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By Christine Tondorf CALLS for a solution to the Northern Rivers housing emergency are growing louder, as the latest data reveals how desperate the shortage of residential properties on the North Coast has become. Local real estate agents, on the coalface of the crisis, are
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calling for the release of more residential land, otherwise they believe the situation will become even more dire. The Domain Rent Report for the 2020 December quarter, just out, shows that housing affordability is declining across Australia, but in Northern New South Wales the situation is exasperated
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by an exodus of city people wanting to move to the area. The Richmond Valley has recorded one of the steepest rent increases in the state in the last quarter, going up 14.3 per cent in one year, meaning the average weekly rental cost was $400 in December, up $50 on December 2019 – an overall increase of 37.9 per
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cent compared to December 2015. Jenny Pedrini from George & Fuhrmann Real Estate in Casino says she’s experienced unprecedented inquiries from both potential buyers and renters since the pandemic hit more than 12 months ago. “This has prompted people to really think about where
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they want to be. Do they want to live in a more country town like Casino or Lismore,” she said. Ms Pedrini says the outbreak had led scores of city people to seek either a tree or sea-change in regional Australia. Continued page 7 ☛
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LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE WINNERS FROM TITANS MATCH LISMORE’S CBD businesses enjoyed a massive boost to weekend trade thanks to the NRL’s pre-season trial game between the Gold Coast Titans and the New Zealand Warriors at the recently upgraded Oakes Oval. Tickets to the game sold out on the Friday night prior to the match with a reduced capacity of 4800 due to COVID. Lismore City Council’s events coordinator Leanne Clark said that demand for tickets was so strong that she could have sold thousands more had it not been for COVID restrictions. “After the nail-biting game, spectators poured into the city looking for food and drink,”
she said. Council’s manager of economic development Tina Irish estimated that the game bought in almost $350,000 to the local economy. This came on top of last month’s relocation of the Sydney Blue Sox home series to Lismore, which generated a further $138,000. “This is great news for our motels, hotels, restaurants, cafes and retail stores. Not only does it support the bottom line of our local businesses, it also supports the local people they employ,” she said. “This is why investing to upgrade our sporting facilities, like Oakes Oval and Albert Park, is so crucial
to generate economic growth and support local businesses.” “It is much more than building great local sporting facilities, it’s about supporting our businesses, creating
jobs and strengthening our economy.” Ashlee Rodgers the manager of the Gateway Motel said the event was “definitely good for
business”. “We were busier than most weekends. Even on the Friday night we had the team that played the pre-game stay here from the Central Coast Rosters.” “We find you don’t normally get as many leisure guests to Lismore compared to what you get on the coast, but last weekend certainly brought them in.” Felicity Hyde, who owns Scoops and Candy in Keen Street and also had a busy day, agreed. “A lot of our customers on Saturday were people who came from the Gold Coast and all over, and were staying at motels in Lismore,” she said.
Train derailment repairs proceeding on track By Tim Howard NORTH Coast freight and good train services should resume over the weekend after a goods train derailed near Nana Glen, south of Grafton. The 1500m goods train, made up of three locomotives and 37 carriages derailed during flooding rain in the early hours of February 25 jackknifing 16 carriages off the tracks. One of the locomotives overturned, spilling 11,000 litres of diesel into floodwaters. NSW Environment Protection Authority water tests over the past week have cleared the area of pollutants. A spokesperson said the heavy rain and flood waters
at the time have effectively dispersed the spill. Fire and Rescue NSW handed control of the site over the site to the Australian Rail Track Corporation on Monday and they began work to restore the site. The corporation scrambled about 100 workers to the site to restore the damaged tracks. About 1500 tonnes of ballast from local quarries has been trucked to the site and 800 metres of steel rail was freighted in by train from Port Augusta in South Australia. It arrived on Tuesday night. Around 600 sleepers, made at Rocla, in Grafton, were also sent to the site. An ARTC spokesperson said the work on the track had progressed quickly once
the locomotives and carriages were removed from the site. “The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has started repairs to the rail line at Nana Glen after all
the rollingstock on site was removed from the track,” he said. “Our priority now is to restore the rail line as safely and as quickly as possible,
which will involve re-building of approximately 300 metres of track that was damaged. “The expected timeframe for the recovery of rail operations is this weekend, however this remains dependent on weather conditions. “ARTC works will be occurring at every available opportunity that weather permits from now until the resumption of rail operations.” He said a time had not been for the track to reopen. “We would like to thank the community and our customers for their continued patience and understanding while the repair effort is ongoing,” he said. “All train services in and out of Nana Glen remain suspended.”
BALLINA RSL BUNKERS DOWN FOR ANOTHER COVID ANZAC DAY THE Ballina Returned Service League sub-branch has announced there will be restrictions to the public for 2021 Anzac Day Commemorations at the Ballina RSL Memorial and River Street march. “Due to COVID-19 restrictions and contact tracing registration compliance, numbers of people attending the
services, march and functions will be limited to veterans and their families”, the Sub Branch said in a statement. “Other community groups, organisations and the public are welcome to visit the Ballina Memorial anytime, lay their wreath or tribute, honouring the men and women who served and those who gave their lives in
service for their nation.” The 5am Dawn Service in 2021 at the RSL Memorial Park will be barricaded for crowd control, and COVID sign-in area, limited to 300 seated service veterans and their families. Preference will be given for Ballina RSL sub-branch invited guests, serving and ex-service Australian Defence Force veterans and
their families. “Entry will be controlled, requiring electronic sign in using the Services NSW COVID Safe Check-in app. There will not be a wreath laying ceremony at the Dawn Service. One wreath will be laid by the president”. The current president is Mr Dick Wills OAM. “The community not attending the Dawn Service
are encouraged to assemble on their driveway, lawn, or house front with a candle of remembrance, honouring with the spirit of Anzac Day,” the Ballina RSL subbranch statement said. Other Northern Rivers RSL sub-branches are expected to announce their Anzac Day 2021 commemorative plans in coming weeks.
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63yo behind bars after Dunoon shootings A MAN charged over alleged public place shooting with a number of homes and police vehicles shot at Dunoon on Saturday 6th March remains in custody after not applying for bail following the incidents. Anthony Keith Gifford, aged 63, was arrested and charged with eight offences following the shootings, which saw Dunoon go into lockdown and residents told to lock themselves inside their homes. Officers from the Richmond Police District were called to Dunoon, about 20 kilometres north of Lismore, following reports of shots fired at a home on Rayward Road. On route to the scene, police received further reports a man had allegedly fired shots at two separate homes on Rayward Road, and another on Duncan Road. On arrival, further shots were fired at police, who sought cover in their vehicles. A police vehicle was peppered with bullets, sustaining significant damage. A female senior constable was in the vehicle at the time, maintaining radio
The shotgun allegedly used in the incidents. communications. She was uninjured. A female sergeant discharged her firearm in the man’s direction during the events. During the operation, more than twenty shots were allegedly fired with twelve police officers and six local residents taking refuge in a nearby home and other residents instructed to remain in their homes. Specialist units were deployed to assist in the operation, including officers attached to the Tactical Operations Regional
Response, negotiators, Police Rescue, and the Dog Unit with assistance from Queensland PolAir. Following further inquiries, tactical officers arrested a 63-year-old man outside a property on Rayward Road at midnight. A number of crime scenes were established in the area with a shotgun and spent cartridges recovered at a Rayward Road home. Gifford, who was known to police, was taken to Lismore Police Station where he was charged with four counts of using a firearm at
The police vehicle peppered with shotgun blasts. dwelling-house with disregard for safety, two counts of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest, and two
counts of firing a firearm in or near a public place. His case will be mentioned again on 14th May.
Disaster assistance following storms DISASTER assistance has been made available for communities in response to severe storms which recently caused widespread damage in the region. Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA). The Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said that the community experienced major disruptions due to the heavy rainfall which caused significant damage to roads, businesses and residential properties. “The repairs are expected to be extensive, so this funding will help our communities get back on their feet,” Mr Hogan said. “Financial assistance is available for Coffs Harbour City, Clarence Valley, Kyogle, Lismore City, and Richmond Valley Council areas to
support their recovery.” The State Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said communities experienced significant losses and disruption due to severe weather. “The storms caused widespread damage resulting in road and school closures, damage to homes and farms, and disruption to rail freight services due to a derailment,” Mr Singh said. “The assistance announced will help cover the costs associated with the operational response and repairing damaged homes and essential public assets, such as roads.” Assistance available under the DRFA may include: • Help for eligible people whose homes or belongings have been damaged; • Support for affected local councils to help with the costs of cleaning up and
restoring damaged essential public assets; • Concessional interest rate loans for small businesses, primary producers and nonprofit organisations; • Freight subsidies for primary producers; and • Grants to eligible nonprofit organisations. For information on personal hardship and distress assistance, people should contact Service NSW on 137788. To apply for a concessional loan or grant, contact the NSW Rural Assistance Authority on 1800678593 or visit www.raa.nsw.gov.au Further information on disaster assistance is available on the Australian Government’s Disaster Assist website at www.disasterassist. gov.au and the NSW emergency information and response website at www.emergency.nsw. gov.au
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Future of Club Evans takes a fresh new turn
Exclusive story by Halden Boyd THE future of the financially embattled Club Evans RSL looks much brighter with the business securing a bank loan to see it climb out of COVID limbo, and a pressing debt to the Casino RSM Club being resolved in the process. The whole issue surrounding the future of Club Evans, formerly known and still trading as the WoodburnEvans Head RSL, came when members last year were asked to support a proposal which would lead to the sell-off of Club land for a three story unit boutique complex on part of the existing site. That call came after an announcement last year that the two largest clubs in Richmond Valley, the Casino RSM Club and Club Evans had been discussing a plan to merge to save money on the running of their clubs. It came to light as the Casino RSM loaned Club Evans $1 million in August 2019 to help it pay out Tabcorp Gaming Solutions (TGS) which was costing the Evans Head Club around
$750,000 a year in fees to the Corporation. The deal was that Club Evans could pay off the $1 million loan from Casino interest free over two years. It also involved suggestions that the Casino RSM and Club Evans RSL could combine marketing and administration costs and have a combined board, if members voted to go ahead with a proposed amalgamation. In the proposed merger each individual Club would have to see 75 percent of its members voting for the proposed merger or it would not go ahead. Casino RSM Club and Club Evans management said at the time nothing would change for members and visitors to both clubs if the merger was to proceed, with the aim of reducing running costs for both as the liquor and gaming industry was seeing a downturn in revenue across the state by up to 12 percent. However the real drama came when COVID restrictions saw Clubs and pubs being forced to close their doors for months in 2020 because of the pandemic which saw revenue dry up in
the industry. In a new twist in the saga during the pandemic Club Evans called a special meeting on the 13th December 2020 after it was discovered that the board of directors had been in deep negotiations with developers to sell a portion of its land for a 47 to 52 unit development called the Sandpiper Apartments. The Northern Rivers Times was told the apartments would be three stories high and have underground parking for owners, and that the development idea was being studied by Richmond Valley Council. “We have called a special meeting to see if our members are prepared to accept if this is a good move for Club Evans”, president John Frederiksen (pictured) said at the time. “We believe it will have positive financial benefits for Club Evans,” he also said. The Northern Rivers Times was told late last year if the Sandpiper Apartments development was agreed to by Club Evans it would have knock on benefits. These included Club Evans managing the apartment
complex for 25 years with an option to continue after that time. The proposed Sandpiper Apartments were planned on current Club Evans land along Elm Street, and extending towards the Evans River where the Club has a small house and a two-storey holiday unit complex which is rents to holidaymakers. The proposed Sandpiper Apartments would extend to 15 metres back from the Evans River high tide mark. “The early feedback from our members has been positive, and we look forward to hearing their views at the special December meeting”, John Frederiksen said late last year. “However the latest loan secured by Club Evans through the Commonwealth Bank saw the way for the RSL Club to clear its debt commitment with the Casino RSM Club on the 21st February.” In an open letter to members the Club Evans board of directors were obviously delighted in receiving the bank loan which said would keep it autonomous and the Sandpiper
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Apartments proposal still well and truly on the agenda. “We are pleased to announce that Club Evans was recently able to secure finance from its main lender to refinance the loan to the Casino RSM. The loan with Casino RSM has been settled and as such the board wishes to take this opportunity to thank the Casino RSM Club for its valuable assistance over the past 18 months,” the letter to members said. When asked if the repayment to the Casino RSM Club would have any ramifications to the proposed Sandpiper Apartments the Club Evans president John Frederiksen said the plans were still to be discussed with members. “After a lot of interest in the Club Evans plans for the apartments we have called a meeting at the Club at 10.30am on Sunday 21st March 2021 where the developer will outline one proposal to members,” John Frederiksen told The Northern Rivers Times. “This meeting has been designed to provide our members with information on this option and the opportunity to raise any questions,” he said.
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SES LAUNCH NEW FLOOD AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
Bravery award to Bunnings worker saving man from being sizzled THE Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan has presented a Royal Humane Society of NSW Bronze Medal Bravery Award to Kevin Dowd after his quick actions saved a man from a burning car at Bunnings in Lismore. “During an incident at Bunnings Lismore in September 2016, Kevin put himself in danger to pull a man out of a burning car,” he said. “Everyone else fled away from the car in fear, but Kevin who was on crutches at the time went towards the vehicle with a man inside.”
“This was an extremely dangerous situation as flames were engulfing the car. Kevin put his own safety at risk to assist a stranger.” “Just moments later the car exploded, and Kevin if not saving the man’s life certainly saved him from much more severe injuries.” Richmond Police District Commander Superintendent Scott Tanner also presented Mr Dowd with a Certificate of Merit from NSW Police, and a Commendation Award from Richmond Police District.
NORTHERN Rivers State Emergency Units have launched a new video campaign called ‘It will flood again. That’s a fact’ aimed at raising community awareness of natural disasters. The last major flood impacting the Richmond and Tweed Valleys was in 2017, and the Clarence back in 2013, with a number of minor to moderate floods occurring since then. What people may not know is that floods higher than the levels in 2017
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are possible. NSW SES has launched a series of videos specific to the Lismore CBD, North and South Lismore areas, and also in The Clarence, Mullumbimby and Tweed areas. The SES is also urging people to use its ‘Know Your Risk’ online tool. The site allows people to enter their town, where information on flooding as it is happening is made available. Go to https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/ your-local-risk/
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LOCAL POLICE BEAT approaches at Murwillumbah. At 10.20am on Sunday 7 March a 14-year-old girl was sitting on a bench on Brisbane Street at Murwillumbah when she was approached by an unknown man. Police allege the man spoke to her and made several sexual propositions, before she walked away. In a second incident police were called to a shopping centre on the corner of Brisbane and Wollumbin Streets at Murwillumbah after reports OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR two children were approached by WEAPONS OFFENCE an unknown man at about 11.30am. POLICE are seeking public assistance Police were told two girls aged 13 and to locate a man wanted on an 14 were approached and spoken to by outstanding warrant in the Northern the man in a supermarket. He walked Rivers region. away and the girls sought assistance Sean Blazley, aged 31, is wanted on from a family member. an outstanding revocation of parole Officers from Tweed/Byron Police warrant for a weapon offence. District were notified of both incidents Officers from Richmond Police and commenced inquiries. District have been conducting inquiries Following local patrols of the area, into his whereabouts and are now police arrested a 41-year-old man in appealing for public assistance. Brisbane Street. Sean is described as being of He was taken to Murwillumbah caucasian appearance, about 175cm to Police Station before being taken to 180cm tall, of medium build with short Tweed Heads Police Station, where dark hair and brown eyes. he was charged with incite others He is believed to frequent the to do sexual acts with them without Ballina, Lismore, Tuckombill and consent, three counts of stalking Nimbin areas of NSW and the Gold and intimidation with intent to fear Coast in Queensland. physical harm, and behaving in an Anyone who has information offensive manner in public place. about his whereabouts is urged not to The man from Natural Bridge in approach him and to contact Triple Queensland was refused bail to appear Zero (000) or Crime Stoppers. at Tweed Heads Local Court. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime TEEN ASSAULTED DURING Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or https:// BRAZEN CAR THEFT nsw.crimestoppers.com.au POLICE are appealing to the public for assistance following the theft of a LISMORE MAN CAUGHT vehicle at Byron Bay. SPEEDING, DRINK DRIVING Just before midnight on Friday POLICE from Glen Innes Highway 3rd March 2021 officers attached to Patrol detected a vehicle in Glencoe Tweed-Bryon Police District were travelling at 159km/h, where the driver called to a carpark on Lawson Street a 38-year-old man from Goonellabah North Byron Bay following reports a returned a high range PCA reading and teenager had been assaulted and his was bail refused. vehicle stolen. At 7pm on Saturday 27th February Police were told the boy, aged 17, officers detected a red Hyundai was walking away from the silver SUV travelling on the New England Honda Civic when he was approached Highway at Glencoe on the Northern by an unknown male and pushed to the Tablelands at 159km/h in a 100km/h ground. zone. The teen heard a number of other Officers stopped the vehicle where males running towards him, and the driver returned a positive road side managed to stand up and ran from the breath test. He was placed under arrest scene. The teenager sustained grazing to for the purpose of a breath analysis. his right forearm. The car was last seen The driver returned a reading of 0.212, travelling south on Bay Street. a high range prescribed concentration Police patrolling nearby were notified of alcohol. and commenced an investigation. He was charged with exceeding the Police would like to speak to four speed limit by more than 45km/h, males they believe may be able to assist driving in a manner dangerous to the them with their inquiries. public, driving with High Range PCA, One of the males is described as and breach of bail. being of caucasian appearance, aged He was refused bail and will appear 16-20, with long black hair, and was at Armidale Local Court at a later date. wearing dark clothing at the time of the incident. MAN CHARGED AFTER Officers are urging anyone who may APPROACHING GIRLS have seen a silver Honda Civic with A QUEENSLAND man has been NSW registration BCB-18B to contact charged following two alleged child police. Inquires are continuing.
Police portal offers ‘one stop shop’ THE NSW Police Force has announced new advancements to its Community Portal, including a new process for National Police Checks, with requests for information and reporting now available online. Individuals will be able to apply for a National Police Check directly from the NSW Police Force. The streamlined digital service provides an end to end online process from application submission, identity verification, payment and the issuing of a branded, digital National Police Certificate within one hour. This is in addition to a range of new services that were launched on the user-friendly online Community Portal in September 2020, including minor crime reporting. Deputy Commissioner corporate services, Malcolm Lanyon, said the portal is intended to be a ‘one stop shop’ for members of the community. “People are on their devices more and more, so it was important for the NSW Police Force to modernise with the times and provide an efficient and convenient service to the community,” Deputy Commissioner Lanyon said. “The refreshed Community Portal, now with the National Police Check, represents a digitisation of police services. The platform offers secure and convenient information sharing, with a focus on quality customer service delivery, convenience and flexibility.” “More importantly, the NSW Police Force is a badge you can trust. When you request or provide information through a police platform, you know you’re dealing with a credible organisation and your data privacy and safety is our priority.” The Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott said for situations that don’t require an emergency response, any online reporting system serves as a useful and secure channel for the community to contact police. “These enhancements will not only improve the end-to-end digital user experience, but also continue with the Government’s strategic direction to provide the community with a digital engagement platform for the delivery of frontline services, that will lead to improved customer service,” Mr
Elliott said. The enhanced Community Portal website offers an easy to use, intuitive and sleek design that now offers users a help centre and real-time support via live chat that they can access from any device, anywhere, anytime. Members of the community will be able to report more crimes online, including failing to pay for goods and services, break entering and stealing from unattended premises, minor traffic crashes, stolen motor vehicles, lost property, intentional damage and graffiti, and general theft. Individuals can also apply for National Police Checks for purposes of employment, student placements, Visa, adoption, admission as a lawyer, and volunteering in a Commonwealth aged care facility. They will receive a digital certificate within the hour. The Community Portal provides more flexibility and convenience when reporting minor crime or applying for information as customers only need to share their key details and information once across a broad range of transactions. “The portal is a useful, comprehensive and complementary addition to our already successful and efficient reporting mechanisms and does not replace police on the street,” Deputy Commissioner Lanyon said. “By streamlining the process for members of the community, we are able to reduce valuable time spent by police officers and admin staff doing unnecessary administration. With more non-urgent services online, it will mean more officers are available for emergencies and investigations, as well as proactive operations to deter and prevent crimes.” “We are confident the new online function will further promote open, transparent and positive engagement between police and the wider community.” The Community Portal is a NSW Police Force website that can be accessed at www.portal.police.nsw. gov.au To apply for an authentic National Police Check and receive an official certificate issued directly from the NSW Police Force people can visit https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/npc
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North Coast housing shortage hits critical low continued from front page “We weren’t as affected as the metropolitan areas by Covid so a lot of people are now putting plans in place … getting out and coming into country areas,” she said. “Clearly I would certainly like to see more residential land released.” Ms Pedrini says the state government could look at different options to speed up the release of land in regional New South Wales, such as establishing a taskforce to identify suitable areas for building and it could also invest in fast-tracking land release in the next budget. The Richmond Valley is not the only Northern Rivers area facing a housing crisis. In Ballina, rents have risen by 4.3 per cent in the past year, meaning the average weekly rental for a house is $550, compared to $528 in December 2019 and $460 for 2015. Ballina mayor David Wright says the housing situation is so challenging his council is establishing its own taskforce together with local industry representatives. “We are developing our taskforce with local real estate agencies and housing groups – that’s in the process of being done because we recognise the problem,” he said. Mr Wright said the major challenge in developing affordable housing was the rapidly rising cost of land.
He said one of the few areas in the shire with the potential to house more people was government owned land in West Ballina near Fishery Creek Bridge – higher density housing there could create new residences. Lismore’s average rent rose 7.5 per cent over 12 months, coming in at $430, compared to $400 in December 2019. The tourist mecca Byron Bay recorded a rent rise of 7.1 per cent meaning it costs around $750 a week for a house, compared to $605 last year. Lismore City Mayor Vanessa Ekins said her council has researched the demand for more housing and concluded that due to the area’s ageing population and small average household size (around two people per Lismore household according to the bureau of statistics), more one and twobedroom units were needed. “We have identified land and reduced development costs to encourage medium density housing and it is being built in Goonellabah,” Cr Ekins said. “Unfortunately to afford so-called affordable housing you need an income of over $80,000 a year. Obviously that is unattainable for many of us and we need another solution for renters and the growing number of homeless. “I don’t know what that solution is but I am keen to meet with Kevin Hogan and Janelle Saffin to map out a plan. It’s important
A Lismore business owner says a homeless person has been living under the veranda of this vacant Woodlark Street store for several weeks. that people can stay in the communities where they have friends and support and we don’t want them pushed out because housing becomes too expensive.” The outbreak of Covid19 has led to a record number of people leaving cities for regional areas. The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ internal migration data shows that 11,247 moved from capital cities to regional areas in the September 2020 quarter – an all-time record in the 19 years since these statistics have been recorded. In the three months to June, 2020 some 10,957 Australians fled cities – that’s double the number of urban refugees compared to the same time in 2019. Rental vacancies in the Northern Rivers continue to shrink. The Real Estate Institute of New South Wales found the Northern Rivers has a rental vacancy of just 1.4 per
HOSPITAL SITE WORK SLOWED BY ASBESTOS WORK continues on the Mullumbimby Hospital site as Byron Council prepares the site for a new beginning. Byron Shire assets and projects manager Phil Warner said the clearing and remediation of the Mullumbimby site had begun in January 2019 and had been expected to be finalized by the end of 2020. He said it was taking longer than expected due to the discovery of more deposits of asbestos than originally anticipated. “This project is taking a lot more time than we thought but when it comes to asbestos we need to be very thorough,” Mr Warner said. “We were doing the final sampling of the soil after the demolition and removal of the hospital buildings and contaminated soil was found beyond the footprint of the building. “This resulted in more testing and the contaminated area was covered by geo-fabric and overlaid with soil so there is no cause for community concern relating to the health impact of the contamination,” he said.
“A NSW EPA-accredited site auditor and specialist consultants were engaged to provide recommendations regarding future management and remediation of the site and because of the complexity of the asbestos contamination, their work is still ongoing. “We know the community is keen for things to start happening on the old hospital site but it is important that Council has a clear direction from the auditor and consultants about the way forward and we are hoping they will be providing their information in the next several months,” Mr Warner said. He said in keeping with the recommendations of the Mullumbimby Hospital Site Project Reference Group it remains, the Council’s aims to develop the property to include a range of community uses including housing and associated support services. Council’s Place Planning team is continuing to work on this aspect of the project while the remediation is being finalised.
cent in January, down from 1.5 per cent in December and 2.4 per cent in April, 2020 (when the pandemic was first biting). Cathy Serventy from Lismore’s Social Futures, which runs a special homeless service for the region, said an extraordinary number of city people were moving to the area and demand for the homeless service had risen by around 30 per cent since the pandemic arrived. Social Futures says the state government needs to develop a Northern Rivers community housing plan. The situation is even more dire for renters in immediate neighbouring regions. Coffs Harbour’s rental vacancy rate is at a record low of 0.5 per cent, as is the Mid-North Coast’s, while in the southern suburbs of the Gold Coast, for example Currumbin, vacancies rates are down to 0.3 per cent. House and unit rents on the
Gold Coast are outperforming Brisbane, up $20 on the last quarter ($540 average house weekly rent, $445 for units). On the Gold Coast there have been predictions that there is less than five years’ worth of land for new residential estates, putting further pressure on house prices. A study paid for by Gold Coast developers found only 11,000 dwellings had a medium to high chance of being developed, but Queensland’s government argues the land supply will last another 15 years. Metricon Queensland claims that there has been a 400 per cent increase in inquiries from interstate residents wanting to build new homes on the Gold Coast. The demand for housing in southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales continues to grow exponentially – the median property price on the NSW North Coast went up 37 per cent in 2020. In the last state budget the NSW government committed $823 million for social housing, including $400 million for fast-track construction projects to stimulate the economy. That’s the biggest spend in 20 years, and more than 40 per cent of that is earmarked for regional projects, but will it be enough? The NSW Community Housing Industry Association approximates that 60,000 people are on a waiting list for social housing state-wide.
Wet autumn ahead
THE Bureau of Meteorology says after a very wet summer season on the North Coast the autumn outlook is for wetter-than-average conditions in the Northern Rivers. According to BOM climatologist Dr Andrew Watkins says La Niña will continue to wield influence into autumn even though it is weakening. “The typical lifecycle of La Niña is that it decays through autumn,” he said.
“We are expecting it to decay through early autumn, but we are still seeing quite strong signals in the atmosphere, even though some of the oceanic measurements are hinting towards the decay.” “We are expecting above average rainfall in eastern. parts of Australia including the North Coast.” The Bureau’s Autumn Outlook video can be viewed online at: https://youtu. be/lf8W9HM5CNw
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LISMORE BASE LONG ROAD NEARS END LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin, who as Federal Member for Page secured $60.25 million in Commonwealth funding as a catalyst for the $320-million Lismore Base Hospital redevelopment, says she is pleased the project is entering its final stage. Ms Saffin thanked the NSW Government and Northern NSW Local Health District for funding and managing this complex health infrastructure project over many years, and ultimately, it was local patients who benefitted from more modern facilities. Ms Saffin said she was proud to have a long association with Lismore
Base, serving on its Board for many years, and later, to have also secured substantial funding for the Lismore Cancer Care and Haematology Unit and Our House accommodation. “That original $60.25 million helped deliver a new Emergency Department and Renal Unit for the hospital which opened in 2016, and since then we have seen the South Tower completed in mid-2018, including women’s care, paediatrics, surgical services and inpatient units,” Ms Saffin said. The North Tower was completed in December 2019, comprising of inpatient
An artist impression of the upgraded C Block expected to be completed at Lismore Base Hospital in 2022. wards, medical imaging, critical care, pathology and admissions. Ms Saffin said she
welcomed the NSW Government awarding a tender to Hansen Yuncken to refurbish C Block and the
hospital’s front entry, this final stage expected to be finished by early 2022. Ms Saffin also welcomed confirmation the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and remote New South Wales will hold a hearing in Lismore on Wednesday 16th June this year. “I lobbied hard for this inquiry to visit our Electorate of Lismore to hear firsthand from local people their experiences with the health system and their ideas for improving patient care,” Ms Saffin said.
Casino parklands to be reclassified for sale WITH exciting plans underway to invest into Casino’s premier parks and playgrounds, and the need to secure funding for those plans, Richmond Valley Council is seeking community input on the potential sale of five small parcels of land identified as under-utilised by the community. Richmond Valley Council general manager Vaughan Macdonald said the Council had undertaken substantial investment into the Valley’s parks and public spaces in recent years. “With the support of a number of successful grant applications, Council has carried out significant upgrades and renewals of Colley Park, Queen Elizabeth Park, and the Casino Drill Hall precinct in Casino, as well as Coraki Memorial Park, Stan Payne Oval, Woodburn Riverside Park, and Broadwater Memorial Park in the Mid Richmond,” Mr Macdonald said. “Alongside this, Council has been successful with grant funding from the NSW Government which has enabled investment in a shared pathway network in Casino which allows residents to ride and walk across town, for better access to our major parks and reserves.” “With a view to securing funds for further upgrades of feature parks in Casino, which are highly utilised by residents for sports and recreation, play and picnicking, Council is now undertaking public consultation on the possibility of reclassifying five smaller
parks for potential sale.” The parks listed for potential reclassification and sale are RSM Park, Dan Phelan Park, Sunnyside Park, Melaleuca Park, and Russell Park. Mr Macdonald said the five parks were originally identified as surplus to requirements in a review of facility needs, which looked at the level of community usage of parks and other community facilities across the Richmond Valley. He said with exciting plans to modernise and upgrade local parks and facilities used more intensively by the community, it was responsible for Council to prioritise its finite resources and, where possible, reduce expenditure on under-utilised parks. “Council currently manages approximately 351 hectares of green space across the Valley, which includes sporting fields, parks, playgrounds, streetscapes and environmental reserves,” Mr Macdonald said. “If the reclassification and disposal of these five sites proceeds, Council has estimated a reduction in annual maintenance costs of around $11,000.” “The proceeds from any land sales and maintenance cost savings would be invested into upgrades and embellishment of better utilised community parks within Casino, such as Crawford Square in South Casino, which is being upgraded in line with the approved master plan.” Mr Macdonald said there was also a high demand for new residential land in Casino, and these areas could be part
of the solution, along with potential new land releases which were working their way through the planning process. “Some may be surprised to know that future availability of residential land in Casino is limited, due to the low-lying areas surrounding much of the current urban space of Casino,” he said. “Where possible, Council would like to provide opportunities for new housing within the urban area; this allows for efficient use of existing Council services, such as roads, water and sewer services.” “It is also an important
to recognise that part of growing the Richmond Valley economy means creating more opportunities for people to call Casino their home.” “New land releases rely on the owners of the land identified in Council’s residential land release strategies to get on with the job and invest in our future, and if they don’t we have a responsibility to look at other options.” Mr Macdonald said Council was committed to undertaking proper community consultation before any decision was made. “There are multiple steps along the way to ensure the
community has its voice heard, including two phases of community consultation for 28 days and a public hearing to be chaired by an independent person,” he said. Richmond Valley Council is encouraging anyone to make a public submission through one of the following methods: • Via a Make a Submission form on Council’s website; • Email to council@ richmondvalley.nsw.gov.au; • Via post to Locked Bag 10, Casino NSW; or • By delivery in person to a Council Customer Service Centre in Casino or Evans Head.
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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION
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Park plans What type of community do we want for Casino in 20 years? Do we want a community with green spaces and parks for children in the many neighbourhoods across the town? Do we want to see our parks sold off for housing, fitting in as many houses in a block as we can, where children will need to be driven by their parents to the few remaining parks in town. Council is currently considering a plan to
sell five parks RSM Park, Dan Phelan Park, Sunnyside Park, Melaleuca Park and Russell Park. Some of these parks are near blocks of units with no backyards. Long term residents of Casino have seen the death by 1000 cuts to many of the parks across the town. Slowly we have seen tables, chairs, toilets, swing sets and other park furniture removed over the years. All that remains in these and many other parks are grassed areas and an occasional tree. Council now says the parks are unused and should be sold. Once these parks are sold it would be long before they look to sell off other parks. One of the many advantages of living in a small community such as Casino is our access to our parks and green spaces. People in other communities across Australia would be envious of the number of parks in Casino.
According to council, “From the five parcels proposed to be reclassified six residential lots could be created, netting a total of approximately $600,000 once costs are deducted”. Richmond Valley Council also report that reclassification and disposal of the parks would save the council around $11,000 in maintenance and mowing costs. The council’s annual report (page 31) shows council holds assets of $860 million. Moneys raised and saved by the sale of parks would be a drop in the bucket for council, but what is the cost for the community? Rather than selling these parks, the council should be investing in them by installing equipment and bringing back the sense of connection and community that neighbourhood parks provide. Council are seeking feedback on this
proposal and I urge all residents to let the council and councillors know their views on this proposal. Patrick Deegan Casino
Falsely accused “If I stand down from my position as AttorneyGeneral because of an allegation about something that simply did not happen, then any person in Australia can lose their career, their job, their life’s work, based on nothing more than an accusation that appears in print,” Attorney General Christian Porter said last week. “If that happens, anyone in public life is able to be removed simply by the printing of an allegation. Every child we raise can have their lives destroyed by online reporting of accusations alone.” Interesting choice of words, Christian. “Every child we raise...” Any father in this
country can lose their children based on nothing more than an accusation. Any father is able to be removed simply by the raising of an allegation. Every child can have their lives destroyed by the removal of a father by accusations alone. “There is a presumption of innocence,” PM Morrison told reporters on Friday. “There is no alternative rule of law that should apply to one Australian and not to another. The suggestion that there should be, I think, can go to undermining the very principles of the rule of law in this country.” What planet are you on, Scomo? There is no equality in family law in Australia. Fathers are disposable parents with a presumption of guilt against them where there is any allegation of DV or abuse. Even when those allegations have been investigated and dismissed as
unsubstantiated. What have either of you ever done about that travesty? What have you done to repair family law in this country? Merge two courts back into one. Shuffle the deckchairs. Not good enough. But Porter is not just another dad in the Family Court. He is the attorney general and a cabinet minister and must be held to a higher standard. Scott Morrison needs to assure the Australian people that he’s a fit and proper person to hold that role. An inquiry is warranted. I hope now that Christian Porter has some empathy for all the destitute dads done over by false allegations of abuse in the courts. And I offer the attorney general the same advice his office gave me when I wrote about the false allegations I was facing in my own family law case – try calling Mensline. Adrian Grainger Larnook
Two escape serious injury in boating mishap
ELTHAM PUB FLAMES FIRE EFFORT THE Clunes Rural Fire Service brigade has said a special thanks to the owners of the Eltham Hotel north of Lismore helping them raise funds for equipment upgrades at the village unit. The horrific 2019 severe bush fire season highlighted the importance of local fire brigades, as well as the spirit of the communities which stand behind and support the volunteer organisations. “None more of this strong spirit saw people in the village of Clunes which rallied together to provide for the needs of their Rural Fire Brigade during time of anxious crisis”, Kel
McGrath from the Clunes RFS said. “The brigade as a volunteer group continues to raise funds to update equipment which assists us with fire and rescue services, and the Eltham Hotel has provided on-going support.” Members of the brigade recently presented the publicans Luke Sullivan and Matt Rabbidge with a framed fire helmet and plague as a token of their appreciation. On hand to present the tribute were captain Neville Battistuzzi, group officer Garry Johnston, secretary Bruce Greenland and president Kel McGrath.
TWO men in a small runabout escaped with minor injuries after their vessel was sucked out to sea and rolled on the Wooli River bar on Saturday 6th March. The pair were inside the bar watching the swell on the outgoing tide when their motor failed. They were quickly swept into the swell and the tinnie soon capsized seeing them thrown into the water. Both men were wearing lifejackets were not attempting to cross the bar and managed to swim to shore, sustaining minor cuts and bruises. Volunteers at the nearby Marine Rescue Wooli radio base provided first aid. A crew on rescue vessel Wooli 30 will retrieved the tinnie, which was floating bow-up just outside the entrance to prevent it becoming a navigation hazard for other boaters. The upturned craft was towed back to the Wooli boat ramp.
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NEWS TO mark International Women’s Day, The Northern Rivers Times asked 11 local women and Lismore’s new mayor to give our federal leader guidance on how to respond to the crisis that dominated the news last week. We asked women in Lismore’s CBD what they thought of the prime minister’s handling of historic rape allegation against his attorney general and how he should proceed. 1. Elyse Dallinger of Lismore I’d like see to accountability happen and people take responsibility for the role they play as leaders or supposed leaders of our government. I’d also really like women given a voice that does not stem from them being a man’s daughter.
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Where is his compassion? 7. Molly Campi of Lismore I think he should hold a proper inquiry and stand the guy down while it’s happening. I think he’s a wimp and he hasn’t handled it at all. There’s been no compassion. 8. Frewoini Baume of Konorigan There’s been a lack of empathy with this. Legally we might have progressed on how we deal with sexual assaults and domestic violence ... but gender equality and equity isn’t socially and culturally embedded in our society. We still have a lot of work to do.
9. Kim White of Tenterfield I’d like to see an inquiry. The person 2. Donelle McKee of Tregeagle who’s been accused is a senior politician I think it’s pretty appalling and I think it’s and this misrepresents his position a coward’s way to address it. He needs to completely. The prime minister hasn’t address it immediately, at the very least handled it well at all or been proactive there needs to be an inquiry. enough. The event and the seriousness of it have been underplayed. 3. Paula Williams of Goonellabah I think the prime minister has done the 10. Moppy Chiring-Chauden of best he can. This all happened such a Lismore long time ago. It’s time to close it. I think the prime minister is pleading ignorance and it is ignorance. I hope 4. Carelle Jarrett of Goonellabah some very bright person, perhaps even He belongs to the old boys’ club. Men from this area, could say something that stick together. He is getting paid the big will really make a difference. money so he should have done something and should do more than he’s done. 11. Andi Neilands of the Channon The first thing he should have done is 5. Ebony Ross of Grafton actually read the document, the letter. It’s been handled disgustingly. I think He’s been sent it and he hasn’t read it, it’s horrible that someone with so much so he’s given her no voice what-so-ever, power hasn’t dealt with it. I want to see yet he’s listened to the attorney general something happen. It doesn’t matter that and says he believes him, but he hasn’t the woman is no longer here with us. listened to her side of the story, so he’s totally silenced her. 6. Harmony Walsh of Kyogle I’m disappointed and disgusted. He has 12. Vanessa Ekins, Lismore’s Mayor put his focus on the bloke without giving The minister needs to resign from his a damn about the woman and about position. This is a serious allegation and the stress it’s causing him, without even not the first time this minister’s integrity thinking about what it’s done to that has been questioned. We expect our woman and what it’s done for years. federal leaders to act with honour.
VIEW CLUB CELEBRATES WOMENS DAY
Ladies from Twin Towns Day VIEW Club raising their hands in recognition of International Women’s Day. The club meets for luncheon on the first Thursday every month at the South Tweed Sports Club stating at 10.30am. For more information please ring Freda on 07 55241357 or Kathie on 0407709629. TWIN Towns Day View Club celebrated International Women’s Day with a special luncheon held at the South Tweed Sports Club. Ladies globally celebrate this most important day of recognition on the importance women play not
only for their families, and business and playing major roles in the running of the country. The first IWD event was held in 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States.
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WATER STRATEGY FOCUSES ON AMALGAMATION OF NORTH COAST NETWORKS THE NSW Government is developing a 20-year, statewide NSW Water Strategy to improve resilience of the state’s water resources over the coming decades, with one of the recommendations amalgamating Clarence Valley and Mid North Coast supply networks. The NSW Water Strategy will address key challenges and opportunities for water management and service delivery across the state and set the strategic direction for the NSW water sector over the long-term. The strategy will guide water service delivery and resource management, build on the progress made from
previous reforms and set the direction to keep improving management of resources, and identifying key challenges, opportunities, strategic priorities and actions for the whole of NSW. The NSW Water Strategy is part of a suite of long-term water strategies including 12 regional and two metropolitan water strategies which set out the approach to maintaining and building the resilience of the state’s water resources, including in response to climate variability and change. One recommendation is improving the Clarence-Coffs Harbour Regional Water Supply Scheme which
examines the potential benefits of connecting Bellingen Shire Council and Nambucca Valley Council to the Clarence-Coffs Harbour Regional Water Supply Scheme. It also touches on the subject of the deployment of temporary desalination plants as an emergency drought response for extreme conditions. By planning in advance, the draft says the units can be built quickly if and when needed, and they would be removed when no longer required. This option would also consider permanent decentralised units.
Boyd Street development to aid vulnerable
The first ground is turned on a new social housing development in Boyd Street Tweed Heads.
A 40-UNIT $13 million development at Boyd Street is aimed at housing some of the Tweed’s most vulnerable community members. Minister for Water Property and Housing Melinda Pavey was on the Tweed for the ground-turning ceremony with Tweed MP Geoff Provest. The project is centrally located just 500m from the Tweed Heads CBD with construction scheduled to begin in the next two weeks and be completed in mid2022. Mrs Pavey said the NSW Government has contracted Woollam Constructions to deliver the modern, seven-storey project with 24 two-bedroom units and 16
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one-bedroom units. “This is another example of the NSW Government ramping up the delivery of well-designed new social housing in regional areas across NSW and building a stronger and safer regional NSW,” Mrs Pavey said. “This project will form part of around 750 new social homes we’re expecting to complete in regional areas between this year and 2023-24, which should create more than $200 million in construction activity and around 1,000 jobs. “At a local level, over the next 12 months, this project alone will create around 64 jobs during construction, including among local tradespeople.”
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Mr Provest welcomed the project’s construction commencement and said it would help meet a rising demand for social housing in the region. “Not only will this project deliver new housing for people doing it tough in our community, it will also have a high standard of modern architectural design to reflect the emerging character of this coastal location,” he said. “It will feature communal open space for tenants, including a circuit path with bench seating, along with 39 parking spaces and 15 bicycle spaces. Importantly, four of the new units will be specifically designed for people with a disability.”
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$35 Million in local road safety funding announced strips to alert drivers when they are moving out of their lane, median upgrades to prevent head-on collisions and barriers to prevent run-off-road crashes and protect against roadside hazards.” The State Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis said it was fantastic to see the Australian and NSW Governments working together to deliver positive outcomes for the community. “This is going to fund some really important road safety improvements, notably around South Grafton High School, McAuley College Grafton and Gulmarrad Primary
School,” Mr Gulaptis said. “These projects will help prevent the loss of lives and serious injuries on our roads.” The State Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said the investment demonstrated both governments’ commitments to improving road safety. “We want to keep improving our roads to keep driving down the road toll,” Mr Singh said. “Boosting local infrastructure also means boosting jobs. This helps our local economy so we can continue to recover from COVID-19.” The State Member of the Legislative Council
SAFFIN TACKLES DIGITAL DIVIDE A RECENT Parliamentary speech by Lismore MP Janelle Saffin on the digital divide in rural and regional New South Wales has put her in touch with an action group helping isolated communities to access suitable broadband. During a public interest debate on regional mobile and digital connectivity, Ms Saffin took NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro to task for only delivering $50 million of $400 million the Nationals promised in February 2019 for faster mobile and internet coverage in regional New South Wales. Ms Saffin said health was one area where the digital divide can mean life or death, so for that reason we have to ensure good connections. “How many times can the deputy premier announce this? We have heard announcement after announcement, but we want to see runs on the board. We want to see connectivity.” “All members must work together to ensure that the people of rural and regional New South Wales have strong digital connectivity for jobs, business, health and safety.” Coverage of the debate found its way into the Information Age as an article titled, “Rural MPs lambast Govt. broadband ‘BS’”, prompting Jon Gough, of the Wamboin Communications Action Group (WCAG), to contact Ms Saffin. “WCAG has done a lot of good work over some four years and is now in the process of obtaining suitable broadband for their rural community,” Ms Saffin said. “Their particular focus has been on the Wamboin, Bywong and
Sutton region around the ACT, which had a particular satellite NBN allocated to their area and which the local community stated was not fit for purpose for the residents of the area.” “They have focused on obtaining a service that could traverse challenging terrain and how to deliver fibre connectivity to rural areas at a similar price point to that of city residents.” “Their website contains information about WCAG that I found very interesting.” “When I spoke with Jon Gough, he asked me if there are any communities in our area which would be interested in receiving assistance from them.” “The WCAG secured an Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) grant to help them document what they had done and success with the NSW Government.” “The purpose of this is to help other, similar, rural communities get recognised by both government and non-government organisations to deliver suitable, robust, futureproof digital communications.” “WCAG were successful in this endeavour and are now reaching out to find other communities that need assistance in raising their profile such that they are recognised as being in need of assistance.” Ms Saffin said if there are any groups in the Electorate of Lismore who are interested and have the capacity to work on such a project, please contact her on 0266 213 624 and she would put them in touch with WCAG.
Ben Franklin said both Governments were doing everything possible to get residents home sooner and safer. “We know how important these upgrades will be to our local community and that’s why we are funding them.” The Australian Government’s funding for the Road Safety Program is subject to ‘use it or lose it’ provisions and will deliver life-saving treatments on regional roads. The ‘use it or lose it’ provisions require States and Territories to use their notionally allocated funds within a timeframe, or the funds can be reallocated to projects in other jurisdictions. Projects funded across the Page electorate include: • $4,024,810 for pavement rehabilitation, shoulder widening,
superelevation, delineation and signposting on the Clarence Way between Woodenbong and Urbenville; • $6,708,016 to upgrade the existing seal to high level non-skid surface, including grooving, to improve skid resistance at HW10 South Bound, Chatsworth Island; • $288,445 for Gulmarrad Primary School - Safety Improvements for School Access including pedestrians; • $2,012,405 to upgrade the existing seal to high level non-skid surface, including grooving, to improve skid resistance at Jackadgery Creek; • $184,600 to upgrade road safety on the Bruxner Highway in South Lismore; • $2,250,000 for a shared pathway at Broadwater and Maclean on the Pacific Highway; • $192,295 for cyclist
treatments on the Summerland Way in Casino; • $202,582 for pedestrian safety around South Grafton High School; • $268,321 for pedestrian safety around McAuley Catholic College at South Grafton; • $536,641 to install a flexible safety barrier on Solitary Islands Way from Emerald Beach to Moonee Beach; • $11,708,016 to install audio line markings, barrier installation and shoulder widening in various locations across the Clarence Valley; • $4,024,810 for upgrades on the Bruxner Highway at Rodgers Road; • $2,683,207 for Stage 2 of road upgrades at Clunes; and • $200,000 for realignment works on the Pacific Highway at Serpentine Channel Rd.
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LOCAL road safety projects are rolling out across the North Coast in a $35 million blitz designed to reduce road trauma and save lives. The Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said the Australian and NSW Governments were working together to ensure works start immediately and are completed by June to get people home sooner and safer. “I know just how important safe, efficient road connections are to local communities,” Mr Hogan said. “That’s why we are rolling out this funding to deliver lifesaving upgrades including shoulder sealing, noise
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CHARLIE SETS OUT TO CHANGE THE WORLD EIGHT-year-old Fingal boy Charlie Cairncross this week became the youngest recipient of the Australian Wildlife Society Youth Conservation Award. The Lindisfarne student received his honour at the News South Wales Parliament House this week in recognition of his efforts during the 2019-2020 summer bushfires as well for founding the Green Heroes Wildlife Adoption Program, which now has more than 170 classrooms across Australia engaged in native species conservation. Australian Wildlife Society President Associate Professor Julie Old said Charlie was dedicated to preserving and protecting native Australian wildlife and was currently working on a second project and short film to be released in a few months. “The youth of Australia make significant contributions to the wildlife conservation movement through innovative projects and ideas,” she said. “The Youth Conservation Award aims to inspire young people to have a stake in wildlife conservation by recognising and rewarding their efforts. Charlie’s speech
was very inspiring – he had the whole room in tears. Given the opportunity to be part of the wildlife conservation movement, Charlie is a real example that the youth of Australia will rise to the occasion and protect Australia’s native wildlife” Charlie, who lives at Fingal with his parents and two brothers, made the trip to Sydney with his mother Sarah Jantos to receive the award with youngster saying it was not just for him but all children who care about conservation. “Thank you to the Australian Wildlife Society for choosing me to receive this award and for honouring the power of the little people in Australian Conservation,” he said. “My mum and I have always rescued, rehabilitated and released native wildlife at our home in Northern NSW, but last summer as bushfires damaged the land, we volunteered to travel to the South Coast of NSW to help small wildlife shelters such as Majors Creek Wombat Refuge. “I will never forget it. When we arrived, there were lots of little fires still burning all around us. The wildlife carers
Eight-year-old Fingal boy Charlie Cairncross with Australian Wildlife Society CEO Patrick Medway AM at Parliament House in Sydney this week. we met had tears in their eyes, sadness in their voices and too many animals to look after. We helped as much as we could - but I knew more help was needed. “With the help of my family and friends I made a short film to send to preschools across Australia asking children just like me to help by sponsoring a joey.
Over 4000 children in 170 preschools across Australia fundraised to sponsor an animal. Together we raised over $13,000. That is a lot of money raised by three and four year olds! “In some ways I am simply here today to receive this honour on behalf of those children. But as children we want to do more. We may
be small, but our hearts are big. We worry about what is happening to our World. We understand the difference between token gestures and a true call to action. The race to protect Australian native wildlife is REAL and when we are given a real opportunity to be part of this children WILL rise to it. This year, I will continue to promote the wildlife adoption program to help wildlife carers and native animals. I will also be working with Green Heroes to give children more opportunities to protect and preserve native animals - BEFORE they suffer, BEFORE they are injured and BEFORE it is too late. “We may not be able to save the World Before Bedtime - but together, we CAN Change the World.” Back home at Fingal Charlie is continuing his work at Green Heroes as a Junior Wild Defender on wildlife conservation action projects aimed at children and youth. Green Heroes hopes to support the growing movement of children and young people seeking to take action to preserve and protect native flora and fauna, for more information head to www.greenheroes.org.au.
ATAR talent kicks off at North Coast uni WHEN Amy Mazzarella steps foot on the Southern Cross University campus for her first class in 2021 after finishing high school at Banora Point she’ll be one of more than a thousand new students welcomed to the worldwide and nationally recognised facility. Southern Cross University has seen dramatic demand in domestic applications, which have increased more than 16 percent, with the University welcoming students back on campus and online for Session 1 classes. Amy (pictured) was recently awarded Southern Cross University’s prestigious Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship, following a metamorphic year where she overcame her fears to become the 2020 School Captain of St Joseph’s Catholic at the Banora Point College and activated her personal study plan to become Dux of her school with a 96.15 ATAR. The Bachelor of Law
student said her secret to achieving top grades and maximising opportunities was to be organised and have confidence. “I used to be the girl who was really quiet and shy and who hated having to say a speech for an English assignment,” Amy said. “I don’t even know why I was like that,” the young change maker brimming with confidence said. “I played representative netball so thought I’d go for sports captain because then I wouldn’t have to make a speech. But later when I was talking to my mum about it I decided I had nothing to lose that I’d take the plunge,” she said. “Getting up in front of people was good for me, and I actually became school captain.” “I became so much more confident in Year 12, and sometimes it really pays off to put yourself out there.” During senior school
Amy took part in the BASE Leadership Programme for Grade 11 and 12 students from Tweed and Byron Shire which was sponsored by Southern Cross University, with access to specialised leadership workshops and scholarship opportunities. “My first time on campus at Southern Cross University Gold Coast campus was in Year 11 for a workshop on effective decision-making
and I knew right away this is where I wanted to study law,” 18 year old Amy said, who will be the first in her family to attend University. “I live in Coolangatta and was born and raised here and I really wanted to stay local to continue to study and work in the area and live with my parents.” I drive past Southern Cross University all the time, and love that the campus is local, and you can get a world-class education close to the beach and yet it’s personalised and small enough that you don’t get lost.” “Southern Cross University has some incredible law graduates and this degree here is such an awesome opportunity to study and practice law locally. I’m most looking forward to meeting new people from across different degrees walks of life and I’ve secured part-time work in a local Coolangatta law firm called Keating Law which is already giving me
real world experience.” Senior manager of student management Paul Robinson said Southern Cross University experienced a massive 16 percent increase in domestic student applications across its campuses at Gold Coast, Lismore, Coffs Harbour and online compared to the same time last year. “Our most in-demand courses include the everpopular Bachelor of Nursing, followed by our free awardwinning pathway programmes PSP and Transition to Uni to prepare students to study a degree, followed by our new Bachelor of Science, then Primary Education, Occupational Therapy, Psychological Science, and our new Bachelor of Business and Enterprise,” Mr Robinson said. “We’ve had more than a thousand students take part in orientation campus tours at the Gold Coast campus alone, and there’s a real buzz back on campus.”
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Tiny library is out of this world THE TARDIS has landed in the Lower Mid Richmond. The blue British Police Box familiar to Doctor Who fans sits on the banks of the Richmond River at Keith Hall on River Road just upstream of the Burns Point Ferry. And if you open the door expecting to see the Doctor and their time travelling crew, or full of evil Daleks trying to conquer the Universe, you’re still confronted by a scene which is out of this world. It is in fact a local library, stacked
with books which can be taken and read for free by locals. It does not have a librarian but the rules are quite simple… if you borrow a book, after you have read it you have to bring it back. A little sign inside also asks for people to donate books for all to read. So next time you take a drive along the scenic eastern banks of the Richmond River between Wardell and South Ballina make sure you pop in to the the Keith Hall Tardis Library and grab a book for some timeless relaxation and reading.
The Lismore Quad is back
Photo - Kate Holmes THE one-of-a-kind cultural precinct in the heart of Lismore has announced an exciting and inclusive cultural programme of events for the Lismore Quadrangle for the first six months of 2021, with more announcements to come. It comes after the activities at the Lismore Quad were seriously impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. Lismore Quad’s 2021 programme kicks off with the Lismore Youth Festival on the 15-16th April, followed by a powerful storytelling project, Flood Stories, that takes people on walking audio tours around Lismore on
28th April, the Quad Outdoor Cinema 21-23rd May, and the family favourite Playground Festival on the 3rd July. The popular Backyard Music Sessions showcasing local talent will return monthly from May. The Lismore Quad is a public meeting place, a performance venue, a children’s play space and a creative hub that connects Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore Library and the Northern Rivers Conservatorium. For more information and to sign up to Lismore Quad’s newsletter visit www.lismorequad.org.au For more info see page 45 ☛
DEEP LISTENING AT RENEW FEST SENIOR Australian of the Year and Indigenous artist and educator Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann will be a headline guest at Renew Fest in May this year. “Deep listening has been a core value for Renew Fest since its very beginning, and was directly inspired by Miriam Rose’s work, so we are very humbled and excited to have Miriam Rose join us this year. There is so much to learn from her, and from Indigenous ways of
listening to the earth, each other, and our hearts,” festival director Ella Rose Goninan said. “A regenerative future includes a deep honouring of First Nations people and a deep openness to the colonial trauma of the past that is still with us today,” added Ella Rose. Renew Fest runs 7-9 May in Mullumbimby. Special release early bird ticket sale ending soon. See www. renewfest.org.au
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SCU students break a leg in western NSW study TEN osteopathy students from Southern Cross University were treated to a unique placement in late February as they took a special educational clinic to the outback towns of Bourke and Brewarrina in western New South Wales. The Masters of Osteopathic Medicine students from Lismore and Gold Coast campuses treated locals at the clinics, which were free of charge to the community over two weeks in February. Although Southern Cross nursing and allied health students are a frequent presence in both towns on senior placements, the osteopathy clinic was a first. “The clinics were incredibly popular,” Osteopathy programme coordinator Bimbi Gray said. “And we were booked out every day, and we plan to be back in November this year and in 2022 as well,” she said. Southern Cross University is one of just three universities in Australia offering tertiary studies in osteopathy and works closely with The North West Academic Centre, supported by Dr Tara Walker,
to offer the student-run clinics at Bourke District Hospital and at the Brewarrina Aboriginal Child and Family Centre. The placement reflects the strengthened partnership not only between Southern Cross University and the people from local communities but also with the University of Rural Health (UDRH) and the North West Academic Centre. Gold Coast student Rodney Williams said the experience in Bourke and Brewarrina was
fantastic. “We were welcomed by everyone. The resilience and ability of people to just get on and get things done was really impressive,” he said. Fellow student Sarah McCahon said the experience was mutually beneficial. “People seemed really keen on accessing our services and the clinics were full from 9am until 5.30pm every day and we got a lot out of it too. It really challenged our clinical
thinking,” she said. “In metro centres you can access things like exercise bands for rehab easily but in the outback sometimes you have to get creative. That is very valuable preparation for professional practice,” she said. Health challenges in remote areas such as Bourke and Brewarrina are varied and complex Ms Gray said. “Allied health services such as Osteopathy are essential
to the multidisciplinary care needed to address the diverse healthcare demands of Australians living in these remote areas. This has been an incredibly rich cultural and learning experience for our students. We hope this encourages our future Southern Cross graduates to consider careers in geographic areas where there are shortages of health services,” Ms Gray said. Osteopathy is a hands-on manual therapy that restores movement and function through a combination of massage, joint movement, stretches, gentle joint manipulation and exercise. In Australia, osteopaths are government registered allied health practitioners who complete university training in anatomy, physiology, pathology, general healthcare diagnosis, and osteopathic techniques. Osteopaths can provide allround osteopathic care, as well as concentrating on specific areas of practice, such as exercise-based rehabilitation, pain management, paediatric and sports medicine.
Rappville Pub renovations ready to roll by Halden Boyd WORK is set to start with major improvements to the Commercial Hotel at Rappville, known affectionately at “The Rappy Pub”. Owners Lisa Stewart and Colin Foyster (pictured) have revealed the next stage of the major revamp to the hotel is about to get underway, after the completion of extensive internal renovations to the beautiful and nostalgic pub. “After almost four and a half years of The Rappy having no kitchen and relying on food vans to feed patrons we have the best news,” Lisa said. “We will start work of building our brand new kitchen in a few weeks.” “We will have great pub food, and we will change our opening hours and be able to serve breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffees and deserts.” “Fresh local produce, jams and spices will also be sold”. “We have the builders ready to go, cooks and waiters on stand-by ready for their new jobs,” Lisa said.
“We are calling it ‘The Whistle Stop’ cafe/restaurant, which we are naming after the trains making regular toots as they pass by.” “It is finally going to happen, and we are over the moon, and this pub will be restored to it’s former glory.” “If all goes well to schedule, we aim to have it open hopefully in time for HOG (motorcycle club) event and The Charity Dice Run on the 2nd May, and that is our goal.” “After the kitchen is installed, we will be installing a disability ramp out the side of pub and installing an indoor disabled toilet.” The next stage to
be discussed of the redevelopment with engineers and the Richmond Valley Council is the creation of a lake next to the hotel. “It is essential for various reasons.” “It is to raise the back grass area level to street so we can build permanent gazebos out of flood, to help to control the flooding we incur out back with heavy rain, water storage for pub and the village in
case any other fire happens again giving the RFS an access entry point, to attract wildlife, to build a bridge over it for wedding photographs, and to beautify the village
surrounding the hotel.” The 110 year old Commercial Hotel at Rappville is only one of two timber pubs still in existence in New South Wales.
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Teen to carry the torch on regional taskforce LOWER Clarence teen, 17-year-old Paris Brailsford of Yamba has been selected to join seventeen other young people from across regional NSW as a member of the NSW Government’s Regional Youth Taskforce, Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis has announced. Mr Gulaptis said he was delighted to see Paris, a Year 12 student at Maclean High School, appointed to the Taskforce and yesterday took the opportunity to personally congratulate her. “Paris is a terrific young lady who has a bright future ahead of her,” Mr Gulaptis said. “She has a long history of volunteering, youth advocacy and being in leadership positions, including being elected as Youth MP twice at NSW Youth Parliament representing the Clarence electorate. “Paris is very passionate
about wanting to help initiate positive change for young people not only in her local community but across other regional communities,” Mr Gulaptis said. “She will be part of a really important initiative and will work with her peers from across the state to steer youth policy and deliver real change and practical benefits for regional young people”, he said. Paris said she is looking forward to initiating tangible change, especially in the areas of mental health, youth advocacy and mentorship for youth on both a local and state level. “I believe this opportunity is invaluable in that it allows the youth of NSW to have their voices heard in an arena which traditionally doesn’t value youth opinions,” she said. Minister for Regional Youth Bronnie Taylor said the second-year cohort will
build on their predecessors’ achievements, which included improvements to education, digital connectivity and public transport. “The incredible young leaders from our first ever Taskforce were integral in pushing for an online licensing scheme which cut a lot of red tape and is already saving young people a long trip to a Service NSW centre,” Mrs Taylor said.
“The 2019/20 Taskforce also helped shape holiday programs that gave hundreds of young people in drought and bushfire affected areas the chance to attend recreation camps, skills programs and community activities for free. “The new Taskforce will have big shoes to fill, but I am really excited by their potential and am eager to hear their views on how the NSW Government can continue to
make life better for young people living in the bush.” The group, which includes two young people from each of the state’s nine regions, will meet for the first time later this month in Coffs Harbour to discuss the topic ‘work-readiness’, one of the pillars outlined in the Regional Youth Framework. “Our 18 new members will drive policy change and advocate for real outcomes for young people, continuing to be the voice of regional youth at the highest level in their state,” Mrs Taylor said. “I can’t wait to work with them over the next year to build a safer, stronger regional NSW and to make sure we are addressing the wide range of issues impacting young people from the regions.” For more information on the Regional Youth Taskforce, visit: nsw.gov.au/regionalyouth-taskforce.
NORTH COAST FARMERS BACK BOOST TO WATER HARVEST RIGHTS By Tim Howard
Mr Magner attended the drop-in held at the Grafton NORTH Coast land owners District Services Club last believe farmers should be week. allowed to at least triple He said the government the amount of water runoff should increase the harvesting they can harvest from their rights from the current 10% to properties to drought proof 30%. their properties. The 10% figure is just In the wake of the recent something arbitrary that came long drought, which in with Bob Carr about 20 devastated large sections years ago,” he said. of NSW, the government “It’s a blanket figure produced a discussion imposed across the state, paper based on hydrological except for the Western modelling looking the Division, where it’s 100%.” possibility of increasing the Mr Magner said there were amount of water able to be big benefits to farmers to be harvested off a property. able to store more water. Land owners can harvest up “All those farmers who had to 10% of the rainfall run off to sell cattle for $200 each in coastal catchments, but with when they ran out of water,” the Bureau of Meteorology he said. “Now they’re buying predicting climate change will them at $2000. That wouldn’t make reduce winter rainfall have happened, or not so and create more extreme much, except people just ran weather event, a need for out of water to keep them.” agricultural industries to Mr Magner said increasing change the way they access water storage in farm dams water has been identified. would also benefit the The NSW Department of environment. Primary Industries has run “When you have water on drop-in sessions at Grafton dams, you don’t just lose it and Coffs Harbour where land from evaporation,” he said. owners could have their say on “There’s seepage where water the proposals in the discussion escapes into the soil, hydrating paper. the land.” One was Tatham farmer Mr Magner said the figure Chris Magner (pictured), who of 30% the Richmond and is the chair of the Richmond Wilson Combined Water Users and Wilson Combined wanted to see, suited their Water Users Association, properties. a lobby group of farmers “Some groups argue for a seeking changes to water use 50% limit, which I couldn’t regulations. support,” he said.
timely. “The current harvestable right in coastal draining catchments allows landholders in these regions to harvest 10 percent of rainfall runoff from their properties as a right,” Mr Gulaptis said. “Higher rainfall on the coast means we could support more agricultural ventures through increased harvestable rights for some areas, and there are few major public storages Codrington farmer Dave on the coast to hold water Clift also made the trip for agricultural or stock and to Grafton from the Mid domestic use.” Richmond to have his say. Minister for Water, Property He said the current and Housing Melinda Pavey regulations were put in place said encouraged community without modelling to show members to have their say why it was necessary. with public exhibition period “With all these regulations occurring over 57 days and to protect water flows, river health continues to get worse,” will include three public drop-in consultation sessions he said. and two interactive webinars. Mr Clift said the pressure “Communities along the on water supplies came from coast experienced the worst other sectors. drought on record, followed “It’s not just agriculture that by extreme bushfires where has an effect on water quality some towns were on the verge and availability,” he said. “There’s urban water use to of running out of water,” she said. take into account as well.” “For businesses and industry, He said the last drought the ability to capture this proved the 10% limit wasn’t rainfall runoff without the working for land owners. need for a water access license He also believed increase or work approvals is vital to water storage on properties would have economic benefits their viability and we want to ensure the water management as it would have an effect of framework continue to support slowing water flows from them.” Mrs Pavey said. properties, keeping the water The review’s executive in the ground for longer. summary said some water Member for Clarence, Chris users have proposed higher Gulaptis said the review was
limits should apply to their harvestable right to reflect the higher rainfall that coastal areas receive. “They contend that agricultural production is constrained by increasing competition for water, limitations on accessing water through trade and existing harvestable rights limits, which they believe could be increased while maintaining a sustainable level of access for downstream users,” it said. “The studies completed for this review show that uniformly increasing the harvestable rights limits was likely to have very different effects in different catchments. “Some areas would see small effects, while there would be larger effects in others. “Increased harvestable rights would help some individuals and industries but may adversely affect other water users who rely on water entitlements or industries that depend on flow events for good water quality and ecosystem function. “Other key considerations relate to an equitable distribution of costs and benefits, a potential change in policy intent and how to best assess and manage the likely risks to specific environments from changed flow regimes.” Staff from DPI hosting the drop-ins were delighted with the number of people taking advantage of the sessions.
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Rotary centenary baton arrives in Casino A BATON relay by the Rotary organisation marking 100 years of the organisation has passed through Casino. The relay is also highlighting against domestic violence is making its way north as it passes through the region. The Rotary Baton will soon visit Lismore, Alstonville, Ballina and Byron Bay over coming weeks. The first Rotary clubs in Australia were formed in Melbourne and Sydney in 1921. Today there are over 1000 clubs in Australia with 25,000 members. The Casino Rotary Club started back in 1938, and its founding president was Dr Lou Jabour. The Club’s first community service project was a used clothing drive, with the collected items being locally distributed with the help of the Red Cross, the Salvation
Army and local church groups. In 1947 the Club had the pleasure of sponsoring the Kyogle Rotary Club with the two still having a close working relationship. As well the Casino Rotary Club is sponsoring a new Club at Evans Head which will be receiving its Charter on Sunday 12th March. Over the years Casino Rotarians have been involved with many local and overseas projects. These have included providing funds to drill water wells in Cambodia and and India, and members travelling to the Solomon Islands to replace pumps and laying pipes to upgrade the water system to a small village and hospital. Over the years Casino Rotary members have catered for many events in the area, the busiest being Casino Beef Week.
Bill Darragh, Russell Playford, John Lane and Tony Mota with the Rotary Baton at the Casino Golf Club on March 5.
Barbara Flear and Betty Gill
Wayne and Dorothy from Historical Society.
Steve Morrissey.
Isaac, Vaughan, Sandra, Gwen, Robert and Tony.
Winifred and Russell Playford. Terry Brown and Tony Mota.
Fran White, Denise Haydon and Fae Voltz.
Colin Humpherys and Alan Voltz.
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YOUTH COUNCIL MEETS Rainforest vandals must be
brought to justice – NEFA
2021 Tweed Shire Youth Council with Cr Ron Cooper, TSC General Manager Troy Green and Mayor Cr Chris Cherry. THIRTEEN Years 10 and 11 from most of the region’s high schools make up this year’s Tweed Shire Youth Council this year.. The 13 – representing seven schools – were welcomed to their roles by Tweed Mayor Cr Chris Cherry and General Manager Troy Green with Pacific Coast’s Montana Markland being elected Chair and Murwillumbah High’s Logan Wright as her deputy at their first meeting this past week. Cr Chris Cherry said it was great to see so many engaged young people in the Tweed. “We hope to hear lots more from the members of the Tweed Shire Youth Council who will be able to put forward concerns, ideas and initiatives directly to Council for consideration,” she said. Cr Cherry said, first established in 2016, the Tweed Shire Youth Council provides young people with an opportunity to express their views on local community matters that directly relate to them. The Youth council is organized through Council’s Community Development unit and aims to ensure
that the regions young people feel more connected to where they live and are involved in the planning and delivery of youth-related decisions made by Council. The 2021 Tweed Shire Youth Council members are: • Oska Proietto and Imogene Pain Banora Point High School; • Abby Pirotta and Daniel Green Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School; • Daniel Daley and Logan Wright Murwillumbah High School; • Montana Markland - Pacific Coast Christian School; • Dawn Cosham and Tom Nguyen St Joseph’s College Banora Point; • Madison Bambach and Julia Wilder-Donvito - Wollumbin High School, and • Rykah Ross and Jorja Campbell Tweed River High School. The Tweed Shire Youth Council’s next meeting will be held at the Council Chambers in the Murwillumbah Civic and Cultural Centre on Tuesday 23 March 2021. Meetings are held four times a year. For more information, visit www. tweed.nsw.gov.au/YoungPeople
THE North East Forest Alliance has described the Forestry Corporation’s widening of a track through rainforest around a Hoop Pine plantation west of Urbenville that resulted in damage to 5-6 hectares of world heritage quality rainforest, mostly in the Tooloom National Park, as an act of vandalism. The Forestry Corporation’s bulldozing of whole trees out of the ground into the rainforest was reckless and indiscriminate vandalism, it caused immense damage to rainforest assessed as being of world heritage value in a national park, those responsible must be held to account and the rainforest rehabilitated, NEFA spokesperson Dailan Pugh said. “The track widening involved the indiscriminate bulldozing of hundreds of whole trees (up to 70 cm diameter) out of the ground, with crowns being pushed over 33m into the surrounding rainforest, in the process pushing loose soil into the rainforest and damaging standing trees up to 2.5 metres diameter, killing many of them. “It appears the works were undertaken during fires in the area in late 2019, raising questions as to whether the Incident Controller approved the Forestry Corporation to clear rainforests in a National Park or whether the Forestry Corporation was taking advantage of the confusion to undertake works they would never
otherwise get away with doing. Either way it was an outrageous act. “Opening up the canopy and creating masses of debris actually increased the fire risk. NEFA has asked the Environment Minister, Matt Kean, to ensure the incident is fully investigated, with appropriate and effective regulatory action taken to match the seriousness of this crime and stop it happening again, and for the Forestry Corporation to be made to rehabilitate the area,” Mr. Pugh said. The assessment was undertaken by Dailan Pugh and botanist Andrew Murray as a result of complaints raised by Dr Robert Kooyman. “The clearing of high conservation value complex subtropical rainforest in a misdirected effort to protect plantation Hoop Pine from the 2019 fires in the Tooloom area highlights a remarkable level of ecological ignorance, and sadly, has led to an act of environmental vandalism. These rainforests protect essential ecological processes, a rich biological diversity of plants and animals, and include ancient lineages and threatened species. These forests have global conservation and natural heritage significance, and directly adjoin rainforest areas that are defined and listed as World Heritage (UNESCO). We need to do better and do more to protect these spectacular forest areas,” Dr Kooyman said.
MARINE POLLUTION OFTEN OVERLOOKED
LCC promotes diversity LISMORE City Council is holding a second information session for community members who are thinking about running for Council in the September Local Government elections. It comes after a successful earlier session encouraging women to consider running as councillors in the upcoming September 4th local government elections. “We want to encourage people from a diverse background to run in September so the new Council reflect the diversity of our community,” Lismore Mayor Vanessa Ekins said. “The first information session was invaluable for prospective women councillors. They are designed to let candidates know what their role would be, the amount of time they will need to dedicate to Council business, how Council operates and much more.” “I also urge people interested in how our community runs to attend Council
meetings. They are fun and informative and held at Council Chambers on the first Tuesday of the month from 6pm.” “This is an easy way to learn about debating, meeting procedure and local issues. I hope to see you in the public gallery over the next six months.” The first session which was well attended was held in conjunction with the Lismore Women’s Festival at the local City Hall. The keynote speaker at that event was Australian Local Government Women’s Association NSW (ALGWA NSW) president Cassandra Coleman who was joined on the panel by former councillors Jenny Dowell, Sue Meehan and Diana Roberts. The second session is designed for the entire community. It will be held at the Lismore Regional Gallery on Thursday 25th March from 5.30pm to 8.30pm. To register go to www.yoursay. lismore.nsw.gov.au
THE OzFish Richmond River chapter volunteer group has used Clean Up Australia Day to let the community know estuary pollution is there, even if you cannon see it. “We targeted a nice area of salt marsh on North Creek,” OzFish Richmond River said. “We thought we had this area relatively clean, but another 220 kilograms of plastics, bottles, tyres, some household rubbish just dumped and was collected”. “There were lots of plastic bait packets which was concerning. It’s usually these people that are the
first to complain that our fishery is declining, but then discard all their days’ rubbish over the side that directly affects the performance of our salt marsh with poor impacts with marine species like juvenile fish and prawns,” a volunteer said. A huge growing concern were the large amounts of styrofoam collected in the clean up. “This stuff breaks up into smaller pieces and according to our local resident fisheries scientist, Dr Matt Landos, is consumed by juvenile fish with fatal consequences.”
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NEAR MISS AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATION NEAR BALLINA CONTINUES by Halden Boyd THE Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is continuing its investigation into a separation occurrence in uncontrolled airspace near Ballina where recorded data showed that the tracks of an Airbus A320 and a private Jabiru two-seat recreational aircraft (pictured) intersected with a vertical separation of about 600 feet. The Jetstar Airbus A320, with seven crew and 163 passengers on board, was on approach to land at Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, having operated a scheduled service from Melbourne, while the Jabiru J230D aircraft, with a pilot and a passenger on board, was conducting a private visual flight rules flight from Heck Field in Queensland to Evans
Head. Aircraft operating into Ballina and Evans Head, as well as nearby Lismore and Casino airports, are required to broadcast positional calls on a common traffic advisory frequency, or CTAF, while at Ballina Airport a certified air/ground radio operator (CA/GRO) relays positional information (but does not provide a separation service) to aircraft operating in and out of Ballina to aid pilots with decision making. The ATSB’s preliminary report into the 28th November 2020 occurrence details that as the passenger jet aircraft tracked towards Ballina the flight crew of the A320 received a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) proximate traffic alert for an unidentified aircraft at an unspecified altitude in the
11 o’clock position, which unbeknown to them, was probably the Jabiru aircraft. The A320 crew attempted to sight the traffic, but were not successful. The proximity alert then escalated to a traffic advisory. The flight crew maintained their visual scan and continued with the approach to Ballina. Subesequent analysis of the A320’s quick access recorder and data recorded by the Jabiru pilot’s
OzRunways electronic flight bag app indicated that at approximately 12 nautical miles, or 24 kilometers south west of Ballina Airport, the tracks of the A320 and the Jabiru intersected, with vertical separation between the two aircraft reducing to about 600 feet. The flight crew of the A320 sighted the Jabiru just prior to passing below the aircraft, the preliminary report noted. The pilot of the Jabiru sighted the A320 shortly after passing above it.
Both the pilot of the Jabiru and the A320 flight crew observed no lateral separation between the two aircraft. “The ATSB’s continuing investigation will include the examination of airspace density levels; airspace suitability, flight crew actions, CA/GRS procedural design and application, and future Ballina airspace plans,” ATSB director transport safety Stuart Macleod said. Mr Macleod noted the preliminary report did not include any safety findings or analysis, which will be detailed in the investigation’s final report. “However, should a critical safety issue be identified during the investigation, the ATSB will immediately notify relevant parties so appropriate and timely safety action can be taken,” he said.
Disoriented pilot cause in fatal Tooloom plane crash by Halden Boyd THE pilot of a Wittman Tailwind light aircraft that impacted a ridgeline in the Tooloom National Park near the NSW-Queensland border on the 10th January 2020 likely became spatially disorientated after encountering poor weather, an Air Transport Safety Bureau investigation has found into the fatal crash. The aircraft, with the owner-pilot and a passenger on-board, was returning from The Great Eastern Fly In at Evans Head in northern New South Wales that had been curtailed due to poor forecast weather conditions. The flight to Boonah in Queensland required the aircraft to transit over the McPherson Range, which varies in altitude with several areas above 3,000 feet above sea level and some peaks above 4,000 feet. The ATSB investigation into the accident established that the aircraft departed Evans Head shortly after 1.30pm and tracked north towards Boonah via the Richmond River valley. About 17 minutes into the flight the pilot commenced a 180° turn overhead the township of Kyogle and diverted south back down the valley to Casino, landing there shortly after at 2pm. That initial flight from Evans Head indicated that the
pilot was attempting to cross the ranges via a route known as the ‘Border Loop’, which is commonly used by VFR (visual flight rules) pilots to transit the range. On the ground in Casino the pilot left a voicemail message for a friend in which he stated he and his passenger who was a relative could not get past Kyogle due to the weather, so they had landed at Casino. Shortly before 3pm, the aircraft took off from Casino and flew in a west-northwesterly direction, which indicated the pilot was attempting to cross the range via another common VFR route, which involved tracking via the Toonumbar Dam, then Killarney to Warwick. At 3.10pm recorded data showed that the aircraft commenced a series of rapid descents and climbs, between 3,100 and 4,000 feet, followed by a left descending turn, before shortly afterwards impacting terrain in dense rainforest. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed. “The ATSB found that the pilot, who was operating under visual flight rules, departed Casino with a high risk of encountering forecast cloud,” ATSB Director Transport Safety Stuart Macleod said. Data from the last four minutes of the flight showed the aircraft’s groundspeed varied between 109 and 175
knots, while the aircraft’s rate of climb and descent varied between +2,400 feet per minute and -2,400 feet per minute. “Enroute to Boonah, the aircraft encountered reduced visibility and the pilot likely became spatially disorientated, resulting in a loss of control.” The abrupt speed and altitude reversals and the operation of the aircraft over and near its speed limitations were indicative of a loss of control, the investigation noted. A final data point showed the aircraft descending at 1,800 feet per minute while travelling at a groundspeed of 172 knots, or 334 kilometers and hour, and tracking towards high ground. “Spatial disorientation occurs when the brain receives conflicting or ambiguous information from the sensory systems,” Mr Macleod said. “It is likely to happen in conditions in which visual cues are poor or absent, such
as in adverse weather or at night.” “Once airborne, the pilot would have been in a position to assess the in-flight visibility and cloud and rain in the intended direction of travel. However, it is possible that continuing to fly towards an area of low cloud was influenced by the inherent challenges of assessing low visibility conditions,” Mr Macleod said. “Weather-related decision making can be highly complex and therefore more prone to errors,” he stressed. “Unfortunately, weatherrelated general aviation accidents remain one of the ATSB’s most significant causes for concern.” A recent ATSB safety education campaign titled ‘Don’t push it, DON’T GO know your limits before flight’ was developed to remind VFR pilots of the dangers of flying into IMC and to highlight the actions they can take to avoid
a weather-related accident, Mr Macleod noted. “That campaign highlights three key messages including the importance of thorough pre-flight planning and having alternate plans, that pressing on and entering instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) carries a significant risk of spatial disorientation, and the value of using a ‘personal minimums’ checklist to help manage flight risks.” “Pilots without a current instrument rating should always be prepared to amend and delay plans to fly due to poor or deteriorating weather conditions, and not to push on,” Mr Macleod stressed. “In this case the pilot initially did make a sound decision to divert to Casino and turn back from the first attempt to cross the ranges, demonstrating an awareness of the risk posed by the weather and the need to maintain visual reference.” “The pilot’s subsequent decision to depart Casino can be interpreted as likely taking advantage of acceptable conditions there with the notion that the weather further inland may have allowed for VFR flight over the ranges,” he said. “The ATSB encourages VFR pilots to build a robust understanding of the risks of flying into IMC and just how rapidly spatial disorientation accidents can happen,” Mr Macleod said.
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$4.6 million dog track on track for April finish By Tim Howard
Thursday morning, with both delighted by the progress of the THE Northern Rivers works. greyhound racing fraternity is “Having spoken to the sweating on the completion of Grafton Greyhound Club the $4.6 million rebuild to the president John Corrigan over Grafton Greyhound track by the recent months, I was a little end of next month. concerned that the amount of Grafton Greyhound Club wet weather the region has president Mr John Corrigan is been inundated with might excited with the progress of the have had a negative impact works and counting the days on the proposed schedule of until his club can be racing works,” Mr Mestrov said. again, on a state of the art “But John, and my general facility. manager of Tracks and “It has been an exciting time Infrastructure, David Aldred, for all participants and the club both assured me everything ever since work started back in was still moving along well, October,” Mr Corrigan said. and it was great to be at “Despite some unseasonal Grafton to see that work on weather over summer – and we what is the biggest project ever have had an incredible amount undertaken by GRNSW is on of rain – it’s been fantastic to track for completion by the end see the progress continue and of April. I have been pleased to hear “The new facility at Grafton that we remain on schedule for will help greyhound racing to completion of works at the end grow in the Northern Rivers, of April, in plenty of time for and importantly it also ensures our huge Winter Carnival.” the welfare of our greyhounds Despite the Northern Rivers and the sustainability of the wettest summer on record, sport. work on the track remained “Full credit to the club and on schedule and last Thursday all the contractors – many who Greyhound Racing NSW chief are locally-based – for their executive officer Tony Mestrov persistence and hard work in gave it the thumbs up. surging ahead with the rebuild. Mr Mestrov and Member “It would also be remiss of for Clarence, Chris Gulaptis, me not to thank the committee attended the site rebuild on of the Clarence River Jockey
not only has one of the best greyhound racing tracks in NSW, but also one of the safest. “It is also a shot in the arm to the local economy with a number of local contractors working on the project. “I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished product which I understand is on track to be completed by the end of April.” Some of the features of the new facility are the latest technology in starting box design, lure and lure rail design, Club for their support in the placed starting positions to and track lighting design with realignment of the boundaries provide a safer transit for full LED lighting of the oval to allow for a track of the best greyhounds. track. standard to be built.” Mr Gulaptis said he made a All safety aids are being The Grafton track will be the commitment to local greyhound installed in accordance with first new greyhound track built racing participants some time the Track Safety Standards, in NSW in many decades, at ago to not only secure the including safety rails and a cost of $4.6 million, which sport’s future in the region, but protective fence and catching is being funded as part of also to ensure safer racing. pen safety padding. the NSW Government’s $30 “This new modernised The kennel design will million, five-year Greyhound facility will tick both boxes, Mr also be state of the art to rival Racing Capital Grants Program Gulaptis said. the best greyhound on-track to improve safety and boost “For as long as I can facilities in the country and will animal welfare standards at remember greyhound racing has be built to the new Minimum racetracks across the state. It been synonymous with Grafton. Standards for Facilities and replaces the original circuit “The local track has always Amenities. which was built in the 1940s. enjoyed a strong patronage Mr Mestrov also confirmed The new track will be and this multi-million dollar that the facility will have built to the latest Design investment will help greyhound the IsoLynx timing system and Construction Minimum racing thrive into the future. installed, a system with real Standards with wider turn “Welfare and safety in racing time tracking of dogs, providing radius, improved track cambers is paramount, and this new instant data which can then be and transitions, and strategically facility will ensure that Grafton displayed on racing vision.
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TENDER APPROVED FOR COFFS CULTURAL SPACE CONSTRUCTION work is set to start on the long-awaited $81million Culture and Civic space at Coffs Harbour following the approval of the tender according to Mayor Denise Knight. “Coffs Harbour needs this project, not only to help our recovery from the pandemic and support our transition after the bypass, but also to bring our cultural and civic facilities up to the standard our beautiful region and its community deserves. I have always supported the development of cultural facilities for Coffs Harbour, and I am so excited to finally see our new building take shape,” Cr Knight said. The offer was put forward by Lipman Pty Ltd (Lipman), the company that won the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) tender for the building. The Design and Construct contract with Lipman includes
finalisation of the building’s design and construction of the building in accordance with that design. Lipman is required to deliver the building for the agreed cost they have offered to finalise design and construction of the project according to Council general manager Steve McGrath. “Having Lipman involved in the Detailed Design process alongside BVN Architecture has given them a strong and very thorough understanding of the scope and brief of the project,” McGrath said. “In addition, the ECI
process has resulted in strong interest from local tradies, with approximately 55% of the cost of the building materials and labour being supplied by locals. We believe that this project is perfectly timed and placed to support local and region wide recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The total cost of the project is now expected to be $81.27 million, which is approximately $4.75 million (6.2%) over the $76.52 million project budget, established in 2018. The building is due to be finished by the end of 2022.
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Cleaning up the waterways in Tweed by Tania Spiers Phillips CLEAN Up Australia Day will be held on Sunday, March 7 but a group of Tweed residents got in a little early to check Tweed ways for garbage. Tweed Sea Sports partnered with Tweed River High to check up on Jack Evans Board Harbour on Thursday to both check the area for garbage and promote the 31st Clean Up Australia Day. Lending a hand was member for Tweed Geoff Provest who was happy to put on the flippers and dive on in at the iconic spot. “It was great to dive with Tweed Sea Sports and students from Tweed River High School for Clean Up Australia Day and even better was the reduction in the amount of rubbish found in the river this year,” Mr Provest said. “It’s good to see Tweed Sea Sports partnering with students and teachers to promote Clean Up Australia Day.” Celebrating its 31st year,
Getting in early to clean-up are members of Tweed Sea Sports, students and teachers from Tweed River High School and member for Tweed Geoff Provest.
Clean Up Australia Day this year will tackle single use disposable items, such as takeaway coffee cups, food packaging, masks and sanitised wipes. According to Quantum Market Research, 34% of Australian households self-identified as producing more packaging waste during COVID-19 lockdown periods compared to previous years. Last year, three tonnes of
waste was collected by Tweed Shire Council for Clean-Up Australia Day. A total of 34 sites have been registered with Tweed Shire Council including three youth, 17 school, 14 community and one business clean-up site. There were also three dive sites which cleaned up the Tweed River. There are three separate Clean Up Days including Business Clean Up Day which was Tuesday,
March 2. Schools Clean Up Day will be held on Friday, March 5 with the main day on Sunday, March 7. In response to COVID-19, additional conditions will be put in place to ensure the health and safety of volunteers, including set limits to volunteer numbers per event and Clean Up kits, which will include QR codes for registration on the day and
hand sanitiser, plus bags and gloves for every volunteer. For those unable to join a Clean Up, they can make a donation to Clean Up Australia with 100% of funds raised allocated to the provision of educational resources and clean up materials provided free of charge to community, school and youth groups. To register a Clean Up, sign up to a Clean Up or donate, please visit cleanup.org.au.
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“Leemo’s View” “LEEMO has views on just about anything”
scratched him when he tried to pat you...well, we ARE NOT going through that again Leemo, not ever. He hasn’t spoken to me since, and didn’t invite me to his wedding.” OMG…she kept on… “You will not TAKE OVER all the most comfy chairs, nor the outdoor couch…we’ve been through this “learning to share” stuff before Leemo, so start putting it into action by your own actions”. WELL, did I tell her a few things… like, “Mum, could you ‘Leemo Cat’ back… let your visitors know ‘Mum Jane’ kindly this is MY HOUSE...it informed me that we is YOUR responsibility will be having some Mum, to ensure “I” am MORE of her family comfortable around visit in a week or so, THEM…I SHOULD and that there are some NOT have to interact aspects pertaining to with them…before my behaviour that need they arrive, you should addressing beforehand. set up a comfortable What a great way space for me, with soft for my day to start? cushions, soft music Instead of a big stretch and treats and perhaps on the outside couch, a scented candle, PLUS a smallish treat, and a sign saying “DO my 3rd snooze for the NOT PAT ME”. Well, morning, I HAD TO that went down with LISTEN. “Firstly Mum like a loud smelly Leemo, you WILL ‘fart’ in a crowded NOT hiss, snarl, growl lift. Hmmm. It is or spit when my family time to re-think this are here…you will dilemma confronting sit quietly with your me. Should I put up paws neatly tucked and with family visitors PLEEASE do not lie or not? Should I on your back with your apologise to Mum? I paws in the air…it is KNOW I live in my unbecoming”. Crikey, own little world and I have I got news for rule the house. I also I ‘Mum Jane’…to begin KNOW the politeness with, I am accustomed rules too. So, I figure to being in charge it is time for some of ALL my living purring…slow blinks, spaces, and I don’t care some head butting whether they are family and rubbing…more or not...VISITORS approaches and purrs, VEX ME. ‘Mum Jane’ which means..“Sorry went on “Leemo, do Mum”….“Mum Jane” you remember your said…“Apologies are behaviour when my great Leemo, but they nephew Ben visited? don’t really change You stalked him, anything. You know growling, with your what does? Action.” tail all fluffed out and Hmmm. Nite with swishing. You tried contented purrsies…. to claw his feet. You Leemo.
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SLOW DOWN AFTER COASTAL EMU DEATH THE Clarence Valley council is taking action to make motorists aware following the recent death of an adult male emu on the Brooms Head Road. The Council and the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE), and the Coastal Emu Alliance have been working quickly to put in place strategies to reduce the risk of this tragic event occurring again. Additional road signage will be placed in the vicinity of Tailem
Drive, to alert motorists to the risk of collision and to reduce driver speed. In addition, vegetation on the roadside will be slashed at this location to increase visibility. In the longer term, DPIE, under the Saving our Species (SoS) program, is working with landholders along the Brooms Head Road to address fencing issues and further reduce risks to emus from road strike. Sadly numbers of Coastal
Emus have dropped to just 46 animals between Corindi and Evans Head, and west to Bungawalbyn and records show that over 100 have died since 2020 following road incidents. The message is to slow down along the Brooms Head Road, and if people find an injured emu to call WIRES for assistance. People can also report Coastal Emu sightings online: https:// www.clarenceconversations.com. au/coastalemus
New heart starters for Orara Valley communities
MEMBERS of the Orara Valley Lions Club, President Garry Elston and Noel Backman, have handed over another two Defibrillators to assist communities in the region in medical emergencies. One has been installed at the Coramba Hotel, and one at Nana
Glen Store making it three that the Lions Club has installed in the area. The first life saving unit was handed over to the Golden Dog Hotel at Glenreagh. “We would like to thank Stephanie Lucke from the Coramba
Hotel and Shane Punton from the Nana Glen Store for allowing us to place the defibrillators where the public has easy access to them. I would encourage people to familiarise themselves with where they are situated if they are needed,” Garry and Noel said.
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The Grafton Ghost who works, looking forward to a peaceful retirement By Lesley Apps FORTY-odd years working in the same industry isn’t a bad outcome for a career that virtually started without your knowledge. That was the case for Grafton mechanic Luke Whitton who woke up on Christmas morning in 1978 to not only the usual array of presents befitting a teenage boy but also a letter. Inside was confirmation of a mechanics apprenticeship by the local Ford dealership starting in the January. “The letter said they would indenture me as an apprentice. I did work experience there in Year 10, one day a week for a month and they were so impressed they contacted my mum and dad. I didn’t know anything about it until that moment but I remember thinking wow, how good’s that.” Luke started at Greenaways (which soon became Boyd Boland Ford), learning his trade and remaining there as a mechanic until 1987 when he was offered the opportunity to go out on his own. His father’s friend had bought the lease on the Ampol service station in South Grafton and there was a two-bay garage suitable for a mechanic. “So he asked my dad if I’d be interested in leaving a good secure job to set up my own business and run the workshop there — and I said yes.” Luke Whitton Mechanical Repairs would probably still be operating from that site today if Ampol hadn’t decided to close up shop in 1995. “They gave me two weeks’ notice after being there eight years. I told them I needed longer, so they gave me a month.” Desperate to find somewhere to continue running his business, Luke asked his good mate and sign writer Steve Cansdell if he knew of any commerciallyzoned places to lease. “Steve had only just got onto council and knew of a couple of industrial estates but they were both out of town so too far away for me.” Luke said Steve then mentioned he was thinking of buying a group of buildings in the CBD area and invited the shop-less mechanic to come and have a look. After a joint inspection, they agreed on an arrangement that saw Steve go ahead with purchase and Luke set up shop at the rear of the site where he stayed for the next 25 years.
In this case setting up shop, meant Luke had to construct one. The empty site’s only asset a single carport which sat on a dirt backyard with a bit of grass. So — one double-storey height Besser block building with roller door, cemented courtyard and pollution separator later — Luke was back in business and on a handshake deal with his new landlord, an agreement was made that due to the improvements Luke had made to the site, the rent would remain the same while ever he was there. “To his credit, Steve kept his word for 25 years (the anniversary this April) so it was well worth my investment. I’ll walk out happy and Steve gets an extra shop space.” So with the workshop logistics out of the way, what about the mechanics? One of the major changes Luke cites in his time working in the field was the introduction of fuel injection. “Years ago they all had carburettors. Computerised car systems also came in around the same time. They were probably the two biggest changes. Now we’re seeing the change into the hybrid electric vehicles.” Luke said the technological advances in motoring like the use of scan tools also meant the mechanical skills required to service vehicles had changed. “The car’s principle is still the same, they’ll only run with oil, fuel, air, but unless you’re in bigger workshop where they specialise in rebuilds, the mechanic’s role has turned into one of a fitting technician. “We’re more like computer operators now. That’s why you don’t see anyone coming through as a young (mechanic) apprentice these days. It’d be 10 years since a kid walked through my door wanting an apprenticeship. That’s because the pass mark at school is pretty high — the technician side of it, the auto electrical side of it, mechanical side of it — it’s all grouped together whereas it was different before. It’s not longer just a manual labour job.” Luke said he did miss the “pulling things apart and rebuilding them” element of the job, the reason he got into the industry in the first place. “Now they’re mass produced products coming out of China and Indonesia and everywhere else. You just undo a part and pull it off and then replace it with another
part. Before we’d pull the part off, pull the part apart, rebuild it, and put it back on. It’s good time wise because you’re not held up rebuilding things but the skill of the mechanic has been lost in the process.” Luke said that love of pulling things apart to see how they worked started from a young age. “I’ve always been a bit mechanically minded. I used to pull mum and dad’s mowers apart and put them back together and I always had motorbikes. I’d ride motocross and spend a lot of time at my parent’s property riding bikes and driving bushbashers there. I used to buy old cars for $20 from Boyd Boland. Someone would come in because they’d broken down and didn’t want to repair the car because it was too old so it would go on the backlot. I’d ask the sales guy how much and then repair it and get it going again. They had no plates but we used to drive them out in the paddocks. They were good times.” Now at the other side of his mechanical days, Luke’s relatively early retirement from his trade is down to a back injury he said was probably a combination of wear and tear from riding bikes, bending and crawling under cars for 42 years and 15 years of football. “After my back surgery the doctors said don’t do it (keep working) if you don’t have. It could have been an old injury that came back to bite me but I’m taking it as a sign to move on.” Luke said he might consider something like a TAFE teaching role later on, or something where he can give back to community. “You’ve got to give back. I used to do that with football when I took up coaching. If you give something back from what you’ve been able to take away, that’s a good thing. A lot of history is lost if you don’t put it back in.” Speaking of football and
history, Luke Whitton has certainly earned his Clarence Valley sporting stripes playing competition rugby league for Grafton. Known as the ‘Ghost who works’, while he doesn’t have much to do with the local league games these days “i think I went and watched two games last year”, back in the 80s and 90s he was a fixture on the field as a Grafton Ghost player and a coach. “I was always with the Ghosts, from a ’77 junior right through to 1991 when I retired. I had a couple of years off and then coached right through to 2000. I did go back and play the last year I coached (after an eight year hiatus) and broke my arm. So that was it. Luke said the story behind his long-running ‘Ghost who works’ moniker came about in the 1980s after playing a semi-final at Frank McGuren field at Westlawn (Grafton). “It was Ghosts v Marist Brothers. We’d beat them and I got man of the match. So Ron Bell (2GF radio) who used to call the game, invited me up onto the roof where they used to do the broadcast from, for an interview,” Luke recalled. “After talking about the game he said you’ve started up your own business and he made the comment ‘so it’ll be the Ghost who works’ (a play on the famous Phantom comic line Ghost Who Walks). “I thought that was funny and it was pretty true because at that stage I was one of the only players in that side that was working (a day job). The others were bought players, so they were all playing golf and roaming around and not doing much else. So it stuck from that day on.” Luke said while he won’t miss the stress that goes with running a small business but he will miss his customers. “The only downside of retiring was telling my customers. I don’t like to let people down and I really appreciated everyone who
supported me over the years. I’ve received a lot of supportive messages and am happy I was able to look after people and walk away knowing that I did my best.” Luke said some customers had been with him since he went out on his own in 1987 and since then their kids and grandkids have followed. “I’ve got one customer who has a 1962 Corolla that I’ve looked after. I only registered it a couple of months ago. It’s still in mint condition and he bought it new. There’s also an old EH Holden still floating around.” Luke said he had received a lot of supportive messages since he announced his retirement to his long-time customers via a message cheekily signed-off with ‘the Ghost who’s finished work’. “I’m grateful I was able to look after people and walk away knowing that I did my best. The timing couldn’t be more perfect. I’ve now got a little granddaughter, the first one. You can’t stop looking at them, so that’ll take up some time.” He said he also doesn’t mind cooking and “doing all that stuff.” “It doesn’t worry me. My wife wants to work for a couple of more years so I don’t mind being a kept man,” he laughs. What he won’t be doing is serving his own car anymore. “It will definitely be going to someone else now. I won’t pick up another spanner I don’t think.” Which is understandable. Luke estimated at 10 jobs a day, five days a week almost every day for 27 odd years as a sole trader, it was probably a big number of jobs to get your head around (approx. 70,000 in case you were wondering). Mindful of the mental health implications linked to feeling worthwhile after finishing long career, Luke said you do have to get your head around that side of it. “At the moment I’m feeling if I wake up one morning and want to have a game of golf, I’ll have a game of golf. I’m ready to take it easy for a while. I have already been offered other jobs, but said I’m not even out of my shop yet, leave me alone,” he laughed. “My health is main thing for the next year. I’m happy for the moment and there’s all these avenues to explore if I feel like I want to do things again. You never know, I might join a men’s shed and start pulling mowers apart again.”
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RHOD GILBERT: STAND UP TO SHYNESS
SBS VICELAND, 8.30pm
Public speaking is often ranked as one of the biggest fears we can imagine, but for most of us in daily life, standing up and talking in front of large groups of people is not a regular occurence, so we can get on just fine. But for a surprisingly large portion of society, small group interactions – even just one-on-one – can be equally as terrifying and debilitating. Comedian Rhod Gilbert (pictured) is no stranger to the stage, but it masks his crippling social anxiety and shyness that is no laughing matter. Here, he attempts to get to the bottom of what makes him so shy in the first place and what the experts suggest can be done to reduce its impact.
Kind of like the Doctor Who of detective series, we get a new DI every few seasons of Death in Paradise, which keeps this entertaining and not-too-gruesome British comedy-crime drama ticking along just nicely. In series nine, DI Neville Parker (Ralf Little, pictured) has landed on the island of Saint Marie, but his debilitating allergies, creepy-crawly phobias and general neurosis has meant this plum job in paradise is more of a living nightmare for him. Luckily, there is always plenty of work to keep him busy. Tonight, Parker and the team investigate after the leader of a survival training course is found dead in the remote forest of a neighbouring island, aptly named ‘mosquito island’.
ASIA UNPLATED WITH DIANA CHAN
SBS FOOD, 8pm
When a freeto-air network boasts a channel dedicated entirely to food and cooking, you know you can expect the real deal. This upbeat series, hosted by former MasterChef winner Diana Chan (pictured), doesn’t need any bells and whistles: the delicious recipes are paired with vibrant food photography, letting the ingredients do the talking (and get your mouth watering). Tonight, Diana turns her attention to the dishes of Southern India. Red onion bhajis with yoghurt dipping sauce and Keralastyle crispy prawns are on the menu. Chan’s enthusiasic commentary brings an authenticity to this series that many chefs would love to get their hands on.
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FRIDAY, March 12 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
PRIME7 (6)
NBN (8, 80)
WIN (5)
6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.00 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill. (Final, PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 1.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 2.00 Poldark. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 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. 1.55 How Reagan And Thatcher Saved The World. (PGav, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 4.00 Great Indian Railway Journeys. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Perfect Boss. (2013, Mav, R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Amazing Grace. (Ma, R) 2.00 Desperate Housewives. (M, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)
6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.
6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Jane Edmanson explores a natural oasis. 8.30 Vera. (Mav, R) Part 3 of 4. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates a hit-and-run and a stabbing death. 10.00 Mum. (Ml) Pauline has a visitor. 10.30 State Of The Union. (PGl, R) Tom and Louise discuss their relationship. 10.45 ABC Late News. Detailed coverage of the day’s events. 11.00 The Vaccine. (R) Looks at the COVID-19 vaccine. 11.15 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) A satirical news program. 11.45 Aftertaste. (Final, Mdls, R) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Mystery Of Rome’s Sunken City. (Ma, R) 8.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? UK. (PG, R) 10.10 The Royals And The Nazis. (M) 11.10 SBS World News Late. 11.40 Travel Man. (R) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 6. 2.15 VICE Guide To Film. (Malv, R) 3.05 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.
6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs runs through a host of small jobs to make the entrance of a home more welcoming. Tara Dennis provides tips for updating kids’ bedrooms as they grow. Fast Ed prepares oven-baked chicken divan. 8.30 MOVIE: Ladies In Black. (2018, PGl) A young woman learns about life and love while working at a department store in ’50s Sydney, at a time where immigration was booming and multiculturalism was in its formative days. Angourie Rice, Julia Ormond, Rachael Taylor. 10.50 To Be Advised. 1.00 Home Shopping.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 1. Brisbane Broncos v Parramatta Eels. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. 9.55 Golden Point. A postBrisbane Broncos versus Parramatta Eels match news and analysis. 10.40 MOVIE: The Mechanic. (2011, MA15+lsv, R) An elite hit man teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims. Jason Statham, Ben Foster. 12.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (Mav, R) A boy is found murdered. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. Home shopping. 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Living Room. (PG, R) The team gets to work on renovating a cabin where a couple can get away from it all. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. Irish comedian Graham Norton chats with actors Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Daisy Ridley, Bryan Cranston and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Irish singer-songwriter Imelda May performs Made to Love. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Just For Laughs. (MA15+ls, R) Hosted by Tommy Little. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7pm Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Geoffrey Atherden’s Liberty Equality Fraternity. 10.15 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 10.40 To Be Advised. 11.45 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 12.35am Catalyst. 1.35 Parks And Recreation. 1.55 Reno 911! 2.20 Chewing Gum. 2.45 News Update. 2.50 Close. 5.00 Bing. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Late Programs.
VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. 2020 NHK Trophy. Replay. 2.05 Gaycation. 3.00 Climate Crisis: Make The World Greta Again. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 The Joy Of Painting. 5.35 Shortland Street. 6.05 If You Are The One. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up To Shyness. 9.35 Mums Make Porn Germany. 11.25 24 Hours In Police Custody. 12.20am News. 12.45 Late Programs.
7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30
9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Miracle Hospital. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: Charley Moon. (1956) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds, One Planet. 8.40 MOVIE: Shooter. (2007, MA15+) 11.10 Late Programs.
BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 Nash Bridges. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.00 Jake And The Fatman.
ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.45 Tell Your Story, Change Your World. Noon Children’s Programs. 2.55 Wow That’s Amazing. 3.30 Horrible Histories. 4.00 Gym Stars. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 The Next Step. 5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: The Midnight Gang. (2018, PG) 8.05 Horrible Histories. 8.40 Good Game Spawn Point. 9.00 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.20 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.45 Radiant. 10.10 The Legend Of Korra. 10.35 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.
SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Black Narcissus. Continued. (1947, PG) 7.30 Forever Enthralled. (2008, PG, Mandarin) 10.10 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 11.55 Swallows And Amazons. (2016) 1.45pm The Eagle Has Landed. (1976, PG) 4.15 The Tale Of Despereaux. (2008, PG) 5.55 Hotel Salvation. (2016, PG, Hindi) 7.50 Phantom Of The Paradise. (1974, M) 9.30 Red Joan. (2018) 11.25 Girl. (2018, M, Flemish) 1.25am The Chef. (2012, M, French) 3.00 White Tiger. (2012, M, Russian) 5.00 The Eagle Has Landed. (1976, PG)
7MATE (63) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Fishy
Business. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Pawnography. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Pawn Stars. 1.30 Storage Wars. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Billion Dollar Wreck. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Pawnography. 5.00 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Men In Black 3. (2012, M) 9.40 MOVIE: Predators. (2010, MA15+) 11.50 Late Programs.
9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 The Nanny. 4.30 Young Sheldon. 5.30 MOVIE: Ella Enchanted. (2004, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Stick It. (2006, PG) 9.35 MOVIE: Bring It On. (2000, M) 11.35 Big Heads. 12.35am Lethal Weapon. 1.30 Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Late Programs.
PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 The Conners. 10.30 Charmed. 11.30 The Big Bang Theory. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Medium. 3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping.
ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 4.30 Friday Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.45 The Vaccine. 8.00 Planet America. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 Planet America. 1.10 ABC Late News. 1.30 Friday Briefing. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 ABC Late News. 2.30 The Drum. 3.30 DW Conflict Zone. 4.00 The World. 5.00 Planet America.
SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 8.45 Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Skindigenous. 11.00 Vote Yes For Aborigines. Noon Ella. 1.30 Water Is Life. 2.00 Intune 08. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.30 On Country Kitchen. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 MOVIE: Parenthood. (1989, M) 9.40 First Nations Bedtime Stories. 9.50 Sisters In League. 10.50 Late Programs.
9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 House Hunters. 8.00 Garden Gurus. 8.30 The Block. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Country House Hunters Australia. Noon Fixer Upper. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 2.30 The Block. 4.00 First Time Flippers. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Raising House. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Hidden Potential. 8.30 Lake Life. 9.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 10.30 Pool Kings. 11.00 Late Programs.
SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30
10.00 Asia Unplated. 10.30 Palisa Anderson’s Water Heart Food. 11.00 Food Heroes. 11.30 Mystery Diners. 12.30pm Cook And The Chef. 1.30 Kitchen Hero. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Italy. 3.00 Miguel’s Feasts. 4.00 Sachie’s Kitchen. 4.30 Mercurio’s Menu. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK Couples. 7.30 Rick Stein’s French Odyssey. 8.35 Rick Stein’s Spain. 9.45 Mystery Diners. 10.35 Cook And The Chef. 11.05 Late Programs.
Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Miniseries: Madoff. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Highway Cops. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 1am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 My Road To Adventure. 4.30 Home Shopping.
Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 The Friday Showdown. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bernardi. 8.00 Kenny On Media. 8.30 The McGregor Angle. 9.00 Hardgrave. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs. Please Note: Programs are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by the Networks.
SATURDAY, March 13 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
PRIME7 (6)
NBN (8, 80)
WIN (5)
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical! (R) 1.55 Last Drinks At Frida’s. (PG, R) 2.10 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (R) 3.10 Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal. (PG, R) 4.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 12. Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets.
6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Soccer. Indigenous v National Premier Leagues. Indigenousroos v Queensland. H’lights. 2.35 Sportswoman. 4.05 Travel Man. (R) 4.35 The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman. (PGavw, R) 5.35 Hitler And Churchill. (PGa, R)
6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. The All-Star Mile Raceday and Chandon Ladies Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Destination WA. 1.05 My Way. 1.35 MOVIE: Annie. (2014, PGa, R) 4.00 The Pet Rescuers. (PG) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)
6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 GCBC. (R) 12.30 Destination Dessert. (R) 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. 1.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.00 Three Blue Ducks. (PGl, R) 2.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG) 3.00 10 Travlr Northern Territory. (R) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.00 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. (R) 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.
7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Death In Paradise. (Madv) DI Neville Parker investigates the death of a survival expert on a remote island near Saint Marie. 8.30 Call The Midwife. (PG) May’s adoption by the Turners comes under threat when someone from her past appears. 9.30 Harrow. (Mav, R) As Harrow’s attempts to reconnect with his son are frustrated, Fern and James grow closer. 10.25 Miniseries: Apple Tree Yard. (Malv, R) 11.20 Press. (Mls, R) Amina feels defeated. 12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.
6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (Return, PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Monty Python’s Life Of Brian. (1979, Maln, R) 10.10 Kubrick In His Own Words. (MA15+av, R) 11.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 7. 1.20 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+alv, R) 3.00 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) Narrated by Grant Bowler. 7.30 MOVIE: Shazam! (2019, Mav) After a disgruntled young boy, who was abandoned by his mother at a fair, finally gets fostered into a caring family, his life takes an unexpected turn when he inherits the superpowers of a powerful wizard. Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel. 10.30 MOVIE: Lone Survivor. (2014, MA15+lv, R) Four SEALs are dropped behind enemy lines. Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch. 1.00 Home Shopping.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Identity. (2002, Mlv, R) A man sets out to discover his identity after being hauled from the ocean with amnesia. Matt Damon, Franka Potente. 10.45 MOVIE: The American. (2010, MA15+lsv, R) 12.35 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 1.05 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Mls) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (R)
6.00 To Be Advised. 8.00 Ambulance. (Return, Mal) Takes a look at the London Ambulance Service as it deals with all manner of crises. Amid stabbings, overdoses, accidents and heart attacks, dispatcher Mandy reflects on losing her son. 10.20 To Be Advised. 11.50 Inside The Children’s Hospital. (PG, R) David Tennant narrates a behindthe-scenes look at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, one of Scotland’s busiest medical institutions, by exploring the lives of the young patients and staff. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.20 Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. 9.50 Would I Lie To You? 10.25 Why Are You Like This. 10.50 High Fidelity. 11.15 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Midnight Escape From The City. 12.55 Would I Lie To You? 1.30 This Country. 2.25 News Update. 2.30 Close. 5.00 Bing. 5.10 Little Princess. 5.20 Late Programs.
VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 8.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 WorldWatch. Noon MOVIE: St. Trinian’s. (2007, M) 1.50 Ralph. 2.00 New Girl. 3.00 Insight. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Brisbane Bullets v Sydney Kings. 7.30 Australia In Colour. 8.30 The X-Files. 9.20 Romulus. 11.20 The Sunny Side Of Sex. 12.15am Vogue Williams: Wild Girls. 1.15 Enemies Of The People: Trump & The Press. 2.25 Late Programs.
7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Weekender. 12.30 Creek To Coast. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.15 Animal Rescue. 3.45 Property Ladder UK. 5.00 Horse Racing. The All-Star Mile Raceday and Chandon Ladies Day. 5.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (82) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.50 The Baron. 12.50pm Hitchcock. 1.20 MOVIE: The Small Voice. (1948, PG) 3.05 MOVIE: Pacific Destiny. (1956) 5.05 MOVIE: Shane. (1953) 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 4. Brumbies v Queensland Reds. 9.45 Super Rugby Post-Match. 10.00 MOVIE: 21 Grams. (2003, MA15+) 12.30am Late Programs.
BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon JAG. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 Jake And The Fatman. 4.00 iFish. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 To Be Advised. 11.20 L.A.’s Finest. 12.15am Hawaii Five-0. 1.10 48 Hours. 2.10 Elementary. 3.10 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.
ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs. 3.40pm Dragon Ball Super. 4.05 Gym Stars. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 The Next Step. 5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.55 The Zoo. 7.15 Operation Ouch! 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.
SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Eagle Has Landed. Continued. (1976, PG) 7.30 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 9.15 The Tale Of Despereaux. (2008, PG) 10.55 Hotel Salvation. (2016, PG, Hindi) 12.50pm Forever Enthralled. (2008, PG, Mandarin) 3.30 The Red Turtle. (2016, PG, No dialogue) 5.00 Esio Trot. (2015, PG) 6.40 Swallows And Amazons. (2016) 8.30 Boys Don’t Cry. (1999, MA15+) 10.40 Late Programs.
7MATE (63) 6am The Next Level. 7.00 Fishy Business. 8.00 Home Shopping. 10.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 11.00 Motor Racing. TCR Australia Touring Car Series. Round 2. 3pm Football. AFL Women’s. Round 7. Collingwood v GWS Giants. 5.00 Shipping Wars. 6.00 Megastructures. 7.00 Building Giants. 8.00 Mighty Ships. 9.00 Mighty Cruise Ships. 10.00 Air Crash Investigation. 11.00 Late Programs.
9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.45pm Xtreme Collxtion. 2.45 MOVIE: Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. (2011, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: Evan Almighty. (2007) 7.00 MOVIE: Despicable Me 3. (2017, PG) 8.45 MOVIE: The Spy Who Dumped Me. (2018, MA15+) 11.00 Big Heads. Midnight A Night With My Ex. 1.00 After The Raves. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Late Programs.
PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 The Middle. 11.30 The Amazing Race Australia. 2pm Everybody Loves Raymond. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Spyforce. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Middle. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.00 Mom. 4.30 Home Shopping.
ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 2.30pm The Vaccine. 2.45 Drum Beat. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Q+A Highlights. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 The Mix. 5.00 ABC News Update. 5.05 Planet America. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Australian Story. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.10 The Vaccine. 8.30 ABC News: WA Votes. 9.00 WA Votes: Election Night Live. 1am Late Programs.
SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Gok Cooks Chinese. 2.00 Cooking Up A Fortune. 3.00 Beautiful Baking. 4.00 Late Nite Eats. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Cheese Slices. 6.30 Inside Heston’s World. 7.30 Pacific Island Food Revolution. 8.30 Ainsley Eats The Streets. 9.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure. 10.30 Fries Down Under. 11.20 Late Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Basketball. Indigenous C’ships. Replay. 3.30 Boxing Night To Remember. 4.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. 2019. Men’s. Googars v Castlereigh All Blacks. Replay. 5.00 On The Road. 6.00 Going Places. 7.00 Sisters. 7.30 News. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 For My Father’s Kingdom. 10.15 MOVIE: Vai. (2019, PG) 11.45 Late Programs.
9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 First Time Flippers. Noon House Hunters. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Barnwood Builders. 2.30 Lake Life. 3.30 Pool Kings. 4.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 5.30 Hidden Potential. 6.30 Lawn & Order. (Premiere) 7.30 Country House Hunters Australia. 8.30 House Hunters. 9.30 House Hunters International. 10.30 House Hunters Reno. 11.30 Late Programs.
SKY NEWS (53)
6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Gameday Live. 9.00 News. 10.00 News. 11.00 Racing Dreams. Noon Fox Sports News. 1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Bernardi. 8.00 Racing Dreams. 9.00 Escape From Iran: Kylie Moore-Gilbert. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.
SUNDAY, March 14 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
PRIME7 (6)
NBN (8, 80)
WIN (5)
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Australia Remastered. (R) 3.30 The Mix: The Music. (R) 4.00 Soccer. W-League. Round 12. Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets.
6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 1.15 Space Shuttle: Triumph And Tragedy. (PGa, R) 3.00 Beach Volleyball. ABVT Tour. Finals. 5.00 Sportswoman. 5.30 Hitler’s Last Year. (PGa, R)
6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 1.30 Highway Patrol. (PG, R) 2.00 MOVIE: The Maltese Falcon. (1941, PGav, R) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender.
6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 Women’s Footy. (PG) 2.00 David Attenborough’s Dynasties. (PG, R) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 1. Canberra Raiders v Wests Tigers.
6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 GCBC. (R) 8.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl, R) 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 2.00 Taste Of Australia. (R) 2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. (R) 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 4.00 The Amazing Race Australia. (R) 5.00 News.
6.05 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. Hosted by Chris Moller. 8.30 Harrow. (Mv) Harrow investigates the deaths of a teenager and a teacher, who both died from similar causes. 9.20 Silent Witness. (Madv) A body is found on railway tracks. 10.20 Miniseries: Patrick Melrose. (Madls, R) 11.25 Line Of Duty. (Mav, R) 12.25 Wentworth. (Madlv, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.10 Wentworth. (Madlv, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Michael Palin In North Korea. (R) 9.20 Burger Wars: Burger King Vs McDonald’s. (Ml, R) 10.10 Meat: A Threat To Our Planet? (Ma, R) 11.15 24 Hours In Police Custody. (Mal, R) 12.10 Michael Mosley: A History Of Surgery. (PGa, R) 1.10 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Final stage. 3.10 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 7NEWS Presents: Ivan Milat – Buried Secrets. Part 1 of 2. Takes a look at evidence that Ivan Milat may have been responsible for more murders. 9.10 MOVIE: Kingsman: The Golden Circle. (2017, Mlsv, R) After the Kingsmen are attacked by a mysterious enemy, Eggsy and Merlin are the organisation’s sole survivors and must join forces with their US counterpart, the Statesman, to defeat the villain’s plan. Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls) 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.40 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 10.10 Australian Crime Stories: The X Factor. (M, R) 11.20 Forensics: The Real CSI. (Ma, R) 12.30 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. (MA15+adlv) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.
6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics. 7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. The teams head back in time at the historic town of Ross where they must compete in a gruelling challenge. 8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. Follows agents of the Fugitive Task Force as they pursue criminals on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. 10.30 The Sunday Project. (R) Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics. 11.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning. Morning news and talk show.
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: African Hunting Holiday. 9.30 Mambo: Art Irritates Life. 10.30 Catalyst. 11.30 Harry Seidler: Modernist. 12.25am You Can’t Ask That. 1.00 Restoration Australia. 1.55 Would I Lie To You? (Final) 2.25 This Country. 2.55 News Update. 3.00 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Late Programs.
VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 8.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 WorldWatch. Noon Motorcycle Racing. Austn Superbike C’ship. 3.00 New Girl. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 Basketball. NBL. Perth Wildcats v Adelaide 36ers. 6.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.00 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 Planet Expedition. 9.30 Wet Markets Exposed. 10.20 Letterkenny. 11.30 Late Programs.
7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 Motor Racing. TCR Australia Touring Car Series. Round 2. 3pm The Zoo. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 8.30 Miniseries: Flesh And Blood. (Premiere) 9.30 Bodyguard. 12.10am The Zoo. 12.45 The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Home Shopping.
9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Avengers. 11.30 Rainbow Country. Noon Hitchcock. 12.30 Garden Gurus. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 MOVIE: Three Hats For Lisa. (1966) 3.30 MOVIE: Southwest Passage. (1954, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: How To Murder Your Wife. (1965, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Late Programs.
BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 Scorpion. 1pm The Doctors. 2.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. 2.30 Buy To Build. 3.00 Fishing Edge. 4.00 Fishing Australia. 5.00 iFish. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 Late Programs.
ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs. 4.05pm Gym Stars. (Final) 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 The Next Step. 5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.55 The Zoo. 7.15 Operation Ouch! 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.
SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Hotel Salvation. Continued. (2016, PG, Hindi) 7.35 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 9.25 The Eagle Has Landed. (1976, PG) 11.55 The Red Turtle. (2016, PG, No dialogue) 1.25pm Tom Thumb. (2001, PG, French) 3.05 Wadjda. (2012, PG, Arabic) 4.55 Belle And Sebastian 3. (2017, PG, French) 6.35 The Ash Lad. (2017, PG, Norwegian) 8.30 Capernaum. (2018, M, Lebanese Arabic) 10.50 Late Programs.
7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Buccaneers & Bones. 11.00 Mighty Cruise Ships. Noon Big Angry Fish. 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 7. North Melbourne v Melbourne. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 7. St Kilda v Geelong. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Last Car Garage. 6.30 Border Patrol. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. (2001, M) 12.05am Late Programs.
9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm Liquid Science. 2.00 Dance Moms. 4.00 MOVIE: Open Season: Scared Silly. (2015, PG) 5.40 MOVIE: Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip. (2015, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Star Trek. (2009, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Star Trek: Generations. (1994, PG) 12.20am Liquid Science. 1.20 Dance Moms. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Late Programs.
PEACH (52) 6am The Brady Bunch. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 1pm The Amazing Race Australia. 2.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends. 10.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Mom. 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.30 Home Shopping.
ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1pm ABC News. 1.30 The Mix. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Drum Beat. 8.00 Insiders. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Australian Story. 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Q+A Highlights. 11.00 Late Programs.
SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Gok Cooks Chinese. 2.00 Cooking Up A Fortune. 3.00 Beautiful Baking. 4.00 Late Nite Eats. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 For The Love Of Bread. 6.00 In Search Of Umami. 6.30 Sourced. 7.00 Asia Unplated. 7.30 Wok X Pot. 8.00 Michela’s Tuscan Kitchen. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey. 9.40 Top Of The Shop With Tom Kerridge. 10.45 Late Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Softball. SA Premier League. 11.30 Rugby Union. NT Monsoon Rugby Union. 1pm Bowls. SA Super League. 1.30 Boxing Night To Remember. 2.00 Football. CAFL. 3.45 Football. Monsoon AFL. 5.45 African News. 6.00 APTN National News. 6.30 Art + Soul. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.40 I Am Ali. 10.35 Intune 08: The Flood Concert. 11.35 Late Programs.
9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Fixer Upper. 11.00 Maine Cabin Masters. Noon House Hunters Reno. 1.00 Home Town. 2.00 House Hunters. 2.30 Lawn & Order. 3.30 Fixer Upper. 4.30 Country House Hunters Australia. 5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Restored By The Fords. 8.30 Scott’s Vacation House Rules. 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.30 Flip Or Flop. 11.00 Late Programs.
SKY NEWS (53)
6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Sunday Agenda. 9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend. Noon News. 1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Sharri. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 8.00 In My View. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Escape From Iran: Kylie Moore-Gilbert. 11.00 Late Programs.
MONDAY, March 15 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
PRIME7 (6)
NBN (8, 80)
WIN (5)
6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Grand Designs NZ. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Death In Paradise. (Madv, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (PG, R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Elizabeth I And Her Enemies. (Ma, R) 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.00 Great Indian Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Dark Desire. (2012, Masv, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions: Gainesville. (Malv, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Explore. (R) 1.15 Married At First Sight. (PGls, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.
6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.
6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Being Frank: The Frank Gardner Story. (Ma) 10.25 ABC Late News. 11.00 Catalyst. (Final, PGm, R) 11.55 Wentworth. (Madl, R) 12.50 Parliament Question Time. 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Madl, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Secret Life Of Lighthouses. (PG) 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 9.25 The Story Of The Songs. (M) 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Outlander. (Mav) 11.50 Berlin Station. (Malsv, R) 3.40 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.
6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Ultimate Tag. (PG) Hosted by Abbey Gelmi and Matt Shirvington. 9.00 9-1-1. (M) The 118 come to the aid of a man pinned under a four-wheel drive, and a garage band in distress. 10.00 The Rookie. (M) After one of the classmates is involved in a shooting, the team uncovers some unsettling evidence. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Station 19. (Ma) 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mal) The social experiment continues. 9.10 Under Investigation: Putin’s Poison. (PGa) Presented by Liz Hayes. 10.10 100% Footy. (Return, M) 11.10 Nine News Late. 11.40 The First 48. (Mav) 1.20 Explore. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. Hosted by Beau Ryan. 9.00 Hughesy, We Have A Problem. Dave Hughes is assisted by celebrities to discuss solutions to problems experienced in modern life. 10.00 The Graham Norton Show. (R) Guests include Bryan Cranston. 11.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Earth’s Tropical Islands. 9.45 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.35 Escape From The City. 11.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.15am Would I Lie To You? 12.45 Parks And Recreation. 1.10 Reno 911! 1.30 Chewing Gum. 1.55 Josh. 2.25 News Update. 2.30 Close. 5.00 Grandpa Honeyant. 5.05 Late Programs.
VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon To Be Advised. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.50 DNA Nation. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire Latin America. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster: Champion Of Champions. 9.25 RocKwiz. 10.20 Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia. (Return) 11.10 ZeroZeroZero. 12.15am Late Programs.
7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 MOVIE: The Gay Falcon. (1941, PG) Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 1 Man And A Bike. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Judge John Deed. 10.30 Autopsy USA. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Death In Paradise. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Carry On Teacher. (1959) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 London Kills. 8.40 MOVIE: Agatha And The Truth Of Murder. (2019, M) 10.40 Three Days To Live. 11.40 Late Programs.
BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 To Be Advised. 12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 Instinct. 5.00 Nash Bridges.
ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs. 4.30pm Odd Squad. 4.55 The Next Step. 5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.
SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 6.05 The Red Turtle. (2016, PG, No dialogue) 7.35 From Up On Poppy Hill. (2011, PG) 9.15 Esio Trot. (2015, PG) 10.55 Alpha. (2018, PG) 12.40pm The Ash Lad. (2017, PG, Norwegian) 2.40 The Circle. (2000, PG, Farsi) 4.20 Thunderbirds. (2004, PG) 6.05 Tom Thumb. (2001, PG, French) 7.45 The Mermaid. (2016, M, Mandarin) 9.30 The Boxer. (1997, M) 11.35 Late Programs.
7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Shipping Wars. 9.00 Graveyard Carz. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Counting Cars. 4.00 Last Car Garage. 4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Pawn Stars South Africa. 8.00 Pawn Stars UK. 8.30 MOVIE: Rampage. (2018, M) 10.40 Late Programs.
9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Social Fabric. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Under Siege 2. (1995, MA15+) 10.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 11.30 The Nanny. Midnight Generation X. 1.00 Big Heads. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Late Programs.
PEACH (52) 6am Everybody Loves Raymond. 7.00 The Middle. 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Late Programs.
ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.40pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 Q+A Highlights. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 Late Programs.
SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.45pm Kitchen Hero. 2.10 Cook’s Pantry. 2.35 Lidia’s Italy. 3.00 Miguel’s Feasts. 4.00 Sachie’s Kitchen. 4.30 Mercurio’s Menu. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK Couples. 7.30 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 8.30 Taste The Nation With Padma Lakshmi. (Premiere) 9.00 Tales From River Cottage. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.30 Cook And The Chef. 11.00 Late Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.55pm Art + Soul. 2.55 Anthem Sessions Interstitials. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.30 On Country Kitchen. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Ralph. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.20 Power Meri. 10.15 Relentless: The Sylvia Scharper Story. 10.50 Late Programs.
9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 House Hunters. Noon Cyrus Vs Cyrus: Design And Conquer. 12.30 Hidden Potential. 1.00 My Lottery Dream Home. 2.00 Restored By The Fords. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 First Time Flippers. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Scott’s Vacation House Rules. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Bargain Mansions. 10.30 Flipping Virgins. 11.30 Late Programs.
SKY NEWS (53)
6am Headline News. 8.30 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Serve. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 NRL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.
TUESDAY, March 16 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
PRIME7 (6)
NBN (8, 80)
WIN (5)
6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Water. (PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (PG, R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.10 Elizabeth I And Her Enemies. (Msv, R) 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.00 Great Indian Railway Journeys. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: High School Lover. (2017, Madsv, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. (Madlv, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 The Garden Gurus. (R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (Mal, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.
6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 The Amazing Race Australia. (R) 2.30 Ent. Tonight. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.
6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire. (Ma) Part 1 of 3. 10.00 The Truth About Boosting Your Immune System. (PG) 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.25 Q+A. (R) 12.40 Wentworth. (Malv, R) 1.30 Parliament Question Time. 2.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Malv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great Australian Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 8.30 Insight. (Return) 9.30 Dateline. (Return) 10.00 The Feed. (Return) 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 The Point. (R) 12.00 The Pier. (MA15+as) 1.00 Borgen. (Mls, R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.
6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Ultimate Tag. (PG) Hosted by Abbey Gelmi and Matt Shirvington. 9.00 The Good Doctor. (Ma) A wealthy patient’s obsession with a long life could cost more than he can afford. 10.00 The Resident. (M) Conrad gets a call from his former commander. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Station 19. (Ma) A surprise delivery arrives at reception. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) The social experiment continues. 9.10 Botched. (Mamn) The doctors help a woman with three breasts. 10.10 Australian Scandal: Power And Passion. (Mdls) 11.10 Nine News Late. 11.40 Labour Of Love. (PGl) 12.30 Our Lives: Extraordinary People. (PGa, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. A final road block forces the teams to walk across a suspended ladder bridge that hangs 80 metres off the ground. 8.45 NCIS. The team is immersed in the competitive world of food trucks after a man is found frozen to death in the back of one. 10.45 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 11.45 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.50 Why Are You Like This. (Final) 9.15 Extras. 9.45 High Fidelity. 10.20 Brassic. 11.05 Live At The Apollo. 11.50 Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. 12.20am Parks And Recreation. 12.45 Reno 911! 1.05 Chewing Gum. 1.30 Josh. 2.00 News Update. 2.05 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Late Programs.
VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon To Be Advised. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.50 Planet In Peril. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Asia’s Next Top Model. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 VICE Investigates. 9.25 The Black Full Monty. 10.20 Miniseries: The Salisbury Poisonings. 11.15 News. 11.40 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 12.05am Late Programs.
7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Suspects. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon London Kills. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Bitter Springs. (1950) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Shades Of Blue. 11.35 Late Programs.
BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.20 To Be Advised. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.
ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs. 4.30pm Odd Squad. 4.55 The Next Step. 5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.
SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Thunderbirds. Continued. (2004, PG) 7.05 Tom Thumb. (2001, PG, French) 8.45 The Ash Lad. (2017, PG, Norwegian) 10.45 Lassie. (2005, PG) 12.40pm Belle And Sebastian 3. (2017, PG, French) 2.20 From Up On Poppy Hill. (2011, PG) 4.00 Alpha. (2018, PG) 5.50 The Circle. (2000, PG, Farsi) 7.30 Elementary. (2016, M, French) 9.30 Calvary. (2014, MA15+) 11.25 Late Programs.
7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Billion Dollar Wreck. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.20pm Ultimate Tag. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 10.30 Mighty Rivers. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows. (2011, M) 10.05 MOVIE: Role Models. (2008, MA15+) 12.05am Generation X. 1.00 Urbex: Enter At Your Own Risk. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Late Programs.
PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Medium. 2.30 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.
ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.40pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 Aust Story. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 Late Programs.
SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Kitchen Hero. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Italy. 3.00 Miguel’s Feasts. 4.00 Instant Noodles Diary. 4.30 Mercurio’s Menu. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK Couples. 7.30 Food Safari. 8.00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Fruits Of The Sea. 9.00 Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Urban Native Girl. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.30 On Country Kitchen. 7.00 News. 7.10 Our Stories. 7.30 The Point. 8.30 Celtics/Lakers: Best Of Enemies. 10.20 News. 10.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 9. New Zealand Breakers v South East Melbourne Phoenix. 12.30am Late Programs.
9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Barnwood Builders. Noon House Hunters. 1.00 Flipping Virgins. 2.00 Fixer Upper. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 First Time Flippers. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Bargain Mansions. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Farmhouse Facelift. 8.30 Restoration Man. 9.30 Building Off The Grid. 10.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 11.30 Late Programs.
SKY NEWS (53)
6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 NRL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.
WEDNESDAY, March 17 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
PRIME7 (6)
NBN (8, 80)
WIN (5)
6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 One Plus One. (R) 11.00 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (PG, R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 Celebrate St Patrick Concert 2020. (PG) 4.30 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Bringing Ashley Home. (2011, Mad, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. (Mav, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.10 Married At First Sight. (Mls, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. Hosted by Eddie McGuire.
6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.
6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.00 Fisk. (Premiere) 9.30 Why Are You Like This. (Final, Mals, R) 9.55 QI. (Ml) 10.25 Staged. (Ml, R) 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.20 Four Corners. (R) 12.10 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.25 Wentworth. (MA15+av, R) 1.15 Parliament. 2.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (MA15+av, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Tony Robinson: Britain’s Ancient Tracks. (PG, R) 8.30 Australia In Colour. (PG) 9.30 Departure. (Ma) 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Romulus. (MA15+av, R) 12.50 The Night Manager. (Mav, R) 1.45 Counterpart. (Malv, R) 3.45 Arming America’s Teachers. (MA15+av, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.
6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) 8.30 Ambulance: Code Red. (Ma) A motorcyclist is thrown from his bike. 9.30 Born To Kill? Fred West. (Mav, R) Takes a look at the crimes of Fred and Rose West. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 The Front Bar. (Return, M) 12.00 Code Black. (Mad, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) The social experiment continues. 9.00 Amazing Grace. (Ma) Grace sees a surprising new side to Max when they attend a chaotic home birth. 10.00 New Amsterdam. (M) 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 The Enemy Within. (Mav, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Cube. Game show in which twins Kasey and Keats put their skills to the test by completing tasks in a perspex cube. 8.30 Bull. Izzy asks Bull for help petitioning the court to have her best friend’s body exhumed. The woman’s son alleges she was murdered, despite her death already being ruled accidental. 10.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Laura’s Choice. 9.45 Restoration Australia. 10.45 Louis Theroux: African Hunting Holiday. 11.45 Parks And Recreation. 12.05am Reno 911! 12.30 Chewing Gum. (Final) 12.55 Josh. 1.25 Paul Chowdhry: PC’s World. 2.10 News Update. 2.15 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Late Programs.
VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. 2020 NHK Trophy. Replay. 2.05 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.55 North Korean Labour Camps. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Vs Arashi. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Wellington Paranormal. 9.00 MOVIE: Watchmen. (2009, MA15+) 11.55 Late Programs.
7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Make It Yours. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Dog Patrol. 11.20 Late Programs.
9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Loser Takes All. (1956, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Silent Witness. 12.10am Late Programs.
BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 NCIS. 12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 Instinct. 5.00 JAG.
ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.40 To Be Advised. 11.00 Children’s Programs. 6pm Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.
SBS MOVIES (32) 6am From Up On Poppy Hill. Continued. (2011, PG) 6.45 Alpha. (2018, PG) 8.35 The Circle. (2000, PG, Farsi) 10.15 Thunderbirds. (2004, PG) Noon Esio Trot. (2015, PG) 1.40 The Bookshop. (2017, PG) 3.45 Lassie. (2005, PG) 5.40 The Assassin. (2015, PG, Mandarin) 7.40 Song Of Granite. (2017, PG, Gaelic) 9.30 Calm With Horses. (2019, MA15+) 11.25 Elementary. (2016, M, French) 1.25am Late Programs.
7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.20pm Ultimate Tag. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Classic Restos: USA Edition. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.
9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Sicario: Day Of The Soldado. (2018, MA15+) 11.00 Police Ten 7. 11.30 The Nanny. Midnight Generation X. 1.00 The Horn. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Late Programs.
PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.
ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 12.30pm Press Club. 1.35 Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 Foreign Correspondent. 1.00 Late Programs.
SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Lidia’s Italy. 3.00 Miguel’s Feasts. 3.30 Miguel’s Tropical Kitchen. 4.00 Instant Noodles Diary. 4.30 Mercurio’s Menu. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK Couples. 7.30 Island Feast. 8.00 French Food Safari. 8.30 Hemsley + Hemsley: Healthy & Delicious. 9.00 Rachel Khoo’s Cosmopolitan Cook. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2.50pm Bamay. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.30 On Country Kitchen. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Wellington Paranormal. 8.00 Yokayi Footy. (Return) 8.35 Over The Black Dot. (Return) 9.30 NITV News Update. 9.40 Football. NTFL. Replay. 11.30 Late Programs.
9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Building Off The Grid. 1.00 First Time Flippers. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Farmhouse Facelift. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 First Time Flippers. 4.30 Flip Or Flop Fort Worth. 5.00 Restoration Man. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Barnwood Builders. 8.30 Home Town. 9.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 10.30 How Close Can I Beach? 11.00 Late Programs.
SKY NEWS (53)
6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 NRL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.
THURSDAY, March 18 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
PRIME7 (6)
NBN (8, 80)
WIN (5)
6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Compass. (PG, R) 11.00 The Truth About Boosting Your Immune System. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 The Weekly. (R) 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (PG, R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Elizabeth I And Her Enemies. (Ma, R) 2.55 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 4.00 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Trouble With The Curve. (2012, Mal, R) 2.30 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.
6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 The Amazing Race Australia. (R) 2.15 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.
6.00 The Drum. 6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. (PG) 8.30 Q+A. 9.35 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 10.05 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. (PG) 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.25 Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal. (Final, PG, R) 12.20 Wentworth. (MA15+aln, R) 1.10 Parliament. 2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.45 Wentworth. (MA15+aln, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.25 Sammy J. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The World’s Busiest Stations. (R) 8.30 Michael Mosley: What’s My Diagnosis. (M) 9.35 Shadowplay. (MA15+) 10.40 SBS World News Late. 11.10 24 Hours In Police Custody. (M) 12.25 The Good Fight. (Mals, R) 1.20 SS-GB. (MA15+v, R) 4.10 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (PG, R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.
6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Wife Swap Australia. (PGl) Two women swap lives. 8.45 MOVIE: Fool’s Gold. (2008, Msv, R) A clue to the whereabouts of lost treasure rekindles a couple’s estranged relationship. Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson. 11.05 The Latest: Seven News. 11.35 MOVIE: A Million Ways To Die In The West. (2014, MA15+sv, R) Seth MacFarlane. 2.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 2. Parramatta Eels v Melbourne Storm. 9.55 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis. 10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 Manifest. (Madv) 12.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (Mav, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.
6.30 The Project. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGa) Lifeguards are on high alert to help surfers. 8.00 Territory Cops. Police chase a stolen vehicle. 8.30 Gogglebox. TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows. 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav) Benson teams up with the Bronx SVU. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.
ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 9.05 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.45 Hard Quiz. 10.15 The Weekly. 10.45 You Can’t Ask That. 11.15 Earth’s Tropical Islands. 12.15am Parks And Recreation. 12.35 Reno 911! 1.00 Finding Joy. 1.25 QI. 2.00 Brassic. 2.45 Josh. 3.10 News Update. 3.15 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Late Programs.
VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Panic: Untold Story Of The 2008 Financial Crisis. 2.00 Brainwashed By Westboro Baptist Church. 2.50 Jungletown. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 NBL: Overtime. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Taskmaster Norway. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. 10.10 Late Programs.
7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.
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6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 5.30 NRL Tonight. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 Fox Sports News. 11.00 Late Programs.
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March 11, 2021
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 43 MOVIE REVIEW
cronies in pursuit Whoever cast Holland – best known for accidentally spoiling Marvel movies – as someone who can’t keep his thoughts to himself, was inspired. His thoughts are literally broadcast over his head throughout and IT would be easy to see it was hard not to giggle at this the casting in this movie as in-joke. typecasting – Daisy Ridley He and Ridley are both is a girl from space, Mads charismatic and watchable Mikkelsen is menacing and leads and have a nice chemistry David Oyelowo is a devoutly that could have really been religious man trying change developed more with a better the world – but there was one script and more even pacing little piece of brilliance in the but this is still actually a pretty cast and that was Tom Holland, watchable movie for teens. who plays Todd, the central The only thing that keeps it character in this space-colony from being more teen friendly romp. is a fairly graphic animal death. It’s just over two hundred It’s a shame really, because years from now and Todd this really had great potential Hewitt (Holland) discovers particularly with a teen and a crashed ship close to older child audience. Most of his settlement with one the violence and human death survivor – Viola (Ridley). isn’t very graphic to the point This is an all-male settlement that it feels a little under done – Prentisstown is presided (probably around the Doctor over by the mysterious David Who level) and Viola and Todd Prentiss (Mikkelsen). It feels don’t feel like they are long out like a frontier town with no of their teens (if at all). women and where men are Their awkward interactions afflicted by ‘the noise’ an due to Todd’s affliction are invisible force that puts all played out well with both leads their thoughts on display. When really starring in that moment Viola is threatened Todd must (and their previous incarnations help her escape leading the two as Rey and Peter Parker kind on a perilous journey across of bubble to the surface). Half the planet with Prentiss and his the problem here is that this is by Tania Spiers Phillips Chaos Walking (M) Starring: Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Mads Mikkelsen and David Oyelowo Running time: 1hr49m
very clearly a teen movie that has been stuck with M rating, which is probably why it isn’t tracking well with critics. But while it is a little predictable, it isn’t all that bad and even manages to subvert some of the usual tropes (which I can’t go into as they will give the plot away) and of course it is one of those movies where the villains aren’t who you think they are. It feels a little like a Percy Jackson movie or maybe the 2016 Jennifer Lawrence and a romance one). Chris Pratt sci-fi romance I could very easily see this Passengers (though this is as a Doctor Who episode to be more an adventure picture than honest and if you are a parent
with sci-fi loving early and preteens go along and watch and see if this is something your pre/young teen might enjoy.
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THIS month’s Cherry Street Comedy show brings a sneek peak of just what Melbourne Interna-tional Comedy Festival goers can expect. Neurological Misfires are a group of new and original comics from throughout Qld and Northern NSW and the gig at Ballina’s Cherry Street on Friday, March 12 will be one of their last on home turf before they head south for the prestigious Melbourne Festival. The Neurological Misfires show is a two hour showcase of the best new and original comics from the region covering topics
ranging from romantic love affairs with dolphins to having a child who looks nothing like you! These laugh merchants will leave audiences of all ages buckled in their seats with laughter and won’t disappoint with the level of humour and wit that these clowns will bring to Cherry Street this time around! Included in the line up is two of the region’s most captivating singer-songwriters to the Myki Jay and Millie Ivaschenko hailing from the same hills that gave the world Parkway Drive, Grinspoon and Iggy Azalea!
These talented humans are perfect combination for these laugh merchants and for a show to remember, This show is the mind child of comedians Alf Arber and regular Cherry Street Comedy host Michael Hastie who’ve put together their next tour straight off the back of their 2019 Bris Funny Fest suc-cess ‘Neurological Misfires.’ And now after a year of lockdown they are able to finally unleash the show to the world again. For tickets and more information head to the Cherry Street website.
Chaos Walking (M) 109 mins Fri Sat 12:25PM (CC), 2:30PM (CC), 4:40PM, 6:50PM Wed 12:15PM, 2:10PM, 6:55PM; Thu 12:30PM, 2:30PM Sun 12:20PM, 2:20PM; Tue 12:25PM, 2:30PM (CC) The Little Things (M) 127 mins Sun 2:00PM; Tue Thu 2:10PM; Fri Sat 12:10PM, 6:35PM Wed 12:00PM, 6:35PM Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train (MA15+) 117 mins Thu 2:20PM (Alt Cont, ENG SUBS, Japanese) Wed 2:30PM (Alt Cont, ENG SUBS, Japanese) Fri Sat 4:25PM (Alt Cont, ENG SUBS, Japanese) Sun Tue 2:15PM (Alt Cont, ENG SUBS, Japanese) Boss Level (MA15+) 100 mins Wed Fri Sat 5:00PM The Dry (MA15+) 117 mins Fri Sat Thu Tue Wed 10:00AM Blackbird (M) 98 mins Thu Tue Wed 10:00AM; Fri 10:00AM, 12:10PM Sun 12:15PM; Sat 12:10PM Cosmic Sin (M) 88 mins Thu 12:10PM, 2:50PM; Fri Sat 2:45PM, 4:45PM, 7:10PM Sun 12:00PM, 2:40PM; Tue 12:10PM, 2:45PM Wed 2:45PM, 4:40PM, 7:10PM Penguin Bloom (PG) 95 mins Thu Sun Tue 10:00AM; Wed 10:00AM (BYB), 12:10PM (BYB,CC) Sat 10:00AM, 12:20PM; Fri 10:00AM (BYB), 2:45PM Then Came You (M) 98 mins Thu 10:15AM, 12:10PM; Fri Sat 10:15AM, 2:20PM, 7:00PM Sun Tue 10:10AM, 12:10PM; Wed 10:10AM, 2:40PM, 4:25PM High Ground (MA15+) 104 mins Thu Fri 12:20PM (CC); Sat 2:45PM; Sun 10:10AM Tue 12:15PM (CC); Wed 12:30PM, 4:45PM Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb (G) 88 mins Sat 10:05AM (KIDFLICK); Sun 10:00AM (KIDFLICK) *subject to availability
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March 11, 2021
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TENSION(S) OF 2020 ON DISPLAY IN TWEED TALENTED textile artist take centre stage this week as part of Tension(s) 2020: Tamworth Textile Triennial, the latest exhibition at the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre. Curated by Vic McEwan the Tamworth Textile Triennial, opens at the Gallery on Friday (March 5) and showcases the best of textile art from across the country, attracting artist participation from all states in Australia. “This year’s triennial features more than 20 artworks from some of the most exciting artists working in textile across the country, showcasing the changing nature and progress of textile practice from a national perspective,” Tweed Regional Gallery Director Susi Muddiman OAM said. Tension(s) 2020 acknowledges that the world has been a place
Yinarr Maramali, Weaving Warrabah, 2019 (Short Neck Turtle), lomandra, water vine, 1400 x 920 x 10 mm. Photography: Miranda Heckenberg
under various tensions, both harmonious and dissonant. In order to bear witness to contribute and respond to these tensions, the triennial focuses on the future of people and places through textile. Tension(s) 2020: Tamworth Textile Triennial is on exhibition until Sunday, May 2. The exhibition is touring from Tamworth Regional Gallery and is supported by
the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program. On Friday, April 30, 5.30-7pm, visitors are invited to join guest curator and exhibiting artist Vic McEwan to gain insights into the Tension(s) 2020 exhibition. The event is free, however bookings are required: https://tensions2020floortalk. eventbrite.com.au For information on current and forthcoming exhibitions at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, visit artgallery.tweed.nsw. gov.au
Julie Briggs and Kelly Leonard, Curation Of Shadows, 2020, linen, burnt remnants of work, documentary video. Dimensions variable. Photography: Miranda Heckenberg
Northern Rivers tour brings us all together FROM Port Macquarie to Kingscliff Singer/Songwriter Ben Lee is bringing his OMG I’m Playing Gigs Again tour to venues across the Northern Rivers. Starting at Yamba on March 12 Lee – who was almost the face of 2020 thanks to his ever present song We’re all in this together – will then play Port on March 13, Coffs on March 14, Lismore March 26, Brunswick Heads March 27 and Kingscliff on March 28. He is known for being eclectic and this tour proves it with venues ranging from Lismore’s townhall to Kingscliff Hotel’s indoor beer garden. “I don’t look at life as a linear adventure,” Ben explained “I very rarely know where I’m going next – I follow what I am passionate about and where I can be useful.” Ben began his career as a young teenager in the early 90’s, in the Australian lo-fi punk band Noise Addict, who were discovered by tastemaking artists Sonic Youth and the Beastie Boys. From his first acoustic-driven solo album in 1995 Ben’s songs
have always attempted to take his most complex and existential romantic yearnings and compress them into sublimely catchy and melodic pop songs. However it was his 2005 album Awake is the New Sleep that saw Ben get the worldwide recognition his songs deserved spawning the alterna-hit Catch My Disease that was awarded the ARIA award for Song of the Year as
well as going double platinum in Australia. “It has been a strange dream - this musical life. I’ve made lots of albums, side projects, music for tv, movies, commercials, as well as produced other artists,” Ben said. “But the through line is a constant quest to externalize the music in my head. My love of a perfect lyric set to the perfect melody.
The simplicity/stupidity of repetition. Chords. Rhythm. Tone. The joy of sound! Artists have a big responsibility. To keep it light, but devastating, at the same time, if that makes sense.” Ben’s latest releases include 2019’s Quarter Century Classics a covers album of songs Ben was obsessed with as a teenager in the early 90s including songs
by Archers of Loaf, Fugazi, Sonic Youth [watch his cover of Sugarcane], the Breeders, Pavement, Dinosaur Jr & more. In 2020 he released Golden State his second collaboration with Josh Radnor. This is shaping up to be another wild ride as Ben prepares for the release of his forthcoming album featuring collaborations with Shamir, Christian Lee Hutson, Money Mark, Sadie Dupuis and Zooey Deschanel. “In 2020 I travelled back to Australia with my family and did mandatory hotel quarantine,” he said. “Broadcaster and musician Max Quinn (Triple J) called me every day for 30 minutes and we did a daily podcast. We chatted about everything from why I am fighting QAnon to songwriting to cults to the value of fun.” BEN LEE When: March 12-28 Where: Yamba, Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Lismore, Brunswick, Kingscliff. Interested: https://www. ben-lee.com/events
The Northern Rivers Times
March 11, 2021
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Eating your way through the past at museum IT’S not often that you get to eat an exhibition at the Tweed but Tweed Regional Museum, Murwillumbah is giving visitors an unique opportunity to really sink their teeth into history. Their latest exhibition Grow Make Eat, which opened March 2 and goes through to July, sings the praises of the Tweed’s growers, producers, makers and consumers in stories that weave together our shared culinary and agricultural past, present and future. Uniquely Grow Make Eat, will see the Museum planning a series of ‘Eat the Exhibition’ tours between March and July, to allow visitors to enjoy the exhibition and sample some unique Tweed flavours along the way. From ‘war cake’ made using an historical recipe based on what was available
Foods displayed as part of the Grow Make Eat exhibition at Tweed Regional Museum. during war time rationing, to dragon fruit and locally-made drinks, tour participants will sample a small selection of items featured in the exhibition. The exhibition features native foods, case studies on agricultural experimentation and a display of almost every
food product manufactured in the Tweed Shire. Museum director Judy Kean said the exhibition explore stories of some unique ingredients, techniques and innovations and learn and appreciate what locals are making and eating. “The Museum’s collection
and permanent exhibition covers historical stories related to banana growing, cane farming and dairying, for example, and we really wanted to also acknowledge the richness of contemporary activity,” Judy said. “There is so much to tell about growing, making
and eating going on in the Tweed now, including great innovators and amazing variety. This exhibition is an introduction to just some of these stories.” She said the Museum had collaborated with local Aboriginal and South Sea Islander community members to record family stories of past and contemporary food practices. A selection of these will be part of the exhibition alongside a seasonal calendar. Tweed Regional Museum’s program is supported by the NSW Government. For more information, including about ‘Eat the Exhibition’ tours, and how to book, visit the Museum’s website at https://museum. tweed.nsw.gov.au/ Tweed Regional Museum Murwillumbah is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am4pm.
YOUTH FESTIVAL KICKS OFF BUSY SIX MONTHS FOR LISMORE’S QUAD THE one-of-a-kind cultural precinct in the heart of Lismore announced its program of events for the first six months of 2021 (with more announcements to come!). Quad Placemaking Officer Marisa Snow, who curated the program, said following the Lismore Youth Festival on April 15 and 16 there would be a powerful storytelling project, Flood Stories, that takes people on walking audio tours around Lismore (April 28), Quad Outdoor Cinema (May 21-23) and the family favourite Playground Festival (July 3). The popular Backyard Music Sessions showcasing local talent will return monthly from May. She said the Lismore Quad is a public meeting place, a performance venue, a children’s play space and a creative hub that connects Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore Library and the Northern Rivers Conservatorium. “We’re thrilled that funding from Create NSW will enable us to reactivate this wonderful public space, for our community to connect again safely,” Marisa Snow said. “Our feature events such as the Lismore Youth Festival and Playground Festival for kids and families are coming back, with creative responses as to how we safely present
work in the public sphere, and I’m thrilled to be launching the Quad’s first outdoor cinema in May.” The Quad’s 2021 program is full of music, art, performance, play and activities. All events have a Covid Safety Plan in place. For more information and to sign up to Lismore Quad’s newsletter visit www. lismorequad.org.au Lismore Youth Festival Thursday 15 and Friday, April 16 The Quad, Dream Bigger, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore Library and NORPA have partnered to present the third Lismore Youth Festival (April 15 and 16). Two days packed with awesome activities and events to inspire and engage young people. The Quad will be transformed into an open-air hub with a half-pipe, DJs and ping pong tables. The Gallery will host
a comedy workshop, open mic sessions, and youth exhibitions with Defiant (Beyond Empathy) and The Rainbow Collective (LGBTIQ Youth Group). A masterclass series will take place across multiple venues, with many more exciting announcements to come! Check the Quad website for details.
artist and Lismore Shire resident Flood Stories provides an important opportunity to reflect on the lessons learnt and our preparedness for future climate events.
Quad Outdoor Cinema Friday 21, Saturday 22, Sunday, May 23. The Quad is delighted to present its first ever outdoor Flood Stories cinema. The film program over Wednesday, April 28 – three nights offers something Thursday, May 6 for everyone; a selection Part of the Plein Air residency of music and performanceseries, Flood Stories is an oriented features on Friday immersive work in residence night, family friendly classics in the Quad from 28 April – 6 on Saturday and a deeper dive May. The work is a compelling into the world of arthouse invitation for people to follow and high end on Sunday. The in the footsteps of a community program will be presented impacted by the 2017 Flood. with headsets delivering crisp Audience members wear and perfect sound in a truly headsets and raincoats and immersive experience. Bring listen to first-hand stories of picnic blankets and hampers, community members. Created and join us for a great night of by Jeanti St Clair, an audio outdoor cinema in the heart of documentary maker, sound Lismore.
Playground Festival Saturday July 3 The hugely successful Playground Festival is back for its third year! Playground Festival is a dynamic, immersive kids festival for children 8-12 years and their families. Co-presented by Lismore Regional Gallery and The Quad, Playground Festival transforms the precinct into a kid’s wonderland. Backyard Music Series Every month from May Our Backyard Music Series is the free live music program in The Quad. Great local acts perform tunes under the stars. Bring a picnic blanket and the kids. Keep your eye on The Quad’s social media (FB @ LismoreQuadrangle Insta @ lismorequad) or sign up to the newsletter for details of the next Backyard event.
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March 11, 2021
46 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Splendour in the Grass festival postponed again THE popular Splendour in the Grass festival has been rescheduled from what was once their July 2020 event once again, pushing back 2021 dates even further. Instead of happening in July Splendour in the Grass will now be held later this year from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st November at the North Byron Parklands. There is some good news, however. The event’s three headliners – The Strokes, Gorillaz and Tyler, The Creator – are all available for the new dates. With the country’s current lack of Coronavirus cases as well as the vaccine rollout, the organisers said it was more likely than ever that the event will go ahead, albeit with
some restrictions which are yet to be announced. “Australia’s live music industry is made up of many sole traders and small businesses alongside the larger tour and event promoters,” festival co-founders Jessica Ducrou and Paul Piticco said in a statement. “In support of them all, we implore the government to provide some form of continued wage subsidy until the industry can once again operate at full capacity.” “Anyone who had tickets to the July 2020 event will be delighted to know that these tickets remain valid. However, if you are no longer able to attend, you have until Wednesday 31st March to apply for a refund,” the organisers said.
BURLINSON SWINGS INTO TWIN TOWNS
AUSTRALIAN star of screen and stage, Tom Burlinson, brings his latest musical production, Now we’re Swingin’ - a sensational, swinging salute to the masters of the genre to Twin Towns next month. Tom’s illustrious career stretches from acting and singing, to television host and theatrical producer. He shot to stardom in The Man from Snowy River, which became one of the most successful Australian films ever made. In the ‘90’s, Tom revealed that as well as being an immensely talented actor, he also had an amazing voice. His first professional singing engagement was as the voice of the
young Frank Sinatra in the Warner Brothers mini-series ‘Sinatra’. Tom has delved deep into the Great American Song Book to create Now We’re Swingin’, a montage of swing classics by Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra, through to the songs made famous by supercool swingers of the current era - Harry Connick Jr, Michael Bublé and Robbie Williams. Now We’re Swingin’, Twin Towns Showroom, Saturday, April 10, 8pm. Tickets $49 + booking fee Book online at www.twintowns. com.au
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March 11, 2021
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BOB’S BREW REVIEW
with Bob Anthony
SEVEN MILE CALI CREAM THE Seven Mile Brewery at Ballina is yet another indication of just how rapidly growing the craft beer market is. They have come up with some interesting brews, among them is Cali Cream. Cali Cream has a cloudy, light lemon appearance with a tight white head with a lemon citrus nose which also has hints of malt in it. As the name suggests, the first mouthful delivers plenty of body and flavour and is creamy but not too gassy. That said, it is silky and very smooth, with the initial lemon myrtle flavour incorporating a balanced maltiness which lingers nicely before leaving the palate with enough cleansing bitterness to draw you back. It probably wouldn’t be the first beer I’d grab to have as thirst quencher though it does that job well and since it is very moreish, it is a very sessionable beer. At 4.5 percent, it is full strength and because it is a bit creamy, it does sit a little heavier in the gut after a few but it doesn’t make you feel bloated. It’s a brew which can be enjoyed year round and has more character to it than many other “session beers” but isn’t as fruity as many pale ales or IPAs.
Cali Cream is one of those beers you would sit and enjoy with friends or just unwinding on the verandah in the afternoon. It would go well with spring rolls, dim sims or even gyoza (Japanese dumplings) and the fruity dipping sauce they come with. Seven Mile have developed a very interesting range of beers at their Ballina plant and it’s great to see the Far North Coast developing its own craft beer culture with drops like Cali Cream. BOB’S TIP Serve nice a cold in balloonshaped glass to appreciate the aroma and appearance. At around $22 per 375ml four pack, it’s well priced in the craft beer market and is widely available across the Northern Rivers and Gold Coast. To find out where, visit sevenmilebrewing.com.au
EARTH RISING SUN PALE ALE The Earth Beer Company near Kingscliff on the Tweed Coast is celebrating the important step forward in now having their core beer range available in cans. Operating from a rustic packing shed at Cudgen, Earth Beer Company is another craft brewer joining the ranks and really adding some competition to the market. They will have four beers, the Rising Sun Pale Ale, the Fruit Tree NEIPA, the Dark Moon Brown Ale and their Lightning Lager mid strength beer in can which are available at the moment online and from the brewery – but I have been informed the team is working on expanding their distribution. The Rising Sun Pale Ale is a clean crisp pale ale which has a slightly hazy golden appearance with a thing white head and a floral nose. It isn’t as pronounced as some other pales, far more subtle hop-wise.
The first mouthful confirms that delivering a crisp, clean feel that isn’t quite as robust as other pale ales but leaves the palate with a decent amount of bitterness. Unlike some pales where you are looking for a change after a few, Rising Sun is light in the gut and as such, you can easily enjoy a few so it has decent sessionability. It is a full strength beer at 4.6 percent and a good thirst quencher on a hot day. Being a pale ale which isn’t overbearing, this would go well with fresh or lightly cooked seafood or Mediterranean dishes. Earth Beer Company is adding to depth of the industry on the Tweed and their facility at Cudgen is rapidly developing a reputation as a great social venue to enjoy some great craft beers. BOB’S TIP Nice and cold in a tulip-shaped glass. At the moment Rising Sun Pale Ale is available by order at $20 per 375ml four pack through the website at earthbeercompany. com.au
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March 11, 2021
48 MOTORING TEST DRIVE
LEXUS LC CONVERTIBLE
The Lexus LC500 Convertible combines stunning looks with excellent performance.
By Alistair Kennedy
there was an 82 litres tank under there. All Lexus vehicles come with a four-year unlimited distance warranty. Owners get three-year membership of the Lexus Encore Platinum Owner Benefits program. These benefits include 24/7 roadside assistance, capped-price servicing and personalised servicing pick-up and drop-off from home or work, and a loan vehicle.
THE Lexus LC range is one of three flagship vehicles in the prestige Japanese carmaker’s range. Available as a two-door coupe or convertible the LC joins the longestablished LS sedan and the LX SUV in competition against equivalent models from its luxury European rivals. Launched in Australia as the LC500 Coupe in 2017 it was joined by this week’s test car, the spectacular LC500 Convertible, in July 2020. STYLING The Lexus LC500 Convertible is a magnificent looking vehicle. Long and low it is reminiscent of the elegant grand tourers of the 1930s. Bucking the recent trend towards retractable hardtop roofs, it comes with a four-layer wrinkle-free canvas top. As with all soft-tops it doesn’t look its best until the top is down. This can be done in just 15 seconds at speeds of up to 50km/h and stores neatly enough under an integrated tonneau cover to leave a modest 149 litres of boot space. The LC500 Convertible is 10mm longer and 5mm taller than its hard-top sibling. Although it does have a pair of seats in the rear it’s strictly a 2+2. Indeed, with the driver’s seat pushed back to my comfortable driving position, there was zero leg or knee room behind me. So, the rear space is more likely to be used as additional storage space, preferably battened down especially when driving with the top open. Lexus has come up with a choice of 40 available exterior colour, interior trim and roof colour combinations to provide a high level of customisation. There are 10 exterior colours with black trim and black roof, flare red trim
SUMMING UP The Lexus LC500 Convertible is a spectacular looking car from any angle
and black roof, ochre trim and beige roof, or ochre trim and black roof. Standard are 21-inch forged-alloy two-tone wheels
sonar; pre-collision safety system including braking; lane keep assist with steering assist; blind spot monitor; rear cross traffic alert; all-speed radar active cruise control; pop-up ENGINE / pedestrian sensing safety TRANSMISSION bonnet; reversing camera Both the LC500 Coupe and with rear guide assist; LED Convertible are powered headlights with cornering by a 5.0-litre naturally lights and washers, aspirated V8 petrol engine dusk-sensing function with direct injection and automatic high-beam; generating 351kW of rain-sensing windscreen power at 7100rpm and wipers; self-dimming 540Nm of torque at interior mirror; and colour 4800rpm. head-up display with speed The Coupe is also limit display. available as a petrolOther standard features electric hybrid (LC500h) include 10-way powerwith a 3.5-litre V6 engine operated front seats with although Lexus has no driver memory settings; plans to add this to the illuminated retractable soft-top version. door handles; and semiTransmission to the rear aniline leather-accented wheels is through a revised front seats. 10-speed automatic with sequential and paddle-shift INFOTAINMENT change options. The LC500 uses twin screens to display FEATURES information. There’s Lexus LC500 Convertible an 8-inch digital is priced at $214,000 instrumentation panel in plus on-road costs but front of the driver and importantly what you see a 10.3-inch multimedia for that price is what you screen in the centre of the get because, unlike its dashboard rivals, there are no options. Standard features Starting with safety include satellite navigation equipment there are six system with SUNA airbags; vehicle stability live traffic alerts; USB and traction control; activated Apple CarPlay clearance and reversing and Android Auto; DAB+
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digital radio; USB and AUX inputs; and a superb 13-speaker, 918watt Mark Levinson Clari-Fi DVD audio sound system that sounds great even with the roof open. Unfortunately, much of the benefit of the outstanding infotainment system is offset by the use of a laptop-style touch pad in the centre console rather than the more user-friendly touchscreen and/or knobbased control systems. As convenient as such a set-up might be on a laptop it is borderline dangerous for the driver to use in a moving vehicle. That’s because of the light swipes and taps needed to control it as well as the need for the driver to look at the touchpad and then up to the screen. Fortunately, there is the option of voice control. DRIVING Our variant of the LC500 Convertible featured a Khaki Metal body, which is actually dark green, with a beige roof and it drew admiring looks wherever we went. Indeed, it attracted so much attention we needed to factor in some extra time during our week-long test to cater for the many people who wanted to tell them more about the car. Getting onboard is sure to test the less supple occupants but that’s to be expected in a car of this genre. Once seated and with the top closed, we had to drop the driver’s seat to its lowest setting to avoid scraping against the roof. With the top open we raised it to its highest setting. In either position the seats are comfortable and supportive. The Australian climate often doesn’t suit open air driving and one of our favourite pastimes is to get out and about in cooler conditions including at
night. To cater for this the LC500 Convertible comes not only with heated and ventilated front seats but also with front seat neck heaters and heated steering wheel. Press the start button and you – and anyone within earshot – knows what’s under the bonnet. There’s no chance of creeping away silently as you could in the LC 500 Coupe hybrid, rather you get the distinctive V8 burble that is becoming rarer by the day. No artificial sound enhancement required here. Having said that, around town and driven conservatively at low revs the engine is all but silent. On the open road steering and balance is superb and it certainly doesn’t feel like a two-tonne vehicle. With the roof open we found a negligible amount of scuttle shake even over poor road surfaces. There are five pre-set drive options (Normal, Comfort, Eco, Sport S and Sport S+) as well as the ability to customise setting to suit the driver’s preferences. The 10-speed automatic has been tuned to adapt to different drive requirements, changing imperceptibly in Comfort or Eco mode but more noticeably in the three higher performance settings. Official fuel consumption is listed at 12.7 litres per 100 kilometres. We averaged 13.6 L/100 km and were surprised at how slowly the fuel gauge was dropping down until we looked up the specs and found that
from outside and in and is a serious contender for the best-looking vehicle on the Australian market. Rarely have we driven anything that draws so much attention from both the motoring and general public. Performance is also superb although, despite the promise that the throaty V8 engine suggests, although there is plenty of sporting performance it’s more suited to motorway cruising than racetrack fanging. But that’s pretty much what the targeted Lexus buyer will be looking for. AT A GLANCE MODEL RANGE Lexus LC500 Luxury 5.0-litre two-door convertible: $214,000 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Lexus dealer for drive-away prices. SPECIFICATIONS (Lexus LC500 Luxury 5.0-litre two-door convertible) ENGINE: Capacity: 4.969 litres Configuration: V8 Maximum Power: 351 kW @ 7100 rpm Maximum Torque: 540 Nm @ 4800 rpm Fuel Type: Premium unleaded Combined Fuel Cycle (ADR 81/02): 12.7 L/100km CO2 Emissions: 290 g/km DRIVELINE: 10-speed automatic
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March 11, 2021
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MAZDA CX-8 GETS
INTERESTING UPDATE The upward sweep of the window line gives Nissan Qashqai stylish look.
NISSAN QASHQAI THIRD GENERATION NISSAN has unveiled details of the all-new, third generation Qashqai. It’s larger than the model it replaces and promises extra interior room and comfort. The wheelbase is increased by 20mm with the overall length up by 35mm. There’s a marginal increase in height (+25mm) and width is greater by 32mm. The body in white is lighter by 60kg yet it is 41 per cent stiffer than the outgoing model. The longer wheelbase of the new Qashqai provides extra knee room for rear occupants. Front and rear headroom has increased by 15mm. Overall luggage capacity is up by 50-litres from the previous generation. The front end has large Nissan V-Motion grille, finished in chrome with a secondary pinstripe of satin chrome. It has slim full LED matrix headlamps and the press release says it has boomerang signature daylight running lights. Gen-three Qashqai will be available for the first time with 20-inch diamond-cut alloy wheels (the previous generation offered up to 19-inch wheels) that fill the arches. There is a 10.8-inch head-up display for navigation, driver assistance and road information projected onto the windscreen. Qashqai’s infotainment provides simple integration of smartphones, in-car WiFi for up to seven devices. NissanConnect Services is a dedicated app with which to interact with and monitor the vehicle. It is compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay and also wireless Apple CarPlay. Connectivity is offered to all
occupants with front and rear USB charging connections with both USB-A and USB-C ports. Power comes from a choice of three high-tech engines. One is a 1.3-litre mild hybrid with either 116 kW and 240 Nm, or 116 kW and 260 Nm. There’s an e-Power unit with 140 kW and 330 Nm. It is offered in 2WD and 4WD and there’s a six-speed manual or a new Xtronic transmission. On the safety front, Nissan’s Intelligent forward emergency braking with predictive function is able to “see” the road beyond the car in front to detect if that vehicle suddenly brakes. The Qashqai applies the brakes to reduce the likelihood of a crash. Should you still crash, the Qashqai has a central airbag, which deploys from between the two front seats, to prevent the front row occupants from making contact in the event of a side-impact. It has a range of front and side airbags. An advanced headlight system adapts the shape of the beam according to the road conditions and other road-users. The beam is divided into 12 individual elements that selectively deactivate upon detection of an oncoming vehicle. The shape of the headlight beam changes so oncoming road-users will not be dazzled. New Nissan Qashqai will be available in 11 body colours with five two-tone combinations, creating 16 variations to choose from. Not that these are global details which may not apply to Australian imports, we will provide details of the Aussie models as soon as we receive them.
The Captains Seats in the Mazda CX-8 give it the look and comfort of a limousine. By Ewan Kennedy MAZDA has announced updates to its CX-8 for 2021. The most interesting change is the offer of the Asaki LE models with is a ‘Captain’s Seats’ in the second row. These individual seats have power adjustment, there’s a central console between them. The console has twin cup holders and USB charging ports, while the luxurious seats themselves offer power adjustment as well as heating and ventilation functions. Following the successful introduction of the ‘Captain’s Seat’ layout in the Mazda CX-9, the new Asaki LE introduces the luxurious six-seat layout to the CX-8 range for the first time. Featuring a new, quilted Nappa leather seat upholstery available in Chroma Brown or exclusive-to-Asaki LE Pure White, the new CX-8 Asaki LE sits atop the refreshed model range. The Mazda CX-8 Asaki LE is powered exclusively by the 2.2-litre turbocharged
diesel engine, i-Activ AWD via a six-speed automatic transmission. The CX-8 Touring SP’s exterior features unique black metallicfinished 19-inch alloy wheels (up from the standard 17-inch alloy wheels), black grille and exterior mirror caps. Inside there’s a unique Black Maztex / Black Grand Luxe synthetic suede combination upholstery and red stitching. There’s black interior decoration and side door panels and tenway power adjustment for the driver’s seat, with two-position memory function. All Mazda CX-8 models now have a 10.25inch Mazda Connect widescreen display. The GT model grade and above have smartphone wireless charge. The GT models and above have a new remote operated and hands-free tailgate. There are also model-specific (GT/ Asaki/Asaki LE) 19-inch alloy wheels with 225/55 tyres. Touring models and above have steering wheel-mounted paddle shift gear. Black Maztex / Black
Grand Luxe synthetic suede is a feature bespoke to the Touring SP range, while GT seat upholstery has been refreshed with a choice of new Burgundy or Black leather. Asaki features Chroma Brown quilted Nappa leather as standard, while the Asaki LE offers the choice of Chroma Brown or Pure White quilted Nappa leather. Two new metallic exterior colours, Platinum Quartz Metallic and Polymetal Grey Metallic have been introduced. Other shades are Snowflake White Pearl Mica, Titanium Flash Mica, Jet Black Mica, Deep Crystal Blue Mica, Soul Red Crystal Metallic, and Machine Grey Metallic. “The Mazda CX-8 has enjoyed strong popularity as the range has evolved over time,” said Mazda Australia Managing Director, Vinesh Bhindi. “With this latest update we add some key technology updates as well as two excitinglyspecified new models in the Touring SP and Asaki LE, making the CX-8 model range more enticing than ever,” he said.
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March 11, 2021
50 RURAL NEWS
KYOGLE SHOWGROUND WORKS COMPLETED LOCAL Nationals Member of the Legislative Council Ben Franklin joined Minister for Water, Property and Housing recently to see the completed upgrades at the Kyogle Showground made possible by $427,535 in funding from the NSW Government. Mr Franklin and the minister also announced a further $35,000 in funding for the Showground and were joined by members of the Kyogle PA & H Show Society. Mr Franklin said it was great that many upgrades at the Showground had been completed and that further funding is on its way. “The $427,535 in improvement works have now been finished at Kyogle Showground to improve safety and strengthen its infrastructure for the future,” Mr Franklin said.
Hon Ben Franklin MLC and Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey joined members of the Kyogle Show Society and local community to announce the completed works and additional funding, and the new amenities block at Kyogle Showground. “The old concrete grandstand has been removed and replaced with new tiered aluminium seating and an old brick toilet that serviced the campground has been replaced with a new toilet block.”
“Other improvement works have included replacement of sewer piping and raising of the handrail on the timber grandstand to make it safer for showground users.” Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey
said the improvement works are part of upgrades occurring state-wide to local showgrounds. “The NSW Government has invested $9.2 million in safety improvements at 59 showgrounds under
the showground safety program and another $35.77 million so far for upgrades to 187 showgrounds under the showground stimulus programme.” “Our showgrounds are at the heart of our communities and this funding has come at a critical time as COVID-19 has disrupted activities that showgrounds rely on for their income,” Minister Pavey said. Kyogle Showground has received $35,000 in funding through the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund to repair the drainage system on site, which will continue to ensure the safety of the grounds and complement the recent upgrades. The Kyogle Recreation Reserve will also receive $13,200 through this fund to support weed management in the area.
Further $1.7m for Casino, Grafton and Maclean Showground upgrades THE much-loved showgrounds in Casino, Grafton and Maclean are set for more upgrades thanks to a little over $1,683,000 in new funding from the state government, Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis announced at the iconic Casino Showground with local mayor Robert Mustow. “This is part of the Government’s coronavirus stimulus package that is supporting local tradies and local jobs. It follows more than $800,000 awarded to these showgrounds in a series of announcements last year,” Mr Gulaptis said. He said local show societies had to cancel events, which came at a serious cost, but the stream of grants from the Nationals in NSW Government was allowing them to use the time to upgrade their facilities. “One million dollars’ worth
potential to host many more events,” he said. “Our master plan will ensure the much-loved precinct will best serve the needs of residents and users now and for generations to come.” Mr Gulaptis said Grafton Showground, which benefited from new roofs and flooring as well as spectator seating and better toilets in the previous funding round, will now be able to restore the heritage listed show office to its former Chris Gulaptis with Richmond Valley mayor Robert Mustow, deputy mayor Steve Morrissey, Cr glory, install new ring lights Sandra Humphreys and users of the showground welcoming the $1 million funding announcement. and replace a window in the luncheon pavilion. of new works at the Casino described the announcement ago, and welcomed the funding “Because the show must go Showground would allow for as “great news” because all announcement. on, even after dark,” Mr Gulaptis an electrical upgrade of the components of Council’s “The showgrounds have an said. whole site making it suitable for ambitious master plan for the site important historical and social Maclean which had already recreational vehicle camping, a were now fully funded. significance and are home of the been recognised three times in new toilet block at the Race Club Cr Mustow said as trustee Casino Show, the Beef Week and funding decisions over the past and extended cutting yards for of the site, Council began Gold Cup races, the Stockman’s twelve months was set for new campdraft,” Mr Gulaptis said. planning for a major overhaul Challenge, gymkhanas and arena lighting as well as seating, Richmond Valley Mayor of the showgrounds two years campdrafts, however, it has the retaining walls and a walkway.
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ENTRIES STILL BEING RECEIVED & RECOMMENDED ~ CONTACT YOUR PREFERRED AGENT The Grafton Saleyards are continuing to conduct all livestock sales in accordance with the COVID-19 Government Physical Distancing Rules & Regulations
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Grafton Cattle Market Report THERE were 168 head yarded at Grafton Fat Cattle Sale 2nd March 2021. There was a very light yarding this week, making it hard to get an accurate quote on some types of cattle. A handful of good bullocks were on offer, most sales were cheaper by 15-20c/kg. Cows sold firm, however there were not many prime fat cows. Young cattle sold slightly cheaper, quality was a big factor in the price change. Sale Highlights include: A/c CB McClymont sold Angus Cross Bullocks 310c/kg averaged 685kg $2,123.50 p/hd.
A/c CO Austen & Sons sold an Angus Bullock 320.2c/kg weighed 595kg $1,905.19. A/c Dave Scully sold Droughtmaster Cross Steers 398.2c/kg averaged 486kg $1,935.25 p/hd. A/c Shipmans Construction & Plant sold Angus/Charolais Cross Steers 390.2c/kg averaged 537.5kg - $2,097.33 p/hd. A/c GR Lenz sold Angus Cross Cows 288.2c/kg averaged 570kg - $1,642.74 p/hd. A/c True North Investments sold an Angus Cow 292.2c/kg weighed 715kg $2,089.23.
Casino Cattle Market Report FROM WEDNESDAY 3 MARCH AGENTS yarded a smaller number of head totaling 999 at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange regular prime sale on Wednesday 3 March. The yarding consisted of a good supply of young cattle and cows. Quality varied with a selection of well bred steers and heifers along with a number of crossbred lines. Cow prices remained steady at an average of 267.9c/kg and top price of 302.2c/kg. 1 head sold for a top return of $2,356.57. Cows and calves topped their market at $2,340.00. Heifer prices were slightly down on last week reaching a top of 610.2c/kg and averages of 419.1c/kg and 301kg. 1 heifer sold achieved a return of $1,848.00. A consistent number of bulls in the sale reached a top of 320.2c/kg and averaged 282.9c/kg and 614kg. Steer and bullock prices saw a decrease in price with 202 head coming through the sale. Steers sold to a top of
736.2c/kg and averaged at 440.8c/kg and 328kg with 1 head selling for a return of $2,219.25. Bullocks topped at 320.2c/kg with averages of 309.3c/kg and 605kg. 1 Santa X bullock achieved a return of $2,256.00. Vealer numbers and prices remained strong this week with 337 yarded. Prices reached 730.2c/kg and averages of 500.0c/kg and 248kg. 1 head sold saw a return of $1,757.52. T&W McCormack and Ramsey & Bulmer held a successful store sale on Friday 5 March with over 2000 head on offer. Heifers reached a top of 626.2c/kg and averaged 516.6c/kg and 251kg. Steers averaged 490.3c/kg and 297kg with a top price of 694.2c/kg. Open auction cows reached a top of $2,320 per head while cows and calves achieved a top return of $2,580.00. This Friday 12 March will see George & Fuhrmann hold a special store sale starting at 10am.
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A/c CO Austen & Sons sold an Angus Bull 283.2c/kg weighed 965kg - $2,732.88. A/c RM Johnson sold Angus Cross Steers 538.2c/kg averaged 262.5kg - $1,412.78 p/hd. A/c JG & ML Delaney sold a Charbray Vealer Steer 550.2c/kg weighed 280kg -
$1,540.56. A/c Glenn Murphy sold Angus Cross Vealer Steers 594.2c/kg averaged 236.7kg $1,406.27 p/hd. A/c S Nelson & JE Graham sold Red Angus Cross Vealer Steers 564.2 c/kg averaged 232.5kg - $1,311.77 p/hd.
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Lismore Cattle Market Report FROM TUESDAY 2 MARCH 150 CATTLE were sold at Lismore Saleyards on Tuesday. Light weight weaners sold at higher rates with the tops selling for $7.36 c/kg, with plenty in the $6.50 to $7.00 c/kg range. Weaner steers 220kg to 250kg sold in $5.40 to $5.80c/kg bracket.
Most yearling steers and heifers sold from $4.40 to $4.80c/kg, depending on breed and quality. Only a small yarding of plan cows were on offer and these sold at rates similar to recent sales.
FROM TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 220 CATTLE were sold at the Lismore Saleyards on Tuesday 23/2. It was quality yarding and prices were high. Heavy cows sold from $2.75 to $2.86/kg for returns of $1,620 to $1,875. A top draft of yearlings off Alstonville sold on behalf of Noel Gray topped at $1,800 for the steers & $1,715 for the best heifers. Weaners sold at exceptional rates once again.
Phil Jackson’s Angus steers sold for $6.32/kg, $1,548. Peter Sudiro’s Brangus steers topped at $5.98/kg, the best returning $1,539. Lightweight weaners sold up to $6.95/kg, $1,008. Heifers up to $6.25/kg. Prime heifer vealers were bought by restockers $5 to $5.80/kg.
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52 RURAL NEWS
MACADAMIA MODELLING PREDICTS INCREASED 2021 CROP THE 2021 Australian macadamia crop is predicted to reach 50,770 tonnes in-shell in 2021 according to a census-based forecast produced using scientific modelling developed by the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. Australian Macadamia Society CEO Jolyon Burnett (pictured) says this season’s
growing conditions have been more favourable than last year, with some variances from region to region including the North Coast. “Some farms are still being affected by dry conditions, but others are performing well,” Mr Burnett said. “Large growing regions,
like the Northern Rivers, have experienced good rainfall over the season, and overall, nut size is bigger in most regions although thicker shells are likely to reduce kernel recoveries.” Mr Burnett says, in the largest producing region of Bundaberg, some varieties have experienced poor nut set compared to 2020.
“This is likely to be offset by young trees coming into production in the Bundaberg and surrounding regions.” This model-based forecast is an early estimate and will be further refined as the harvest gets underway in the coming weeks and months. A mid-season crop report will be provided in May/ June 2021.
Woodenbong wins big at the show NEARLY half a million dollars has been granted to Woodenbong Showground to upgrade facilities on site following a grant from the NSW Government’s Crown Reserves Improvement Fund. Local Nationals Member of the Legislative Council Ben Franklin, along with Minister for Water, Property Housing Melinda Pavey joined members of the Woodenbong Show Society to announce the funding. Mr Franklin said the level of funding would see phenomenal improvements at the showground and make sure the Show Society could continue to put on their annual show as well as supporting community events at the grounds throughout the year. “This funding will allow for extensive upgrades of pavilions and grandstands, the announcers box, BBQ areas and power lines,” Mr Franklin said. “The Woodenbong Show, and the Showground, is a focal point for the community each year and they can now be assured of better amenities for horse sports, local events and keep up with the needs and expectation of competitors and visitors.” Minister Melinda Pavey said the funding for Woodenbong is part of $51.7 million from the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund this year to support 705 maintenance and upgrade projects on Crown reserves across the State. “This year’s fund has received a $40 million boost to support communities that have been impacted by bushfires
and COVID-19, to fund infrastructure improvements and support jobs for local trades and materials suppliers,” Mrs Pavey said. “Protecting and enhancing Crown land reserves is essential for the well-being of communities and our environment, and to support recreation, tourism, business, and local economies.” Woodenbong Showground will receive $496,338 to: • Upgrade and re stump the pavilion and grandstand; • Upgrade the BBQ area; • Install windows and security rollers; • Replace fencing;
• Rebuilding the announcers box; • Constructing a gate house; • Extending the pavilion and undercover area; • Purchasing show jumping wings, show jumping safety cups and poles; • Replacing power lines; and • Upgrading the meter box. The secretary/treasurer of the Woodenbong Reserve and treasurer of the Show Society Lynne Parker said this funding would make a huge difference to the local community. “These improvements will be utilised for the many range of events held at the showground. It will be great to be able to give back even more to local
sporting and community groups with these upgraded facilities,” Ms Parker said. “We will continue to encourage new groups and community members to use the grounds with the update of the facilities. This is a great outcome for the community.” The Woodenbong community will see further improvements to facilities in their town through the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund. The Public Hall will receive $29,150 to upgrade the food preparation facilities, and the Woodenbong Common will receive $15,677 for tree maintenance and to upgrade fencing.
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54 GARDENING
Five local white flowering native shrubs and trees for your garden THESE plants are a mixture of small trees and shrubs, all with white flowers, two with edible fruit and all native to this area. Acronychia oblongata – White aspen is a medium-sized rainforest tree of the citrus family, which can grow to about five metres in a garden… taller in its natural habitat. It produces small groups of creamy-white flowers during summer followed in late winter by white fleshy lobed fruit.The fruit have a crisp texture and an aromatic lemon/ orange flavour with hints of eucalyptus and honey. They are good eaten fresh on their own, or added to salads and side dishes. Cooked, they go well with seafood or poultry, and can be made into preserves, jams etc. White Aspen does best in sun or shade in soil with good drainage. It is frost tolerant and requires only moderate watering. With careful pruning, it can be grown as a screen, hedge or even as a balcony plant in a large pot. Carissa ovata – Currant bush is an open rather spindly shrub which grows to about two metres. Sometimes in monsoon type forest it grows in the form of a vine. The fragrant five petalled white flowers grow to about 10mm and appear in summer. Twigs produce a milky sap, and spines up to 25 mm long are usually present on most twigs. These spines and the open nature of its growth make it attractive to small birds, especially if grown with other prickly shrubs or vines to form a thicket. But by itself it creates a lovely open background to smaller plants, or as a prickly hedge or screen. The leaves are a food plant for the common crow butterfly. Carissa ovata produces an edible berry - small purply black, red fleshed - which has a sweet, agreeable flavour. A drought tolerant plant, beautiful and hardy, it does best in well drained soil and is mildly frost tolerant. There is some evidence that the leaf, stem and root
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material have some medicinal properties. Argophyllum nullamense – Silver leaf is a shrub or small tree which is classified as rare. It is found mostly in the Mount Warning Caldera, growing in warm temperate rainforest in relatively infertile soils. It does best in a well drained site in sun or shade. Its botanical name, meaning ‘bright leaf’, refers to the silky, silvery white under-side of the leaves. This plant can grow to seven metres, often branching close to the ground, and it responds well to pruning. Yellow flowers form on terminal panicles from December to January. The fruiting capsule matures late autumn into spring. Pittosporum undulatum – Sweet pittosporum is a tree growing to 14 m tall with wavy leaf edges. It is sometimes also known as, native daphne or mock orange. A native of Australia’s east coastal region it produces small, white, highly fragrant flowers in spring and early summer. These flowers attract moths and butterflies. The fruit are orange-tan coloured berries. The saponins in this tree are toxic to fish, and indigenous people have traditionally put them in streams to stupefy fish, so making them easy to catch. Pittosporum undulatum is hardy once established and can withstand extended dry periods. It can be grown as a windbreak hedge and is will survive exposure to sea spray. It is reported that the timber of this plant can be used to make golf clubs. Note: Out of its natural habitat this plant can become weedy and in fact it is a declared weed in South Australia.
White aspen - Acronychia oblongifolia flowering
Argophyllum nullumense –silver leaf flowers
Acronychia oblongata – white aspen fruit
Pittosporum undulatum flower
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BBQ CHILLI BARRAMUNDI WITH BUTTERSCOTCHSELF-SAUCING PUDDING CARROT AND ASPARAGUS Spoil everyone’s taste buds, with this sweet, succulent barramundi dish
Feel like something sweet? You can’t go wrong with this delightful butterscotch pudding, served with creamy vanilla ice-cream.
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place sugar, lime juice, vinegar and soy sauce in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, for two minutes or until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil. Cook for 2-3 mins or until syrup thickens slightly. Set aside to cool. Stir in the fish sauce, oil, cucumber and ginger. STEP 2 Heat a barbecue gill or chargrill to high. Brush carrots with a little oil. Season. Cook, turning occasionally, for 6-8 mins or until tender. Transfer to plate. Cook aspasragus, turning, for 2 mins or until bright green and tender. Add to the carrots on the plate. STEP 3 Brush barramundi with remaining oil. Sprinkle the skin with chilli, cumin and salt. Cook, skin-side down. for 4 mins or until golden brown and crisp. Turn and cook for 2-3 mins or until golden brown and cooked through. STEP 4 Divide carrots and asparagus among serving plates. Top with barramundi and coriander. Drizzle with dressing.
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BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING • 3/4 cup (150g) dark brown sugar, packed • 2 tbsp cornflour / cornstarch • 2 cups (500ml) boiling water SERVING • vanilla ice cream
METHOD STEP 1 Preheat oven to 180c/ 160c fan forced STEP 2 Grease a 1.6L (or 6 cup) baking dish with butter
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STEP 3 Buttersauce: whisk sugar and cornflour in a bowl and set aside. STEP 4 Pudding Batter: Place sugar, flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. whisk to combine. STEP 5 Add butter, egg, milk and golden syrup. Whisk until mostly lump free. Scape into baking dish and smooth surface. STEP 7 Sprinkle Butterscotch Sauce miture all over surface. Pour boiling water over surface over the back of a dessert spoon held as close to the batter as you can so the por doesn’t break the surface batter. Bake for 40 min or until skewer comes out clean. STEP 8 To serve, scoop pudding into bowl then over with butterscotch sauce. Top with ice cream.
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58 STARS Aries Mar 21 - Apr 20 This week you’ll be focused on developing self-reliance, as you face challenges that test your resolve. As Monday begins your thoughts are clear and you have clarity of mind, this has you feeling quietly confident about the week to come. Mid-week your strong opinion’s will be put to the test as you find yourself at odds with those around you. You will need your diplomacy to maintain a friendly debate. These polarizing points of views will leave you feeling worn down through Thursday and Friday. This weekend take time to spend time with family and friends, use this time to reaffirm yourself and reenergise, and you’ll be back to your old self in no time Taurus Apr 21 - May 21 This week career and finances will be playing your mind. On Monday you will be all business, you will be focused on your to-do list and refused to be distracted from your tasks. You’ll have the confidence to go after what you want. Mid-week your motivation is going strong. By Thursday you may find your focus shifting from your career to your relationship. On Friday you hard work is paying off, as thing begins to fall into place. This weekend will bring out your adventurous nature and you’re in the mood to take risks. And as long as you trust yourself things are bound to work out. Gemini May 22 - June 23 This week all eyes are on you and why not you are on a role as you work to improve your life. This Monday leave the heavy lifting for later in the week, focus on forming harmonious connections and get reacquainted with your passions. Mid-week dust off the hobbies you’ve been putting on the backburner. It will help you release and relax. This will help you focus your attention on your workload. By Friday you’re giving you career everything you’re got and are making great strides in the area. By the weekend it’s time to relax and reflect on what you achieved and what you won’t for the next week to come.
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Cancer Jun 24 - Jul 22 At the beginning of the week, you are a bundle of energy. If you can rein it in, you could have extremely productive week. On Monday you have a lot of psychological pondering. You find you’re self-occupied this reflective headspace today, Mid-week you’ll be quite opinionated and this will allow you to make clear judgement and focused decisions. But it won’t give you a lot of wiggle room. Be aware that the choices you make may not be as clear cut as you first thought. By the end of the week revelations make themselves known, helping subconscious insights around intimacy bubble up to the surface. You’re focus transitioned your focus workflow to more creative motivations.
Libra Sep 23 - Oct 23 This week, you’re ready to defend your ideas and beliefs. On Monday you’ll have a sharpening of awareness around own identity, this will help you prioritise your own needs accordingly. Tuesday and Wednesday stop placing the needs of those around you over your own- it’s time to give yourself some TLC. Thursday and Friday, you’re knee deep in the process of balancing your inner and outer worlds. This highlights the current state of your mental health and asks you to make adjustments that will help alleviate stress. The weekend’s skies are like a lazy river, allow yourself to drift and enjoy a wonderfully slow and simply weekend.
Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20 This week remember to do something for yourself. On Monday you’re ready to get on your grind today. You’ll find yourself being inspired and capable of completing any projects. It’s an ideal day to activate your talents, share your vision and plan ahead with any work on your to do list. Mid-week you’ll be keenly aware of the divide between your personal life and career. You’ll be focused on making connections and putting your best foot forward. At the end of the week -it’s time to start believing in your own personal talents-so why not take the risk? Bring a refreshed and positive feeling of faith towards your skillset.
pursuing your goals. If you can’t find help, you can do it yourself. As the week begins, you’ll find yourself in a busy day filled with movement and messages to reply to. It’d a day for important conversations concerning your future. Mid-week your mind is like a high-speed train. You need to let it take you where you need to go. Rather than let it run you ragged. Thursday and Friday will be filled allies and expanding positive relationships you’ve been developing. By the weekend it a good time to let go and reconnect with the things that bring you joy.
Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 2 This week you’re ready to settle any confusion and it will be hard to argue with your solid logic. Monday you’ll need to level yourself, take time away from excessive socialisation. Mid-week your mood will be running rampant-stay sane by pulling away from the noise and sticking to nurturing your own needs behind closed doors. Thursday and Friday get your house under control by decluttering, organisating your home and daily routine. You may need to practice the Marie kondo method. This will help you feel more at peace when at home. By the weekend your to-do list is empty, leaving you feeling you feeling restless. Find solace in the quiet.
Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 18 This week, athletic contests are on your mind. Whether you’re a spectator or player you’re in it to win it. During the start of the week, it’s ok to take the risks, moving towards the unknown could increase your income. Consider launching a business on the side or taking a new position with more responsibility. By the end of the week, you may receive an agreement to look over. There are likely some issues needing negotiation or change. An addendum could be helpful. If the other party is unwilling to negotiate, then put everything on hold until next week. By the weekend your attention is on the current state of your interpersonal relationship and listening is key.
Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22 This week you’re filled with ambition and focus. On Monday you’ll need something to sink your teeth into. It will be an ideal time to apply to a new job or simply pushing a head in your field. Mid-week it’s time to make moves on the career front and it seems the universe supports you, as everything seems to fall into place. By the end of the week, you may be on the verge of a new relationship and you’re certainly looking. Follow your intuition, as no facts or calculations will give you the answer. This weekend, it may not be easy for you to recognise when you need slow down and relax. But the weekend will offers the perfect reminder to pull back and simplify your world. Just take it slow.
Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21 This week, three might be a crowd, as struggle against the people that are pulling in multiple directions. On Monday you’ve got everything you need to make a good impression today, focus your attention on the people both in and out of your network. You’ll find it easier to share your thoughts and build bridges with other people that lead to mutual benefit. Midweek it’s easy to feel “off” with your goals today. Don’t let this passing feeling get the best of you. Thursday and Friday brings news, conversation and realisations concerning your identity, voice and roots. By the weekend you’ll value your freedom above all else, spend your time listening to your body and addressing and acknowledging your needs.
Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 20 This week you’re able to accomplish a great deal with the help of family and friends. At the beginning of the week the road to satisfaction leads you on a path outside your comfort zone. It’s important to stop doing the same old routine, its time for something new. This brings new friends, helpful people and progress on your goals, By the end of the week work on healing your relationship with money. Start by forgiving yourself for overspending or financial irresponsibility. Start fresh and set some goals, write out a budget and add money to your piggy bank as a symbol of your future success. By the weekend devote your energy to the upkeep of a project already underway, rather than starting something new.
Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23
This week, you’ll be actively
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The Northern Rivers Times
March 11, 2021
IN MEMORIAM 59 Funeral Notice
Funeral Notice
HULBERT (nee JARRETT), JANACE ROSE “JAN”
Italo Rossitto
15. 02. 1938 ~ 05. 03. 2021
Late of Bangalow. Beloved wife of Roy (dec). Loving mother of Alan, Wendy, Noel and Owen. Adored “grandma” of her 12 grandchildren and great grandma of Charlie Roy. Loved sister of Raymond, Tom and Mervyn (dec).
Late of Boondall formerly of Lismore passed away peacefully on 3 March 2021.
Aged 72 years.
Dearly loved husband of Narelle Rossitto beloved father to Angela and Luisa and father in law to Murray and Trent. Beloved son of Bortolo and Clotilde Rossitto (deceased).
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Jan’s Funeral Service to be held at the Moller Pavilion, Bangalow Showgrounds on TUESDAY (16 March, 2021) commencing at 11.00 am. After the service a private interment will be held.
Loved brother of Pietro and Giuseppe Rossitto (deceased).
It was Jan’s wish that you bring a single flower from your garden to her funeral. All guests will be required to comply with the COVD-19 regulations.
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TRASH & TREASURE LISMORE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH holds a Trash & Treasure every second Friday of the month Friday 12th March (is our next) From 6am-2.30pm Come along and get yourself a bargain or have morning tea! FRESH HOMEMADE CAKES AND WE HAVE A BBQ Out the front @ 188 Keen St Lismore (Opposite Woolworth Central)
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The Northern Rivers Times
March 11, 2021
CLASSIFIEDS 61 Lifestock For Sale
PRELIMINARY NOTICE
Feature Weaner & Store Cattle Sale Friday, 19th March
CASINO SALEYARDS @ 10AM
1600 weaners including 300 EU accredited LINES INCLUDE: 350 Angus & Angus X Weaner Steers 350 Euro X Weaner Steers 350 Bos Indicus X Weaner Steers 200 Angus & Angus X Weaner Heifers 200 Euro X Weaner Heifers 100 Bos Indicus X Weaner Heifers 70 PTIC Heifers & Cows 30 x 30 Cows & Calves SPECIAL LINES INCLUDE: A/C De Wit Pastoral – Mallanganee - EU 70 Charolais X Weaner Steers 30 Charolais X Weaner Heifers A/C A & E Hill – Urbenville - EU 30 Charolais X Weaner Steers 30 Charolais X Weaner Heifers A/C Bymbic Farms – Byron Bay 40 Charolais X Steers 40 Charolais X Heifers A/C Bowkett Family - Murwillumbah 30 Angus mixed sex Weaners A/C Trouser Point Pastoral - Murwillumbah 30 Angus mixed sex Weaners A/C Bulmer Partnership - Kyogle 25 mixed sex F1 Weaners A/C Carinya Park Brangus - Kyogle 1 rising 4 year old Brangus Bull A/C T & A McKenna - Bentley 50 Brangus & Brangus Baldy Heifers PTIC to Brangus Bulls A/C Owner 15 Hereford Heifers PTIC to Poll Hereford Bulls Strict curfew 8pm Thursday 18th March
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CATTLE SALE LISMORE SALEYARDS SATURDAY, MARCH 27 10AM
Please book in any cattle you wish to sell
EVERY TUESDAY: FAT CATTLE SALE LISMORE SALEYARDS 7.30AM EVERY WEDNESDAY: CASINO CATTLE SALE 7.30AM THURSDAY, MARCH 18 AUCTION OF TRACTORS & MACHINERY 10AM ROCK VALLEY-CAWONGALA RD
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SATURDAY, MARCH 27 CATTLE SALE LISMORE SALEYARDS 10AM
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DAY TWO
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COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD 63 TREE LOPPING
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12.00pm Byron Bay, Presbyterian Ch, Ruskin St 12.15pm Lismore - Ch Hall (at back) Cnr 118 Woodlark St & Church Ln 0417 477 151 (Terry) 12:15pm Lismore, 0417477151 Terry – ZOOM 232109437 Pwd doVe
5.30pm Mullumbimby, Outside Cnr Tincogan & Dalley Sts, 1hr – Tone 0499522299
6.30pm Lennox Head, Scout Hall 1 Mackney Ln 6.30pm Maclean, church hall, 8-10 Wharf St, John 66464263
7.00pm Byron Bay, Presbyterian Ch, 13 Ruskin St (at back) 1 hr, Greg 0427 629 487
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8.00am Ballina, BBQ area near skate park, Kingsford smith Dr roundabout 9.00am Sth Golden Beach Sth Golden Bch hall Pacific Espl.
3.00pm Nimbin, 54 Cullen St (between Enviro Ctr & Apothecary)
3.30pm Byron Bay, church hall, Ruskin St 1hr Mens Mtg 3.30pm Byron Bay, Community Cabin - Carlyle St & ZOOM 6077766231 Pwd 026887 Nicole 0413358457 Womens Mtg
5.00pm Murwillumbah, ConXions Ch, 19 Prince St 6.30pm Lismore, ZOOM 657706645 Pwd AA 7.00pm Byron Bay ZOOM 6457636476 Pwd 951276, enquiries 0491101484 byronbrotha@gmail.com Sunday
9 00am Ballina, St Marys Church Cnr Burnet & Norton Sts 1hr
10.00am Lismore, Uniting Ch Hall, Cnr Woodlark St & Church Ln (entry at back) 66213745 Ina
12.15pm Alstonville, ch hall, The Avenue (entry via car park at back) alstonvillesundaybbs@gmail.com
6.30pm Yamba, Community Ctr, Treelands Dr 7.00pm Brunswick Hds, Uniting Ch, Cnr Fingal & Byron Sts, 1hr, Leah 0438188391, & ZOOM 9875553 164 PW 645162 AA CONTACTS Northern Rivers Central District – 0468360160 nrcdofaa@gmail.com Byron Shire District 1800423431 or 0401945671 Iluka 0428303074 (Di) / Tabulum 0457812962 (Sarah) National Website http://www.aa.org.au
AL-ANON Family Groups (families / friends of Alcoholics) 1300 252 666 - www.al-anon.org.au Monday 6:30pm Banora Point Salvation Army Tweed Ctr, Cnr Woodlands/Leisure Dr Tuesday 12.00PM Grafton CWA Rooms, Cnr Duke / Pound St. 1:00pm Lismore Z Block 1st Floor Room 82 Sthrn Cross Uni, Rifle Range Rd off rear verandah & ZOOM ID 252 666 0000 Wednesday 6.30pm Ballina– Anglican Ch Admin Building, 24 Burnet St & ZOOM 2526660000 Thursday 12:30pm Yamba Community Ctr, 24 Treelands Dr 5:00pm (QLD time) (with Alateen) Tweed Hds Anglican Ch, 13 Powell St Friday 12.00pm (QLD time) Tweed-Coolangatta St Augustine Parish Ctr, 58 McLean St 2:00pm Bangalow ZOOM 2526660000 Sunday 4:00pm Chinderah 7th Day Adventist Ch, 83 Phillip St.
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ALSTONVILLE INNER WHEEL CLUB Meet socially 3rd Wed of every month Contact President Carol Vidal 0427326832. CRAWFORD HOUSE MUSEUM The latest exhibition at Crawford House Museum is “At Home with the Crawfords”. It’s the story of the William Ambrose Crawford family who lived in “Olivene” (now Crawford House Museum) and features family objects, memorabilia and photographs which give an insight into the larger history of the period from 1910 ‘til 1980. It runs ‘til 25/4/21. The museum is at 10 Wardell Road Alstonville and is open Fridays 10am-4pm and Sundays 1pm4pm. Enquiries 66281829, aphs2477@yahoo. com.au or www.aphsmuseum.org.au THE ALSTONVILLE BRANCH OF AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS will meet on Thursday 11th March 2021 at 1.30pm at 3 Newbon Street, Alstonville. Apologies and enquiries to Colleen 0418623994. New members most welcome. SQUARE DANCING Summerland Larrikins Squares Alstonville, Fridays 7.30pm-9.30pm at Uniting Church Hall, 59 Main Street, Alstonville. Contact 0407663017 for further information. New dancers welcome. NORTHERN RIVERS PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 2nd Friday of each month for a Coffee Catch-up. February get together is on Friday 12th from 10am-11.30am at Summerland Farm, Wardell Road, Alstonville. This group spans from Wollongbar to Ocean Shores and surrounding areas. All those living with Parkinson’s Disease or those supporting them are most welcome. Come along for a friendly, relaxed chat. Please RSVP to Helen 0400385476 or Yvonne 66285884. BALLINA BALLINA THE PROBUS CLUB OF BALLINA WATERS will be holding their next General Meeting. followed by their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 17th March. 10.00 am at the Cherry Street Sports Club. Visitors welcome. We are a mixed Probus Club, whose focus is on Activities /Trips and Functions for active retirees- all about fellowship and friendship. In the months ahead we have a day at Ballina Races, A Clarence River History tour, day trips to local places of interest and Players Theatre. Longer Coach tours planned later include the Sunshine Coast and Tangalooma Resort. A number of members are away in April for 6 nights to include A Hawkesbury River Cruise and high tea at the Hydro Majestic. New members most welcome. Enquire please phone Faye on 66866585. BALLINA SHIRE MEALS ON WHEELS Technology information and classes BSMOW. Ballina Shire Meals on Wheels offer free technology help and training for people 65 and over. Using QR Scanners – information session and practical help. 9.30-10.30am Tuesday 16 March. Bookings essential phone Kristen 0419 679719. Introduction to technology- small group sessions to cover the basics of the internet, equipment, terminology and understanding phone and internet plans. Bookings essential contact Mark 0431122057. BALLINA LIFEBALL Each Tuesday (9:30-11am) at Ballina Indoor Sports Centre. Come and join us for exercise, fun and friendship. Contact Yvonne 0448004161. BALLINA MAHJONG 5th MARCH 2021 Bev Lasater 1, June Greenaway 2, Joan Murphy 3, Margaret Bryant 4, Joy Lowien 5, Judy Brent 6, Shirley Atkinson 7, Kath Hubbard,Coral Lavelle 8, June Grebert 10,Val Heinritz 11,Jan Boardman, Shirley Coleman 12, Sally Lowry 14,Pam Farrell 15, Jan Williams 16, Kathy Pickles 17, Carol Meyer 18, Pauline Bolte 19, Jeanette Henwood, Rosemary Russell,20, Pauline Kearney 22, Gail McDonough 23, Annette O’Connor 24, Wendy Thornton 25, Jan Small 26, Lesley Richie 27, Betty Penklis 28, Diane Auret 29,Janine Jarvis, Valda McLerie 30, Jan Henley 32, Yvonne Weddup 33, Shirley Henry 34.
CASINO CROQU Mahjong is played on Friday at 12:30pm at the Ballina Bridge Club on North Creek Road. Monday & Wednes 8.30am to start play Enquiries phone Vanessa on 66874181. 66621971 for furth NORTHERN RIVERS DAY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP CASINO LADIES The next meeting of the Northern Rivers Day GROUP Prostate Cancer Support Group is to be held Meets 1st & 3rd Tu on Monday 15th March 10am until 12noon tea and wear a mas at the Ballina Cherry Street Bowling Club. time Mon. Phone V Quality sharing will be the aim of this meeting. on 66626424. Men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their partners or carers are most welcome to attend. CASINO MIXED These meetings are a wonderful opportunity Meeting 4th Thurs to share, learn and benefit from other people’s information call the experiences. Enquiries phone Bob Corney 6628 1527 or 0400747630. THE CASINO & SOCIETY MUSE BALLINA TOY LIBRARY Sun, Mon, Wed and Welcomes families from Ballina Shire, 9 casinohistorymuseu Regatta Ave, Ballina. Open Saturday 10am- further information 1pm, By appointment only on Tues & Wed. Ph. 0411719074. CASINO & DIST GROUP IN BALLINA CWA Casino & District F Ballina CWA Handicraft & Friendship open again. Norma mornings are held every Wednesday morning information phone from 9am until 12noon in our rooms on River or Cherryl 0490149 Street. Numbers are covid safe limited so could you please ring our Handicraft Officer CASINO EVENIN Barb 0428116668 on Monday night to book a Meets first Thurs o place. Ballina CWA meetings are held on the Church at 6pm and 3rd Monday of the month at 9am in our rooms, please ring Alison 0 please ring our Secretary Janet 0435323079 0422301799. for more information. Mahjong is being played once again in The Ballina CWA rooms on CWA MEETING River Street, Wednesdays & Thursdays starting Meeting on the 3rd at 12:15, for more information please ring at the Casino Comm David 0473587412. at 9.00am. Next me March. Come and j BRUNSWICK HEADS learn more about th BRUNSWICK HEADS Casino Branch cele BRUNSWICK VALLEY VIEW CLUB this month. All tho VIEW club continues to support seven community. For mo disadvantaged students in The Smith Family’s contact Jan on 666 Learning for Life program. Info: President 66621746. Margaret Alderton 0429966894. GRAFTON CASINO CASINO GRAFTON & DI CASINO MEALS ON WHEELS We would love to w WEEK 2 come and see what MON: B McEnerny & C Moulden, R & G on the 3rd Monday Gardsen. Grafton Masonic C TUE: D.Coleman, K O’Reilly & L&N Grafton. Gather at O’Reilly. meeting starts 4.30 WED: M & M Ashford, J & J Schneider. enjoy bus trips with THU: J Crooks, S & B Garrard. or swap plants and FRI: T Micallef, P Mackney please text Rhonda CASINO SENIOR CITIZENS All welcome, our activities currently are, Wed afternoons at casino RSM 1.00pm to play Hoy, euchre, we have group play on Thurs afternoons 1.00pm. Contact Jan Danaher on 0414625680.
GRAFTON SENI Grafton Seniors, da Emmavile, 41 pass Highway to Glen In morning tea. After Mining Museum, t delicious pre-organ CASINO RICHMOND RIVER tour, Torrington Ro COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB Afternoon refreshm Will hold our next sing-along on March 21 Village, short cut, G 2021 upstairs in the main auditorium Casino home. Thanks Coa RSM club starting 10am. All Welcome. trip, helpers serving Come and listen to some great artists. For for support. Next d more information call Gloria on 66622625 or Farm, Iluka, Yamba 0412910884. Harbour attractions meeting. 8 day tour RICHMOND WILSON COMBINED spare seats. Membe WATER USERS ASSOCIATION AGM Tues, 9 March, AG Thursday 25th March 2021 at 7.00 pm at the Annual fees, $10, d Casino RSM. Issues for discussion include activities, meetings IPART pricing review, Coastal Harvestable Officer, Sandra, 66 Rights, Metering Policy and Water Sharing Plan review. Enquiries: Chris 0409631412 or KYOGLE Rhonda 0423935832. KYOGLE SUNSH LION’S CLUB CASINO Meets every Thurs Lion’s Club meeting is held on the 2nd and 4th contact 049982427 Wed each month at Casino RSM Club from 6.30 for a 7.00pm start. KYOGLE GARD The display will be CASINO COMMUNITY MEN’S SHED Saturday 17th Apri Mon, Tues, Wed, attendance limited to 25 Hall Wiangarie St. members, 8am – 1.30 pm. Contact 66626423 DH or casmenshed@live.com.au CASINO MINI RAIL Every Sunday 10am to 4pm. Weather permitting. West Street Casino. Phone 0472638044. CASINO VIEW CLUB Monthly luncheon meeting at Casino RSM Club at 11am, second Thurs of every month. Contact Barbra on 66612530 or 0448969498.
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y at 12:30pm at CASINO CROQUET CLUB North Creek Road. Monday & Wednesday sign in time now before 66874181. 8.30am to start play by 9am. Contact Mary on 66621971 for further information. AY PROSTATE OUP CASINO LADIES AND FRIEND CRAFT thern Rivers Day GROUP up is to be held Meets 1st & 3rd Tues. bring your own morning m until 12noon tea and wear a mask. Names to be in by Lunch Bowling Club. time Mon. Phone Vivian on 66621838 or Jan im of this meeting. on 66626424. e cancer and their welcome to attend. CASINO MIXED PROBUS CLUB rful opportunity Meeting 4th Thurs of the month. For more om other people’s information call the secretary on 0419886119. e Bob Corney THE CASINO & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Y Sun, Mon, Wed and Fri 10am to 2pm. Email lina Shire, 9 casinohistorymuseum@outlook.com for Saturday 10am- further information. Check us out on Facebook. n Tues & Wed. Ph. CASINO & DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP IN Casino & District Family History Group Inc. is Friendship open again. Normal opening hours. For more dnesday morning information phone Research Room 66628114 r rooms on River or Cherryl 0490149905. fe limited so andicraft Officer CASINO EVENING CWA y night to book a Meets first Thurs of month. Casino Uniting s are held on the Church at 6pm and for further information 9am in our rooms, please ring Alison 0400956404 or Penny et 0435323079 0422301799. ong is being played WA rooms on CWA MEETING DATES Thursdays starting Meeting on the 3rd Thursday of the month on please ring at the Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am. Next meeting is Thursday 18th March. Come and join us for a Cuppa and learn more about this great organisation. DS Casino Branch celebrates its 95th Birthday VIEW CLUB this month. All those years helping the Casino port seven community. For more information please he Smith Family’s contact Jan on 66626424 or Marg. on nfo: President 66621746. 894. GRAFTON GRAFTON
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GRAFTON & DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB We would love to welcome new members, come and see what we have to offer. Meeting on the 3rd Monday of every month. At the Grafton Masonic Centre, 104 Bacon St Grafton. Gather at 3.30pm for afternoon tea, meeting starts 4.30pm. Visit private gardens, enjoy bus trips with like-minded people, buy or swap plants and have fun ! Further enquiries please text Rhonda on 0418685728.
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GRAFTON SENIOR CITIZENS Grafton Seniors, day coach trip, Glen Innes, Emmavile, 41 passengers. Travelled Gwydir Highway to Glen Innes Standing Stones, picnic morning tea. After town tour, to Emmaville, Mining Museum, then Tattersalls Hotel, delicious pre-organised lunch. Brief town VER tour, Torrington Road, visit Ottery mine ruin. B Afternoon refreshments, Deepwater, to Dundee g on March 21 Village, short cut, Gwydir Highway, & journey ditorium Casino home. Thanks Coach Captain, Alan R, great Welcome. trip, helpers serving morning tea, all members at artists. For for support. Next day trip, Fri, 26 Mar, Peach on 66622625 or Farm, Iluka, Yamba, spare seats. Trip, Coffs Harbour attractions, 21 May, on sale, March meeting. 8 day tour, Queensland,14 August, OMBINED spare seats. Members reminded next meeting, ATION AGM Tues, 9 March, AGM, 10am, at Racecourse. at 7.00 pm at the Annual fees, $10, due. Enquiries bus trips, ussion include activities, meetings, memberships, Publicity al Harvestable Officer, Sandra, 66427720. Water Sharing s 0409631412 or KYOGLE KYOGLE
KYOGLE SUNSHINE CLUB: Meets every Thurs at 9.30am. For more details on the 2nd and 4th contact 0499824274. RSM Club from KYOGLE GARDEN CLUB The display will be held on Friday 16th & MEN’S SHED Saturday 17th April in St Brigid’s School limited to 25 Hall Wiangarie St. Kyogle 8am-4pm both ontact 66626423 m.au
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days. Entry $2 + Raffles. Light refreshments available. Our club members & other local businesses will be displaying & selling garden products – plants, garden art, garden furniture, fertilizers, tools & lots more garden related items. KYOGLE MUSICAL DAY Kyogle Country Music’s next day is to be held on Saturday 13th March at 11am (not on the usual Sunday due to club unavailability). The Golf Club will be catering for our meals and drinks as usual. So hope you are still able to join us on the day. ALL WELCOME. RICHMOND RIVER BEEF PRODUCES ASSOCIATION Meet on the 2nd Wed of every month at Kyogle Showgrounds in the luncheon room at 7pm. For more details Phone Jan on 0427293455. LION’S CLUB OF KYOGLE Meeting is held on the 1st & 3rd Tues each Month at the Kyogle Lion’s shed from 6.307.00pm For more information contact Neville Moon on 66322233. LENNOX HEAD LENNOX HEAD LENNOX HEAD LIONS CLUB New members welcome to join our close-knit club where the emphasis is on community service in a fun environment. Meetings are on the first and Third Wednesday of each month at Club Lennox starting at 6.30pm. Members do what they can, when they can to facilitate the needs of our club. LENNOX HEAD DAY VIEW CLUB The Lennox Head Day VIEW Club meets on the first Monday of each month at the Lennox Head Community Centre. with the meeting starting at 11:00am and includes an interesting speaker and concludes with a light lunch. An informal Coffee and Chat meeting is held on the third Monday of the month. The Club sponsors three students through The Smith Family Learning for Life scholarship program that provides educational items for disadvantaged Australian children. New members and guests are most warmly welcomed and enquiries may be made to Enid 047 187 511 or Dawn 0466717435. LENNOX HEAD CWA Handy Craft Mornings on Mondays 9.30am12noon in the community centre at Lennox Head, Call Jan on 66816150. PROBUS CLUB OF LENNOX HEAD The Probus Club of Lennox Head meets 9.30 for 10.00am at Club Lennox, 10 Stewart Street, on the 1st. Thursday of each month. Visitors are welcome. Also, retired or semi-retired people wishing to join our non-service. Club to hear interesting guest speakers and to join in trips and outings are invited along. Phone Jan 66876859. LISMORE LISMORE LISMORE GARDEN CLUB Meeting Thursday 11th March 1pm Lismore Workers Club. Talk on Begonias. New members welcomed. Plant of the Month Geranium. Info Contact. Dawn Coles Sec. 0448294496. Dcoles39@outlook.com ROTARY CLUB OF SUMMERLAND SUNRISE Meets every Friday at 7.05am for breakfast at Coffee Shots Molesworth St, Lismore. Interested in contributing to community? Local and international? Join us please. Phone 0435990919 for more details. TABLE TENNIS AT GOONELLABAH Tuesday and Thursday mornings social playing 9.00am-12noon; Monday and Wednesday nights social playing 7.00-9.00pm; Training Monday mornings 9.00am-12noon; Junior
coaching after school Wed 3.30-4.45pm - $6.00 a game. Everybody is welcome – all levels. Phone centre on 66251602 Mon-Thur 9.001.00pm or visit website www.fnctabletennis. com.au LISMORE GIRL GUIDES Lismore Girl Guides meet every Tuesday during school terms from 5.30-7.30pm at our hall, Magellan Street Lismore. Any girl aged from 7 to 17 is most welcome to attend for two nights free, but please make contact first. AND Any adult female aged 18 and over interested in becoming a volunteer with youth, are encouraged to contact Leonie on mobile number 0412866766, for further details and our hall is also available to hire. “MAINLY MUSIC” IN LISMORE FOR 2021 mainlymusic.org An interactive session for 0-5 year olds & parents/carers using fun songs and actions to help develop co-ordination and motor skills, followed by home cooked morning tea for adults while children enjoy supervised play time. Tuesdays 9.30-11.30 in school term. Anglican Parish Hall, Zadoc Street Lismore. Enquiries 66213200 ROTARY CLUB OF LISMORE NETWORKING ‘Want to be part of an innovative, interesting and inclusive networking group who meet fortnightly to share ideas, meet other professionals and work together to make a difference in your community? Then Rotary Club of Lismore Networking could be the answer for you! Meets fortnightly on Wednesdays at the Rous Hotel, Keen Street, Lismore at 5.30pm. For more information contact Rita on 0413300578 or Gae 0412742095 LISMORE REGIONAL PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP Lismore Regional Parkinson’s Support group meets every third Friday of the month at 10 am Lismore Workers’ Club, Keen St, Lismore. The group gatherings alternate each month between a more formal meeting, complete with guest speaker one month, and the next month, a more social Coffee Catch-up. There is always an opportunity to share in a confidential, non-judgemental, positive and welcoming environment. All members of the Parkinson’s Community and their carers are most welcome. Contact Di 66227959 or John 0490332268 or visit Lismore Regional Parkinson’s Support Group’s FaceBook Page https://www.facebook. com/ParkinsonsLismore” COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES NORTHERN NSW Compassionate Communities of NSW are taking a break from the Ballina Coffee and Community and Cafe Catch Up gatherings for the next few months. Threshold Choir rehearsals, Lismore Coffee and Community and Walks in Nature will continue. Please check this paper for and our facebook page for more information on when the coffee gatherings will resume. EMBROIDERS GROUP Meetings are 9.30am-2.30pm 1st and 3rd Wednesdays and 3rd Saturday of each month, Red Dove Centre, Keen Street, Lismore. We welcome embroiderers of all ability levels from all towns and districts in the Northern Rivers. PROBUS CLUB OF GOONELLABAH The Goonellabah Probus club meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Workers Sports Club Oliver Ave Goonellabah. Meetings commence at 10 am. New members welcome. Contact Gloria Francis 66291442. MACLEAN MACLEAN MACLEAN VIEW CLUB Monthly Meetings again, after months of Lock
Down. It will start as usual 3rd, Thurs of month at 11am Contact Ruth Toyer on 0409844212 by Mons, no later than 7pm. Numbers are required for catering purposes. MURWILLUMBAH MURWILLUMBAH COMMUNITY PRINTMAKERS MURWILLUMBAH Fine Art Printmakers meet at studio space 224 Stokers Rd Stokers Siding. Prints, gallery, workshops and more! Email cpmmurwillumbah@hotmail.com or phone Peter 0498399640 or Sue 0408493253. Find us on Facebook & Instagram. POTTSVILLE POTTSVILLE POTTSVILLE FUN CROQUET CLUB Meets at Black Rocks Sports Fields on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8.30am. New members are welcome to come and join us for a hit and a bit of fun. For any further enquires please call Jean on 0431606375. YAMBA YAMBA YAMBA DAY VIEW CLUB Yamba Day View Club’s monthly luncheons are held at Yamba Bowling Club on 3rd Monday of month, starting 10 for 10.30am. Acceptance and apologies to President Lyn 66463164 by Friday prior to luncheon for catering purposes. We hold a monthly social outing either for lunch or morning tea and visitors are always welcome.” YAMBA LIONS CLUB Yamba Lions Club’s meetings are held 2nd & 4th Thursdays of month at Yamba Bowling Club, commencing at 7 for 7.30pm. For further information, please contact the Secretary Peter 0417 546 097. Social outings also held at various time and Visitors and New members welcome.” The Yamba Lions Club is holding their first Art & Craft Fair 2021 at the Bowlo Sports & Leisure Yamba on Saturday & Sunday 10 & 11 April, commencing 10am each day. If you wish to book a site, please phone Leonie 0401669290. ALL RIVERS ALLNORTHERN NORTHERN RIVERS NEW ROUND OF FUNDING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE A new year brings new possibilities for young people starting out or continuing in their careers. The Mid Richmond Education Fund has opened a new round for those needing funding for their studies, apprenticeship, trade or job. For the past 10 years the Fund has provided grants of nearly $14,000 to over 20 young people and there is more to come. From February 3 until March 15, 2021 the next round is open for any young person living, training or working in the Mid-Richmond, who needs funding for their education or work place. Do you have costs in relation to your training or career that are hard to cover? Visit midrichmondeducationfund.org and find out if there is funding available for you. Get your application in as soon as you can. NORTHERN RIVERS PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP The Northern Rivers Parkinson’s Support Group covers an area from Wollongbar to Ocean Shores and surrounding districts. Northern Rivers Parkinson’s Support Group is holding their monthly coffee get together on Friday 12th March from 10am at Summerland Farm. This month we will have a guest speaker, Mimi Zenzmaier who will discuss Advanced Care Directives and End of Life plans to coincide with Advanced Care Planning month. Mimi is an End of Life Doula and local holistic funeral director. This will be a general informal chat. All those living with Parkinson’s Disease and those supporting them are most welcome. Please RSVP to either Helen 0400385476 or Yvonne 66285884.
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FISHING / TIDES/ WEATHER 65 Ballina
FISHING NEWS
Scattered rain is predicted for most of this week, but by Wednesday we should see a drop in the wind and swell, which is great news for the offshore boaties. Mackerel and tuna will be the order of the day on the close reefs, but they are still spread out a little so it will be worth trolling live or dead baits around to help locate the fish. Out wider the mahi mahi have been inconsistent, so make sure you have some pilchards or skirted lures as alternative. The current has dropped off slightly but there has still been some quality pearl perch ,kingfish and
amberjack on the north 42’s and 48’s. Back in the river the water is still discolored from the recent rain. The tides will increase in size as the week goes on and we should see the fish start to move further up river towards Wardell. Most of the bream as still hugging the rock walls, while the better flathead have been in 2-4m of water. The larger tides should also help the mud crab numbers improve in both creeks. Some good quality tailor and bream have been coming from the beaches using mullet or pilchards, and will be worth chasing once the swell drops midweek. Tight lines. Brett.
Evans Head Snapper, trag jew, spanish and spotty mackerel on North Ground and Kahors Reef, bream, whiting and a few tailor along Main and Airforce Beaches, bream and luderick along the rock walls at the Evans River mouth, bream, whiting and flathead in the lower reaches and mud crabs in the upper reaches.
GRAFTON EVANS KYOGLE BALLINA MULLUM TWEED
95% 81% 94% 81% 81% 76%
27 o-20 o 26 o-22 o 27 o-20 o 26 o-22 o 26 o-23 o 27 o-22 o
98% 73% 70% 73% 76% 79%
29 o-19 o 29 o-19 o 32 o-17 o 29 o-19 o 30 o-20 o 29 o-21 o
Sunrise & Sunset on the Northern Rivers
63% 50% 47% 50% 51% 60%
31 o-20 o 31 o-21 o 33 o-18 o 31 o-21 o 31 o-22 o 30 o-22 o
63% 46% 50% 46% 46% 68%
26 o-19 o 23 o-20 o 22 o-17 o 23 o-20 o 23 o-19 o 26 o-19 o
74% 73% 62% 73% 73% 93%
28 o-26 o 24 o-18 o 24 o-15 o 24 o-18 o 25 o-17 o 26 o-17 o
51% 59% 58% 59% 58% 57%
After heavy rain this week, there is a lot of fresh coming down the river and the best place to fish is near the mouth on the flooding tide where the clean water meets the fresh. Expect to catch bream, flathead and trevally. Currumbin
Spanish and spotty mackerel on the inshore reefs, dart, bream and whiting along the beaches, flathead, whiting and bream on the making tide in the mid to lower reaches
Spotty and spanish mackerel on the Gravel Patch east of Burleigh, dart and whiting along the beaches and mud crabs in the middle reaches of the creeks.
Thurs 11thMarch Fri 12th March Sat 13th March Sun 14th March Mon 15th March Tues 16th March Wed 17th March 26 o-20 o 26 o-22 o 27 o-20 o 26-o 22 o 26 o-22 o 26-o 21 o
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NORTHERN RIVERS TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL PREDICTIONS AREA
of the creeks and mud crabs in the upper reaches.
24 o-17 o 24 o-17 o 24 o-15 o 24 o-17 o 24 o-17 o 25 o-17 o
43% 58% 51% 58% 47% 56%
MOON PHASES Thurs 11 Mar
Sat 13 Mar
Mon 15 Mar
Wed 17 Mar
Waning Crescent 4% Visible
New Moon 0% Visible
Waxing Crescent 4% Visible
Waxing Crescent 15% Visible
TIDE TIMES & HEIGHTS CLARENCE - RIVER ENTRANCE
GRAFTON AREA DAY Thursday 11th March Friday 12th March Saturday 13th March Sunday 14th March Monday 15th March Tuesday 16th March Wednesday 17th March
SUNRISE 6:46am 6:46am 6:47am 6:48am 6:48am 6:49am 6:50am
SUNSET 7:10pm 7:08pm 7:07pm 7:06pm 7:05pm 7:04pm 7:02pm
SUNRISE 6:45am 6:45am 6:46am 6:47am 6:47am 6:48am 6:48am
SUNSET 7:08pm 7:07pm 7:06pm 7:04pm 7:03pm 7:02pm 7:01pm
LISMORE AREA DAY Thursday 11th March Friday 12th March Saturday 13th March Sunday 14th March Monday 15th March Tuesday 16th March Wednesday 17th March
TWEED HEADS AREA DAY Thursday 11th March Friday 12th March Saturday 13th March Sunday 14th March Monday 15th March Tuesday 16th March Wednesday 17th March
SUNRISE 6:44am 6:44am 6:45am 6:46am 6:46am 6:47am 6:47am
SUNSET 7:07pm 7:05pm 7:04pm 7:03pm 7:02pm 7:01pm 7:00pm
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HIGH 8:29am 1.66m 9:09am 1.67m 9:45am 165m 10:16am 1.6m 10:45am 1.54m 11:14am 1.47m 11:43am 1.38m
LOW 1:46am 0.45m 2:31am 0.4m 3:11am 0.37m 3:48am 0.37m 4:24am 0.39m 5:01am 0.43m 5:37am 0.48m
HIGH 8:44pm 1.29m 9:20pm 1.35m 9:55pm 1.4m 10:28pm 1.43m 11:00pm 1.45m 11:32pm 1.46m
LOW 2:57pm 0.36m 3:31pm 0.33m 4:02pm 0.33m 4:31pm 0.35m 4:56pm 0.37m 5:22pm 0.41m 5:48pm 0.45m
LOW 1:30am 0.41m 2:15am 0.35m 2:57am 0.31m 3:34am 0.3m 4:12am 0.33m 4:50am 0.37m 5:30 am 0.44m
HIGH 8:27pm 1.34m 9:03pm 1.41m 9:03pm 1.41m 10:15pm 1.52m 10:49pm 1.56m 11:26pm 1.58m
LOW 2:42pm 0.39m 3:17pm 0.37m 3:17pm 0.37m 4:20pm 0.35m 4:50pm 0.35m 5:19pm 0.38m 5:49pm 0.42m
LOW 1.49am 0.4m 2:33am 0.36m 3:13am 0.34m 3:50am 0.34m 4:26am 0.37m 5:02am 0.42m 5:40am 0.47m
HIGH 8:47pm 1.25m 9:25pm 1.32m 9:58pm 1.37m 9:58pm 1.37m 11:03pm 1.43m 11:36pm 1.45m
LOW 3:00pm 0.34m 3:33pm 0.32m 4:03pm 0.31m 4:31pm 0.32m 5:23pm 0.37m 5:23pm 0.37m 5:48pm 0.41m
LOW 1:30am 0.39m 2:15am 0.34m 2:55am 0.32m 3:31am 0.32m 4:07am 0.35m 4:44am 0.41m 5:20am 0.47m
HIGH 8:33pm 1.32m 9:12pm 1.39m 9:46pm 1.43m 10:20pm 1.47m 10:53pm 1.49m 11.26pm 1.5m
LOW 2:42pm 0.35m 3:15pm 0.32m 3:45pm 0.31m 4:14pm 0.31m 4:41pm 0.33m 5:07pm 0.35m 5:34pm 0.39m
LOW 1.29am 0.47m 2:13am 0.42m 2:52am 0.4m 3:29am 0.41m 4:03am 0.45m 4:38am 0.51m 5:14am 0.58m
HIGH 8:32pm 1.35m 9:10pm 1.41m 9:45pm 1.45m 10:17pm 1.48m 10:50pm 1.49m 11:22pm 1.5m 11:57pm 1.49m
LOW 2:29pm 0.42m 3:03pm 0.39m 3:37pm 0.38m 4:07pm 0.39m 4:36pm 0.42m 5:02pm 0.46m 5:29pm 0.5m
EVANS HEAD - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 11th March Friday 12th March Saturday 13th March Sunday 14th March Monday 15th March Tuesday 16th March Wednesday 17th March
HIGH 8:07am 1.76m 8:48pm 1.77m 9:25am 1.77m 9:59am 1.73m 10:31am 1.61m 11:03am 1.61m 11:36am 1.52m
BALLINA - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 11th March Friday 12th March Saturday 13th March Sunday 14th March Monday 15th March Tuesday 16th March Wednesday 17th March
HIGH 8:27am 1.67m 9:07am 1.67m 9:41am 1.65m 10:13am 1.6m 10:42am 1.53m 11:11am 1.45m 11:41am 1.35m
BRUNSWICK HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 11th March Friday 12th March Saturday 13th March Sunday 14th March Monday 15th March Tuesday 16th March Wednesday 17th March
HIGH 8:17am 1.74m 8:58am 1.74m 9:32am 1.72m 10:05am 1.67m 10:35am 1.61m 11:03 am 1.53m 11:32am 1:43m
TWEED HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 11th March Friday 12th March Saturday 13th March Sunday 14th March Monday 15th March Tuesday 16th March Wednesday 17th March
HIGH 8:18am 1.73m 8:58am 1.78m 9:33am 1.72m 10:05am 1.68m 10:35am 1.62m 11.02am 1.54m 11:30am 1.45m
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66 SPORT RESULTS SPEEDWAY RESULTS SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021. Archerfield Speedway Brisbane: RSA Junior Sedans All Stars, Heat 1: Ryley Smith, 1; Josh Weir, 2; Connor Reeves, 3. Heat 2: Connor Reeves, 1; Nathan McGregor, 2; Ryley Smith, 3. Heat 3: Ryley Smith, 1; Connor Reeves, 2; Josh Weir, 3. Feature: Ryley Smith, 1 (Lismore); Josh Weir, 2 (Lismore); Connor Reeves, 3 (Casino); Nathan McGregor, 4 (Grafton). RSA Junior Sedans New Stars, Heat 1: Jack Betts, 1; Jack Walker, 2; Daisy Smith, 3. Heat 2: Jack Betts, 1; Daisy Smith, 2; Jack Walker, 3. Heat 3: Jack Betts, 1; Jack Walker, 2; Daisy Smith, 3. Feature: Jack Betts, 1 (Lismore); Jack Walker, 2 (Lismore); Daisy Smith, 3 (Lismore). V8 Dirt Modifieds, Heat 1: David Clark, 1; Geoff Phillips, 2; Mark Robinson, 3. Heat 2: Terry Leerentveld, 1; David Clark, 2; Mark Robinson, 3. Heat 3: Mark Robinson, 1; Andrew Firth, 2; Luke Dunn, 3. Feature: Mark Robinson, 1 (Lismore); David Clark, 2 (Qld); Chris Polsen, 3 (Grafton). Lismore Speedway: AMCA Nationals Heat 1: Shane Newstead, 1; Troy Price, 2; Paul Reeves, 3. Heat 2: Tim Luscombe, 1; Shane Newstead, 2; Steven Ward, 3. Heat 3: Paul Reeves, 1; Tim Luscombe, 2; Thomas Vickery, 3. Feature: Thomas Vickery, 1 (Brisbane); Paul Reeves, 2 (Casino); Tim Luscombe, 3 (Grafton). East Coast Grand National Production Sedans, Heat 1: Stewart Fawcett, 1; Daniel Lennon, 2; Ash Graham, 3. Heat 2: Matthew Layton, 1; Joel Berkley, 2; Myles White, 3. Heat 3: Darren Lester, 1; Adrian Scott, 2; Madison Harkin, 3. Heat 4: Jordan Biviano, 1; Josh Boyd, 2; Mark Quirk, 3. Heat 5: Jason Dreaver, 1; Stewart Fawcett, 2; Thomas Fuller, 3. Heat 6: Nick Chilcott, 1; Daniel Lennon, 2; Madison Harkin, 3. Heat 7: Jordan Biviano, 1; Matthew Layton, 2; Darren Lester, 3. Heat 8: Josh Boyd, 1; Chris Besseling, 2; Ash Graham, 3. Heat 9: Thomas Fuller, 1; Josh Boyd, 2; Madison Harkin, 3. Heat 10: Jordon Biviano, 1; Stewart Fawcett, 2; Nick Chilcott, 3. Heat 11: Joel Berkley, 1; Aaron Hall, 2; Jason Dreaver, 3. Heat 12: Darren Lester, 1; Neil Keldoulis, 2; Chris Besseling, 3. Feature: Jordan Biviano, 1 (Lismore); Matthew Layton, 2 (Lismore); Aaron Hall, 3 (Lismore). RSA Street Stockers, Heat 1: Brock Armstrong, 1; Adam Grill, 2; Luke Gray, 3. Heat 2: Brock Armstrong, 1; Luke Gray, 2; Jacob Leisha, 3. Heat 3: Brock Armstrong, 1; Luke Gray, 2; Daniel Writer, 3. Feature: Brock Armstrong, 1 (Casino); Luke Gray, 2 (Lismore); Adam Grill, 3 (Lismore). Wingless Sprints, Heat 1: Seiton Young, 1; Ben Hull, 2; Ray Eggins, 3. Heat 2: Jacob Jolley, 1; Ian O’Toole, 2; Ben Hull, 3. Heat 3: Ian O’Toole, 1; Trent Martin, 2; Robert Mazzer, 3. Feature: Jacob Jolley, 1 (Lismore); Robert Mazzer, 2 (Lismore); Ray Eggins, 3 (Lismore).
BRUNSWICK HEADS WOMEN’S BOWLING CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Last Tuesday saw the conclusion of the Brunswick Heads Women’s Bowling Club Championship Fours and the result bodes well for our club’s future competitiveness. This year’s champions, a ‘young gun’ team consisting of Illona Pettendy (skip), Sharon Allen, Jo Simpson and Maree McDonald have a combined total of fewer than sixteen years bowling between them. In a competition where some teams averaged fifty plus years, this was a brilliant and deserved achievement. Congratulation’s ladies. Other Results Results - Championship Finals - Fours M McDonald, J Simpson, S Allen, I Pettendy def
B Mules, J Seamer, L Proudlock, B McCormick Results - Social Bowls T Graham, L Glee, K Dexter (14) def K Maxwell, J Quigley, M Flesser (8)
P. Lyon, D. Skinner, A.McLean & A. James def D. Grice, M. Mead, R. Skirrey & I. Watson Other winners on the day were: J. Newell, C. Doyle, J. Dwyer & J. Cooke def J. Newell, J. Creighton, J. Carthew & H. Lavelle
M Darby, M Crichton (13) def R Kinnear, J Lofts (8) Today’s Winners: Maree, Jo, Sharon, Ilona Lucky Losers: Rosa, Jenny Raffle: Betty Notices: Good luck next week to Sherril, Kerry, Jenny and Blossom who are off to compete in the District Fours. Friday 5/3 J. Carthew, N.Moran, D. Skinner & I. Watson def C. Doyle, J. Newell, P. Lyon & A. James On Wednesday the 10/3 the casino RSM ladies play their first game in the pennant competition, good luck to those ladies. CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB BALLINA
Photo - L to R Jo Simpson, Ilona Pettendy (skip), Maree McDonald, Sharon Allen
Twilight winners and Runner ups display their medals after the finals of the Twilight comp.
CASINO SOCIAL GOLF RESULTS The winner of the March monthly medal was Jeff Sneath with a net score of 29 on a count back from Garry Randall also 29. 3rd, Darryl Green 30. The putting trophy went to D.Roberts with 18 putts and G.Randall won the players draw. Nearest to pins: 8th, 10th, 11th, 13th & 15th, G.Randall.9th N.Rose.12th & 18th, G.Shephard.14th, B.Yates. Next Sunday’s event sponsored by Richmond Valley Meats in the R.S.M. Shopping Village Casino will be a 4 ball best stableford on the bottom 10 holes and visitors are welcome to play with hit off from 6-30am till 7-30am
D. Jones, C.Edlund R.Poynting, E.Astley 89y, J.Murphy, P.Bolte, J.Campbell 92y, L.Whiteman, J.Hodgson. SOUTH TWEED SPORTS (BOWLS SECTION) AKA SOUTH TWEED SHARKS
CASINO WOMEN’S BOWLS RESULTS On Monday 1/3 the ladies held their gala day at Casino RSM, we had a full green & the ladies all had a really good day. Overall winners: M. Newell, J. Adams, S. Bryant & P. Baskerville from South Lismore Judy Mathews presented the winning team with their prizes Runners Up: S. Richards, J. Lowien, N. West Newman & J. Scotcher from Alstonville AM Winners were: N. Fairfull, M. Richards, M. Hellyar J. Matthews from South Lismore PM Winners : M. Hanaway, B. Knott, C. Howell & G. Martin from Lennox Head On Wednesday 3/3 We had 2 rinks playing social bowls. Winners for the day were:
Bowls Results Week Date: Saturday…27th February to Friday 5th March 2021 Saturday Open Bowls Winners: Ann Wonka & Fred O’Donnell Runner Up: Judy Sharpe, John Gilbert, Muriel Cooper Tuesday Open Bowls: Winner: Sally Hickman & Dell O’Neill Runner Up: Lee Reeves & Diane Fairhurst
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THE WORLD GAME NEEDS YOU Good to see referees enjoying their role as shown here with top referee Connor Johnston sharing a light moment during a game on Sunday. Picture Steve Mackney.
The World Game of Football, or soccer as most people in Australia still call it, continues to rise in popularity. The extraordinary demand for people to play the game brings more pressure on administrators
to recruit enough match officials. With more than 7000 players and an estimated 650 teams taking to the field every week, it is getting increasingly difficult to appoint a referee to
every game across the broad geographical region that extend from Tumbulgum in the north, Maclean in the south and Kyogle in the west. Most players and parents have limited awareness about where match officials come from? Football Far North Coast General Manager Steve Mackney said that the recruitment of match officials is not as many people think and is not like employing workers at McDonalds. “Match Officials are not employed and in fact the Australian Tax Office considers payments received by community referees to be a hobby,” he said. “Although Football Far North Coast makes appointments to competition games and determines which referee officiates each game, it is individual match officials who nominate their availability and to which parts of the zone that they are prepared to travel?” Mackney said that of an anticipated 140 match officials each season, only 35 are adults. “We welcome girls and boys aged at from 13 years to get
involved as a match official, but it is adults who we desperately need,” he said. “The reality is that more referees only stay involved for about two years and talented junior referees simply don’t stay around long enough in most cases to become senior referees.” He said there was no question that being a match official could be demanding, with far too many players, coaches and spectators (more who have little understanding of the rules) putting pressure of match officials when decisions are made that some see as being wrong? “Although match officials receive a modest payment, their role is primarily because they want to make a contribution to the game,” he said. “Football Far North Coast has already facilitated one referee course this year and the next Level Four new referees course is being held on March 20 at Ballina.
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Venue: Saunders Oval, Ballina – Corner Kerr and Swift Streets, Ballina
Level 4 Referees Course; • Date: Saturday, March 20 • Time: 9am – approx. 3:30pm
Individuals can email Football Far North Coast at referees@ffnc.net.au if they have any questions.
Players, parents and anyone aged over 13 are urged to register by following this link: https://education-ffa. sportingpulse.com/event. asp?ID=23328 Mackney said registrations closed seven days prior to the course date. “Northern NSW Football will again offer an incentive of a Referee Starter package to all course participants,” he explained. “The starter package cost of $140 provides a discounted range of items, that includes the cost of the course and accreditation plus all necessary referee g ear to begin officiating in 2021; “So the challenge for everyone is to step up and become part of the solution and ask, WHO WILL REFEREE IF NOT YOU?”
the crew of Graeme Garden something to aim for. In the gennaker division the Formula 15 skiffs had a mightily close race, interchanging positions regularly, their brightly coloured mast head spinnakers ‘lighting up’ the river. When each boat in every division had done their preassigned amount of triangles, they set course for home, jumping on the elevator of current and arriving back at the club to cross the finish line, doing their best to dodge the periodic pesky wind shadows caused by the large buildings lining the Northern shore.
The sailors from Ballina’s Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club knew there would be an outgoing tide to contend with in last Sunday’s race, but many were still surprised by its speed. Adding to the extent of the flow was Fishery Creek/North Creek Canal, still swollen from all the recent rain, which drained into the middle of the race area.
The good thing for the sailors was that if they got their boats into the thick of the flow it acted like a conveyor belt, transporting them very quickly to the windward marks set off Tweed Street. The opposite was required heading back up river, as most of the boats travelled via the Southern side, hugging the red channel markers, trying to
escape that same ‘conveyor belt’ as they harnessed the brisk North East wind (up to eighteen knots). The monohull fleet had some testing moments when the start buoy broke it’s line in the seconds before the start. It drifted at some rate, extending the start line and causing confusion as the start boat watched it travel away.
The mark was also going to be the Southern downwind rounding buoy and there was more consternation when leading boat ‘Graeme Garden’ rounded the previous mark only to be met with blank river and no mark to aim for next. The quick thinking rescue boat crew tied their boat’s anchor to a buoy and threw it in, restoring the course and giving
RESULTS Trailer Sailors - 1. Ian Michie/ Andrew McInnes – Spider 550 2. Paul Morris/Matt Cartwight – RL24 3. Norman Hunt/Phill Robbins – Colson OAK Catamarans - 1. Geoff Benson – NACRA 4.5 2. Jonathan Horsley/ Ethan Tebbut – NACRA 5.8 3. Tony Pullyn – Taipan 4.9 Monohulls - 1. Des Mayblom – Impulse 2. Craig Foley and crew - Corsair 3. Trent/Daisy Morgan – NS14. Gennakers - 1. Justin Johnson/Francine GloerfeltTarp 2. Daniel Bradford/ Laura Stoltenberg – Formula 15 3. Clare Southwell/Matt Andrews – Formula 15
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4 Total 2/31 Overs: 9.5 FOW: 11 (DW Cleaver) 22 (JW Pigg) Bowling: EA Lucas 0-13, BJ Weatherstone 0-8, AJ Kinnane 1-4, JS Weatherstone 0-5.
By Tim Howard With semi-final spots determined, the final round of the GDSC Premier League cricket competition has come down to an outright result shoot out for the minor premiership. Going into round 17, Brothers Clocktower Hotel sits comfortably on top of the table, with one hand on the minor title with 60 points. The only hiccup could come if third-placed Ulmarra Hotel Tucabia Copmanhurst, 54 points can topple GDSC Easts/ Westlawn Crown Hotel (58 points) and Brothers lose outright to last placed South Services. Mathematically Brothers and Tucabia could finish on equal points if Tucabia can get an outright and Brothers win on the first innings. If Brothers lose outright and Tucabia score the maximum 12 points, they would leapfrog two teams for the minor premiership. But on the state of play at the halfway point of the round, the engraver could get to work putting Brothers on the minor premier’s trophy. Top spot also guarantees the owner a grand final berth in the four-team competition. On the back of a 100run partnership between Jamie Firth, 83 and Sean Walters, 43, Brothers declared at 9/205 and had the brittle South’s batting lineup at 2-31 at stumps on day one. Brothers began well with a 45-run opening stand with Kallen Lawerence 17 and Beau Sevil blunting South’s opening pair. But left-arm spinner Chris Cleaver, 3-44, put on the brakes, bowling tightly and threatening to run through the Brothers top order. He had Lawrence caught by Adrian Boyd and then lured in-form Brothers skipper Jake Kroehnert, 4, into hitting a catch to Justin Rainbow. At 5-81 South’s had a glimmer of rolling Brothers for a score
under 150, although given their recent batting collapses, even that total might have been beyond them. After 20 overs, Cleaver needed a spell, but fellow spinner Brad Scott did not pose the same threat and Firth and Walters were able score more easily. Both employed the sweep and slog sweep against the off-spinner and then pulled and cut fiercely when he dropped short. Firth looked good for a century, until he tried to drive Scott’s faster ball and was bowled. Walters followed a few overs later when Joe Pigg was introduced for a single over. He struggled to pitch the ball and saw two long hops sail over the leg side fence. But Walters failed to latch onto another long hop and slapped a low catch back to the bowler, who held onto a good catch. Souths’ captain Dylan Cleaver gave his wicket away when Souths were sent in for a nasty spell with about 50 minutes to go to stumps. The skipper looked in ominous form striking the ball crisply, but when on nine he played a ball into the offside, where Ben Jurd, at short cover knocked it down. Cleaver had set off for the run, but partner
Tom Kroehnert did not respond and Cleaver was run out with both batsmen at one end of the wicket. Jurd also had a hand in South’s second wicket, hanging onto a catch from Joe Pigg, 6, from the bowling of Andy Kinnane. At Ulmarra Showground, Tucabia, at 6-57, are in a spot of bother chasing Easts/ Westlawn’s total of 88. Tucabia’s opening bowlers Brad Chard 4-15 and Taine Riley, 3-23, put their team on the front foot. If not for a defiant 33 from Jacob Ellis, the total could have been a disaster. Easts/Westlawn skipper Nathan Blanch bowled his team back into the match, taking 4-36 from 15 overs. After making the first breakthrough, he ended a mini-recovery between veteran Matt Pigg, 11 and Tim Bultitude, 18, dismissing both within three runs of each other. Soon after Blanch had the dangerous Bob McKenzie back in the pavilion for 4 as Tucabia slumped to 5-39. To make matters worth all rounder Rohan Hackett fell just before stumps for 8, leaving the remaining batters a nasty chase for first innings points next week.
SCOREBOARD Clarence River Cricket Association GDSC Premier League Round 17 Brothers CC Clocktower Hotel v South Services Cricket Club Ellem Oval Toss: Brothers Brothers 1st innings +K Lawrence c AG Boyd b C Cleaver 17 BL Sevil b DW Cleaver 21 J Kroehnert c J Rainbow b DW Cleaver 4 J Firth b BG Scott 83 JS Weatherstone b C Cleaver 11 BL Jurd b C Cleaver 0 S Walters c & b JW Pigg 43 JC Newman b BG Scott 4 BJ Weatherstone not out 7 AJ Kinnane not out 1 Extras (nb 5, w 1, b 7, lb 1) 14 Total 8/205 (dec) Overs: 67.0 FOW: 45 (K Lawrence) 55 (J Kroehnert) 56 (BL Sevil) 81 (JS Weatherstone) 81 (BL Jurd) 181 (J Firth) 189 (JC Newman) 197 (S Walters) Bowling: M Dalton 0-42, AG Boyd 0-11, C Cleaver 3-44, DW Cleaver 2-27, BG Scott 2-57, JW Pigg 1-16. South Services 1st innings: DW Cleaver run out (Jurd, Lawrence) 9 T Kroehnert not out 8 JW Pigg c BL Jurd b AJ Kinnane 6 A Dickson not out 4 Extras (nb 1, w 2, b 1, lb 0)
Ulmarra Hotel Tucabia Copmanhurst v GDSC Easts/Westlawn Crown Hotel Ulmarra Showground Toss: GDSC Easts/ Westlawn Easts/Westlawn 1st innings: A Latham b TJ Riley 13 SM Wilson lbw b B Chard 0 JR Grieve c R Hackett b TJ Riley 1 S Connor c MC Pigg b TJ Riley 0 B Shipman lbw b B Chard 6 J Ellis c TJ Riley b R Hackett 33 H Inmon b B Chard 0 J Martin c MJ Dougherty b MC Pigg 3 E Munro run out (A Ellis) 13 N Blanch b B Chard 6 MR Lobsey not out 7 Extras (nb 0, w 0, b 0, lb 6) 6 Total 88 Overs: 35.0 FOW: 1 (SM Wilson) 6 (JR Grieve) 6 (S Connor) 17 (A Latham) 25 (B Shipman) 29 (H Inmon) 32 (J Martin) 70 (E Munro) 71 (J Ellis) 88 (N Blanch) Bowling: B Chard 4-15, TJ Riley 3-23, MC Pigg 1-32, R Hackett 1-12. Tucabia Copmanhurst 1st innings: A Ellis lbw b N Blanch 2 MJ Dougherty b S Connor 0 MC Pigg c J Ellis b N Blanch 11 T Bultitude c J Martin b N Blanch 18 R Hackett lbw b E Munro 8 B Mckenzie c J Martin b N Blanch 4 +DW Woods not out 10 T Anderson not out 0 Extras (nb 1, w 0, b 3, lb 0) 4 Total: 6/57 Overs: 36.0 FOW: 2 (A Ellis) 2 (MJ Dougherty) 30 (MC Pigg) 33 (T Bultitude) 39 (B Mckenzie) 57 (R Hackett) Bowling: N Blanch 4-36, S Connor 1-11, E Munro 1-7, B Shipman 0-0.
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LISMORE THE BIG WINNER IN DRAWN GAME
The Gold Coast Titans and New Zealand Warriors played out an exciting 12-all draw in their final NRL pre-season game at Lismore’s recently upgraded Oakes Oval. While the match was a strong hit out for both teams, the real winner from the visit was the Lismore CBD businesses who had enjoyed a big boost in weekend trade thanks to the sold out game. Match tickets sold out on Friday night with a reduced capacity of 4800 due to COVID and Lismore City Council’s Events Coordinator Leanne Clark said that
demand for tickets was so strong that she could have sold thousands more had it not been for COVID restrictions. She said after the nail-biting game, spectators poured into the city looking for food and drink. Council’s Economic Development manager Tina Irish estimates that the game bought in almost $350,000 into our local economy. This comes on top of last month’s relocation of the Sydney Blue Sox home series to Lismore, which generated a further $138,000. “This is great news for our
motels, hotels, restaurants, cafes and retail stores. Not only does it support the bottom line of our local businesses, it also supports the local people they employ,” she said. “This is why investing to upgrade our sporting facilities, like Oakes Oval and Albert Park, is so crucial to generate economic growth and support local businesses. “It is much more than building great local sporting facilities, it’s about supporting our businesses, creating jobs and strengthening our economy.”
Gateway Motel manager Ashlee Rodgers said the event was “definitely good for business”. “We were busier than most weekends. Even on the Friday night we had the team that played the pre-game stay here from the Central Coast Rosters,” she explained. “We find you don’t normally get as many leisure guests to Lismore compared to what you get on the coast, but last weekend certainly brought them in.” Felicity Hyde, who owns Scoops and Candy in Keen Street and also had a busy day, agrees. “A lot of our customers on Saturday were people who came from the Gold Coast and
all over, and where staying at motels in Lismore,” she said. A crowd of 4,500 cheered on the Gold Coast Titans and New Zealand Warriors in Lismore on Saturday the 27th of Februray, but it was also a celebration of a return to almost ‘normal’ – tickets were sold out but in preCovid times Oakes Oval accommodated crowds of 8,000. The pre-season league game ended in a 12-all draw but let’s hope it’s the first of many crowd-pleasing events for the Northern Rivers this year and 2021 will not a repeat of 2020.
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The All Girls Surfriders Club got their competition year off to a great start with members from all over the Northern Rivers attending. Club publicity officer Natalie Grono reports; “What a delight it was to host our first club round of 2021 after making the difficult decision to cancel our club round competitions last year
due to the pandemic. Glorious weather and clean 2-foot warm water waves provided fun contestable conditions which made for a perfect start to this year’s competition and a fine way to spend the last day of summer. Lovely to see the support from family and friends who hung around to cheer on loved
ones, contributing to the good vibes. This year we have 85 members to share the stoke and celebrate All Girls Surfriders 30th anniversary, watch this space for info regarding a celebratory event! Keep shredding and see you next month.” Results: Opens 1st Ocea Curtis, 2nd Juniper
CELEBRATION OF SURF CULTURE TICKETS ON SALE
Emily Rose Hastie and her work. Tickets have gone on sale for the Legends of the Surf cultural event to be held in conjuction with the 20th annual
MP Classic competition later in the year. Legends of the Surf, launching 6pm, Saturday, June
26 at the Coolangatta Sands Hotel the event celebrates the Gold Coast-Tweed’s rich surfing culture and the
Harper, 3rd Mia Baker, 4th Tamika Draper. Longboards 1st Sam Egan, 2nd Maz Pentecost, 3rd Mel Mott, 4th Helen Sherman. Junior beginner 1st Sienna Johnson, 2nd Miliani Tighe, 3rd Indiana Martin, 4th Isabelle McRae. Junior intermediate 1st Ruby Muir, 2nd Kahlila Marshall, 3rd Lilian Beadman, 4th Cinta
Hamilton. Senior intermediate 1st Cory Whitney, 2nd Jaqui Robertson, 3rd Katie Martin, 4th Sylvie Hoarau. Senior beginner 1st Erin Baker, 2nd Laura Oakley, 3rd Jeanie McKillop, 4th Nat Fraser. Wahine masters 1st Serena Adams, 2nd Sarah Morison, 3rd Kellie O’Brien, 4th Nat Edminston.
illustrious talent from the surfing community with an epic night of art music and film. The event which will include an opening address from World Champion surfer Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew and Surf Reporter Andrew McKinnon as the MC, also features a fundraising auction of five pyrographic portraits of surf legends by Emily Rose Hastie, followed by hair-raising performance by local band Scrappz featuring one of Rabbit’s sons Keo Bartholomew on the drums. Legendary surf photographer Dick Hoole has confirmed never-before-seen footage of the epic 28-day Burleigh swell in 1975 will screened on the evening, followed by the freshest of Gold Coast surf footage from Mr Clips aka Lachlan McKinnon. Opening night attendees will also have the chance to win various lucky door prizes and participate in the raffle for a Flying Fish surfboard donated by The Surfboard Warehouse and customised by Emily Rose Hastie. It will be an epic evening not to be missed.
All profits raised from ticket sales and 60% of the Legends of the Surf exhibition sales proudly support the important coastal conservation work of Surfrider Foundation Gold Coast, Gold Coast World Surf Reserve, and the empowering mental health education and stigma reduction work of LIVIN. The exhibition (free entry) will be open from June 26 – July 8, 2021 at The Art Space on 19 McLean Street, Coolangatta, featuring portraits with permission of Gold Coast surfing legends including Steph Gilmore, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Rabbit, Mark Occhilupo, Michael Peterson, Peter Townend, Dick Van Straalen, Peter Drouyn, Dick Hoole, Andrew McKinnon, Wayne Deane, the Neilsen brothers and Phyllis O’Donnell. Exhibited artworks will be available online for silent auction until Thursday 8 July. Please note: online auction link is to be published in June on emilyrosehastie. com.au/legends-of-the-surf. Tickets are available now on https://events.humanitix.com/ legends-of-the-surf
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By Steve Mackney Conditions were warm and humid, but regardless, almost 60 senior women’s and men’s teams took to the fields across the regions, Friday night and on Sunday to kick off the 2021 version of the Tursa Employment and Training Anzac Day Cup and Calan McMillan Memorial Shield competitions. The increased demand from clubs, teams and players to be part of these prestigious pre-season competitions, prompted Football Fat North Coast to create an extra men’s competition and this decision has been embraced with enthusiasm as teams are now represented in respective competitions that include all nine men’s leagues. Defending women’s grand final winners Lennox Head FC came out strong against Lismore Thistles at Skennars Head in the Callan McMillan A Division clash and relentless pressure would eventually see the Sharks prevail with a one-nil win over their Lismore opposition. South Lismore FC will have a women’s team in the premier league this season and although they were welcomed into the top league by a strong
Alstonville FC side that won eight-one, the Celtics are expected to evolve into a competitive team. Villa has been a powerhouse team during the last decade and South Lismore FC was in the match at halftime when only trailing two-one. At Weston Park Goonellabah, the Rams made a statement when they scored a comprehensive eleven-one win over the Hornets, with Nambi Branton scoring four goals in a dominant performance. The men’s premier league saw most teams under the stewardship of a new Head Coach for season 2021 and 2020 Northern NSW Football Community Coach of the Year Chris Layland, in his new appointment at Thistles, watched as his young charges went down to Bangalow SC three-one. The Bluedogs, is being led this year by former FFNC Player of the Year Joel Rudgley, who will continue to also play. Despite being reduced to ten men when Mori Kone was sent from the field, the Bluedogs were able to forge clear of Thistles after the teams were locked at one-all at halftime.
Goals for Bangalow SC were scored by Mori Kone, Struan Soutar and Josh Cole, while Issac Essery scored the lone goal for the Blues. At Wherrett Park Maclean, the Bobcats under new coach and former top local player
Almost 1000 people attended the annual Surf For Sanity event at Cabarita Beach on Saturday, February 27. Hosted by Cabarita Boardriders, the competition focuses on mental health and supporting within the community who are under duress. Supported by local business, the event raised almost $15k to support the “Get On Board” mental health
initiative for the Tweed Coast. In only its second year the event has gone from strength to strength with the local community rallying around the concept and supporting by delivering a truly wholistic event for all the ages with surfers as young as five years old up to a select few in their 60’s. The event attracted both professional and amateur surfers who were competing
side by side. Close to 1000 people attended the event with the event a fully COvid safe event utilising Service NSW QR codes to ensure a safe environment for all. A great success that organisers hope will expand again next year. Competitors at second annual Surf For Sanity at Cabarita Beach. Pictures courtesy @ childsphotos.
Grant (Chelsea) Nelson, faced the tough South Lismore FC Celtics. Nelson was disappointed with the two-one loss, but believes that the game was a good test early days and he is confident that the Bobcats will be a force in 2021. Feny Williamson got on the score sheet for the Celtics and an own goal made it two for South Lismore FC, while Haydon McMahon found the net for Maclean FC. Byron Bay FC and Lismore Richmond Rovers FC met in a clash of last year’s grand final winners the Rams and shock wooden spooners from 2020 Rovers. The Rams jumped to a three-nil lead with Harper Hain scoring a brace and Ben Ahern also finding the net, before Rovers responded with two goals from Theo Clarke. In the other Sunday match, defending Anzac Day Cup Champions Goonellabah FC went into halftime with a one-nil advantage, before Villa
scored an equaliser early in the second half. The game, played in tough humid conditions, ebbed and flowed eventually ending three-two in favour of the Goonellabah Hornets. Goals for Goonellabah FC were scored by Aaron Kelly, Wayne Gordon and Josh Yates, while Alstonville FC goals went to Jack Scralett and Jack Larrescy. All competitions continue tomorrow night (Friday, March 5) and Sunday for Round two, followed by Round three the following weekend and semi-finals where required the week after. The winter/pointscore season for senior teams start March 26-27-28. Senior Teams nominations close today (Thursday, March 4) so anyone wanting to play is encouraged to register with priority on https://www. playfootball.com.au/ and to also contact the club that they want to play with this season.
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4 CYLINDER AUSTRALIA TITLE
The Australian RSA 4 Cylinder Sedan Title is on at Hession Auto Parts Grafton Speedway this Saturday night (March 13). Casino is well represented at this year’s title with Brock Armstrong, Josh Boyd and Brodie King. Brock Armstrong is the current NSW RSA 4 Cylinder Champion and will be looking to add the National Title to his speedway career. His father Glenn won the NSW RSA 4 Cylinder Title the
previous year. Armstrong also runs in the RSA Street Stockers division and last Saturday night at Lismore Speedway was unbeatable winning all three heats and the feature. Armstrong also competed in the RSA Australian Title which was also run at Grafton Speedway last month but was washed out after the first round of heats. Josh Boyd will be steering Ryley
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Smith’s Junior Sedan and knows all about winning titles. Boyd’s impressive list of wins include: 2018 RSA Australian Junior Sedan Title; still the current holder of the RSA NSW Junior Sedan Title he won in 2019; still holds the RSA Street Stockers Title he won in 2020 after this year’s event was washed out at Grafton Speedway and is also the current NSW No. 3 in SSA Production Sedans. Brodie King is another impressive
driver in 4 Cylinders moving on from Edition 36 34 $2.00 Junior Sedans. Lismore’s Shanae Smith, Matt Weir and Wally Rudder have also entered the title. Shanae Smith has come out of RSA Junior Sedans into RSA 4 Cylinders this season picking up all but one podium finish at Grafton Speedway including a feature win in her last encounter at the track. Matt Weir came home in third place at Grafton Speedway in the feature event Shanae Smith won. Weir was giving his racecar a final workout in preparation for the title. Grafton’s David McGregor and Shane Laurie have nominated. McGregor normally would be racing his RSA Street Stocker this weekend, but has elected to drive his son Nathan’s RSA Junior Sedan in the 4 Cylinders title. Shane Laurie has been on the podium at Grafton and a little bit of track knowledge goes a long way around the tight circuit. There will be practice on Friday night (March 12) but bookings are essential, limited spots available. Grafton Speedway will also be hosting the NSW V8 Dirt Modified Title and Round 2 of the National 5 Star Dirt Series this Saturday night. For more information check out Grafton Speedway’s website graftonspeedway.com.au or follow them on Facebook.
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