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Dr Fiona Robards is off to Geneva! By SHARON BONTHUYS A SYDNEY academic who grew up in Nevertire will embark on the professional adventure of a lifetime next month when she heads off to complete a threemonth sabbatical in the cosmopolitan metropolis of Geneva, Switzerland. Dr Fiona Robards, a public health academic at the University of Sydney, will leave Australia in February to spend several months with the renowned World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) in Geneva, where she will focus on enhancing policies for women, children, and youth. The daughter of Jill and Ron Robards of Nevertire, the 55-year-old academic cochairs the WFPHA’s Women, Children and Youth Health Working Group with Boston University Adjunct Professor Deborah Walker. During her time in Geneva with WFPHA, Dr Robards will lead policy development, attend the annual General Assembly, and conduct three research projects. She is also very excited to have been invited to attend the World Health Organisation’s executive board meeting, which will be held in the ﬁ rst week of February.

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Australia Day 2025! By TESS VAN LUBECK A BUMPER crowd gathered at the Warren Sporting and Cultural Centre complex, Victoria Park, last Sunday, January 26, to enjoy a hearty barbecue breakfast and honour Warren’s finest. Warren Shire Council’s Australia Day Committee Chair, Cr Ros Jackson, and Cr David Cleasby welcomed everyone to the event, and introduced this year’s ambassador and special guest, dual-sport Olympian and dual Commonwealth Games medallist in gymnastics (2002) and diving (2010), Alexandra Moore. Zoey Daley delivered a Welcome to Country in language, and Mayor Greg Whiteley took to the stage and spoke of Australia Day as a time to pause and reflect on the nation we’ve built, and our national values of freedom and strong community ties. He shared that 50 years ago, he was so moved by the sense of community that his family chose to make Warren their home. Mayor Whiteley acknowledged the everyday actions of quietly inspirational locals that make Warren great by contributing their time, expertise and resources. Finally, Mayor Whiteley welcomed ambassador Alexandra Moore and outlined her numerous achievements. Ms Moore thanked Mayor Whiteley and Ms Daley for the warm reception and noted it’s the fi rst time she’s had the pleasure of experiencing

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2025 Citizen of the Year Nominees: Judy Ridley (recipient), Danielle Redmond, Billy Darcy, Greg Whiteley and Alex Moore. PHOTO: WARREN STAR. a Welcome to Country in local language. The highly-decorated athlete appreciated the hospitality the Warren councillors and the Whiteleys had shown her, including visiting the Royal Flying Doctor, a cotton farm, Nevertire and the Collie pub. Ms Moore noted that a

chance meeting with pig hunters and their “friendly and beautiful dogs” was a highlight of her whirlwind tour, and she thoroughly enjoyed getting a rundown on the popular local pastime. Ms Moore concluded by revealing she speciﬁcally requests ambassador postings

in rural towns as she “believes life in the country is the heart of Australia.”

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THE FORECAST Thursday, January 30 Min 20. Max 38. Partly Cloudy. Possible rainfall: 0 mm. Chance of any rain: 10% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower on the northern slopes, most likely in the afternoon. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds southeast to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then tending south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the late afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 22 with daytime temperatures reaching 34 to 39. Sun protection recommended from 9:10 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 13 [Extreme]

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Locals recognised THE Warren Star is pleased to report the nominees and award-winners for each category of Australia Day Awards presented by the Warren Shire Council last Sunday.

Business House of the Year THIS award is for the business in Warren Shire which offers the best service and atmosphere for its customers. Nominees: Rosie’s Boutique Condiments, Warren IGA, Warren Meat House, Ryan Mason Engineering. Winner: Ryan Mason Engineering About Ryan Mason Engineering… Ryan and Emma have taken the reins of a long standing business from strength to strength. They provide a wide range of products, Well-regarded for their exceptional customer service, expertise, reliability resolving issues quickly. They are also a signiﬁcant contributor to the local economy, employing locals supporting community events and infrastructure projects.

Best Business House Nominees: Kevin Taylor (Warren Meat House and Warren IGA), Rosie Turnbull (Rosie’s Boutique condiments), Winner Emma Mason (Ryan Mason Engineering), Olympian Alex Moore and Mayor Greg Whiteley. PHOTOS: WARREN STAR.

Young Sportsperson of the Year THIS award is for a person 18 years of age or under, and does not necessarily have to be a sportsperson themselves but may be somebody who has contributed in some way to a particular sport or sports. This year, we received a single nomination for Young Sportsperson of the Year, and it is with great pleasure that we announce the 2025 award goes to Allie Maclean. About Allie Maclean… At just 16 years old, Allie is an exceptionally skilled and dedicated polocrosse player. Her passion for the sport, combined with her natural talent and commitment, has seen her excel at a level well beyond her years. Over the past six years, she has honed her skills and developed into a very promising young athlete. Allie has been selected for the NSW Junior Polocrosse Team, been presented with the Roger Ross Award for Sportsmanship and Horsemanship by the Western Districts, and competed in New Zealand. Friday, January 31 Min 19. Max 37. Partly Cloudy. Possible rainfall: 0 mm. Chance of any rain: 20% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower on the northern slopes, near zero chance elsewhere. The chance of a thunderstorm in the north. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending east to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then increasing to 25 to 35 km/h during the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 39. Sun protection recommended from 9:10 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Saturday, February 1 Min 18. Max 36. Sunny. Possible rainfall: 0 mm. Chance of any rain: 5%

Young Sportsperson of Year Allie Maclean with Alex Moore and Greg Whiteley. Central West Slopes and Plains area: Sunny morning. The chance of a thunderstorm on the northern plains in the afternoon and evening. Winds easterly 20 to 30 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 16 and 21 with daytime temperatures reaching 32 to 38. Sun protection recommended from 9:20 am to 5:20 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme] Sunday, February 2 Min 18. Max 36. Sunny. Possible rainfall: 0 mm. Chance of any rain: 5% Monday, February 3 Min 18. Max 36. Sunny. Possible rainfall: 0 mm. Chance of any rain: 5% Tuesday, February 4 Min 21. Max 37. Partly Cloudy. Possible rainfall: 0 mm. Chance of any rain: 5%

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for outstanding achievements Young Achiever of the Year Nominees: Zoey Daley, Lloyd O’Brien Gracie Leonard, (Absent Duncan Harrison) with Alex Moore and Greg Whiteley. PHOTOS: WARREN STAR.

Young Achiever of the Year THIS award recognised a Young Achiever under 20 years of age. Nominees: Gracie Leonard, Lloyd O’Brien, Duncan Harrison and Zoey Daley. Joint Winners: Duncan Harrison and Zoey Daley About Duncan Harrison… Duncan has been an exceptional student at Warren Central School, where he has achieved outstanding results across his subjects. He is the recipient of the Year 12 Australian Defence Long Tan Youth Future Innovators Award, and numerous academic accolades. He is dedicated to community service, raising money for dementia and as an active participation in the Rural Fire Service cadet program. About Zoey Daley… Zoey exhibits a sense of leadership, academic excellence, and dedication to community service. She is Warren Central School Captain and has been the recipient of many citizenship and academic awards including Warren Shire Council’s Young Citi-

zen of the Year. Zoey is committed to cultural activities, including her participation in the Wayilwan language revival and her role as a junior leader of the Warraan Widjii Arts organisation. Zoey is also a talented musician, and tutor. About Gracie Leonard… Local student Gracie has excelled in her Higher School Certiﬁcate (HSC) subjects. She has shown remarkable commitment to her education and budding career in health. She contributes to various initiatives including; fundraisers, mentoring and performing. Gracie has also represented the Warren Pony Club and participated in numerous cultural and community events. About Lloyd O’Brien… Lloyd has been the recipient of many awards. In 2024, Lloyd received the Reuben F. Scarf Award, the Year 12 Outstanding Application award, Outstanding Application in Primary Industries and SLR and the 2024 RFS State Championship Chaplain’s Award. He is involved in the Rural Fire Service cadet program and dementia fundraising.

FAITH MATTERS

Mercy Me! By ANNITA CAMPBELL, WARREN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MERCY seems to be in short supply, and it seems easier to criticise and to mock. It is hard to be on the receiving end of assessments that are merciless; yet mercy is what we need, especially when we know we are in the wrong. Lamentations is a small book in the Bible’s Old Testament. Midway through Chapter Three of this book you will ﬁ nd these precious words: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end. Those mercies are new every morning.

Great is your faithfulness.” About this passage, Paul Tripp writes: “Mercy is the theme of God’s story. Mercy is the thread that runs through all of Scripture. Mercy is the reason Jesus came to earth. Mercy is what your desperate heart needs. Mercy is the healer your relationships need. Mercy triumphs where justice can’t.” That this kind of mercy is new every morning, is a thought ﬁ lled with hope. That God’s mercies never end is incredible. The old phrase “Mercy Me!” is really just short for “God have mercy on me”. How good is God in giving us mercy — new every morning!

Sportsperson of the Year

Sports Person/Organisation of Year: Jeremy Weston (Warren Community Triathlon), Alex Moore and Greg Whiteley.

THIS award is for a person over 18 years of age, and does not necessarily have to be a sportsperson themselves but may be somebody who has contributed in some way to a particular sport or sports. Once again, we received one nomination this year, and the winner of the 2025 Sportsperson of the Year is a group – the Volunteers of the Warren Community Triathlon. Jeremy Weston accepted the award on behalf of the volunteers. About the Warren Community Triathlon… Now in its 14th year, the triathlon has always been run entirely by volunteers since its inception. Competitors of all ages from around the district flock to enjoy the friendly, community-run competition. They formed a fantastic team and made it possible for this exciting event to be held in Warren, supporting and promoting our local community.

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Locals recognised for Community Event of the Year THE Community Event award recognises a group of people who have arranged an event bringing promotion and betterment to Warren. Nominees: Warraan Widji Arts Building Opening and Warren Rugby Union 70th Anniversary. Winner: Warren Rugby Union 70th Anniversary. About the Warren Rugby Union 70th Anniversary… On June 29, 2024, the Warren Rugby Union Club celebrated its 70th Anniversary. The event attracted around 700 spectators, with matches played by all grades, including the Old Boys’. A ball was

held in the evening with 450 guests enjoying a twocourse meal, live music and guest speaker, former wallaby Warwick Waugh. The anniversary was a ﬁtting tribute to the club’s 70 years of sport and community involvement, showcasing the lasting impact of rugby in Warren. About the Warraan Widji Arts Building Opening… The opening of the new Warraan Widji Arts building on Dubbo Street in Warren marked a signiﬁcant milestone for the local Aboriginal community. This event celebrated empowerment, reconciliation and cultural pride, and was a testament to the resilience and determination of the Way-

ilwan people. The opening event highlighted Warraan Widji Arts’ role in empowering Aboriginal youth, particularly through music and the arts. It was an important moment for the community, showcasing the hard work of the emerging youth and their leaders. This building now serves as a space for cultural expression and a symbol of transformation for Aboriginal youth in the region. The event was a tribute to all involved as well as the broader Aboriginal community who supported the project. This new facility will play a key role in the ongoing journey of cultural preservation, youth empowerment, and community pride.

Community Event of the Year Nominees: Zoey Daley (Warraan Widji Arts building Opening) and Milton Quigley with Alex Moore and Greg Whiteley (Warren Rugby Union 70th Anniversary).

About Jim Harvey… Jim Harvey is an outstanding member of the Warren community whose various contributions have left a profound impact on many aspects of town life. He is a passionate advocate for the environment and volunteer at Warren Men’s Shed, the Macquarie Marshes Visitor Information Centre, and WOW Centre garden.

Community Services Award Nominees: Warren Volunteer Palliative Care Group, Danielle Redmond, Jim Harvey, Warren Meals on Wheels with Alex Moore and Greg Whiteley. PHOTOS: WARREN STAR.

Community Services Award

Meals on Wheels. Winner: Warren Meals on Wheels

THE Community Services award goes to a person or organisation who has made a valuable contribution to the Warren community over a period of years. Nominees: Jim Harvey, Danielle Redmond - Zhen Fu Tai Chi & Wellness, Warren Volunteer Palliative Care Group, Rod Sandell and Warren

About Warren Meals on Wheels… For over 31 years, the Warren Meals on Wheels service has been a lifeline for many elderly and vulnerable members of our community. This entirely volunteer-run organisation delivers freshly prepared, nourishing meals six

Young Citizen of the Year THE Young Achiever Award showcases a young person’s dedication and impact in academic and extracurricular pursuits. Nominees: Duncan Harrison, Zoey Daley, Lloyd O’Brien and Gracie Leonard. (See citations earlier on in the Young Achiever section). Winner: Gracie Leonard About Gracie Leonard… Gracie has demonstrated exceptional dedication and a strong commitment to both her academic pursuits and her community involvement. Gracie has excelled, in her Higher School Certiﬁcate (HSC). She has also completed a Cer-

tiﬁcate III in Health Services Assistance. Her hard work and dedication have led to her securing employment at the Warren Multi-Purpose Health Service. She has been an active member of the Student Representative Council (SRC). She has been involved in Moorambilla Voices, singing in the Wayilan choir and performing with the First Nations youth rock band, The Dreaming Drifters. Gracie performs at community events and is a junior leader of the local Warraan Widjii Arts organisation She also represents the Warren pony club at local ANZAC Day marches. With a strong sense of communitiy and excellence Gracie Leonard is truly deserving of being named the 2024 Young Citizen of the Year.

days a week, ensuring that those in need receive the care and attention they deserve. With six dedicated volunteers each week and coordinated by Jayne Wilson, the team provides an invaluable service. Their tireless efforts, using their own vehicles and delivering meals without compensation, make them truly deserving of recognition.

Young Citizen of the Year Gracie Leonard with Alex Moore and Greg Whiteley.

About Danielle Redmond - Zhen Fu Tai Chi & Wellness… Danielle Redmond has made a signiﬁcant contribution to the health and wellbeing of the Warren community. Through her Tai Chi, meditation and relaxation classes, Danielle has provided a space for people of all ages to improve their physical and mental health. She also works to secure grants to ensure her sessions are free and accessible, a testament to her genuine passion for health. About Warren Volunteer Palliative Care Group… The Warren Volunteer Palliative Care Group has been providing an essential service

to our community for over 35 years. These dedicated volunteers offer companionship, care, and dignity to those in the ﬁ nal stages of life. The group’s compassionate work and enduring presence in the community is invaluable. About Rod Sandell… Rod Sandell has exhibited leadership within the Warren Rotary Club and has made many contributions to the community. In 2023-24, Rod played a pivotal role in establishing the Warren Health Action Committee Inc, which has been instrumental in helping the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) set up a primary care practice in Warren. He also helped secure medical equipment for the new RFDS practice and contributed to vital renovations for the Nevertire Hall. Rod is an advocate for the Warren Community Homes, and a founding member of the Warren Chamber Music Festival. His lifetime of service to the community has made a lasting impact on Warren.

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outstanding achievements Citizen of the Year Judy Ridley!

Marilyn Leach, Judy Ridley, Lyn Westgarth and Deb George.

KC Wilde and Zoe Daley.

Citizen of the Year THE Citizen of the Year is awarded to a person who has made a noteworthy contribution to the Warren Shire Community during 2024. Nominees: Danielle Redmond, Billy Darcy and Judy Ridley. Winner: Judy Ridley About Judy Ridley… Judy has shown unparalleled dedication to the Warren community via variety of local initiatives. She gives her time to the WAM, Arts Committee, and is crucial in organising the Warren Christmas Street Party. Judy has also played key roles in fundraising, event coordination and community outreach, including her contributions to the Warren Health Action Campaign and the Warren Chronically Ill Children and Adult Trust. Judy’s involvement in projects like the Warren Show, local charity trivia nights, and as a volunteer at Calara House exempliﬁes her tireless commitment to bettering the lives of those in her community. About Danielle Redmond… Expanding on the citation from the Community Services Award, Danielle is a dedicated and inspiring member of the Warren community, recognised for her outstanding contributions to improving mental health, ﬁtness and well-being across all generations. Through her teaching of

Tai Chi, meditation and relaxation, Danielle has made a positive impact on individuals of literally all ages. For the past four years, Danielle has delivered her sessions in a variety of accessible locations ensuring these opportunities are available to everyone in the community. She is committed to making a difference by securing grants that enable the majority of her classes to be free. Danielle’s efforts support many individuals and raise mental health awareness to foster a healthier, happier community. About Billy Darcy… Billy has been described as ‘the salt of the earth’. A highly respected and beloved Elder in the Warren community, he is known for his unwavering support for and commitment to the townspeople. Demonstrating an incredible work ethic, Billy began his shearing career at the age of 20 and continued until the ripe age of 71. Billy has lived in Warren his entire life and this love for his community shines in his generosity in mentoring others and preserving local culture. He is a deeply valued local, the life blood of the town. The Warren Shire Council would like to thank all those who took the time to acknowledge and nominate the many great nominees this year. Residents are advised that nominations can be made throughout the year online and in person.

Cochairs David Cleasby and Ros Jackson.

Alexandra Moore with past and present Mayors: Rex Wilson, Milton Quigley and Greg Whiteley. PHOTOS: WARREN STAR.

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Australia Day 2025 Australia Day Ambassador, dual Olympian Alexandra Moore speaks. PHOTOS: WARREN STAR.

Young Citizen of the Year Nominees: winner Gracie Leonard, Lloyd O’Brien, Zoey Daley with Alex Moore and Greg Whiteley.

Penny Hueston and Marylin Leach.

Rach Azar with Allie and Sophie Maclean.

Robin Huckett and Danielle Redmond.

Bob McKay, Charles Tilly, Emma Weston, Christine Tilley and Phil Waterford.

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Flamenco set to tour regional NSW – and hopefully Warren!

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Emma Cant, Baby Eleanor Cant, Jayne Wilson, Trevor Wilson and Ben Cant. PHOTOS: WARREN STAR.

Fingers crossed: Flamenco might be coming to Warren in April. PHOTOS: SHANE ROZARIO.

Flamenco combines many elements including music, dance, poetry and percussion. Paul Smith, Stephen Glen and Raymond Burns.

Call out to local youth for Rotary leadership program By TESS VAN LUBECK AND ROTARY INTERNATIONAL YOUTH are the future of so many community organisations, as they are the volunteers of tomorrow. The Rotary Club of Warren is seeking young people who want to make an impact on the community with a commitment to ongoing learning through the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). RYLA is an annual program that aims to foster leadership in adults aged between 19 to 25. The six-day program typically has 75 participants and focuses on leadership, personal development, teamwork, and community awareness. This year, RYLA will be held in late May at Yarra Adventure Park at Stuarts Point on the MidNorth Coast. RYLA features presentations from a diverse range of experts who donate their time and expertise towards the development of young leaders. The program combines work-

shops and presentations to fully explore the fundamentals of effective leadership whilst having fun and making new connections. Successful local RYLA participants will be sponsored by the Warren Rotary Club, which will cover the $1450 it costs to attend the program at Stuarts Point. They will also be asked to provide feedback to the club about their experience after the program ends. Anyone wanting to apply will need to complete a questionnaire and be interviewed by Warren Rotary Club. It’s not a difficult process, and the interview is more like a relaxed chat. RYLA focuses on: f Providing young, emerging leaders with a range of leadership skills, techniques, and tools they can use at work, study, and in the community. f Developing young leaders who celebrate diversity, create sustainable change, and become ser-

vice-minded global citizens. f Personal development, leadership, and teamwork. f Learning strategies for managing conﬂ ict resolution, working in teams, and overcoming challenges. f Professional development and connecting participants with opportunities to serve the community through Rotary. f The combination of leadership skill development and vocational training to help young people discover their potential and hone their skills. RYLA is best described as a “challenge by choice” program: participants engage in various activities, including workshops, team-building exercises, outdoor activities, and guest speaker presentations. Applications for RYLA will close in late April and the Warren Rotary Club would love as many young people as possible to throw their hats into the ring for this wonderful opportunity. For further information, contact the club.

By SHARON BONTHUYS

THE toe-tapping energy of traditional Spanish Flamenco is set to delight audiences across western and Outback NSW in March and April. Award-winning dancer Annalouise Paul and some of Australia’s fi nest musicians will bring the spirit of Flamenco to regional communities in the Western Riverina Leeton/ Yanco, Jerilderie and Deniliquin in March, before heading in April to Cobar, Coonamble, and, if the stars align – Warren. Developed by Ms Paul “after a horror run of Covid-19, harsh drought and bushfi res, unemployment and isolation, [the event] shares a collective experience of resilience with regional communities.” Publicist Geoff Sirmai says the “highly virtuosic show” combining music, dance, poetry and percussion is well worth waiting for. “Outstanding performers will include Flamenco veteran Robbie Varga on guitar, Ana Otero singing original cantes, flamenco poetry, virtuoso world percussion plus ‘palmera’ – Elena Salerna with flamenco’s distinctive hand-clapping,” he said. With discussions continuing between organisers and local supporters in Warren, the Warren Star will have further information in a future edition about what is proposed to be held locally. If you’d like to learn more about Annalouise Paul, visit her website.

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Dr Fiona Robards is off to Geneva!

Academic Dr Fiona Robards, formerly of Nevertire, is off to Geneva next month for a threemonth sabbatical with the World Federation of Public Health Associations. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED. From page 1

Sabbatical = service DR Robards told the Warren Star that her Swiss sabbatical is her contribution to “service”, which is one part of her work at the University of Sydney, where she has lectured since 2015 and is currently a senior lecturer in public health, as well as a health equity, prevention and public health advocate, and consultant. “Service can be for the university, or it can be for the broader discipline that you work in,” Dr Robards explained. “My discipline is youth health, and some of my service to the community is international policy work.” With 139 member associations representing ﬁve million public health professionals in 104 countries, the Geneva-based WFPHA has been operating since 1967 and inﬂuences international health policy. Regarded as the only worldwide professional international public health authority, the WFPHA develops and implements public policy resolutions and other advocacy initiatives, with a special focus on the Global Charter for the Public’s Health, according to

the organisation’s website. Last year Dr Robards led the development of a policy on children and young people’s health and rights ensuring that children and young people have access to healthcare, education, and protection from abuse. The policy, which was subsequently endorsed by the WFPHA, emphasises: f universal health coverage that is affordable and provides quality care for young people. f improving education and awareness by promoting health education to empower youth. f strengthening legal frameworks to safeguard children from violence and exploitation. While overseas, Dr Robards will also present on this policy at a conference in Lisbon, Portugal.

From Nevertire to academia DR Robards’ journey began in Nevertire, as the eldest daughter of Jill and Ron Robards, and sister to Penny, an IT consultant. Mr and Mrs Robards are very proud of both their daughters’ career achievements, and are thrilled to hear of their eldest’s approaching Swiss sabbatical on the southern shores of the beautiful Lac Léman (Lake Geneva).

Proud mum, Jill Robards.

“Fiona has always been a very diligent student and done extremely well, and is a very honest, ethical person,” Jill Robards told the Warren Star. “We are extremely proud of her achievements,” she added. Her mother said Dr Robards showed early academic promise as a young child in Nevertire. She attended primary school locally at a facility that sadly no longer exists, and then completed high school at what is now known as Scots All Saints College, Bathurst. Jill Robards acknowledges that her own extensive work in nursing and child health and welfare may have had an inﬂuence on Dr Robards’ ultimate career path. And what a stellar career path! “I started as a psychologist, working with children and families, and then managed youth health services for homeless young people, and worked in policy, mainly for NSW Health, leading youth health policy,” Dr Robards said. Moving into academia, with four Masters degrees in public health, health management, art therapy and psychology under her belt, and a PhD focusing on how marginalised young people navigate the Australian health system, Dr

Robards now focuses on young people’s health. Dr Robards caught up with her parents earlier this month during a rare trip “home” to the region.

Difficult world for youth THE Warren Star asked Dr Robards if navigating the world today is difficult for young people, as a number of governments, including several within Australia, are toughening laws and reducing the age of culpability for criminal acts by young people. “I think there are some success stories, some areas where we’re doing better,” she said. “For example, young people’s drinking of alcohol is reducing, and that almost seems surprising given the increasing availability [of alcohol] through online sales, home deliveries and online marketing which targets young people, [so] you expect them to have greater access to alcohol,” she added. “It seems to be improving, and they are generally having safe sex and seeing GPs when they need to, although that could improve. “But then, there are pockets where the rates are becoming a lot worse, particularly in

mental health. So we’re not doing well there. Youth justice is one area in which Australia is performing poorly, particularly in supporting youth with disability, Dr Robards said. “I think particularly youth justice is an area where Australia is performing very poorly, and the age of criminal responsibility being way lower than international standards is one of the things that’s contributing to that,” Dr Robards said. “One of the big issues is there’s very high rates of young people with disabilities in the youth justice system, and there’s not really good screening or identiﬁcation or support for those young people,” she added. Dr Robards quoted a study in Western Australia that found that 90 per cent of 100 young people assessed in the youth justice system there were found to have a neurodevelopmental disability. Some 30 of these had foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a lifelong disability caused by exposure to alcohol in utero. “Those sorts of things are not even recognised or well supported, so there’s a lot of room for improvement, especially in terms of youth justice,” she added.

WARREN STAR Local News for the Warren Shire Thursday, January 30, 2025

Alleged major spray-drift incident near Narromine leads to renewed calls for responsible spraying By SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN AN alleged major spray-drift incident was recently reported near Narromine, with one farm claiming more than $500,000 in crop yield losses. Most of Australia’s 1500 cotton growers, however, are breathing a sigh of relief as the threat of widespread and major spraydrift damage eases for the season, despite an explosion of weed problems following signiﬁcant rainfall. Unfortunately, not all have escaped the damage. One local farmer reported signiﬁcant impact to his crops earlier this month after several alleged incidents of off-target spray-drift in the Macquarie and Lachlan Valleys, with minor to moderate damage also claimed in the Murray and Murrumbidgee areas. Several reports of damage to cotton crops have been made in Narromine, with one farmer in particular, Andrew Gill, saying he sustained substantial off-target spray damage with little hope that the crop can be salvaged. Andrew believes the damage has been caused by the off-target spraying of a phenoxy herbicide which was applied before Christmas.

“I won’t know the real extent until the plant metabolises the chemical out of its system but, with the damage impacting at least six nodes, it represents a big loss,” he told Cotton Australia. “I’m angry, and what makes it worse is that we will never know where it came from,” he added. Cotton Australia Policy Advisor Doug McCollum said the damage is disappointing but, overall, the lack of substantial damage across the cotton-growing regions indicate most people are doing the right thing. “It is encouraging that most people are spraying according to the label and using best-practice spraying techniques,” Mr McCollum said in a media statement. “Everyone who applies agricultural chemicals must be qualiﬁed to do so, and it is critical that they have their equipment set up correctly and that they only spray when conditions are right,” he added. Andrew believes spray-drift impacts everyone in agriculture, with a united approach needed to solve the problem. “I’m hosting a meeting on my farm, so every stakeholder from agronomists, farmers, suppliers, and contractors, can see the damage on my property ﬁ rst-

hand, and discuss how collectively and individually we can stop this happening again,” he said.

PHOTO: PIXABAY.

Cotton Australia leads call for responsible spraying GENERAL Manager of Cotton Australia, Michael Murray, told the Narromine Star that farmers applying chemicals to their crops have to be responsible and think about other properties as well. “Anyone applying chemicals needs to be a good neighbour, in the broader sense of the word. If you spray under ‘inversion conditions’, you may impact a neighbour 30 or 40 kilometres away,” he said. “It’s not that difficult — you need to follow the label conditions which include, among other things, using the right spray nozzles, applying it in the right weather conditions, applying it at the right pressure and speed.” Mr Murray says it is imperative that farmers are responsible for their spraying of pesticides and, if that means spraying at a different time or holding off — it is better for the wider agricultural industry to do so.

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It’s that time of the year again. Time to do something worthwhile for your community that will just The alcohol-free zone applies to public take an hour or so of your time on areas such as roads, footpaths and parking Sunday, 2nd March 2025. We need lots. The proposed Alcohol Free Zone will be Þ ÕÀ ÃÕ«« ÀÌ Ì i « V i> Õ«] w Ý up and conserve our environment. in force for a period of four (4) years and once established will apply 24 hours per All that is required is that you day. register yourself and your site at Council intends to formally resolve this www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au matter at the Ordinary meeting to be or call 1800 282 329. Pick up your bags from Warren Shire Council Administration Building, 115 Dubbo Street, Warren and go to it. Council Ü V iVÌ w i` L>}Ã vÀ Þ ÕÀ Ã Ìi if needed, but you do have to let us know if this service is required. Remember to wear gloves, appropriate shoes and clothing. And don’t forget to slip, slop, slap, seek and slide. Your support is greatly appreciated and will help us deliver a successful and effective Clean Up Australia Day in 2025. For further information please contact Maryanne Stephens, Council’s Manager Health and Development Services, on 68 476600 during business hours.

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GP trainee numbers rise in NSW as rural communities are left behind

By SOPHIA MCCAUGHAN

NEW general practitioner (GP) numbers show general practice is recovering in NSW but a lack of investment means the state is still underperforming compared to the rest of the country. The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) says that in 2025, 441 registrars are commencing specialist GP training in NSW and the ACT. This is an increase of eight per cent, but signiﬁcantly behind the national growth average of 19.8 per cent. The number of GPs training in regional, rural, and remote areas, however, only grew by four per cent – versus a national 17 per cent increase. Just two doctors are expected to start training as specialist GPs in the RACGP’s New England and North West NSW training region this year, and 12 across the Western NSW region, which makes up around half the state and is the largest local health district in NSW. RACGP ACT/NSW Deputy Chair Dr Max Mollenkopf told the Warren Star that a proactive effort is needed between all stakeholders in general practice to get more doctors in training – especially in Western NSW. “Ultimately we (RACGP) just think that we should be putting a GP at the top of this cliff instead of more hospitals at the bottom of the cliff,” he said. “There is no point in being reactionary when we have an opportunity to train professionals to provide early interventions to help the population.” Dr Mollenkopf said there needs to be a cohesive plan between governments and GPs to approach the shortages of practitioners in regional and rural communities – instead of short term solutions.

Thursday, January 30, 2025 Local News for the Warren Shire WARREN STAR “We need a cohesive plan moving forward for how we fi nd services and how we fi nd high value services, and not having a plan for, well, maybe the pharmacist can prescribe for [urinary tract infections] that can somehow fi x a structural cause in the health system,” he said. “Stop providing these short-term pilot programs, short-term committees and these short-term reviews, and instead provide proper funded primary care – it’s the right of the consumer.” The RACGP says the NSW government needs to step up and support rural communities given that it has amazing towns and people, with great opportunities for doctors training as GPs. Dr Mollenkopf reiterated that people living in rural areas should not be shortchanged in healthcare just because they do not live in a metropolitan region. “People out there should not have to beg to see a general practitioner, or flying for healthcare or settling for a telehealth with a private company because they can’t get someone locally,” he told the Warren Star. “That is really back to the government to ask and say, why have you let this system deteriorate? Why haven’t you (government) funded it in a way where it is going to work moving forward? Instead, we just keep using short term solutions.” The RACGP is calling on all parties to invest in a significant boost to patients’ Medicare funding as the College reports investment into Medicare has not kept up with inflation. Ahead of the Federal election are renewed calls to fund 1500 more RACGP Australian GP training places over the next five years and link government-subsidised medical places at universities to a target of 50 percent of graduates training as GPs. Among the 441 new GPs training in the RACGP’s NSW training regions, just 12 will join the Western and ACT (Western NSW) region on a rural pathway.

NRWC lobbies on early education and care as election approaches

NRWC President, Jan Clifford OAM, is calling for action from all sides of politics to invest in early education and care. PHOTO: FACEBOOK.

NRWC CEO, Keli McDonald. PHOTO: NRWC.

THE National Rural Women’s Coalition (NRWC) is tasking all sides of politics to deliver on policies investing in childhood early education and care in the lead up to the federal election, following Labor’s announcement of a $1 billion fund to build or expand early learning centres in areas of high need. NRWC President Jan Clifford OAM says the NRWC welcomes the Federal Government’s Building Early Education Fund to build or expand more than 160 early learning centres and is now calling on the Coalition to match this. “It’s important all parties deliver social policy that uplifts and supports young families to live and work in remote, rural and regional Australia, ahead of the federal election,” Ms Clifford said. The NRWC recognises equitable access to early education in the formative years of a child’s life is important in providing the foundation for future wellbeing and success. “That is why all children, regardless of their postcode, deserve every opportunity to access quality early childhood education and care, and their parents and carers should feel conﬁdent they can give their child the best start to life in regional Australia,” she added. NRWC Chief Executive Officer Keli McDonald agrees, adding that preferred levels of workforce participation should also be a choice given to parents and carers – something greater in-

vestment in the early childhood sector would support. “When early childhood education and care is not accessible, parents and carers in the bush – more often than not, women – lose the agency to make the best choice for their families, children and careers out of necessity,” Ms McDonald said. “We know many rural women want – and need – to return to work, either part or full-time, but are unable to due to childcare constraints around availability and accessibility,” she added. “Not only does this affect our overall workforce, it leads to women missing out on leadership opportunities, limits fi nancial independence, and places strain on families already feeling the pinch of inflation,” Ms McDonald explained. Without access to reliable, quality early childhood care and education the regions risk losing skilled workers who want to return to the workforce but are unable to. “We are talking about doctors and nurses, teachers, allied health professionals, farmers, business owners and operators – all who have an important role in the financial prosperity and long-term sustainability of our bush communities,” Ms McDonald said. “If we truly want to strengthen our communities and economies then let’s give young families the resources to dictate what their family planning looks like because when families prosper, so too does country Australia,” she concluded.

WARREN STAR Local News for the Warren Shire Thursday, January 30, 2025

‘Dreaming Drifters’ take centre stage at Tamworth Country Music Festival

The Dreaming Drifters: Kallie-Lea Daley, Jerome Shepherd, and Zoey Daley, performing at the Youthie Aboriginal Cultural Showcase for the Tamworth Country Music Festival. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED. By WARRAAN WIDJI ARTS IT was a dream performance for a local Indigenous group at our premier country musical festival recently. “Dreaming Drifters” members Zoey Daley (vocals), Jerome Shepherd (guitar), and Kallie-Lea Daley (keyboard), performed four very special songs at the Tamworth Country Music Festival last week to an appreciative audience at the festival’s “Youthie” event. This opportunity to perform came about through the Tamworth Local Land Council’s Aboriginal Cultural Showcase event, President of War-

Uncle Sooty Welsh from Coonamble, Jerome Shepherd, Zoey Daley, Peter Mackay, and Kallie-Lea Daley.

raan Widji Arts, Peter Mackay, explained. “The songs were inspired by, and share personal stories of, resilience and survival,” Peter revealed. “‘Do You Remember the Beemunnel?’, was written by our Warren Elders,” he added. The song has already featured in the group’s debut album, he said. “The Dreaming Drifters were recorded last November performing the song at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and by Graham Burns Music, for Warraan Widji Arts’ ﬁ rst album. “‘Wayilwan Nguramba-ga’

or ‘On Wayilwan Country’ is the fi rst original song in Wayilwan language written by Warraan Widji Arts language tutors,” Peter said. Gidgee Media (Andrew Hull) was in Tamworth, funded through Outback Arts, to complete the fi lming of the music video of the song. Wayilwan Nguramba-ga was also sung by the WWA Wayilwan Youth Choir and recorded for the album last October. “The fi nancial support of the NSW Aboriginal Languages Trust and NSW Department of Communities and Justice is greatly appreciated,” Peter said.

Dreaming Drifters, Zoey and Kallie-Lea Daley, with country music legend, Roger Knox.

The ﬁ nal two songs in Tamworth were performed by Zoey for her HSC, Peter said. “Zoey’s dedication to study music via distance education required extra determination, particularly when also facing a serious health challenge,” he added. “Warraan Widji Arts funded Zoey’s singing tuition and accompanist throughout 2024, and it paid off, with Zoey being awarded 88 per cent for her practical music exam.” It also fulfilled one of Warraan Widji Arts’ objectives: to provide opportunities and support for young talented youth to pursue their

dreams, he said.

“The journey to Tamworth has been a long one,” Peter ref lected.

“It represents the hard work of our young cultural leaders: Zoey, Jerome, and Kallie; Aunty Beth Wright; our local Elders; and families who support the re-awakening and sharing our beautiful local Wayilwan cultural heritage.

“It was a privilege to share our local Wayilwan stories in our neighbouring Gamilaraay Nation,” he concluded.

Warren’s ‘Royal Hotel’ just one of 73 similarly-named venues By NICHOLAS CROKER THE ‘Royal Hotel’ at Warren is one of 73 venues across NSW to share the name, according to the latest data from Liquor and Gaming NSW. A review of the state’s 2112 licensed hotels recently revealed the top ten most popular names for such establishments. ‘Royal Hotel’ took the number one spot by a landslide, reﬂecting its iconic status in Aussie pub culture. No matter where you go in NSW, you’ll never be far from a Royal Hotel, with 12 located in metropolitan areas, and 51 spread across regional NSW. Warren’s ‘Royal’ watering hole is not currently operational, sadly, having closed down late last year, but the enduring popularity of the ‘Royal’ moniker dates back

to the 1950s, the Warren Star understands. Some 43 new venues were licensed with the name between 1958 and 1960 alone. “Royal Hotel continues to reign supreme as the most popular pub name in NSW, maintaining its crown since Liquor and Gaming NSW last reported this data ﬁve years ago,” said Minister for Gaming and Racing, David Harris. “Its enduring popularity [stems from] the mid1900s, a nod to Australia’s deep historical and cultural connections to the UK,” he added. “Pub names are more than a simple sign on a building, they are windows into our history, with the names a reﬂection of the industries, traditions, and people that have shaped our state.” Variations such as Royal Oak, Royal Exchange,

and Royal Mail bring the total number of ‘Royal’ pubs to an impressive 111. ‘Commercial Hotel’ takes second place with 34 venues across the state, with ‘Railway Hotel’ close behind in third with 20 venues. Also in the top ten, from fourth, is the ‘Imperial Hotel’ with 19 venues, ‘Tattersalls Hotel’ with 13, ‘Grand Hotel’ with a grand 12 venues, and ‘Court House’ following with 11 in seventh. Rounding out the list in eighth, ninth, and tenth, are ‘Australian Hotel’, ‘Central Hotel’, and ‘Star Hotel’, with 9, 8, and 7 venues respectively. Historically, the term ‘hotel’ was used for many Australian pubs due to early liquor licensing laws, which required these establishments offer accommodation alongside the service of alcohol on premises.

The Royal Hotel, Warren, which sadly closed down late last year, bears the most popular name for pubs in NSW. PHOTO: WARREN STAR.

Councils not causing housing backlog: peak state body says

Thursday, January 30, 2025 Local News for the Warren Shire WARREN STAR

Foreign correspondent: Warren local abroad d

Georgie Russ in Canada Ranch-hands at work branding calves in southern Alberta, Canada.

Georgie Russ is currently living and working in Alberta, Canada, and absolutely loving it! PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

Phyllis Miller OAM, president of the NSW Local Government Association. PHOTO: NSWLGA. THE peak body for local government in NSW has again reiterated that rising construction costs, labour shortages, and higher interest rates for loans are all contributing to a “perfect storm” that continues to negatively impact housing supply across the state. The president of Local Government NSW (LGNSW), mayor of Forbes Shire Council, Phyllis Miller OAM, has strongly rejected recent claims from industry bodies that councils are responsible for the state failing to meet its housing supply targets. She feels that local government can be unfairly blamed for current data, particularly as seen in recent dwelling commencement and completion ﬁgures, noting a lack of development applications can also be a factor in such statistics. “Local government is often targeted as the barrier to housing supply, which is simply not true. Rather, the lack of housing supply is due to many factors including a decline in the number of development applications (DAs) being lodged for assessment, not a lack of council action,” mayor Miller said. “The NSW Government’s council league tables show fewer DAs are entering the assessment pipeline. “This is due to a number of economic factors including rising construction costs, labour shortages, supply chain issues, and higher interest rates.” According to data from the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure that was analysed by media outlets in December 2024, more than 75,000 dwellings in Greater Sydney alone have been approved but remain unbuilt. “This backlog is a clear indication that the problem is not a lack of approval but a failure to build,” Mayor Miller said. She added that while the release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) small area data to the end of November 2024 indicated dwelling approvals dropped by 12 per cent in the last year, it was important to understand that this was not a sign of councils rejecting projects. “There is no correlating rise in DA refusals, so it’s unfair and overly simpliﬁed to paint a picture that councils across the board are blocking progress,” she said. “What’s needed now is a more nuanced conversation about the broader economic conditions affecting the housing market, and the NSW and Australian Government response to that climate,” she added. “Local government is keen to take our seat at the table as part of those discussions.”

HI, I’m Georgie Russ. I’m 23 and I grew up just north of Warren on the family farm. I’ve been living and working in southern Alberta, Canada, for just under a year and a half. I’m on a ranch where they run pure-bred black Angus cows and supplement this with irrigation and dryland cropping, also known as

‘grain farming’. The highlight of my experience would be calving cows when it’s minus 40 degrees Celsius outside. That’s something else! I’ve travelled to three different provinces in Canada and seven different states in America in my time over here, which has been amazing. This experience has allowed me to

meet so many wonderful, like-minded people and gain an insight into the farming practices in these extreme conditions.

Know a Warren local abroad? Get in touch at: journalist@warrenstar. com

Farmers welcome plans to attract more vets to regional NSW THE state’s peak farm body has welcomed a new government initiative to address acute shortages of vets across rural NSW. Under the NSW Government’s Welcome Experience program, vets, vet nurses, vet technicians and their families are now eligible to receive assistance with sourcing housing, childcare and other services when moving to rural NSW. NSW Farmers’ member Dr Robyn Alders AO said news of the initiative had been warmly welcomed by farming communities across the state, as they continued to grapple with critical workforce shortages. “Farmers know that healthy animals are productive animals and it’s in their best interests to care for their livestock – but the reality is they need to have access to vets if they are to successfully protect animal health on-farm,” Dr Alders said. “Effective surveillance, detection and response to animal disease is also reliant on a strong veterinary sector, and this has been proven time and time again during recent outbreaks of exotic animal disease in southern Australia, and detections of notifiable animal disease in NSW. “We need our vets, and it’s great to see our government recognise this.” However, Dr Alders warned fur-

PHOTO: PIXABAY.

ther solutions to address the shortage of veterinary workers were still necessary, with mentoring, training and incentive programs just some of the solutions proposed by NSW Farmers in a recent inquiry into vet shortages last year. “If we want to build a sustainable veterinary workforce here in rural NSW, then we need a range of solutions that address the complex challenges that have caused this shortage in the ﬁ rst place,” Dr Alders said. “Incentives such as waiving stu-

dent debt for graduate vets who take up work in rural NSW would make a real difference in attracting vets to rural communities, as would more partnerships between the public and private vet sectors in support of rapid exotic animal disease detection and control in NSW. “Around the world governments are supporting a range of initiatives to ensure the availability of appropriate, affordable veterinary services to livestock producers, and it’s critical our government does the same.”

WARREN STAR Local News for the Warren Shire Thursday, January 30, 2025

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

Australia Day celebrations IT was a pleasure to participate in Australia Day celebrations in Gunnedah, Boggabri and Narrabri this year. It’s always wonderful to see our communities come together on Australia Day to celebrate those people who contribute so much to our towns and villages and to welcome our newest Australian citizens. Congratulations to all of our new Australian citizens, as well as all of those deserving individuals and groups who received an Australia Day award this year. Thank you for all you do in helping make our communities the great places they are. Australia Day is a time of pride and nationalism in our country – for Australia and Australians to be united, not divided. It’s a day we can come together to celebrate how lucky we are to live on the best country on earth.

Shadow Minister for Resources visit TERRIFIC to have shadow minister for resources, senator Susan McDonald, join myself and Nationals candidate for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, in Gunnedah last week. Gunnedah is one of the most productive areas of Australia, so the visit was a great opportunity to showcase to senator McDonald the important role the region plays in Australia’s coal and agricultural production. We toured Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek Mine and Manildra Group’s Gunnedah ﬂour mill, and met with var-

ious local mining, agricultural, and business stakeholders. Unfortunately, the resources and agricultural industries are being held back by the Labor government through complex environmental laws, an unrealistic renewables push, high taxes and green tape. During her visit, senator McDonald provided reassurance to the people who rely on jobs in mining and agriculture that a future coalition government will support those industries and wind back the policies that are threatening their job security as part of its plan to get Australia back on track.

More support for Rex LAST week the Labor government announced it would acquire $50 million of debt from Rex Airline’s largest creditor in an attempt to prevent the airline from going into liquidation. The coalition is requesting a brieﬁ ng on this decision to understand the details to ensure it’s in the best interest of the thousands of regional Australians who rely on Rex, including those in the Parkes electorate. We would like to see a bipartisan approach to the retention of regional aviation services. The government needs to ensure that the regions are not cut off from the aviation services they need and deserve.

Small business tax relief OUR regional communities are built on small and family businesses having a go. But our small businesses are struggling after three years under the Labor government, with a record number of insolvencies, increased red tape and demands from union bosses and increasing electricity prices. The Nationals and Liberals understand that when small businesses thrive, our com-

munities thrive, which is why the coalition last week announced it will cut red tape for small businesses by introducing a capped tax deduction of $20,000 for business-related meal and entertainment expenses. Small businesses with a turnover of up to $10 million will be eligible for the measure

which will run for an initial two years and be exempt from fringe beneﬁts tax. This is a win for the small businesses spending the money on their staff or clients, and a win for the hospitality venues who will see an increased spend in their businesses. The new deduction will apply to meal and entertainment

expenses that have a connection with business activity and income, including dining and entertainment provided to clients, vendors, and employees. It’s a ﬁscally responsible downpayment on the coalition’s commitment to lower, simpler, fairer taxes and rebuilding Australian businesses.

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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 Australian Of The Year 2025. 2.15 Fake Or Fortune? 3.25 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 Long Lost Family. 9.15 Grand Designs. 10.00 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. 11.05 Escaping Utopia. Final. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. 2.00 The Women’s Ashes Pre-Game Show. 2.30 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Afternoon. 3.30 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Aust. Morning. 5.00 The Chase Aust. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 News. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Aust. Afternoon. 8.10 Sri Lanka Vs Australia: Tea Break. 8.30 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 Mr Mayor. 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. 9.00 Becoming Madonna. 11.00 9News Late. 11.30 Resident Alien. 12.20 Tipping Point. 1.10 Hello SA. 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 Morning Programs. 8.00 Bold. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Judge Judy. 10.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 12.00 Farm To Fork. 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 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 9.00 The Graham Norton Show. 10.10 10’s Late News. 10.35 The Project. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Amazing Railway Adventures. 3.05 Destination Flavour China. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Australia Uncovered: Our African Roots. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Finding Your Roots. Return. 8.30 Silk Road From Above. 9.30 The Darkness. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Divided We Stand. 12.50 Blanca. 2.45 Home Is Where The Art Is. 3.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Afternoon. 4.30 Tea Break. 5.00 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Late arvo. 7.00 Dinner Break. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 The Force: BTL. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Storage Wars: NY. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 First Test. Sri Lanka v Aust. Morning. 5.30 The Lunch Break. 6.10 First Test. Sri Lanka v Aust. Afternoon. 7.30 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Evening session. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 House Rules: High Stakes. 12.00 Back With The Ex. 1.10 My Kitchen Rules. 3.00 Anh Does Vietnam. 4.00 Glee. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 9.30 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. 10.30 First Dates UK. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Jake And The Fatman. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.15 Bull. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 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 Frasier. 10.30 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Becker. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 ER. 2.45 Doctor Who. 3.35 Speechless. 4.00 QI. 4.30 MythBusters. 5.20 Love Your Garden. 6.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Gruen. 9.40 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.00 The Deep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.20 72 Cutest Animals. 9.45 Doctor Who. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 ABC News Day. 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 7.30. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 To The Manor Born. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: At The Earth’s Core. (1976) 5.30 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.40 Poirot. 10.40 Dalgliesh. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.40 Insight. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.40 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 6.05 Loot: Blood Treasure. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Homicide: Life On The Street. 12.55 Criminal Planet. 2.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Planet America. 10.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Silent Witness. 2.55 Forever Summer With Nigella. 3.25 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Monty Don’s History Of The British Garden. Final. 8.30 Silent Witness. 10.15 Optics. 10.45 Hard Quiz. 11.20 ABC Late News. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. 2.00 The Women’s Ashes Pre-Game Show. 2.30 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Afternoon. 3.30 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Aust. Morning. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 3. Afternoon session. 8.10 Sri Lanka Vs Australia: Tea Break. 8.30 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 Mr Mayor. 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 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 MOVIE: The Intern. (2015) Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo. 11.00 My Life As A Rolling Stone. 12.10 Tipping Point. 1.00 Explore TV: Trade Routes Of The Middle Ages. 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 Judge Judy. 10.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 12.00 Farm To Fork. 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 MOVIE: Bumblebee. (2018) Hailee Steinfeld. 9.50 10’s Late News. 10.15 The Project. 11.20 Stephen Colbert. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Amazing Railway Adventures. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Scotland: In Search Of Sir Walter Scott. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 MOVIE: Argo. (2012) 9.55 Rock Legends: David Bowie. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Bonn. New. 11.50 Kin. 1.45 Home Is Where The Art Is. 2.35 22 Kids And Counting. 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 DVine Living. 3.30 The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. 4.30 Tea Break. 5.00 The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Late arvo. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Towies. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Storage Wars: NY. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 First Test. Sri Lanka v Aust. Morning. 5.30 The Lunch Break. 6.10 First Test. Sri Lanka v Aust. Afternoon. 7.00 Dinner Break. 7.30 The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Evening. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 House Rules: High Stakes. 11.50 Back With The Ex. 1.00 My Kitchen Rules. 4.15 A Moveable Feast. 4.45 Bondi Vet. 5.35 Britain’s Got Talent. 7.00 MOVIE: Uncle Buck. (1989) 9.00 MOVIE: Alice. (2022) Keke Palmer, Common. 11.20 MOVIE: Mexico City. (2000) 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Ghosts. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Frasier. 10.30 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Becker. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.05 Doctor Who. 3.35 Speechless. 4.00 Would I Lie To You? 4.30 MythBusters. 5.20 Love Your Garden. 6.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: A Perfect Murder. (1998) 10.15 ER. 11.00 Not Going Out. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.25 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.50 Robot Wars. 9.50 Doctor Who. 10.40 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. 7.30 ABC Evening News. 8.00 Planet America. 8.45 ABC News Tonight. 9.00 The World. 9.30 Close Of Business. Return. 10.00 ABC Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Keeping Up Appearances. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Beautiful Stranger. (1954) 5.30 Our Yorkshire Farm. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Yes Minister. 8.30 To Be Advised. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.25 Fanatics: The Deep End. 2.50 Blaktrax. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.45 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 6.10 Loot: Blood Treasure. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Love And Sex In India. 9.40 We Like Being Naked. 10.35 Homeland. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage Charts. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Beyond Paradise. 1.25 Optics. 1.55 Extraordinary Escapes. 2.45 Croc Watch With Steve Backshall. Final. 3.30 Australia Day Live. 5.30 Eat The Invaders. 6.00 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. 6.30 Back Roads. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Beyond Paradise. 8.30 Vera. 11.35 Rage.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Cycling. Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road 2.00 The Women’s Ashes Pre-Game Show. 2.30 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Afternoon. (Alt schedule may be shown). 3.30 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Aust. Morning. (Alt schedule may be shown). 5.30 Border Security. 6.00 News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Aust. Afternoon. 8.10 Sri Lanka Vs Australia: Tea Break. 8.30 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Drive Safer. 6.30 A Current Affair. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Attenborough’s Wonder Of Song. 1.30 MOVIE: The Dust Factory. (2004) 3.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 4.30 Explore TV. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia. 6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Elvis. (2022) Austin Butler, Tom Hanks. 10.35 Becoming Madonna. 12.25 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.20 Destination WA. 1.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 My Market Kitchen. 9.30 Drew Barrymore. 10.00 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. 10.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 12.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. 12.30 Exploring Off The Grid. 1.30 The Yes Experiment. 2.00 4x4 Adventures. 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. 8.30 The Dog House. 9.30 Ambulance Australia. 10.30 Ambulance UK. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Surf Life Saving. Shaw and Partners Iron Series. 3.00 WorldWatch. 3.55 Dance In Focus: Still Life. 4.20 Best Australian Dance Short Films 2021. 5.25 999 The Forgotten Girls Of The Holocaust. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Magical Train Journeys In Switzerland. 8.30 Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres. 9.20 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro. 10.15 Ruby Wax: Castaway. Final. 11.10 Everything You Love. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 5.30 Sri Lanka Vs Australia: The Lunch Break. 6.10 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 4. Afternoon session. 7.00 Dog Patrol. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 I Escaped To The Country. 10.30 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Bathurst 12 Hour. Qualification and support races. 3.30 The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Afternoon. 4.30 Tea Break. 5.00 The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. 7.00 Dinner Break. 7.30 The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Evening. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 The Food Trail. 3.00 Mesmerised. 3.30 Bathurst 12 Hour. Qualification and support races. 4.30 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph. 5.00 A Moveable Feast. 5.30 MOVIE: A Dog’s Way Home. (2019) 7.30 MOVIE: Grown Ups 2. (2013) 9.30 MOVIE: Last Cab To Darwin. (2015) 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 IFISH. 10.30 Diagnosis Murder. 12.30 JAG. 2.30 Diagnosis Murder. 3.30 JAG. 4.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 17. Sydney FC v Adelaide United. 7.00 Football Tonight. 7.25 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 17. Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets. 10.00 NCIS. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. 8.30 Wheel Of Fortune. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Farm To Fork. 11.30 How We Roll. 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Ridiculousness. 3.00 Friends. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 12.30 South Park. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.05 ER. 2.50 Doctor Who. 3.35 Speechless. 4.00 A Bite To Eat. 4.30 MythBusters. 5.20 Love Your Garden. 6.10 Amazing Spaces. 7.00 Spicks And Specks. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) 8.50 Live At The Malthouse. 9.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.10 Zog. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 7.50 MOVIE: Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! (2022) 8.50 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.30 Speechless. 9.55 Officially Amazing. 10.20 Dragon Ball Super. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Running Wild: Australia’s Camels. 3.00 News. 3.30 If You’re Listening. 3.50 News. 4.15 Planet America. 5.00 News. 5.30 Asia News. 6.00 News. 6.30 Spies In The Outback. 7.00 News. 7.30 Back Roads. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.30 Aust Story. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Compass. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.10 MOVIE: The Oracle. (1953) 3.00 MOVIE: I’ll Take Sweden. (1965) 5.00 MOVIE: Some Like It Hot. (1959) 7.30 MOVIE: The Man In The Iron Mask. (1998) Leonardo DiCaprio. 10.00 Are You Being Served? 11.00 Tennis. Davis Cup. Australia v Sweden. Day 2. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.25 Ten Year Old Tom. 2.55 Celebrity Mastermind. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.55 The Food That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Icons Unearthed: Spider-Man. 10.20 Hudson & Rex. 12.00 The X-Files. 3.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.00 New Leash On Life. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Monty Don’s History Of The British Garden. Final. 3.30 Long Lost Family. 4.15 Extraordinary Escapes. 5.00 Maggie Beer’s Big Mission. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Muster Dogs: Collies And Kelpies. Return. 8.30 The Newsreader. Return. 9.25 Love Me. Return. 10.10 MOVIE: Sirens. (1994) 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 The Women’s Ashes Pre-Game Show. 2.30 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Australia v England. Day 4. Afternoon session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Australian Idol. Return. 8.50 Billy Joel Live At Madison Square Garden. 10.50 April Jones: The Interrogation Tapes. 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 For The Love Of Pets. 11.00 Maritime Masters: Expedition Antarctica. 12.00 Fishing Australia. 12.30 The Pet Rescuers. 1.00 Swimming. Australian Open Water Championships. Highlights. 1.30 MOVIE: Much Ado About Nothing. (1993) 3.50 David Attenborough’s Green Planet. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 RBT. 6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 Married At First Sight. 8.40 60 Minutes. 9.40 9News Late. 10.10 See No Evil. 11.10 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Pooches At Play. 10.30 The Chef’s Garden. 11.00 Luxury Escapes. 11.30 Buy To Build. 12.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 1.30 Cook With Luke. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet. 2.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 19. Sydney Kings v Perth Wildcats. 4.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 The Sunday Project. 7.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 8.30 MOVIE: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. (2014) Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley. 10.35 FBI. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 1.00 Surf Life Saving. Shaw And Partners Iron Series. 3.00 Best Of Dakar Rally Highlights. 4.15 Inferno: Letters From Auschwitz. 5.15 Saving The Children. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Mysteries Of Stonehenge. 9.20 Legends Of The Pharaohs. 10.20 Great British Landmark Fixers. 11.15 Signed, Theo Schoon. 1.10 MOVIE: Radioactive. (2019) 3.05 Love Your Garden. 4.00 Peer To Peer. 4.30 Bamay. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road 4.00 The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Afternoon. 4.30 Tea Break. 5.10 The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Late arvo. 7.10 Dinner Break. 7.30 The Women’s Ashes. Test Match. Aust v England. Evening session. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 6.10 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 5. Afternoon session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 8.10 Sri Lanka Vs Australia: Tea Break. 8.30 Cricket. First Test. Sri Lanka v Australia. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Dream Home. 11.30 My France With Manu. 12.30 Zumbo’s Just Desserts. 1.40 The Voice. 3.30 MOVIE: A Dog’s Way Home. (2019) 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.

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6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 8.00 How We Roll. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Ridiculousness. 11.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Ridiculousness. 3.00 Friends. 5.30 Frasier. 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.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.20 Odd Squad. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 Kangaroo Beach Summer Special. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.45 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 Speechless. 9.55 Doctor Who. 11.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 News. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 News. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 ABC News With Auslan. 5.30 News Regional. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Running Dry. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Insiders. 8.40 If You’re Listening. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Australian Story. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 MOVIE: The Floating Dutchman. (1952) 12.05 MOVIE: Father’s Doing Fine. (1952) 1.50 MOVIE: The Constant Husband. (1955) 3.40 MOVIE: The Honey Pot. (1967) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: The Monuments Men. (2014) George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray. 10.50 Chicago Med. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.25 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 4.50 Queer Sports. 5.45 Domino Masters. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The UnXplained With William Shatner. 10.10 Deadly Funny 2023. 11.15 Hoarders. 12.55 The X-Files. 3.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

WARREN STAR Local News for the Warren Shire Thursday, January 30, 2025

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.40 My Way. 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. 9.00 Australian Crime Stories. Return. 10.00 9News Late. 10.30 Forensics: Murder Scene. New. 11.30 First On Scene. 12.00 Tipping Point. 12.50 Hello SA. 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 Judge Judy. 10.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 12.00 Farm To Fork. 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 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 9.00 NCIS: Sydney. 10.00 48 Hours. 11.00 10’s Late News. 11.25 The Project. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Amazing Railway Adventures. 2.55 Railway Journeys UK. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.10 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Madrid With Michael Portillo. New. 8.25 Wilderness With Simon Reeve. New. 9.35 Inside Sydney Airport. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Clean Sweep. 12.05 Wisting. 1.00 You Shall Not Lie. 2.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Surf Patrol. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Bodyguard. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. USA Boxing Day. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.00 Australia Cricket Awards. 9.30 Tougher In Alaska. 10.30 Frozen Gold. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Get Arty. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 House Rules: High Stakes. 12.00 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph. 12.30 The Voice. 2.10 To Be Advised. 4.00 Glee. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 9.30 Law & Order: Trial By Jury. 10.30 Bones. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Reel Action. 9.30 What’s Up Down Under. 10.00 Exploring Off The Grid. 11.00 Cook With Luke. 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 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.15 Bull. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 The Neighborhood. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 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 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 The Neighborhood. 11.00 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.25 Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) 3.10 Doctor Who. 4.00 Would I Lie? 4.30 MythBusters. 5.20 Love Your Garden. 6.10 Amazing Spaces. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.35 MythBusters. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.00 The Deep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. 8.40 Hard Quiz Kids. 9.10 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 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 The Art Of... 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.50 World’s Greatest Myths And Mysteries. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: State Secret. (1950) 5.30 Our Yorkshire Farm. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Good Karma Hospital. 9.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. 10.40 The Closer. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Transnational. 3.00 The Feed. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.45 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 6.10 Loot: Blood Treasure. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Forged In Fire. 10.10 The Weekly Football Wrap. 10.40 Four Years Later. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Forever Summer With Nigella. 3.25 Grand Designs. 4.10 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 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 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. 8.30 Eat The Invaders. 9.00 Hippo Watch With Steve Backshall. 9.50 Ningaloo Nyinggulu. 10.45 ABC Late News. 11.00 The Business. 11.20 Four Corners. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 12.00 Seven Noon News. 1.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Australian Idol. 9.15 The Hunting Party. New. 10.15 The Irrational. Return. 12.15 Friday Night Lights. 1.15 Travel Oz. 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 Married At First Sight. 1.30 Explore TV. 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. 9.00 Madam. New. 10.20 9News Late. 10.50 My Feet Are Killing Me. 11.40 The Equalizer. 12.30 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Our State On A Plate. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Bold. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Judge Judy. 10.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 12.00 Farm To Fork. 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 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 9.00 The Ex-Wife. 10.00 FBI: Most Wanted. 11.00 10’s Late News. 11.25 The Project. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 History Of Britain. 3.05 The Weekly Football Wrap. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.35 Irresistible: Why We Can’t Stop Eating. 10.05 The Artist’s View. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Beyond Signs. 12.05 Fargo. 2.00 Home Is Where The Art Is. 2.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Surf Patrol. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 Inspector George Gently. 10.45 Air Crash Investigations. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Outback Opal Hunters. 2.00 Adventure Gold Diggers. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Outback Truckers: Best Of. 10.30 Ice Road Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Flushed. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Get Arty. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 House Rules: High Stakes. 12.00 Back With The Ex. 2.15 To Be Advised. 4.00 Glee. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 9.30 CSI: New York. 10.30 CSI: Cyber. 11.30 Bones. 1.30 Dollhouse. 2.30 S.W.A.T.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.40 Ab Fab. 3.10 Doctor Who. 4.00 Would I Lie To You? 4.30 MythBusters. 5.20 Love Your Garden. 6.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Fisk. 9.00 Optics. 9.30 Live At The Apollo. 10.15 ER. 11.05 Not Going Out. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.00 The Deep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 Deadly Predators. 9.10 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 9.50 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Parliament. 3.10 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. 10.15 Four Corners. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.50 World’s Greatest Transportation Marvels. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: I Believe In You. (1952) 5.30 Our Yorkshire Farm. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 9.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.45 Celebrity Mastermind. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.45 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 6.10 Loot: Blood Treasure. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Great Wall With Ash Dykes. 10.30 Black Comedy In America. New. 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Forever Summer With Nigella. 3.25 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Optics. 9.00 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) 9.45 Planet America. 10.20 Spicks And Specks. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. 11.20 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 History Of Britain. 2.55 Railway Journeys UK. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.10 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Real Crown: Inside The House Of Windsor. 8.30 Wonders Of The Moon With Dara Ó Briain. 9.25 Miniseries: Playing Nice. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Pagan Peak. 11.40 Rogue Heroes. 12.50 Agent Hamilton. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 Air Crash Investigations. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Surf Patrol. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. 10.45 Law & Order: UK. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 10.30 World’s Scariest Police Chases. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.50 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.25 Nella The Princess Knight. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.45 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. 7.00 The Deep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 Doctor Who. 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.55 New Tricks. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Sea Devils. (1953) 5.30 Our Yorkshire Farm. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 To The Manor Born. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 The Closer. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.10 Unknown Amazon. 3.15 The Weekly Football Wrap. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.45 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 6.10 Loot: Blood Treasure. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Ninja Assassin. (2009) 10.20 MOVIE: Jiu Jitsu. (2020) 12.10 Late Programs.

There may be more than one possible answer.

× +

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= 33 –

= 22

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CROSSMATH

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= 33

= 22

Insert each number from 1 to 9 in the shaded squares to solve all the horizontal and vertical equations. Multiplication and division are performed before addition and subtraction.

Solutions

4 × 3 – 8 = 4

No. 174

1 × 6 – 2 = 4

Place each of the tiles of letters into the blank jigsaw below to create four six-letter words going across and down.

Crossmath

9 – + 5 × + 7 × = 21

No. 175

5X5

Insert the missing letters to make 10 words – five reading across the grid and five reading down.

Edgeword

Y E L P S

321

A V E R T

5x5

L E G A L

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 12.00 Seven Noon News. 1.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Australian Idol. 9.15 St. Denis Medical. New. 10.15 First Dates UK. 11.15 Lopez Vs. Lopez. Return. 12.15 Friday Night Lights. 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Human Revolution. 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? 3.00 Forever Summer With Nigella. 3.25 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. Return. 8.30 Four Corners. Return. 9.15 Media Watch. Return. 9.35 Mozart: Rise Of A Genius. New. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. 11.10 Late Programs.

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Thursday, January 30, 2025 Local News for the Warren Shire WARREN STAR

Sport RACING NG REPORT ORT By COLIN HODGES

Raced – Parkes, January 25, 2025 EIGHTY three years after the movie Casablanca was first screened, a handsome four-year-old chestnut gelding by the same name won a maiden handicap on Saturday at Parkes. Set in Morocco and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, the 1942 film is regarded as a masterpiece and the owners, who payed big money for the equine Casablanca, were hopeful of Academy Award winning performances. There was justification for the high price as Casablanca was by the champion sire Snitzel and from the ATC Australian Oaks winner

Western Racing Report Rising Romance. Adding further to the sales ring appeal, the Arrowfield stud bred Casablanca was a full brother to the team Hawkes trained fi lly Yearning, winner of the group one Caulfield 1000 Guineas when ridden by Damien Thornton and placed three times in group two races, the Edward Manifold, Armanasco and Lets Elope Stakes. But alas, the hoped for rewards did not eventuate and Casablanca knocked down for $1.4 million to TFI/Kia Ora stud at the 2022 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale was sold again for $11,000 in 2024 through the online Inglis Digital platform to clients of the Dubbo trainer Cindy Monaghan. Angus Barlow a Dubbo based stock and station agent who doubles as a livestock market reporter on ABC radio is now a part owner of Casa-

blanca and takes up the story. “Originally trained by Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou at Rosehill, Casablanca with no luck after three starts was transferred to Stuart Kendrick at the Gold Coast where the best result from two starts was a second on the poly track. “Entered for the April 2024 Inglis on line sale, shrewd horse investor Tim Moses from Dubbo snapped up Casablanca for $11,000 after making enquiries with Brisbane jockey Michael Cahill. “Tim then formed a syndicate to race Casablanca with trainer Cindy Monaghan and after a couple of dismal runs it was deemed to need the tie back operation. “The operation was performed, the horse was put back in work and presto, a good win at Parkes,” Angus Barlow related. Ridden by Nick Heywood

in the 1200 metres Parkes Farm Centre/Kennards Hire Maiden Handicap, Casablanca jumped quickly and led for home. Donna Emilia ((Dylan Stanley, $19) finished well but was beaten a nose by Casablanca ($12) with threequarters of a length to the third placed Rebel Flyer (Shayleigh Ingelse, $41). Keenly awaited was the appearance of the highly promising galloper Zarizatycoon in the 1400 metres Parkes Couriers/Standen Building Class Two Handicap. Trained at Bathurst by Gayna Williams, Zarizatycoon had looked well above average when leading throughout to win at Narromine and Mudgee however, bled when unplaced at Rosehill. Following the mandatory time away from racing, Zarizatycoon resumed over 1280

metres at Orange and after travelling wide ﬁ nished less than a length from the winner Nomorenightshift, the Mack Griffith trained four times a winner, half-brother to Zarizatycoon. Away quickly from an outside barrier at Parkes, Zarizatycoon was eased back and at the 600 metres trailed the leading trio by several lengths. Expertly ridden by Clayton Gallagher, Zarizatycoon ($1.65 favourite) gained an opening at the top of the straight and broke clear for a comfortable win by over a length from Extravagant Choice (Ellen Hennessy, $21) and Lockadente (Claire Ramsbotham, $13). A big five-year-old gelding, Zarizatycoon looks to be still learning how to gallop and with further improvement is forecast to win plenty more races.

WARREN STAR Local News for the Warren Shire Thursday, January 30, 2025

Gidgee back in winners’ circle in latest round of ABC Shield GIDGEE batted well under pressure to score a three-wicket win against Gulargambone and move into third place on the Bendigo Bank ABC Shield ladder during Round 10 of the local competition played on Saturday, January 18. Gular made a solid 9-153 from its 40 overs, before Gidgee chased down the total at 7-156 in 38 overs with three wickets and two overs remaining at Gulargambone. Batsman Tyne Chapman (59 not-out) played the critical innings in the run-chase and was ably supported by Bevan McEwen (27) in a 50-run ﬁ fth wicket partnership. Blaike Fernando (17), Elvy McEwen (17), captain Mark Stewart (11) and Brenton Williams (10) also made double ﬁgures for the victors. Gular, however battled hard with both bat and ball, with

Jaylem Peters (2-27 off eight overs) and Levi Peters (2-46 off eight overs) both claiming doubles while Preston Ah-See (1-26 off seven overs) and Peter Peters (1-20 off six overs) also bowled well. With the bat, Gular’s best included Jaylem Peters (37), Preston Ah-See (26), Grant Millgate (24), and Jason Carter (20). Daniel Smith (4-30 off eight overs) starred with the ball for Gidgee, while Bevan McEwen (2-36) and Elvy McEwen (2-28) were also impressive in their eight overs each. Meanwhile, in their game, Curban continued a golden run of three wins and a no-result in their past four matches. Ever since being bowled out for 42 against Gidgee in early December, Curban have recorded wins against Coonabarabran (December 14), Town

Services (December 21) and now USC-Marthaguy (January 18). Curban (5-120 from 32.2 overs) also chased well to defeat Warren-based outfit USC-Marthaguy (9-118 off 40 overs) at McGrane Oval in Gilgandra. Andrew Freeth top-scored for USC-Marthaguy with 27 while Charles Howard (24), Richard Flinn (16) and Tim Jenkins (15) also made starts. Virtually all of Curban’s bowling attack was ultra-economical. Tom Eason might not have been so, but still contributed well with 2-19 off his three overs. Greg Younghusband (216 off ﬁve overs) also grabbed a double while Doug Kelly (1-14) and Scott Chandler (1-16) were hard to get away in eight-over spells for Curban. Kelly (46) played a key knock

in Curban’s win with Mark Williams (18) providing good support and Stewart Younghusband and Anthony Barry both ﬁ nishing 11 not-out. In the other match, Town Services (9-140 off 40 overs) were too strong for Coonabarabran (all out 96 in 30 overs) at Coonabarabran. Ashley Hazelton (74) again anchored his side to a decent score with support from Dale Parker (22), Adam Hazelton (14 not out) and Scott Basham (13). Coonabarabran’s bowling was consistent with Cameron Whittall (2-11) and Ben Hjort (2-19) both tidy in eight-over stints while Oska Brooker (2-24) and Zane Jenner (1-23) did a good job in their seven-over spells. Reduced to 3-11 early on, Nick Willoughby (34) and Whittall (42) did their best to recover for Coonabarabran

but, once they were removed by Alex Sutherland (2-17 off ﬁve overs), the home side lost its way to fall well short of the victory target.

Adam Hazelton (5-22 off seven overs) did the early damage for Town Services and Mark Temple (1-17 off eight overs) and Ashley Hazelton (1-8 off three overs) also applied pressure.

Biddon-Tooraweenah had the bye, but still hold second spot with four rounds left of the competition.

Bendigo Bank ABC Shield ladder (as per Play HQ) after Round 10: Curban 51, Biddon-Tooraweenah 46, Gidgee 44, Town Services 43, Coonabarabran 40, Gulargambone 39, USC-Marthaguy 31.

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“Fun day”, despite heat, for Warren Bowls’ event Club rep, Ab Seaton, with winners of the Warren “Fun Day” Bowls, Bill Butler and Mark Cooney (absent, Dooley Wilde). PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

Ab Seaton with runners-up Kenneth Kentwell and Russell Gibson (absent, Larry Pascoe).

By WARREN BOWLS CLUB IT was another great day of competition on Saturday with a good turnout of keen players — despite the heat — for the Warren “Fun Day” Bowls. Winners on the day were Bill Butler, Mark Cooney, and Dooley Wilde, with the runners-up Kenneth Kentwell, Russell Gibson, and Larry Pascoe. Dale Ward

and ‘Spider winner’ Rhianna Gibson were also happy, taking home the raffle prizes. It was also exciting to witness a few new faces on the greens over the weekend, with anyone interested invited to get along to the next event. The club also appreciated the support of event sponsors, Brad’s Wear, Warren, and to Ben for the music.

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