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THUMBS-UP TO OUR “GREAT ESCAPE” Orange residents can give a giant “thumbs-up” to their efforts in combatting the unprecedented threat of the coronavirus. Without ignoring the heartache and loss many of us have suffered during these most trying of times, the people of our district have handled the pandemic with a typical country can-do attitude. With intrastate travel, pubs, clubs, and restaurants, and beauty and nail salon operators, all now allowed to operate again — and as we look at the devastation wrought by the pandemic in countries around the world — it’s been a “great escape” for our beautiful corner of Australia.

Talking POINTS

with BOB HOLLAND

Of course, one talking point for a lot of people this week has been about the first issue of Newswatch. It’s still very early days but the feedback after the first few days was all positive, despite my taking a swipe at our Councilors. Of course, people may be just being kind and giving us a honeymoon period before they say what they really think. Either way, we’re away! I had an unexpected experience at the Medicare office last week. I boldly waltzed in to drop a claim in the claims box because I had no intentions of waiting around to get the usual service. No sooner had I walked in the door when people who were lined up gave me the finger, pointing me to the end of the line which went back to the front door. While this was happening a security guard told me I’d have to line up. I said I only wanted to drop a claim in the claims box but was told that was not allowed under the current rules. It all took me by complete surprise as I rarely go there, but off I went and dropped my claim in the mail. Not an experience I’d want often. There’s a lot of talk about the proposed rate rises in the Council’s budget. They’re sure to anger a lot of people but speaking for myself, I trust our Council to be fair with such matters and am quite sure they have good reason for setting such charges. It’s not an issue for me. I know many will disagree with me but that’s OK, it’s just an opinion.

SEE INSIDE FOR STORIES ABOUT HOW OUR CITY — AND ITS PEOPLE — ARE BOUNCING-BACK FROM ONE OF THE MOST MOMENTOUS EVENTS IN OUR HISTORY

Phil Donato’s call to re-instate the Council elections back into this year is sure to get tongues wagging. I for one, would love to see that and I know of others who feel the same way.

NEWS

CORONAVIRUS ULYSSES

As any psychologist can attest; human beings are creatures of habit. As we come-out of this huge social experiment in human behaviour, the question is now, will we — as individuals and us as a society — readily-return to the grand old days of prosperity and social ease? After a nearly three-month coronavirus shutdown to slow the spread (or “flatten the curve”) of the coronavirus pandemic, how quickly can we revive our economy and get back to our old lives? This was the great fear that many old-heads had about the great shutdown that has so impacted all our lives. Or has the cold hand of quarantine and the chill dead of social control changed all of us in ways that we do not even fullyunderstand? People being charged by the police with failing to “social distance”; an unheard of phrase only a few months ago; supermarket staff breaking-up fights in aisle three over shortages of staples such as rice and pasta; protestors being dragged-off for calling for an end to the shutdown; drivers being quizzed about the validity of their trips; limits of attendees at funerals… these are scenes that would have appeared franklyunthinkable and more likely as part of a dystopic movie before 2020. It is not that people have chaffed and protested, struggling against these impositions of the state that most have accepted as necessary to control a deadly disease. It is the way in which so many of us have accepted them all-to-easily. One only has to look online to see the motley scolds, petty authoritarians, and wowsers (a fine old Australian word) who have appointed themselves as arbiters of other people’s behaviour. Power corrupts, as they say, and a little bit of power has apparently

Orange Bowling Club to re-open

gone to many peoples’ heads. One British police force, for instance, have had to change their emergency number, because the line had been inundated with citizens eagerly reporting neighbours for apparent breaches of the big shutdown. This being the case, how hard will it be now, with a Central Tablelands winter almost upon us, to get-out from “under the doona” as Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged, to get back into the routine of our lives. Many of us have probably already experienced the strange alarm at again having to get children up early and back into uniform and off to school with lunch, books, and equipment for another day, something that we routinely and easily completed for years on end before the pandemic. Local sports are also hedging the draws for the likely-restart of their seasons in anticipation that many children, and their parents for that matter, simply won’t bother signing-up for an abridged schedule of games. This has been the case for my son’s soccer team which recentlyannounced that, due to drop-outs since the coronavirus shutdown, they do not have enough players to field a side this year. While many of us have secretlyenjoyed the quiet streets and leisurely air of the quarantine, one gets a feeling that the whole thing has a touch of indulgence in the age of affluence that our ancestors could never have afforded. Society-wide shutdowns have of course existed throughout human history during the bubonic plague (Black Death) and other periods of highly-infectious diseases, but not in societies as prosperous and healthy as ours. And not for

diseases that have inordinately affected specific sections of society, the elderly and the unwell. America fought a war of Independence against the might of the British Empire during a smallpox epidemic that had a 30 per cent fatality rate, the First World War continued during the Spanish flu outbreak that eventually killed more than the war itself. More recently, huge rock concerts such as Woodstock in America and the Sunbury Pop Festival in Australia — as well as vast anti-Vietnam War protests and moratoriums — were all held during the Hong Kong flu outbreak that killed up to five million people globally in the late 1960s. While Australia’s exceedinglylow fatality rate, at about 100 people in a country of 25 million, has seemingly-justified the big shutdown, every decision such as this follows the laws of unintended consequences. Increased mental breakdowns, deferred treatment for life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, and impoverishment for poorer Australians, as well as increased social isolation, have all had a toll. Life itself is a risk. We cannot forever follow the precautionary principle until the threat of any illness is removed from our lives. We as a society will eventually have to make a decision on whether we want to take the risks of a “second wave” of the coronavirus and get back the vibrancy and prosperity that we all have come to expect in modern Australia, or whether the grim fears of the present becomes our new normal.

In good news for the bowling fraternity, Orange City Bowling Club is re-opening from Monday but with limited hours. New hours for at least the first couple of weeks comprise: • Monday, 3–7pm • Tuesday, 11.30–7pm with the bistro open for lunch • Wednesday, 11.30–7pm with the bistro open for lunch • Thursday, 11.30–8.30pm with the bistro open for lunch and dinner • Friday, 11.30–8.30pm with the bistro open for lunch and dinner • Saturday, 11–8.30pm with the bistro open for lunch and dinner • Sunday, 11.30–7pm with the bistro open for lunch.

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METRO ON THE MEND as restaurant opens Good news for regular Metropolitan Hotel patrons… the upstairs restaurant is raring to go from Monday. In the not-quite-so-good category, there’s a large-ish hole in the floor where their main downstairs bar should be! But Licencee Mark Murphy and his wife Joanne are looking at their plight in the glass half-full category. Their main accommodation facility, The Townsquare Motel, should be back in business now the intrastate travel restrictions are being eased from Monday. “It’s been the worst I’ve ever seen,” Joanne said of the motel complex. “It’s been about five per cent capacity; normally it is about 80–85 per cent, and it can be 99 per cent during October and times like that,” she explained. “It’s already starting to pick-up with travelling reps and the like, though” she said adding that the 50 people limit per venue from Monday, June 1 is a realistic cap for small pubs and hotels. “With 50 people; at least we’ll be able to pay staff and not be losing too much money. As long as people are responsible and have social distancing in mind, it will work-out,” Louse added. Protocols are likely to include that patrons are seated at all times with no bar service and restaurant-goers will need to provide personal details in case of an outbreak associated with a venue. “Economically we needed to come back but on the other hand you don’t want to be responsible for someone catching COVID-19,” Joanne said. The downstairs bar in the main pub though, is another matter with a leaking bathroom in one of the old upstairs bathrooms leading to an unpleasant discovery for the renovation-minded couple.

“We wanted to put a new bathroom upstairs for the restaurant and rooms, and we noted a leak in the bathroom,” Mark explained. “Chasing the leak downstairs revealed that the main cross-beam has a bow in it,” he said pointing to the obvious bend in the giant weight-bearing fixture. Explorative work below floor-level showed that some previous owner had removed part of the original blue-stone foundations supporting the upright for the cross-beam to run pipes under the floor affecting the bar’s internal integrity.

Upstairs restaurant to re-open Monday, Metropolitan licensees Mark Murphy and his wife Joanne. “if we had put the bathroom in, it could have brought the whole thing down,” Joanne said. Builders have now propped-up the whole edifice with acro-props as they work away to buttress and rebuild the bar. “The building is more than 130-years-old, it used to be a general store,” Mark said, adding that the setback hasn’t quenched their renovation plans for the grand old building. “It’s a lovely old building and we want to hand-it on to the next generation. But all those architectural plans will have to wait,” Mark concluded.

NEWS

We’re slowly bouncing back! with DAVID DIXON

NEW RULES ON MONDAY AS RESTRICTIONS EASE Intrastate travel, pubs, clubs, and restaurants, and beauty and nail salon operators, are all now allowed to operate again at something approaching economic levels as the state winds down form the coronavirus pandemic. It’s not exactly Christmas, but restrictions being lifted on a range of activities by the State Government from Monday, June 1 should at least give our hard-pressed local businesses a chance to start their big recovery from COVID-19.

The new rules are part of the three-stage recovery program from the statewide shutdown and include: • NSW residents will be able to take a holiday anywhere in NSW from next month, with intra-state travel restrictions to be lifted from Monday 1 June 2020. • Beauty and nail salon operators can begin treatments from June 1 under strict COVID-safe guidelines. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said this is another important step in easing restrictions while maintaining public safety. Pubs, cafes and restaurants will be able to serve up to 50 people at a time from June 1, as NSW coronavirus cases continue to decline. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian described expanding the socialdistancing limits as a “big step” in the State’s economic recovery from COVID-19.

Under the new measures, hospitality venues will be required to adhere to strict guidelines to operate:

• Each patron must have at least four-square-metres of space • Bookings can be no larger than 10 people • No patrons will be allowed to stand, mingle or dance • Shared cutlery and buffets are also banned.

Spic and clean restart FOR EX-SERVIES CLUB

GAIL CAN’T WAIT TO VISIT MUM AND DAD

Suddenly shutdown more than two months ago during the height of the coronavirus outbreak, Orange’s ExServices Club is raring to get back into action.

Gail Hughes is one of the hidden victims of the coronavirus lockdown and is counting-down the hours until the great re-opening starting Monday.

The city’s largest social club is currently being stripped-back to bare walls to get everything spic and clean for their hoped-for re-opening on Monday, June 1. “We’ve got a sanitising team going over the whole club; we’re reorganising everything,” a spokesperson said.

n Kristy Wallace — Manager of the Ex-Services Club’s Mercure Orange Hotel, (formerly the Templers Mill — is “definitely looking forward to the lifting of the regional travel restrictions”.

“We don’t actually know what the protocols will be at this stage, whether the new limit of 50 is for the whole club or for different areas, we still have to find that out. We can’t wait until they say, ‘the button is pushed’ and we can go on.”

hard on the club with no revenue coming-in for months, there is now light at the end of a dark tunnel.

Walls have been stripped bare and furniture stored while the “S-Team” of staff get into the nitty-gritty of cleaning and sanitising all exposed surfaces of the Club. “We want to make sure that the place is 100 per cent ready to go when we get the okay,” the spokesperson said. “We’re lucky we’ve got a team of people to be able to do renovations like these,” she said. While the big coronavirus shutdown has been

“The safety of our members and staff is of course our No. 1 priority when we do re-open,” she said. “At this stage, we’re hoping for Monday; we’re looking at Monday,” the spokesperson added. The lifting of the intrastate travel restrictions from Monday has also raised a sigh of relief from the Club’s Mercure Orange Hotel, (formerly the Templers Mill) with bookings so far this year very much on the thin side. “We’re definitely looking forward to the lifting of the regional travel restrictions,” Kristy Wallace, Manager of the four and a half-star facility said.

n Orange Ex-Services Club’s “S-Team” of staff get into the nitty-gritty of cleaning and sanitising all exposed surfaces of the Club.lifting of the regional travel restrictions”.

“Swoosh” of baristas marks return of our coffee shops

n Katie Castellaro and Ben Baddock from the Groundstone Café.

Local cafephiles are rejoicing! Relaxing of the coronavirus restrictions has seen a leisurely return to many Orange residents’ most popular social interactions. With casual hospitality staff and coffee-shop owners among the worst hit by the pandemic, the gradual lifting of the Statewide bans has been great for business.

Making her own situation more solitary is the fact that one of her siblings is also in lockdown due to chronic health issues. “My little sister who lives in town is also unwell and she is also allowed no visitors… I’m definitely looking forward to the quarantine being lifted,” she said. As well as visiting her parents, Gail also personally washes and folds all her parents clothes but has been unable to carry-out this simple act of service since the shutdown. “It will be lovely to be able to go and put their washed clothes away for them; I’m really looking forward to it,” she said. She is optimistic that the new social standards of personal hygiene, public sanitisation, social distancing, and awareness of illness will not see the dreaded “second wave” of the pandemic that health professionals fear as restrictions are eased across Australia this winter. “If everyone does the right thing, I think we’ll be alright,” she said. “But please, if you’re unwell, don’t go to work!” Gail pleaded.

n Flora Mortimer (right) with French visitor Candice and Oliver

The call has gone-out, now’s the time to come and support your local barista bar, café, and tea-house. “Definitely come-out and support your local business,” Ben Baddock from the Groundstone Café in Council’s forecourt said as he busily frothed-away for waiting coffee aficionados. “The coffee is still here; with the customers now coming-back, it’s been good to get back into it,” he said. Customers enjoying their coffees in the lateautumn sunshine were also relieved at the lifting

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“I’ve been locked-out of my parents nursing home since March 18… they just told us on the day and I haven’t been able to visit them since,” she explained. “But from June 1; I’ll be allowed in for between half an hour and an hour,” she said excitedly.

n Barista Esther Parton from Bensons Café:

of restrictions, as long as complacency doesn’t slip-in. “It is good, but we must re-open slowly, we must be careful and do it slowly,” Flora Mortimer with French visitor Candice and son Oliver, said. Barista Esther Parton from Bensons Café in Summer Street said that clients are so glad at the partial reopening with customers careful about exercising the new social etiquette. “So long as everyone is safe and social distancing, we shouldn’t have any worries,” she concluded.

NEWS

Sign of the media times… once thriving; now just a pile of rubble. The old Prime Television site on Bathurst Road is now unrecognisable from the vibrant media hub for local television and radio production that it was in the golden days of the 1960s and 1970s. Finishing touches to the new hi-tech Council toilet block in Robertson Park. The $195,000 construction project was awarded to local builders, Renascent Regional with the new building comprising three separate toilet cubicles, including an accessible toilet equipped with a change-table. For those in a hurry, the facility is next to the pathway that runs through the middle of Robertson Park near the CWA hall.

LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED WHILE WE’VE BEEN IN LOCKDOWN Time waits for no man (or woman) is as true during a worldwide pandemic as it is in normal times. While so many Orange businesses, social activities, sport, and society have been in lockdown, Council and various contractors have been getting major work completed while the streets are quiet and the footpaths empty. With so many of us now returning to our work and our lives, these are some of the projects you might notice still going-on around town.

Construction is running apace at the new offices of the Primary Industries (DPI) at the old Base Hospital site covering almost a whole city block and fronted by Dalton St. Developed by Verde Property, the $75 million project will cover a total floor space of 8500m2 over four storeys. The site will also provide on-site multi-level parking for 393 vehicles.

Council staff still toiling-away at construction of the much-anticipated roundabout on the corner of McLachlan and March Streets that has seen the intersection closed from early January. The project has been funded with $650,000 funding from the NSW Government’s Safer Roads Program. The corner was prioritised for the work due to the past five years seeing five traffic accidents at this intersection and three serious injuries.

Orange Council has embarked on a concerted paving upgrade for large sections of the CBD; to the annoyance of returning shoppers and pedestrians! The aim is ultimately for the shopping precinct to have a consistently-high level of paving throughout.

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NEWS REMOTE WORK FOR COUNCIL STAFF AS SERVICES RESUME

Let our people vote;

local member says

Ratepayers and residents have probably not n F ollow the i for information, Council Visitor Information Centre staff, Paul Murname even noticed, but the and Tracey preparing to open when the State Government coronavirus shutdown has seen Orange City Council’s people would have noticed is that outdoor gatherings, we’ll continue administration building you’re not able to come in and pay to look at what facilities we can operating on a skeleton rates over the counter. re-open when that time comes, to staff. In good news for users of Council facilities, the outdoor pool at the Orange Aquatic Centre has now re-opened for limited hours each day with strict social distancing “We’ve all stayed connected rules in force. through Zoom meeting and Council run parks, Microsoft online… everyone’s done playgrounds and skate really well adjusting to a different parks have also been way of working,” Orange City re-opened. Council’s CEO David Waddell said. “As the State The full-staff complement though has still been working-away with about half utilising the digital office to work from home.

“We’ve had to be flexible of course but productivity has been really high, the only difference most

PAYING YOUR RATES DURING COVID-19 During the COVID-19 crisis, rates cannot be paid in person at the Civic Centre. This change is aimed at keeping residents and staff safe. With the latest rates notice are now arriving across Orange, there are a number of other ways to pay rates, and the simplest and leastknown is to pick up the phone. Rates can be paid: • by phone to the Council Customer Service team (6393 8000) using your credit/debit card • by using your bank’s internet banking transfer options or BPAY (account details on your rates notice) • online via the Orange City Council website at: www. orange.nsw.gov.au/ • in person at the post office • mail a cheque (PO Box 35, ORANGE) or drop cheque in box at Civic Centre front counter.

Government continues to relax guidelines on interstate travel and

ensure the safety of our residents.

“We have followed the Government’s lead into COVID-19, and we’ll continue to follow them out,” Mr Waddell said.

n Librarian Julie Sykes and Branch Librarian Sean Brady look to re-opening of Orange City Library. gives the green light

‘COVID-19 REBOUND GROUP’

NOW IN ACTION As reported in Orange City Life Newswatch last week; Orange City Council is launching a new COVID-19 Rebound Group to help the city recover from the economic impact of the current pandemic. The COVID-19 Rebound Group will be chaired by Orange City Council’s CEO Dave Waddell. Mr Waddell said that the time is right for the community to prepare to rebuild. “The COVID-19 crisis has taken a toll on all Australians, specifically those in the business sector,” David Waddell said. “Businesses of all kinds have experienced closures, loss of customers, and in extreme cases temporary total loss of income. Orange City Council sees now as the perfect time to work closely with the community and those businesses who have been directly affected by the crisis to work out a way forward, ensuring businesses themselves get a say in how that plan may look.” Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said he is looking forward to hearing more from the community about how they have been impacted and how Council can assist with making sure town recovers as soon as possible. “These last few months have most likely been the worst ever for a lot of our local businesses and community members,” Cr Reg Kidd said. “Everything is still very

uncertain, but as government restrictions slowly continue to ease it is our chance to get in early and work out where the damage is done so once the country begins to get back to the new normal, Orange is ready and waiting to do the same.” The new group is designed to be a steering committee that will take advice from pre-existing committees such as Council’s Employment and Development Committee and other community members, following advice from the State and Federal governments. Invitations for the ‘COVID-19 Rebound Group’ will be issued next week to local businesses and community members and a core group will then be formed. Orange City Council’s Employment and Economic Development Policy Committee chair Cr Tony Mileto said this group is a good example of community leadership, putting those directly affected by the crisis at the forefront of how the recovery will be planned. “As we begin to receive membership acceptances and the Rebound Group begins to form we will start to get a real understanding of how we need to go about things moving forward,” Cr Tony Mileto said. “Although the group may only be in action for a number of months, this is the time for us to start working on a plan.”

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Democracy should never be lightly putaside; and that goes for the deferred Local Government elections originally set-down for September this year, Local Member, Phil Donato believes. He said that the State Government’s rescheduling of the Council vote until 2021 is “simply not good enough”. “Kids are back at school, there’s a Federal by-election for Eden-Monaro later this year, there’s no reason why it couldn’t be held later this year,” he added.

Democracy should never be lightly put-aside, Local Member, Phil Donato said about delayed Council elections. okay for councils,” he added.

The decision by Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock to put-off voting for the State’s 120-odd councils and mayors seemed to have been made in haste and before the extent of Australia’s success in combatting coronavirus became apparent. “The number of cases has been minimised and the outbreak is not as bad as it was anticipated…there is technology also available, postal voting and e-technologies, that could have got around any problems.” “Constitutionally, it should be held and there seems to be no good reason it can’t be held later this year. I mean, if it’s okay for the by-election, it should be

The ravages of recent years from drought, bushfires, floods, and now coronavirus, make it more, not less important, that local voices are heard. “Many local communities across regional New South Wales have suffered economic ravages from years of devastating drought, unprecedented bushfires and now COVID-19. “Their financial rebuild requires the input of community, and that their voices be heard. “As we emerge from COVID restrictions to restore life in our towns and villages, our communities need renewed leadership to bring about positive change,” Mr Donato concluded.

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CITYwatch

AMANDA SPALDING with Bob Holland

BRIEFS TRAVEL BAN LIFTED WITH NEW AD CAMPAIGN Local tourism operators have received a sliver of good news with resumption of regional travel in NSW allowed from Monday, June 1. The lifting of the ban will come as relief to struggling regional tourism operators, who have been hit by the twin disasters of both the bushfires and the coronavirus lockdown. The welcome news follows the announcement that local tourism identities in Orange, Cabonne and Blayney are set to feature in a new visitor attraction campaign. With the theme, ‘We want you back’, the campaign began this week and involves a $30,000 tourism campaign in partnership between 10 local councils, Orange360, the Central NSW Joint Organisation and regional tourism agency, Destination Country & Outback. Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said the campaign will target people who plan to visit friends and relatives, a category which makes up 35-40 per cent of travellers in the region. “The aim of the ‘We want you back’ campaign is to create a personal connection between the locals and the travellers that we want to welcome back,” Cr Kidd said “These are the visitors who will help stimulate the economy once restrictions are lifted.” State travel bans are still in place for some jurisdictions including for Queensland and South Australia.

BOB: City Watch is designed to keep you informed about matters and issues that relate directly to our City and involve our local Council. I’ll chat to Amanda Spalding each week about things that we feel Newswatch readers will be interested in. Our chats will be done in the form of a type of role play, I’ll play your average citizen or ratepayer and Amanda will play the voice of the Council. She is well qualified to talk about Council matters, practices and protocols etc. given her extensive experience in high level public positions and having been a former General Manager of Hay Shire Council. I’ve asked her questions about all manner of things, sometimes they may be a bit curly, and Amanda will answer from a Council perspective, often being politically correct, other times being candid. It’s a different approach, yes, but let’s see what we can achieve. I hope you enjoy City Watch each week. Amanda, so our readers can better appreciate your knowledge and experience, tell us a bit about your work life until now? AMANDA: I am originally from the U.K. and am a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales where I have been a member for 37 years!! I left the private sector to work for Sheffield City Council in the first ever council Economic Development Department as we were trying to fight the effects of globalisation on local economies and local communities even that long ago! I worked my way up over 16 years through Sheffield, Bradford, Wakefield and Humberside becoming Director of Development and Environment at the newly formed Unitary Authority North Lincolnshire Council with a population of 150,000 people in a semi-rural setting with 7,500 staff and over 60 Councilors. I was also CEO of Lincolnshire Enterprise the private-public regional economic development partnership. I have been a Director of a number of companies including Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, and I moved to Australia at the turn of the century having met my future husband, Darrell Hair. I have been Deputy General Manager/Director at 4 large Sydney Councils, General Manager of Hay Shire Council and CEO of the NSW Professional Association Local Government Managers Australia. I was also an Executive Director and Chief

voting tends to cause would-be councilors to try not to offend people rather than set out a leadership agenda about what they will aim to achieve if elected.

Information Officer in the NSW Government and was a Director of TAFE Western in Orange. I am now Principal of management consultancy business Amanda Spalding Consulting that specialises in good governance, procurement and grant writing and am the Treasurer of Arts OutWest and Orange Community Broadcasters.

BOB: Given some ratepayers think Council’s main priorities should be maintaining roads, parks, vital infrastructure etc. and others would like to see Council involve itself in more entrepreneurial or adventurous projects, how should a Council go about getting the balance right? Is there a Council rule of thumb of sorts?

BOB: Let’s get started. Given your Council experience, what do you consider is the Number 1 characteristic a local Council like ours should strive to be known for? Why?

AMANDA: Achieving the right balance is part of Leadership and where that balance should be varies greatly depending on community priorities. At the start of each Council 4 year term the Council engages with the community to understand the aspirations for the next ten years. It then turns those into a 4 year accountability plan of what the Council will deliver in its term of office. Council has to consider what resources it will have, (finance, assets and people), to deliver on those priorities and that includes looking after assets like roads, parks, and buildings as well as pursuing new ideas that will ensure local communities that are strong, healthy and prosperous, like, for example, a new tourist attraction.

AMANDA: Leadership! Good leadership should be at the top of everything. In my view. Orange City Council is lacking in Leadership with a capital L. BOB: If a Council gets this right, what do you see as the flow on effect?

...Fair minded people will respect good leadership, despite not always agreeing, because they have been given the opportunity to give their views...

BOB: A lot of people think Orange Council, particularly our Councilors’ performances, have been disappointing on many fronts - the constant recission motions, the drama over the Robertson Park toilets, the hoops and dramas associated with getting DA’s approved are just some of the issues people talk about often. How do you think our Council is performing, given your comments above?

AMANDA: Councils should provide strong and effective representation, leadership, planning and decision-making (Local Government Act) to facilitate local communities that are strong, healthy and prosperous. Part of leadership is inspiring a shared vision and unity of purpose in delivering that vision.

AMANDA: My opinion aside, the feeling I get from most people is that Orange City Council is a very poor performer. There are several basic issues on people’s minds, and a lot of good projects out there that have been talked about for years, many the community regard as priorities, my feeling is people now want to see them happen.

Good leadership gets those things done that need to be done, and in a timely manner, within a framework that most of the community agree on, and does this despite any expected opposition. Fair minded people will respect good leadership, despite not always agreeing, because they have been given the opportunity to give their views and been given feedback about why a different decision has been made. It may be that our system of preferential

BOB: Next week, we’ll talk about some of the priorities that various people and groups have for our City, and then over coming weeks we’ll talk about these in more detail and then try to come up with a list of say the top 5 to 10 priorities that most people agree on.

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HOW’S THIS FOR AN IDEA? by BOB HOLLAND

Orange, as a city, has a lot of wonderful things going for it, but there’s one big gaping hole. We do not have a significant tourist attraction, one that people from all over will make a bee-line to Orange to see. Dubbo has their Zoo, Cowra their Japanese Garden and Bathurst has Mount Panorama, and what does Orange have? Nothing anywhere near as impressive or crowd drawing.

if the track was dotted with eye-catching or interesting artworks of various types. Paintings, murals, sculptures and the like, at intervals along the walk. If that’s not a simple and straight-forward idea that would give the gardens far more use, relevance and interest, and give us something to talk about or show visitors to Orange, I don’t know what is.

Care Lodge and Ronald McDonald House are examples where vision has become reality. In It’s not as if people haven’t tried to get each case someone, a group or a club drove the something going, it just appears that Orange project, but we seem to have been lacking this hasn’t currently got the understanding, passion type of enthusiasm and drive over recent years, or vision in the right circles to drive something especially with big projects. of this nature. The benefits to the Orange Some of the great ideas that have been floated economy for having a significant attraction over recent years include – A Mountain Bike would far outweigh any initial investment facility on Mt. Canobolas, A Planetarium, a costs, especially over time. Super Playground and a Mining Museum, all

There’s been plenty of vision in the past for some things - our brilliant Health Service, the PCYC, our Adventure Playground, Western

would make great tourist attractions, and all would bring people to Orange in their droves, but so far getting them off the ground still

seems an eternity away. So, here’s an idea I feel we could consider, and not only consider, but with the right drive behind it, make it happen in a very short space of time indeed. Our publications Orange City Life and Newswatch would certainly support it both financially and through our publications. I call it Orange’s Walk of Art. My wife and I went for a walk around the walking path at Orange’s Botanical Garden last weekend and it was delightful, BUT, it could be so much more interesting and enjoyable

If you like the idea, let’s make some noise about it. Let’s see if we can’t get an art group, a service club or even our Council to drive it. It could make a small but interesting community project, the sort of thing that will lift spirits, bring our community together more and actually accomplish something that will have lasting benefits. I’ve only given a broad outline of the idea, there are several ways it could be done, using a particular theme for example or even changing the artwork each year or two. Let’s get our brains working and actually do something, rather than just talk about doing something. Over to you Orange!

GLASS HALF-FULL FOR PUB SEEING LIGHT AT THE END OF LOCKDOWN

EFFICENT & FLEXIBLE TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS n BETTER DAYS AHEAD: “Minesy”; Royal Hotel Manager, Adam Isbester; and bar staff member, Jo getting the Royal ready to go for their big reopening.

It‘s been a long drought for local drinkers with a thin ray of light only now at the end of the tunnel for hard-hit hoteliers. Long the social centre of adult Australian life, the country pub has traditionally served for more than just a place to drink for thirsty country folk with the coronavirus crisis forcing an unprecedented month’s-long shutdown of all venues in NSW. Owners of the Royal Hotel, one of Orange’s oldest and most prominent watering holes, have been particularly heavily-impacted with casual staff bearing the brunt of the closure. “It’s been really hard, we’ve got seven pubs in the region and we’ve had to let 170 people go,” Royal Hotel Manager Adam Isbester said. With lockdown restrictions gradually being lifted, he said there is little profit in opening with only a handful of patrons allowed into each venue. “There’s not much you can do with a maximum

of only 10 patrons. What do you do? Make people stand outside? “We’re going to wait until it goes to at least 20 before we re-open,” he explained. But Adam and his team have not been letting the grass grow during the big lockdown and are busy getting the historic venue ship-shape for the coming weeks. “We’ve taken the chance to give the place a bit of a make-over; some good-old spitand-polish for when the restrictions are lifted.” A positive attitude, he believes, has been the key to ensuring that Australians have survived the greatest disruption to our national life in decades. “While the glass is empty, we keep saying it’s halffull! We’re keen as mustard to get going again,” Adam enthused. Bar staff member Jo, getting the front bar spic and span for re-opening, agreed: “We can’t wait to get the punters back,” she said.

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6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 7.00 Small Business Secrets. 7.30 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Soccer. 2006 FIFA World Cup. Australia v Japan. Replay. 5.00 Small Business Secrets. 5.35 We Bugged Hitler’s Phone. 6.30 News. 7.35 London: 2,000 Years Of History. 8.30 The Clinton Affair. 10.15 Filthy Rich And Homeless. 11.20 Tin Star. 1.05 North To South: The Full Journey. 3.25 Exodus: Our Journey. 4.30 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (6) Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 MOVIE: North By Northwest. (1959) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 House Rules: High Stakes. 9.30 Why Can’t We Sleep? 10.30 What The Killer Did Next. 11.30 The Blacklist. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Animal Tales. (5) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1.00 World’s Greatest Journeys. 2.00 Motor Racing. Targa Great Barrier Reef 2019. Replay. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 3. Penrith Panthers v Newcastle Knights. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 The Voice. 8.30 60 Minutes. 9.30 Nine News Late. 10.00 Inside Crime. 11.00 See No Evil. 12.00 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 12.00 This Is Mexico. 12.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 1.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 1.15 MasterChef Australia. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 3.00 My Market Kitchen. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 WhichCar. 4.30 RPM. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 9.00 FBI: Most Wanted. 10.00 FBI. 11.00 The Sunday Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.15 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 The Weekly. 10.35 The Last Leg: Locked Down Under. 11.20 Would I Lie To You? 11.50 The Games. 12.15 The IT Crowd. 12.45 Defending The Guilty. Final. 1.15 Fleabag. 1.40 Catastrophe. Final. 2.10 Gavin & Stacey. 2.45 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Hustle. 12.50 The Last Man On Earth. 2.35 Date The World. 2.50 PopAsia TV. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 Insight. 5.15 Yokayi Footy. 5.50 India With Guy Martin. 6.45 Travel Man: Jon Hamm In Hong Kong. 7.40 Hunting Hitler. New. 9.20 MOVIE: My Awkward Sexual Adventure. (2012) 11.15 Insight. 12.15 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Mums At The Table. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 NBC Today. 12.00 My Greek Odyssey. 1.00 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 2.00 The Bowls Show. 3.00 MOVIE: Kissin’ Cousins. (1964) 5.00 M*A*S*H. 7.00 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 9.40 Miranda. 10.20 What A Carry On! 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 MOVIE: Saturday Island. (1952) 12.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 2.10 My Favorite Martian. 2.40 Getaway. 3.10 MOVIE: Apache. (1954) 5.00 MOVIE: The 7th Dawn. (1964) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 MOVIE: The Power Of One. (1992) Stephen Dorff, Morgan Freeman, John Gielgud. 11.10 ER. 12.00 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs. 11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 Diagnosis Murder. 12.30 MacGyver. 1.30 The Doctors. 2.30 Planes Gone Viral. 3.30 Car Crash Global: Caught On Camera. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 Cops. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 CSI: Miami. 12.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 4.35 The Dengineers. 5.00 Mustangs FC. 5.25 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Taking The Next Step. 7.00 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 8.00 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 Ready For This. 9.10 TMNT. 9.35 Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! 9.55 Rage. 3.20 Close. 5.30 Strange Hill High. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 36 Ways To Live: Christmas Special. 12.00 Beach Bites With Katie Lee. 12.30 Kids Baking Championship. 1.40 The Kitchen. 2.50 Chopped. 3.50 MOVIE: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. (1971) 6.00 The Simpsons. 8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 10.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 The Fishing Show. 1.00 Fishy Business. 1.30 Creek To Coast. 2.00 Fishing Addiction. 3.00 Seven’s Footy Vault: Top 5. 3.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 4.00 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 4.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 5.00 Inside West Coast Customs. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: The Day After Tomorrow. (2004) 11.00 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Quimbo’s Quest. 9.05 Butterbean’s Cafe. 9.30 Scope. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 Neighbours. 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.30 Rules Of Engagement. 6.00 Friends. 9.00 MOVIE: Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion. (1997) Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow. 11.00 Will & Grace. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 11.00 Grand Designs New Zealand. Final. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. 2.00 Father Brown. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Cook And The Chef. 4.35 Gruen. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. Final. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Q+A. 10.40 ABC Late News. 11.10 Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History. 2.45 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. 3.55 Railway Journeys UK. 4.30 The Greatest Air Race. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Secrets Of The Royal… 8.30 The Great Intelligence Test. 9.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. 12.45 Late Programs.

Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Hazing Secret. (2014) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 House Rules: High Stakes. 9.00 9-1-1. 10.00 The Latest: Seven News. 10.30 S.W.A.T. 11.30 The Goldbergs. 12.00 Code Black. 1.00 Late Programs.

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Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.55 Floogals. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.25 The IT Crowd. 8.50 To Be Advised. 9.20 The Games. 9.50 Get Krack!n. 10.20 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 30 Rock. 11.25 Community. 12.10 Archer. 12.55 Comedy Next Gen. 1.50 Extras. 2.25 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

World(31) 6.00 Watch. 12.00 Panic: Untold Story Of The 2008 Financial Crisis. 2.00 MythBusters. 3.00 The Pizza Show. 3.25 The Ice Cream Show. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 This Week. 5.10 Chinese Dating. 6.10 Seconds From Disaster. 7.05 Brooklyn NineNine. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 In Search Of... 9.20 Adam Looking For Eve. 10.15 South Park. 10.40 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 A Moveable Feast. 11.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 11.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Auction Squad. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. 10.30 Families Of Crime. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Death In Paradise. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Eight O’Clock Walk. (1954) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Miniseries: Lynda La Plante’s Trial & Retribution. 1.00 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 RPM. 8.30 WhichCar. 9.00 Car Crash Global: Caught On Camera. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 11.15 48 Hours: NCIS. 12.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 5.00 Mustangs FC. 5.25 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 Ready For This. 9.10 TMNT. 9.35 Massive Monster Mayhem. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 Baked In Vermont. 8.30 Brunch @ Bobby’s. 9.00 Cake Wars. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 All-Star Holiday Special. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 One Tree Hill. 4.00 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 First Dates Australia. 9.30 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 10.30 Bridezillas. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Gold Fever. Return. 1.00 Swamp People. 2.00 Prospectors. 3.00 Blokesworld. 3.30 Timbersports. 4.00 Inside West Coast Customs. 5.00 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: The Dirty Dozen. (1967) Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine. 11.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Karl Meltzer: Made To Be Broken. 1.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 1. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Emergence. 11.20 Big Bang. 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst. 3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 11.00 Grand Designs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Four Corners. 1.45 Media Watch. 2.00 Father Brown. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Poh’s Kitchen. 4.30 Gruen. Final. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian. Final. 9.30 Road To Now. 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.00 Q+A. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.10 Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History. 3.00 Railway Journeys UK. 3.35 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.35 The Secret Life Of Mad King George. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS News. 11.05 Blinded. New. 12.50 Pagan Peak. 2.40 Lockerbie. 3.55 Late Programs.

Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Hunt For The Labyrinth Killer. (2013) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 House Rules: High Stakes. 9.00 Absentia. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 The Resident. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Mom. 1.30 The Voice. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Voice. 9.00 Whitney: Can I Be Me? 10.05 Nine News Late. 10.35 Botched. 11.35 Guiltology. 12.30 Tipping Point. 1.30 A Current Affair. 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Headline News. (8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.15 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.45 How To Stay Married. 9.15 NCIS. 10.15 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.15 The Project. 1.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 The Last Leg: Locked Down Under. Final. 9.10 The Inbetweeners. 9.35 Zapped. 10.10 This Country. 10.35 Parks And Recreation. 11.00 30 Rock. 11.40 Community. 12.25 Archer. 1.05 Black Books. 1.30 Episodes. 2.05 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

World(31) 6.00 Watch. 12.00 What’s The Catch. 1.00 The Gadget Show. 1.55 MythBusters. 2.55 The Pizza Show. 3.20 The Ice Cream Show. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Chinese Dating With The Parents. 6.10 Seconds From Disaster. 7.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 9.20 20 Years On Death Row. 10.20 Police Custody: Human Cargo. 11.15 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Sydney Weekender. 12.30 Make It Yours. 1.00 Auction Squad. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Heists That Shook The World. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Air Crash Investigation. 11.50 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miss Marple. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 MOVIE: The Raging Moon. (1971) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Poirot. 10.55 Major Crimes. 11.55 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 MacGyver. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 10.20 The Mentalist. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 Late Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 Cake Wars. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Iron Chef America. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 One Tree Hill. 4.00 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 MOVIE: It. (2017) Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard. 11.15 Nip/ Tuck. 12.15 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Gold Fever. 1.00 Bar Hunters. 1.30 Loaded. 2.00 American Pickers. 3.00 Inside West Coast Customs. 4.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Desert Collectors. 10.30 Ultimate Movers. 11.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Xena. 1.00 Friday Night Lights. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 MOVIE: The Island. (2005) 10.15 MOVIE: Species II. (1998) 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon: B&W. 4.50 Super Wings. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 The Unicorn. Return. 10.00 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

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TVguide Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Q+A. 2.00 Father Brown. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Short Cuts To Glory. 4.40 Hard Quiz. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.00 At Home Alone Together. 9.30 Planet America. 10.00 The Last Leg: Locked Down Under. Final. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 (3) Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History. 3.00 Dateline. 3.35 Insight. 4.35 The Secret Life Of King Louis XIV. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Tony Robinson: Egyptian Tomb Hunting. 8.30 Mystery Of The Northern Lights. 9.30 Reprisal. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Save Me. 12.00 MOVIE: A Land Imagined. (2018) 1.40 Trapped. 2.35 Charles Manson: The Final Words. 4.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Nella The Princess Knight. 5.55 Floogals. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 Gavin & Stacey. 9.25 The Moodys. 9.55 Upper Middle Bogan. 10.20 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 30 Rock. 11.25 Community. 12.10 Archer. 12.55 Zapped. 1.25 The Black Adder. 2.05 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 What’s The Catch With Matthew Evans. 1.00 The Gadget Show. 1.55 MythBusters. 2.55 The Pizza Show. 3.20 The Ice Cream Show. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Chinese Dating With The Parents. 6.10 Seconds From Disaster. 7.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Darkland. (2017) 10.35 MOVIE: Believer. (2018) 12.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 10.50 Kids’ Programs. 4.35 The Dengineers. 5.00 Mustangs FC. 5.25 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 Ready For This. 9.10 TMNT. 9.35 Massive Monster Mayhem. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

It’s (66) 6.00 Academic. 7.00 Cake Hunters. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Baked In Vermont. 8.30 Brunch @ Bobby’s. 9.00 Cake Wars. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Iron Chef America. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 One Tree Hill. 4.00 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Cold Case. 8.30 The Mentalist. 9.30 Without A Trace. 10.30 Criminal Minds. 11.30 Late Programs.

News Breakfast. (2) 6.00 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Gardening Australia. 11.00 Grand Designs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Road To Now. 2.00 Father Brown. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Cook And The Chef. 4.40 Hard Quiz. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 The Heights. 8.30 Grand Designs Australia. 9.20 Father Brown. 10.05 QI. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.10 Doctor Foster. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.00 Travel Man. 2.30 Soccer. 1998 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Argentina v England. Replay. 4.30 Great American Railroad Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 World’s Most Beautiful Railway. Final. 8.30 Britain’s Most Historic Towns. 9.30 ZeroZeroZero. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 The New Pope. Final. 12.10 Bullets. 2.00 Riviera. 3.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Nella The Princess Knight. 5.55 Floogals. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Fleabag. 9.00 High Fidelity. 9.30 Killing Eve. 10.15 Catastrophe. 10.40 At Home Alone Together. 11.10 Parks And Recreation. 11.35 30 Rock. 12.15 Community. 1.00 Archer. 1.45 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.30 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 What’s The Catch With Matthew Evans. 1.00 The Gadget Show. 1.55 MythBusters. 2.55 The Pizza Show. 3.20 The Ice Cream Show. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Chinese Dating With The Parents. 6.10 Seconds From Disaster. 7.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Love And Sex In China. 9.35 Future Man. 10.35 The Handmaid’s Tale. 11.35 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 4.35 The Dengineers. 5.00 Mustangs FC. 5.25 Dragons: Race To The Edge. Final. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 Ready For This. 9.10 TMNT. 9.35 Massive Monster Mayhem. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Foreign Correspondent. 1.30 Australian Story. 2.00 Father Brown. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Poh’s Kitchen. 4.40 Hard Quiz. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Top Of The Lake: China Girl. Final. 9.30 Grantchester. 10.15 ABC Late News. 10.30 The Virus. 10.50 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 11.20 Rage. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.00 The Point. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Living Black. 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.30 Great American Railroad Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. Final. 6.30 News. 7.35 America In Colour. New. 8.30 MOVIE: Don’t Tell. (2017) Jack Thompson. 10.25 SBS News. 11.00 MOVIE: Madame Bovary. (2014) 1.05 The Looming Tower. 3.00 The Truth About Your Health. 3.55 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Nella The Princess Knight. 5.55 Floogals. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.00 Extras. 9.30 Black Books. 9.55 Blackadder II. 10.25 Parks And Recreation. 10.50 30 Rock. 11.30 Community. 12.15 Archer. 1.00 The Inbetweeners. 1.25 Episodes. 2.00 Close. 5.30 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 The Facebook Dilemma. 1.00 The Gadget Show. 2.00 MythBusters. 3.10 Yokayi Footy. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Chinese Dating With The Parents. 6.10 Seconds From Disaster. 7.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.30 RocKwiz Salutes The Decades. 8.30 Party Of Five. 9.15 Live PD. 10.05 My Extreme Life. 11.00 The Feed. 11.30 Game Of Bros. 12.35 UnREAL. 2.05 F*ck, That’s Delicious: Classics. 2.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.20 Mortified. 3.55 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 4.35 The Dengineers. Final. 5.00 Mustangs FC. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: Swallows And Amazons. (2016) 8.35 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.55 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.20 Slugterra. 9.40 TMNT. 10.05 Massive Monster Mayhem. 10.25 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Iron Chef America. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Cake Hunters. 3.30 Cake Wars. 4.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 MOVIE: Zootopia. (2016) 8.30 MOVIE: Alice In Wonderland. (2010) Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter. 10.45 MOVIE: Hollow Man. (2000) 1.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Q+A. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Call The Midwife. 1.30 Father Brown. 2.15 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 3.05 Dream Gardens. 3.40 Grand Designs Australia. 4.25 Landline. 5.00 Back Roads. 5.30 Midsomer Murders. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 8.20 Call The Midwife. 9.20 Operation Buffalo. 10.15 Unforgotten. 11.00 Rage.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.15 QI. 10.15 Would I Lie To You? 10.50 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.35 High Fidelity. 12.05 Friday Night Dinner. 12.30 Absolutely Fabulous. 1.00 This Country. 1.25 Live At The Apollo. 2.10 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 3.00 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.45 The Legend Of Korra. 3.30 Sailor Moon Crystal. Final. 4.00 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 4.15 Larry The Wonderpup. 4.35 Little Lunch. 5.00 Mustangs FC. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Taking The Next Step. 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.50 Horrible Histories. 8.40 Ready For This. 9.10 TMNT. 9.30 Massive Monster Mayhem. 9.55 Close. 5.30 Strange Hill High. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Small Business Secrets. 2.30 French Open 2019 Ash Barty Road To Glory. 3.55 Gadget Man. 4.25 Great British Food Revival. 5.30 Story Of Europe. 6.30 News. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Pride. (2014) Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton. 10.40 Spin. 1.40 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey. 4.10 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Hustle. 12.50 The Last Man On Earth. 2.35 Insight. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.00 Happy Endings. 6.50 Alone. 7.40 Stargate SG-1. 8.30 Ancient Aliens. 9.20 Colony. New. 11.05 Raw Comedy Festival. 12.50 MOVIE: Heathers. (1988) 2.45 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Iron Chef America. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Cake Hunters. 3.30 Cake Wars. 4.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 MOVIE: Zootopia. (2016) 8.30 MOVIE: Alice In Wonderland. (2010) Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter. 10.45 MOVIE: Hollow Man. (2000) 1.00 Late Programs.

Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Murder In Mexico: The Bruce Beresford-Redman Story. (2015) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 House Rules: High Stakes. 9.00 Bodyguard. 11.40 The Resident. 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Mom. 1.30 The Voice. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 Paramedics. 9.30 New Amsterdam. 10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 Chicago Med. 12.00 Westside. 12.50 Tipping Point. 1.40 A Current Affair. 2.00 Late Programs.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miss Marple. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Long Dark Hall. (1951) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Fawlty Towers. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 11.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.55 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Xena. 1.00 Friday Night Lights. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 8.30 MOVIE: Into The Blue. (2005) Paul Walker. 10.45 Travel Guides. 11.45 Big Bang. 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst. 3.30 Lego Jurassic World: Legend Of Isla Nublar. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon: B&W. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Chicago Med. 2.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4. Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters. 9.45 Golden Point. 10.45 Nine News Late. 11.15 Taken. 12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 Late Programs.

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Auction Squad. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 Auction Squad. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Mighty Ships. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Paddington Station 24/7. 11.30 Late Programs. Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 A Football Life. 9.00 Swamp People. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Inside West Coast Customs. 12.00 Gold Fever. 1.00 Bar Hunters. 1.30 Loaded. 2.00 Pawn Stars. 2.30 Desert Collectors. 3.30 Inside West Coast Customs. 4.30 Garage 41. 5.00 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.30 Late Programs. Morning (6) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Blue Lagoon: The Awakening. (2012) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Britain’s Got Talent. 8.45 MOVIE: Blended. (2014) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore. 10.55 The Latest: Seven News. 11.25 The Front Bar. Return. 12.30 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 MacGyver. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 NCIS. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 Blue Bloods. 3.05 Star Trek: Voyager. 4.05 MacGyver. 5.05 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 2 Broke Girls. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Planes Gone Viral. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 NCIS. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Blue Bloods. 2.55 Cheers. 3.55 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Scope. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 The Middle. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Morning (8) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.10 Have You Been Paying Attention? 10.10 How To Stay Married. 10.40 To Be Advised. 11.10 Late Programs.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miss Marple. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Gentle Gunman. (1952) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. (2011) Tom Cruise. 10.10 Chicago Med. 11.10 The Rockford Files. 12.20 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Xena. 1.00 Friday Night Lights. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 Duncanville. New. 8.30 MOVIE: American Pie. (1999) Jason Biggs. 10.25 MOVIE: The House. (2017) 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst. 3.30 Lego Jurassic World: Legend Of Isla Nublar. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 MOVIE: The Mod Squad. (1999) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4. Melbourne Storm v South Sydney Rabbitohs. 9.45 Friday Night Knock Off. 10.45 Top Gear. 12.05 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 1.00 Outback Brothers. 1.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 Swamp People. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Inside West Coast Customs. 12.00 Gold Fever. 1.00 Bar Hunters. 1.30 Loaded. 2.00 Futurama. 2.30 The Simpsons. 4.00 Inside West Coast Customs. 5.00 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: Payback. (1999) Mel Gibson, James Coburn, Gregg Henry. 10.50 Sarah Connor Chronicles. 11.50 Late Programs. Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Layover. (2012) Lauren Holly, Kaylee DeFer. 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 8.30 MOVIE: The Last Samurai. (2003) 11.20 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping.

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Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Auction Squad. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Parenting In A Pandemic. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 My Greek Odyssey. 1.00 Auction Squad. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Mighty Planes. 4.30 Mighty Trains. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Miss Scarlet And The Duke. New. 10.30 Jonathan Creek. 12.30 Late Programs.

Headline News. (8) 6.00 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.15 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.45 Tommy. New. 9.45 Bull. 10.45 Elementary. 11.45 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.45 The Project. 1.45 Late Programs.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miss Marple. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Two Way Stretch. (1960) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 MOVIE: Apollo 13. (1995) Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon. 11.25 The Rockford Files. 12.30 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. 10.30 Hawaii Five-0. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Xena. 1.00 Friday Night Lights. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 MOVIE: Stuart Little 2. (2002) 7.30 MOVIE: 17 Again. (2009) 9.30 MOVIE: Baywatch. (2017) 11.45 Big Bang. 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst. 3.30 Lego Jurassic World: Legend Of Isla Nublar. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon: B&W. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Friends. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Auction Squad. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heathrow. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Honey I Bought The House. 11.30 Late Programs. Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 11.00 Inside West Coast Customs. 12.00 Gold Fever. 1.00 Bar Hunters. 1.30 Loaded. 2.00 Prospectors. 3.00 American Restoration. 4.00 Pawn Stars. 4.30 Pawnography. 5.00 Inside West Coast Customs. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Pompeii. (2014) Kit Harington. 9.40 MOVIE: G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra. (2009) Channing Tatum. 12.05 Late Programs.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 Horse Racing. Stradbroke Handicap Day and June Race Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The Latest: Seven News. 7.30 MOVIE: Mrs Doubtfire. (1993) Robin Williams, Sally Field. 9.50 MOVIE: Why Him? (2016) James Franco, Bryan Cranston. 12.00 Quantico. 1.00 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 9.45 NBC Today. 11.00 Horse Racing. Stradbroke Handicap Day and June Race Day. 12.00 The Bowls Show. 1.00 Make It Yours. 1.30 Sydney Weekender. 2.00 My Road To Adventure. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Creek To Coast. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Bargain Hunt. 5.00 Building The Dream. 6.00 Make It Yours. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Pawnography. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 2.00 Dipper’s Destinations. 2.30 Fishing And Adventure. 3.00 Garage 41. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Pawnography. 4.30 Deadliest Roads. 5.30 MOVIE: Westworld. (1973) 7.30 MOVIE: Elysium. (2013) Matt Damon. 9.45 MOVIE: Kickboxer. (1989) Jean-Claude Van Damme. 11.55 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Award Winning Tasmania. 12.30 Outback Brothers. 1.00 Animal Embassy. 1.30 Delish. 2.00 The Voice. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: My Big Fat Greek Wedding. (2002) Nia Vardalos. 9.30 MOVIE: The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert. (1994) Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving. 11.40 Late Programs.

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6.00 Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 MOVIE: Silent Dust. (1949) 11.40 MOVIE: Wonderful Life. (1964) 2.00 MOVIE: Irma La Douce. (1963) 5.00 MOVIE: That Touch Of Mink. (1962) 7.00 MOVIE: The Sting. (1973) Paul Newman. 9.40 MOVIE: Major League. (1989) Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen. 11.45 MOVIE: The Driver. (1978) 1.35 Gideon’s Way. 2.30 My Favorite Martian. 3.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.00 Robot Wars. 3.00 Surfing Australia TV. 3.30 Karl Meltzer: Made To Be Broken. 4.30 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 1. Replay. 5.30 MOVIE: Legend Of The Guardians. (2010) 7.30 MOVIE: Spider-Man: Homecoming. (2017) 10.10 MOVIE: Ghost Rider. (2007) 12.20 Heroes. 1.15 Robot Wars. 2.10 Tattoo Fixers. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 3.30 Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

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BIRD’S-EYEview with JEANINE BIRD

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eanine is a long-time friend of mine who I first met when I published another magazine many moons ago. She is one very savvy lady on a number of subjects. One of her characteristics that I admire, is that she’s someone who has always fought for the underdog and having a farming background, she has helped many farmers get through serious financial issues, especially back during those years when interest rates were very high and farmers were facing both hardship through severe drought and mounting debt as a result, and banks were playing hardball.

She has been a strong advocate for regional Australia for many years, and in doing so, has been a keen political observer, writer and speaker. She’s written seriously and penned the odd humorous piece or poem to boot.

squeezing these people, which was the last straw for many, and something Jeanine actively commentated on over many years. Much of this, entrenched for decades, was unearthed in the recent Royal Commission into banking and financial misconduct.

In order to understand what was happening in regional Australia, she was drawn to studying weird things like the international agreements we’d signed and how they impacted rural Australia, especially hard-working family farmers and small businesses. Then there was the corruption in the banking system

Jeanine’s heart is in regional Australia and she has always felt a responsibility to advocate with and for its people. With her unique bird’s-eye view and penchant for getting to the truth, Jeanine will ask the hard questions, make you think, or just have a bit of a laugh!

All Wrapped Up In DUNNY PAPER Dunno about you, but I reckon coronavirus came to us gift-wrapped in dunny paper. Aussies and people the

world over had 4-6 weeks of a “run on rolls” … really just a panicked shortage flushed upon us by a compliant media peddaling hysteria. I didn’t succumb because I thought there must have been a red-back under the toilet seat, and when the whole world went there one night, old mate took a global bite and watched the world take the long drop plunge into thunder-box hysteria. Northern Territorians could thank their lucky stars for the NT News, who at least printed 8 extra blank pages, conveniently bared and squared with dotted cut-lines! The rest of the world wasn’t so lucky, having to line up, look at whole rows of empty supermarket shelves, or witness people actually fighting over it! So, the sheepdogs are rounding up the sheep? Is the herd immunity they keep talking about like herd mentality? So much to take in, so much reporting and so much herding us into panic mode because … why? China lied to us? Covid19 couldn’t jump from human to human. Now it can. It was the wet markets, now it isn’t. It couldn’t be man-made. Now it could. We need vaccines fast even if they kill us down the track because of a long-term reaction we can’t possibly know about now? Use hand sanitiser. Get a mask. Lock everyone up, down and under. Ban travel. Close borders. Get tracked. Get tested. The Tanzanian President sent covert “Covid” samples of pawpaw, goat and a quail for testing and they came back positive. If we eat pawpaw or quail can we get it? If we have a goat can we catch it? Does someone want the numbers up? Or maybe the testing kits just aren’t up to scratch? So, WHO tells the world how to handle pandemics? Oh yes, the World Health Organisation (WHO), that’s WHO. But, their cozy relationships with China blinded them to let the cat out of the bag

early thus letting rumours run wild. And their cozy relationship with Big Pharma has served us up on a plate, clambouring for a “vaccine” we just must have, that our governments will pay Big Pharma for, whether or not we know it’s safe. Let’s just forget about Robert Kennedy Jnr’s massive court win last year against the US Government. They proved that all federally approved vaccines had NOT been tested for quality for the PAST 32 YEARS, proving that vaccine makers (Big Pharma) had lied to the public about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines for 3 decades! We’re not even allowed to know about it here, because that’s news Big Media censors. Goodness me, we shouldn’t have a mind of our own! Let alone a body, with visitors to nursing homes forced to have a flu vaccine now. We shouldn’t be allowed to think for ourselves. And, they may have proven it, by this huge experiment to prove they can create a stampede. Don’t get me wrong – I think the governments have done a good job with the information they had. They (sort of) trusted the WHO, although Trump flagged closing US borders while the WHO was messing around, so when Trump moved, the WHO announced pandemic status the same day. Previously though, the world trusted WHO with the H1N1 (swine flu), yet they got it wrong. There’s a good chance we’ve been blinded because of the corrupt nature of the relationships between the WHO and its Big Pharma financiers. When Trump pulled c.$600 million p.a. from the WHO pending an inquiry, Bill Gates with his foundations and structures become the WHOs largest funder, above whole countries.

build theirs up! This Declaration is not dead, it’s encapsulated in GATT, GATTS, Agenda 21 and 30, the TPP and Paris agreements with all the (not so) “Sustainable Development” goals encompassed in an even wider myriad of Agreements and Treaties. Neither just the ALP or the Coalition governments are to blame – they BOTH are! The point is, we’ve deployed our manufacturing industries to third world countries, We’ve let Chinese (often State) screwed our primary/farming sector, interests take over a huge chunk and bankrupted heaps of “mums of our energy suppliers. They’ve and dads” in business, all to please a bought up lots of agricultural land bigger plan. Now, China just slapped here too. The Chinese modern-day “Silk Road” expansion, known as the an 80% tariff on our barley because (Silk Road economic) BELT AND (Silk we dared question the origin of coronavirus! Fair Dinkum! Our Maritime) ROAD is a huge Chinese shout again, China! strategic take-over of global land and infrastructure, particularly ports. Belt and Road deals mean China lends out huge tracts of finance, and when countries can’t pay it back, they do what used to be termed a ...We’ve let Chinese (often “debt for equity” swap. Sri Lanka, for example, defaulted on loans so a State) interests take Chinese State-owned company was granted a 99 year lease on a port. over a huge chunk of our

Scott Morrison and all those pollies screaming about it now, HAD to have known. And, how quiet was it kept! Nothing about it screamed from the roof-tops by all those socalled investigative reporters. Just announced after the fact, really. Aussies can’t buy land in China, but China can come and buy up anything they like – and lots of Chinese State money has.

Currently, there’s a lot of evidence coming to light as to how much fiscal corruption there is in Australia, with a Qld Uni student being vilified because he’s been demonstrating (as students do), about China’s treatment of people. It seems the Qld Uni is so thick with the Chinese Embassy that they seek advice from them before taking legal or expulsive action against a 20 yr old with ants in his pants. The Chinese Consul General in Brisbane is also an honorary Professor at the University of Qld (UQ).

Australia is party to the Lima Declaration of 1975, which afforded China third world status, while Australia with other developed nations were to “deploy” their industries to third world countries Now what about China? We’ve like China. Oh yes, to eliminate conveniently ignored that threat for trade barriers and “restructure” years, but China has a long-term our industries so our productuctive agenda, and haven’t lost sight of capacity/industries were exported to it. The current government, then under Turnbull, MUST have AGREED other countries. to “selling” Darwin Port to them I argued then that this meant that we on a 99 year lease. Unlike States, a would need to drop OUR standard of living to theirs, rather than it helping TERRITORY isn’t so autonomous, so

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“corona shut-down induced” suicide is forecast to outnumber coronavirus deaths 4:1. Italy’s autopsy reports led them to conclude the diagnosis has been wrong, concluding the primary treatment should be more cardiovascular than respiratory. Once specific treatment was implemented on May 4th, Italian deaths and hospitalisations have reduced. Have we heard about this here? NO. WHO instead asked facebook etc to censor Drs and researchers speaking out. Are we being kept shut up – in more ways than one? Regarding H1N1, in 2010 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) put a motion forward (leading to an investigation): “Faked Pandemics – a threat for health”. They claimed in promoting patented drugs and flu vaccines Big Pharma had influenced scientists and official agencies to “alarm governments worldwide”. They said “The definition of an alarming pandemic must not be under the influence of drug-sellers”.

So, we must ask ourselves, is there a “bigger plan” with this Covid19? Forgive my superstitions - I’m too familiar with the nature of UN Please don’t let it come out that the tentacles and agreements with their Darwin Port “sale” had anything to do destructive capacity, so loved by with some sort of early Chinese Belt bureaucrats who get paid regardless, and Road agreement with the Federal but which destroy whole productive Govt. Did we default on something? sectors of our nation in the name of Did they have something on us? sustainability or some other excuse. It’s just so suspect because the NT simply CANNOT do that deal without The chooks are home roosting now. Federal Governmental approval. It’s The horse bolted years ago, but pollies and bureaucrats still believe “External Affairs,” which is Federal. in breaking our backs to kow-tow So is Section 92 of our Constitution to the UN and the likes of China. It – it basically says trade, commerce used to be they were supposed to or movement between the States, represent WE, THE PEOPLE WHO either by foot, road, rail, air or sea is ELECT THEM. But that went out “absolutely free.” years ago when our sovereignty was Currently, we’re being tied up and effectively transferred to the U.N. locked down because of a virus now At what point will China just tell our likely to be man-made, probably government to move over, they’re in out of China but maybe with other globalist input, AND we’ve got China charge now? We can hardly go to interfering internally in many ways, war: everyone will have died or gone home while we’re still procuring our which is cruelling our nation and submarines! running up everyone’s “debtometer.”

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Wonder in the World: My favorite season has always been autumn. There is something about this season that resets my heart for the winter months. The way the landscape changes as the deciduous trees put on a spectacular show to the crisp air matched with the warm afternoon sun. I love the hint of wood smoke on the air as people get the fires going again for another season. Is there a better place to be to enjoy the beauty and comforts of autumn than right here in Orange? Whenever autumn comes, my heart is stirred. Why? Because it makes us see the beauty and creativity of the natural world. Before we lived in Orange we used to live down in the Snowy Valleys and I loved being able to go and explore the majestic Snowy Mountains. The cool mountain streams filled with trout. The alpine terrain dotted with kangaroos and brumbies. The beauty and majesty of the mountains is truly stirring. Over summer our family loves going on holidays down on the coast. There is nothing more relaxing than laying down on the beach. Feeling the warm sand, the warmth of the sun or dropping a line into

the lagoon in the hope of landing a decent sized flathead. Beauty, creativity, warmth and delight is found in the natural world. It is there for us to enjoy. It is there for us to delight in. 3000 years ago, as a someone looked around at the natural world, he said this: ‘The heaven’s declare your glory, the skies proclaim your handiwork. Day after day it pours forth speech, night after night it declares knowledge.’ This was King David as he looked up at the sky and admired the world around him. Marveling at the natural world should change us. It should do something in our hearts as we see the beauty, the creativity and uniqueness of the world. But does it point you anywhere? As I look at the world, it points me to God. It points me to the one who made all of this the deciduous trees, the mountain streams, the beaches, the fish - all of it, to show how great he is. It is all a big sign that says, ‘look at me!’ It is a big sign that is saying: ‘I am here.’ As you gaze at the beauty of the world, know that there is a God who has not only made this world to enjoy but is inviting you to come and know him.

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We’re all familiar with the saying “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”, it’s always been regarded as an inspirational saying. In business, I think it only tells part of the story, the tough are always “going,” that’s how real success is achieved. A “going” business owner is always striving for better, that’s unless they have a business that keeps making money no matter what. Most are constantly working to be more successful, and more profitable and only “get going,” like in the saying, when times get really tough like during Covid-19. Businesses like this are those we have heard about during Covid-19, who have thought outside the square and created new opportunities and come up with ideas to keep their doors open, keep staff employed or meet needs the crisis has brought about. It’s this entrepreneurial spirit and talent that sees businesses survive disasters like the current one. There’s another aspect to this as well. Being entrepreneurial or creative is one thing, but you still must be smart, practical, and wise, not just reactionary. Many business owners, when problems arise, go straight for the panic button, they often make decisions that at best, offer a short-term solution but leave long-term consequences. Dare I say it, governments at all levels do this often.

Take the Federal Government, right now they’re throwing money at everything and although appropriate in some cases, as a businessman, I feel the way they’re doing it, a lot of the money is missing the mark. I’ve always considered welfare in all forms should only be given to those in need, not necessarily those who may be entitled to it. I feel more good could be achieved with more money getting to those who most need it, if our Federal Government didn’t use a shotgun but a more targeted approach, after all we’re talking billions of dollars. Orange Council is also typical of all governments that think and operate this way. They are often seen to only get going when the going gets tough, rather than be “going” all the time. Orange has the opportunity, like any regional city, to stand above the crowd, but not if all we do is get going when the going gets tough, anyone can do that. I’ll talk more on this in future columns. This principal also extends further than just for governments. Any of us, in any capacity, can choose to just sail along in life with the view to only getting going when we have to, or we can choose to strive to do better as a regular way of life. Speaking for myself, I always choose to try for better and I’ve never regretted it.

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n Focussing on a “higher” calling; the local Uniting church in Anson St is having its 150-year-old copper-covered spire re-clad.

n Tilers getting to grips with the re-slating of Holy Trinity Anglican Church on the corner of Anson and Byng Streets.

SHUTTERED LOCAL CHURCHES now outreaching online Local churches are taking the “precautionary principle” about re-opening their doors for parishioners though they’ve continued to be busy in other ways. Keeping the Bible’s teaching that a church is “a people not a place”, YouTube and other on-line services have become popular with many denominations while important work is carried-out on the bricks and mortar buildings of our historic houses of worship. “We’re waiting for guidance from the State Government, we’re not going to be opening anytime soon,” Rev Andrew Cunningham from Orange Uniting Church said. “This is simply because of the higher than average number of older people in the cohort of our parishioners. We just want to sit back and would rather wait,” he explained. Rev Andrew has been keeping busy however with a series of short online YouTube sermons to keep the faith: “it is hard for people not to be getting together,” he said. Focussing on a “higher” calling; the local church in Anson St has also been having its 150-year-old copper-

covered spire re-clad. “It started to leak and we found that it was really wet under the spire and, realising that, we needed to do some work,” he said. A grant of $100,000 from the State Heritage Fund was matched dollar-for-dollar by the church with refurbishment also including drainage work to alleviate rising damp in the mortar in one corner of the building which dates from 1876.

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This however is only the first phase of “the major renovation of the site,” Rev Cunningham said. “It’s all part of the general refurbishment of the

building,” he added. Another element of the spire’s recladding will be installation of LED lighting to highlight the tower and spire at night. “We got this through $27,000 from Council’s Future Cities Fund… the work (in total) should take about another eight weeks to complete,” Rev Cunningham added. Meanwhile just up the road, reslating of the roof continues on Holy Trinity Anglican Church on the corner of Anson and Byng Streets while the building remains closed for services. “We’re waiting till ‘Level Three’ comes on board,” Rector Mal Dunnett said of the State Government’s phased re-opening plan from the coronavirus shutdown. “We’ve run online services from the beginning… ‘attendances’ have been pretty huge, actually,” he said of the Zoom and Facebook-hosted events.

n M ayor Reg Kidd on Boer War commemoration this Sunday: “It was the War that we have chosen to forget.”

Even for military enthusiasts, it is often considered the forgotten war that started before Federation and ended with the infamy of the execution of two Australian soldiers. But Orange Mayor, Reg Kidd, is trying to overcome that oversight with a commemoration of the threeyear Boer War conflict this Sunday, May 31 at 11am. Although only 10 people are allowed to attend the ceremony at the city’s historic but largelyunknown Boer War Memorial in Robertson Park, Cr Kidd believes that Orange’s many links to the conflict should be known by a wider audience.

Government sent Commonwealth contingents to the War after 1901. “Before that many Australians fought in the war from 1899 with the British or as ‘free’ soldiers,” Cr Kidd explained. Approximately 23,000 Australian men and women served in the Boer War with nearly 1000 paying the ultimate price for their service.

In a sad aside, more than 40,000 Australian horses went overseas with only one allowed to return due “It was the War that we have chosen to Australia’s strict quarantine laws. to forget,” Cr Kidd said of the 1899– “On the 31st of May, 1902, the 1902 conflict that saw hundreds of treaty of Vereeniging was signed in Australian soldiers leave their bones the State of Pretoria that ended the on southern Africa’s high-veld. war,” Cr Kidd explained. “The Boer War was the first conflict See Cr Kidd’s full essay on the in which Australian forces were Boer War and Orange next week in involved as a nation, as The Federal Orange City Life Newswatch.

“In one sense that’s good, in another sense, it’s exhausting… it’s a heck of a lot more work for me,” he explained. The re-slating of the roof will eventually see replacement of about two-thirds of the original tiles. “At the moment we’re on schedule; we’re looking at another four weeks for to complete, depending on the weather,” he concluded.

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NEWSWATCH Roll of Honour “We thought, maybe for a year or two, we’d get a business up and running and then I’d go back to Geology at some stage,” said Phillip Schwebel, owner of Collins Booksellers Orange. “But now we are coming up to our 20th anniversary in October!”

“Mining and exploration goes in waves and it was on a down wave; the jobs that were available were all travelling overseas or interstate,” said Phillip. “Our boys were starting to grow up a bit and I didn’t want to do too much travel, so we looked around and thought there was potential for a book shop.” He and Margaret were open to just about any business opportunity, but it had to be something they would both enjoy. “Things like food and fashion were out, because we weren’t interested in it and if you are not interested in it what’s the point of doing it,” said Phillip. “In a small business you are spending a lot of time in it, so you really have to be passionate about it and want to be involved in it, otherwise it is just too hard, too many hours, and too demanding.” And even 20 years later, Phillip and Margaret both still love what they do. “I didn’t expect to be here for 20 years, that’s

shop and that was it, but now they phone us up, they can email, they do it over Facebook, they get onto our website, they can go onto our head office website — there’s all these different spots they can order books from, so it has made it much easier for them.”

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“We don’t feel we’ve been here that long,” added Phillip’s wife Margaret, “The time has absolutely flown!” As an exploration geologist, Phillip’s work had taken him all around Australia and overseas, but back in 2000, things were a bit quiet and that led he and Margaret to look into other opportunities.

Children’s books have particularly been a major growth area in the store over the past two decades, said Phillip and today they make up more than a third of all their stock.

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for sure! That has been a very unexpected thing, it went so quickly, but has been great fun!” said Phillip. “The good thing is every month there’s new books coming through and it invigorates you… it’s almost like Christmas, because you are opening up this box every month to see what new books have come in. So, we are lucky that way that we’re not selling the same thing over and over again.” “And the people in the community have been fantastic,” said Margaret. “Often they know that they can buy a book slightly cheaper somewhere else, but they say they want to keep a bookshop going in town and they are prepared to support us. So we go out of our

way to help them get stuff that they can’t buy elsewhere. It is a two-way street.” Phillip and Margaret have books coming in from overseas almost every week and will even source secondhand books, if required, to try meet the needs of their customers. While business is healthy, Phillip said they still have to be on the ball when it comes to customer service. “People these days really want a book now; they don’t really want to wait too long. Twenty years ago if we told people a book would be in in a week, they’d say that’s pretty good, but now everyone wants it right now,” he said. “And once, people would have to come in the

“We’ve really made an effort to get kids' books in because it is really an interesting area. Kids are very lucky these days with the variety and quality of books available, it is just fantastic!” he said. “Margaret is a trained teacher which we found to be very helpful because she has that background and has really specialised in the kids' books.” “And it is interesting now that we have young mothers coming in that were little children when we opened,” said Margaret. “They say how they always came into the bookshop as children and I know, I watched them grow up and now they are pushing prams!” It wasn’t that long ago that people were hailing the arrival of ebooks as the end of bricks and mortar bookshops, but Phillip and Margaret believe they will be with us for some time yet. “Ebooks did take off for a while, but they are down to less than ten percent of the sales now,” said Phillip. “People that use them enjoy them and that’s great, but it is just one part of the market. Most people still like a book to pick up and use.”

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complex on Seymour St. “All the courts are at Anzac Park, we have eight outside courts and four courts inside, though the more competitive senior age players prefer to be inside,” Jane said. Netball NSW has advised though that training is allowed now for the non-contact sport of up to 10 players with a possible restarting date of Saturday, July 18 for competition. Resumption of games, she believes, will provide more than just health benefits to the young women and men who play locally. “It’s not just health and well-being, it’s also lifeskills, teamwork, and interaction,” she said. Jane is hoping that an update on Monday will provide some certainty to the season restarting. “We’re running at just under 2000 registrations for the last few years, but we’re uncertain how that will go when we re-open nominations.”

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Barracker “GREATEST GAME” … BUT CAN IT SURVIVE PLAYERS? Legendary rugby league coach, Jack Gibson, landed one of his most pithy and astute asides about the administrators of the “Greatest Game of All”. “Rugby league must be a great game to survive the people who run it,” he supposedly opined. Well, if the great man was alive today, he might have to slightly-amend his opinion. The question now is, can the game survive its own boof-headed and entitled players running amok in a 24-hour wall-to-wall media landscape? While new code supremo, Peter V’Landys has moved heaven, earth, and State bureaucracy to ensure that the NRL has been the first major football code in Australia to be able to return from the coronavirus shutdown, his players have seemingly done their best to sabotage his efforts. If it wasn’t players breaking quarantine to spend some quality time with their mates, shooting, hunting, drinking, and bike-riding, it’s others filmed in inane tick-tock videos while supposedly home alone, on Anzac Day, of all occasions. Among the videotaped karate kicks, blackmail attempts, referees strike-threats, and deferred fines, we just found-out, at the moment that the game was returning, that a high-profile player has proven positive to illegal performance-enhancing drugs. While this result at the moment is unproven and hasn’t been tested in a true court, it does bring to mind the relish with which an AFL official once said to his league counterpart: “the only thing you do better than us is scandals.” A fair cop, but it does beg a question. If rugby league can survive the appalling behaviour of players, short-sightedness of club officials, wasteful profligacy of its previous administrators, how well will it do with a proven high-achiever like V’landys finally at the helm. The established but highly-competitive football landscape in Australia with AFL at the top, League coming a distant second, before rugby and football (soccer) bring-up the rear, might be about to have shake-up. And we might actually find-out how great a game rugby league can really be!

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The assumption in your question is that Council is an individual, asking him or herself if he can do something.

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The reality is quite different. If a member of the community would need to apply for a DA in order to do something, then the rule is the same for the Council. The Council is not above the rules that apply to the community. If the elected council has made a decision to do something, the process of applying for a DA ensures that other perspectives are looked at and that the proposed change complies with a range of planning law that covers environmental, heritage, legislative, etc factors. If the proposed change is big enough, the process of a DA can give space for the community to have a say before a decision is taken. In this case, the DA to remove the BMX track is a fairly straightforward decision. But the same principles about the council not being above the law, apply.

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