi nancial year, compared to the 2023-24 tax settings.

New scheme to make telcos provide better connectivity

By SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN THE Albanese Government has announced it will introduce a Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation that will require major telecommunication companies to provide access to mobile voice and SMS across regional, rural and remote communities.

The Obligation is expected to commence by late 2027 with the framework legislation to be brought to Parliament later this year.

Despite the announcement made in the Regional Ministerial Budget Statement for the 202526 fi nancial year, there has been no allocation in funding made by the Albanese Government to fund the Obligation.

Telstra, Optus and TPG will be required under the Obligation to ensure that those living in the most rural and remote areas of Australia have some sort of mobile connection to ensure they are able to make phone calls, send

texts and in the case of an emergency, dial Triple Zero.

It comes after the 3G network shutdown in October last year left many residents in rural, regional and remote areas without mobile reception, and despite Telstra promising that those communities would not be adversely impacted by the closure.

In addition to this announcement, the Albanese Government announced $2.2 billion to strengthen regional digital connectivity, including the ambitious Better Connectivity Plan for Regional and Rural Australia, and investment to enhance connectivity and digital inclusion outcomes in remote communities; and a range of initiatives to keep regional, rural and remote Australia connected to metropolitan cities.

In its foreword in the Regional Ministerial Budget Statement, the Federal Government says it will continue to roll out record funding to improve regional telecommunications and data resilience.

PHOTO: PIXABAY.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Local News for the Warren Shire WARREN STAR

Country Press NSW celebrates 125th anniversary with writing competition

By STAFF REPORTERS IN the year 1900, newspapers were the main form of public communication, did you know?

Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson were also making their names as famous bush authors, and Australia’s fi rst print media organisation was founded in 1900.

For 125 years, the member newspapers of Country Press NSW Inc have told the stories of the people of regional NSW. Now it is your chance to be a modern-day Lawson or Paterson by entering Country Press NSW’s state-wide commemorative challenge for creative writing... and maybe even see your story published in the pages of your local newspaper!

The competition has categories for primary school, secondary school, and open age (for adults).

Entries close in early July and will be

judged by the Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW, with results announced in Term 4 this year.

Unlike many other writing competitions which have entry fees attached, Country Press NSW’s writing competition is FREE to enter. There will be a range of prizes provided.

We hope you will spread the word about the competition in your community — especially to those people you know who love to write or might like to pick up a pen.

The entry form for the competition available online, or drop into the office of any masthead that is part of the Country Press NSW network, and pick up a copy.

Country Press NSW affiliated mastheads in central west NSW include those in our newspaper group: Nyngan Weekly, Narromine Star, Gilgandra Weekly, Warren Star, Dubbo Photo News, and Orange City Life.

Virtual healthcare “better than nothing”, but still not good enough for rural communities

A NEW study into the potential benefits of online medical diagnosis and care for country towns like Warren indicates that, while it is better than no treatment at all, it should not be viewed as a cure-all to healthcare deficiencies in the bush.

The research showed that clinicians and health leaders were quite willing to accept a lower standard of care for people in rural and remote areas than in metropolitan areas, because they consider it, “better than nothing,” the report found.

The fi ndings were part of a project that looked at how virtual healthcare and hospitals can im-

prove health outcomes in rural and remote communities, Senior Lecturer in Health Services, Dr Olivia Fisher, based at the Wesley Research Institute, said.

“Every Australian, regardless of postcode, deserves access to high quality healthcare, yet our system has historically accepted ‘better than nothing’ as good enough for rural and remote communities,” Dr Fisher believes.

“This approach is costing lives, with preventable hospitalisations, premature deaths and a life expectancy gap that should outrage every one of us,” she added.

While she explains that virtual healthcare, when done right, has

the potential to save lives by bridging the gap in access, healthcare providers must aim higher than just, ‘good enough for the bush’.

“Virtual services can give hope and access to life-saving healthcare for people outside of the major cities, but we need to address this bias so we’re not accidentally reinforcing the inequities people in rural and remote areas already face,” Dr Fisher argued.

“Your postcode should not determine your health outcomes or your lifespan, every Australian has the right to live a long, healthy life, no matter where they call home,” she concluded.

Next week’s edition will be published on Wednesday.

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“Every Australian, regardless of postcode, deserves access to high-quality healthcare yet, our system has historically accepted ‘better than nothing’ as good enough for rural and remote communities,” Dr Olivia Fisher believes. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

Historical and Family History Society meets again

By PAT CHRISTOFF THE next meeting of the Historical and Family History Society is this Wednesday at Endeavour Hall, and everyone is welcome to attend.

If you haven’t been before, Endeavour Hall is next to the Police Station.

Our guest speaker will be Frances Evans from the Warren Chamber Music Festival, which is happening early next month.

We’re currently working on several projects, including: f Digitising all the society’s photographs. f Researching WWII Servicemen and Women of Warren, Nevertire and Collie. f Updating the cemetery records of Nevertire, Collie and Warren.

If you have an interest in local history and helping preserve the memories of the past for the future, we’re the group you need to join.

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WARREN STAR Local News for the Warren Shire Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Rescued fish returned to MacquarieWambuul River at Warren

The tank carried 18 mature Murray Cod from Narrandera hatchery.

Fishing club members Guy Arrows and Tom Saunders at the Warren release.

NSW Recreational Fishing Advisory Council and Ministerial Fisheries Advisory Council member, Matt Hansen from Dubbo.

From page 1 The Murray Cod broodstock, some more than a metre long and weighing up to 15kgs, have now been returned to the rescue area, with hopes they continue to add to wild spawning events. They are considered the state’s largest freshwater sportfish, according to Minister for Agriculture and Regional NSW, Tara Moriarty.

Return of fish stock to Country JUST as the original rescue effort in 2019 was made possible through extensive collaboration between government and the various communities along the Macquarie-Wambuul River, some of those originally involved in the Warren rescue efforts gathered to celebrate the “Return to Country” of the rescued fi sh locally last week.

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Fisheries staff joined representatives from the Gunningbar Creek Fishing Club for the release at Bob Christensen Reserve.

“There were lots of passionate people who helped rescue these fish in the first

The fish were transported back to Warren in special containers on the back of a DPIRD truck.

A fisheries’ team member releases a metre-long Murray Cod into the river.

place,” explained Lachie Jess from Narrandera Fisheries Centre hatchery.

“These fish were stuck at the tail end of the Macquarie in very low water with low oxygen. They were stressed,” Lachie said.

“They’re [now] back where they came from, where they were born and bred, and they can live out their lives happily in the river,” he added.

“For us to be trusted with these fish and to use them in such important breeding programs is very rewarding for us and especially rewarding to be able to remove them and get them back to where they came from in such good condition,” he added.

Guy Arrows from the Gunningbar Creek Fishing Club described the returning Murray Cod as having been “on a really good wicket” at the Narrandera hatchery, and appeared to have “put on some chub” during their stay.

Local efforts acknowledged IN the initial rescue effort in 2019, DPIRD Fisheries staff had collaborated with traditional owners, local landhold-

ers, recreational fishers, and volunteers from Inland Waterways OzFish and the Sofala Central Acclimatisation Society to source fish from different parts of the struggling drought-stricken waterway.

Gunningbar Creek Fishing Club members were involved in those efforts. Club members Tom Saunders and Guy Arrows acknowledged the efforts of “a few special locals” for their actions in supporting the Fisheries’ rescue mission. “[They] walked this river and found the holes these fish were in. It took them months, so it wasn’t a short process,” Guy explained.

Recalling the very stark drought conditions at the time, which he described as “horrendous”, the Macquarie-Wambuul was severely impacted, he said.

“At that time, there wasn’t a blade of grass [and] you could see from one side of the river to the other without [any water] in between. Just sticks and dirt. No animals,” he said.

“It was really sad in 2019 to see some fish dying, and it was good to have the community back on board and doing heaps to get this [rescue] happening.

“We did three fish rescues,

Lachie Jess from the NSW Government’s Narrandera Fisheries Centre. PHOTOS: WARREN STAR. saved hundreds of fish, turtles, mussels and a lot of other things in the environment that needed rescuing,” Guy added.

Five years on, conditions are totally different now in the river, allowing the safe release of the returned fish to their original marine environment.

“With better river management, we might be able to avoid [having to do this again] in the future,” he concluded.

Fantastic results DUBBO realtor and longtime fishing enthusiast, Matt Hansen, was unable to attend the Warren release in person last week due to illness.

A member of NSW Recreational Fishing Advisory Council and the Ministerial Fisheries Advisory Council, Matt applauded the work undertaken during and since the drought to save the fish stock and replenish the recovering river.

“The fish rescues back in 2019 achieved fantastic results in helping save these iconic native fish from the impacts of an intense drought,” he said.

“To see these fish returned back to their home waters marks the culmination of an outstanding collaboration be-

tween local fishos and DPIRD Fisheries,” he added.

“Knowing that these fish produced literally millions of juveniles during their time at Narrandera hatchery – with the juveniles being stocked back into the river in recent years – makes all the work we did back in the drought even more significant.

“I hope the returned rescued fish will continue to contribute to stocks in the Macquarie River for many years to come.”

Minister Moriarty was equally impressed with her department’s efforts in assisting locals with the fish rescue.

“The NSW Government is pleased to be able to return these rescued native fish back to their home waters in the State’s Central West – a great example of the government working with local communities to deliver results for inland fisheries,” she said.

“The DPIRD Native Fish Stocking Program plays a vital role in not only improving recreational fishing opportunities but also delivers conservation outcomes, employment and subsequent economic benefits that have grown in response to the activity over many years,” the minister concluded.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Local News for the Warren Shire WARREN STAR

Political News & Opinion ROY’S OY’S ROUND-UP OUND-UP Comment mment by ROY Y BUTLER, State te Member for Barwon

G’day folks, A DOUBLE sitting week in Parliament, and there were some interesting things happening in those two weeks.

One of the most notable was the presentation of the petition to save Wee Waa Hospital, followed the next week by a debate on the petition. But I also gave evidence to the Power Outage Inquiry, had some productive meetings with ministers, and attended a few events.

This week I am heading out around the electorate again.

Where possible, I will be taking a look at some of the flooded areas around Narrabri and Wee Waa, along with planned meetings in both towns.

In the coming weeks, I will be accompanying the Roads and Regional Transport Minister on a long trip through Barwon.

Far West Power Outage Inquiry IN the fi rst week back in Parliament, I gave evidence at the inquiry into the power outages in Broken Hill and other Far West communities. Conducted by the Committee on Environment and Planning, chaired by Member for Cessnock, Clayton Barr, the inquiry is looking into the preparation and mitigation strategies of electricity providers and the response by government agencies.

In my opening statement, I talked about how in the initial phase of the emergency, there were problems with people planning but not making decisions, also that communications — vital in a crisis when you need reliable, up-to-date information — were hampered by the lack of connectivity brought on by back-up systems failing.

I also talked about how my team were able to provide response teams with contacts to reach-out to the community, also how the community pulled together during the emergency, and I discussed some of what is currently in place, but what more is needed for backing up power in the far west.

I look forward to seeing the committee’s report.

Volunteer of the Year Awards OFTEN we don’t think of how much volunteers contribute to society. Whether it be in emergency services, in schools, hospitals, charities, running big community events, or taking part in a multitude of other unpaid roles, they are always there making the world a better place.

They come from all walks of life and fulfi ll a vast range of

roles, a lot of which most people don’t hear about.

But they don’t do it for the glory, and they often don’t get the recognition they deserve, so I am urging people to think of a volunteer they know or have heard about and nominate them for the Volunteer of the Year Award.

Nominations close in late May.

Petition for Wee Waa Hospital RECENTLY we heard news that Hunter New England Local Health District (HNE LHD) had restored Wee Waa Hospital to normal operating hours in response to the flood emergency. The hospital has been operating at “temporarily reduced hours” since May 2023.

But HNE LHD said that they are only “temporarily extending the operating hours of Wee Waa Hospital” and that those “extended hours” would end

by March 31.

This raises two issues: First, to say they were “extending” the operating hours for this brief period, makes it sound like the reduced hours are the normal operating hours. Second, if they are so easily able to extend the hours now, why couldn’t they do it any time over the last two years?

During the sitting weeks, the “Save Wee Waa Hospital” group, headed by Narrabri Mayor, Councillor Darrell Tiemens, travelled to NSW Parliament to present me with a petition of nearly 12,000 signatures. As I said, Wee Waa Hospital has been at “temporarily reduced” opening hours for two years, and Hunter New England Local Health District has failed to recruit the health staff needed to return it to full operational hours.

The Petition asks for the hospital to be provided with an “onsite doctor”; for the restoration of 24-hour operation including emergency services, inpatient beds (general medicine, rehabilitation, respite, and palliative care), outpatient services, and primary and community health care services”; and for monthly reporting from the Hunter New England Health district to the Minister, myself, and the Mayor of Narrabri on the status of the hospital, until it is restored to 24hour operation.

Petitions are a way of putting an issue before Parliament, because when a paper petition gathers more than 10,000 signatures (20,000 for online petitions) and is presented to Parliament it can trigger a debate. While the debate doesn’t actually compel the government to do anything, it does raise awareness.

Sometimes it can take weeks or months from the time of the petition being handed over to the time it is debated, but in this case, the debate took place the next week. The Mayor returned to Parliament for the debate, accompanied by representatives from the Save Wee Waa Hospital group.

It was a respectful debate, all speakers were united in wanting to see the hospital re-

turn to normal operations, although there were some differing opinions on how that should happen.

I want to thank my parliamentary colleagues for their contributions — including the Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh; the Member for the Blue Mountains, Trish Doyle; the Member for Wagga, Dr Joe McGirr; the Member for Northern Rivers, Brendan Moylan; the Member for Tamworth, Kevin Anderson; and the Health Minister, Ryan Park.

The next steps are the Independent Inquiry into Hunter New England and the decisions it made in closing the hospital, which will reveal the decision-making process of the executive. There is also a bill before the House to split the Hunter New England LHD, which would give the New England region back some control over its health services.

The hospital is a vital medical hub of a much larger area, if it continues to operate at reduced hours, it will cost lives.

With everything that is happening — the bill, the debate, the petition, and the independent review — the priority is to get a solution that will get the hospital back to serving the community as it should. I am working with people to make submissions to the independent inquiry and the inquiry into my bill. With what we reveal about Hunter New England’s decision-making processes, we will bring about some positive change.

Census Data letting us down DURING the sitting weeks in March, I delivered a Private Member’s Statement on a not-too-sexy topic — census data! The last census was in 2021, and it was a bit of a dog’s breakfast.

In Barwon, there were people who never received their forms, some were delivered to the wrong places, there were people who, due to poor connectivity, were unable to fi ll out the form online.

The last census was also conducted just before the economic upturn from the recovery of country areas after the drought, and the effects of people making a tree change because of Covid. The problem is that planning decisions are being made by government agencies based on the erroneous census data. This is something I have spoken about before, but it is worth revisiting, because nothing has changed.

Government agencies still rely on outdated data to plan how to budget for and resource regional areas.

In my speech, I talked about some of the data that we could be looking at to tell us about how the population has changed since the census, including mobile phone connections, accommodation numbers, rental markets, even people filling-up on petrol on the way to a particular destination.

We need to get better at collecting this sort of data, none

of which needs to identify individuals, but will give us a sense of how many people are in a given place at a given time. Particularly during big events like the St Pat’s Day Races at Broken Hill, when thousands more people are in the city, but there are no provisions made for putting extra shifts on for ambulance workers, for example.

Big cities can usually absorb a few thousand extra people at a time, but it will often overwork the existing resources of a rural or remote town.

We need better, more accurate and up-to-date information, so that we can properly plan, we can’t just wait for the next census.

Notice of Motion on vehicle tax change IT seems a bit of no-brainer to say that there are many aspects of life that differ for people living in the country, but it is always worth reminding Parliament of some of the specifics. For one thing, living in the bush means having to buy vehicles capable of driving on unsealed country roads and of negotiating the landscape on properties where there are no established byways.

People in the country need mostly heavier 4WD drive vehicles, which also means they end-up paying higher taxes and fuel costs.

To help raise some awareness of this during the March sitting period, I moved a notice of motion in the NSW Legislative Assembly asking that the House: 1. Acknowledges that many people in the bush need to drive heavier, 4WD vehicles, just to get around.

2. Agrees that people in regional NSW pay more fuel excise through driving bigger vehicles and driving longer distances.

3. Notes that incomes in regional NSW are lower than in Sydney or most of the east coast.

4. Asks that weight-based vehicle tax be capped for specific regional postcodes to reflect a standard sedan vehicle weight tax.

But it won’t end with a Notice of Motion. I am also having a bill drafted to reflect this motion.

Bush Babies Matter THIS week, I met with Jen Laurie, a mental health professional who runs “HerHerd”, a practice supporting rural women on the various stages of their motherhood journey. Jen’s practice is based in Armidale and Uralla, but she reaches out much further through Telehealth.

Jen has recently launched a petition titled “Bush Babies Matter” asking for a restoration of maternity services in the bush.

This is a cause that is of particular concern in Barwon, where there are few places that a woman can confidently give birth. It is something I have spoken on before in Parliament and I hope to see the petition gain enough signa-

tures to bring it back before the Legislative Assembly.

I will be helping Jen in any way I can, and I urge you to sign the petition.

UK reception DURING the sitting weeks, there are usually a few events being run by Parliamentary Friends groups. These groups allow people in various industries or organisations to meet with parliamentarians and to have informal discussions, or to give some idea of the products or services the industries or organisations offer.

One of the events I went to, was a Parliamentary Friends of the UK reception held at the UK Consulate, hosted by the UK Consul General, Louise Cantillon, and the Deputy Consul General, Ed Kitt.

As most people would be aware, NSW shares a lot of heritage with the UK. Cultural, economic, and political ties remain strong, since the fi rst British arrived here more than two centuries ago.

At the reception, one of the speakers talked about some of our interesting historical ties, including one of my political predecessors — Edward Buller Lytton Dickens, the son of great English novelist, Charles Dickens, who occupied the seat of Wilcannia (which covered a part of what is now Barwon) from 1889–1894.

Events like this reinforce those ties. Consulates have a focus on the relationship between nations and states in regard to trade, education and other collaboration and partnership opportunities.

It was good to catch up again with Ed, who will be visiting Barwon in May. It was nice to also enjoy some of the Consulate’s hospitality before Ed heads out west to enjoy some of Barwon’s.

There were some delicious traditional English nibbles on offer, some entertainment from a piper playing bagpipes, a spectacular view above Sydney, and some great company.

I want to thank Louise, Ed, and the co-chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of the UK, Hugh McDermott, and Legislative Council President, Ben Franklin.

Royal Lifesaving ANOTHER Parliamentary Friends event held during the sitting period was “130 Years of Royal Life Saving”, hosted by the Parliamentary Friends of Aquatic Recreation, of which I am Chair. The event celebrated the milestone that Royal Life Saving has been teaching people to swim, saving lives, and educating people about water safety for an impressive 130 years.

One of their messages was about the rise in drownings over past summer and that we need to increase swimming education, which has waned in this country over the last few years for a number of reasons, including children missing vital lessons due to the pandemic and the shortage of adult swimming instructors across the country.

Continued next page

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WARREN STAR Local News for the Warren Shire Wednesday, April 2, 2025 At the function, CEO Michael Linsky said: “Everyone deserves the right to swim in our waterways” and to be safe doing it. Unfortunately, more people (especially young blokes) drown in inland waterways. Something we need to improve.

Special guests included Olympic diver, Sam Fricker and Premier Chris Minns who presented Sam with a bronze medal and a reproduction of the certificate that was presented to people who completed the Royal Life Saving swimming course over a cen-

tury ago.

Here’s to another 130 years of Royal Life Saving! It is an important organisation doing some great work!

Firearms Notice of Motion FIREARMS are a fact of life in NSW, especially in regional areas where they are an essential tool for dealing with feral pests and for other purposes. But despite rarely being a problem in terms of gun-related crime, law-abiding fi rearms owners (or “LAFOs”) are often

associated with criminal use of fi rearms.

People’s perceptions are often influenced by a Hollywood view of fi rearms, what they see in fi lms or on television, which can affect policy directed at LAFOs. My Notice of Motion asked Parliament for a fairer and more respectful deal for LAFOs.

LAST week in Parliament, I paid tribute to Wally Mitchell, the former Mayor of Bourke, who is a bit of a legend in the region. Wally was the longest

serving councillor on Bourke Council for 38 years before his retirement in 2012,12 of which he spent as Mayor.

His life has long been dedicated to his community.

He was a founding member of the Isolated Children’s Parents Association and was also a board member of the Rural Counselling service for 19 years. He is the last surviving inaugural committee member of Louth Turf Club and is still active in the club.

Has been an active member, and still is, of Louth Chamber of Commerce for many years

f The next federal election is on May 3. Have you enrolled to vote, or, if you’ve recently moved to the Warren Shire, have you updated your enrolment with the Australian Electoral Commission? Enrolments or changes need to be made by Monday night, April 7, to cast your vote on May 3. f Exciting news that the Carinda Hotel has new owners. Will you be getting on out there for a bevvy or a meal? Drop us a line. f The Warren Shire Library now offers the “uLibrary” service which en-

ables patrons to access e-books and audiobooks.

You need a library card number and pin to access the collection via the uLibrary app or your computer browser and can borrow up to four titles at a time. Titles can be streamed or downloaded for offl ine use when you’re away from WiFi. f Soccer registrations are now open for Warren Junior Soccer. Contact the club for details. f Gilgandra Film Festival is on from May 2-3 and promises two unforgettable nights of documentary magic. Get

Wally Mitchell

and is still carrying-out voluntary community work in Louth village.

In recognition of everything he has done for Bourke, he was named Bourke’s Citizen of the Year in 2018 and, in 2019, awarded an Order of Australia.

There is probably not a person in the Bourke district whose life has not been affected positively in some way

by Wally. I congratulate Wally on his lifetime of achievement. Thanks for your unselfish and tireless service to your community.

What’s on in Warren?

W HERE we are once again, giving you a snapshot of what’s happening around the Warren Shire. The challenge for you is to investigate further anything you’d like to know more about, and support those local activities and events. Here’s what we know is happening in the shire and beyond. f The Clubhouse Cafe is selling ice cream, did you know? Get into Warren’s newest establishment, which is open seven days a week, and enjoy delicious ice cream, among other things.

f There is still time to view Pauline Griffiths’ art exhibition at the WAM. It’s great!

Have you stopped by to take a look? f Speaking of art exhibitions, Jude Fleming has one on in Gilgandra until late April. “For the Love of Country” will run at the Cooee Centre, and there is a midday ‘fi nale’ taking place on April 26. Worth the drive! f On Saturday, April 12, Warren’s Victoria Oval will be the venue for the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League senior rugby league knockout. Are you going?

ready for a weekend fi lled with entertainment and cinematic wonders. f Warren & District Junior League starts training from today at Victoria Oval. f Music-lovers might want to head to the Warren Chamber Music Festival, which is also on early next month.

There will be four spectacular world-class concerts with the fi nest musicians from across the southern hemisphere at the festival, running from May 1-4. Are you going?

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Classroom News

Netball, rugby league tryouts at St Mary’s

Year 5/6 netball students from St Mary’s Parish School recently travelled to Parkes to trial. From left, Patsy Barrett, Amelia Williams, and Maggie Brennan.

A NUMBER of sporty Year 5/6 students from St Mary’s Parish School last Wednesday travelled to Parkes to trial for the WF Netball and Rugby League representative teams.

The pupils gave it their all and, by displaying good sportsmanship and effort throughout, represented St Mary’s with pride, a School spokesperson said.

“We’re excited to share that a few of our students have now progressed to the next level — what an achievement!

“Well done to everyone who participated — Patsy, Amelia, Maggie, Mac, Chlex, Will, and Ollie — you should all be very proud,” they concluded.

PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

WCS canteen calls for volunteers

Will Austin, Chlex Deguit, Mac McMillan, and Oliver Whiteley recently travelled to Parkes to trial for the WF Rugby League representative teams.

Moorambilla Voices program visits WCS

By TESS VAN LUBECK THE Warren Central School Parent and Citizen Association (P&C) is on the look out for local volunteers to help head cook Glen Darcy in the school’s canteen.

The P&C-run initiative hopes to secure assistance to ease the workload on Mr Darcy, and ensure the quality and efficiency of food service in the canteen.

Assistance in the canteen on any school day is appreciated, but Fridays are particularly busy days, the Warren Star understands. On Fridays, the busy period stretches between 9:30am to 1:30pm.

Canteen volunteers must have a Working with Children Check (WWCC), which is free for Australian volunteers. Further information about volunteering at the canteen and what is required, contact Warren Central School, the P&C, or Mr Darcy.

Pressure on school canteens not new LAST September, the Federation of Canteens in Schools (FOCIS) told SBS that the same pressures impact staffing of school canteens across the country.

Traditionally, many school canteens have been supported by volunteers providing assistance, but changing social dynamics have meant that parents and caregivers may not have the same availability to volunteer today.

Cost pressures including the price of food, as well as meeting legislative and nutritional requirements, also impacted school canteens nationwide.

A FOCIS spokesperson told SBS that “the federation is concerned ‘that having access to a canteen in schools is going to become a thing of the past’.”

Dusty Langby and George Denston, singing up a storm with Moormabilla Voices Michelle Leonard (OAM).

Michelle Leonard (OAM) helps Year 3–5 boys and girls sing to the stars.

Michelle Leonard (OAM) with singing students, Olivia Hall, Hailey O’Hara, and Kiara Forbes.

Michelle Leonard (OAM), seen here with Toby Williams, Brody Darlington, Ben Oriel, and Jack Walker.

Students of the Week, Primary, Bridie Johnson, Jade Hall, Douglas Rootes, Ed Robertson, and Frankie Darcy.

MOORAMBILLA Voices — the award-winning creative performance group that provides music and arts education programs for children in regional and remote Australia — paid a special visit to Warren Central School last week.

Founder, Artistic Director, and Conductor of Moorambilla Voices, Michelle Leonard OAM spoke to primary and secondary students at the

Student of the Week, Secondary, at Warren Central School, Breanna Boyd. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

school about music and her work with Moorambilla Voices, which involves forming inspiring choirs with youth from regional NSW and celebrates 20 years in 2025.

Michelle also guided the students, ranging from Years 3–10, through stories, vocal warm ups, and call responses, to enhance their singing skills for the choir.

Selected students will now also

receive an invitation to join Moorambilla Voices for the 2025 concert series.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for students to develop skills and passion for arts,” a School spokesperson said.

The weekly awards were also presented to outstanding students.

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Sport

Footys’s back: Baradine hosts Castlereagh League kick-off!

By BRYSON LUFF BARADINE Sportsground is the venue for the much anticipated kick-off for the 2025 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League season, with the Magpies hosting the annual League Tag Knockout on Saturday, April 5.

All 10 clubs in this year’s comp will be in action with the fi rst blockbuster involving the home team up against last year’s grand fi nalists, the Coolah Kangaroos from 11am. This match should create a lot of interest and set the scene for what will be a jampacked day of action, with 14 games to be played culminating with the fi nal which will commence at 3.40pm.

Warren Bulldogs, in what is their comeback season after an absence of some seven years, will have their first official Castlereagh League outing against Coonamble at 12 midday.

Narromine Jets will also start their 2024 premiership defence, when they take the field at 12.20pm, lining up

Narromine are defending champions for both the Castlereagh League Ladies League Tag knockout and the Premiership proper. They will be one of 10 teams in action as the 2025 pre-season commences with Castlereagh League Ladies League Tag Knockout kicking-off at Baradine on Saturday, April 5. PHOTO: SUPPLIED. against the Gulgong Terriers, hoping to repeat their effort from last year when they commenced their winning

campaign by taking home the knockout shield.

ed that it was good to get the 2025 season underway.

Castlereagh League Chairman, Chris Deighton, indicat-

“It looks like another great year for the Castlereagh com-

Warren teens row for Kinross Wolaroi at nationals

LADIES GOLF

Great weather for golf… until it wasn’t

By THE DIRTY BIRDIE

Warren rowers Jane Bruce, Katie Lawler and Emily Wise attended the 2025 Australian Rowing Championships in Tasmania late last month. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

Emily Wise (second from left) rowing for Kinross Wolaroi School.

By TESS VAN LUBECK SEVERAL local Warren girls enjoyed success last week after travelling all the way to Tasmania for the 2025 Australian Rowing Championships.

Katie Lawler, Emily Wise, and Jane Bruce have all been training hard at Kinross Wolaroi School (KWS), Orange, under the guidance of “Quads” Coach, Emma Fessey for the competition held on Lake Barrington in late March.

Emily and Katie competed in the under 17 school girls coxed quad scull completing in two events. In the 500 sprint Emily won gold and

Jane placed fifth in the 2000 metre ‘A’ finale.

Katie’s crew came in at fi fth position in their race.

Jane, the “cox” (short for ‘coxswain’, the crew member who doesn’t row, but is responsible for steering, coordinating the crew’s effort, and making strategic decisions during a race) for the Boys’ Quadruple Scull, placed fi fth in that event. This crew was also placed in the top three for some sprint races on Saturday.

Emily and Jane have been selected to take part in the prestigious NSW Rowing pathways program to be held at Penrith international rowing centre in mid-April.

petition, and it is always great to see the knockouts roll around each year because they signal that the kick-off to the competition proper is not far away,” Mr Deighton said.

In fact, the fi rst round of the competition is set down for Saturday, April 26, but the knockout action will continue on Saturday, April 12, when Warren’s Victoria Oval will be the venue for the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League senior rugby league knockout.

There will be no action over the Easter break.

Meanwhile, the Gilgandra Panthers have reported improved player attendance at training after a positive session on Tuesday, March 25 with good numbers.

Now the club was asking those players that attended to register for the season ahead by today (Tuesday, April 1).

The Panthers will meet tomorrow night (Wednesday, April 2) to confirm if they will field a men’s first grade side in the 2025 Castlereagh League competition.

LAST Wednesday was set to be a perfect day for golf, with 12 players ready to take on our beautifully manicured course, its greens lush and inviting — a golfer’s dream under the midweek sun.

An 18-hole Stableford was played, with Rob Downey coming out victorious on a count back from Deb Kentwell, both on 31, with Josie Cosgrove taking third place.

Nearest-the-Pin (NTP) was won by Deb Kentwell, while golf balls went to Rob, Deb, Josie, Val and Jamie.

Congratulations, ladies!

Nature had other plans on Saturday, however, for the Leanne Carey Trophy Day — an 18-hole Stableford.

As Saturday arrived, so did the rain… steady and undeniably beautiful in its own way, but not great for golf. The play was cancelled, yes, but it was

not really a disappointment.

Sometimes, even in the game of golf, nature’s own rhyme reminds us to pause, appreciate and simply enjoy the moment.

Upcoming events THIS week we have the April medal, second round LGU, an 18-hole Stroke event; the Warren Narromine Challenge Cup this weekend, and an Individual Stableford sponsored by Three Rivers Machinery.

Golfing tips PUTTING… don’t walk in someone’s line or stand in a spot that will cast your shadow into someone else’s line, as it’s distracting.

Unless you’re playing “ready golf” , the farthest player from the hole putts fi rst.

Try not to walk while someone’s putting, unless you can do it very quietly!

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Local News for the Warren Shire WARREN STAR

Puzzles No. 274

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SUNDAY, APRIL 6

SATURDAY, APRIL 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 4

THURSDAY, APRIL 3

Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Back Roads. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Miniseries: Best Interests. 2.00 Grand Designs Australia.

2.55 Back Roads. 3.25 Grand Designs.

4.15 Long Lost Family. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. 6.25 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 Restoration Australia. Return. 9.00 Grand Designs Australia. 10.00 Grand Designs Revisited. 10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 The Business. 11.20 Darby And Joan. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 MOVIE: The Sisterhood. (2019) 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 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly.

8.30 Britain’s Got Talent.

9.45 The Amazing Race.

11.15 The Chernobyl Disaster. 12.15 Damnation. 1.30 Harry’s Practice. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Death She Wrote. (2021) 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 5. Canberra Raiders v Cronulla Sharks.

9.55 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.40 9News Late. 11.10 Outback Opal Hunters.

12.05 Next Stop. 12.35 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Bold. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Ent. Tonight. 10.20 Airborne: Nature In Our Skies. 11.30 Judge Judy. 12.00 GCBC. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 News. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 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 Gogglebox Australia.

8.30 Taskmaster Australia. 9.40 Law & Order: SVU. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.55 Alone Australia. 3.00 Where Are You Really From? 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Finding Your Roots.

8.30 Sydney’s Super Tunnel. Return. 9.30 Virdee. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Breaking Point. 11.55 Blinded. 1.40 Hugh’s Wild West. 3.45 Inside The Modelling Agency. 4.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Escape To The Country.

2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 The Force: Behind The Line. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Storage Wars: New York. 4.00 Mountain Men. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Football. AFL. Round 4. Collingwood v Carlton. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show.

11.00 Kick Ons. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

8.30 Beat Bugs. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Dancing With The Stars: All Stars. 3.30 Jabba’s Movies School Holiday Special.

4.00 Anh Does Vietnam. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 8.30 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping.

8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 The Ex-Wife. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Blue Bloods. 10.20 Fire Country.

11.15 Jake And The Fatman. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier.

3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier.

11.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2.50 Doctor Who. 3.35 A Bite To Eat. 4.05 QI. 4.35 MythBusters. 5.25 Heartbreak High. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.30 Gruen. 10.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 5.50 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.05 Odd Squad.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures.

7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.25 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 10.05 Merlin. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour.

7.00 ABC 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 Australian Story. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

11.30 My Favorite Martian.

12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.50 Yes Minister. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Carry On Cowboy. (1965) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Emergency.

9.30 A+E After Dark. 10.30 My Feet Are Killing Me. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.15 Planet A. 2.45 Insight. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.50 History’s Crazy Rich Ancients. 6.15 Over The Black Dot. 6.45 Travel Man. 7.15 Jeopardy! 7.45 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 10.10 The UnXplained With William Shatner. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Poh’s Kitchen. 10.30 The Pacific. 11.00 ANZAC Battlefields. New. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Unforgotten. 2.00 Grand Designs Australia. 3.00 Back Roads. 3.30 Grand Designs Revisited. 4.15 Long Lost Family. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz.

7.00 ABC News. 7.35 Gardening Australia.

8.35 Under The Vines. Final. 9.20 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.50 Hard Quiz. 10.20 Melbourne Comedy Festival Allstars Supershow. 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 MOVIE: Fatal Following. (2021) René Ashton, Jacey Nichole. 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: Pitch Perfect. (2012) 10.50 The Americas.

12.00 MOVIE: Trapped Daughter. (2021) 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Murder At The Country Club. (2023) 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 5. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Sydney Roosters. 9.55 Golden Point.

10.45 MOVIE: The Foreigner. (2017) Jackie Chan. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Bold. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Ent. Tonight. 10.20 Australian Survivor. 11.30 Judge Judy. 12.00 GCBC. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 News. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune.

2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Family Feud. 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. Women’s international friendly.

Australia v Korea Republic. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 Sam Pang Tonight. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Queen’s Guard: A Year In Service. 3.00 Nula. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.10 Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Hunt For Cleopatra’s Missing Tomb. 8.25 Bettany Hughes’ Lost Worlds: Nabataeans. 9.25 Scotland’s Scenic Railways. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 A Body That Works. 11.50 Romulus. 1.40 Hugh’s Wild West. 2.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep.

2.30 Sydney Weekender. 3.00 DVine Living. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Nature Gone Wild. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Storage Wars: New York. 4.00 Mountain Men. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 4.

Geelong v Melbourne. 10.30 AFL PostGame Show. 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Dancing With The Stars: All Stars. 3.30 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success.

4.30 Frogger. 5.30 The Amazing Race.

7.00 MOVIE: Babe: Pig In The City. (1998) 8.55 MOVIE: Tooth Fairy. (2010) Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd. 10.55 MOVIE: Fatherhood. (2021) 1.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping.

8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 The Ex-Wife. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman.

3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Fire Country. 11.15 Jake And The Fatman. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Rules Of Engagement.

1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker.

2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement.

4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Friends. 7.30 MOVIE: Bounce. (2000) 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.10 ER. 2.55 Doctor Who. 3.40 Would I Lie To You? 4.10 MythBusters. 5.00 Heartbreak High. 6.30 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: A Time To Kill.

(1996) Samuel L. Jackson. 10.55 ER. 11.40 Rage. 12.45 Breeders. 1.30 Extras. 2.00 QI. 2.30 ER. 3.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures.

8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.30 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”.

8.55 Robot Wars. 9.55 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament Of Houses. 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

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

6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.35 ABC Evening News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.00 The World. 9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 ABC Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 A+E After Dark. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: On The Fiddle. (1961) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 West Coast Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: My Big Fat Greek Wedding. (2002) Nia Vardalos, John Corbett. 10.30 MOVIE: Wedding Daze.

(2006) 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.20 The Beach. Final.

2.55 Vegan Vigilantes. 3.10 Over The Black Dot. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.40 History’s Crazy Rich Ancients. 6.05 If You Are The One. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Secrets Of Polygamy. New. 10.10 Secrets Of Playboy.

11.00 Pose. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage Charts. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Death In Paradise. 1.30 Darby And Joan. 2.15 Under The Vines.

Final. 3.00 Dinosaurs Of The Frozen Continent. 3.50 A Life In Ten Pictures.

4.45 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli.

5.15 Landline. 5.40 Australian Story. 6.15 Father Brown. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Death In Paradise.

8.30 Vera.

10.00 Unforgotten.

10.50 Boat Story. 11.45 Rage.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 Horse Racing. The Star Championships Day and Caulfield Race 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: Central Intelligence. (2016) Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart. 9.45 MOVIE: Battle Los Angeles. (2011) Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez. 12.10 Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney. 1.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Getaway. 6.30 A Current Affair.

7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 My Way. 1.00 Let’s Eat With George. 1.40 MOVIE: Uptown Girls. (2003) 3.30 The Hundred With Andy Lee. 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. 8.30 MOVIE: Black Adam. (2022) Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, Aldis Hodge. 10.50 MOVIE: Shazam! (2019) 1.10 Let’s Eat With George. 1.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Australian Survivor. 12.00 Intrepid Adventures.

12.30 Australia By Design: Architecture.

1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. 1.30 Frugal Foodie. 2.00 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass.

2.30 Taste Of Aus: BBQ. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Dog House Australia. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. 8.30 Gogglebox Australia. 9.30 Ambulance Australia. 10.30 Elsbeth. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Figure Skating. ISU World Championships.

Highlights. 4.30 Heroines. 5.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 5.30 WWII War Machine. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Wonders Of Europe. 8.30 Blenheim: The People Behind The Palace. 9.25 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy. 10.15 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. 11.15 Paris Paris. 1.45 Bamay. 5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

3.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.00 Escape To The Country. 5.00 Horse Racing. The Star Championships Day and Caulfield Race Day. 6.00 Dog Patrol. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 I Escaped To The Country.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.00 The 4WD Adventure Show. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Motor Racing.

Shannons SpeedSeries. Round 1. Day 1.

5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Pawn Stars.

7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 8.30 Football. AFL. Round 4. North Melbourne v Sydney. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 12.00 Dream Home. 1.40 Holey Moley Australia. Final. 3.10 My France With Manu. 4.10 Dodger. 5.15 MOVIE: The Tiger Rising. (2022) 7.30 MOVIE: Jumanji.

(1995) Robin Williams. 9.35 MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty. (2013) Ben Stiller. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

10.00 JAG. 12.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 4.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 25. Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners. 7.00 Football Tonight. 7.25 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 25. Adelaide United v Sydney FC. 10.00 NCIS. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. 8.30 Wheel Of Fortune. 10.00 Ridiculousness. 11.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 11.30 Deal Or No Deal. 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Ridiculousness. 3.00 Frasier.

4.00 Friends. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory.

10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 12.30 South Park. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.40 Extras. 3.10 Doctor Who. 3.55 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 4.40 MythBusters. 5.30 Heartbreak High. 7.00 Spicks And Specks.

7.30 QI. 8.00 Live At The Apollo. 8.50 Melbourne Comedy Festival Allstars Supershow. 10.50 ER. 11.35 Rage. 12.40 Heartbreak High. 1.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.10 Kangaroo Beach. 5.50 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.05 Riley Rocket.

7.30 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 8.10 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament Of Houses. 8.50 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.35 Speechless. 9.55 Officially Amazing. 10.25 Dragon Ball Super. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 News. 2.30 Breakfast Couch. 3.00 News. 3.30 If You’re Listening.

4.00 News. 4.30 TBA. 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. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.15 MOVIE: The Brigand Of Kandahar. (1965) 3.00 MOVIE: The Day The Earth Caught Fire. (1961) 5.00 MOVIE: Vera Cruz. (1954) 7.00 Rugby Union.

Super Rugby Pacific. Round 8. Western Force v Highlanders. 9.30 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 9.45 MOVIE: Rocky Balboa. (2006) 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.35 Ten Year Old Tom. 3.05 Video Killed The Radio Star.

3.40 WorldWatch. 5.35 Over The Black Dot. 6.05 Our Law. 6.40 Engineering Tomorrow. 7.35 Impossible Engineering.

8.30 Special Forces: Most Daring Missions. New. 10.30 Eternal You: Artificial Intelligence. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Insiders. 10.30 Offsiders. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Monty Don’s French Gardens. 3.30 Grand Designs Revisited. 4.30 Restoration Australia.

5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Compass.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Darby And Joan.

8.15 Unforgotten. 9.05 Boat Story. 10.05 MOVIE: Ali’s Wedding. (2017) Osamah Sami. 11.50 You Can’t Ask That. 12.25 Rage. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 1.00 Football.

AFL. Round 4. GWS Giants v West Coast.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Australian Idol. 8.40 7NEWS Spotlight.

9.40 Waco Untold: The British Stories.

New. 12.00 The Bay. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Hello SA. 6.30 A Current Affair. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

1.00 Fish Forever. 1.30 Drive TV: Drive Car Of The Year. 2.00 Adelaide Motor Festival. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 5. Manly Sea Eagles v Melbourne Storm.

6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 Married At First Sight. 8.50 60 Minutes. 9.50 9News Late. 10.20 See No Evil. 11.20 The First 48. 12.10 Adelaide Motor Festival. 1.05 Destination WA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 GCBC. 9.00 Freshly Picked. 9.30 Loving Gluten Free. 10.00 Farm To Fork. 10.30 Are You RV Safe? 11.00 My Market Kitchen. 11.30 Buy To Build. 12.00 Australian Survivor.

1.10 GCBC. 1.30 Cook With Luke. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet. 2.30 Expedition: Australia’s West Coast. 3.00 4x4 Adventures. 4.00 All 4 Adventure. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 The Sunday Project.

7.00 Australian Survivor. 8.30 Matlock.

9.30 FBI. 11.20 Sunday Project. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Figure Skating. ISU World C’ships. H’lights. 4.00 Sailing. SailGP. H’lights. 5.00 Heroines.

5.30 WWII War Machine. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Ancient Empires. New. 9.25 Maya: The Fall Of An Empire. 10.30 Mayhem: Secret Lives Of Georgian Kings. 11.25 Rebel With A Cause. 12.25 Empires Of New York. 2.55 Britain’s Great Outdoors. 3.25 Fergal Keane: Living With PTSD. 4.25 Bamay. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 4.30 I Escaped To The Country. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.30 Motor Racing. Shannons SpeedSeries. Round 1. Day 2. 5.00 Hustle & Tow. 6.00 Border Security: International. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: The King’s Man. (2021) Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton. 11.10 MOVIE: Morbius. (2022) 1.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.10 My France With Manu.

2.00 Home And Away. 4.00 Australian Idol. 5.00 Jabba’s Movies School Holiday Special. 5.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 6.30 Puppy School. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Bones. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 Roads Less Travelled. 12.00 Navigating The World. 1.00 Diagnosis Murder. 2.00 JAG. 3.00 Top Gear Australia. 4.30 Australian Survivor. 5.30 Diagnosis Murder. 6.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 SEAL Team. 11.15 Blue Bloods. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

8.00 Frasier. 10.00 Ridiculousness. 11.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Ridiculousness.

3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Friends. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Ridiculousness. 12.00 South Park. 12.30 Home Shopping. 1.30 South Park. 3.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.40 Doctor Who. 3.25 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.40 MythBusters. 5.30 Heartbreak High. 7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Louis Theroux: Louis And The Nazis. 9.00 Revenge: Our Dad The Nazi Killer. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior.

5.10 Peter Rabbit. 5.50 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.35 Moominvalley. 8.00 Horrible Histories.

8.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.10 Abbott Elementary. 9.55 Speechless. 10.15 Merlin.

11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Offsiders.

4.00 Landline. 5.00 ABC News With Auslan. 5.30 News Regional. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Insiders. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Australian Story.

10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.00 Getaway. 12.30 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 The Avengers. 2.00 MOVIE: The Man Who Haunted Himself.

(1970) 3.55 MOVIE: The Cruel Sea. (1953) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: The Fugitive.

(1993) Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward. 11.10 The Closer. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.25 WorldWatch. 3.55 PBS Washington Week. 4.25 United In Tears: The Oatlands Tragedy. 4.55 In The Box. 5.25 Video Killed The Radio Star. 5.55 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Tour Of Flanders.

Men’s race. 12.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Tour Of Flanders. Women’s race. 2.30 Late Programs.

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WARREN STAR Local News for the Warren Shire Wednesday, April 2, 2025

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 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 Married At First Sight. 9.20 Love Triangle.

Return. 10.50 9News Late. 11.20 Police After Dark. 12.15 Next Stop. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Drew Barrymore. 7.00 Neighbours.

7.30 GCBC. 8.00 Bold. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Judge Judy.

10.30 Australian Survivor. 12.00 GCBC. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 News. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 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 Australian Survivor.

8.40 Sam Pang Tonight. 9.40 Taskmaster Australia. 10.50 10’s Late News. 11.15 The Project. 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Queen’s Guard: A Year In Service. 3.00 Where Are You Really From? 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Milan With Michael Portillo. 8.25 Pompeii: The New Dig. 9.35 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Syndrome E. 12.00 Infiniti. 2.00 Hugh’s Wild West. 3.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Shetland. 11.00 Bargain Hunt. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.30 Watersport. Offshore Superboats. 3.30 Storage Wars: New York. 4.00 Mountain Men. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.00 Outback Opal Hunters. 9.00 Gem Hunters Down Under. 10.00 Tougher In Alaska.

11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Beat Bugs. 9.00 To Be Advised.

10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Dance Boss.

1.15 Dancing With The Stars: All Stars. 2.55 Sean’s Kitchen. 3.20 Australian Idol. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 9.30 Law & Order: Organized Crime.

10.30 Bones. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

8.30 Reel Action. 9.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

10.30 Navigating The World. 11.30 Diagnosis Murder. 12.30 JAG. 1.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman.

3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Fire Country. 11.15 Jake And The Fatman. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Rules Of Engagement.

1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker.

2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement.

4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 ER. 2.45 Doctor Who. 3.35 A Bite To Eat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.35 MythBusters. 5.30 Heartbreak High.

7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.35 MythBusters. 10.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 5.50 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.05 Odd Squad.

7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures.

7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 The Crystal Maze. 9.30 Street Science. 9.50 Merlin. 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour.

7.00 ABC 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 Foreign Correspondent. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.00 Dales For Sale. 1.00 Antiques Roadshow. 1.30 MOVIE: No Time For Tears. (1957) 3.20 MOVIE: The Truth About Women. (1957) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Mrs Sidhu Investigates. 10.40 Grantchester. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.50 Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.30 WorldWatch. 5.45 History’s Crazy Rich Ancients. 6.10 Mysteries From Above. Return. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 UFOs: Investigating The Unknown. New. 9.25 Myths: The Greatest Mysteries Of Humanity. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Space 22. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. 2.00 Grand Designs Australia. 2.55 Back Roads. 3.25 Grand Designs Revisited. 4.15 Long Lost Family.

5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli. 9.00 Finding The Archibald. 10.05 The ABC Of... 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. 11.05 Four Corners. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Local News for the Warren Shire WARREN STAR

Sport

Season awards wrap up Warren Amateur Swimming Club’s great year

WASC swimmers at Club Champs.

Most Improved winner- Mac McRae.

Highest Pointscore eight years and under- Ava Ward.

Most Improved winnerSophia Sayers.

Highest Pointscore 13-14 years- Julia Barnett.

Contributed by WARREN AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB WARREN Amateur Swimming Club (WASC) recently concluded another super successful swimming season by announcing a number of worthy award winners at their annual Club Championships last Sunday week at Warren Pool.

More than 30 swimmers also competed in the Club Championship events, aiming to improve their best swimming performances in numerous strokes and distances.

Among the competitors there were some stellar performances, including a total of seven record-breakers on the day.

This included Roly Barrett breaking records in the Six Years 33-metre Freestyle event

Most Consistent EffortHannah O’Hara.

Sportsmanship winnerGeorge Denston.

(36.00 sec), the 17-metre Backstroke (19.03 sec) and 17-metre Butterfly (22.47 sec).

Breanna Boyd, in the 13 Years category, also set new marks in the 50-metre Backstroke (37.78 sec) and the 50-metre Butterfly (34.27 sec) Milla Elms (seven years) also broke records in the 17-metre Butterfly (19.71 sec) and 4x17-metre Individual Medley (1:32.47 sec) Eponine Lance (eight years) also set a new mark in the 4x17-metre Individual Medley (1:43.78 sec).

Mac McRae (seven years) broke records for the 17-metre Backstroke (20.78 sec) and the 17-metre Butterfly (23.55 sec).

Charlie Ruskin Rowe broke the 10 years, 50-metre Freestyle Record (36.24 sec) and Isla Williams (eight years)

Highest Pointscore nine-10 Overall Pointscore years- Lara Barnett.

Champion- Lara Barnett.

Highest Pointscore 11-12 years- Breanna Boyd.

Western Area Representatives Coaches Award winners Hattie (back, from left) Lara Barnett and Most Outstanding Effort win- McRae (left) and Hayley O’Hara Breanna Boyd and (front, from left) ners- Breanna Boyd and Lara (right) with coach Wendy Hannah O’Hara, Hayley O’Hara and Barnett.

Haywood (centre).

Charlie Ruskin Rowe. also set a new mark for that female age category’s 17-metre Butterfly (22.18 sec).

Following the swim events, WASC then held its end-of-year presentation at the conclusion of the Club Championships.

Highlights for the season for WASC, included the registration of many new members, a highly-encouraging development for the Club’s future.

The Warren Carnival in December 2024 also attracted 188 swimmers from across the Western region, (the third largest carnival in the Western area), and was another highlight.

The WASC announced its season point-score champions, which included Ava Ward (Eight Years and Under), Lara Barnett (9-10 years), Breanna Boyd (11-12 Years) and Julia

Barnett (13-14 Years).

In the end, Lara Barnett was named as the overall Season Point-score Champion.

Other 2025 WASC major award winners included George Denston (Sportsmanship Award), Hannah O’Hara (Most Consistent) and both Lara Barnett and Breanna Boyd (joint winners of Most Outstanding Effort).

The 2025 WASC Club Championships’ Most Improved award winners included Mac McRae (Nine Years and Under) and Sophia Sayers (10 Years and Over).

Coaches award winners included Hattie McRae (for the 4pm squad) and Hayley O’Hara (the 5pm squad). The WASC also acknowledged its Western Area representatives for 2025.

These included Charlie Rus-

kin Rowe — who represented Western Area at Speedo Sprints in Sydney — and Lara Barnett, Breanna Boyd, and Hannah and Hayley O’Hara, who were all part of the Western’s team that travelled to Canberra for the Brophy meet.

“Warren Amateur Swimming Club is particularly grateful for the guidance, support and assistance provided

by Wendy Haywood and Brodie Boyd, and all team members at the pool,” a WASC spokesperson said.

“We also acknowledge the support of the Warren community, particularly local businesses, who provide fi nancial support, which is vital for the ongoing viability of the club,” they concluded.

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WARREN STAR Local News for the Warren Shire Wednesday, April 2, 2025

RACING NG ORT REPORT

By COLIN HODGES

Raced at Wellington on Friday, March 28 DUBBO based Natalie Pearce was overjoyed to win the fi nal event at Wellington on Friday with Sports Page to give her the fi rst double as a trainer after an earlier win at the meeting with Party Prophet.

For several years Natalie Pearce has trained a couple of gallopers while working for other trainers however she recently decided to become a full time trainer and the winning

Sports Page wins the last at Wellington for Pearce to collect first training double double is likely to attract more clients to her stable.

Owned by her greatest supporter Craig Hardy from Young, Sports Page was responsible for a very good performance in the 1400 metres Wellington Soldiers Memorial Club Benchmark 58 Handicap.

Travelling wide from the outside barrier, Sports Page (Tilly McCarroll, $3.80) came from near the back of the field to beat Gustav (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $7) and Norman (Hannah Johnston, $11) in a photo fi nish.

Ken Dunbar saved ground when on the rails close to the lead before breaking clear on

the Natalie Pearce trained Party Prophet ($15) to win the 1100 metres Barnson Engineering Maiden Plate by nearly two lengths from Matilda No More (Wendy Peel, $71) and Aspen Boulevard (Ashleigh Stanley, $15).

Tilly McCarroll who recently moved from Sydney to continue her apprenticeship with Dubbo trainer Brett Robb had a winning double on Sports Page and Rothgate.

Close to the lead from the outset, the Robb trained Rothgate ($8.50) was a half-length winner over Dao Sun (Wendy Peel, $2.25 fav.) and Ultra White (Mikayla Weir, $31) in

the 1000 metres Allendale Merino Stud Class Two-Benchmark 50 Handicap.

Regarded as an outstanding trainer of both sprinters and stayers, the Orange based Alison Smith had D’Oro Choice prepared to perfection for the testing 2400 metres of the Over The Line Racing-Iron Horse BM 66 Handicap, feature event on the fi rst day of the Wellington Boot carnival.

Realising he was on a very fit galloper, Clayton Gallagher advanced his mount from midfield before the home turn and D’Oro Choice ($4.20 favourite) raced away in the straight for a three lengths win over Threw

(Olivia Chambers, $4.40) and Yak (Emma Ly, $7.50).

Owned and bred by Peter Barton the president of Wellington Race Club, the 4yo gelding Byron’s Farm was a popular winner of the 1100 metres Wellington Sand and Gravel Maiden Plate.

Placed four times during the opening campaign, Byron’s Farm ($2.30 to $2.10 favourite) resumed from a spell and with local apprentice Dylan Stanley in the saddle kicked away in the straight to win by over two lengths from Dusty Vermeer (Ken Dunbar, $51) and Rebel Flyer (Ashleigh Stanley, $41).

BOWLS REPORT

Hundreds compete in another Great turnout again for Twilights triumphant Warren Triathlon

The Long Course Male winner, Simon Heppell and the Long Course Female winner, Melissa Mertens.

The top three teams in the short course teams’ event. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

Podium finishers in the long course individual events.

Podium finishers in the long course teams’ events.

Kate from Three Rivers Machinery with winners, Dennis Wilson, Wayne Wilson, and Ab Seaton. PHOTOS: SUPLIED.

Results: 2025 Warren Community Triathlon

The “Spider” winner at Twilight Bowls, Ange Whalan, with Ben Wilson.

By TESS VAN LUBECK TWILIGHT Bowls ran again on Saturday with another great turnout. A number of regular players took to the greens for an evening of fun competition.

Winners included Dennis, Wayne, and Ab, with the run-

ners-up comprising Cooper, Declan, and Jack, who are all learners, so a very commendable effort.

The “Spider” (one shot) winner was Ange Whalan, and the raffle winner was Mark Cooney. Credit also to the sponsors, Three Rivers Machinery.

Mini Girls: fi rst, Tamika Hurst (Nyngan); second, Lizzie Murphy (Warren); third, Sailor Smith (Narromine).

Mini Boys: fi rst, Jaggar Smith (Narromine); second, Eddie Ferguson (Trangie); third, Sam Redden (Narromine).

Short Course Team: fi rst, the “Des-Troy Team” of Wes Hamilton (Warren); Maddie Marks (Warren); Wes Hamilton (Warren); second; “Simmons & Co”: Didi Simmons

(Warren); John Simmons (Warren); Hagan Size (Warren);, third, “Young Guns”: Paddie Stanley (Narromine); Hugo Duff (Narromine); Bede Redden (Narromine).

Short Course Individual Female: fi rst, Sonia Lane (Nyngan); second, Ethel Sherratt (Dubbo); third, Amie Taylor (Nyngan).

Short Course Individual Male: fi rst, Dean Sherratt (Dubbo); second, Eddie Heckendorf (Trangie); third Scott Bell (Warren).

Long Course Team: fi rst, “Three Generations” comprising Harlem Ward (Warren), Rod Mildner (Warren),

and Adrian Caputo; second, “Bogan Burners” comprising Holly Robb (Nyngan); Graydon Curry (Nyngan); and Vanessa Pearce (Nyngan); third, “Still Going” comprising Trevor Wilson (Warren); Alex Druce (Warren); and Milton Quigley (Warren).

Long Course Female: fi rst, Melissa Mertens (Dubbo); second, Julia Mannix (Dubbo); third, Sarah Ryder (Grenfell).

Long Course Male: fi rst, Simon Heppell (Dubbo); second, Christopher Carter (Mudgee); third, James Nott (Grenfell).

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Hundreds compete in another triumphant Warren Triathlon The start of the minis event at the 2025 Warren Community Triathlon on Sunday. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

Mini podium finishers at the 2025 Warren Community Triathlon held on Sunday.

Podium finishers in the short course events.

By DALLAS REEVES IT was another triumphant running of the Warren Community Triathlon for the small but accomplished organising committee over the weekend, with more than 120 entrants in this year’s event.

Now in its 16th year, two Dubbo athletes won the marquee races for 2025 with Sunday’s celebration of community sport centred around Warren War Memorial Swimming Pool.

In fi nal results, Simon Heppell bagged the Men’s Long Course Individual title in a time of just over an hour (1:04.37s), with fellow Dubbo entrant, Melissa Mertens claiming the Women’s Long Course Individual title only a few minutes behind (1:07.50s).

A total of 124 entrants competed this year, ranging in age from just seven to 67. Competitors also came from Sydney, Armidale, Grenfell, Hillston, Cobar, Mudgee, Coleambally, Canowindra, Narromine, Dubbo, and every town in between.

Amazingly, a local commit-

tee of just six hardworking volunteers put this event together each year, with support from local businesses and Warren Shire Council, including Wendy Haywood and her team at the pool.

Audrey Weston has been on the Warren Community Triathlon committee since its inception and said the 2025 event was a super event.

“It was another great day,” Audrey said.

With the pool temperature around 190C and the air temperature about 260C for the cycling and running events, it was a perfect day for competition.

The triathlon is held across three distances: “minis” (two-kilometre cycle, 100-metre swim, and one-kilometre run); “short course” (14-kilometre cycle, 200-metre swim, and seven-kilometre run) and “long course” (21-kilometre cycle, 400-metre swim, and five-kilometre run).

There are also team events across both the short and long course, where each competitor completes only one of three

legs for a combined time.

Event courses are centred around the pool, with the seven-kilometre cycling loop traversing the Warren cemetery and the outskirts of town.

As in all great community events, Warren locals also pitched in.

Warren Amateur Swimming Club may provide competitors for teams that may be missing a swimmer, with the Triathlon Committee even sourcing a couple of bikes for a pair of Norwegian backpackers working at Girilambone who wanted to compete. The Warren Lions Club also provides a delicious barbecue lunch for the day.

A concerted promotional campaign including both social and traditional forms of media and word-of-mouth in the lead up to the event helps Warren Triathlon attract so many competitors to town.

In one example of positive whispers, a former competitor travelled from Sydney in 2024, but couldn’t return this year. So he called his friend, based in Narromine, and told

him to enter.

There was plenty of support from nearby Nyngan as well with the “Bogan Burners” and “McYabba” teams competing, along with a host of individual entrants, and Delta Ag Trangie also entering its Delta Force team.

In all, Warren, Nyngan, Trang ie, and Narromine entrants did wel l across the board.

For the hosts, the “Des-Troy Team” (Wes Hamilton and Maddie Marks) won the short course teams’ event, and two Warren community members, (Harlem Ward and Rod Mildner), also joined Adrian Caputo to win the long course teams’ event. Warren team “Still Going” (Trevor Wilson, Alex Druce, and Milton Quigley) fi nished third in the long course teams’ competition.

Scott Bell was also third in the Short Course Individual Male, while Lizzy Murphy was second in the Mini Girls’ race.

For Nyngan, Sonia Lane won the Short Course Individual Female event, while Amie Taylor fi nished third. Tami-

ka Hurst won the Mini Girls’ event and the Bogan Burners (Holly Robb, Grayden Curry, and Vanessa Pearce) were second in the Long Course Teams’ event.

Narromine’s Jaggar Smith won the Mini Boys event with Sam Redden coming in third.

Sailor Smith was third in the Mini Girls’ event, while Paddy Stanley, Hugo Duff, and Bede Redden were third in the Short Course Teams’ event.

For Trangie, Eddie Ferguson was second in the Mini Boys’ event and Eddie Heckendorf was second in the Short Course Individual Male event.

“Congratulations to all the participants, there was amazing effort and sportsmanship shown by everyone… and it was so much fun,” Warren Community Triathlon later posted via social media.

“Finally, a special thank you to our spectators for the encouragement you provided (it was much needed!) and for supporting this community event.”

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