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Building facing the wrong way, Bernard? Why don’t we just heat the concrete! — “Yes, Minister”

RENOWNED ARCHITECT ON NEW DPI

— you’ve got it wrong!

Serious accidents are likely to be created by the layout of the new nearly-completed Department of Primary Industries building facing Prince Street, one of Australia’s premier architects believes.

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Amanda answers the call!

Amanda Spalding has answered the call and has accepted an offer to work for the ‘Regional Life Group’ as Executive Officer for Hearts for Orange.

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Talking POINTS

with BOB HOLLAND

During the week it was pointed out to me that Denis Gregory, a wellknown local and columnist in the Central Western Daily had a veiled shot at me and our newspaper through his column last week. He’s entitled, at least he’s reading Newswatch. I would however point out to Denis and anyone else, our Back Page each week is where we allow space for people to have their say about anything and everything, including disagreeing with me. He’s welcome to contribute at any time. To that end, and to give his thoughts broader coverage, I’ve taken the liberty of reproducing Denis’s CWD comments on our Back Page this week. Perry Oval was well discussed at Tuesday’s Council meeting and for once I think some good sense prevailed. Councillors decided to defer the matter to take stock of the varying issues and presumably then make some more informed decisions about what needs to or could be done. What was interesting about the discussion was the fact that it was raised that Perry Oval is a Council asset and as that, it had basically not been maintained as Council assets generally are. I found that strange. The upshot of the discussion suggests to me that Council has some very clear things they could do. First priority, upgrade the state of the field itself and that involves irrigation. Next, see if the amenities block can be economically and satisfactorily repaired to become useful again. Lastly, lighting on the fields was mentioned, again if what’s there can be utilized without expensive upgrading or replacement, maybe the lighting still has a place. The state if the field surface must surely be a must, the rest optional. Either way, the Council discussion was a good one and probably should have been had before spontaneously and randomly allocating $50,000 to the project at an earlier Council meeting. I’m told Council is also working on a set of flags to ensure flags are flying all year round on both sides of the 20 or more flagpoles along Summer Street. This is something the Put Orange First group has been pushing for, for over a year.

Amanda answers my call! — by BOB HOLLAND —

Regular readers of our publications Orange City Life and Newswatch would now be very familiar with the name, Amanda Spalding. I recognised her incredible talent and experience when I first met her and, since then, she has helped me in a number ways with different initiatives and projects where we both have common interests — one being our 2019 Community Project, Put Orange First, which she is still part of. She has incredible experience and knowledge in local government and other senior Public Service-type roles but what also drew me to her ideas was her character. Very early in our association, I judged her to be very honest, highly-ethical, and someone who is not afraid to speak her mind. Qualities that I personally admire but, I also know, others may not appreciate! Being like this, doesn’t always get you to the places you want to go. Just ask me, I know, but having those virtues does let you sleep at night. For over a year or so now, Amanda has been contributing her knowledge and experience in a number of ways to our publications, and to other groups and organisations across Orange. In our case, I’ve tapped into her local government experience and we’ve been able to help our readers get a better understanding of how our Council works or should work. At times, we’ve been critical, other times complimentary but always with the intent of making

Orange a better place to live. Amanda has aspirations to get back into local government at some point. In the meantime, however, I have this obsession to try and help Orange grow in my own way. Regular readers would know how I firmly-believe that our retailers and business owners generally, deserve better than they are getting in respect and support from too many people across Orange. There’s only so much I can do personally with the resources I have, but I’ve decided to give it a decent shot and I’ve asked Amanda if she’d like to help me. She said YES! To achieve this, Amanda has accepted an offer to work for my Company ‘Regional Life Group,’ in the capacity of Executive Officer for a new commercial arm of our business n Amanda Spalding, answering the call to the Orange community. called Hearts for Orange. She will work out of our office but independently of our newspaper operations. She will, prosperous and keep people employed, or even employ however, continue to be a contributor to our publications as more. We’ll also be strongly reminding all those who live she has been doing. in Orange and love Orange why it’s so important to spend This new role will see her out there working among their money where their heart is, here in Orange. That’s a business owners, particularly retailers, as we try to support message we’ll be hammering away at incessantly. and encourage them, while at the same time gaining My sincere desire is that at least some of our businesses support from both them and the community generally. If and some of our total community will “get it,” because if we want Orange to come out the other side of COVID-19 they do, anything we achieve will be better than nothing. and our other challenges, in good shape, we need to make — Will you join us? sure our local businesses are given every chance to remain

ROLLOFHONOUR

Jonathan Roe speaks with

Newswatch is proud to add this spectacular local business in our Roll of Honour.

KENDAL CLOTHING ...Good service, that’s what we offer,” said Kendal, who is big on the basics...

This week’s Roll of Honour candidate, Kendal Clothing has been a fixture of the Orange retail community for almost two decades. Store owner Kendal Hansen, literally grew up in retail, learning the fashion business in her mum and dad’s shop right here in Orange. After dabbling in a few other career options, then marriage and children, Kendal found herself drawn back to retail and founded her eponymous ladieswear store 18 years ago. “Good service, that’s what we offer,” said Kendal, who is big on the basics like greeting everyone as they come through the door. Indeed, stepping into the lower level Anson Street shop you are immediately made welcome by Kendal and her long-time team member Wendy Taberner. It is an approach that has build Kendal a strong and loyal customer base.

“We’ve become great friends with our customers,” she said. “Over 18 years you get to know some of them very well and yeah, we pride ourselves on good service and making people feel comfortable and good about themselves.” The past few months have been difficult for businesses big and small, the toughest Kendal said she had experienced in all her time in business. But again, it was the focus on customer service that made all the difference, she said. “We stayed open the whole time, we traded through it, and I offered a home service to all my customers. I would deliver clothes to their houses and they would try them on and I would pick them up the next day. So that actually worked out really well,” said Kendal. “Women could just try on a few things in the comfort of our

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own home and the safety of their home. So that was a good service that we offered, and it worked for us during COVID.” Even now, with things (somewhat) returned to normal Kendal is continuing to offer the same home delivery service. But most of her customers prefer to come see her in person, she said, which is also why she has not made a big push into online sales. “I did try that years ago, but it is not where my clientele sit; they like the service, they like to feel and touch the clothes. My customers like the experience of actually being served, they want to be looked after and they want to have a chat — that is the experience we are having in here anyway. “The women that shop with me are more semi-retired or retired and they actually enjoy the experience of getting out of the house and they love that one-on-one service.”

NEWS

RENOWNED ARCHITECT ON NEW DPI BUILDING — YOU’VE GOT IT WRONG!

With ice and the like in winter; people are going to get seriously injured, somebody is going to get killed there.” entrance is on the south-side with no winter sun. That side will not be a very nice place; people ought to be in the sun. They’ve got the carpark on the northern side, but people should enter that side. “With ice and the like in winter; people are going to get seriously injured, somebody is going to get killed there,” he said.

SERIOUS ACCIDENTS ARE LIKELY TO BE CREATED BY THE LAYOUT OF THE NEW NEARLY-COMPLETED DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES BUILDING FACING PRINCE STREET, ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER ARCHITECTS BELIEVES. Renowned designer John Andrews who designed the CN Tower in Toronto (pictured right) — once the world’s tallest building — says that Orange Council should have takenup his plans to create a mix of mediumdensity and open-living space at the old Base Hospital site. Instead, he said they were rail-roaded into handing the site over to the State Government for creation of a building that he believes has a number of serious design flaws. “For one thing, the building’s main

Yet in a response that seems reminiscent of the 1980s British comedy, Yes Minister, the office of the Minister for Agriculture and Western New South Wales, Adam Marshall, has revealed a surprising fix. Slab-heating will be provided under the steps to ensure that there is no frost or ice to trip-up unlucky bureaucrats! Mr Andrews said however that facing the entrance and most offices of the new complex to the north would have been the best way to have designed the building. He added that he had tried to discuss these problems during the public exhibition for the building, but was ignored: “I went to the public exhibition for the building, I was allowed to speak and no-one took any notice,” he said. John believes though that his plans that he designed for the site would have been a farmore functional and aesthetically-pleasing use of the prime site so near to central Orange. “The Council hired and paid me to do a development for the whole site. There would have been medium-density housing, fourstory apartments, single-living housing.” His multi-use design would also have entailed retaining part of the then-existing

hospital to be restored and redeveloped for use as offices, he added. The site was also to involve some creatively-situated recreation areas to increase the liveability of the whole development. “A large middle part of the plot was to be left as a block for a common area” John’s imaginative plan to utilise the site for an integrated new urban precinct though ultimately fell by the wayside. “Anyway, that was the scheme submitted to Council, it was paid for, and ultimately ignored,” he said resignedly, saying that the State Government seemingly steppedin and decided that the site would best be utilised as the site for the new Department of Primary Industries (DPI), currently housed in a near-30-year old purpose-built facility in east Kite St. “I’m told the State Government insisted that this building be built there,” he said. Orange City Council Communications Officer, Allan Reeder said that the site was not in fact taken-over by the State Government. “The State Government didn’t take it over. We sold half the site for the new building to be built,” he said. He said that residential plans for the residual part of the site are still being considered by Council: “We’re looking at residential options for the other (western) half,” he said. Concerns about the building’s open-plan design in the age of the coronavirus “new normal” are probably too late to address now, John believes.

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“I think nobody thought of COVID when they built that building,” he said. One of Australia’s most famous internationally-recognised architects, some of his landmark designs include the 1980 Intelsat Headquarters in Washington DC, the CN Tower in Toronto, once the world’s tallest building; Scarborough College, Gund Hall at the Harvard Graduate College of Design, Boston; and the 30-story NRMA Tower in Sydney. Ironically, it was his energy-saving original sun-shades on that tower — that presaged the modern preoccupation with reducing energy-use — that were criticised and later removed. “That was incredibly successful as it was one of the first buildings ever designed that took sun control as a factor… That building was monitored and it only ever used 65 per cent of the energy a normal building used — almost reduced it by half, but nobody could see the sense of that 20 years ago when they took them off,” John concluded.

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“A great investment” all should be able to enjoy

Orange Botanic Gardens is “a great investment” that all the community should be able to enjoy, two councillors with strong links and interest in the Gardens, believe. Cr Scott Munro wants to establish a community garden on the site, while Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd was part of the Committee that helped establish the gardens in the mid-1980s. Both believe that the Gardens could be betterutilised by Orange’s growing population that is tired of coronavirus lockdowns and seeking to enjoy the great outdoors at one of our greatest assets. “The Gardens have had copious amounts of money put into it,” Cr Munro said. “It’s a great investment, a fantastic investment.” “All of the residents of North Orange can utilise it, it’s one of the main assets of the City.” He said that, while it’s important that the botanical role of the Gardens as a storehouse of beautiful and rare flora is vital, this should not be incompatible with other uses for the 17-hectare site. “Council representatives should certainly protect the vital conservation role of the Gardens; it’s one of our

great patches of green land in our city. “But there are many other opportunities for compatible use of the Gardens; some things can be commercialised without destroying its primary use,” he said. Cr Munro believes and that the more that it is used, the more it will be appreciated. “The best way to protect nature, is to let people enjoy it,” he said. He said that the facility was in danger of being captured by a “greenie” philosophy that is based on a presumption that the community of Orange exists to serve the Gardens, not the other way around. He believes that one-off events like garden expos, musical events, and art-shows should “absolutely” be regular events at the Gardens. “It’s not Disneyland, but it does need to be used to be utilised.” He points to plans for extended bikes tracks for Mt Canobolas as an example of creative and complementary use of natural assets for human enjoyment. “The mountain bike tracks we’re talking about, bring millions and millions of tourist dollars to rural communities that promote them,” he said. “When you use a facility, it gets known and appreciated; if it’s not used, no-one knows it’s there,” he added. He said that the Friends of the Orange Botanic Gardens and Council should be working together to identify better ways to make use of its natural beauty.

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CR SCOTT MUNRO:

It’s a great investment, a fantastic investment.”

— WHAT TO DO WITH OUR GARDENS? Forty years of concepts, commitment, hard-work Orange Botanic Gardens was formally-established in 1981 and now covers 17 hectares of the former Clover Hill farm in North Orange . Documents provided by Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd show that the idea for the Gardens started as a: “concept of an additional formal park for Orange… put forward by Council’s Parks and Street Trees Advisory Committee as a possible long-term replacement/ complement of Cook Park.” The original nine-hectare site in North Orange, formerly farmland, was “dedicated by the Bathurst-Orange Development Corporation to Council as a contribution to open space to the north of Orange.” Olympic Gold Medal-winning runner Betty Cuthbert launched the Gardens as a Bicentennial project in September 1982. Students from the Ryde School of Horticulture also created conceptual designs with a masterplan adopted by Orange Council in November 1982. Between 1982–84, preliminary and Stage I works included clearing land, fencing, and the provision of town water. Stage II works between 1984–85 saw construction of a dam and adjacent landscaping efforts, construction of viewing decks, and construction of ancillary trails. The Gardens were confirmed as a Bicentennial project in 1986 with more than $150,000 for construction of the formal entrance, amenities, and an alpine garden, nurse planting area.

Cr Munro points to Council’s restoration of the Gosling Creek Reserve — which for decades had been a neglected pine-tree covered secret — into an invaluable natural waterway with walkways and sighting areas for native birds attracting thousands of visitors each year.

at the water feature, it’s a natural amphitheatre. We got quite a good turn-up, people would come along and listen, have a glass of wine,” he added.

“While I don’t agree with events willy-nilly and open camping, I do agree with one-off event camping at an area like that.

“I would like to see anybody with any ideas to support the gardens ,and help enhance its use — visitation to tourists or locals — please put them to Council and we will make sure they go to Council’s Parks, Trees, and Waterways Community Committee.

“It’s the same for the Botanic Gardens, it’s got to fit-in with the Plan of Management for the area but, if it does, and someone wants to do something there, we need to take it to a Council meeting and have the councillors decide,” he emphasised. Cr Munro believes that his proposal for a Council-run community garden partly with the aim of growing annual flowers to beautify public areas of the City, would help to create a new role for the Gardens. “One of the ideas of the community garden is to reinvigorate the facility; to offer a bit of new enthusiasm into the Botanic Gardens. “It’s such a beautiful place, the end result is we want to get the most from the facility,” he said. Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd agrees with wanting to see the Gardens once more used for community events such as music recitals, gardening expos, and movie nights. “We used to have concerts there with the conservatorium people playing on a Friday night down

“The kids from the ‘Con’ were able to do a show, they were fantastic, that’s the type of thing I’d like to get back to,” he added.

Senior Head Teacher at Orange TAFE for Rural Studies, (now) Cr Kidd supervised students in site clearance, tree propagation and planting, and construction of bulb beds, as part of a grant provided to the TAFE as part of the Bicentennial Project. The Friends of the Orange Botanic Gardens was established in 1985 to: • Raise public awareness of the Gardens. • Encourage community participation in the project. • Raise funds to assist in the development of the Gardens. Vital work they still carry-out to this day.

He said that one way to make a positive contribution to the Gardens was to look at joining the Friends and helping in their good-works. “The Gardens are a community place, and we applaud the ongoing work of the Friends of The Botanic Gardens... perhaps people out there would like to join this voluntary group that have raised untold funds that have gone into the gardens, and volunteered untold time working in the gardens in weeding, watering and a host of other gardening jobs. “They also run days where they take people (free) on guided walks around the gardens and conduct bird observation days.” He said that Council wants to see the stimulation of more activities at this special place. “We want the community to come forward and bring their ideas to Council or even just present them to Council’s advisory committee and staff,” Cr Kidd said.

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s The Garden's iconic farm windmill was donated by Cr Reg Kidd from his property, Sadler’s Wells.

SPORTS STADI DEMOCRACY ON THE OUTER WHEN STADIUM FUNDING IS ON OFFER — Comment by DAVID DIXON —

No-one loves their sport like Australians, and no Australians love sport like country folk. When I moved to the Central Tablelands 35-years ago, I was stunned at the level of facilities enjoyed by local sports-lovers. Turf cricket pitches for grade (and even kids’) cricket; Olympic-class synthetic hockey fields; competition-level synthetic grass tennis courts; lush-green Council-watered and maintained football fields everywhere — these were sporting-luxuries utterly-unknown in the 100,000-plus population city that I grew up in in Sydney’s south-west. Country towns are justifiably-proud of the long-list of sporting heroes that have been produced on their verdant fields, far more (per capita) than arise from the teeming cities of our eastern seaboard. So when the Premier Gladys Berejiklian, offered $25 million to Orange in February 2019 to build a Sports Stadium as an “election carrot” (conditional on the locals electing Nationals candidate, Kate Hazelton — they didn’t) it seemed like the perfect match between public money and community interest.

immediately-and-choose-another-site signed by about 300 opponents, this is not the issue. While Cr Kidd says that all normal checks and balances will be followed for the development, what use are they if decisionmakers have already decided the siting of the stadium is a “good idea”. If the opponents of the development have a fair point — that the Bloomfield site is a natural botanical gardens that should be preserved for those seeking fresh air close to our new Health Precinct and that the whole proposal already feels like a fait accompli — then who is going to bother objecting to the proposal? There is the possibility that the steady drum of “we’re going to build the stadium” quells opposition and makes all later public comment and submissions, moot. While the soil-sampling (pictured above) being completed on the site now is, according to Council, “very normal”, should it not be Council’s role to ensure that all checks and balances are taken before major announcements are made?

Because, in Australia, the term “sports stadium” pops-out of the mouth of a desperate Justice, as they say, must not just be done, politician quicker than an American game it should also be seen to be done. If Council hunter mutters “more ammo” upon entering a genuinely wants to offer dissenters and gun store. doubters a fair chance to oppose the current With Orange Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd recently location for the Sports Precinct, shouldn’t they leading the call for Council to activelybe taking the opportunity now for opponents approach the State Government with to air their grievances and concerns? “shovel-ready” projects to get us out of our Shouldn’t Council be initiating a public coronavirus economic hole, what better education and comment period before the way to spend our money than on a new first-shovel is turned on a project that was, sports facility? until recently, set-down for North Orange? So much so that Deputy Premier, John Community feedback, participatory Barilaro announced the “building” of the sports precinct at Bloomfield in south Orange democracy, the right to make our own decisions in a society, are these going the during a recent visit to the Colour City with same way as being able to do our own riskhopes of the first sod being turned this year. assessments in a pandemic and to work out After all, the $25 million offered is more a our own responses? water-molecule than a drop in the bucket of the nearly $3 billion the State Government was, until COVID-19, seriously planning to use to rebuild the Sydney Football Stadium and the Olympic Park, built for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and barely 20-years-old.

Many Australians have seen the confronting video of the tiny Victorian teenage girl recently being mishandled by Victorian Police for — shock — not wearing a facemask in public.

While opposition to a new stadium has so far been from a group of local residents via the change.org petition: https://www.change. org/p/mp-phil-donato-bloomfield-stop-work-

Truth, they say, is the first casualty of war; but could our ability to fully-participate in our democracy be one of the most serious victims of the coronavirus?

Ready-made botanical gardens, a refuge for native wildlife, and a sanctuary from our coronavirus lockdowns — all these will be lost if a new sport stadium at Bloomfield goes ahead, opponents say. Proposed sports precinct at south Orange is a prime example of Orange City Council’s piecemeal approach to development, an opponent of the siting of the development, a former local and long-time visitor, believes. Orange City Council and the State Government’s recent trumpeting of the proposal — announced before any assessment or approvals have been sought — seeks to create a reality-onthe-ground that denies residents any effective say over the proposal, Jeanette Thompson said. While Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd has said that the proposal will be bound by the same approvals, checks, balances, and community consultation as any other development, recent announcement of the development by Deputy Premier, John Barilaro says otherwise, she added.

the site was an idyllic ready-made green space essential in our new postCOVID-19 world where the importance of outdoor recreation is a premium. “We have spent much time enjoying the greenspaces around Bloomfield and Gosling Reserve, also spending money in wineries, restaurants and a variety of things Orange has to offer. I have a library of photos over the decades of the trees of Bloomfield in their various forms according to the seasons. “This area is unique. An existing botanic garden about to be destroyed for no good reason. “The Orange Botanic Gardens are very different to the heritage area of Bloomfield. The city is expanding rapidly. It needs to accommodate all interests and not just those of a few,” she added.

Ms Thompson said that it is the siting of the proposed new 8500-seat “I found the photo of Cr Jason Hamling, rectangular sports stadium and other sports facilities — not the development Cr Reg Kidd, Sam Farraway MLC and itself — that she opposes. Phoebe Litchfield repugnant as they ‘turn the first sod on the site where “There are numerous places for a sports works are to commence on the new complex that don’t involve destroying Orange Sports Precinct,’” she said of an area with significant cultural and an August 1 news report announcing the heritage qualities. Orange has been a proposal. go-to place in this difficult era of COVID when we are limited as to where we can “It is repugnant because it is obvious be tourists.” that work has already begun without community consultation. It seems to be a Closure of the Ex-Services Club Golffait accompli. This may be ‘subject to the Course 18-months ago and the area’s normal checks and balances, etc’ but proximity to native regeneration areas this reads as a white-wash. It appears has seen the green space become a haven work has commenced without for native wildlife, Ms Thompson said. community consultation. The pretence is “A highlight of our last trip were clear,” she added. walks through the de-commissioned Ms Thompson said that, far from being just a degraded former golf course bordered by a few ancient pine trees,

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Bloomfield golf course. The wildlife was a joy to behold with a range of native birds, kangaroos, echidnas, and other wildlife

UM ALL A PART OF PIECEMEAL DESTRUCTION OF OUR UNIQUE GREEN AREAS

moving back into the area. “This is a ready-made native regeneration area just waiting to be re-developed in an environmentally-sensitive way for the good of the community; not decimated for a sports stadium that can be put anywhere.” Ms Thompson believes that the stadium proposal is the latest in a tragic list of piecemeal decisions by local community leaders of the Apple City over a number of years that have tainted and eroded our tourism potential. “Orange could have been the ‘Jewel of the Central West.’ It still can be but, where it is now headed, it will simply be another country town that will be bypassed by tourists in favour of more enjoyable towns with some cultural and heritage sensitivity and where visitors are happy to spend their money.” First impressions matters, she believes, and the car-yards, caravan parks, and bottle-o’s, that welcome travellers down Bathurst Road is not the “Gateway to the Golden West” that Orange should be promoting. “We have watched with dismay as the charm and unique character of Orange is on the road to decimation. “We are perplexed as to why the eastern entrance to

Orange has been destroyed. Any basic intelligent planning would have built those shops, car-yards, and warehouses away from what was once a charming and enticing entry into a beautiful, thriving country city.

...We have watched with dismay as the charm and unique character of Orange is on the road to decimation...

“They could have been built a complex half-a-kilometre away amongst some of the already-degraded industrial areas near the main road as they did in Canberra. A ‘Supa Centa’ or the like could have accommodated these businesses at no financial loss or difficulty of access to those services,” she said. Orange’s loss of the inestimable and unique “Somerville Collection,” including a near-complete T-Rex skeleton — that, ironically, was housed in a small concrete block site at Orange’s eastern perimeter for a number of years before its

relocation to Bathurst — is one more startling sign of this myopia, she said. “Another example of this perplexing loss of the cultural, heritage and tourist value of this city is the fate of the private Somerville Minerals Museum, once a highlight as you drove into Orange. It was a landmark for years and a favourite stop-off for anyone interested in our geological history. “It is now rated as the No. 1 attraction in Lonely Planet’s list of 27 sites in the Central West; housed in a spectacular purpose-built museum in Bathurst Regional Gallery, a dazzlingly-important collection of cultural heritage importance gone from its former home.” She believes that Orange is facing a critical juncture where it could profit from the preservation of its unique cultural and environmental heritage or become the Parramatta Road of the Central Tablelands. “Orange is unique, so let’s make it the jewel of the Central West and not a giant car-yard and sports stadium, let us preserve something of its culture, heritage, and environmental significance for future generations and visitors alike,” Ms Thompson concluded.

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Helping our homeless th Homelessness facts and stats • The 2016 Census found that there were 116,000 Australians experiencing homelessness on Census night.

We all need a place to call home, Housing Plus

• Over half of people presenting at services cite family violence or relationship breakdown as a reason for seeking assistance. • The latest Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) research shows Australia has a shortfall of 433,000 social housing properties. • According to KPMG, every dollar spent on social housing boosts GDP by $1.30. Social housing is an investment, not a cost. • Census data shows that homelessness increased by 14 per cent between 2011 and 2016, an increase of 15,000 people. • In 2018, the University of NSW found 811,000 Australian households were in rental stress. • Building 30,000 social housing properties over four years will deliver urgently needed homes and create up to 18,000 jobs per year in local communities. • There are almost 120,000 Australians without a home every night. • The number of Australians experiencing homelessness is growing every year because of skyrocketing rents and a shortage of social housing. • The lack of social housing means more people end up homeless because they can’t find an affordable home, and those who are already homeless have no way to escape it. • The COVID crisis has increased pressure on millions of Australians and is pushing even more people into rent stress and homelessness.

With homelessness a continuing blight on what is one of the most affluent societies on earth, the theme for Homelessness Week this year is, Everybody Needs a Home. Emergency housing provider to the vulnerable in the region, Housing Plus, recently revealed the extent of the problem in our community. Housing Plus in 2019/20 saw nearly 1400 locals seeking homelessness support from their service. Out of this group, 778 were women with 580 aged between 25–64 years. Most worrying, 372 of these people seeking help have been diagnosed with a mental health condition. As at 30 June 2020, there were 196 people on the Social Housing waiting list in Orange, with expected waiting times of 5–10 years for a one-bedroom property and 2–5 years for two, three, and four-plus bedroom properties. For those who are at risk of homelessness though, the Homelessness and Housing Support Team can assist in a variety of other ways, Head of Community Services,

Penny Dordoy, said. “As well as providing crisis and transitional housing to people that are already homeless, we aim to prevent homelessness by helping people to sustain their tenancy. This is achieved through re-negotiating tenancy agreements, helping to put repayment plans in place, assisting with property care, and linking people with services that can assist them with a range of social, welfare and legal needs,” she explained Recent announcement that Housing Plus will be delivering the “Together Home” program across the region was welcomed by CEO, David Fisher. “Together Home” is a new NSW Government initiative aimed at tackling “roughsleeping.” Those sleeping rough in our communities will be rapidlyhoused and given on-going wrap around support, to help them take the first steps towards breaking the cycle of disadvantage and staying-off the streets for good, Mr Fisher explained. “As a homelessness service provider and community

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housing provider, Housing Plus looks forward to working with other providers and volunteer organisations in our communities to bring this important service forward. We have received funding to provide 10 properties and support services.” Mr Fisher said. “We are proud to be providing secure housing and coordinated support assistance for people who have been sleeping rough in our community”. Housing Plus also supported the “email the treasurer” campaign organised by “Everybody’s Home” to build pressure on including social housing investment in the upcoming Federal Budget. “We promoted this via our Facebook page for members of the community that would like to support this action,” Mr Fisher said. Mr Fisher used the opportunity during Homelessness Week to talk with the leaders of our community about the issues that are driving homelessness in Orange, in particular how the housing affordability crisis has created a dire shortage of affordable options for people on very low incomes.

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Doing something about it, they are providing free meals, groceries, warm blankets, and a friendly smile to dozens of locals each wintry Saturday night between 5–6pm at the Main Hall, in Anson Street, Orange. The volunteers from the local Uniting Church watched with increasing-concern as a whole range of services for the homeless and the vulnerable shut-down due to the coronavirus pandemic and jumped into action. Their “Hot Meals Outreach” provides a free hot, take-away meal for those who may not have access to a kitchen, or the food to cook in it! “There were a number of other services that usually run to help those in need; free meals at the CWA Hall, the ‘Vinnies Van’; our own Uniting Church ‘Mustard Tree Café’ where we offered a sit-down twothree course meal for $10,” Fusion youth group volunteer, Bev Rankin explained. “We ran Mustard Tree Luncheon for 13 years — usually with about 70–80 people — that we had to close due to COVID,” Christine Hawke said. “We also provided a meal at ‘Fusion’ once a fortnight, but have been forced to close that service down,” Bev added. She said that, while grocery services from groups such as “Foodcare” and “Anglicare” have resumed, not everyone has access to a kitchen to prepare their own food. “The question is, what do you do if you’re homeless, ‘couch-surfing,’ lost a job and you’ve got no funds?” Bev asked. No-one who arrives on Saturday for any reason, is turned away.

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Those who have nowhere regular to live are among the most vulnerable during the current coronavirus, a local church charity group believes. “A lot of people are in that situation, they are accommodated in hotels, which is good, but they can’t prepare a meal,” she said. As COVID-19 gradually tightened its grip on our society, this was the most vulnerable group identified by the volunteers. “Some of us were talking about the growing need in our community since the food services had ceased or were reduced, due to COVID-19. As a result of having identified this need, we decided to trial the ‘Hot Meals Outreach,’” Christine said. The volunteers emphasise that the program is provided under a “totally

COVID-safe” risk-management plan: “We serve the meals according to that plan with take-away containers, the people come in one door and leave by the other door,” Bob Nash said. “They get a hot meal and a treat pack, either a dessert or biscuits; we started-off with about four people coming, now we cater for about 40–50,” Christine said. “We also provide frozen meals for those who can take them away and heat-up, about 20 each week.” The group also provides essentials such as milk and bread and home-made beanies, often also being able to provide clothing, blankets, doonas, and even Back-Pack beds.

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“These are another outreach project, we are involved in, with Orange City Council,” said Bev. Realising that man (and woman) does not live on bread alone, they also seek to make a connection with many of those who come each Saturday. “There was a lady that came really early and said, ‘I might volunteer,’ and I just felt that she was an isolated person. She sat here for an hour or so and I think she just felt the ambience,” Nancy Nash said. “We try and make them feel welcome, get to know their names and what they like, just trying to show them a bit of kindness, they appreciate that,” Christine said. “We had two girls here one night, one left singing, and the other put on a ‘boom box;’ it’s lovely when you get that reaction,” she added. While the volunteers spend hours, each week helping those in need of both a feed and a friendly face, they acknowledge the help of Newcrest Cadia Valley Operations, who have generously assisted in some funding for this outreach project. “We wrote to them and asked if they could help, and they funded a considerable amount, and left the door open, to ‘come back and apply for more help, next year’,” Bob concluded. n PICTURED ABOVE: Uniting Church volunteers seeing a need during the coronavirus providing food, company, and a friendly face, for those left-out in the COVID cold. Christine Hawke, Bev Rankin, and Nancy and Bob Nash.

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.30 ABC News: 75th Anniversary Of The End Of WWII. 10.00 Australia Remembers: 75th Anniversary Of The End Of WWII. 11.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 The Sound. 1.30 Father Brown. 2.30 Back In Time For Dinner. 3.30 Escape From The City. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Soccer. A-League. Sydney FC v Western United. From Bankwest Stadium, Sydney. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.20 Last Tango In Halifax. Return. 9.20 Miniseries: Thirteen. 10.20 The Good Karma Hospital. Final. 11.05 Rage.

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.10 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys. 3.55 Australia With Julia Bradbury. 4.25 Ballooning Over Mount Everest. 5.30 Fall Of Japan In Colour. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Flying Scotsman: The Unstoppable Scotsman. 8.30 MOVIE: Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016) Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg. An avid patron of the arts attempts to become an opera star despite her terrible singing voice. (PG) 10.30 The Vietnam War. 3.55 Borderlands: Life On The Line. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 2.35 Arthur. 3.05 Molly And Mack. 3.30 Play School. 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.10 Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle. 4.30 Bob The Builder. 4.55 Fireman Sam. 5.20 The Daniel Tiger Movie: Won’t You Be Our Neighbor? 6.55 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Live From The BBC. Final. 9.15 QI. 10.15 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.00 Would I Lie To You? 11.30 Motherland. 12.00 Friday Night Dinner. 12.25 The Trip To Italy. 12.55 Absolutely Fabulous. 1.25 Live At The Apollo. 2.15 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 3.05 Close. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Basketball. WNBA. Chicago Sky v Connecticut Sun. 11.00 WorldWatch. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 Basketball. NBA. Miami Heat v Oklahoma City Thunder. Replay. 2.00 New Girl. 2.30 Insight. 3.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 3.55 PBS News. 4.55 The Carmichael Show. 6.40 Only Connect. 7.40 Stargate SG-1. 8.30 Robert Kirkman’s Secret History Of Comics. New. 9.25 Fear The Walking Dead. 11.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Criterium du Dauphiné. Stage 4. Ugine to Megève. 1.05 South Park. 2.30 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.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.55 Operation Ouch! 12.20 Ice Stars. 12.50 Horrible Histories. 1.20 The Dengineers. 2.20 TMNT. 2.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 3.05 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 3.30 Dragon Ball Super. 4.00 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Hank Zipzer. 5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 Utopia Falls. 7.15 Taking The Next Step. 7.45 The Zoo. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Little Big Awesome. 8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 Find Me In Paris. 9.15 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 10.00 Close. 5.40 The Bagel And Becky Show. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 ZooMoo Lost. (66) 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Hook, Line And Dinner. 9.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 12.30 Mystery Diners. 1.30 Restaurant: Impossible. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.10 MOVIE: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water. (2015) Tom Kenny, Antonio Banderas. 7.00 MOVIE: Ice Age. (2002) 8.30 MOVIE: Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) 11.00 Bridezillas. 12.00 Restaurant: Impossible. 2.00 Home Shopping. 3.00 Hook, Line And Dinner. 4.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. 5.00 Cupcake Wars.

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6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 George Clarke’s Shed Of The Year. 3.55 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.25 InCycle. 5.25 Inside The SS. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Egypt’s Lost Pyramid. 8.30 Princess Anne At 70. 9.45 Albert: The Power Behind Victoria. 11.30 How To Lose Weight Well. 4.00 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. 4.30 Great British Railway Journeys. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 2.05 Grandpa In My Pocket. 2.35 Arthur. 3.05 Molly And Mack. 3.30 Play School. 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.10 Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle. 4.30 Bob The Builder. 4.55 Fireman Sam. 5.20 Thomas. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.55 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.15 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.35 Insert Name Here. 11.05 Live From The BBC. Final. 11.50 Would I Lie To You? 12.20 W1A. 12.55 The IT Crowd. 1.20 Women On The Verge. 1.50 Gavin & Stacey. 2.25 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 8.00 Basketball. WNBA. New York Liberty v Minnesota Lynx. 10.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 National Indigenous Music Awards. 2.00 New Girl. 2.50 PopAsia TV. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 Insight. 5.15 Yokayi Footy. 5.50 Takeshi’s Castle Indonesia. 6.45 Abandoned Engineering. 7.40 The Tesla Files. 8.30 MOVIE: Star Trek: Generations. (1994) Patrick Stewart, William Shatner. 10.35 Sugar Babies. 11.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Criterium du Dauphiné. Stage 5. Megève to Megève. 1.05 World Of VICE. 2.30 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.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 Massive Monster Mayhem. 11.55 Operation Ouch! 12.20 Ice Stars. 12.50 Horrible Histories. 1.20 The Dengineers. 2.20 TMNT. 2.45 Prank You Very Much. 3.15 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 4.00 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Hank Zipzer. 5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 Utopia Falls. 7.15 Taking The Next Step. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Little Big Awesome. 8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 Find Me In Paris. 9.15 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 10.00 Rage. 2.00 Close. 5.40 The Bagel And Becky Show. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 ZooMoo Lost. (66) 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Rachael Ray’s 30 Minute Meals. 8.30 Ten Dollar Dinners. 9.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. 9.30 Reality Cupcakes. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Mystery Diners. 4.00 Restaurant: Impossible. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Futurama. 8.00 The Simpsons. 8.30 First Dates Australia. 9.30 Marrying Millions. 10.30 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 11.30 Geordie Shore. 12.30 Are You The One? 1.30 Ex On The Beach. 3.30 Ten Dollar Dinners. 4.00 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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Newstyle Direct. (52) 6.00 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 The Baron. 11.00 My Favorite Martian. 11.30 MOVIE: The Oracle. (1953) Robert Beatty, Michael Medwin, Virginia McKenna. 1.15 MOVIE: Laughter In Paradise. (1951) Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, Guy Middleton. 3.15 MOVIE: Duel In The Jungle. (1954) Dana Andrews, David Farrar, Jeanne Crain. 5.20 MOVIE: Elephant Walk. (1954) 7.30 MOVIE: Hang ’Em High. (1968) 9.50 MOVIE: Conan The Destroyer. (1984) 11.50 Miniseries: Lynda La Plante’s Trial & Retribution. 2.00 Gideon’s Way. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 1.30 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 2.00 BattleBots. 3.00 The Road Trick. 3.30 The Xtreme Collxtion. 4.30 Peaking. 5.05 MOVIE: Babe: Pig In The City. (1998) 7.00 MOVIE: Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. (2008) 9.00 MOVIE: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. (2015) Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Daniella Alonso. 11.00 Malcolm. 11.30 Heroes. 12.30 Manifest. 1.30 The Road Trick. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 3.30 Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters. 4.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.50 Littlest Pet Shop: A World Of Our Own. 5.10 Yu-GiOh! VRAINS. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

Fish Of The (63) 6.00 Day. 6.30 The Big Adventure. 8.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 Idiot TV. New. 10.00 Alaska’s Wild Gourmet. 11.00 Shipping Wars. 11.30 Life Off Road. 12.00 Storage Wars. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 2.00 Pawn Stars. 2.30 Fishing And Adventure. 3.00 American Pickers. 4.00 Motor Racing. Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars. Aeroflow Season Snapshot. Replay. 5.00 Graveyard Carz. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. 8.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. Fremantle v Carlton. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. 11.15 America’s Hardest Prisons. 12.30 Blokesworld. 1.00 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Jake And The Fatman. 10.00 MacGyver. 11.00 Diagnosis Murder. 12.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 Rocky Mountain Railroad. 2.00 One Strange Rock. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Driven Not Hidden. 4.00 WhichCar. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 Hawaii Five-0. 11.20 NCIS. 12.15 Law & Order: SVU. 1.10 48 Hours. 2.05 Monster Jam. 2.35 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 4. Czech Republic Grand Prix. Replay. 4.05 Motor Racing. Formula 1. 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. Highlights. 5.05 The Doctors.

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(82) 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Dora The Explorer. 6.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 7.00 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. 9.05 Butterbean’s Cafe. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 The Neighborhood. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 Will & Grace. 3.30 To Be Advised. 6.10 MOVIE: The Sapphires. (2012) Miranda Tapsell, Deborah Mailman. 8.15 Kojak. 9.15 Columbo. 10.45 Have You Been Paying Attention? 11.40 Friends. 1.30 100% Hotter. 2.30 Will & Grace. 3.00 The Neighborhood. 3.30 Mom. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Family Ties.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 America’s Got Talent. 3.00 Beach Cops. 3.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. 8.30 7NEWS Spotlight: The Lindy Tapes. 9.45 Between Two Worlds. 10.45 Liar. 11.45 Autopsy USA: John Denver. 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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WIN (8) 6.00 Mass For You At Home. 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Leading The Way With Dr Michael Youssef. 7.30 Fishing Australia. 8.00 The Living Room. 9.00 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 5. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 2. From Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 Family Feud. Return. 8.30 FBI. 10.30 NCIS. 11.30 The Sunday Project. 12.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

TV Shop: Home (52) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Amazing Facts Presents. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 In Touch Ministries. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 The Avengers. 11.00 MOVIE: Second Fiddle. (1957) 12.30 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 2.30 Getaway. 3.00 MOVIE: West Of Zanzibar. (1954) 5.00 MOVIE: Comes A Horseman. (1978) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.40 Above Suspicion. 12.35 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 1.30 Dangerman. 2.30 Adventures In Rainbow Country. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 12.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. 12.30 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 1.40 Rivals. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.10 MOVIE: The Adventures Of Rocky & Bullwinkle. (2000) 5.00 MOVIE: Rise Of The Guardians. (2012) 7.00 MOVIE: My Super Ex-Girlfriend. (2006) Luke Wilson. 9.00 MOVIE: Hancock. (2008) Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron. 10.50 MOVIE: Elektra. (2005) 12.40 Heroes. 1.35 Manifest. 2.30 Wife Swap US. 3.30 Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters. 4.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.50 Ninjago. 5.10 Lego Jurassic World: Legend Of Isla Nublar. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 The Fishing Show. 7.30 Home Shopping. 9.30 Timbersports. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Creek To Coast. 11.30 Fishing And Adventure. 12.00 Great Lake Warriors. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Shipping Wars. 2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 3.00 Fishy Business. 4.00 Shipping Wars. 4.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 5.00 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: Die Hard: With A Vengeance. (1995) Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Jeremy Irons. 11.10 Hardcore Pawn. 12.10 Ice Road Truckers. 1.30 Great Lake Warriors. 2.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Animal Tales. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Sunshine Coast Lightning v NSW Swifts. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 14. Wests Tigers v Canterbury Bulldogs. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 Australian Ninja Warrior: State Of Origin. 8.50 60 Minutes. 9.50 Nine News Late. 10.50 Cold Case: New Leads Wanted: Tuitania Barclay. 11.50 Mysteries And Scandals: Young, Famous And Criminal. 12.40 Rivals. 1.05 The Baron. 2.05 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Animal Tales. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. 7.30 Leading The Way. 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 The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Dr Harry’s Craziest House Calls. 3.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 M*A*S*H. 7.30 Escape To The Country. 8.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 10.40 MOVIE: Death At A Funeral. (2007) Matthew Macfadyen, Rupert Graves. 12.30 The Durrells. 2.30 Casino Confidential. 3.00 Shadow Of Doubt. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Funniest Ever Crazy Cats. 5.30 Home Shopping.

WIN (8) 6.00 Reel Action. 6.30 Entertainment Tonight. 7.00 What’s Up Down Under. 7.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 8.30 WhichCar. 9.00 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 9.30 Studio 10: Saturday. 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 5. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 1. From Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.00 The Masked Singer Australia. 9.30 Ambulance. Final. 10.40 Beecham House. Final. 11.40 NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Hour Of Power.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 The Key Of David. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Star Trek. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. 12.00 MacGyver. 2.00 Monster Jam. 3.00 One Strange Rock. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 Judge Judy. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 5. Austrian Grand Prix. 11.00 48 Hours. 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 3.00 Monster Jam. 4.00 Car Crash Global: Caught On Camera. 5.00 The Doctors.

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(82) 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Dora The Explorer. 6.35 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 7.05 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. 9.05 Butterbean’s Cafe. 9.30 Scope. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 Neighbours. 2.30 Murphy Brown. 3.00 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.00 The Masked Singer Australia. 5.15 Will & Grace. 6.05 Friends. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.00 MOVIE: Ocean’s 8. (2018) Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway. 11.10 Will & Grace. 12.00 2 Broke Girls. 1.30 100% Hotter. 2.30 Murphy Brown. 3.00 Fresh Off The Boat. 3.30 Will & Grace. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

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6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Hyper Evolution: Rise Of The Robots. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Marcella. 2.00 Search For Second Earth. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 The Planets. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Q+A. 10.40 ABC Late News. 11.10 Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge. 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Perfect Body. 2.55 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. Final. 4.05 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.40 Secrets Of Tutankhamun’s Treasures. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 The Blitz: Britain On Fire. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. 12.35 Transfer. 3.50 Late Programs.

Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Wife He Met Online. (2011) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 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 Farmer Wants A Wife. 8.30 9-1-1: Lone Star. 9.30 Chicago Fire. Return. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Absentia. 12.00 Black-ish. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Explore. 1.15 Australian Ninja Warrior: State Of Origin. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Australian Ninja Warrior: State Of Origin. 9.20 Witness To Disaster. 10.20 Nine News Late. 10.50 100% Footy. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Masked Singer Australia. 2.15 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Masked Singer Australia. 8.45 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.45 Just For Laughs Uncut. 10.15 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 11.05 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 The IT Crowd. 8.55 W1A. 9.30 Intelligence. 9.55 Get Krack!n. 10.20 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 Schitt’s Creek. 11.10 Workaholics. 11.55 Plebs. 12.15 Murder In Successville. 12.45 The Office. 1.20 Please Like Me. 1.45 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.35 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Look Me In The Eye. 1.05 Front Up. 2.05 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 3.00 Cyberwar. 3.30 Tattoo Age. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week. 5.15 Gadget Man. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Difficult People. 10.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 This Rugged Coast. 11.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Funniest Ever Crazy Cats. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Mafia’s Greatest Hits. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Easy Eats. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: Carry On Cowboy. (1966) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 The Killer Affair. 11.40 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 6. Spanish Grand Prix. Highlights. 11.20 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 5.00 Hank Zipzer. 5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 MythBusters Junior. 7.15 Wallace And Gromit’s World Of Invention. 7.45 Horrible Histories. 8.15 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.50 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 9.05 Find Me In Paris. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.50 Detentionaire. 10.15 Rage. 11.15 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 Ink Master. 10.30 Ink Master: Redemption. 11.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 12.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Ink Master. 2.00 Ax Men. 3.00 Buccaneers & Bones. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Life Off Road. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Interstellar. (2014) Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway. 11.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Ultimate Rush. 1.00 The Xtreme Collxtion. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.10 MOVIE: The Brady Bunch Movie. (1995) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 Big Bang. 9.00 MOVIE: The Host. (2013) Saoirse Ronan. 11.30 Big Bang. 12.00 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

(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 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers. 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.

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6.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Rivals. 12.30 The Garden Gurus. Return. 1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 4. Magpies v West Coast Fever. 3.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 4. Queensland Firebirds v Giants. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Meghan & Harry: The New Revelations. 9.00 MOVIE: Bridget Jones’s Baby. (2016) Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey. Forty-something and single, Bridget Jones becomes pregnant, but is unsure about who the father is. (M) 11.20 MOVIE: He’s Just Not That Into You. (2009) Ginnifer Goodwin. (M) 1.40 Award Winning Tasmania. 2.05 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 Wesley Impact.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 8.00 Travel Oz. 9.30 NBC Today. 11.30 Mighty Ships. 12.30 Air Crash Investigation. 1.30 A Moveable Feast. 2.00 Intolerant Cooks. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. 5.00 Sydney Weekender. 5.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Honey I Bought The House. 12.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30 Sydney Weekender. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Queensland Weekender. 3.30 A Moveable Feast. 4.00 Intolerant Cooks. 4.30 Travel Oz.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 Beach Cops. 12.30 Surf Patrol. 1.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 1.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Patrol. 7.30 MOVIE: Independence Day: Resurgence. (2016) Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman. Two decades after they first invaded Earth, an alien race mounts another attack on the planet. (M) 9.45 MOVIE: The Predator. (2018) Boyd Holbrook, Jacob Tremblay, Olivia Munn. After an alien vessel crashes on Earth, a soldier at the scene sends the items he recovers to his family. (MA15+) 12.00 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour. 1.00 Home Shopping.

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TVguide 6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.00 Four Corners. 10.45 Meet The Ferals. 11.00 Hyper Evolution: Rise Of The Robots. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Rosehaven. 1.30 Retrograde. 2.00 Search For Second Earth. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 The Planets. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.30 Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge. 9.35 The Great Acceleration. New. 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.05 Q+A. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.05 The Perfect Body. 3.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.35 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.35 Secrets Of Tutankhamun’s Treasures. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Great Asian Railways Journeys. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 The Feed. 10.00 SBS News. 10.30 United States Of Conspiracy. 11.35 Bad Banks. 12.35 Greyzone. 4.00 What Makes A Psychopath? 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Insert Name Here. 9.00 The Inbetweeners. Final. 9.30 Schitt’s Creek. 10.15 The Trip To Italy. 10.45 Parks And Recreation. 11.10 Schitt’s Creek. 11.30 Workaholics. 12.15 Plebs. 12.40 Murder In Successville. 1.10 Black Books. 1.35 QI. 2.10 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Look Me In The Eye. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 2.55 Cyberwar. 3.20 Tattoo Age. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Gadget Man. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dave Gorman: Terms And Conditions Apply. 9.20 Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath. 11.00 Black South Rising. 11.55 Sex In The World’s Cities. 12.55 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.00 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.05 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Hank Zipzer. 5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 MythBusters Junior. 7.15 Wallace And Gromit’s World Of Invention. 7.45 Horrible Histories. 8.15 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.50 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 9.05 Find Me In Paris. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.50 Detentionaire. 10.15 Rage. 11.15 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 9.00 Best Baker In America. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 MOVIE: Coyote Ugly. (2000) Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman. 10.30 MOVIE: Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000) 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 News Breakfast. (2) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. 11.00 Becoming Superhuman. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.40 Media Watch. 2.00 Search For Second Earth. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 The Planets. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 9.00 Rosehaven. 9.30 Planet America. 10.05 QI. Return. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.05 Four Corners. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.00 Cannabis: Drug Or Miracle Medicine? 3.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.35 Insight. 4.35 Secrets Of Tutankhamun’s Treasures. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Tony Robinson: Britain’s Ancient Tracks. 8.30 Sydney’s Super Tunnel. 9.30 Luther. Final. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 24 Hours In Emergency. 11.55 MOVIE: Members Only. (2017) 1.35 Years And Years. 3.45 Full Frontal. 4.20 Railway Journeys UK. 4.55 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 Gavin & Stacey. 9.25 The Letdown. 9.55 The Thick Of It. 10.25 Intelligence. 10.50 Parks And Recreation. 11.15 Schitt’s Creek. 11.35 Workaholics. 12.20 Plebs. 12.45 Murder In Successville. 1.15 QI. 1.45 Blackadder The Third. 2.20 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

World(31) 6.00 Watch. 9.00 Basketball. WNBA. Indiana Fever v Connecticut Sun. 11.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Look Me In The Eye. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 2.55 Cyberwar. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Where Are You Really From? 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. (1991) 10.15 MOVIE: Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. (2008) 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 ZooMoo (66) Lost. 7.00 Giada At Home. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Beach Eats USA. 8.30 Ten Dollar Dinners. 9.00 Best Baker In America. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 Cold Case. 10.30 Without A Trace. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 11.00 How To Build A Time Machine. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 2.00 Search For Second Earth. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 The Planets. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 The Heights. 8.30 Escape From The City. 9.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 10.00 Would I Lie To You? 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.00 Louis Theroux: Behind Bars. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.00 Over The Black Dot. 3.00 First Australians. 3.55 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.30 London’s Super Tunnel. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. New. 8.30 Cat Tales. 9.30 War Of The Worlds. Final. 10.25 SBS News. 11.00 Tin Star. 11.55 The Name Of The Rose. 4.00 Full Frontal. 4.25 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 9.30 Motherland. 10.00 Women On The Verge. Final. 10.30 Flowers. 10.55 Schitt’s Creek. 11.40 Parks And Recreation. 12.05 Schitt’s Creek. 12.25 Workaholics. 1.10 Plebs. 1.35 Murder In Successville. 2.05 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Basketball. WNBA. Atlanta Dream v Washington Mystics. 11.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Look Me In The Eye. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 How To Start An Airline. 2.55 Cyberwar. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Where Are You Really From? 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky. 9.30 Full Frontal. Return. 10.00 Letterkenny. 10.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.05 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Hank Zipzer. 5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 MythBusters Junior. 7.15 Wallace And Gromit’s World Of Invention. 7.45 How To Do Stuff Good. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Little Big Awesome. 8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 Find Me In Paris. 9.15 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 ZooMoo (66) Lost. 7.00 Giada At Home. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Beach Eats USA. 8.30 Ten Dollar Dinners. 9.00 Best Baker In America. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 The Mentalist. 10.30 Without A Trace. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 10.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 11.00 Fly Me To The Moon. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Great Acceleration. 1.55 Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 The Planets. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 MotherFatherSon. 9.30 Marcella. 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Virus. 11.05 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.00 The Point. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 10 Things To Know About The Future. 4.30 London’s Super Tunnel. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Greek Island Odyssey With Bettany Hughes. 8.30 Secrets Of The Railway. 9.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 The Late Session. 11.55 First Australians. 2.40 Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History. 3.25 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 4.30 Bob The Builder. 4.55 Fireman Sam. 5.20 Thomas. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.00 The Office. 9.30 Black Books. 9.55 Blackadder The Third. 10.30 The Hollowmen. 1.10 The Inbetweeners. Final. 1.40 The Thick Of It. 2.10 Flowers. 2.40 Close. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

World(31) 6.00 Watch. 9.00 Basketball. WNBA. Chicago Sky v New York Liberty. 11.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Look Me In The Eye. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 Gangs Of Central America. 2.50 Dead Set On Life. 3.15 Yokayi Footy. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Where Are You Really From? 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 RocKwiz Salutes. 9.30 The Good Girls’ Guide To Kinky Sex. 10.25 Trigonometry. 11.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.05 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Hank Zipzer. 5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 MythBusters Junior. 7.15 Wallace And Gromit’s World Of Invention. 7.45 How To Do Stuff Good. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.10 Fruits Basket. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Detentionaire. 10.20 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 ZooMoo (66) Lost. 7.00 Giada At Home. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Beach Eats USA. 8.30 Ten Dollar Dinners. 9.00 Best Baker In America. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 The Mentalist. 10.30 Without A Trace. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise. (2006) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 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 America’s Got Talent. 9.15 Criminal Minds. 11.15 The Latest: Seven News. 11.45 The Goldbergs. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Headline News. (8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.15 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Masked Singer Australia. 8.45 MOVIE: The Great Gatsby. (2013) Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan. 11.25 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.25 The Project. 1.30 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 MacGyver. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 9.25 Elementary. 11.20 The Mentalist. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Star Trek: Voyager. 3.15 Star Trek: Enterprise. 4.10 The Mentalist. 5.05 The Doctors.

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(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 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers. 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 Mom. 10.30 2 Broke Girls. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 MacGyver. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 Jake And The Fatman. 3.10 MacGyver. 4.05 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.00 Diagnosis Murder.

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(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 Charmed. 2.00 Seinfeld. 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. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Headline News. (8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Bachelor Australia. 8.30 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. Final. 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 6. Spanish Grand Prix. Highlights. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 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. 11.30 SEAL Team. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 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 Charmed. 2.00 Seinfeld. 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 Carol’s Second Act. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 The Middle. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Headline News. (8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Living Room. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Living Room. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.30 Just For Laughs Uncut. 10.00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.00 The Project. 1.00 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 5. Austrian Grand Prix. Replay. 9.30 WhichCar. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. 10.30 Elementary. 11.30 CSI: Miami. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 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 MOVIE: Six Days, Seven Nights. (1998) 2.00 Seinfeld. 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 MOVIE: The Matrix Revolutions. (2003) Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Australian Ninja Warrior: State Of Origin. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Ninja Warrior Australia Vs The World. 9.20 MOVIE: The Equalizer. (2014) Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas. 11.50 Nine News Late. 12.20 Timeless. 1.10 Rivals. 1.35 Late Programs.

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TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Heartbeat. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Carry On Nurse. (1959) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Poirot. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.40 The Rockford Files. 12.35 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Bionic Woman. 1.00 Xena. 2.00 Friday Night Lights. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 MOVIE: Flight Of The Navigator. (1986) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon 2. (1989) 9.50 MOVIE: Mad Max. (1979) 11.45 Malcolm. 12.15 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 Rainbow Rangers. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.15 Ninja Warrior Australia Vs The World. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 Botched. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 New Amsterdam. 11.50 Dr Miami. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 A Current Affair. 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Sydney Weekender. 12.30 Intolerant Cooks. 1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Make You Laugh Out Loud: Funniest Ever Toddler Tantrums. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 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 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Air Crash Investigation. 11.50 Late Programs. Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 Shipping Wars. 10.30 American Restoration. 11.00 American Pickers. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Ink Master. 2.00 Ax Men. 3.00 Buccaneers & Bones. 3.30 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. Return. 9.30 Demolition NZ. New. 10.30 Scrap Kings. New. 11.30 Late Programs. Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Father’s Choice. (2000) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 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 Highway Patrol. 8.30 MOVIE: Wonder Woman. (2017) Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright. 11.15 The Latest: Seven News. 11.45 Late Programs.

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TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Overlanders. (1946) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 11.00 Mark Of A Killer. 12.00 My Crazy Obsession. 1.00 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Bionic Woman. 1.00 Xena. 2.00 Friday Night Lights. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 MOVIE: Short Circuit. (1986) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 Young Sheldon. 8.30 MOVIE: The Heartbreak Kid. (2007) Ben Stiller. 10.45 Young Sheldon. 11.35 Malcolm. 12.05 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 MOVIE: Married Life. (2007) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 15. Parramatta Eels v Melbourne Storm. 9.45 Golden Point. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Murdered By Morning. 11.50 The Fix. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.00 Make You Laugh Out Loud: Funniest Dogs Behaving Badly. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Make You Laugh Out Loud: Funniest Dogs Behaving Badly. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Mighty Ships. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 A Confession. 11.30 Late Programs. Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 9.00 Pawn Stars. 9.30 Storage Wars. 10.00 Shipping Wars. 10.30 American Restoration. 11.00 American Pickers. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Ink Master. 2.00 Ax Men. 3.00 Buccaneers & Bones. 3.30 Shipping Wars. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.30 Late Programs.

Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Proof Of Life. (2000) Meg Ryan. 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. 8.30 MOVIE: Hidden Figures. (2017) 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 The Front Bar. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 As Time Goes By. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: It Always Rains On Sunday. (1947) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Territory Cops. 8.40 Reported Missing. 9.50 City Of Evil. 10.50 Chicago Med. 11.50 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Bionic Woman. 1.00 Xena. 2.00 Friday Night Lights. 3.00 Pokémon. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 4.30 MOVIE: Napoleon. (1995) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 American Idol. 11.00 Malcolm. 12.00 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 Rainbow Rangers. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

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6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.10 MOVIE: The English Teacher. (2013) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 15. Brisbane Broncos v St George Illawarra Dragons. 9.45 Friday Night Knock Off. 10.35 MOVIE: The Taking Of Pelham 123. (2009) 12.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.00 Make You Laugh Out Loud: Funniest Cutest Kittens Ever. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Make You Laugh Out Loud: Funniest Cutest Kittens Ever. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Mighty Planes. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs. Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 Pawn Stars. 9.30 Storage Wars. 10.00 Shipping Wars. 10.30 American Restoration. 11.00 American Pickers. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Ink Master. 2.00 Ax Men. 3.00 Buccaneers & Bones. 3.30 The Simpsons. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: Green Lantern. (2011) Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard. 10.45 MOVIE: The Day The Earth Stood Still. (2008) 1.00 Late Programs.

Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Trust. (2009) Jamie Luner, Nels Lennarson. 2.00 To Be Advised. 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 Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. (2011) Judi Dench. 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping. 6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Make You Laugh Out Loud: Cutest Ever Puppy Party. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 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 Air Crash Investigation. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea. 11.30 Late Programs.

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TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Animal Tales. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: She’ll Have To Go. (1962) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 MOVIE: Deep Impact. (1998) Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni. 11.05 The Commander. 12.35 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Bionic Woman. 1.00 Xena. 2.00 Friday Night Lights. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 MOVIE: Loch Ness. (1996) 6.00 MOVIE: Antz. (1998) 7.30 MOVIE: King Kong. (2005) 11.15 Heroes. 12.10 Rivals. 12.40 Unstoppable. 1.10 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 Rainbow Rangers. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 Shipping Wars. 10.30 American Restoration. 11.00 American Pickers. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Ink Master. 2.00 American Restoration. 2.30 Shipping Wars. 3.00 American Grit. 4.00 American Restoration. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 13. Gold Coast v Carlton. 10.15 AFL Post-Game Show. 11.00 Armchair Experts. 11.30 Late Programs.

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The Quiet Life of a Country Wife Well it’s Rush Hour in the morning “Hurry up, eat your porridge, milk your drink No, you can’t have that ‘till you’ve finished eating!” It’s so jolly noisy, I can’t even think! “Give her back her socks, you rotten tease,” My “What sort of sandwiches” goes unheeded So I slap on vegemite and a piece of cheese – Ohhh, I nearly forgot, a note is needed! Of course there’s no paper, and the pen won’t write, But I scribble on regardless; the two-way blasts my ear, “Get a hanky, do your hair, you look a sight!” ‘There’s a cut-out at the shed,’ he says, ‘What time will you be here?’

The Quiet Life of a Country Wife (before little kids were big kids!)

Today was my Mum’s birthday, always cause for reflection. Not that some old scissors she’d once had sharpened at a local retailers “free knife-sharpening” day, later screwed together with an oversized nut don’t remind me of her quite regularly! They’re in my gardening kit now, but Mum’s Memories are all around the garden anyway. Various plants were originally cuttings from her garden. She was thrifty and resilient of necessity; ever so clever and creative, courageous, compassionate and yet, for her life of hardship was generous, gentle and a loyal supporter of her offspring! Thinking of Mum while it’s grey outside and expecting showers for a few days brought back some memories. After a good winter, farmers are more confident than they’ve been for years… it’s GREEN! Remember green? Green’s good for the soul, and there’s nothing like the patter of rain on a tin roof, especially when you’re all snuggled inside! I pondered on this more wettish winter we’re having… a bit like the winters we used to get before our long string of droughts. It gave me cause to recollect a very wet winter when the big kids were little kids, and the week before shearing we actually had carp swimming in our sheep-yards! Back then we had insurance with a company who used to send their people around a couple of times a year. The problem was they had no idea about country roads, and never thought to ring if it was wet. Younger blokes were invincible

of course and a muddy road was never going to stop them! Never mind cutting peoples’ roads up sloshing in! Getting bogged necessitating a long walk hopefully taught thought and consequence. One bogged fellow spent a cold night on my mother-in-law’s laundry bench because no-one was home when he arrived on foot. No WHS strategic plans then! No mobiles either! Worse, you usually had to take a tractor up a road you yourself weren’t using until it dried out a bit in order to extricate them. On a drizzly winter’s shearing day we had one of these blokes who’d bogged himself to the axles arrive on our doorstep at lunchtime – barefoot, wringing wet and shivering. He would have had very cold feet – an icy lesson to remember, surely! Of course, they hardly “get” that you have to drop everything to go rescue them in the middle of a very busy time. However it was his comment after being served hot soup in our house as the neighbour arrived to collect a few strays at peak shearing; then witnessing a couple of quick phone calls and sheep movements being coordinated via two-way that really stirred me to write this poem. I think it’s one of the fastest poems I’ve ever written – it just seemed to roll off the pen at the end of a very long day! So, enjoy this for what it is – but do remember that it was a time of handy two-way radios, but no mobile phones – which does seem a life-time away now!

| Saturday 15 August, 2020 |

I swear before I answer “Straight after the bus run,” As the urgent ringing of the phone starts a record-breaking dash And all hands grab together – the caller cops a screaming hum Before I try to rescue it and drop it with a crash! “Hello,” I manage as the radio commands attention too, “Hold the line please”, to the phone; and radio, “Stand by” ‘Mum, I need an apple,’ “Hello, are you still there, Helloo?” “Yes, do ring back, I’ll tell him that. Goodbye!” “Come ON, we’ll be late for the bus, where IS your coat? No, we’re NOT taking the pup, and DON’T play in the mud!” Finally we’re off, slipping, sliding and trying to keep afloat, At last we reach the bus without the sight of blood! So one of the problems board the bus. I sigh. But no rest for the wicked, curse that radio! ‘Can you hurry up please, I’m getting behind – Oh, and bring some tea, and something for smoko.’ I finally make it to the shearing shed at last In time to needle, drench and brand, We catch up with the cut-out pretty fast, Then, “We’d better press up, will you give me a hand?” Smoko time is signalled when the rhythmic engine stops, Shearers let me have it for always being late. I pick my bale and perch my bones on top, Sip my steaming tea and deflect their verbal bait. Sheep to new paddocks, clearing the way, Argue with hubby and swear at the dogs Wet weather shearing seems here to stay, So we draft a few more and slop up the bog. Home for lunch and who do I meet? Townie Insurance Man, thought he could drive! Bogged to the axles and naught on his feet – It’s worth more than the cheque to rescue his hide! His cheek as he sits at our table sipping hot tea, Neighbour at door, two-way blaring, phone on my ear, Soup bubbling over and kid at my feet, His HIDE when he says “Gee, an’ I thought it was quiet out here!”

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NEWS

COUNCIL NEWS — “Buy Orange,” Destroyed “Works” admin to be rebuilt Construction of the new administration building at Orange City Council’s Works Depot in McLachlan Street is due to begin in September after the Council recently announced the winning tender for the project. Staff at the depot have been operating out of temporary “demountables” after the original administration building was damaged by a fire that spread from arson-lit vehicle fires at the depot in June 2019. The single-story brick building was subsequently demolished. Orange Mayor, Councilor Reg Kidd said he was pleased the $866,507 tender went to a local company, Saran Pty Ltd.

Our cup overfloweth…

“From a Council perspective, it’s something we’ve been pushing for a long time, to use local contractors and sub-contractors as much as we can,” Cr Kidd said.

not quite, but recent rainfall events could see Orange’s water restrictions reduced to Level Four.

“We’ve been looking at various ways to stimulate our local economy through procurement, which means money is going back into our own economy. Local jobs also means supporting our schools and shops.” Orange City Council’s “Buy Local Purchasing Policy” gives local businesses an advantage when they submit tenders for projects, which is assessed on a number of criteria. The administration building project received the maximum 10 per cent advantage in the multi-criteria assessment process under this policy. Orange City Council Infrastructure Policy Committee Chair, Cr Jeff Whitton said that Council received 14 tender submissions for the project, some from interstate. “It is our priority to be mindful of the fact that we need to bring as much work back into the local community as we can,” Cr Whitton said. Saran Pty Ltd Director, Jim Saran said that he expected the work would take approximately four to five months to complete. “We’re very pleased to be awarded the contract for the project and look forward to working with Council to provide an energy-efficient building for depot staff,” Mr Saran said. At 480 square metres, the replacement administration building will be almost twice the size of the previous building and will provide for about 30 staff with flexible office accommodation, meeting room and conference room, kitchen, “breakout areas” (informal use sites), and amenities. The new building will be equipped with renewable and energy-efficient features such as grid-connected solar panels, rainwater tanks, and high-efficiency lighting, heating, and cooling controlled by a building management system.

RAINFALL DENTS WATER WOES WITH STAGE FOUR NOW IN OFFING Orange’s water woes have been reduced by recent significant rainfall events with our storage now at a 12-month high of about 36 per cent. Good news for long-suffering residents of the Apple City is that this could lead to Orange City Council soon relaxing water restrictions from Level Five to Level Four.

has a flow of over 1800 ML per day at the moment. We’re also pumping from our storm-water harvesting systems and there is inflow into Suma Park Dam of over 30 ML per day.

“This is a fantastic milestone and I want to take the opportunity to thank Orange residents for working together to get us through this incredibly-tough time,” Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said.

“If we get to 40 per cent, then we will have a little breathing-room over the summer months.

“I want to emphasise, we’re not out of the woods yet, but we are certainly turning a corner in terms of looking to relax a few of the restrictions we have in place.” Cr Kidd said Council had previously voted to return to Level Four restrictions once the combined water storage reached 40 per cent. “We could hit 40 per cent in a matter of weeks, depending on the weather,” Cr Kidd said. “In the last three weeks the combined storage has increased by 6.69 per cent. “We’re currently pumping from the Macquarie River, which

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“If we continue to work together to use every drop of water responsibly, we can realistically start to look at paring restrictions back to Level Three if we reach 50 per cent capacity.” The lowest recorded combined water storage level was 21. 42 per cent on March 27. “It’s great to have such positive news at this time and let’s keep watching the weather and keep up the great water saving habits we’ve all learned,” Cr Kidd said. For water saving information, information on water restrictions, and water storage totals, head to Orange City Council’s website: www.orange.nsw.gov.au

NEWS

water, bus-routes, and a building… “Shop Orange”

figures see thousands entering draws Thousands of locals took part in Orange City Council’s unprecedented $50,000 shopping giveaway to help local businesses with the last 100 winners recently drawn.

More than 1200 people entered the competition online with hundreds more filling out paper entries like those found in the Orange City Life and Newswatch.

n “Shop Orange” figures saw thousands enter online with hundreds of paper entries to win $50 shopping vouchers; Cr Tony Mileto and Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd said

weeks to see the impact of the $50,000 injection into local businesses.”

Orange City Council Employment and Economic Development Committee Chair, Cr Tony Mileto said that he was pleased with the popularity of the The promotion though is only the first part of Orange City Council’s Retail Recovery Plan, Orange campaign. “The more people we can get through the doors of local businesses, the better,” Cr Mileto Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said. added. Council launched the Plan five weeks ago to “That $50 voucher might mean someone entered kick-start the retail sector of the local business a specific local business for the first time and is community by giving away 1000 $50 gift cards to now a long-term customer. Everyone has been use at participating shops. impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is some way. “The Orange community is really getting behind “Now more than ever, our local businesses need our local businesses as best as we can during this us to get on board and support them as much incredibly difficult time,” Cr Kidd said. as possible. I’d like to encourage every Orange “We will be eagerly awaiting data in the coming

resident to get out and be a tourist in your own

With public transport now back in vogue as a way to help reduce our energy-use; Orange City Council is encouraging residents to take this final chance to have their say on the city’s bus network in a bid to improve the service.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd has welcomed the Transport for NSW survey and urges residents to offer their opinions. But get in quick! Submissions close this Sunday, August 16. “Improvements could include changes to existing routes or introducing new services, extended operating hours, better connections to outlying villages or direct connections to locations such as the

“Head-out to the local wineries, cafes, restaurants, boutique shops and see why so many people are flocking to Orange to visit what we’re lucky enough to experience whenever we’d like.” The competition involved 200 winners drawn each week with 100 from online entries and 100 from entry forms and coupons. More than 100 locally-owned businesses signed-up for the promotion which was designed to pump-prime the local retail sector hit-hard by the continuing coronavirus crisis. “The main reason behind this campaign was to give back to our community and help businesses who have been struggling for the last few months,” Cr Kidd concluded. Phase one, which was introduced on July 20, involved introducing minor changes to the city’s bus routes such as extended hours from Thursday to Saturday, earlier operating times on some routes and a new Saturday service to Charles Sturt University. Phase two includes a more extensive review of the whole public transport network in the city, identifying the travel needs of residents and identifying gaps in services to create a better bus network. It is expected to be completed by late 2023.

The feedback is being sought on how and why locals use — or don’t use — the bus service. The State Government also want to know what locals like or dislike about it and what changes could be made to make bus travel more enjoyable for users and more appealing for potential-users. Public passenger bus services in Orange are funded by the NSW Government and operated by Orange Buslines which runs eight bus routes in Orange.

backyard,” Cr Mileto said.

FINAL CHANCE TO HAVE SAY ON ORANGE BUS NETWORK hospital or university,” Cr Kidd said.

of Orange.”

“This is an opportunity for people to tell the State Government what they want and need from the local bus network to ensure it continues to provide a relevant and important service to the growing city

The survey kicks off phase two of the government’s 16 Regional Cities Services Improvement Program, which aims to improve public transport services in regional NSW.

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Orange City Council Infrastructure Policy Committee Chair, Cr Jeff Whitton said adapting transport services in the city was vital as Orange’s population grew and the boundaries expanded. “It is important that the network services growth areas such as north and south Orange and provides better connections to work, schools, health, social and recreational activities, as well as adjusting to suit changing lifestyles,” Cr Whitton said. Feedback can be submitted online at: yoursay.transport.nsw.gov.au/betterbus-networkorange, by calling 1800 717 528, emailing: regionalcitiesprogram@ transport.nsw.gov.au or by post to: 16 Regional Cities – Orange, Locked Bag 2030, Newcastle NSW 2300.

CITYwatch

with BOB HOLLAND

This week, I’ve left Amanda out of the conversation because I want to have another BIG rant about what I consider, at worst an incredible injustice against the majority of local business owners, and at best a complete lack of understanding about how marketing a City like Orange should work.

• Orange 360 also was generating $80,000 annually (Pre-Covid) from a fee for service element • Orange Council has also agreed to give Orange 360 a further $100,000 to market mid-week visitation to the Orange region. This is currently on exhibition. • Cabonne and Blayney Councils are also contributing $50,000 each to this. That’s a whopping $905,000 a year, and that’s without the $141,650.30 for the Central NSW Joint Organisation membership.

I don’t know how many businesses in Orange consider themselves as part of our hospitality industry. I also don’t know how many businesses outside the hospitality area there are, but my rough guess is it would be something like 4 or 5 non-hospitality businesses to 1 hospitality business. That means that 80-85% of Orange businesses would not be relying too much on what is known as the tourist dollar. Further, our Council has for as long as I can see, chosen to only pour money into promoting and marketing the 15-20% or so of businesses that do rely on getting a large portion of their business from this so called tourist trade. The question has been asked many times before and continues to be highly relevant, that question is WHY IS THIS? It seems our Council is oblivious to the unfairness that this policy raises and continues to raise. The next question is “how much money are we talking about each year?” In a recent report to Council, the extent of this funding became clearer than ever and the numbers are staggering. Now before I give you the numbers in the report, I need to state that I am not against anything that Orange 360 does. They provide a vital and highly valuable service, and I fully support having them and what they do. My concern is and always has been, the extreme and favoured treatment they get from our Council and neighbouring

Am I the only one who thinks something is way out of whack with all this? Is my description above “at worst an incredible injustice against the majority of local business owners, and at best a complete lack of understanding about how marketing a City like Orange should work” unreasonable? Councils in Blayney and Cabonne. To put it bluntly, it’s as if anything Orange 360 wants, they get. Against this, ask Council for money to promote and market the other 80-85% of local businesses and it’s like getting blood out of a stone. Can you see why I’m livid every time I see money poured into Orange 360 while nothing goes to the rest? That said, let’s see if these numbers raise any eyebrows? The report titled Tourism and Event Marketing states: • $141,650.30 for membership 20/21 to Central NSW Joint Organisation. • $400,000 a year to Orange 360 from Orange Council • $60,000 a year from Blayney Council • $80,000 a year from Cabonne Council • Orange 360 gets $85,000 a year from members (numbering 260)

Now that I’ve had another BIG rant on this topic, again!, let me say something more positive. By nature, I’m a born optimist and I’m hoping that the upcoming television campaign that my Company is funding for our new Hearts for Orange initiative might confirm what I’ve been saying for years, market to them and they will come! In this case the ‘them’ is people from all around the region who could come here regularly to shop, but don’t, not as often as we’d like anyway. I’m putting my money where my mouth is through our Hearts for Orange initiative, to try and prove what I’m saying is right once and for all. I invite other like-minded business owners to join my crusade and, on that note, would welcome any feedback or enquiries about what we’re doing. Please email me at bob@oclife.com.au with anything you might want to say or ask.

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Orange karters brushed away the cobwebs for their first meet in months at Orange with great racing seeing a number of outstanding and close events. Results for the two-day Southern Stars’ event which had more than are 100 competitors are listed below.

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TURNING A NEW ANCIENT World-first farm-stay facility from Greyhound Racing NSW “WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SLOW THOROUGHBREDS AND PACERS?” USED TO BE A FAVOURITE REFRAIN FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS OPPOSED TO THE RACING INDUSTRY.

The Club’s next major meet is in October 31– November 1 with a two-day event involving the Canberra Kart Racing Club and the South Pacific titles. JUNIOR HEAVY 1. Kyle Morse 2. Marcus Everett

Well, we now know what happens to many slow greyhounds in 2020, they are either rehomed by industry support groups with new families or kept by their owners!

3. Imogen Radburn. JUNIOR LIGHT 1. Reuben Ross 2. Oliver Saade 3. Hayden Crossland

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Greyhounds are more than just speed-machines for winning sprints and prize-money, say owners for whom their favourite racer has become part of the family.

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Raelene and Kevin McNamara are local long-time trainers who either keep or find homes so that their former runners can enjoy their well-earned retirement.

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“They make wonderful pets, they are really just so affectionate,” Raelene says giving retired runner “Xena” (racing name: “Tuscan Minx”, winner of 10 races) a head-rub as she chats. “They like being together and they like their owners.”

TAG RESTRICTED HEAVY 1. Phillip Middleton 2. Mathew Donnelly 3. Andy Broers

Having had greyhounds in her family for “about 50 years” she dispels some of the common myths about the breed, that they are aggressive; that they are high-maintenance; and that they pine and are unhappy unless regularly tearing around a track at 70km per hour.

4SS HEAVY 1. Michael Russell 2. Wayne Olgivie 3. David Chew

“They need a good walk every day, apart from that, they are very easy to have as pets,” she explained. The only real requirements are good-quality food and warm housing and coats in winter, she added.

TAG HEAVY 1. Nicholas Crawshaw 2. Greg Cusack 3. Nicholas Becker.

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W PAGE FOR AN T SPORT chairman, Hugh Armenis recently announced that the sport had secured a farm-stay site for retired greyhounds. For a sport that was banned for unacceptable practices only a few years ago, he described the announcement as: “one of the most significant welfare announcements in racing.” He said that, that an extensive scoping of more than 80 properties around the State, the GRNSW had secured a property in the Hunter Valley with the potential to house up to 400 dogs and which would be fully-operational in 2021. “It’s unprecedented and this is one of the most significant welfare announcements ever made in our industry,” Mr Armenis said. “The farm-stay is a crucial step in GRNSW’s welfare and lifetime care program for all greyhounds, and significant work has been done to

ensure we have secured the ideal property for this facility. “The farm-stay — part of GRNSW’s 2018-2021 Strategic Plan — now gives GRNSW an additional avenue to rehome greyhounds which are assessed as not yet “pet-ready.” Plans are for the facility to be managed by full-time and part-time staff and include veterinarians and behavioural experts. The farm-stay provides a pathway through to the GAP rehoming program and long-term, potentially lifetime, care. “A core pillar of GRNSW’s 20182021 Strategic Plan is responsibility to the industry in the area of animal welfare, which includes the farm-stay,” GRNSW Chief Executive Officer, Tony Mestrov said. “As set out by the reforms, GRNSW is committed to

establishing support mechanisms to ensure that welfare is a key consideration in every operational aspect and that a greyhound’s welfare flourishes across its lifecycle. “In order to do this, GRNSW aims to ensure greyhounds are bred, trained, trialled, raced and rehomed in the most responsible and sustainable manner. “The farm-stay is an initiative that will help achieve this – focusing on additional rehabilitation opportunities for greyhounds as a pathway to adoption and enabling greyhounds that are unsuitable for adoption to be housed in a safe and supportive environment. “Combined with the major expansion of our Greyhounds as Pets (GAP) program into regional NSW areas, the farm will be a major part of our lifetime care plan,” Mr Mestrov said.

They make wonderful pets; they are really just so affectionate.” n Kevin and Raelene McNamara with “Xena”, “Lulu”, and “Suzy”. “Unless they’re in training, they are called ‘fast couch-potatoes’. They are just as happy to be layingup on a lounge as running around,” Kevin added, patting “Lulu” (racing name: “Little Lizzie”, winner of two races) as he speaks.

With greyhound racing in their blood, they also have one dog still in training, “Suzie”, (racing name: “Excuses Excuses”) and are glad to see the industry back after the bad days when the sport was banned almost overnight by Premier Mike Baird following a current affairs expose.

Both welcomed news of the world-first greyhound retirement farm recently announced by the industry that is being established in the Hunter Valley (see adjacent story).

“Most of that report was rubbish, half the figures were wrong and many of the incidents they reported had occurred years before,” Raelene said. “He just reacted to the media; the industry never even got the chance to respond.”

They’ve worked with a number of industry rehoming services to ensure that retired dogs are placed with the best-suited families.

With Baird now gone — partly over his high-handed response — and the industry addressing many of the animal welfare issues highlighted in the Four Corners report, they believe that it is better days ahead for the ancient sport of greyhound racing .

“We’ve re-homed two of our dogs, one in Albury, and the other in Sydney,” Raelene explained. “And we still keep in touch, with birthday cards and the like.”

“They are a very social, they make such lovely pets,” Raelene concluded.

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s Splashing the paint around; Adhesive Engineering staff painting the leisure pool. Work there is still ongoing and it will take the paint a couple of weeks to properly-cure.

25-METRE INDOOR POOL SET TO REOPEN AFTER RESTORATION WORK Restoration work in the indoor pool hall at Orange Aquatic Centre is nearing completion and Orange City Council expects swimmers to be able to use the 25-metre indoor pool next week. Orange Aquatic Centre closed on March 24 due to COVID-19 restrictions and Council staff took the opportunity to carry-out necessary improvements to the leisure pool while it was closed, including stripping back and repainting the surface. Once the repairs were underway, it was discovered more extensive work was required to properly-restore the surface, however the life of the leisure pool has been significantly extended due to the remediation. The indoor pool hall has been off-limits to the public for safety reasons during the works. Aquatic Centre users have been swimming in the heated 50-metre outdoor pool, which was reopened in mid-May when COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. Sport and Recreation Community Committee Chair, Cr Jason Hamling thanked the swimmers of Orange for their patience while the maintenance was carried-out. “It will be great to be back swimming in the warmth of the indoor pool hall and the 28-degree water of the 25-metre pool,” Cr Jason Hamling said. “Let’s be a COVID-safe community by complying with government health orders and following the rules for everyone’s benefit.” When the 25-metre indoor pool reopens, the 50-metre outdoor pool will be closed until early October. The leisure pool and toddler pool will be reopened as soon as possible. The 25-metre indoor pool will operate in accordance with government COVID-19 health regulations, which means pool use is restricted to swimming only, with four adults or six children allowed to occupy each lane. Pool-users must call ahead to “book their spot” by calling the Centre on 6363 3000.

DENIS GREGORY WRITES:

(CWD column 6th August)

It’s newspapers vs councils Newspapers often criticize city councillors. They can persistently harass them. They can even try to get them booted out at elections. But no newspaper should use power they think they have to try to impose an agenda of its own. Newspapers must never see themselves as a power outside council that’s potentially greater than anything inside council. This column always remembers a former Fleet Street champion and Mirror Group editor Sir Hugh Cudlipp’s message for newspapers that believe they can really walk on water. “It is better not to try because of the considerable risk of drowning.” he said.

BARRY IS ON THE MONEY

(NW August 8th)

ROBERT KEEN writes: Hello , my name means nothing but I have read the back page, boy is Barry on the money. I can remember many years ago John Davis was the Mayor, and he made a statement that within a very short time Orange would have one of the best Caravan Parks in the Central West. Still waiting. I even drew up plans for a caravan park and called it “The John Davis Memorial Park” it never saw the light of day. Council would rather spend our money on stupid things like shopping cards, crappy old buildings pertaining to be “Banjo’s” birthplace, and promoting another city centre out near the hospital. We need these things like we need another hole in our head. What Orange needs is young people in council, not all those old fuddy duddys that are only in there for the money. Many suggestions have been put forward over the years, but council gave 99% the thumbs down. Yours sincerely, a frustrated ratepayer.

ROSLYN IS NOT HAPPY! ROSLYN MCGRODER writes: WELL THERE IT IS Melbournians fly to Orange IT IS AMAZING - one phone call from the Ray Hadley Radio show on Friday morning after receiving emails/ phone calls from concerned Orange residents explaining what is occurring and the 2.15pm flight is cancelled and no further flights are forthcoming. Maybe it is time to replace Orange City Councillors with an Administrative body, there would be less photo shoots, and the taking of applause/credit from community residents who actually undertake the work. Currently we are in the grips of an insidious WAR and the theme that ‘we are all in this together,’ is still to reach 100%, let’s see if KARMA will work on those yet to comply. Looking forward to 2021.

THEBACKpage reception@oclife.com.au

CONGRATS ON NEWSWATCH;

WATER WARNING

LOCAL ROADS ARE A DISGRACE

BOB WHILLEY writes:

Firstly, might I congratulate you on the Newswatch available to residents on a regular basis. It is pleasing to read opinions and in particular, your ongoing watch on the Orange City Council.

Thank you Bob for your comment in “Talking Points” on water issues and also for the article from Jeanine Bird.

I had to comment after reading the latest reader contribution regarding the overall attractions, or lack thereof, within Orange. I would comment in respect to the so called... “the food and wine capital of the Central West...” Who on earth thought that little ‘doozie?’ It seems some ‘privileged elite’ think they deserve more with that title. Last comment seems to be relevant – just get overweight and drunk! As for the spending by Council – therein lies what I see as a complete oversight of reality. Please, can someone tell me why we need all these works at intersections?

The millennium drought in 2010 and the 2017/2020 drought have given us lessons on our limited water supply which if not observed will be extremely serious for our City in future droughts. These droughts clearly showed our water supply system and storage is not sufficient for the current population and certainly not for our continued development and supply for Council’s commitments to Cabonne towns. Council needs to clearly inform our community if it has any plans currently under way to implement either or both of the following options:1. Unrestricted access to a water storage such as Wyangala Dam together with pipelines and pumps of sufficient capacity to deliver 15 to 20 megalitres per day to the City.

Seems a complete waste of ratepayers money. Just a thought, the concrete island at the intersection of Woodward Road and Gardner Road.

2. Establish a new water storage dam in reasonable proximity to the City.

A few months past – the so-called traffic island was put in place. Oh no, wrong place. We will just tear it up and do it again. Not a waste of ratepayers money? Just count the number of other socalled intersection improvements. I wonder what the overall cost has been? May have been subsidised by State or Federal funds, I know not. Probably why we are at the top rate payers within New South Wales. Has everyone ever watched a live stream of the Council meetings?

With long lead in times to commencing any construction on such projects, if actions on options such as the above are not being undertaken now by Council the City will again be struggling to survive on the current water supply in a drought such as we have just experienced.

What a joke. Interesting to watch for a good laugh. On a closing note – over the past 40-odd years, along with my family, I have resided in a number of local council areas from metropolitan as well as country shires. In total some nine, including Orange. One in particular, had the most kilometres of unmade roads. Never in all my years and in all those city and country areas, have I experienced such disgraceful roads as here in Orange. One springs to mind, that being Ploughmans Lane between Cargo Road and the Forbes Road. An absolute disgrace. Keep up the good work Bob. I look forward to the next edition.

King Regards, DW Morton

100% AGREE! (NW Back Page Aug 8) MATTHEW CHISOLM writes: Re letter on the back page of this week’s issue of Newswatch, 100% agree.

FACEBOOK POST PHIL BAKER writes: I picked up a FREE, yes free copy of Newswatch paper yesterday. It was great reading the stories submitted about Orange, about the things that need to be addressed about our Once great city. It was spot on the issues facing Orange. May I suggest that my Facebook friends obtain a copy and read it. Great reading Bob Holland, thanks.

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