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LOCAL NEWS DELIVERED WITH — INTEGRITY — WISDOM — BALANCE Saturday 12 September, 2020

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NEW DPI OPENS! But… Where’s Philly (and Adam, for that matter)?

Absences were the order of the day at the recent opening of the new “world-standard” Department of Primary Industries Head Office on Prince Street — officially named the “Ian Armstrong Building”.

For full pictorial coverage of the opening, go to: pages 16–17

FOR ORANGE

Talking POINTS

with BOB HOLLAND

Opinions are still widely divided over many aspects of the Covid-19 situation. Newswatch received another long and strongly worded letter from a reader this week making some grossly exaggerated claims about comments and opinions expressed in Newswatch over recent weeks, mainly in relation to treatments for Covid-19. Ais is the first letter that I’ve chosen not to publish and I told the writer that if I published it, Newswatch wouldn’t be big enough to handle the response from those who would disagree with his views.

Orange retailers feature prominently in a series of ads being screened across the Prime network this month, all part of our Hearts for Orange initiative. Ae ads look great and although they have a simple message, it is hoped they will encourage more people from around the area to come into Orange more oLen for shopping and to do business. Ais is just one of several promotions planned between now and Christmas and it’s hoped that more local retailers will get involved with Hearts for Orange over coming weeks. Any business wanting to know more should contact Amanda Spalding on 0479 179 779.

To follow the “Case of the disappearing Donato invitation”, turn to pages 4–5

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Still on that, Jeanine Bird has written more on the topic this week and this too is sure to further stir up those people who won’t have a bar of considering cures or treatments other than those touted by the Government and authorities. Birds-eye View is another good read this week, but as I said, it’ll depend on which side of the fence you sit.

Ae “hard opening” — before any staff have actually moved-in — showcased innovative features including “collaborative work areas”; open seating and lounge areas for staff to congregate for projects; and even an in-house coffee-shop; that are designed to reflect a more flexible work environment. “We don’t have traditional desks, we do have ‘agile workstations’ or ‘hot-desks’ as you may know them,” a DPI staffer explained. Notable absentees included the Minister for Agriculture and Western NSW, Adam Marshall who had “other commitments” and local member Phil Donato (from the Shooters and Fishers Party) whose actual “invitation” comprised a late-night text message telling him the event was being held the next day!

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ISSUE No. 17

With the change of season, our trees are starting to bloom again, and the cold grey look of winter is starting to fade. It’s great to see and certainly not doing our economy any harm. Couple this with the glorious weather we’ve seen over recent days and it’s no wonder it’s brought people outdoors in their droves. It was great to see so many letters from readers last week in Newswatch, other people’s opinions are important. Let me encourage you to put pen to paper, as the saying goes, and send us your thoughts, as mentioned earlier, it’s rare that we don’t publish letters received.

We need to “better” SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. Paying lip service won’t cut it, we need to live it! All of us, from our local government, our civic leaders, our major businesses right down to our neighbours and ourselves, we all need to spend EVERY DOLLAR POSSIBLE here in Orange - no excuses! Like us on Facebook for your chance to win great prizes

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NEWS

Rate increases set at 2% for NSW councils Why do rates increase greater than inflation? While the NSW Government has for a number of decades had a policy of rate-capping so that rate rises for local councils should be no greater than the rate of inflation adjusted to Council cost-of-living issues, a number of other factors play into how much you pay annually in rates with sudden increases that can occur from one year to the next. Land valuation increases, special levies, one-off services, and other charges are generally not held to the same inflation-peg as general rates. Also, the rate-peg applies to each council’s general income in total, not to individual ratepayers’ rates. Councils may increase categories of rates by more than, or less than the rate peg, as long as the total increase in general income remains within the rate peg. Example I: A Central Tablelands ratepayer recently received a land valuation from the Valuer General NSW in line with the seven per cent increase for other properties in their area indicating a similar increase in their general rates. !e ratepayer appealed on the basis that an arbitration court had earlier determined that their land had suffered a deleterious land impact from a Council project that had reduced the land value by about $80,000. !e land-holder won the appeal. Example 2: One-off levies like Orange Council’s recent re-imposition of a small charge for Bulky Waste Collection are usually outside the IPART-set annual increase figure. Levies can include for capital works, sewage projects, kerbing, and special services.

“Rate-capping” became policy for all NSW Councils in the 1970s as a way to alleviate excessive annual rate rises being experienced by ratepayers at the time — particularly in Sydney’s wealthy north shore and eastern suburbs. !e aim was for rate rises for local councils to be no greater than the rate of inflation adjusted to cost-ofliving issues for councils. For this year, councils throughout NSW will be able to increase the revenue they can collect from rates by a maximum of two percent in 2021/22 under the rate-peg announced recently by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). Tribunal Member Deborah Cope said that, in setting the rate peg for 2021/22, IPART has recognised that councils face higher costs for their 2021 local government elections. “We have included an adjustment of 0.2 per cent for election costs based on the expected costs for the average council in NSW. !is allows councils to collect additional revenue in 2021/22 to meet the costs of the 2021 local government elections. “!e adjustment will be reversed through the 2022/23 rate peg, to ensure that ratepayers are not overcharged in subsequent, non-election years,” Ms Cope said. IPART’s rate peg is based on the annual change in the Local Government Cost Index (LGCI), which measures the average costs faced by NSW councils. !e rate peg reflects moderate price inflation over the previous year for most cost categories. “!e rate peg for 2021/22 is lower than recent years, which is a positive outcome for NSW ratepayers,” Ms Cope said.

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!e rate peg represents the maximum percentage amount by which a council may increase its general income. For almost all councils, general income consists entirely of revenue from rates. Councils have discretion to increase general income by the rate peg, less than the rate peg, or not at all. !e rate peg applies to each council’s general income in total, not to individual ratepayers’ rates. Councils may increase categories of rates by more than, or less than the rate peg, as long as the total increase in general income remains within the rate peg. Individual ratepayers’ rates are also impacted by land values set by the Valuer General NSW. IPART also announced that it will not set a limit on percentage variations for annual domestic waste charges made by councils for 2021/22.

....The rate peg for 2021/22 is lower than recent years, which is a positive outcome for NSW ratepayers... However, IPART is currently seeking feedback on its recently released Discussion Paper on these charges which may impact future decisions. Fact sheets on the rate peg and domestic waste charges are available on IPART’s website. IPART’s Discussion Paper on domestic waste charges, and opportunities for ratepayers to have their say are available on IPART’s website at: www.ipart.nsw.gov.au Submissions to IPART can be submitted until Tuesday, October 6.

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TIM GARDINER: “My rates

this year went up 19 per cent, I thought it was a mistake, so I rang Council thinking that it must be 1.9 per cent.”

Land valuations inflating council rates for those unable to pay Inflated land valuations are being used by councils statewide to artificially raise rates over the capped rate of inflation, Orange Local Tim Gardiner believes.

“My rates this year went up 19 per cent, I thought it was a mistake, so I rang Council thinking that it must be 1.9 per cent,” he explained. “It wasn’t, it was a bit of a bill shock, actually” he added. He said the rises established by an independent tribunal are being regularly circumvented by councils unable to keep spending under control.

Aquatic Centre meant that property values had gone-up, but many older residents were no richer now than in past years.

for a modest sized block (670 square metres) and we have water rates on top of that!” Mr Gardiner added.

“People have lived here for years and are not intending to sell, but the only way to get the extra money for their increased value of their properties, is to sell-up and move away,” he said.

He said that the number of landholders in a town like Orange is far less than the actual population meaning that relatively few people are carrying an outsized burden of paying excessive rates. “_ere’s a small pool of people contributing to their overall rates.”

“National Ave is now a pretty good part of town, I’ve lived here for three years and my concern is not for me personally; it’s for the “IPART (the Independent Pricing and elderly pensioners who have lived in their Regulatory Tribunal) increases are designed for family homes but, with this increase, must them to live within their budget, a CPI increase be wondering how they are going to pay their of about two per cent” he said. rates,” he said. “But it doesn’t appear to be the way they He said that Orange Council was in effect operate, it’s a very unfair system,” he said. the beneficiary of property increases that He said that recent Valuer General’s increases to property values throughout NSW had proved a convenient way for local governments to reap the benefits of a property boom in which longestablished land-holders could not benefit. Living in National Avenue near Orange

were oWen the work of locals who had made something of their area.

“I wonder whether Council are considering the impact of these increases on people, there seems to be a bit of greed in it,” he said. “Our land rates are now more than $3000

He says that he has seen little evidence of the economic downturn that has affected much of our local economy at Orange City Council. “_is rate increase does not equate with a 19 percent increase in Council services, that is obvious to anybody,” he said. He said that he is aware that Orange City Council does not set the Valuer General NSWbased land valuation increases, but this did not mean that the system was still not unfair. “_e way they determine council rates I know is historic, but we’ve got to develop a fairer and more equitable way of determining these things,” he concluded.

Protect one another. It only takes one person to spread COVID-19 in the community. Get tested and self-isolate at the first sign of a symptom, so we can limit potential outbreaks. COVID-19 symptoms include fever, coughing, sore/scratchy throat, shortness of breath and loss of smell or taste. We have a very low rate of influenza in NSW. You can’t tell whether it’s COVID-19 or the flu without a test.

Dr Khyarne Biles

To find your nearest testing clinic visit nsw.gov.au or contact your GP

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From DPI Head Office to Orange Workplace Hub Opening of the “world-standard” Orange Workplace Hub — or the new Department of Primary Industries building on Prince Street — had its genesis in the distant 1980s with the transfer on two anonymous Agriculture staff to country NSW.

“Ian (Armstrong, then Agriculture Minister) was in his office in July 1988,” former NSW Agriculture and DPI Director-General, Dr Kevin Sheridan explained. “I mentioned we were moving two of our people out of Sydney to Condobolin.”

working from here… it’s going to be a great place for our people to work,” she said. As well as DPI, staff from other departments including Premier and Cabinet, Education, and Regional NSW, will all be working from the facility.

“And he (Ian Armstrong) said, ‘can you move any more?’ and I said, ‘why don’t we move the whole bloody lot!’,” Dr Sheridan said.

“To think that a beer aler work one day led to this, led to Orange being the shining city of the central west,” Ms Pavey said.

“So, Ia n jumped in his car and went round to see Premier Nick Greiner then and there,” he added.

Costing in the order of $75 million (Minister for Water, Property and Housing, Melinda Pavey was coy on the actual figure) the 8500 square metre open-plan facility has been officially-named the “Ian Armstrong Building” in recognition of the former Minister for Agriculture.

Nis began — he went on — the greatest decentralisation move in NSW history which eventually led to the department moving to new purpose-build offices in east Orange from its then-headquarters in Farrer Place, Sydney.

She assured staff that building was “100 per cent COVID safe” and that the “hot-desk” arrangement whereby staff shared facilities as required encouraged a collaboration and helped avoid the “silo mentality” of different departments working in isolation.

Ne “hard opening” — before any staff have actually moved-in — showcased innovative features including “collaborative work areas”; open seating and lounge areas for staff to congregate for projects; and even an in-house coffee-shop; that are designed to reflect a more flexible work environment. “We don’t have traditional desks, we do have ‘agile workstations’ or ‘hot-desks’ as you may know them,” a DPI staffer explained. (See pictorial feature on pages 16–17). Notable absentees included the Minister for Agriculture and Western NSW, Adam Marshall who had “other commitments” and local member Phil Donato (the Shooters and Fishers Party) whose actual “invitation” comprised a late-night text message telling him the event was being held the next day (See attached story). Guests at the opening heard that the original idea for the decentralisation of the former Department of Agriculture, came about during the Bicentennial year.

Founding DPI Direct-General, Dr Kevin Sheridan; Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd; NSW Legislative Councillor, Sam Farraway; and Orange Deputy Mayor, Cr Tony Mileto.

He described “the hardest thing I ever had to do” as informing staff personally that the department was moving to rural Orange. While the new purpose-built Agriculture Department building was being constructed in east Orange, a number of staff were temporarily-housed at the old mental health facilities at Bloomfield with the new building opened in January 1992. “Some of the greatest opponents of the move now say to me ‘thank God that we moved,” Dr Sheridan said. Attendees at the recent opening in Prince St were also informed that the new building has been designed to create “a more agile working space… with a 5.5 green star rating,” rather than the traditional desk and seat arrangements of the past, Deputy Secretary of Property and Development NSW, Leon Walker said. Minister Melinda Pavey paid tribute to the former Director-General saying, “Kevin Sheridan led the way out here.” “To think we are going to have more than 880 people

Garry Radstone from ADCO (who built the new facility) tries-out one of the informal lounge meeting areas in the new DPI building.

“It’s a modern, fit-for-purpose building that was “predominantly” within its $75 million budget. She said that Mr Marshall “was invited… but he had prior commitments”. Jenny Armstrong, wife of the former Minister who first moved the Department of Agriculture to Orange, Ian Armstrong (who was unable to attend the event) said that he would be: “incredibly honoured and thrilled,” at the new building. National Party Legislative Councillor Sam Farraway said that the new facility cemented the relocation as: “the greatest decentralisation success story in Australia. “Nis building is far more than bricks, mortar, and steel, it’s a legacy,” he added. “it’s an inspiration for other states to embody decentralisation, Orange is part of the Knowledge Economy,” he said. — Developers for the project, Verde — based in Brisbane — were notable by their virtual attendance due to the State coronavirus lockdown applying to Queensland.

Former Agriculture Minister, Ian Armstrong’s grandchildren, Bronte and Jock Armstrong. The building is to be officially called, the “Ian Armstrong Building”.

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Jenny Armstrong, said that her husband Ian, former Agriculture Minister, would be “incredibly honoured and thrilled,” at the new building.

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ABSENCE DOESN’T INDICATE NAT’S FONDNESS FOR DONATO By DAVID DIXON

If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then Local Member Phil Donato must be the absolute apple in the eye of the National Party — he is absent from almost any invitation list they send-out! Mr Donato and Minister for Agriculture and Western NSW, Adam Marshall, were two of the notable absentees from the official opening of the new Department of Primary Industries building in Prince St. While Mr Marshall’s absence from the official opening of his own Department’s new head office remains a touch mysterious — Mr Donato’s is no surprise at all — he wasn’t officially invited!

Mr Donato’s absence was even more marked by the noted presence and mention in thanks of National Party Member for Cootamundra, Stephanie Cooke. Fe seat of Cootamundra covers the South-West Slopes and Plains and includes towns as far away as Junee and Temora. “Fey would have known full-well this date for some time, and this is the only notice I get,” Mr Donato said. He said that the incident showed that the civilities that formerly existed in politics where members of different parties still treated each other with courtesy, are seemingly now gone. “I think that in the old days, they were more respectful for each other. Fere is no decency in politics now,” he said.

“Fere was nothing formal; about 9.30 last night Sam Farraway (NSW Upper House Nationals MP) sent me a text saying that there was going to be an opening by Minister (Melinda) Pavey at Prince St, I responded, ‘Is this the opening of the new DPI’, and he responded back ‘Yes’, and I said, ‘Mate, thanks for the exceedingly short notice, but I need a bit more than 13 hours to attend an event’,” Mr Donato said.

Where was Local member Phil Donato, and Agriculture Minister, Adam Marshall?

“I actually had other electorate commitments and appointments that had been pre-booked for today; I wasn’t going to inconvenience constituents by making them re-book meetings that they had made in good faith,” Mr Donato explained.

Mr Farraway — who made the belated “invitation” to the local member via text message — said that the failure to invite Mr Donato was a simple administrative error. “It was an oversight,” he said.

Local Member, Phil Donato, who’s noninvitation to the opening of the new DPI Head Office in Prince St, was described as “an oversight”.

“Publicly, he was invited,” he said. He said that, a[er travelling all day, he had only noticed Mr Donato’s absence from the “running sheet” for the event at the last minute and had immediately contacted the local member. “He’s always invited, he’s the local member, and this is a State Government opening,” Mr Farraway said. Mr Donato though said that it was “disingenuous” for the Coalition Government — with all its administrative staff — to have not noticed the oversight. Having taken and held the seat of Orange from the Nationals for the Shooters and Fishers Party, he senses far great animosity from the junior coalition partner than from the Liberal Party. “I point the finger at the Nationals, the Liberals are fine, I got an invitation for the opening of the (newly-refurbished) Orange

Barista bar for new building is the 21st century tea lady Proving the old truism that, the more things change, the more they stay the same, the new DPI “Orange Workplace Hub” is to have a 21st century equivalent of the old office tea lady — its own inhouse barista bar!

excitedly, standing amongst the self-contained minicake selection that have become the norm for public functions in the dark age of COVID.

Catering for official opening of the new “Ian Armstrong Building” at the old Base Hospital site in Prince St recently, local coffee-shop owner, Jeremy Norris revealed that the event was not a one-off.

Fe “tea lady” (they were invariably women) were a feature in both public and private businesses dispensing wisdom, wit, and hot tea and sympathy for decades to desk-bound staff o[en via a creaking trolley laden with giant tea and coffee urns, cups, mugs, spoons, and sweets.

“We’re actually opening a café in the building; we’ll start the fitting-out in the next two weeks,” he said

A burden that will, no doubt, now fall to Jeremy and his staff!

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Court House ages ago. “Whenever there’s a Liberal Minister, everything’s fine, but where there’s the National Party, they are always petty and immature,” he said. “It’s completely disingenuous of them to claim that it is an oversight, they do it deliberately.” He believes that the Shooters and Fishers outflanking of the Nationals with conservative rural voters has the traditional rural party worried. “It’s simple, we’re their competition,” he said. While the “oversight” in not officially inviting Mr Donato can be characterised as good old-fashioned political rivalry, the absence of Mr Marshall, seemed oddlychoreographed for such a celebratory event. “He was invited... but he had prior commitments,” Minister for Water, Property and Housing, Melinda Pavey said simply.

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by DAVID DIXON

Pedestrian plan makes Anson

PEDESTRIAN PLAZAS: JUST LIKE THAT — THE 1970S ARE BACK! Pedestrian malls — nothing divides motorists, shop-owners, customers, and planners quite like this quintessential symbol of 1970s civic progressivism. Yet Orange City Council — in its brave Future City project — is planning one such development with a 40-metre stretch of Anson St to become a pedestrian plaza. Dis project is as a central component of its Future City initiative to help make our CBD more “walkable”; (thereby utilising the modern grammatical habit of turning a verb into an adjective.) I worked in the mid-1980s in a newspaper office at the southern end of the much-vaunted Bankstown Pedestrian Mall, a 500-metre urban desert of discount stores, abandoned shops, graffitied front windows, menacing ethnic gangs, and vandalised public facilities. With this in mind, I once interviewed an old-time shopkeeper who had led a campaign 10-years earlier opposing the turning-over of such a large part of the then-main street into a civic square. “Dey said we lacked vision and couldn’t see what an amazing public space it would become,” the former shopkeeper said. “Look at it now, you wouldn’t go down there at night (the mall was adjacent to Bankstown Railway Station), unless you have to,” he warned. Cronulla mall, however, is a colourful and exciting plaza full of date-palms and other sub-tropical flora, kids with sur]oards, women in swimwear, buskers, ice-cream

parlours, and coffee-shops that effortlessly links the suburb to the beach. Between the 1950s and 1980s, pedestrian malls promised to return our main streets from the tyranny of the motor car with its noise, pollution, pedestrian dangers, and impersonal ubiquity, to a more civilised past. A seminal civil planning work from the time, “De Pedestrian Revolution” (subtitle: “Streets Without Cars,”) featured a classic 1970s cover showing men in bellbottom jeans and women in vests and floppy hats strolling between lush blooms, dining under purple umbrellas, and taking a tram home. “Urban society’s growing frustration with the automobile, and the congestion it causes, is a major factor behind the Pedestrian Revolution,” the book intoned. “Pedestrianism enhances our physical well-being both by reducing air and noise pollution and by encouraging, through the creation of urban stroll ways and urban bikeways, the greater use of foot-power.” Most of all, the pedestrian mall was going to return central business districts to an idealized pre-motorised world of browsers strolling from shop-to-shop without the danger of being mowed down by a car, with cafes and restaurants serving customers al fresco as children frolicked in adjacent play ground before returning to a central carpark for the leisurely drive home. De reason for the failure of many of these malls that eventually led to cars being reintroduced to many of these places though, was the lack of understanding of the subtle and complex issues at play in such an interactive

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human development. As always with urban design, there are multiple social, economic, and design factors at play in the success of shopping districts. In assessing the failure of the mall revival in the mid20th century, there were three factors that determined the success or otherwise of a mall. Dese three issues comprised reliable and regular foot traffic, car access, and shops and amenities that were not just retail businesses selling clothes and other goods from 9–5. Dat is why Martin Pace in Sydney works, but other efforts throughout the 1980s to transplant this success to outer suburbs of Sydney and other cities, didn’t. In brief, a mall must have other attractions other than the absence of cars per se to attract people. An appealing streetscape, a colourful variety of shops, other amenities such as playgrounds and flowers, and a physical appeal. Also, most importantly, the mall must “feel” safe to people. In the end, we are always, without knowing it, on the look-out for danger in our local environment and will avoid these areas where we don’t feel secure and free from the threat of attack, instinctively. For those who vehemently oppose pedestrian malls in all their manifestations, there is the comforting thought. If the Anson St mall doesn’t work-out, there are hundreds of examples around the world where the muchheralded mall has eventually been torn-up with vehicular traffic returned to an area to revitalise a precinct that local government had sought to revitalise with the mall in the first place!

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St centre of “walkability” plan

MALL CONSULTATION TO AVOID MISTAKES OF THE PAST, MAYOR Orange City Council is seeking to avoid the mistakes of the past in cities and towns around the world that have installed pedestrian malls with great hopes of revitalising a business area and seen them fail.

“A 40m section of the current road will be paved to create a raised pedestrian platform with bollards at each end of the platform to separate pedestrians and traffic,” it adds. “Orange City Council engineers have begun work on design plans to incorporate a cul-de-sac on the Kite Street side of Anson St, and a new traffic layout towards the Summer St side of the corridor.

Council has written to local businesses to keep them updated on the progress of the controversial 40-metre mall that is a central part of Orange City’s five-year Future City Masterplan.

“Be project will see outdoor dining options, innovative planting and street furniture design, self-sustaining rain gardens and storm water reuse options. Be renewal of Anson Street will also see the relocation of the taxi rank to the top of the planned cul-de-sac.

Be aim, Orange Mayor Councillor Reg Kidd explained, was to avoid some of the issues that arose in other cities where local retailers felt their objections to pedestrian malls were ignored to their ultimate detriment.

“Bis particular project to upgrade Anson Street will mean that local residents and those visiting our city have a large open space to, not only cross between both shopping precincts safely, but a space to enjoy and spend time in along the way.

“Bis is a consultation process, we want them to come along with us on this journey,” Cr Kidd said. “It’s part of the ongoing consultation process to keep everyone informed.”

“Be new design and layout will see an increase in parking spaces compared to the current number of spots that are along Anson Street,” the letter goes on.

Be letter to local retailers states: “One of the first major projects to begin will be the redevelopment of Anson Street to include a new pedestrian mall in the middle of the corridor near Woolworths,”

Be letter also provides a detailed schematic of traffic flow under the mal proposal. Bis will include a circular entry and exit access arrangement from the Kite St end of Anson St with nose-in parking outside the NSW Government office block

and opposite. A traffic island will create one-way traffic flow in and out with access to the private driveways on the eastern side of Anson St. Be taxi-rank currently outside of Woolworths will be relocated to the southern end of the pedestrian mall to take passengers south back onto Kite St. Traffic islands will also separate traffic from Summer St entering and leaving Anson St to access the Woolworths carpark adjacent to the shops entrance and which backs onto shops facing Summer St. “Council engineers are still only in the initial planning and investigation stages, so Council staff will continue to work closely with businesses along Anson St to ensure we achieve the best outcome for all involved. We hope to hear from you with feedback and suggestions as the project progresses,” the letter states. “A project of this scale relies on involvement from key participants. It stands the best chance of being a success if it happens in partnership between Orange City Council and local businesses. “We’ll aim to keep you in touch with progress, and we’ll rely on your feed-back to help guide each stage of the work. Simply send your email address to media@ orange.nsw.gov.au and we’ll send you information about key milestones,” the letter ends.

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Latest stage in the ambitious five-year plan to transform the CBD was recentlyapproved by Council and evolved from two years research and design by expert consultants (guided by a community panel) in which 100 potential ideas were dra\ed and exhibited for community comment. Malls were a popular innovation from the 1950s until the 1980s in major cities and were seen as a way of “returning” shopping precincts from what as seen as the curse of the car to pedestrians and shoppers. However, they were eventually considered to have failed in many locations due to the resistance of shoppers to walking greater distances to retail outlets. Many became shopper-free deserts of graffiti and vandalised public utilities before returning to traditional roads. Be relative short length of the proposed Anson St pedestrian mall, it’s proximity between a major shopping centre (Be City Centre) and a major supermarket in Woolworths, are likely to ensure that many of the mistakes of the past during the mall building frenzy of the mid-20th century are avoided. “Bat’s why this consultation process is so important, we want people to contact us and let us know what their concerns and questions are,” Cr Kidd concluded.

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RECYCLING ON THE UP WITH Locals with overflowing storage sheds and garages can now rejoice, with commiserations to those who hate seeing dumped mattresses and busted cupboards scattered across our footpaths at regular intervals. Orange City Council pick-ups for bulky items is back… by popular demand!

BRING-OUT YOUR OLD MATTRESSES!

Sharp-eyed residents were the first to notice a change to their rates notice a>er Orange City Council recently reintroduced the annual charge for “Bulky Waste Collection” to all notices. “De latest rates notice includes an annual charge for the Bulky Waste collection,” Orange City Council’s Environmental Sustainability Committee Chair, Councillor Stephen Nugent confirmed. “It was re-introduced in the latest budget a>er strong support for the change in a community survey, conducted as part of the budget community consultation,” he said. “Each rates notice will be charged $11.35 for an annual bulky-waste collection to be provided in this financial year in February,” he said. While the pick-ups can be problematic with old fridges, defunct television sets, rusty bikes, and discarded exercise machines, strewn all over pavements for weeks until pick-up day, residents that live in nearby shires that utilises the yearly pickups see them as a saviour from constant, expensive trips to the tip.

COUNCIL BULKY PICK-UP IS BACK… De pick-ups also prove the old adage, that one’s man’s trash is another man’s treasure, with keen-eyed passers-by o>en finding a role for items that have otherwise outlived their usefulness.

pick-ups are not until next February. However, Council is working hard on plans to ensure that as much as the waste as can be is set-aside to ensure that it has every chance of being recycled, rather than just dumped into landfill.

While not strictly legal, this scavenging does create an informal recycling service with items that would otherwise become land-fill finding a second life with a new owner.

“We’re looking at organising the collection event so that more materials, such as steel and waste refrigerators containing gas, can be collected separately for recycling,” Cr Nugent added.

“Since the bulky-waste collections were discontinued a number of years back, there’s been consistent calls from sections of the community for them to return,” Cr Nugent said. Newswatch has however been contacted by a number of ratepayers a little miffed that, while the admittedly-small charge has been levied on this year’s notice, Council staff had confirmed to them that the first

Orange City Council’s Environmental Sustainability Committee Chair, Councillor Stephen Nugent.

It is bad luck however, for those who live tidy lives and don’t usually have back sheds full of busted camp-beds, rusted pieces of corrugated iron, and destroyed kids toys that the owner didn’t have the heart to previously throw-away. “De across-the-board charge shares the cost across the whole community,” Cr Nugent concluded.

LOCAL DENIM, GLASS, AND TEXTILE RECYCLING PROMOTED UNDER NEW EPA-FUNDED PROJECTS Orange has been included in seven projects across NSW which have received support in the latest round of grants of more than $700,000 to help reduce waste and promote recycling. Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Director Circular Economy Programs Kathy Giunta said the funding supports NSW businesses which are innovating and finding new ways to recycle and repurpose materials which would otherwise end up in landfill. Two locally-involved projects received funding under the funding program. One project includes a “Circular Textile Waste Service” provided with $150,000 which: “provides a value chain of partnerships that capture, sort, dismantle and repurpose denim and PPE textiles many times over,” the EPA said. “Textiles will be redesigned into new clothing and remanufactured into other new products in the auto,

architectural, building, fashion and interiors industries,” they added. De other locally-based project involves more than $40,000 to Edge Environment in an initiative “Paving the way for glass recycling” “Dis project will demonstrate the environmental benefits and address barriers to the uptake of recycled glass in infrastructure projects,” the EPA said. “Funding will support the development of an Environmental Product Declaration for the use of recycled glass fines as a replacement for virgin sand as a raw material in ‘State Significant’ Infrastructure projects,” they added. “Dis is the circular economy in action and displays how NSW businesses are innovating by finding new and exciting uses for plastic waste. We all want to see waste plastic recycled or repurposed so it doesn’t end up in landfill and projects like this – supported by the NSW Government – are helping achieve that goal,” Ms Giunta said. De Circulate Program is part of the NSW Government’s

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Waste Less Recycle More initiative, the largest waste and recycling funding program in Australia, managed by the NSW Environment Protection Authority. A total of $731,300 has been awarded through the current intake of the Circulate Program to seven projects to repurpose or recycle materials, including plastics, textiles and food from commercial sites and turn them into new products. “De innovation shown by the projects receiving funding is remarkable and shows the success we can have in growing the circular economy,” Ms Giunta said. “Other projects will promote glass recycling, repurpose old textiles and help reduce food going to landfill.” Under the Waste Less, Recycle More extension, a total of $2.5 million in funding was allocated to the Circulate Program to fund eligible projects. Since 2015, the program has diverted more than 73,000 tonnes of commercial, industrial, construction and demolition waste from landfill.

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RANGE OF NEW INITIATIVES Recycling of solar panels and batteries an issue in the future Funding from the NSW Government to help divert end-of-life solar panel systems from landfill is unlikely to be accessed by Orange Council at this stage, there simply isn’t any old panels lying around at the moment. !e Government is offering the first round of grants worth $10 million to help improve environmental performance by the recycling. “No, not yet, we won’t be applying at this stage,” a Council spokesperson explained. “Because simply there is no great amount of used panels being dumped at the tip,” the spokesperson added. !ey added that, in future years when old and broken panels begin to start appearing at Orange Resource Recovery Centre, Council will look at such initiatives. !e spokesperson said however that there is nothing stopping private industry groups from applying for the funding.

Local member and Minister for Decentralisation, Andrew Gee recently visited a local project looking to turn municipal and agricultural waste into energy.

!e NSW Government initiative follows residents and businesses increasingly turning to solar power systems to reduce energy costs and drive improved environmental performance.

NEW LAW FOR AUSTRALIAN RUBBISH TO BE NO LONGER OFFSHORED AS LANDFILL IN A WIN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WORLDWIDE, THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS INTRODUCED A BILL TO PUT AN END TO THE SHAMELESS SLEIGHT-OFHAND THAT SAW AUSTRALIAN “RECYCLED” WASTE SHIPPED OVERSEAS WHERE IT OFTEN BECAME LANDFILL IN THE HOST COUNTRY.

in the right direction,” Mr Gee said.

!e Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020 seeks to ban overseas exports of waste plastic, paper, glass, and tyres with the aim of transforming our waste and recycling capacity.

“!ese new reforms will provide a huge boost to our existing recycling and waste efforts to help meet these targets. Anyone who has been to visit their local tip knows about the concerning amount of waste that Australians produce each year.

!e reform also encourages Australian companies to take greater responsibility for the waste they generate through the products they design, manufacture, and distribute. !e new Bill — now before the Parliament — is welcomed by Federal Member for Calare, Andrew Gee. He said that the recycling and waste reduction initiative would reduce pressure on our environment and create new job opportunities. “!is is a big step

“It’s not right to be exporting our waste to other countries. We have to take responsibility for it, and these new laws mean we will be doing just that. He added that Australia has set ambitious national targets to reduce the total waste generated in Australia by 10 per cent per person, and to reduce, reuse and recycle 80 per cent of our waste by 2030.

He said that under the Australian Government’s $190 million Recycling Modernisation Fund and National Waste Policy Action Plan every-day items that are would usually end-up at the tip will be given a new life as roads, carpets, clothing, building materials and a range of other essential items. He believes that Investment in waste management and recycling technology

and infrastructure will help grow our economy and will create 10,000 jobs over the next decade. “In my role as Minister for Decentralisation, I am currently looking at ways that we can bring some of those new jobs to rural and regional Australia. We are well placed in the country to take on many of these new opportunities in the waste space. “I recently visited an impressive local project where they are looking to turn municipal and agricultural waste into energy. It was a great example of some of the opportunities for the country, not just in the recycling industry, but also in the emerging waste-to-energy sector, and I’m very keen to incorporate these kinds of jobs and progressive initiatives in Australia’s broader de-centralisation agenda.” He said that the initiative was about changing the way that Australians and Australian companies view waste management and recycling while also providing an opportunity to do something positive for the environment. “It’s our waste and our responsibility. It’s also our opportunity,” Mr Gee said.

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Although current waste volumes are relatively low, this emerging waste stream is expected to rapidly increase over the next decade as installed systems reach their end-of-life. In NSW it is forecast that this waste stream could generate up to 10,000 tonnes per year by 2025 and up to 71,000 tonnes per year by 2035. EPA Director Circular Economy Kathy Giunta said that the investment in recycling through this “Circular Solar” grants program would help NSW meet its commitment of net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. “While current amounts of waste are low, now is the time to invest in developing systems for collecting and recycling these valuable resources like scarce and rare metals, including lithium batteries. “We want to recycle and re-use the materials in solar panels and battery systems as NSW transitions towards cleaner energy and this program is an important step in building a productive circular economy in NSW. “It will see NSW well placed to manage waste solar systems over the coming years and will stimulate much needed job creation in the solar power and recycling sectors,” Ms Giunta said. !e NSW Government is now inviting Expressions of Interest for grants to run trial projects that increase the collection, reuse and recycling of solar panel and battery storage systems. Applications for projects that trial whole of supply chain approaches to collecting and reusing and/or recycling close !ursday, September 17. An amount of $2 million is available in this funding round, with the remaining funding to be made available following evaluation of this EOI process. For more information or to apply for the grants, visit www.epa.nsw.gov.au/working-together/grants/ infrastructure-fund/circular-solar-trials-expressionof-interest or email: infrastructure.grants@epa.nsw. gov.au.

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Louis Theroux: America’s Medicated Kids. 1.30 Father Brown. 2.30 Further Back In Time For Dinner. 3.30 Escape From The City: Stanthorpe, Queensland – The Georges. 4.25 Landline. 5.00 Australian Story: The Great Escape. 5.30 Midsomer Murders. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.20 The Split. Return. Hannah meets a new client who is part of a celebrity power couple and is concerned about her prenup. 9.20 Endeavour. 10.55 Death In Paradise. 11.55 Rage.

6.00 Tennis. US Open. Men’s semi-finals. 2.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 13. ChâtelGuyon to Puy Mary Cantal. 191.5km mountain stage. Replay. From France. 4.00 Travel Man: Marrakech. 4.30 Cycling. Giro Rosa. Stage 1. Grosseto to Grosseto. 16km team time trial. Highlights. From Tuscany, Italy. 5.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 13. ChâtelGuyon to Puy Mary Cantal. 191.5km mountain stage. Highlights. From France. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways: Durham. 8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 14. ClermontFerrand to Lyon. 194km flat stage. From France. 2.00 Rick Stein’s Spain. 3.00 Rick Stein’s India. 4.00 Food Safari Water. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 12.10 In The Night Garden. 2.05 Grandpa In My Pocket. 2.30 Arthur. 3.05 Molly And Mack. 3.30 Play School. 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.20 Becca’s Bunch. 4.55 Luo Bao Bei. 5.20 Guess How Much I Love You. 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 The Stand Up Sketch Show. 8.55 QI. 9.55 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.40 Would I Lie To You? 11.10 Motherland. 11.40 Friday Night Dinner. 12.05 Absolutely Fabulous. 12.35 Live At The Apollo. 1.20 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. Final. 2.10 Close. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Basketball. WNBA. Seattle Storm v Phoenix Mercury. 2.10 Flavours Of Tohoku. 2.25 VICE World Of Sports. 3.20 Young Brides For Sale. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Maternity Leave. 6.00 The Carmichael Show. 6.30 Only Connect. 7.40 Stargate SG-1. 8.30 Robert Kirkman’s Secret History Of Comics. 9.20 Fear The Walking Dead. 11.00 Porn Laid Bare. 11.55 MOVIE: Legend Of The Naga Pearls. (2017) 1.55 The Movie Show. 2.25 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. 11.50 Operation Ouch! 12.25 Gym Stars. 12.50 Horrible Histories. 1.20 The Dengineers. 2.20 Thunderbirds Are Go. 2.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 3.05 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 3.35 Dragon Ball Super. 4.15 Little Lunch. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Top Chef Jr. 7.50 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.25 Get Blake! 8.40 Find Me In Paris. 9.05 The Legend Of Korra. 9.30 Detentionaire. 9.50 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 It’s Academic. (66) 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Hook, Line And Dinner. 9.00 Restaurant Redemption. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cake Masters. 12.00 Hook, Line And Dinner. 12.30 Mystery Diners. 2.10 Restaurant: Impossible. 5.10 MOVIE: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. (1996) 7.00 MOVIE: Ice Age: Collision Course. (2016) 8.50 MOVIE: Big. (1988) Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins. 11.05 MOVIE: Hot Tub Time Machine. (2010) 1.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 Hook, Line And Dinner. 3.00 Ex On The Beach. 5.00 Quantico.

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6.00 Tennis. US Open. Women’s singles final. 9.00 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 14. Replay. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Gadget Man. 4.30 Cycling. Giro Rosa. Stage 2. Highlights. 5.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 14. ClermontFerrand to Lyon. 194km flat stage. Highlights. From France. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Lost Worlds And Hidden Treasures. 8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 15. Lyon to Grand Colombier. 174.5km mountain stage. From France. 1.30 Rick Stein’s Spain. 2.30 Rick Stein’s India. 3.30 Food Safari Water. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 12.10 In The Night Garden. 2.05 Grandpa In My Pocket. 2.30 Arthur. 3.05 Molly And Mack. 3.30 Play School. 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.20 Becca’s Bunch. 4.55 Luo Bao Bei. 5.20 Octonauts. 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 The Stand Up Sketch Show. 11.30 Would I Lie To You? 12.00 The Young Offenders. 12.30 State Of The Union. 12.55 W1A. Final. 1.25 The IT Crowd. Final. 1.55 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 The Good Doctor: Korea. 1.10 New Girl. 1.35 WorldWatch. 2.05 Cycling. Tour de France. Highlights. 4.00 Insight. 5.00 Yokayi Footy. 5.35 Takeshi’s Castle Indonesia. 6.30 Abandoned Engineering. 7.30 Why Does Everyone Hate The English? 8.30 The Carmichael Show. 8.55 MOVIE: Concussion. (2013) Robin Weigert. 10.40 Ghost Planes And The Mystery Of Flight 370. 12.15 MOVIE: The House That Never Dies: Reawakening. (2017) 2.00 The Movie Show. 2.30 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 9.55 Secret Life Of Boys. 10.15 Mustangs FC. 10.40 The Next Step. 11.05 Find Me In Paris. 11.30 Massive Monster Mayhem. 11.55 Operation Ouch! 12.25 Gym Stars. 12.50 Horrible Histories. 1.20 The Dengineers. 2.20 Thunderbirds Are Go. 2.45 Prank You Very Much. 3.15 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 4.15 Little Lunch. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Top Chef Jr. 7.55 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.40 Find Me In Paris. 9.10 The Legend Of Korra. 9.30 Detentionaire. 9.55 Rage. 1.55 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 It’s Academic. (66) 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 8.30 Easy Chinese. 9.00 Restaurant Redemption. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Buddy Vs Duff. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Cake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Mystery Diners. 4.00 Restaurant: Impossible. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 MOVIE: Footloose. (1984) 9.45 MOVIE: Going The Distance. (2010) 11.55 Geordie Shore. 1.00 Ex On The Beach. 5.00 Quantico.

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Newstyle Direct. (52) 6.00 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 The Baron. 11.00 MOVIE: We Joined The Navy. (1962) Lloyd Nolan, Joan O’Brien, Kenneth More. 1.00 MOVIE: Nicholas Nickleby. (1947) Derek Bond, Bernard Miles, Sally Ann Howes. 3.15 MOVIE: The Hound Of The Baskervilles. (1959) 5.00 MOVIE: McHale’s Navy. (1964) 7.00 MOVIE: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. (1982) 9.15 MOVIE: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. (1977) Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr. 12.00 Gideon’s Way. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 11.30 Fanshaw & Crudnut. 12.00 Smashhdown! 12.30 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 1.00 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.30 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. 2.00 The Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Peaking. 3.45 BattleBots. 4.45 MOVIE: Days Of Thunder. (1990) 7.00 MOVIE: Top Gun. (1986) Tom Cruise. 9.10 MOVIE: Battleship. (2012) Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna. 11.40 Heroes. 12.35 Manifest. 1.30 The Xtreme Collxtion. 2.00 Westside. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. 3.30 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 4.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.50 Rev & Roll. 5.10 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

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 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Sydney Weekender. 3.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. 5.00 Horse Racing. Makybe Diva Stakes and Run To The Rose. 5.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 60 Minute Makeover. 12.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30 Sydney Weekender. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.30 A Moveable Feast. 4.00 Intolerant Cooks. 4.30 Travel Oz. 5.30 Home Shopping. Fish Of The (63) 6.00 Day. 6.30 The Big Adventure. 8.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 Deadliest Roads. 10.00 American Grit. 11.00 The Weekend Prospector. Return. 11.30 Life Off Road. 12.00 D.U.I. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 2.00 Deadliest Roads. 3.00 2019 P1 Offshore Powerboat Championships Review. 4.00 Outback Truckers. 5.00 Graveyard Carz. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 17. GWS Giants v Melbourne. 10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.45 MOVIE: Down Periscope. (1996) 1.00 Esports. LPL Pro. Dota 2. Season 2. Week 1. Replay. 3.00 Late Programs.

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WIN (8) 6.00 Reel Action. 6.30 Entertainment Tonight. 7.00 WhichCar. 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 8.00 My Market Kitchen. 8.30 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 9.00 Destination Dessert. 9.30 Studio 10: Saturday. 12.00 Jamie & Jimmy’s Food Fight Club. 1.00 Farm To Fork. 1.30 Healthy Homes Australia. 2.00 Pooches At Play. 2.30 Hotels By Design. New. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 The Living Room. 4.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 Ambulance Australia. 8.40 Ambulance. 11.10 Law & Order: SVU. 1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 2.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Hour Of Power.

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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: Voyager. 1.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 2.00 Planes Gone Viral. 3.00 Judge Judy. 4.00 WhichCar. 4.30 Fishing. Australian Championships. Replay. 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 Hawaii Five-0. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.05 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 8. Italian Grand Prix. Highlights. 4.05 The Doctors.

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(82) 6.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 7.00 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. 9.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 MOVIE: Stick It. (2006) 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Man With A Plan. 5.00 Will & Grace. 6.00 Columbo. 8.00 Kojak. 9.00 Spyforce. 10.00 Mom. 11.30 The Middle. 12.30 This Is Us. 3.30 The Neighborhood. 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 Towards Tokyo: The Opening Ceremony Of The Olympic Games Sydney 2000 Uncovered. 3.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The All New Monty: Guys And Gals. New. 8.30 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Greenough Family Massacre. 9.50 Code Blue: Murder: The Murder Of Katherine Smith. 10.55 Autopsy USA: Hugh Hefner. 12.00 Medical Emergency. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Animal Tales. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 12. Sunshine Coast Lightning v Queensland Firebirds. From USC Stadium, Queensland. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 18. Melbourne Storm v North Queensland Cowboys. From Sunshine Coast Stadium, Queensland. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 The Block. 8.30 60 Minutes. 9.30 Nine News Late. 10.30 See No Evil: Run For The Door. 11.30 Grand Hotel. 12.20 Rivals. 12.50 The Garden Gurus. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Animal Tales. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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 Family Feud. 1.15 The Masked Singer Australia. 2.30 Hotels By Design. 3.00 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 3.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.00 WhichCar. 4.30 RPM. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 Family Feud. 8.30 FBI. 10.30 NCIS. 11.30 The Sunday Project. 12.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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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 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: The Captive Heart. (1946) 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 3.00 MOVIE: Run For The Sun. (1956) 5.00 MOVIE: Some Like It Hot. (1959) Marilyn Monroe. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 MOVIE: The Silence Of The Lambs. (1991) 11.05 The Rockford Files. 12.10 Gideon’s Way. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 12.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. 12.30 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. 1.30 Rivals. 2.00 American Idol. 5.00 MOVIE: Three Amigos! (1986) 7.00 MOVIE: Back To The Future Part III. (1990) Michael J. Fox. 9.20 MOVIE: Uncle Buck. (1989) John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann. 11.20 Big Bang. 11.45 Heroes. 12.45 Flights From Hell: Caught On Camera. 1.45 Westside. 2.45 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. 3.30 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 4.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.50 Ninjago. 5.10 Lego Jurassic World: Legend Of Isla Nublar. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

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. 3.00 SA Weekender. 3.30 The Bowls Show. 4.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 M*A*S*H. 8.30 World’s Most Secret Homes. 9.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Mighty Rivers. 11.30 River Monsters: Amazon Titanic. 2.00 House Of Horrors. 3.00 Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall. 4.00 Redrum. 4.30 Brit Cops. 5.30 Home Shopping. Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Timbersports. 7.00 Surfing. Australian Grand Slam. Tweed Coast Pro. Day 1. 10.00 Deadliest Roads. 11.00 Creek To Coast. 11.30 Trev Gowdy’s Monster Fish. 12.00 The Fishing Show. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Trev Gowdy’s Monster Fish. 2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 3.00 Fishy Business. 4.00 Shipping Wars. 4.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Football. AFL. Round 17. Sydney v Brisbane Lions. 8.30 MOVIE: Men In Black. (1997) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino. 10.25 MOVIE: Speed 2: Cruise Control. (1997) Sandra Bullock. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Deadliest Roads. 2.30 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 The Key Of David. 8.00 The Doctors. 10.00 Bondi Rescue. 10.30 Fishing. Australian Championships. Replay. 11.00 Star Trek. 12.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 1.00 Family Feud. 2.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 3.00 Hotels By Design. 3.30 Healthy Homes Australia. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 iFish Summer Series. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 7. San Marino Grand Prix. 11.00 48 Hours. 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 3.00 RPM. 3.30 NCIS. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 The Doctors.

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(82) 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 7.00 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. 9.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.30 Scope. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 Neighbours. 2.30 Happy Together. 3.30 Murphy Brown. 4.00 Rules Of Engagement. 5.00 Will & Grace. 6.00 Friends. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.00 Will & Grace. 12.00 The Flash. 3.00 Murphy Brown. 4.00 The Neighborhood. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

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6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Grand Designs Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Miniseries: The Accident. 2.00 Miniseries: Delicious. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 Grand Designs Australia. 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 Further Back In Time For Dinner. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Tennis. US Open. (3) Men’s singles final. 10.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Tour de France. Stage 15. Replay. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Jeff Bezos Empire. 3.00 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. 4.00 Cycling. Giro Rosa. Stage 3. Highlights. 5.00 Tour de France. Stage 15. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 How The Victorians Built Britain. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 9.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 10.25 News. 10.55 Late Programs.

Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Undercover Wife. (2016) 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 Plate Of Origin. 9.00 9-1-1: Lone Star. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Absentia. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Desperate Housewives. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 The Block. 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 The Block. 8.40 Celebrity IOU. 9.40 Nine News Late. 10.10 100% Footy. 11.10 Lethal Weapon. 12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Masked Singer Australia. 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 Masked Singer Australia. Final. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.40 Drunk History Australia. New. 10.10 Just For Laughs. 10.40 The Project. 11.40 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 The IT Crowd. 9.20 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 9.50 Back. 10.15 Parks And Recreation. 10.35 Schitt’s Creek. 11.00 Red Dwarf. 11.30 The Librarians 11.55 The Ex-PM. Final. 12.25 The Office. 12.55 Please Like Me. 1.25 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.15 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Tour De France: Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Huang’s World. 12.50 Most Expensivest. 1.45 Date The World. 2.00 Tour de France. Highlights. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.25 This Week. 5.20 The Business Of Life. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.35 Taskmaster. 9.30 Difficult People. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 11.00 Make It Yours. 11.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Air Crash Investigation. 3.00 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Mafia’s Greatest Hits. 11.50 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 Easy Eats. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Death In Paradise. 1.10 ER. 2.10 Miss Marple. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: The Oracle. (1953) 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: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 9. Tuscan Grand Prix. Highlights. 11.20 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 8.45 Find Me In Paris. 9.10 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 9.55 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Cake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Coles Healthy Kicks. 3.30 Throwdown With Bobby Flay. 4.00 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 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 9.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. 10.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Carter’s W.A.R. 2.00 Deadliest Roads. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Life Off Road. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Total Recall. (1990) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone. 10.55 Family Guy. 11.25 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Mindy Project. 1.00 Quantum Leap. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.30 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 Territory Cops. 8.40 MOVIE: Beverly Hills Cop. (1984) Eddie Murphy. 10.50 Big Bang. 11.15 Tattoo Fixers. 12.15 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers. 3.00 The Conners. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 The Middle. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Animal Tales. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Rivals. 12.30 The Garden Gurus. 1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 12. West Coast Fever v NSW Swifts. 3.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 12. Collingwood Magpies v Melbourne Vixens. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Bride Wars. (2009) Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway. Best friends schedule their weddings on the same day. (PG) 9.20 MOVIE: Bridesmaids. (2011) Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. Two best friends have a falling out after one of them asks another person to be her maid of honour. (MA15+) 11.50 MOVIE: A Fish Called Wanda. (1988) John Cleese. (M) 1.40 A Current Affair. 2.05 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 Wesley Impact.

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Restoration Australia. Final. 3.30 My Family And The Galapagos. 4.30 The Mix. 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. 6.00 Australia Remastered: Platypus and Echidna. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Freeman. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. Final. 10.10 Miniseries: Mrs Wilson. 11.10 Miniseries: Friday On My Mind. 12.40 Wentworth. 1.25 Endeavour. 3.00 Louis Theroux: The City Addicted To Crystal Meth. 4.00 Louis Theroux: America’s Medicated Kids. 5.00 Insiders.

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TVguide 6.00 News Breakfast. (2) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. 11.00 Grand Designs Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Split. 2.00 Miniseries: Delicious. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 Grand Designs Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.30 Further Back In Time For Dinner. 9.30 The Great Acceleration. 10.25 ABC Late News. 10.55 Q+A. 12.05 Wentworth. 12.50 Rage. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 (3) Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Jeff Bezos Empire: The Rise And Reign Of Amazon. 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.00 Cycling. Giro Rosa. Stage 4. Highlights. 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stages 10 to 15. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Great Asian Railway Journeys. Final. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 16. 1.45 Long Weekends. 2.45 India. 3.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Insert Name Here. 9.00 Sick Of It. 9.25 The Trip To Greece. Return. 9.55 Frontline. 10.25 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 Schitt’s Creek. 11.10 Red Dwarf. 11.40 The Trip. 12.10 The Librarians 12.40 Black Books. 1.05 QI. 1.35 Back. 2.05 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Huang’s World. 12.50 Most Expensivest. 1.55 Front Up. 2.55 Outback Rabbis. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.20 The Business Of Life. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dave Gorman: Terms And Conditions Apply. 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 16. 10.30 Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath. 11.20 Sex Right Now. 11.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 2.35 Horrible Histories. 3.05 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.15 Little Lunch. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 8.45 Find Me In Paris. 9.10 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 9.55 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 8.30 Easy Chinese. 9.00 Bakers Vs. Fakers. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Buddy Vs Duff. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Cake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Coles Healthy Kicks. 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: Dumb And Dumber. (1994) Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly. 10.45 MOVIE: Blazing Saddles. (1974) 12.50 Late Programs.

6.00 News Breakfast. (2) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. 11.00 Grand Designs Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.40 Media Watch. 2.00 Miniseries: Delicious. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 Grand Designs Australia. 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 Utopia. 9.30 Planet America. 10.00 QI. 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.05 Four Corners. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 (3) Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 16. Replay. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Railway Journeys UK. 2.30 Dateline. 3.00 Insight. 4.00 Cycling. Giro Rosa. Stage 5. Highlights. 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 16. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Arabia With Levison Wood. 8.30 Hillary. 9.35 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 17. 1.30 Long Weekends. 2.30 India. 3.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 Archer. 9.15 The Young Offenders. 9.45 The Letdown. 10.20 The Thick Of It. 10.50 Parks And Recreation. 11.15 Schitt’s Creek. 11.40 Red Dwarf. 12.10 The Trip. 12.40 The Librarians 1.05 QI. 1.40 Blackadder Goes Forth. 2.15 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Huang’s World. 12.50 Most Expensivest. 1.55 Cycling. Tour de France. Highlights. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.20 The Business Of Life. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Always Shine. (2016) Mackenzie Davis. 10.05 MOVIE: Fatal Attraction. (1987) 12.15 The Future Of Work. 1.20 South Park. 2.35 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 2.35 Horrible Histories. 3.05 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.15 Little Lunch. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 8.45 Find Me In Paris. 9.10 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 9.55 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Throwdown With Bobby Flay. 8.30 Easy Chinese. 9.00 Bakers Vs. Fakers. 10.00 Chopped Junior. Return. 11.00 Buddy Vs Duff. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Cake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Coles Healthy Kicks. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 5.00 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. 10.30 Australian Story. 11.00 Grand Designs Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 2.00 Miniseries: Delicious. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 Grand Designs Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 The Heights. 8.30 Escape From The City. 9.30 Secrets Of The Museum. New. 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.50 Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 (3) Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 17. Replay. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Over The Black Dot. 3.00 Jonah And The Whale. 3.55 Cycling. Giro Rosa. Stage 6. Highlights. 4.55 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 17. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 8.30 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 18. 1.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur 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. 10.25 Flowers. 10.50 The Trip To Greece. 11.25 Parks And Recreation. 11.45 Schitt’s Creek. 12.10 Red Dwarf. 12.40 The Trip. 1.10 The Librarians 1.40 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.30 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Huang’s World. 12.50 Most Expensivest. 1.55 Cycling. Tour de France. Highlights. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.20 Larping Saved My Life. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.35 James Cameron’s Story Of Science Fiction. 9.25 Full Frontal. 9.55 Letterkenny. 10.50 Sex Tape. 11.55 The Longest Day In Chang’an. 12.40 MOVIE: Maps To The Stars. (2014) 2.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.05 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.15 Little Lunch. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 The Next Step. Final. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 8.45 Find Me In Paris. 9.10 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 9.55 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Throwdown With Bobby Flay. 8.30 Easy Chinese. 9.00 Bakers Vs. Fakers. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Buddy Vs Duff. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Cake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Coles Healthy Kicks. 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 News Breakfast. (2) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 10.30 QI. 11.00 Grand Designs Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Great Acceleration. 2.00 Miniseries: Mrs Wilson. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 Grand Designs Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Vera. 10.00 Miniseries: The Accident. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.20 The Virus. 11.40 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 12.15 Rage.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 (3) Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 18. Replay. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Point. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.00 Cycling. Giro Rosa. Stage 7. Highlights. 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 18. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 George W. Bush. 9.35 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 19. 1.45 Long Weekends. 2.45 Italian Food Safari. 3.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur 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 Goes Forth. 10.30 Parks And Recreation. 10.50 Schitt’s Creek. 11.15 Red Dwarf. 11.45 The Trip. 12.15 The Librarians 12.40 Archer. 1.00 Sick Of It. 1.25 The Thick Of It. 1.55 Flowers. 2.30 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 To Be Advised. 11.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Huang’s World. 12.50 Most Expensivest. 1.20 Yokayi Footy. 1.55 Cycling. Tour de France. Highlights. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.20 Life After Food. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.40 Sex And Love: Christiane Amanpour. 9.25 The Good Girls’ Guide To Kinky Sex. 10.20 Trigonometry. 11.15 The Feed. 11.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 12.20 To Be Advised. 12.40 Kids’ Programs. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 First Day. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 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. 10.15 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Throwdown With Bobby Flay. 8.30 Easy Chinese. 9.00 Bakers Vs. Fakers. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Buddy Vs Duff. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Cake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Coles Healthy Kicks. 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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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Judge Judy. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 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: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 10.25 Elementary. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 NCIS. 3.15 Jake And The Fatman. 4.10 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.05 The Doctors.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The Conners. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Mom. 11.00 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 Bull. 10.30 The Project. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Judge Judy. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 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: The Next Generation. 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 Hawaii Five-0. 3.10 MacGyver. 4.05 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.00 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 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 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 Gogglebox. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.00 Just For Laughs. 10.30 This Is Us. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 9. Tuscan Grand Prix. Highlights. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 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: The Next Generation. 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.

9GO!

(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. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Carol’s Second Act. 11.30 Late Programs.

NINE

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 To Be Advised. 10.30 The Project. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 7. San Marino Grand Prix. Replay. 9.30 RPM. 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: The Next Generation. 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.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 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. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Friends. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Desperate Housewives. 1.00 Celebrity IOU. 2.00 The Block. 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 The Block. 8.40 Halifax: Retribution. 9.40 Bluff City Law. 10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 Timeless. 12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Easy Eats. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 Easy Eats. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Heartbeat. 1.10 ER. 2.10 Miss Marple. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: A Run For Your Money. (1949) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Poirot. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.40 My Strange Addiction. 12.35 Antiques Roadshow. 1.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Mindy Project. 1.00 Quantum Leap. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.30 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 MOVIE: Beverly Hills Cop II. (1987) 9.35 MOVIE: Beverly Hills Cop III. (1994) 11.40 Big Bang. 12.05 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Desperate Housewives. 1.00 Live Well For Longer. 2.00 The Block. 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 The Block. 8.30 Australian Crime Stories. Return. 9.40 Murder Calls. 10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 New Amsterdam. 12.05 Dr Christian Jessen Will See You Now. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Sydney Weekender. 12.30 Intolerant Cooks. 1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 Air Crash Investigation. 3.30 Mighty Ships. 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 Hospital. 12.00 Medical Emergency. 12.30 Late Programs. Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 Storage Wars. 8.30 Pawn Stars. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Carter’s W.A.R. 2.00 American Pickers. 3.00 Outback Truckers. 4.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 9.30 Demolition NZ. 10.30 Scrap Kings. 11.30 Late Programs. Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Perfect Husband. (2004) 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: Kingsman: The Golden Circle. (2017) 11.25 Deadly Dates. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Easy Eats. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 New Tricks. 1.10 ER. 2.10 Miss Marple. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Chase A Crooked Shadow. (1958) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 11.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 12.00 My Crazy Obsession. 1.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Mindy Project. 1.00 Quantum Leap. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.30 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 Young Sheldon. 8.30 MOVIE: Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997) Mike Myers. 10.30 Big Bang. 11.00 Young Sheldon. 12.00 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Desperate Housewives. 1.00 New Amsterdam. 2.00 The Block. 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 19. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Canterbury Bulldogs. 9.45 Golden Point. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Prison Girls: Life Inside. 12.00 Tipping Point. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 Air Crash Investigation. 3.30 Mighty Ships. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 A Confession. 11.30 Mighty Planes. 12.30 Dates From Hell. 2.00 Home Shopping. Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 Storage Wars. 8.30 Pawn Stars. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Carter’s W.A.R. 2.00 Demolition NZ. 2.30 Scrap Kings. 3.30 Outback Truckers. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 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: Murder By Numbers. (2002) Sandra Bullock. 2.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 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. 10.15 The Latest: Seven News. 10.45 To Be Advised. 12.15 Blindspot. 1.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Easy Eats. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 As Time Goes By. 1.00 ER. 2.00 Miss Marple. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Watch Your Stern. (1961) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Kalgoorlie Cops. 8.40 Paramedics. 9.40 Botched. 10.40 Chicago Med. 11.35 My Crazy Obsession. 12.35 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Mindy Project. 1.00 Quantum Leap. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.30 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 MOVIE: Wayne’s World. (1992) 9.30 MOVIE: Wayne’s World 2. (1993) 11.30 Big Bang. 12.00 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Desperate Housewives. 1.00 MOVIE: A Smile Like Yours. (1997) 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 19. Parramatta Eels v Brisbane Broncos. 9.45 Friday Night Knock Off. 10.35 MOVIE: Fighting. (2009) 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 The Bowls Show. 1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 Air Crash Investigation. 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 Brit Cops. 1.30 Cry Wolfe. 2.00 Disappeared. 3.00 Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall. 4.00 Late Programs. Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Big Angry Fish. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 Storage Wars. 8.30 Pawn Stars. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Carter’s W.A.R. 2.00 Family Guy. 2.30 The Simpsons. 3.30 Outback Truckers. 4.30 Highway Thru Hell. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 MOVIE: Sniper. (1993) 12.35 The Front Bar. 1.35 Late Programs.

Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: My Father Must Die. (2014) Elizabeth Gillies, Cynthia Stevenson. 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 Better Homes And Gardens. 8.30 MOVIE: Murder On The Orient Express. (2017) Kenneth Branagh. 10.50 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Easy Eats. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Animal Tales. 1.00 ER. 2.00 Miss Marple. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Beautiful Stranger. (1954) Ginger Rogers, Herbert Lom. 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 MOVIE: Mr & Mrs Smith. (2005) 11.05 The Commander. 12.35 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Mindy Project. 1.00 Quantum Leap. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.30 MOVIE: The NeverEnding Story. (1984) 7.30 MOVIE: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. (1989) 9.20 MOVIE: Weird Science. (1985) Anthony Michael Hall. 11.15 Heroes. 12.15 The Biggest Weekend. 1.30 Amplified. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 Mighty Planes. 3.30 Mighty Ships. 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. Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Big Angry Fish. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 Storage Wars. 8.30 Pawn Stars. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Carter’s W.A.R. 2.00 Ice Road Truckers. 3.00 Outback Truckers. 4.00 Highway Thru Hell. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 To Be Advised. 11.00 Armchair Experts. 11.30 Family Guy. 12.00 Late Programs.

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BIRD’S-EYEview with JEANINE BIRD

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Nobel Prize and A Winning Shut-down Wow! Just imagine for a moment that you had done something SO significant, that you were up for a Nobel Prize. You would be rightly proud of your achievements. Your family would be so excited for you; proud of you, and excited to be part of your journey, even if it was just a weeny slice of the excitement. You know, like “I danced with the man who danced with the girl who danced with the Prince of Wales” sort of three times removed thrill. Maybe your favourite film/rock/sports star, or someone you really respected, looked straight at (just) you in the crowd of a thousand, and said sincerely “thank you for your support”. So, what if you were even closer than that …. actually on the winning team! You were the coach of the champion runner! You were the strategist for the winning team; you discovered something amazing and your reputation went global! You were a big name in your sport or circle of expertise. You had a reputation the world over, and it was being recognized. Wow! What a celebration! What a reward for your hard work! Now, would you trash your reputation? Most of us would say probably not, unless you’re one of those silly footy players who get on the grog and find themselves in trouble all too oQen. Rey probably don’t really appreciate what they’ve got, because maybe they got it too easily. But seriously, if you were getting a Nobel Prize, or were accredited with being on the Nobel Prize winning team, would you trash your hard-earned reputation? I think not. Nor would Professor Romas Borody, the man who put together a lifesaving combination which cures Covid19 – ivermectin, zinc and doxycycline. He’s no small player. He’s a relative heavyweight in his field, although quite humble. He was one of the early researchers involved with 2005 Nobel Prize winners, Australians Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, who despite conventional medical belief that nothing grows in the stomach, proved the “impossible” - that peptic ulcers (and gastric cancers) were caused by the bacteria

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). It took them 10 years to convince the scientific fraternity, so that resistance wouldn’t be new to Romas Borody. Prof. Borody is credited with curing peptic ulcers with a triple antibiotic therapy which saved millions of lives. So, when Prof. Borody goes public saying “We know it’s curable: It’s easier than treating the flu”, and releases a protocol for Aussie GPs to treat Covid19, he’s not talking out of his hat. Do you think he would put his reputation on the line if he hadn’t seen first-hand that it can cure Covid19? Realistically, he’s not going to make money from this – so far as I can ascertain, he’s doing it for all the right reasons – to save people’s lives. Re triple therapy costs barely anything compared to the $1.7b the Aust. Govt has already committed to a vaccine – which can’t possibly be tested properly by January and may not even happen – similar to Ebola, aids and swine flu, none of which there is a vaccine for to date – although there are treatments. Borody’s treatment costs next to nothing compared to the $zillions pharmaceutical corporations will make from selling vaccines to governments across the world, all of which have been convinced by the pharmaceutical industry they need a vaccine. How refreshing for a genuine Dr to freely release his research – a treatment which costs peanuts, and is a life-saver. For doctors who don’t know, last month Prof. Borody provided an email for them to obtain dosing protocol and Covid19 treatment information for their patients. Eat email is GP@CDD.com. au. Borody says GPs can legally prescribe the therapy as an “off-label” treatment – a standard practice in medicine, and totally within Australian guidelines.

“In fact more than 60% of prescriptions in Australia are “off-label”. It’s not a new concept. It’s happening every day to manage diseases and save lives”, Prof. Borody said

“The three medications are on chemist shelves right now. The Government could end the pandemic by openly encouraging GPs to prescribe these TGA approved medications. Those who test positive, are identified in contact tracing, as well as those in high-risk groups like the elderly and healthcare workers, can then access the therapy quickly.” “There is mounting worldwide clinical literature pointing to a 100% cure rate using Ivermectin Triple Therapy,” said Professor Borody. So, I ask again, would he, as a renowned Professor and researcher, stick his neck out to help Australians and ordinary people globally knowing he’ll be ridiculed by a pharmaceutical industry keen to make mega-bucks, if it would NOT treat Covid19 successfully? So, where does that leave us? We in NSW, especially this side of the sandstone curtain, aren’t as restricted as Victoria, but those living on the borders are tearing their hair out. Victorians are under curfew with restrictions like nowhere else in the world, businesses are sacrificed, domestic violence and suicides are up, yet deaths without co-morbidity in Australia for the whole “pandemic” are just 9% (as in USA), with only 12% of cases requiring hospitalisation. Respiratory illnesses are 5 to 7 times lower than historical averages. Seriously, we need to ask ourselves what happened to the “freedoms” our diggers fought for, and why we’re going along with this. Fair enough at the beginning, we all wanted to be safe. However, we now know the virus is no worse than the flu, yet children undergoing cancer treatments have to do so without their parents; and students attending school over the border haven’t seen parents in 6 months. My heart cries for our land of the mighty Southern Cross. In Victoria last week we saw the arrest and handcuffing of pyjama’d pregnant mum, Zoe Buhler who posted information on Facebook about an UPCOMING Freedom rally in Ballarat. Re post said “Peaceful protest. All social

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distancing measurements are to be followed so we don’t get arrested. Please wear a mask unless you have a medical reason not to.” So the Victorian police “force” – yes, the same one that fought tooth and nail in the courts to prevent their unlawful activities in the “Lawyer X” case from getting into court, had police burst into her home with a warrant for “inciting” a public protest! (Ballarat was not under the same lockdown rules as Melbourne). When asked why 10,000 people could attend the Black Lives Matter rally “prohibited” in a “State of Emergency” (police said they wouldn’t arrest anyone, and even “took the knee”, kneeling to the BLM violent vision), Asst. Commissioner Luke Cornelius’ reason was that the BLM organisers told people to wear masks and observe social distancing!! Huh?? Zoe didn’t? Zoe’s offer to take the post down was rejected, even though the event was “in the future”. A day or so later, someone else’s Facebook post warranted multiple police breaking a door down with a ram! Ren the two grannies quietly sitting on a bench were surrounded by six, yes, six!!! police! One went behind the women and unceremoniously whipped one lady’s phone out of her hand! I have real difficulty seeing law-abiding citizens treated like the worst, most dangerous criminals. Is this really Australia? And for what? Now, we know Covid19 is curable, and only 9% died without a co-morbidity issue. Melbourne GP Mark Hobart said (8/9/20) that there are good clinical effects from the “harmless” drugs suggested by Prof. Borody, that you’d think it would be encouraged, “because the alternative is NO treatment at the present time”. Re noble thing to do would be to look at what someone who’s been on a Nobel Prize winning team is suggesting, because Borody is giQing his knowledge to the nation! If you had a problem with your car, and you could spend $20 or $20,000 fixing it, convince me why you’d spend $20k?????

FOODforTHOUGHT

PaulTIERNEY

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LIFEandTIMES with ANGUS GIBB

with Daniel McGregor with Daniel McGregor

MUSIC FOR COMPANY

Need something to keep you going in these lonely days? … stay tuned.

Vaccine:

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CITYwatch

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AMANDA SPALDING with Bob Holland

What can and can’t Councillors do? Bob: "rough our publication Newswatch over recent months, I’ve been quite critical of the way our Councillors have performed over varying issues. I haven’t had any direct response from any particular Councillor but via other people and anecdotally, I have been accused of not knowing how Council works. I thought it could be helpful for me and other readers to find out a bit more about what they can and can’t do, and maybe when and where they should be able to involve themselves. One comment I’ve heard mentioned more than once by Councillors is “I’m advised it’s an administrative issue, I’m not allowed to be involved”. One issue I’m personally aware of involved spending a couple of hundred thousand dollars of ratepayers money, yet when asked to help, Councillors said exactly that. What can you tell us about that? Amanda: As you know, Bob, I was brought up in English local government which is like State and local government combined, and English Councillors would be horrified at some of the things NSW local government Councillors are told they cannot do. I also found when I first started as an officer in NSW local government that Councillors were not held in high esteem by the staff and are seen by some as ‘the enemy’ not part of the team to achieve an agreed direction. "is is partly because of three tiers of government in Australia and preferential voting. "is is reflected in the 2019 New South Wales Councillor Resilience Survey: ‘In a small number of instances, the organisation was identified as harassing Councillors. Councillors responded that they are viewed as a stumbling block to the organisation’. In the 2019/20 Local Government Association Guidance for New Councillors in England and Wales the emphasis is on an important community leadership role. "e community leadership role of councils was removed from the NSW Local Government Act in the recent reforms and since 1993 the emphasis has been increasingly on Councillors being a Board of Directors whose first duty is to the Council as an organisation. In the most recent NSW Office of Local Government advice to Councillors for the 2017 elections – Information for Candidates: https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/public/about-councils/ become-a-councillor/information-for-candidates/ "e chapter on How do councillors serve their communities? Starts with: ‘Councillors work together to make decisions about what the council will do to meet community needs and how money should be spent in the best interests of the whole community. Councillors are not involved in the day-to-day running of the council. @at is the role of the general manager.’ "is last statement is because of the Board of Directors model. "e 2017 Office of Local Government Councillor

Handbook starts its description of the role of Councillors with: ‘Councillors comprise the governing body of a council in the same way that a Board of Directors is the governing body of a corporation. @e Local Government Act 1993 prescribes the collective role of a council’s governing body. Under the Act the general manager has the following functions: » to conduct the day-to-day management of the council in accordance with the strategic plans, programs, strategies and policies of the council…..’ So, this is why Councillors are treated like Non-Executive Directors and are told they cannot get involved in operational issues and must only deal with strategic matters. It is my experience that this is a difficult line to draw and o^en causes conflict between Councillors and the General Manager. O^en Councillors take the opportunity of Council meetings to ask the General Manager or Chief Executive Officer questions about operational issues that they may have been prevented from asking on a day to day basis, or maybe they want to be heard asking those questions by the community and their supporters. "is can tend to prevent the business from running smoothly in a Council meeting. Bob: I’m also interested to know what our Councillors are paid to serve us? I suspect they get a set amount each year plus perks. Can you enlighten us more on this too? Amanda: Council made a decision on 7th July to pay Councillors and the Mayor the maximum annual allowance for 2020/21 being $24,320 for each Councillor and $84,400 for the Mayor. "is was a 20% increase for each Councillor and a 31% increase for the Mayor as Orange’s status had been increased to being a Regional Centre for which Councillors get paid more. "is was an additional cost of $64,310 or a 22% increase on the previous year. Councillors also get other expenses and these are included in the Your Council Report https://www. yourcouncil.nsw.gov.au/council-data/orange/2018/ community-leadership/ In 2017/18 total Orange City Councillor remuneration reported was $284,000 and Councillor expenses were $131,000. I find it strange that Conference expenses were reported as zero. So, the total was $415,000. I have addressed the issue of Councillor numbers previously and it always seems strange to me that the Local Government Act requires that not less than 12 months before the next ordinary election, the Council must determine the number of its councillors for the following term of office, but this does not seem to be done by Orange City Council. "e 2021 local government elections are now less than a year away and will be for 1 popularly elected Mayor and 11 Councillors.

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Bob: I appreciate Councillors can’t be over everything that happens, but judging by some of the questions they ask and comments they make at Council meetings it seems they do not have too much information on the subject being discussed. I’m also aware that the papers for a Council meeting read like an encyclopedia. Should we reasonably expect Councillors to read through the reams of paper they are presented with as part of the job? Amanda: As a former General Manager of a NSW Council it always annoyed me to see some Councillors arriving at Council meetings opening their envelopes that contained the business papers for the meeting, so clearly they had not read them. "is always seemed to me to be disrespectful of the staff and the community they represented. "e NSW Department of Local Government in response to the question ‘What should I focus on? gave this advice some 10 years ago: ‘Councillors have to balance elected representative role and governing body role You can best help individual members of the community by satisfying yourself that Council’s policies are being carried out correctly @e volume of business papers can be daunting – over time you will become skilled at recognising items that may need more attention, like potentially contentious issues. You should allow adequate time to prepare for debate and making decisions.’ Interestingly enough, if Councillors are Non-Executive Directors they need to be aware of Australian Case Law: ‘Non-executive directors are not expected to have the same level of detailed operational knowledge about their organisation as executive directors (those employed by the organisation). However, the core duties for both executive and non-executive directors are the same. As stated by Justice Middleton in the Centro case: “Directors are required to take reasonable steps to place themselves in a position to guide and monitor the management of the company. A director must become familiar with the fundamentals of the business in which the corporation is engaged; a director is under a continuing obligation to keep informed about the activities of the corporation; directorial management requires a general monitoring of corporate affairs and policies, and a director should maintain familiarity with the financial position of the corporation...It is clear that an objective standard of care is applicable to both executive and non-executive directors.” In Australia, it is considered good practice from a governance perspective for a majority of directors on a board to be non-executive and independent.

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“Hello, is this the NBN?”

And people say NBN has disappointed! For those cynics who claim that the roll-out of the NBN in Australia has been a barely- credible exercise in blow-out budgets, corporate excess, and unmet assurances; here’s a story to change the mind of the most jaded customer! Chasing-up a recent NBN media release which announced that the traditional copper-wire phone lines that Australians have relied on for more than 100 years to provide their phone services are to be discontinued, Newswatch rang the phone number on the bottom of the release. For a fantabiously-remunerated service as the NBN has been for its rather-patchy delivery of fast internet services for all Australians, one might have expected a pretty sharp, corporate experience. Not so, aher ringing-off twice, the phone was finally answered by a young gent named “Darius” (ominously, the same name as the Persian King flogged by the Greeks at Marathon) who — via an exceedingly-patchy phone line — sounded like he was yelling from his bath as his wife held the handset out to him. Aher first denying the media officer who sent out the release actually existed, and asking that I stop calling this number, “Darius” had secondthoughts and confirmed that the officer was in fact employed at the firm, but that he was currently working from home. He said that his hi-tech company was not in fact the NBN, but a media company tasked with lihing some of the intolerable load from the broad shoulders of the NBN’s heroic executives… When I asked to be put through to “Damian” — the media release’s author — Darius said that it was impossible from his phone to transfer a call(!) and offered me Damian’s email address. Newswatch instead tried the mobile number attached to the media release, going through to a message-bank… Newswatch eventually tried the email address, from whom he got a garbled phone call from the supposed-author of this publicity-masterpiece. To the simple question, does this media release indicate that all the old copper-wire connections that phone users have relied on for decades, are to be shut-down? “Damian” was unable to provide a semblance of an answer. “Umm, I’ll get back to you on that!” he mumbled. Newswatch is yet to hear from the extensive and in-depth researches that “Damian” is making on this vexed and highly-complex matter. And the name of the highly-paid media PR firm responsible for this 1950s-level telephony experience? N2N!

VEry briefly CORONAVIRUS IS BRINGING DIARIES BACK Here’s one of those glass half-full stories about the coronavirus that are intended to warm the hearts of our sheltered lives.

Murray said perspective was key, which is why sharing our diary entries helps paint a picture of how the whole world copes in a crisis.

Experts from RMIT University say diary-keeping is having a resurgence, as people find it can help them during troubled times, like COVID-19.

“Diary-keeping was like turning to a trusted friend and pouring your heart out, although in a much more intimate way – there was only you, the pen and the paper.

Dr Peta Murray, a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RMIT University, said diary-keeping could also help others.

“But now we’re realising it can be done more casually than that, simply as a way to connect with others by connecting with ourselves.”

“We keep hearing these are unprecedented times but it’s largely because none of us on this earth today have a true understanding of what it’s like to live through a pandemic,” she said.

Gone are the days of diaries living under children’s beds or being tucked away in the drawing room, modern day diaries are out in the open, and Murray said that’s a good thing.

“And why would we? We have already seen how vastly different the experience is depending on where one lives and their personal circumstances.”

Many of us are already keeping diaries without realising it – uploading a photo of your walk each morning counts, as does social media posts to platforms like Twitter.

ROBERT’S OWN DAVY CROCKETT CLASSIC… Readers of a certain age might remember the 1950s Disney mini-series, Davy Crockett, with actor Fess Parker roaming around the 19th century wilderness of the American West in a genuine racoon-skin cap. While contemporary images of this iconic American hero show him either bare-headed or wearing a broad-brimmed hat, the racoonskin cap is the image most who remember the show now have of the king of the wild frontier! Local Robert Hamblin has got (almost) the real thing; a fox-skin cap with tail-attached that he picked-up when visiting his step-son in Europe some years ago. “He was working for a charity, and I got it in Romania for only five or six dollars, I couldn’t believe it!” he said, modelling the cap for fashion-conscious “Newswatch” readers…

It’s been a nice pandemic for Oz Post! Some businesses, supermarkets, pharmacies, hardware stores, and nurseries, are having a super pandemic… you can now add Australia Post to that list... Australia Post recently announced group revenue of $7499 million — a new record and up seven per cent — with a profit before tax of $53.6 million. “While total revenue grew by more than $500 million during the period, boosted by a boom in eCommerce, growing losses in the letters business and increased network costs resulted in a profit before tax result up only $13 million compared to 2019, the company said.

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Australia Post’s parcel and services revenue at $5,503 million was up 15 per cent, adding $729 million to the full year result, highlighting that 73 per cent of total revenue is now generated from highly competitive markets. Pleasingly, domestic Australia Post branded parcels rose 25 per cent to $2,456 million. In the second half of the year parcel revenues were boosted by the continued growth of eCommerce as consumer demand grew as families adapted to lock down restrictions and more businesses went online as their physical stores hibernated.

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WHAT’S new

S AND HOT-DESKING AT ONG BUILDING” Old-style desks are out with new “agile work-stations” in for DPI Looking more like a millennial investment bank in central Sydney in the 2000s than a Government Office block, the new Department of Primary Industries “Ian Armstrong Building” has been officially opened. He building — named aJer the Minister for Agriculture who first brought the Department to Orange in the early 1990s — would be largely-unrecognisable to the former Member for Lachlan as a public service workplace in the traditional sense. He building features plenty of “collaborative work areas”; open seating and lounge areas to congregate; and even an in-house coffee-shop; all designed to reflect the more flexible work environment of the future. “We don’t have traditional desks, we do have ‘agile workstations’ or ‘hot-desks’ as you may know them,” a DPI staffer explained. “We’ll be moving-in in mid-October, depending on COVID restrictions,” the staffer added. As far as concerns of staff in this new age of ‘social distancing’ and ‘touch-points’ go at the overwhelmingly openplan $76 million building, they’ve got nothing to worry-about, DPI staff involved with the design of the new building, said. “As far as COVID goes, we’ve always been in front of the game with auto-doors, fewer touch-points, that sort of thing… this was all part of the normal preparatory design,” the staffer added. “We’ll also have additional hand-sanitisers around the place.” “Here’ll be 100-bike racks and ‘end-of-trip’ facilities such as showers and change-facilities for those that want to exercise at lunch-time or get freshened-up for work. Here are also electronic vehicle charging stations for our fleet.” Another senior Government worker looked approvingly over a third-floor cafeteria area reminiscent of a staff dining-room for a modern bank. “Here will be plenty of collaborative areas, rather than people being stuck at their desk, they can move around and say, if they’re working with someone, ‘let’s go and get a cup of tea’,” the staffer concluded.

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Swimmers look at going on the road…

From Orange to Blayney to Bathurst… City of Orange Swim Club is thinking of again going on the road to get some quality training time under their belt. “Bathurst Aquatic Centre is becoming an option for some, as it has longer opening hours.”

City of Orange looking to get back into the swim! City of Orange Swim Club is really looking forward to summer! Social distancing restrictions and the limited number of training lanes available at the 25-metre indoor pool at Orange Aquatic Centre has meant that no team training sessions have been held since March. “We simply haven’t been able to get back in the pool,” a spokesperson for the Club explained. Ge limited number of training slots available in Orange means that the Club normally does some winter training at Blayney Aquatic Centre, but even this has been out in 2020 due to changes to closing times at the Shire facility. “We can let the kids go on their own and train — my kids still go — but even then, there are only so many places as lanes are limited to four people per lane,” the spokesperson added.

...We simply haven’t been able to get back in the pool,” a spokesperson for the Club explained....

“But it’s not like training with a squad, you’re simply not getting the same type of training in when you are on your own. “Even if you do book a lane yourself — they only get a maximum of around 45 minutes in the pool (which is significantly less time than a usual training session),” the spokesperson explained. With the current situation, the Club is thinking of again going on the road to get some quality training time under their belt.

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“Bathurst Aquatic Centre is becoming an option for some, as it has longer opening hours.” Ge Club has a number of talented swimmers who are missing-out this year with the on-again, offagain, coronavirus restrictions exacerbating even the normally-restricted access arrangements for the Aquatic Centre. “I mean, we totally understand that COVID has affected everyone, they’re only following guidelines, but it has been tough for the competitive swimmers,” the spokesperson said. “Ge fact is though that we haven’t had any allocations this winter, we haven’t had any lanes since March.” Benefits of regular swimming are almost unparalleled for general health and fitness, the spokesperson said. “Swimming is one of those sports which helps you with all other activities that you do, it makes you a better athlete all-round,” the spokesperson said. While many parents were relieved at the initial lockdown and the break from the early mornings and late evenings at the pool in winter, with spring now in the air, everyone — parents, swimmers, coaches, and club officials — are keen to get back into the swim. “We’re really looking forward to summer,” the spokesperson concluded. Anyone interested in contacting the club, can go to: Cityoforangesecretary@outlook.com

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devoted, educated, medical experts. Is that fair? And David made no effort to explain the difficulties faced by officials. Okay, they were “opinion” columns, but that is no excuse for not presenting the other half of the story.

Given recent editions, a more appropriate masthead would be

Bob, NEWSWATCH does have a role to play in our community and good on you for having a go. Ruffle a few feathers where necessary. However, particularly in the case of BIRD’S EYE VIEW I believe the author needs to be more objective, with a sprinkle of humour and less vindictiveness. Anyone who wrote a poem along the lines “7e Council’s makin’ money from our outdoor dunny” must have some sense of fun about them.

BOB’S BULL-SHEET. 0is new masthead is well-deserved, given the radical – indeed at times reckless COVID-19 views of your writers. What happened to “responsible journalism”? NEWSWATCH has taken a strong stance against pandemic medical advice – AND – decisions made by people in power. I believe the article written by Jeanine Bird was irresponsible. “Is it time to stop being scared” was an underhand way of stating “let’s ignore the Government and play by our own rules”. .e story threatened the safety of our community. David Dixon’s article, while somewhat one-sided, was well written, but the world is full of “Monday experts”. Hindsight, as we all know, is a wonderful thing, but this year political leaders have faced (and I realise these words have been used to death) “unprecedented times”.

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