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ISSUE No. 22

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with DAVID DIXON Talk about beating the hornets’ nest with a great big stick! Cr Scott Munro’s recent suggestion that Orange residents need a break from water restrictions certainly got a reaction from locals. A local Facebook discussion had more than 80 comments, and not a lot of them supporting the idea. While “Newswatch” has run a series on our water situation — with another feature on page six of this week’s edition — it may not be the time to lift our foot from the pedal in learning to make better-use of what is a scarce resource in the “Little Apple”. Footpaths, like roads, are one of those public utilities things that all residents and ratepayers love to complain about. Council is getting-on with repairing a number of cracked and misaligned footpaths around town with a tripling of spending seeing much concrete being dug-up and re-laid around town.

It’s a building boom boom boom in Orange with land availability the only thing holding the Colour City back. “It’s crazy, and that is an understatement,” Jamie MacDouall from BT Homes said of the current building frenzy. Travel bans due to the coronavirus, people spending more time at home, and the Government’s $25,000 stimulus package for first home builders, has seen locals rushing into bricks and mortar.

A flourishing Cadia Mine, new developments such as the new DPI and private hospital, and an unemployment rate of less than four percent, have added to the rush to housing in the local area, Tim Leyton from Bellriver Homes added. However, available sub-division land is proving the bottleneck for local builders whose books are overflowing. “Our calendars are full for a year, but there’s just an urgent lack of land available to build on,” Gillian Coleman from Hotondo Homes explained. But with the Federal Government’s stimulus funding due to end on December 31, everyone’s trying to get in now, she said, and builders simply can’t keep-up.

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This isn’t soon-enough, however, for one reader who recently described the footpath outside of Cook Park along Summer Street as “Orange’s latest work of art” (Jackson Pollock, perhaps). “It has hundreds of cracks along it and Council has painted the cracks, probably to warn people of the danger but also to identify where repairs are needed,” the resident said. “The future is now” was a nifty advertising slogan from the 1990s but it could well be the headline for a recent Council announcement of the imminent start for one of of our “Future City” major projects. Future City of course is the “bold and largescale upgrade of the central business district (CBD) involving three years of projects ranging from business support such as website development, to large scale projects such as a mall in Anson Street and a community square in McNamara Street.” The first project involves work getting started on the McNamara Lane precinct next month.

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A MINER FOR A HEART OF GOLD… Cadia Valley Operations recently announced that they had donated more than $2 million in community programs and infrastructure in the Cabonne, Blayney, and Orange local government areas over the past 12 months. Cadia revealed in their annual “Community Investment Booklet” that more than $1 million of the funds were donated towards COVID-19 initiatives to provide immediate financial assistance to the local community. These included Newcrest’s Business “Beyond the Curve” program, the Newcrest and Orange360 “Staycation Giveaway”, to the Orange Domestic Violence Crisis Centre and to support local Health Services. Major donations were also made to the Gosling Creek Track, Clontarf Foundation, and Uralba Retirement Village.

LIFE IS NOT A BALL FOR MANY, BUT HOUSING PLUS ARE ORGANISING ONE Life might not be much of a ball at the moment for many people, but that hasn’t stopped the good people at Housing Plus — who support victims of domestic and family violence — from organising one. The group is nearing completion on their innovative new facility, “The Orchard” which features the States’ first purposebuilt support centre and temporary home for women and children escaping domestic and family violence. With the final stages of the work near completion, Housing Plus are commencing the fit-out and staged transition into The Orchard with the aim of working from the building by mid-November. While working away to this imminent deadline, Housing Plus are also looking toward a brighter 2021 and have pencilledin a fundraising White Tie Ball for next May 22, a Saturday. “Thank-you again for your support, we will keep you up to date on how things are going at The Orchard over the coming months,” a spokesperson for the organisation said.

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CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD Ever had an unpleasant image that keeps returning in your thoughts? Well, neuroscientists think they can now tell us why we can’t get things out of our head. According to new research led by UNSW Sydney, suppressed thoughts could be hiding in the visual part of our brains – without us even knowing. A recent study led by UNSW psychologists has mapped what happens in the brain when a person tries to suppress a thought. The neuroscientists managed to ‘decode’ the complex brain activity using functional brain imaging (called fMRI) and an imaging algorithm. The findings suggest that, even when a person succeeds in ignoring a thought, like the pink elephant, it can still exist in another part of the brain — without them being aware of it. “We were able to find visual representation of the thought – even when participants believed they successfully pushed the image out of their minds,” says Joel Pearson, senior author on the study and professor of cognitive neuroscience at UNSW Science. “This suggests mental images can form even when we’re trying to stop them,” Mr Pearson explained.

NAME THAT EAGLE-EYED CHICK; IT’S A REAL WOW! “Wow, What’s my name?” Peregrine falcons are the prince of the raptor family and Charles Sturt University, Orange recently ran a competition to decide the name of a new-born chick that hatched on the University’s iconic water-tower. The University has for more than a decade hosted parents “Diamond” and “Xavier” who again this year welcomed a new chick. The new arrival to their home at the top of the tower was observed via the University’s “FalconCam” Project. Members of the Project recently called on local residents to take part in an online poll to name their newest hatchling. Adjunct Lecturer in environmental management, Dr Cilla Kinross, who helps to run

the FalconCam Project, said the gender of the new chick will not be known for about three more weeks, so all of the shortlisted names were gender-neutral. Each year, Dr Kinross chooses a different theme to name the new chicks. This year the theme is “palindromes” (words like “noon” and wow” that spell the same backwards). Last year the theme was “planets” and in previous years it has been “rivers” and “flora”. The new chick is a welcome addition to Orange’s peregrine falcon family who lost the other chick that hatched this year after just two days and also had another egg that failed to hatch. Last year the family welcomed two chicks, a male named “Pluto” and a female named “Gaia”, who were also named via a public vote.

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Times are tough when all our faith is tested… We know it’s been a long, hard road for our religious institutions during COVID-19, but has it finally come to this? A “For Sale” outside of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Byng Street seemed too much like a sign of the times. As the sign was next to a notice indicating that all services for the historic church were now being held in the adjacent Memorial Hall, perhaps the local diocese had decided to “make a killing” during Orange’s current real estate boom (see story on opposite page) and cut their losses? Closer inspection though, showed that the sign was actually advertising the availability of one of the church’s retirement village units. So — something to remember during our seemingly never-ending battle against the pandemic — things are rarely quite as dark as they seem…

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BOOMING ORANGE BUILDERS CAN’T KEEP-UP WITH DEMAND ...THE $25,000 STIMULUS PACKAGE FOR COVID REALLY KICKED THINGS OFF.”

z “It’s crazy, and that is an understatement,” Jamie MacDouall from BT Homes said of the current building frenzy.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE Jamie MacDouall believes that the boom all started with the big coronavirus lockdown and the Federal Government’s efforts to get building going again.

scheme by 2021 has created a frenzy to get work started now. “All contracts must be signed by the the end of December and the work has to start within three months.

“At the time we were on the JobKeeper allowance, that was prior to the stimulus package.

“You can’t sit on the contract and start the work later,” she explained. “Herein lies the problem.”

“The $25,000 stimulus package for COVID really kicked things off,” he believes.

She said that the cottage nature of the Australian industry made it difficult for builders to suddenly increase production and homes completed.

“People have decided to take it while it’s there; and that’s meant full-books for us,” he said. “We were churning-out 15 quotes a month, now we’re needing 40 a week. We have no chance of keeping-up,” he said. “We’ve got 18 houses on the go at the moment, we’re flat-strapped.” He said that the lack of available subdivision land was proving to be the bottleneck as much as builders to do the work. “If you haven’t got land, it’s tough luck.” He said that laws of supply and demand are putting first-home buyers in a tightsqueeze. “Council has to desperately look at fasttracking land releases. “It’s a massive bottle-neck, and that has meant that land prices are obscene,” Mr MacDouall said. Ms Coleman agreed that the introduction of the Federal Government’s $25,000 HomeBuilder Grants had fired-up the industry in Orange. “Our calendars are full for a year, because of the HomeBuilder grant, everyone wants to jump on now.” She said that the advertised ending of the

“We’re bespoke builders; our aim is to provide a quality service and to build to the customer’s requirements.” The group has about 14 homes under construction and another 14 to start within the next few weeks. Tradies and materials are another bottleneck for local builders, she believes. “It’s very hectic, but it’s also a shortage of trade supply. You have to have the trades to do a quality job. “It’s also the availability of materials due to COVID, you have trouble getting materials from out of state.

she added. A range of residential builders are reporting a continuing increase in enquiry and positive sales rates in the past quarter, Bellriver Homes’ Tim Leyton said. “Orange is in a fortunate position due to the strong pipeline of development with projects such as the new DPI building and the Bloomfield private hospital. “Also, there is the ongoing injection of growth attributed to the Cadia Hill mine as well as a recent boom in tourism” he added. He said that a range of factors played into the current boom. “There is a combination of contributing factors to the increase in construction of new homes, affordability has improved, with record low interest rates. “In addition to improved affordability, there are some families who had not previously considered building a new home,” Mr Leyton added.

“Our hope is that they extend the grant, we’re taking calls from people who won’t be able to get on it at the moment.”

“But since the COVID ‘lockdown, experience, many have decided they have ‘outgrown’ their current home — with the lockdown making all the shortcomings of their current home more apparent, they’re looking at new home designs.”

Ms Coleman said that the need for people to work from home had created a realisation in many people that they didn’t like their current digs.

He added that the Orange unemployment rate in March was a low 3.81 per cent compared to the NSW regional rate of 5.42 per cent.

“People have had time to take stock with a lot working from home. “We’ve also had a few clients moving out from Sydney, they no longer need to work from the office and can work from home,”

“House prices in Orange have increased by over nine per cent in the past year with Orange North being one of the fastest growing areas in regional NSW,” Mr Leyton concluded.

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Current grants for building a new home The Federal Government stimulus grants include the HomeBuilder Grant to provide eligible owneroccupiers, including first home buyers, $25,000 to build a new home for contracts signed between June 2020 and December 31 and where construction commences within three-months of the contract date. The HomeBuilder Grant complements existing NSW Government First HomeOwner Grant programs, stamp duty concessions, and other grant schemes, as well as the Commonwealth’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme and First Home Super Saver Scheme.

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Partial, intermittent mall for Anson St — Mayor Pedestrian mall proposal for Anson Street could involve closure of only one lane of traffic or an “intermittent mall” that would only operate during certain times, Orange Mayor, Councill Reg Kidd said recently.

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. The estimated $1.5 million project will see outdoor dining options, innovative planting and street furniture design, self-sustaining rain gardens and storm water reuse options.

He said that the final look, design, and layout of the proposed pedestrian feature — a central element in Orange City Council’s Future City plan to make Orange more “walkable” — have not been set in stone. “Some people think of a mall as covering the whole street with no cars anywhere… but this could be a 50-50 pedestrian mall with one line of traffic,” he explained. “Right now, what we want is input from shop-owners on how they would like it to work,” Cr Kidd explained. “I believe in democracy. This here is a debate on how we want to proceed.” He said that as well as one allowing one lane of traffic to continue to use the avenue, he said that the mall could operate at times of high pedestrian use with the thoroughfare area re-opened for traffic at nights. “It could operate on weekends and during the day, and cars could still drive at night when there is little foot traffic,” Cr Kidd said. He said that one of the main aims of the

z Mulling over the mall, Orange Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd with local retailer, Kerryn Westgeest.

mall proposal is to overcome the “traffic nightmare” of the Anson St taxi-cab rank straddling the pedestrian crossing between Woolworths and the entrance to the City Centre. “Look at that… See how the cabs have to cross the pedestrian crossing to go to the front of the cue at the rank? It’s hopeless!” Cr Kidd said.

ambivalent about the proposed mall idea. “I’m unsure, I don’t know. I can see the pro’s and con’s both ways… I can see both sides of the argument,” she explained. “I can see it would be a healthy space, but can also see the problems for local businesses if people can’t park out the front,” she said.

He said that the current situation was the result of ad hoc planning over a number of years and was a far from ideal solution for both motorists and pedestrians.

The major upgrade of the 40-metre section of the existing roadway of Anson Street into a new pedestrian mall space was announced recently as part of Council’s Future City plan.

A recent survey of local shop-owners found doubts about the viability of their businesses if all traffic is stopped in the mall.

The plan involves paving to create a raised pedestrian platform with bollards at each end of the platform to separate pedestrians and traffic.

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Orange City Council Employment and Economic Committee chair, Cr Tony Mileto believes that the project would create a hive of activity along Anson Street. “Local businesses along Anson Street will reap the benefits of the new pedestrian mall once the project comes to life,” Cr Mileto said. “The paved area will become a space for those within the CBD to enjoy. Whether it be for people to sit and eat lunch in their breaks, for children and families to catch a break while shopping or for people to safely cross the road from Anson St into Woolworths. “The key difference is a design that makes our CBD more walkable and pedestrian friendly. “We’re still only in the initial planning and investigation stages, so we’ll continue to work closely with businesses along Anson St to ensure we achieve the best outcome for all involved. “Nothing’s been decided, it’s just a debate at the moment,” Cr Kidd concluded.

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REGENERATE SOUTH ORANGE FLORA — sports stadium for the north

EXOTIC TREE SPECIES ON THE PROPOSED SPORTS STADIUM SITE AT BLOOMFIELD SHOULD BE RETAINED AS PART OF A NATIVE BUSH REGENERATION, AN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES EXPERT BELIEVES. Well-known local horticulturist Rod Holcombe said that it would be far easier to use the established introduced and native species currently present there to create a natural botanical garden with the proposed $25 million sports precinct to go elsewhere. Far from needing to be removed, the introduced trees should be used to form environmental cover for plantings of native species, Mr Holcombe argues. “In the bigger picture, introduced trees are no different from natives,” he said. “They all absorb carbon, they all protect understory plants from exposure, they all act in cooling the place down,” he explained. Rod believes that the “introduced species bad/native species good” dichotomy of much bush regeneration has more to do with ideology than science. This makes the decommissioned Ex-Services golf course site at Bloomfield the perfect place for a regeneration program. He said that many of the lessons of the pre-industrial past in regeneration have been lost in the rush of technology. “The concept of fallow has been lost in the modern world, the understanding of

how to replenish an area using species that are already there.” “This has no meaning to agronomists who spend their careers working with chemical companies,” he said. “They are doing an enormous amount of harm.” He said that wholesale removal of introduced willows from waterways in the past 20 years is a perfect case in point.

z Opposing south Orange sports precinct. Introduced trees should be used to form environmental cover for plantings of native species, Rod Holcombe argues.

“They believed that they caused bank erosion, but they actually help in bank stabilisation. “The removing of willows from this town as part of the stormwater harvesting project was a mistake,” he believes. “Most of those willows were planted 40-50 years ago by the Council. “The reason was that willows, as well as having a lot of benefits for waterways, were easy to plant for unskilled labour, so they had a very low cost to the community.” He said that the line of stately pines that form a physical and visual barrier between the current Brabham Park sports complex and the old Ex-Services Golf Club, has greater natural value than it seems. “As well as these pines, Pinus radiata, there’s also these “Deodar” a kind of Lebanese Cedar, ash trees, Chinese poplars, and large blue gums. He said that the loss of alreadyestablished flora at the site would be only one of the deleterious impacts of choosing the area for the rectangular stadium that will form a centrepiece of the sports precinct.

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“Just the money to remove these tress would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, but instead, they should use the exotics to help grow the natives. “A lot of natives are not frost-tolerant, and you usually lose a lot in the wintertime. Either that, or they simply don’t grow.” He said that his own horticultural philosophy is grounded in a pragmatic use of species that are already present in an area to gradually transform it, rather than the “level everything and start again” approach of many garden designers. “It’s about enhancing what’s already there. Any tree taken out increases the light level, that slows down the growth of any plant you put in there,” he said. He said that the return of native species such as kangaroos and echidna to the area shows how nature will return to an area once human utilisation reduces or ceases.

“That’s wonderful to think how happy the kangaroos would be on returning to this site, and the other species will also return, if allowed to.” He said that Council should re-open discussions on utilising the original north Orange site that had been proposed for the sports precinct before the NSW Government offered a $25 million grant to build the facility during the last State election. The south Orange site’s proximity to Orange Health Service, Bloomfield Hospital, and the new private hospital makes it an ideal area for patients, staff, and visitors. “it would make a perfect convalescence area to wander around and enjoy nature which would assist their health and recovery. “North Orange would be a much better spot, cheaper too,” Mr Holcombe concluded.

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“WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE, NOR ANY DROP TO DRINK” Why does a city with some of the highest rainfall totals in western NSW, have seemingly-permanent water restrictions?

z Dan (Tim) Shepherd knows a thing or two about water, he says that the mathematics of the current situation will mean more water storage capacity will need to be constructed.

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Increased population plus drier climate = water troubles for the Colour City WATER SUPPLY PROBLEMS FOR ORANGE WILL ONLY GET WORSE THE FASTER OUR POPULATION GROWS AND THE DRIER OUR CLIMATE GETS; A LOCAL WATER EXPERT BELIEVES. Dan (Tim) Shepherd knows a thing or two about water, he’s been drilling for the stuff for most of his adult life. He says that the mathematics of the current situation are inexorable, and eventually more water storage capacity will need to be constructed. He says that, although the giant dams of the past may not appear to be the answer, planners should be thinking outside the square on proposals to secure better water security for our growing city. “I’ve been a farmer and I’ve spent a lifetime drilling rigs for water bores,” he explained. “One thing I know, water is our most important commodity, without it, we’d die, that’s for certain,” he added. He said that — despite the good prospects for rain in the coming months with recent declaration of a La Nina event for spring-summer 2020 — the clock is now ticking down for Orange to secure its future. “We’ve had droughts before, but the weather patterns seemed to have dried, we’re having more of them and longer,” he believes. “On top of that, we’ve got a growing population,” he said. He believes that a future mega-drought would leave the Colour City exposed to impacts that they could not mitigate. “I believe this past drought was the worst and driest period I have ever experienced in my lifetime on the land. This drought is far from over. “As a young boy growing up in Orange, I never saw such low storage levels in any dams in the Orange and surrounding areas, so one has to ask, why is there such shortages now? “In the extreme cases, in poor countries and the like, when water runs-out, people start dying, or they have to leave for greener pastures.

He said that, as a nation, we should revisit the muchridiculed northern pipeline proposals to ship water from the summer monsoon in tropical Australian to the drier southern states.

“Another big dam was built below Hobart years ago in the Richmond area to irrigate 7000HA of farm-land.

“We had proposals for a two and a half thousands kilometre pipeline from northern Australia. We built projects like the Ord River dams in northern Western Australia, why can’t that water be brought down here?” he asked.

If Western Australia and Tasmania as well as the huge cotton farms can build big dams, why can’t it be done in Orange? He asks.

“It’s not an argument, it’s just a thought, we’ve got to be thinking outside the square He said that Orange is unique among most inland cities in that it was not built on a major water source. “All ancient civilisations lived along rivers, that was the only way to ensure waster security for their peoples. But for a town like Orange, when it’s not raining, what will you do? He said that while Australia has had drier decades before — such as the 1890s and 1940s — the equation is far different now.

“Big cotton operators in western NSW themselves have also put in huge ‘turkey nest dams.”

The undulating slopes and hills of the district with suitable ravines makes Orange the perfect place for the development of dam sites, he believes. “We certainly have the terrain to build good-sized dams with plenty of good sites for dams in the Orange region.” He believes that Orange City Council’s current integrated water resource strategy utlising a range of sources including the main supply at Suma Park, a pipeline to the Macquarie River, and stormwater harvesting, would ultimately fail the Colour City when the next big drought comes-along.

“We didn’t have the population that’s the problem, and overall, it does seem to be getting drier,” he said, citing climate change forecasts of Australia’s long-term climate.

“Everybody can talk at forums and discuss water all they like, and no doubt good ideas can be born from fruitful discussion. However, there is the bigger picture and reality to consider.

“Has the Orange area over-developed with population and industry over the decades and that has left us behind? Has our water storage facilities become outdated, it seems that way, otherwise the Orange area would never have been in a bad situation with water. What is so different today from past decades? Why are our water supplies at such low levels these days?”

“One can try all the systems they like, and water harvesting is a good idea when you have huge areas to store the water. When there is no water anywhere to pump from, you have total disaster.”

He said that giant dam-building projects used to be the first solution to water issues, and they should still be in the mix in the 21st century.

He looks to the western United States in areas like California which has a population greater than Australia’s (40 million) in a semi-arid state about half the size of NSW.

“We need more big super-sized dams or many smaller sized dams, so they can be filled in good rain periods. Turkey nest dams or huge earth dams that can be filled in heavy rain periods and one can look at these dams and calculate, forecast our future water needs in the driest times. Good back-up systems are essential as well. “Years ago, two massive, big dams were built in Africa, including the Nassar Dam in Egypt on the Nile, with enough water for seven years of drought.

“It’s a bit too late after the horse has bolted,” he said.

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“Most towns ran out of water last year. Oranges water supply was full in 2016 and, if the Orange area didn’t get the rains that fell recently, it would be a different story today.

“I visited Washington State in the USA several years ago and viewed many dams in that State. Also, there is the Hoover Dam (Nevada) where the wall is more than 300 metres high. “Then you have California where they have big dams and deep wells to supply their giant cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. “When it comes to water supply, you can’t have enough dams, it’s that simple,” he concluded.

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No journal of the plague year: surviving the HSC SURVIVING THE HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (HSC) FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IS A TOUGH ASK AT THE BEST OF TIMES; LET ALONE IN THE MIDDLE OF A ONCE IN A 100-YEARS PANDEMIC. With the Class of 2020 facing their first exams starting Tuesday, experts say that they have had to face some unique challenges. Mental Health Social Worker Anna Maxwell (pictured) said that the "Class of 2020" have had to face a number of challenges that other years simply never countenanced. “I think this is the first time in a long time that we’ve had a situation like this; we haven’t seen anything like this in our lifetime,” she said. “A lot of the kids that we see here have anxiety around their HSC.

“I’m a big believer that the current western education is only one kind of test of intelligence. No matter how you go, this is not the end. “It’s just the beginning and, today, there are lots of experiences and pathways to careers.” She added that all students in this year’s cohort are in the same boat and will be judged under the same conditions. COVID-19 could also help many enter courses that may have been out of reach in previous years. “On a practical level, if you want to go to University, to be blunt, the universities are in a pickle.

Monash University agreed that students this year have had a series of impediments not faced for generations.

coming month of exams is to “take each day as it comes, don’t ruminate over the future.”

“As well as many of the same stresses of previous years, they are missing all the important milestones that make-up the rites of passage.”

“Live each day as best that you can,” she added, saying that friends are important. “Your peers are still your strongest support and ask for help if you need it.”

She said though that the challenges faced by the “Class of 2020” may help many in later years in coping with the ups and downs of life. These trials could have also helped establish an esprit de corps amongst this group of young Australians, Prof Reupert believes.

“Remember, that due to the coronavirus, they can’t have any overseas students and they will be desperate to fill places.”

“They may have a sense of camaraderie, of shared experiences. The events of this year may have helped many build that connectedness to each other,” she explained.

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Her advice for students facing the

“To study, you really need a routine, consistency, and a calm space to learn,” she explained. She said that learning is much more a social experience than many people realise. “With COVID, not only is their routine mucked-up, they haven’t had the support of the school community and their teachers — we don’t live in a bubble, and these disruptions have affected their opportunity to learn.” Ms Maxwell said that the omniscient nature of the coronavirus and it’s 24-hour coverage in media can be overwhelming. “They have been exposed to something to make their world seem unsafe,” she said.

To study you need a routine, consistency, and a calm space to learn.”

The 2020 cohort facing their exams should ignore much of the current media and instead focus on what they can control in their own lives. “They need to look for the positives, look at what’s in their sphere of influence.

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Prof Reupert concluded that, while 2020 may not have been the year that many young people had expected, all life is an experience and we owe it to ourselves to make the best of the little surprises and events that we all have to face. “The thing to remember for the students for this year is that, you may be facing a different rite of passage than previous years, but you just sometimes have to reframe that, to make the best of it that you can,” Prof Reupert concluded.

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z Minster for Decentralisation and Regional Education, Andrew Gee announcing next phase of the Government’s decentralisation agenda with Federal Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud.

Bush summits for decentralisation push in post-COVID-world, Gee DECENTRALISATION IS BACK IN VOGUE IN OUR POST-COVID WORLD WITH ORANGE HOSTING LAUNCH OF A SERIES OF THREE SUMMITS DESIGNED TO DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA. Minster for Decentralisation and Regional Education, Andrew Gee announced the next phase of the Government’s decentralisation agenda in Orange recently with Federal Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud. The new Federal Government initiative is aimed at developing a “multi-pronged, holistic approach” to decentralisation, Mr Gee said. He said the aim was to “release the handbrake on decentralisation” as part of “a national conversation.” He added that regional Australia would lead the nation’s post-COVID economic recovery under the Government’s new plans aimed at the regions. He said that a series of “decentralisation summits” would nut-out the policy and practical details of the plan following a Government discussion paper on the proposal. “You’ll be hearing a lot more about it in the coming weeks and months,” Mr Gee added. Locally-based private agricultural company, Parraway Pastoral, acted as backdrop for the launch with Mr Gee describing them as “a wonderful example of decentralisation”. “It’s all about getting private firms moving closer to their raw materials as we head into the COVID recovery,” he added. “There’s no better place than to launch it here in Orange,” Mr Gee said. The summits will bring together leaders from government, private sector, peak industry bodies, and the tertiary education sector for

“We know that more regional jobs mean more growth and prosperity for country communities and more dollars in the pockets of regional Australians, which is why our work on elevating the decentralisation agenda doesn’t just stop here.

high level discussions on how to fire-up the decentralisation push, Mr Gee added. “Our regions are full of untapped potential. We want to ensure that government, industry, research and education sectors have a shared vision to drive the success of our regions and future economic prosperity,” Mr Gee said. “The Decentralisation Summits will help to guide investment, business attraction, job creation and enhance the competitive advantage of regions while also ensuring greater sectoral collaboration.

HE SAID THAT THE AIM WAS TO...

Details about the Securing Raw Materials Program and Regional Cooperative Research Centre Project Program will be made available in the coming months.

“Last week’s 2020-21 Budget, which saw historic investment in regional Australia, recognises the strategic economic importance of the regions and the fact that an increasing number of Australians are choosing to call country Australia home.” Under the Budget, the Australia Government will invest $41 million in two programs which will see successful recipients relocate to regional Australia, creating more jobs and business growth and addressing supply chain issues. The Package contains two independent programs: •$35 million for the Securing Raw Materials Program which will invest in research activities linked to the development of practical and locally-sourced raw material supplies; and

“The next budget is just around the corner and it is essential that we continue to develop and expand targeted decentralisation measures such as the Securing Raw Materials Program and the Regional Cooperative Research Centre Project Program.”

RELEASE THE HANDBRAKE ON DECENTRALISATION” AS PART OF “A NATIONAL CONVERSATION.”

•$6 million for the Regional Cooperative Research Centre Project Program which will provide one-off grant funding to eligible entities for short-term industry-led research collaborations, tailored to regional Australia. “This Package will drive closer collaboration between businesses and tertiary research organisations, delivering practical solutions to enable the growth of important industries for the regions,” Minister Gee said. “Importantly, this research will be delivered by people who are on the ground in the regions, who understand firsthand the issues primary producers and material suppliers face.

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Mr Gee explained that that, as a practical measure to encourage decentralisation of Federal Government bodies, the substantial cost of moving staff to the bush would no longer be carried by the department involved. “Government departments that want to decentralize will no longer have internally fund the move,” he explained. “We will take proposals to Cabinet and the funding will come from the general budget,” he said. He emphasised that the proposal involved “real decentralisation”, not the cynical exercises of previous governments claiming decentralisation in the transfer of public servants and government bodies from central cities to the outer suburbs for logistical and cost reasons. “We’re talking about real decentralisation, not the moving of some government body from Sydney to Parramatta, but to the bush,” he said. He said that the coronavirus pandemic that has locked down some of our largest cities for months on end; shows the benefits of having important organisations out of our crowded capitals. “This is the challenge, and we’re taking it up” he concluded.

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Grantchester. 1.15 Father Brown. Final. 2.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: Ronny Chieng. Final. 2.35 Big Weather (And How To Survive It) Summer Is Coming. 3.30 Escape From The City: Mission Beach, Queensland – The Capeses. Final. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Australian Story: To Catch A Stalker Pt 1. 5.30 Midsomer Murders. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Victoria. Return. 8.20 The Split. Final. 9.20 Endeavour. 10.50 Poldark. 11.50 Rage.

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Mission Galapagos. 5.00 Railway Journeys UK. 5.35 Hitler’s World: The Post War Plan. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Trains That Changed The World. 8.30 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys: Railways And Tourism. 9.30 MOVIE: The Odyssey. (2016) Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, Audrey Tautou. French biologist and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau finds himself driven to explore the ocean’s mysteries. (PG) 11.45 8 Days. 3.25 Wasted! The Story Of Food Waste. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 10.45 Wanda And The Alien. 11.05 Timmy Time. 11.40 Sally And Possum. 12.10 In The Night Garden. 12.50 Twirlywoos. 1.05 Baby Jake. 1.20 Pablo. 2.05 Grandpa In My Pocket. 2.30 Arthur. 3.05 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 3.30 Play School. 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.20 Becca’s Bunch. 4.55 Luo Bao Bei. 5.20 Fireman Sam. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Danny Bhoy: Live At The Sydney Opera House. 9.40 QI. 10.40 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.20 Would I Lie To You? 11.50 Staged. 12.15 Friday Night Dinner. 12.40 Absolutely Fabulous. 1.10 Live At The Apollo. 2.00 Close. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Romanian News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 Croatian News. 9.30 Serbian News. 10.00 Dutch News. 10.30 Hungarian News. 11.00 NHK Japanese News. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 Date My Race. 1.05 New Girl. 2.45 Insight. 3.45 ABC America: World News Tonight. 4.10 PBS News. 5.10 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 6.20 Only Connect. 7.30 Punk. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.15 MOVIE: Break Loose. (2013) Artem Bystrov. 12.45 MOVIE: Kill Your Darlings. (2013) 2.35 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! 12.20 Gym Stars. 12.45 Bear Grylls: Survival School. 1.10 The Dengineers. 2.10 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 2.25 Thunderbirds Are Go. 2.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 3.10 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 3.35 Dragon Ball Super. 4.05 Lost In Oz. 4.30 Find Me In Paris. 5.00 Endlings. 5.25 The Deep. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Top Chef Jr. 7.55 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.40 Secret Life Of Boys. 9.10 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.35 Miraculous. 9.55 Close. 5.30 Detentionaire.

6.00 It’s Academic. (66) 6.30 The Deep. 8.00 The Pioneer Woman. 9.00 Crazy Cakes. 10.00 Kids Baking Championship. 11.00 The Kitchen. 12.00 Beach Bites With Katie Lee. 12.30 Mystery Diners. 2.00 Restaurant: Impossible. 5.00 MOVIE: Oh, God! Book II. (1980) George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette. 7.00 MOVIE: The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. (2018) Lily James, Matthew Goode, Glen Powell. 9.30 MOVIE: Dangerous Minds. (1995) 11.30 MOVIE: Rites Of Passage. (1999) 1.30 Mystery Diners. 2.00 Home Shopping. 3.00 The Pioneer Woman. 4.00 Crazy Cakes. 5.00 Kids Baking Championship.

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SBS (3) 6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 France 24 English News Second Edition. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Motor Racing. Rally Andalucía. Highlights. 3.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Liege-BastogneLiege. Women’s race. Highlights. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Men’s race. Highlights. 5.35 Hitler’s World: The Post War Plan. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Ancient Superstructures. 8.30 Jumbo Jet: 50 Years In The Sky. 10.15 MOVIE: American Animals. (2018) Evan Peters. (MA15+) 12.20 Trump’s Showdown. 2.30 Trump’s Fortress America. 3.05 Why Did I Go Mad? 4.05 Great British Railway Journeys. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 12.10 In The Night Garden. 12.50 Twirlywoos. 1.05 Baby Jake. 1.20 Pablo. 1.35 The Furchester Hotel. 2.05 Grandpa In My Pocket. 2.30 Arthur. 3.05 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 3.30 Play School. 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.20 Becca’s Bunch. 4.55 Luo Bao Bei. 5.20 Octonauts. 5.35 PJ Masks. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Final. 9.15 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 Gruen XL. 10.50 Insert Name Here. 11.25 Would I Lie To You? 11.55 Danny Bhoy: Live At The Sydney Opera House. 1.05 The Young Offenders. Final. 1.35 Upstart Crow. 2.05 The Thick Of It. 2.35 QI. 3.10 Close. 5.30 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Hong Kong (31) 6.10 News. 6.30 Chinese News. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Maltese News. 8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 Croatian News. 9.30 Serbian News. 10.00 Portuguese News. 10.50 Urdu News. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 MOVIE: Electric Dreams. (1984) 1.45 New Girl. 2.35 Rise. 3.25 France 24 English News Second Edition. 3.55 Insight. 4.55 Yokayi Footy. 5.30 Mr Tachyon On The Edge Of Science. 6.00 Australia Come Fly With Me. 7.00 Atlantis Found. 8.35 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 10.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Tour Of Flanders. Women’s and men’s races. 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. 10.15 Mustangs FC. 10.40 The Next Step. 11.05 Find Me In Paris. 11.30 Massive Monster Mayhem. 11.50 Operation Ouch! 12.20 Gym Stars. 12.45 Bear Grylls: Survival School. 1.10 The Dengineers. 2.10 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 2.25 Thunderbirds Are Go. 2.45 Get It Together! 3.10 Fierce. 4.05 Lost In Oz. 4.30 Find Me In Paris. 5.00 Endlings. Final. 5.25 The Deep. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Top Chef Jr. 7.55 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.40 Secret Life Of Boys. 9.10 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.35 Miraculous. 9.55 Rage. 4.10 Close. 5.30 Detentionaire.

6.00 It’s Academic. (66) 6.30 The Deep. 8.00 Brunch @ Bobby’s. 8.30 Guy’s Big Bite. 9.00 Crazy Cakes. 10.00 Kids Baking Championship. 11.00 The Kitchen. 12.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 1.00 Cake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Mystery Diners. 4.00 Restaurant: Impossible. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 MOVIE: Richie Rich. (1994) Macaulay Culkin, John Larroquette, Edward Herrmann. 8.30 MOVIE: Tammy. (2014) Melissa McCarthy. 10.30 MOVIE: Striptease. (1996) Demi Moore, Burt Reynolds. 1.00 Geordie Shore. 2.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 3.00 Cake Wars. 4.00 Chopped. 5.00 Beauty Queen Murders.

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6.00 Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: Alive And Kicking. (1964) 12.30 MOVIE: The Young Ones. (1961) 2.45 MOVIE: Kid Galahad. (1962) 4.45 MOVIE: The Train. (1964) Burt Lancaster. 7.30 MOVIE: Ghost. (1990) Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore. 10.00 MOVIE: Julie & Julia. (2009) Amy Adams, Meryl Streep. 12.30 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 12.30 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 1.00 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.30 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 4. Replay. 2.30 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.30 Liquid Science. 4.00 BattleBots. 5.00 Clarence. 5.15 MOVIE: Monsters Vs Aliens. (2009) 7.00 MOVIE: Kung Fu Panda 2. (2011) Jack Black. 8.45 MOVIE: 21 Jump Street. (2012) Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Dave Franco. 10.55 MOVIE: Ali G Indahouse. (2002) 12.40 Heroes. 1.35 No Man’s Land: Expedition Antarctica. 3.00 Liquid Science. 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!

The Next (63) 6.00 Level. 7.00 Big Angry Fish. 8.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 Ice Road Truckers. 10.00 Megastructures. 11.00 The Weekend Prospector. 11.30 Life Off Road. 12.00 Picker Sisters. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 2.00 American Pickers. 3.00 Picker Sisters. 4.00 Picked Off. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Football. AFL. Finals Series. Second preliminary final. Brisbane Lions v Geelong. 10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.45 MOVIE: The Predator. (2018) Boyd Holbrook. 12.55 Hard Knocks. 2.10 Counting Cars. 3.30 Late Programs.

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WIN (8) 6.00 Reel Action. 6.30 Entertainment Tonight. 7.00 WhichCar. 7.30 What’s Up Down Under. 8.00 My Market Kitchen. 8.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 9.00 Studio 10: Saturday. 11.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 2. From Mount Panorama, Bathurst, NSW. 6.00 10 News First. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 Ambulance Australia. 9.40 Ambulance. 10.40 Law & Order: SVU. 11.30 Bull. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Hour Of Power.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 8.55 Jake And The Fatman. 9.55 MacGyver. 10.55 Junior MasterChef Australia. 3.10 Judge Judy. 4.00 RPM. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 Hawaii Five-0. 11.20 NCIS. 12.15 Law & Order: SVU. 1.10 48 Hours. 2.10 RPM. 2.35 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 11. Eifel Grand Prix. Highlights. 3.35 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 10. French Grand Prix. Replay. 5.05 The Doctors.

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(82) 6.00 Family Ties. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Charmed. 12.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 1.00 Fam. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Will & Grace. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Spyforce. 9.30 Friends. 12.00 The Middle. 12.30 This Is Us. 1.30 Charmed. 2.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.30 Family Ties. 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 MOVIE: The Iron Giant. (1999) Eli Marienthal. (PG) 3.00 Gold Coast Medical. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 World’s Most Extreme Airports. 8.30 MOVIE: Aquaman. (2018) Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe. A half-human, half-Atlantean is born with the ability to communicate with marine creatures, and goes on a quest to retrieve the legendary Trident of Atlan and protect the water world. (M) 11.30 Autopsy USA: Patrick Swayze. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Global Roaming. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Grand Final. Melbourne Vixens v West Coast Fever. 3.30 Customs. 4.00 The Block. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 RBT. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 The Block. 8.30 60 Minutes. 9.30 Nine News Late. 10.30 See No Evil: The Good Samaritan. 11.30 Born To Kill? Class Of Evil: Coleman And Brown – “A Love Affair With Death”. 12.20 Grand Hotel. 1.10 Rivals. 1.35 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Global Roaming. 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 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 3. From Mount Panorama, Bathurst, NSW. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 Junior MasterChef Australia. 8.30 FBI. 10.30 The Sunday Project. 11.30 Blue Bloods. 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: Folly To Be Wise. (1952) 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 3.00 MOVIE: The Iron Maiden. (1962) 5.00 MOVIE: Operation Petticoat. (1959) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 MOVIE: The Man From Snowy River. (1982) Tom Burlinson, Kirk Douglas, Jack Thompson. 10.50 Silent Witness. 12.10 Adventures In Rainbow Country. 12.35 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 12.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. 12.30 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.00 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. 1.30 Rivals. 2.00 Unstoppable. 2.30 Dance Moms. 3.30 MOVIE: Peter Pan. (2003) 5.45 MOVIE: The Emoji Movie. (2017) 7.30 MOVIE: King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword. (2017) Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey. 10.00 MOVIE: Immortals. (2011) Henry Cavill. 12.10 Heroes. 1.00 Tattoo Fixers. 2.00 Amplified. 2.30 Unstoppable. 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 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 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 Vasili’s Garden. 2.30 Reno Rookie. 3.00 SA Weekender. 3.30 M*A*S*H. 4.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. Preliminary final. Easts v Eastwood. 6.00 M*A*S*H. 7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Paddington Station 24/7. 11.30 Best Gardens Australia. 12.00 Cold Feet. 1.00 Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives. 2.00 House Of Horrors. 3.00 A Crime To Remember. 4.00 Redrum. 4.30 Brit Cops. 5.30 Home Shopping. Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 The Next Level. 7.30 Home Shopping. 9.30 Classic Restos: USA Edition. 10.00 Timbersports. 10.30 Picker Sisters. 11.30 Creek To Coast. 12.00 The Fishing Show. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Raceline TV. New. 2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 3.00 American Pickers. 4.00 World’s Craziest Fools. 4.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Full Custom Garage. 7.00 AFL Brownlow Medal. 9.45 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon. (1987) Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey. 12.10 World’s Craziest Fools. 12.40 Counting Cars. 1.30 Blokesworld. 2.00 Full Custom Garage. 3.00 Sound FX: Best Of. 4.00 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 The Key Of David. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Studio 10: Sunday. 11.30 Star Trek. 12.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 Rugby Union. Bledisloe Cup. Game 2. New Zealand v Australia. 4.30 Hotels By Design. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 11. Aragón Grand Prix. 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 3.00 Mighty Machines. 3.30 NCIS. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 The Doctors.

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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 Gruen. 1.35 Squinters. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.10 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 Big Weather (And How To Survive It) 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 Cruising With Jane McDonald. 2.50 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.35 The Supervet. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 The Great House Revival. Return. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 9.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 DNA. 11.30 The Killing. 3.45 Late Programs.

Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Wrong Teacher. (2018) 2.00 Autopsy USA. 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 SAS Australia. New. 8.40 The Rookie. Return. 10.40 The Latest: Seven News. 11.10 Chicago Fire. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 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 RBT. 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 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Junior MasterChef Australia. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.40 Drunk History Australia. 10.10 The Montreal Comedy Festival Offensive. 11.10 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.10 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Staged. 8.55 Detectorists. 9.25 Upstart Crow. 9.55 Hang Ups. 10.20 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 Schitt’s Creek. 11.05 Red Dwarf. 11.35 Rosehaven. 12.05 Chandon Pictures. 12.30 The Office. Final. 1.00 Please Like Me. 1.30 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.20 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Hoarders. 1.40 Figure Skating. ISU European Championships. Replay. 3.10 Gaycation: United We Stand. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.25 This Week. 5.20 Rivals. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 In Search Of... 10.15 Difficult People. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 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 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 To Be Advised. 3.30 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 Criminal Confessions. 11.50 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 ER. 1.00 Death In Paradise. 2.10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.15 Antiques Roadshow. 3.45 MOVIE: Poison Pen. (1939) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Grantchester. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 See No Evil. 11.40 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 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. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 11.15 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.10 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.10 Lost In Oz. 4.30 Find Me In Paris. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 The Deep. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 MOVIE: Ratburger. (2017) 7.35 Malory Towers. 8.00 Horrible Histories. 8.45 Secret Life Of Boys. 9.15 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.40 Miraculous. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 Detentionaire.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 12.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 1.00 Cake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Beach Bites With Katie Lee. 3.30 Restaurant: Impossible. 4.30 One Tree Hill. 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 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Fight To Survive. 3.00 The Weekend Prospector. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 World’s Craziest Fools. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Transporter 3. (2008) 10.40 MOVIE: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. (1998) 1.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Quantum Leap. 1.00 MOVIE: Baywatch: Panic At Malibu Pier. (1989) 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Territory Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: The Hurt Locker. (2008) 11.10 The Nanny. 11.40 Tattoo Fixers. 12.40 Social Fabric. 1.40 Surfing Australia TV. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Charmed. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Cheers. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Becker. 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 Global Roaming. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Rivals. 12.30 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Rnd 3. St George Illawarra Dragons v New Zealand Warriors. 2.10 The Block. 3.30 The Garden Gurus. 4.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 3. Sydney Roosters v Brisbane Broncos. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Finals Series. Second preliminary final. Penrith Panthers v South Sydney Rabbitohs. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney. 9.45 NRL Finals Footy Post-Match. 10.30 MOVIE: Shaft. (2000) Samuel L Jackson. A maverick detective quits the force. (MA15+) 12.30 World’s Wildest Weather. 1.30 The Garden Gurus. 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 Wesley Impact.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 8.00 Travel Oz. 9.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 10.00 Winners. 11.00 Make It Yours. 11.30 Vasili’s Garden. 12.00 Mighty Planes. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation. 2.00 A Moveable Feast. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Sydney Weekender. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Weekender. 4.30 Building The Dream. 5.30 Horse Racing. The Everest Day and Caulfield Cup Day. 6.00 Border Security: International. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Creek To Coast. 4.30 Weekender. 5.00 Home Shopping.

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6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.05 Cruising With Jane McDonald. 2.55 Secrets Of The Bermuda Triangle. 3.50 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.55 Great British Railway Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Every Family Has A Secret. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Cardinal. 11.50 The Killing. 4.10 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 PJ Masks. 5.55 Go Jetters. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Insert Name Here. Final. 9.00 Ghosts. 9.30 The Trip To Greece. Final. 10.05 Frontline. 10.35 Parks And Recreation. 11.00 Schitt’s Creek. 11.20 Red Dwarf. 11.50 Rosehaven. Final. 12.20 Chandon Pictures. 12.45 Small Tales And True. 1.15 Detectorists. 1.45 QI. 2.20 Close. 5.30 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Hoarders. 1.40 Figure Skating. ISU European Championships. Replay. 3.15 VICE. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Rivals. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.35 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. 9.30 The World’s Most Luxurious Prison. 10.30 The War On Kids. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 1. 1.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.10 Carbon Cycles And Climate Change In The Tundra. 11.35 Kids’ Programs. 3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.10 Lost In Oz. 4.30 Find Me In Paris. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 The Deep. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 MOVIE: The Midnight Gang. (2018) 7.35 Malory Towers. 8.00 Horrible Histories. 8.40 Secret Life Of Boys. 9.10 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.35 Miraculous. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Detentionaire.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 10.00 Kids Baking Championship. 11.00 The Kitchen. 12.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 1.00 Cake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Beach Bites With Katie Lee. 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: Paperback Hero. (1999) Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman, Angie Milliken. 10.30 MOVIE: She’s Funny That Way. (2014) 12.30 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 Parliament Question Time. 3.10 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.05 Grand Designs Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Gruen. 9.10 Utopia. Final. 9.35 Planet America. 10.10 QI. 10.40 ABC Late News. 11.10 Four Corners. 11.55 Media Watch. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 2.05 Cruising With Jane McDonald. 3.00 Dateline. 3.30 Insight. 4.30 Great British Railway Journeys. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 1. Highlights. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Walking Britain’s Roman Roads. 8.30 Australia Come Fly With Me. 9.30 The Good Fight. 10.25 SBS News. 10.55 24 Hours In Emergency. 11.50 MOVIE: White God. (2014) 2.00 Vikings. 3.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 PJ Masks. 5.55 Go Jetters. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 Archer. 9.15 Rosehaven. 9.45 The Letdown. Final. 10.15 The Thick Of It. 10.45 Parks And Recreation. 11.05 Schitt’s Creek. 11.30 Red Dwarf. 12.00 GameFace. 12.25 Chandon Pictures. 12.50 QI. 1.25 The Catherine Tate Show. 1.55 Hang Ups. 2.25 Close. 5.30 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath. 1.40 Figure Skating. ISU European Championships. Replay. 3.15 VICE. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Rivals. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: The Thing. (1982) Kurt Russell. 10.30 VICE Guide To Film. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 2. 1.50 Danny’s House. 2.20 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 10.35 Further Back In Time For Dinner. 10.50 Kids’ Programs. 3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.10 Lost In Oz. 4.30 Find Me In Paris. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 The Deep. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 MOVIE: Gangsta Granny. (2013) 7.40 Malory Towers. 8.05 Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. 8.40 Secret Life Of Boys. 9.10 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.30 Miraculous. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Detentionaire.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Cake Hunters. 8.30 Guy’s Big Bite. 9.00 All-Star Holiday Special. 10.00 Kids Baking Championship. 11.00 The Kitchen. 12.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 1.00 Cake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Beach Bites With Katie Lee. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 Cold Case. 10.30 Without A Trace. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 QI. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.10 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.05 Grand Designs Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Scottish Vets Down Under. 8.30 Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure. 9.20 Secrets Of The Museum. Final. 10.10 To Be Advised. 10.40 ABC Late News. 11.10 Louis Theroux: By Reason Of Insanity. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) Cruising With Jane McDonald. 2.50 The Crusades. 3.50 Five Billion Pound Super Sewer. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 2. Highlights. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Michael Mosley: Queen Victoria’s Slum. 8.35 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 9.30 Fargo. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 24 Hours In Police Custody. 12.00 The Killing. 4.20 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 PJ Masks. 5.55 Go Jetters. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Hannah Gadsby’s Nakedy Nudes. Final. 9.30 QI. 10.00 Flowers. 10.30 The Trip To Greece. Final. 11.05 Ghosts. 11.35 Parks And Recreation. 11.55 Schitt’s Creek. 12.20 Red Dwarf. 12.50 GameFace. 1.15 Chandon Pictures. 1.40 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.30 Close. 5.30 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath. 1.40 Figure Skating. ISU Four Continents Championships. Replay. 3.15 VICE. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Rivals. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 Full Frontal. 9.50 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 3. 1.50 Danny’s House. 2.20 Deutsche Welle. 3.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 2.05 Make It Pop! 2.25 Find Me In Paris. 2.50 The Next Step. 3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.10 Lost In Oz. 4.30 Find Me In Paris. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 The Deep. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 MOVIE: Grandpa’s Great Escape. (2018) 7.40 Malory Towers. 8.05 Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. 8.40 Secret Life Of Boys. 9.10 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.35 Miraculous. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Detentionaire.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Cake Hunters. 8.30 Guy’s Big Bite. 9.00 Spring Baking Championship. 10.00 Kids Baking Championship. 11.00 The Kitchen. 12.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 1.00 Cupcake Wars. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Beach Bites With Katie Lee. 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 Outback Ringer. 10.30 Scottish Vets Down Under. 11.00 Grand Designs Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Upside Of Downs. 2.00 Unforgotten. 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 Mum. 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.50 Gruen. 11.25 Rage.

6.00 WorldWatch. (3) 12.00 US Presidential Debate 2020. 2.00 The Point. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Hidden Restaurants With Michel Roux Jnr. 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 3. Highlights. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Secrets Unearthed. 8.30 The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes. 9.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Celebrity Mastermind. 12.00 The Killing. 3.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 PJ Masks. 5.55 Go Jetters. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Gruen XL. 9.15 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.45 The IT Crowd. 10.10 The Catherine Tate Show. 10.40 Parks And Recreation. Final. 11.05 Schitt’s Creek. 11.30 Red Dwarf. 12.00 GameFace. 12.25 Chandon Pictures. 12.55 Archer. 1.15 Flowers. 1.40 Small Tales And True. 2.10 Close. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath. 1.40 Figure Skating. ISU Four Continents Championships. Replay. 3.15 Yokayi Footy. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Rivals. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.10 Alone. 7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.25 Hoarders. Return. 9.15 Wellington Paranormal. 10.10 Vagrant Queen. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 4. 1.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 2.50 The Next Step. 3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.10 Lost In Oz. 4.30 Find Me In Paris. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 The Deep. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 MOVIE: Bruno & Boots: This Can’t Be Happening At Macdonald Hall. (2017) 7.55 Malory Towers. 8.20 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.10 Fruits Basket. 9.30 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.55 Miraculous. 10.20 Close. 5.30 Detentionaire.

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(82) 6.00 Family Ties. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Charmed. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Cheers. 1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Becker. 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. 12.00 Becker. 12.30 Home Shopping. 1.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 2.30 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Family Ties. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Charmed. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Cheers. 1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Becker. 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. 11.00 Carol’s Second Act. 11.30 The Middle. 12.00 Becker. 12.30 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Headline News. (8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Living Room. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 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 The Graham Norton Show. 9.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? 10.30 To Be Advised. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.00 The Project. 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Desperate Housewives. 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 The Trump Show. 9.50 Bluff City Law. 10.50 Nine News Late. 11.20 The First 48. 12.10 Tipping Point. 1.05 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 ER. 1.00 Grantchester. 2.10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.20 Antiques Roadshow. 3.50 MOVIE: Miss Robin Hood. (1952) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 MOVIE: Halifax f.p. – The Feeding. (1995) Rebecca Gibney, Steve Bisley, DeborraLee Furness. 10.50 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.50 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.30 Malcolm. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Quantum Leap. 1.00 Sliders. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: The Whole Nine Yards. (2000) 9.30 MOVIE: The Girl Next Door. (2004) 11.40 The Nanny. 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Ultimate Rush. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Desperate Housewives. 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 Australian Crime Stories. 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 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 A Moveable Feast. 1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 To Be Advised. 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 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 The Investigator: A British Crime Story. 12.00 Late Programs. Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 Barter Kings. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Fight To Survive. 3.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 10.30 Demolition NZ. 11.30 Late Programs. Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Perfect Girlfriend. (2015) 2.00 Autopsy USA. 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: Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. (2016) 11.30 Blindspot. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 ER. 1.00 New Tricks. 2.10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.15 Antiques Roadshow. 3.45 MOVIE: Devil Girl From Mars. (1954) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 11.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 12.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.30 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.30 Malcolm. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Quantum Leap. 1.00 Sliders. 2.00 Baywatch. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Young Sheldon. 8.30 MOVIE: The Wolf Of Wall Street. (2013) Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill. 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Road Trick. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 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 Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 To Be Advised. 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 The Coroner. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Jonathan Creek. 11.40 Mighty Planes. 12.50 Dates From Hell. 2.00 Home Shopping. Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 Barter Kings. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Fight To Survive. 3.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 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.

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Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Wrong House. (2016) Clare Kramer. 2.00 Autopsy USA. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 8.30 The Front Bar. Final. 10.00 The Latest: Seven News. 10.30 To Be Advised. 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Desperate Housewives. 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 Paramedics. 8.30 Kings Cross ER. 9.30 A+E After Dark. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.50 Tipping Point. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 ER. 1.00 As Time Goes By. 2.10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.20 MOVIE: Elizabeth Of Ladymead. (1948) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime. 8.40 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile. (1978) Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey. 11.35 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.30 Malcolm. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Quantum Leap. 1.00 Sliders. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: The Vow. (2012) 9.35 MOVIE: If I Stay. (2014) 11.45 The Nanny. 12.15 Miami Vice. 1.10 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 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 Reno Rookie. 12.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 To Be Advised. 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. 12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs. Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Fight To Survive. 3.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. Return. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban. (2004) Daniel Radcliffe. 10.30 MOVIE: Police Academy 3: Back In Training. (1986) 12.10 Late Programs.

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Sunrise. (6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 US Presidential Debate 2020. 1.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. 2.00 Autopsy USA. 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: Avengers: Age Of Ultron. (2015) Robert Downey Jr. 11.20 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping. 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 To Be Advised. 3.30 Mighty Planes. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 7.00 Bargain Hunt. 8.00 Horse Racing. Manikato Stakes Night. 9.00 Escape To The Country. 10.00 Selling Houses Australia. 11.00 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 12.00 Property Ladder UK. 1.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Desperate Housewives. 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 Escape To The Chateau. 8.30 MOVIE: Life As We Know It. (2010) Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas. 10.50 MOVIE: The Rewrite. (2014) 12.50 Rivals. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

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TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 ER. 1.00 Agatha Christie’s Partners In Crime. 2.10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.20 MOVIE: Happy Go Lovely. (1951) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 MOVIE: The Core. (2003) Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci. 11.20 Silent Witness. 12.40 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs. (53) 6.00 10.30 Malcolm. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Quantum Leap. 1.00 Sliders. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.45 MOVIE: Spy Kids 4: All The Time In The World. (2011) 7.30 MOVIE: The Huntsman: Winter’s War. (2016) 9.45 MOVIE: Jumper. (2008) 11.30 Heroes. 12.30 Peaking. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Fight To Survive. 2.00 Dipper’s Backyard BBQ Wars. 3.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 World’s Craziest Fools. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 MOVIE: The Simpsons Movie. (2007) 8.10 MOVIE: DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story. (2004) Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller. 10.10 MOVIE: A Million Ways To Die In The West. (2014) 12.35 Late Programs.

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HANGING ONTO POWER Tenuous Leadership in 3 States

If I was a cartoonist, I’d be sketching a line of power-lines with Dan Andrews, Gladys Berejiklian, Deb Frecklington and Anastacia Palaszczuk hanging off them tenuously, with a fair bit of zapping going on. As they say, a week’s a long time in politics and this last week, so is a day! By the time you’re reading this, another few days will have passed, and by then who knows what may have happened! With the Qld elections coming up, and a hopeless Labour government pathetically led by Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young dictating to the elected Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk how best to break the State, don’t expect the even more hopeless Qld LNP to be of any help. Then, Qld Nationals have sold their souls to the Liberal devil and their leader Deb Frecklington, aside from doing a 360° over a mine, has apparently been referred to the Qld Electoral Commission by her own party due to concern about property developers being either at events she was at, or meeting with them. Now, it might be very helpful to the LNP there to report her – maybe they need a new leader in order to have the slightest hope of defeating the Palaszczuk government? Other than that, I don’t believe there is anything in it – property developers ARE allowed to go to political rallies, and they’re allowed to speak to pollies who may be representing them in future. Gee whizz, they’re even allowed to vote! And, when you think about it, anyone who puts an extension on their home is a property developer, so how long a bow do you want to draw? It’s donations from property developers that the spotlight is on, and there are strict rules about that. So, this is likely to be a smoke-screen or the party wanting a way to find a new leader who might have a better chance of getting them across the line! After all, what’s the difference really – Frecklington is in total agreeance with Palaszczuk on the border/lock-down issue, which regional people and small businesses everywhere

are railing against because they’re debtcrippled. It’s one major issue they don’t, but could differentiate on, so they’re both dangling from their “power” lines. It will be interesting, especially with the Katter Aust. Party (KAP), One Nation (ON) and the United Australia Party (UAP) all fielding candidates in a good few, or most of the seats. Are Queenslanders cheesed off enough to put one of them, or an independent first? Onto the most surprising issue of Gladys’ saddest day on Monday before ICAC in the Darryl Maguire (former Liberal MP for Wagga) case, where he’s being investigated for brokering property deals for generous kick-backs and helping Chinese migrants get jobs whereby the employers are paid for employing and educating them – regardless of whether or not they turn up. Gladys Berejiklian has apparently been having a secret affair with Maguire for the last 5 yrs, and the ICAC phone recordings show she should have known what he was up to – she often said she didn’t need to know about this or that. So, we do all do stupid things at one time or another, and we know that love is blind. She’ll ultimately battle to survive, and while she may be forgiven for her cupid’s arrow, as Premier, she shouldn’t be so naive as NOT to know what Maguire was probably up to. Next, Gladys has, according to One Nation Leader in NSW, Mark Latham, broken her own Ministerial Code of Conduct 14 times. Also, she has committed an offence under the ICAC Act because she had an obligation to report Maguire. Gladys wasn’t so kind cutting the slack to Sports Minister John Sidoti in 2018, when she made him stand down. So, while voters may cut her slack on the personal level, by her own standard she will be judged, notwithstanding she’s a hard worker etc etc. I very much doubt she can survive with the Legislative Council not passing supply while ever she’s Premier. That said, I have a real issue with ICAC, and always have. It is totally inconsistent

with COMMON LAW, which I often write about. All this dirty laundry should NOT be aired in public without prior charges. Daryl Maguire is highly unlikely to EVER receive a fair hearing in ANY court before his peers after this inquiry’s proceedings have been splashed all over the press. ICAC destroys reputations without proper process. In our Common Law system, any one of us is entitled to the presumption of INNOCENCE UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. In ICAC, we have a State sanctioned trial by media, and it would be true to say that in terms of the many previous times where ICAC have gotten it wrong, that Gladys deserves to be bitten on the bum by it. She’s had a chance to fix these legalities, being Premier, but has not done so. Now, she is no doubt wishing she had. It would be a totally different thing had say, Maguire been charged with an offence, and Gladys dragged in to give evidence, with the same information coming out. However, this is NOT the case, and this is not the Common Law way – as I’ve said time and time again, we have seen a creeping overlay of codified law over Common Law, and this is a typical example of the tyranny we get. Hear it in camera and lay charges as a result – or just hear it in a court of (common) law straight up. Speaking of Common Law being trounced, who, bar China, can surpass Victoria’s totalitarianism, and who would even want to? Soon Premier “Dunno Dan” WILL go despite surviving a vote of no confidence – it’s just a matter of time. The usurping of Victorians’ common law rights amounts to treason, by what is now being shown to be a totally corrupt government. Of course, the Victorian Opposition has been so weak that this hasn’t been curtailed. After March, the truth had already emerged with Doctors the world over trying to tell governments that Covid-19 wasn’t the threat the models said it was; that it was treatable, and that we should be protecting the vulnerable

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rather than masking and locking up the whole community, subjecting them to a curfew, taking away their right to freedom of assembly and movement: not only restricting them to 5kms from home, but yes, even between States; and cruelling businesses, shutting them down in the name of “health”. Suicides and mental health problems have exploded, and bankruptcies will explode once the job keeper & seeker rugs are pulled. People are testing “positive” simply because the tests are over 90% likely to return a false positive because they can’t differentiate between Covid the cold, and Covid-19. Now we have the Great Barrington Declaration signed by leading epidemiologists from around the globe pointing out damage lockdowns do. Credit where Credlin’s due – Tony Abbot’s ex Chief of Staff and now Sky’s Peta Credlin has trawled through the commission’s “investigation”, focussing on the “lost 6 minutes” showing that the Premier and his office were up to their ears in the hotel quarantine private security cover-up. Credlin asked the hard questions of Premier Deny It Dan, whose top man (Sec of the Dept of Premier & Cabinet) Chris Eccles’ head consequently rolled only a couple of weeks after Deceptive Dan threw his Health Minister Jenny Mikakos under the bus. Megabucks have been spent by Vic taxpayers on this inquiry where dangerous Dunno Dan and his equally forgetful and disgraceful Don’t Recall mates are trying to avoid being charged under their own Industrial Manslaughter laws. Hence their loss of memory. So, while these Aussie State leaders are clinging to their power-lines, watch for huge international news from this weekend onward – serious corruption stemming from the time of JFK’s assassination to today is very likely to be outed in the USA. Hillary Clinton’s explosive emails are on the way, AND her conspiracy to exterminate a US Seal team over Bin Laden and subsequent $152b cover-up should make waves.

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PaulTIERNEY LIFEandTIMES with ANGUS GIBB

MUSIC FOR COMPANY

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Just look at the way disagreements On the TV and been times. that is so powerful. Thisradio, alsothey’ve means, are being played out on social media talking about making playlists of Getting my drivers’ licence that I can forgive others for when they and you see just how far we have ‘songs you play when you’re lonely meant I could play music in the wrong me, hurt me, slander me or do moved away from being able to forgive or alone’, but that’s just garbage. car on my own as loud as I liked because I know I’m never alone whenthe thelengths music each other. The problem we My have wecassettewhatever, … and I did. go-to in God went to in order to forgive me. is blasting, I’m at peace. Late lastIn forgiveness, is thatSubaru we often in thefeel 80sthat had ZZ Top, Big Tuesday arvo, just before the February this year, four children were Country, early Midnight Oil, Aussie it leads to a sense of indebtedness. rain came, out I jumped killed in aawesome car crash whilst getting Crawl,owe The Knack and of course That we somehow now somebody on the ride-on, stuck the buds in Flock of Seagulls as big tunes.ice This cream. This was such a heart something. The argument goes, that I my ears and had my phone in my ‘alone time’ was some of my wrenching fave tragedy. Not long after this don’t want to be beholden to anyone, pocket, ready for an internet playlist. memories of going from a school kid though, the parents the by media so therefore I’m not going to seek I hooked into fronted a list of songs one to an adult. saying they forgivefaves, the man whonew did of current a relatively forgiveness for my actions. Is this I’m alone again this week, working Aussie band called Ocean Alley – and this. really a way to live?from Is this really wayNovel. home. Weird.a Fun. Am It I was such a powerful message at screamedlooks out thelike. lyricsIn at Jesus, the top of whatAm forgiveness to treat other people? Atget the heart gonna sick of it?of Who knows. my lungs whilst mowing for almost 2 sick of my own company Nope. you too can be truly forgiven. the Christian faithI is forgiveness. This yet?

Lovin’ It. My lovely wife made banana hours. Bliss. Alone. Not lonely. A couple of songs I might add to bread to go with my (many) morning my extended playlists next week coffees. My computer and work setwill include ‘Mad World’ by Tears up (see last weeks’ column) is aces. for Fears, the song by John Lennon Oh, and the music … it’s goin’ on out where he says ‘Strange Days Indeed, here on the outskirts of Millthorpe, Peculiar Mama…’, Onion Skin by I’m telling you. Can you hear it? with Most DAVID DIXON Boom Crash Opera (‘these here are These days, ten bucks a month crazy times’), and The Doors ‘People will get you access to a billion Are Strange’. I know a mate who’d songs, maybe more, and there’s add ‘Here I go Again on my own’ by no ads if you pay for it. I’ve still got Whitesnake. The list is endless. the hundreds of vinyls and CDs

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SAVE YOUR RETIREMENT… BUCKETS ARE THE ANSWER! It’s amazing how a few weeks can feel like a few months… It feels as though we’ve been living through this coronavirus nightmare for a long time already! that when a downturn occurs, a ‘balanced’ fund within their I’ve been working in financial those growth investments have superannuation. This can be services since 2002, so I’ve seen time to recover. particularly dangerous for those a few financial crises during While nothing can protect us in the retirement risk zone, those two decades and in that from feeling some emotions that is, five years either side of time, I’ve learnt a lot. Not only when we see our life savings retirement. a lot about how investment going down, it’s incredibly As you move closer to markets work, but also how reassuring to know that when retirement, at retirement and human emotions work. it does happen, a strategy had during retirement, it’s important With all the craziness going on already been put in place to deal to put some strategy behind at the moment, many people with it. how your retirement savings are are understandably concerned Now, imagine if that strategy set up. A retiree with all their about their retirement savings. was combined with saving money sitting in a balanced Sadly, many people are making thousands of dollars a year in investment option in retirement the wrong decisions in how to investment fees! would mean that right now they deal with this crisis, acting on If these sound like the sorts of are being forced to sell shares at emotion and not realising the things you want when it comes the worst possible time in order long-term implications of their to your retirement savings and to meet their income needs. decisions. you value independence when Sadly, many people are flooding I love helping people get their it comes to advice, then head to super fund call centres to move financial futures on the right wealthtrain.com.au and book an all of their super savings to cash, track but also helping them themselves of seeing make sure theyFor don’t derailof from most us, therobbing biggest financial enemy weonline face appointment is inertia. today. There is no and mistaking the recover that trackInertia when the gets isgoing a tendency totheir domoney nothing or when to remain unchanged when seriousness of the coronavirus things go back up again… which tough. I can guarantee you this toweour it can on both what oura health livesand crisis, from will! have a massive impact won’t beit thecomes last time seemoney,they economic perspective. However, A better is to in break tostrategy look like theupfuture. dark economic times… in fact, are going the decisions you are making retirement savings into short, I guarantee all my clients there right have a huge medium and long term ‘buckets’ will be times when their money money that could benow putwill towards things Think about the big pieces of your impact on what your future to ensure that when something will go down. Moments like like higher mortgage repayments, financial puzzle: looks like in 5, 10 and 20 years like this happens, there is no these are a good opportunity additional superfrom contributions or other - Mortgage now. need to be selling out of growth to remind my clients why their investment strategies, reducing your Superannuation assets (i.e. shares and property) money is invested the way it is. ability to create wealth for downStay the safe! while they are down. Many people will be finding - Investments track. This type of strategy ensures themselves simply sitting in - Insurance Daniel

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CITYwatch

AMANDA SPALDING with Bob Holland

Christmas Decorations, Sport Precinct and Hearts for Orange BOB: Amanda, we’ve covered a lot of the more serious issues over recent weeks and I thought it might be good to have a more candid chat about some the things that are on our City’s agenda at this time. You’re out and about quite a bit and talk to a good cross section of people, so I thought I’d ask you for your impressions on what most people are feeling about the various issues at this time. Let’s start with the possibility of Council spending $50,000 on Christmas decorations for the CBD this year. What are your thoughts on this and have you heard anything out on the street? AMANDA: I am not convinced that spending $50,000 on Christmas decorations in the CBD is the best use of funds. The debate at Council seemed to be a bit ad hoc rather than well informed with clear intentions about the impact that is desired and could be achieved. Some Councillors felt that Christmas decorations encourage people to come into the CBD for Christmas shopping. My experience is that storing Christmas decorations and putting them up each year can be costly. The general feeling from retailers is that an event is great and certainly last year’s Santa Parade was very well attended and the reindeer were very popular. Many, many people would love to see the old Santa Parade back again, but doubt that decorations in themselves actually attract people. BOB: The sports precinct out near the hospital is gaining a lot of comment, mainly from opponents, what have you heard? AMANDA: Most of the people I speak with are surprised that the original proposal moved from North Orange to this site next to the Hospital, and are not clear why it moved. I know quite a lot of people who feel it would be better to build the Sports Precinct at the gateway to Orange at the old trotting track, which is a natural amphitheatre and is easily accessible for visitors to Orange. There are other people who would have liked to see the Sports Precinct located at Wade Park given its proximity to the railway station. There are great concerns over the site that has been chosen as people are worried about it being next to the hospital; requiring the removal of many trees, and taking up some beautiful open space that many people use for recreation. I do hear that some people do not have confidence in the Planning system that their voices will be heard, and feel that it is already a done deal. There are also people who feel that if they had been offered $25 million by the NSW Government, they would have had a different answer. However, I am also informed that this is the answer that came out of the community engagement that was undertaken in 2017, although I am not clear about the actual question that was asked. BOB: Dropping the speed limit in Summer Street to 40 kms per hour is going to be a big decision if Council does it, what have you heard on this?

AMANDA: The reduction of the speed limit to 40kph is part of the Future City plans to make the CBD a more walkable place, and a destination for people and families to spend time enjoying themselves. The whole Future City concept is going to need some behaviour change and a change in thinking about how we all use the City Centre. Clearly the people of Orange have changed their behaviour with the use of water, so changing how we think about and use the CBD shouldn’t be too hard. Slowing down the traffic is part of that. The City Centre is where public transport congregates to bring people to services and shops and I know there have been some concerns about the impact of other proposed Future City changes to Summer Street on its accessibility for public transport. I know that you have asked why Council would ask for community views on this matter. I agree with you that we are theoretically a representative democracy and our elected representatives should make decisions on our behalf. As there was a technical problem with the livestreaming of the Council meeting where this was discussed I am listening to it while I am writing this and have to say that the level of debate was very poor, ill-informed, often stating the obvious and mansplaining. Maybe this is why community engagement is becoming increasingly important! The Orange Business Chamber is to be consulted and one of the Councillors rightly pointed out that the President making a statement does not constitute consultation of the business community. I engage with many different people including some local business people. As the Treasurer and a presenter at our local community radio station, FM107.5, I hear from fellow volunteer presenters and listeners who give us feedback. Readers of this column often contact me as well but I do not claim to engage with a representative portion of the Orange community. The Local Government Act requires that councils ‘recognise diverse local community needs and interests’. This means that community engagement is representative of the community, not just the squeaky wheel getting the oil! Council needs to make sure that it engages with ‘Hard to Reach’ communities following social justice principles of equity, access, participation and human rights. We often hear that Council has no control over Summer Street as it is a State Highway and it is up to the NSW Roads and Maritime Services Agency what happens with that road. This is a defeatist attitude by Council representatives as the purpose of the local Traffic Committee, that each Council is required to have, is for local representatives to put the case for local change! BOB: Putting Mountain Bike tracks on Mount Canobolas is also gaining momentum, so is the opposition. What’s your view on this and what are you hearing about the proposal? AMANDA: I do not know many people in the Mountain Biking fraternity but I do understand it is very popular in Orange and attracts a large number of visitors. I do hear about the importance of Mount Canobolas both

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environmentally and culturally and would love to understand more about the significance of our mountain to local Aboriginal people. Our Planning system should be capable of weighing up different interests, but I know a lot of people do not have faith that it finds the right balance because they feel that the interests of developers override everything else. I was an Executive Director in Planning NSW many years ago and I would love to see the extremely complex NSW Planning system scrapped to start again from scratch as I doubt that many people understand it. BOB: The Future City Plans have started and people seem divided about many of the various ideas in the plans, what are you hearing and especially about the Anson Street Plaza idea? AMANDA: Some people like the idea of a pedestrian mall on Anson Street outside Woolworths for outdoor dining and just spending time. Some business people feel that Anson Street is the wrong place for a pedestrian mall, partly because of the taxi rank. BOB: You’re driving our Hearts for Orange initiative, how do you think that’s going at this stage, and especially what are business owners saying about what we’re doing? AMANDA: Hearts for Orange is going great guns!! I talk to a lot of retailers and local businesses about our aims to create more jobs in Orange by helping local businesses prosper by fostering community pride and involvement. Local business owners are very receptive to ideas and campaigns whereas businesses owned elsewhere are quite difficult to engage with. We have an intensive TV advertising campaign on Prime 7 throughout September and October promoting Orange as a great place to shop. That is proving extremely successful with 34 retailers signing up and being featured in the adverts. We have been getting great feedback from those retailers too about people coming through their doors saying they have seen the adverts. The local businesses I talk to are very grateful to you, Bob, and for the work Hearts for Orange is doing to bring customers through their doors and treat local retailers as if Orange is a big Shopping Centre helping them with marketing. They are surprised and disappointed that Orange City Council is not supporting Hearts for Orange and do not understand why Council would choose to spend $50,000 on Christmas decorations rather than contribute to Hearts for Orange initiatives that do bring customers into their shops. The Big Orange Citywide Home Improvement Spectacular that HFO is running on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st October is gaining momentum and the retailers I’m talking to are also very much looking forward to other Hearts for Orange initiatives in the run up to Christmas. If you would like to discuss any of the matters that Bob and I raise in our conversations, please feel free to contact me at aespalding2@bigpond.com or on 0417 288 246.

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GALLERY EXTENSION KICKS-OFF ON “SHOVEL-READY” PROJECT WHY DO THEY ALWAYS GET POLITICIANS TO TURN THE FIRST SOD OF EARTH ON MAJOR PROJECTS? ARE WE TO BELIEVE THAT THE POLITICIANS WHO SIGN-OFF ON THESE DEVELOPMENTS, ARE GOING TO ROLL-UP EACH DAY IN SHORTS AND SINGLET TO OPERATE EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT ON THE NEW SITE?

the Gallery’s permanent collection. Orange City Council’s Services Committee Chair, Cr Scott Munro said that the project would use mostly local contractors for its completion. “Council awarded the tender to Renascent Regional Pty Ltd who indicated that 78 per cent of the cost of the project will be delivered by local and regional suppliers,” Cr Munro said. “I’m excited to see the beginning of this project and I am keen to see the finished project towards the end of next year.”

Whatever the reason, work is set to begin on Orange Regional Gallery’s new $5 million extension after a recent groundbreaking ceremony at the north court site.

NSW Minister for the Arts, Don Harwin, joined Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd to take a hand with the symbolic shovels for the project. Mr Harwin said that the NSW Government is committed to supporting projects that create greater opportunity for community interaction with all forms of artistic expression. “This project is one of 136 projects across NSW supported by the Regional Cultural Fund that are making a real difference to arts and culture in communities big and small right around the State.” Designed by Sam Marshall, at Architect Marshall, the project includes a 270m2 contemporary gallery with innovative use of natural lighting, as well as a 75-seat gallery theatre.

Cr Kidd added that the project would mark a significant leap forward for the arts in the central west. “I am thrilled to witness this stage in the history of art and culture in Orange.” “This project is a perfect example of levels of government working together with the community to build something for the benefit of all the community.

z Getting their hands dirty at the Orange Gallery extension sod-turning, Orange Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd; NSW Arts Minister, Don Harwin; and Upper House MP, Sam Farraway. The purpose-built gallery theatre is designed to be a unique gathering space in Orange for engagement and education programs as well as for wider community use. A new state-of-the art collection and conservation area is included to protect and

grow the Gallery’s nationally significant collection. The project includes major refurbishments to the reception area and smaller downstairs gallery, while allowing the large existing Alan Sisley Gallery to become a space to regularly showcase highlights from

“Coupled with the financial contribution from the NSW Government and from Council, the Gallery and its significant support network is actively fundraising to create a visual arts hub which will deliver the very best in local, national and international art,” he concluded. The Gallery extension is funded by the NSW Government’s Regional Cultural Fund ($4,052,990) and Orange City Council ($1,000,000) with vital community contributions raised through the Gallery’s fundraising campaign going towards design costs and fit out.

Using sports and arts to keep kids connected in tough times ITS NAME MAY BE A CRIME AGAINST THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BUT A NEW YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAM LAUNCHED BY ORANGE CITY COUNCIL COULDN’T BE MORE VITAL IN THESE SELF-ISOLATING TIMES. Council’s “AXLR8” initiative aims to keep young people off the streets and engaged in sport and the creative arts while learning to build resilience. AXLR8 works by pairing young people aged from 12–18 years with trained mentors as well as giving them access to service providers, sporting clubs, and artists and musicians, to help keep them engaged and build the skills they need. Orange City Council is looking to recruit mentors to join the program as active role models for young people. Orange City Council’s Services Policy Chair, Councillor Scott Munro said that

Council would provide the training prospective mentors needed. “We’re on the look-out for people who have an open mind and are willing to be able to spend at least an hour each week with their mentee,” Cr Munro said. “It may involve taking the young person to a sporting activity, helping the mentee with their homework, or doing something the pair of them enjoy such as playing an instrument. “AXLR8 is about showing young people how to have fun and connect with others without the need for drugs and alcohol. “We’re looking for adults who want to help develop a harmonious community through reaching out and helping our city’s ‘at risk’ teens,” Cr Munro said. In partnership with local business, Kids HQ, the young people will be provided with targeted workshops to increase their ability to navigate challenging life events and increase their knowledge of the harms associated with drugs and alcohol.

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“If you think you have something to offer, or simply want to ask a few more questions, then please get in touch with Council,” Cr Munro said. Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said that the program — funded by the Alcohol & Drug Foundation — was designed to help young people deal with life’s hardships without resorting to the use of drugs and alcohol. “One of the best ways to keep at risk young people safe is to teach them the resilience to bounce back from hardship, resist peer pressure and cope with life’s stressors,” Cr Kidd said. “This program gives them someone to turn to when the going gets tough, activities and opportunities to get involved with so they don’t become bored and develop anti-social behaviours,” he concluded. •Interested? Contact Orange City Council’s Community Development Team Leader on 6393 8608 or email: jproctor@orange.nsw.gov.au

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Telehealth rebate extended in continuing coronavirus crisis LESSENING DEMENTIA SERVICE SHORTFALL FOR COUNTRY AREAS Telehealth consultations have been a godsend for country people isolated by the coronavirus pandemic with extension of Medicare rebates for the service supported by a major country health group. The National Rural Health Alliance — the peak body for rural health in Australia — recently welcomed the Australian Government’s expansion of the rebate until March 31 next year. The Medicare rebates — which were brought in to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic — were originally due to expire in October with the continuing crisis seeing the rebate extended for another six months. “Telehealth has been an important lifeline for people in rural, regional and remote Australia during the pandemic,” National Rural Health Alliance CEO, Dr Gabrielle O’Kane said. “It can be difficult enough to access health care in some areas at the best of times, but especially once you add in the difficulties caused by the pandemic including border restrictions. “Telehealth is vital to ensuring rural people can keep up their regular health checks during COVID-19 and ensure continuity of care,” Dr O’Kane added. The Alliance said, however, that the Government should also be addressing continuing issues with telehealth if it was here to stay. “Connectivity remains a big issue in rural Australia, and we need to be improving internet infrastructure in the bush, otherwise telehealth is difficult or impossible for patients and health practitioners to use,” Dr O’Kane said. “We also need safeguards to ensure that telehealth is being delivered by local practitioners, and not online-only outfits based in the major cities who offer no faceto-face services,” Dr O’Kane concluded.

REDUCING THE CHRONIC SERVICE AND SUPPORT GAP BETWEEN COUNTRY AND CITY AREAS FOR FAMILIES DEALING WITH DEMENTIA IS THE AIM OF A NEW STUDY INTO THE CONDITION. Recent academic studies show that, while the proportion of people with dementia in rural and regional Australia is currently consistent with that of metropolitan areas, access to diagnosis and support services is not. This inequality across the country poses enormous challenges to people with dementia and carers. Dementia is one of the leading causes of chronic disability in Australia and the second leading cause of death overall. It is the leading cause of death amongst women. By the middle of the century, it is predicted that the number of people living with a diagnosis of dementia will increase from 459,000 to over one million people. According to Professor Henry Brodaty, Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney, this increase largely reflects an ageing population in Australia. He said that this demographic trend will impact rural areas in the future disproportionately greater because — age being the most significant risk factor for developing dementia — the population in regional Australia is older than that in city areas. By 2050, it is projected that 2.9 per cent of the population living in capital cities will have dementia compared with 3.8 per cent in the rest of Australia. “However, capacity to access timely diagnosis and quality support services

is, unequivocally, not equitable across Australia,” Prof Brodaty said. Nearly 30 per cent of the Australian population live outside metropolitan areas and these people have a two and a half times higher-rate of potentiallypreventable hospitalisations. He said that this is likely related to distance and more limited access to health care compared to metropolitan dwellers. CEO of Dementia Australia, Maree McCabe agreed, saying that considerably fewer health care professionals, including general practitioners, practise in rural areas. While the proportion of people with dementia in rural areas is currently consistent with that in metropolitan areas (Australia Dementia Report 2013) these levels are projected to increase disproportionately in rural areas over coming decades. The challenges for people living with dementia and their supporters are compounded in regional areas by geographic isolation, travel distances, and limited services and resources. Yet, as noted by Dementia Australia, decisions around the policy, planning, and design of services tend to be citycentric. “People living in regional, rural and remote areas deserve to have equitable access to services and be supported to remain living in those areas throughout their experience with dementia,” Ms McCabe said. The key concerns and challenges for people with dementia, carers and service providers in regional, rural, and remote Australia are significant. Beyond assessment, diagnosis, and management of dementia they include opportunities for social engagement and community participation for people

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with dementia and carers, workforce issues for community, as well as respite and residential aged care services. Many people currently living with dementia never receive a formal diagnosis. Although exact figures for Australia are unknown, it is estimated that between 44–70 per cent of people with dementia in the United Kingdom and Canada — countries with similar health care systems to ours — remain undiagnosed. Factors such as stigma and fear of dementia, particularly in rural areas, can discourage people from seeking a diagnosis. Some doctors believe that as there is no cure for dementia a diagnosis will only cause the individual and the family distress. Even for those receiving a diagnosis, post-diagnostic support is sorely lacking. According to Dr Meredith Gresham from the Study Coordinator of the COGNISANCE project, these circumstances need to be overcome. Diagnosis and post-diagnostic support are fundamentally important; rural areas need to be as well-supported as their metropolitan counterparts. To address this, Professor Brodaty, Dr Gresham and their team at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing are leading COGNISANCE, an international project designed to improve the experience of dementia diagnosis and post-diagnostic support through the development of critical toolkits for people with dementia, their care partners, and health care professionals. “Clearly, we need to find ways to address gaps in service provision for carers and people with dementia and the evident divide between dementia diagnosis and post-diagnostic support in rural and regional centres,” Professor Brodaty said.

NEWS

Help count our birds affected by bushfires WHILE THE 2020 SUMMER BUSHFIRE SEASON SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO; ITS IMPACT IS STILL BEING FELT WITH NEXT WEEK’S “AUSSIE BACKYARD BIRD COUNT” AIMING TO DISCOVER THE EFFECT ON OUR BIRDLIFE. BirdLife Australia is calling on all Australians to take part in their “Aussie Backyard Bird Count” from Monday, October 19–25 in what is the nation’s largest annual conservation event. Following a devastating year with the Black Summer fires and the COVID-19 pandemic, this count is a chance for all Aussies to take a break, connect with nature, and do something peaceful within the comfort of their own backyard, Birdlife Australia says. Studies estimate that at least 180 million birds were wiped out by the destructive Black Summer Bushfires but a significant number of wild birds sought refuge from the devastation in the gardens and parks of places that survived the flames, the group believes.

BirdLife Australia National Public Affairs Manager, Sean Dooley said that this year’s count has never been more important to compare data across the country to previous years and track the longer-term impact of the Black Summer fires on our wild birdlife. “We really need all Australians to get involved in the count this year so we can get a snapshot of our native birds, so we know what has survived, what birds we still have and ultimately use this research to protect them for future generations,” Mr Dooley said. “Every year, we’re seeing more Australians take part, which is really exciting and shows how fun the count can be. The Aussie Backyard Bird Count continues to attract people from all ages, backgrounds and walks of life. This year we’re hoping to have more Australians than ever before join the count.” Data from the Aussie Backyard Bird Count will help BirdLife Australia track how our bird populations are faring across the country. The Aussie Bird Count app allows you to take part anywhere – not just backyards, but in local parks, gardens, schoolyards,

bushland, or beaches – wherever you might see birds. The Aussie Backyard Bird Count also delivers a range of benefits for participants including improved wellbeing and mindfulness and provides a deeper understanding of the natural world around you. “It’s a great way to take a break from the anxieties and stresses that we’ve all faced this year. Whether you’re new to bird watching or a bird nerd, everyone can take part in the bird count. Our app does the hard work for you with images of common birds in your area and has information about all the species you see or hear during your count. It’s the perfect activity to unwind this spring,” Mr Dooley said. Last year, over 88,000 Australians counted nearly 3.4 million birds during the count, with the Rainbow Lorikeet, Noisy Miner and Australian Magpie remaining Australia’s mostcounted birds. The national total will be updated in real time, and the app allows you to see which species are being seen in your local area. To register and ind out more, visit: www.aussiebirdcount.org.au

“Hughie” to raise money for drought-impacted farmers “Send her down, Hughie,” is an old Australian phrase appealing to the weather gods for rain during dry times. So, it is only appropriate that a new Australian beer, “Hughie”, will offer $2 from every case to rural charity ‘GIVIT’ to help raise funds and equipment for those living in drought-affected communities. With last year Australia’s driest on record, it will take much more than a few showers to make any significant difference, NSW Manager of rural charity, GIVIT, Orange local Scott Barrett (pictured) said. “Drought affects everyone in regional communities; farmers, their businesses and their families. It affects lives, live-stock, and livelihoods. “Whole communities are impacted: local businesses dry-up because of reduced spending and the effects run deep across generations, economically, socially and emotionally. “Many of these communities are now dealing with double-whammy of drought followed by bush-fires. It doesn’t get any tougher than that,” he concluded. Since late 2018, GIVIT has spent more than $600,000 in donated relief funds to coordinate over 140,000 items purchased in local communities to help 12,000 people across regional NSW affected by drought conditions.

“PET RESCUE” FUND-RAISER MIXES WINE AND SYMPATHY A novel charity fund-raiser allows for pet-lovers to to help rescue pets find a new, loving home,” she said support the rescue of abandoned animals while also Vickie said that last year the donations from Sit enjoying a nice drop of wine. Stay Society contributed to PetRescue’s national “Sit Stay Society” wines recently launched three new fundraising efforts helping 71,933 pets to be adopted, half-bottle varieties to support pets in need. $731,167 worth of food to be donated directly to rescue organisations, 13 free Jetpets flights to transport Fifty cents of the sale of each bottle of “Ruby’s Rosé”, “Violet’s Grüner Veltliner” and “Mario’s Mataro pets to their new home and 7,423 calls for help to be resolved. Montepulciano” is being donated to PetRescue’s free adoption programs and services to help save the lives “With more than 100,000 pets still killed in pounds of pets in need. and shelters in Australia every year, it’s heartening to see that pet lovers who enjoy a nice glass of wine can “We’re absolutely thrilled that ‘Sit Stay Society’ has also be supporting a future where every pet is safe, launched three new varieties to help pets in crisis,” PetRescue co-founder and joint CEO, Vickie Davy said. respected and loved,” Ms Davy said. The 375ml bottles of wine are available “Since the range launched last year, it’s been incredibly popular and has raised much-needed funds exclusively through Dan Murphy’s and BWS.

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It’s tough, fun, and competitive; have a go at Orange water-polo

z Spreading the money around for local sport at Wentworth Golf Club recently, James Bale, General Manager; Josh Sims, Groundskeeper; Evan Webb, Chief Financial Officer; with Local Member, Phil Donato.

IT’S ONE OF THE MOST GRUELING, PHYSICALLY-CHALLENGING AND GUTBUSTING OF SPORTS, BUT WATERPOLO IS ALSO GREAT FUN! Water Polo Orange is back, COVID-safe and looking to get into the new season with a boost in registrations ahead of its first games on Thursday, October 29. New players though are always welcome with a special come-and-have-a go trial being held next week. If you’d like to give it a try, the second of two water polo try-out events are being held at Orange Aquatic Centre this Thursday, October 22 from 5.30pm where anyone can come along, jump in the pool and learn a few basics about water polo before committing to joining a team. “You don’t have to register or anything, you can just show-up and have a go,” a spokesperson for Orange Aquatic Centre said. The return of water polo is another fair sign of the return to some normality in our sporting and social lives, Orange City Council’s Sport and Recreation Policy Committee Chair, Councillor Jason Hamling said. “Sport is a crucial part of life in terms of people’s mental and physical health,” Cr Hamling said. “Given how tough this year has been on so many people, I’m really glad we can put sensible measures in place to get sports like water polo back up and running,” he added. “One of the major benefits of water polo for kids is that it encourages water safety and basic swimming

skills, so while the kids have fun and play sport, they are also becoming more confident in the water. “The Aquatic Centre is particularly keen to encourage kids between 9 and 12 for its junior competition.” Orange Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd said the water polo competition was another way the Orange Aquatic Centre was able to diversify the activities it offered. “From the littlest of bubs doing water confidence sessions, to school children learning to swim, to older customers experiencing the benefits of aquaaerobics, and now water polo, the local pool has specialised activities for all age groups and abilities,” Cr Kidd said. The competition, played at the Orange Aquatic Centre’s outdoor 50 metre pool, is open to all abilities and new players are encouraged to sign up. COVID safe measures include keeping contact tracing records, reduced number of spectators permitted, and players are asked to leave the venue as soon as the game has finished. Registrations are now open for all levels. Anyone who doesn’t have a team can still join and they will be placed in a side. Games start October 29 from 4pm for Juniors, Intermediates 4.30pm, 5pm and 5.30pm time slots and Opens from 6–8pm, every Thursday with training on Tuesday evenings. If you’d like to register, go to: www.revolutionise. com.au/orangewp/registration/. For more information head to Facebook, or to register your interest, email Sarah O’Gorman at: ssokol@orange.nsw.gov.au.

Seed money to get our local sport back up and running Getting everyone off their couches and back into sport after the recent drought and coronavirus lockdowns has seen the State Government spreading round the money to help local sporting clubs. This seed money to encourage local sport included Member for Orange, Phil Donato recently announcing funding of $3000 for Wentworth Golf Club through the “Local Sporting Grant Program”. The money will go towards purchase of a spreader to repair the drought-affected ground on the golf course. “The new spreader will cost us $6000, and this grant will be a great contribution towards that.” General Manager James Bale said. “We’ve been spreading fertiliser over the course twice a year and we’ll continue to do that to improve the fairways.” Phil Donato said he was very pleased to have supported the Club’s funding application for this equipment. “I’m a firm believer in the role local clubs play in our community, and I’m proud to have supported the funding application for this project,” Phil Donato said. “The Wentworth Golf Club is an excellent organisation that gives back to our community.”

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BIRD ON THE WING FLIES OFF WITH THE “RUBBISH”

Where is the research? Has it been factchecked? Where are the references related to the people mentioned?

“Newswatch’s” credibility… is it flying out the window?

Look forward to your response.

Also, we would like to mention that a lot of drivers do not know how to use a roundabout in Orange. Maybe a campaign: “How do I use the roundabout correctly”, or similar would assist.

Alex Shepherd

Dr James Pretion

As you must be aware, COVID is a serious matter, so I’m very interested in the facts.

Bob, you are making a concerted effort to improve Orange with your publications, and for that you must be commended. Unfortunately, and here comes that dreaded next word ...... HOWEVER. The credibility of your publication is seriously threatened by “BIRD’S EYE VIEWS” rantings and ravings. Hey, now, there’s an idea .... “RAVEN MAD” — that’s a more suitable name for the column — or, dare I suggest, “FALCON IDIOT”. By giving “RAVEN MAD” open slather with her outrageous theories, you, Bob are walking around town with a bullseye on your back. How can your criticism of Council be taken seriously by them when you offer such — and there’s no other word for it — rubbish — in your publication?

CONGRATULATING MS BIRD, IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY… I would like to congratulate Ms Jeanine Bird, for posting the article “We have been sold a pup”. The article is so true, and the facts have proven that the PCR Test shows a lot of false positive. Thank-you, Jeanine!

Release the bird from her cage. Send her off for a holiday and let her out to see the joys of the real world.

At a further matter, the current Council wants to introduce a 40KM/H speed limit, the reason apparently is to make the town safe?

Owen Dally

The roads are in disrepair and in a shocking state. Maybe we are reducing the speed limit for the bad roads, easy fix?

WHERE’S RESEARCH TO SUPPORT“SOLD A PUP” COMMENT PIECE?

I remember I saw the current mayor on TV this year standing in front of a roundabout and saying, ‘this roundabout needs urgent repair’ as there were two accidents in five years.

Regarding Jeanine Bird’s article in “Newswatch” of October 10, 2020: “We’ve been sold a pup!”

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