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ARE WE SAFE?

by Christine Tondorf

A TOP infectious disease expert says the transient nature of Byron Bay’s population delivers challenges when it comes to controlling coronavirus in the Northern Rivers, but it can be defeated – Byron never recorded a single case of community transmission until last week. Professor John Kaldor from the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales has spent his career studying disease control and has penned some 750 scientific research papers. He also regularly spends time in Northern New South Wales. “A lot of us who work in public health this time last year were predicting that if Covid was going to appear and transmit in Australia quickly, Byron would be one of the first places it did so,” Prof Kaldor said. “Byron is definitely a place of high comings and goings, close mixing of a lot of young people who maybe asymptomatic. It’s a place with a lot of potential for transmission.” He said public health has been very effective in keeping the virus out of the town over the past 12 months. Northern NSW Health has confirmed

Is the coronavirus still circulating in our community and do you feel safe? that the March 31 positive test of a man who contracted the virus at the Beach Hotel was Byron Bay’s first ever case of community transmission. Face masks in retail settings were also mandated for the first time from 5pm, Wednesday, March 31.

Prof Kaldor is aware that northern New South Wales has a population aged above the Australian average and indigenous people account for around 5 per cent of residents. “With Covid you have to take into account who is at risk of transmission and

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who is at risk of getting sick. Byron has a lot of chances of bringing the virus in and for it to transmit locally and the wider community has potential vulnerabilities.” Prof Kaldor urged everyone in the four shires of Byron, Lismore, Ballina

and the Tweed to follow the instructions of NSW Health. He also said it was not yet possible to forecast when large festivals, like Blues Fest, could return to the Northern Rivers. continued page 4 ☛

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April 8, 2021

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Pimlico gets new museum in hall upgrades

MEATWORKERS ON THE NORTH COAST GETTING THE COVID JAB COVID-19 vaccinations are now available for Northern Co-operative meat workers across the region. Nominated as a high risk industry, the workers are high on the priority list. Whilst not the first to get the jab, CEO Simon Stahl and HR Group Manager Dan Smith were quick to line

up and do their part. Many employees have completed their consent form and will line up for the jab over the coming weeks. “The company is proud to support this important vaccination programme for our community,” a company spokesman said.

WARDELL and Pimlico Halls have received funding to complete important upgrades to the facilities. Community Halls are important spaces in our community, and Wardell and Pimlico Halls needed to make improvements to their facilities to make them safer and compliant with building standards. The Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan has announced $70,000 to complete the upgrades. “This funding will allow for various repairs and improvements at Pimlico Hall, including new handrails on the ramps, upgraded door, interior and exterior repainting, and accessible parking and pathways,” Mr Hogan said.

“Wardell Hall upgrades will include new roofing, removal of asbestos from underneath the hall, new kitchen and toilets, and improved emergency exit ramps.” “This funding has been provided through the Federal Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Programme (LRCI)

announced last year.” “This programme is designed to support councils deliver infrastructure projects to support jobs and help communities bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.” As an added bonus the the Pimlico Hall The Ballina Historical Society have recently made it their home.

Wollumbin rescue difficulties set to increase By Tania Spiers-Phillips RESCUES off Wollumbin (Mt Warning) are set to become more difficult now that the track has been closed according to the Tweed District Rescue Squad. Rescue Squad president Drew Carr said the track leading up to the summit had become more difficult and dangerous to traverse now that it was no longer being widely used and maintained. According to the NSW National Parks Wollumbin National Park was closed on March 30 due to significant safety issues on the Wollumbin Summit track. The closure is set to be reviewed in May 2021 with a petition currently circulating the Tweed aimed at having it reopened. His warning came after a rescue on Saturday night on the mountain near Murwillumbah. “The gentleman who became stuck 50 metres from the summit called triple zero, from there the call was dispatched to Tweed Rescue to initiate a rescue off the mountain there,” he said.

The action from Saturday. The rescue squads predict rescues will become harder the longer the track is closed. Pics courtesy of Tweed District Rescue Squad. “We requested assistance from the NSW SES, NSW Police and the NSW ambulance also attended to conduct the rescue as well. It was a multi-agency rescue in this case.” Mr Carr said twenty personnel were involved from across the agencies with the call out coming just prior to 5pm and the team finally bringing the man out at 8.30pm. The man was uninjured and able to make it out on his own which cut the time and the equipment needed. “It really depends on where

the person is on the mountain, what sort of injuries they have,” Mr Carr said. “Prior to the track being closed it could take up to 30 members to get someone off the hill if they were of an adult size at the very top or if the were at heliport one it would only take six or seven people. It’s all relative as to where they are and the types of injuries. “The difference now is that because the track has been closed for coming on 12 months or so due to Covid and other decisions they’ve made is that the track is just not being maintained and used by,

I think the figure was, 150,000 people a year, there is a lot of overgrowth and debris that is over the track which would not usually not be there and it would really hamper any type of rescue if we had to use our stretcher. “It’s becoming a bit concerning for us as a rescue point of view, as we’re going to conduct rescues in the future because I think it would be naïve for anyone to think that no one is going to climb. “Tweed rescue has been prepared for this event – even as recently as last week we actually had a joint training

with NSW ambulance for Mt Warning rescues. “From a rescue point of view, we are prepared but it’s going to be much more difficult in the future to conduct rescues because our specialty equipment is not suitable anymore so we are just going to have to use manpower. I suspect in the future that some of these rescues may be land searches with people getting lost just because the track is not clear-cut and defined as it once was.” He said Saturday’s event was a reasonable amount of time for what was required. “There has been times when a rescue has taken 10 hours to conduct which is huge,” Mr Carr said. “He wasn’t hurt and the call for help was that he was on the decent from the summit and because the chains had been removed, those rocks had become extremely slippery so he sort of found himself in a position where it was unsafe to move with no assistance from the chains. So he did call triple zero at that point saying he was stuck.”

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April 8, 2021

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The day the music died By Tania Spiers-Phillips

about 15k people per day, that’s at the 21 capacity normally you’d be expecting way more than that. But there was so much planning that had gone into ensuring crowd safety and artist safety as well – the amount of logistical work that went into getting it together to a point where they could be prepared for a major covid safe festival was just insane. “The industry was hurting when it did unfortunately get cancelled but not only that it kind of sucked because a lot of the artists hadn’t been able play for so long obviously a lot of people hadn’t been able to see music for so long. But also, for a festival to take a hit like that it kind of meant that everyone got a reality check that we’re definitely not out of the woods yet when it comes to this sort of stuff, there’s no safety blanket for the arts and something like this just reinforces that.” Ms Fuamoli said it was such a massive festival on the International market as well. “The fact that they were able to rejig things to support the Australian industry and having

IT was meant to be the biggest musical festival of its kind since Covid but according to a leading music journalist the already beleaguered music industry was hurting after the cancellation of Bluesfest one day out. The Byron-based festival had scheduled to return over Easter after being cancelled in 2020 by a public health order. The organisers working diligently to present the event in 2021. Seasoned music journalist Sosefina Fuamoli, who has worked in the industry for more than a decade writing for publications including Rolling Stone Australia, NME, Time Out and Music Feeds and is champion of Australia music, said she was saddened by the loss of this year’s festival. “Bluesfest was in an interesting position it was set to be the largest festival of its kind so far that was actually able to go ahead with a completely Covid Safe plan,” she said. “So obviously it runs the entire way through the Easter Weekend, they were expecting

a wholly Australian lineup obviously out of necessity but also spinning it in a way that can support local musicians - it was going to be a really big injection into our own music economy,” she explained. “I feel like it just compounded a lot of emotional and creative trauma that the wider arts industry as a whole has been going through over the past year. It was a really sad afternoon.” However, another Byron Festival – Splendour in The Grass – which had been moved from its usual July time frame and was now timed to go ahead in November. “Should that go ahead that would be the first major Australian festival of that kind to have its international headliners still appear,” Ms Fuamoli said. “I believe that they moved it to November because International waters are supposed to be opening in October. As far as I know that is still going ahead.” She said there were other festivals happening in Qld – though not on the same scale as the Byron events but events

are still coming back. “But as far as the staple calendar events, they are few and far between at the moment,” Ms Fuamoli. BluesFest director Peter Noble (pictured) said his team had worked day and night for a year to achieve the approved COVID-19 Safety Plan – the first of its kind in the music industry and have been told by the NSW Health that it exceeded other major sporting events in its depth and ability to protect the public. “This is one of the most difficult statements I have ever had to make,” he said at the time. “We really wanted to be at the forefront of the return of live music at Pre-COVID-19 level. “We feel deeply for

everybody affected, the fans, the artists, and the hardworking Bluesfest team. But in the end, the health of our community must come first. “We will be having discussions regarding Bluesfest postponement and will update everybody soon.” Instead of enjoying the fruits of their labor the Bluesfest team spent the weekend packing down the event that was cancelled within 24 hours of gates due to open. “To all ticket buyers and music fans, we are hoping that you will support the festival and hold tickets to the rescheduled event,” Mr Noble said. “All patrons will be contacted by Moshtix directly once we have an update on how to proceed.”

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Are we safe? Northern Rivers Covid-19 update continued from front page “As soon as people gather if there are cases in the community there’s a risk,” he said. Prof Kaldor said it was also problematic trying to predict what percentage of the community needed to be vaccinated before festivals could be safely held. “We know the vaccine will prevent people getting serious illness, but we don’t know to what extent it prevents people from transmitting it. And while we don’t have extremely high coverage of people who are at risk of getting serious illness, any case in the community is going to be of concern. When we have extremely high rates of vaccination in our community then will start to get answers to those questions.” Prof Kaldor said Covid19 had thrown up unprecedented health challenges. “It’s a constant judgement call depending on case numbers and the sense that a degree of control can be established … Covid has many different twists and different factors to take into account.” Record number of Covid19 tests Following the positive test of a man on Wednesday, who contracted the disease from Queensland visitors at Byron’s Beach Hotel, a record number of Covid tests have been done in the Northern Rivers. Close to 20 clinics are now operating around the region including drive-through tests in Lismore, Ballina and on the Tweed. Prior to the positive case, around 400

tests were being done in the Northern Rivers every day but that shot up to more than 2,000 daily tests following the Byron Covid diagnosis – and that is not counting tests done at the Commonwealthrun respiratory clinics. Covid testing is free and anyone with even the mildest symptoms is encouraged to get tested. Across New South Wales daily testing numbers peaked at around 2,000 last week. By Monday more than 10,000 tests had been conducted in the Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) in a week. “The Northern NSW community has really got behind our call to get tested,” said NNSWLHD chief executive Wayne Jones. “Over the past week there has been a significant increase in testing, and I want to thank the residents and visitors who have come forward. “High rates of testing help us to detect any cases in the community as early as possible.” Vaccination roll-out continues Northern NSW Health says it has now given a first vaccination shot to around 30 per cent of its 6,000 strong workforce of health professionals, equating to more than 2,000 people. Byron Bay hospital staff are

next in line for the jab this week. The entire workforce should be vaccinated in four weeks. Healthy North Coast, a local not-for-profit organisation, is overseeing the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine to aged care and residential disability facilities and supporting Aboriginal Medical Services with the rollout. Several thousand of these North Coast residents have been vaccinated and Healthy North Coast anticipate this will increase significantly in the coming weeks and months. “Not surprisingly, the recent extreme weather and flooding caused some initial vaccine delivery delays, with some general practices needing to reschedule appointments,” a spokesperson said. “People are urged to be patient if they haven’t been able to make a vaccination appointment with their regular GP. Vaccination doses are presently limited but will increase in coming months.” Richmond MP unhappy with rollout pace Justine Elliot, the ALP Member for Richmond (which takes in Byron Bay), is unhappy with the pace of the rollout. “The fact is the cancellation of BluesFest is another

terrible consequence of Scott Morrison’s painfully slow vaccine rollout,” she said. “The Morrison Government’s bungled and delayed rollout has just robbed our local economy of more than $100 million with the cancellation of Bluesfest. NSW Health had no other option, due to the high risk of further cases of the highly infectious COVID-19 variant on the North Coast. She said the cancellation of BluesFest was a blow for local jobs, artists, ticket holders and the music and entertainment industry. “I’d like to acknowledge the outstanding work and commitment of Peter Noble and his team. Bluesfest is an iconic festival with a proud history. My heart goes out to all involved,” Ms Elliot said. “I’m calling on the Federal Government and the NSW Government to urgently look at a COVID-related government insurance scheme for festivals to create certainty for the live music and entertainment sector. The pandemic has been devastating for our economy and the cutting of JobKeeper makes it so much worse.” Tourism industry hurting Destination North Coast chair Cameron Arnold says many businesses in the Northern Rivers have little in the reserve tank and have been

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hurt by the cancellation of BluesFest. Mr Arnold said during the pandemic Byron Bay’s economy had done better than many tourist towns, attracting sun-seeking visitors locked out of Queensland, however not every local business benefited. “There are a lot of businesses out there struggling. Think of it as a two- or three-tiered economy. Businesses that attract domestic (Australian) tourists like accommodation providers, restaurants and cafes have done quite well, but tour and ‘experience’ operators who rely on international patronage, have not fared so well, and then you also have other businesses that service the tourism industry.” Mr Arnold said surf schools and Nimbin day-tour operators were examples of tourism ‘experiences’ and these businesses were still suffering without international visitors. “The domestic market is very different to the international market,” he said. “And on top of that the industry has spin off issues, like a shortage of hospitality workers because there are no backpackers. Some businesses have had to shorten operating hours because of staff shortages. Mr Arnold said many tourism businesses in the Northern Rivers are just operating in survival mode.” “BluesFest is one of the major events in the area and brings in a significant amount of economic stimulus right across the coast. This will have a major impact on the whole tourism industry.”

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April 8, 2021

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Big fish to fry for Easter

KYOGLE FLOWER SHOW TO BLOOM AGAIN AFTER break in 2020 because of the Coronavirus pandemic the Kyogle Garden Club will be holding its Annual Flower Show again this month. The event is being held in St Brigid’s School Hall and will have stalls with plants and other garden products on display and for sale. The categories for the display will include garden art, garden furniture, garden products, gardening tools, and most importantly fantastic plant displays. Phil Dudman from ABC Gardening and ABC North Coast’s Angela Catterns’ show will be making a special guest appearance on Saturday from 10.30am. The inaugural display held in 2019 was a great success with over 400 people coming through the doors.

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Residents and visitors have been invited to come and enjoy the wonderful display of local plants including seasonal flowers and foliage, as well as locally produced garden art and furniture. The Kyogle Garden Club members will have flowers and plants on display and plants for sale. Members will be available to talk to and give people details of its club meetings. The flower and foliage display will be held in the St Brigid’s School Hall in Wiangaree Street at Kyogle on Friday April 16th and Saturday 17th from 8am to 4pm on both days. The entrance fee is $2 and there will also be raffles during the event. For further details people can contact Peter on 6632 1834 or Doug on 0418 616 388.

IT was that time of year again– when fish shops sell schools of fish ahead of Good Friday – not even floods or a plague diminished the appetite of the Northern Rivers. Rob Moir from Northern Rivers Seafood said trade always increases by about 40 per cent in week leading up to Good Friday. “We start gearing up on Monday and Thursday is the biggest day for fresh fish. Friday is also a big day but mainly for cooked fish and then the weekend is steady. You could say Easter is a flash in the pan for fish mongers,” he said. Mr Moir said the queue of shoppers extended out the door on Thursday, but social distancing and Covid rules were always observed. “We also have an entry and exit door, with someone always on the door controlling entry,” he said.

Mr Moir said he also had no trouble getting lots of fresh local fish ahead of Easter to keep the crowds happy. It was a similar story at Casino’s Mini Mart. “We get lots of fish orders ahead of Good Friday, about a 40 per cent increase and crumbed fish is the most popular, probably followed by crab sticks. We do have plenty of stock,” said Tia Whitton from the Mini Mart. Where did the tradition of eating fish on Good Friday come from? According to the Bible,

Jesus Christ died on a Friday, and his death redeemed a sinful world. As early as the first century, scholars have written of fasting on Friday to commemorate this sacrifice. Author of Why Do Catholics Eat Fish On Friday? Michael Foley said technically, the flesh of warm-blooded animals was forbidden on Good Friday. Fish are coldblooded. If you don’t like fish but are looking for other cold-blooded animals to eat next Easter, snake is another dietary option!

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April 8, 2021

CRIME

Man charged following fracas for refusing to wear mask in Lismore A MAN was charged after allegedly assaulting police, a security guard and members of the public, following a breach of the Public Health Act at Lismore. At 12.40pm on Thursday 1st April 2021 a 47-year-old man entered a shopping centre at Lismore and was stopped by security after he was identified as being in contravention of a Public Health Order requiring facemarks to be worn at all indoor places in the Lismore local government area. The order came into place after two Queensland nurses who were Coronavirus positive attended a hen’s party at Byron Bay. At the Lismore Central shopping centre a security

guard offered the man a mask, before he was punched in the face and head multiple times. Members of the public intervened, during which the man resisted and punched several people in the face and chest. A male bystander sustained

bruising to his neck and face. Officers from Richmond Police District attended and took custody of the man, who then allegedly kicked a male senior constable in the face, chest and hands. Officers deployed capsicum spray, however, the man

LOCAL POLICE BEAT TWEED/ORANGE DRUG BUSTS

8.30pm on Thursday 25th March 2021. TWO people have been charged after Police will allege $479,800 cash was a major drug supply network was located and seized following a search dismantled and more than $900,000 of the vehicle. cash and property seized between the The woman was taken to Port state’s Central Tablelands and Tweed Macquarie Police Station and charged Shire. with knowingly dealing with proceeds In January 2020, officers from of crime. Central West Police District established She was granted conditional bail to Strike Force Macvitie to investigate appear before Port Macquarie Local a criminal network involved in the Court on Wednesday 21st April. supply of methamphetamine (ice) and heroin between Tweed Heads and Orange. Strike force investigators will allege the investigation uncovered moneylaundering offences to the value of more than $930,000. Following extensive inquiries, police arrested a 46-year-old man at a home VANDALS CLOSE on Paling Street, Orange, at 4.45pm FOOTBRIDGE onWednesday 24th March 2021. He THE Casino footbridge spanning the was taken to Orange Police Station. Richmond River will remain closed Subsequently, strike force until further notice due to a serious act investigators from Central West of vandalism. Police District and the Tweed/Byron Damage was caused to the structure Police District executed seven search from and intentionally lit a blaze which warrants in Orange and Tweed Heads, melted a large section of the deck. from 5pm on Wednesday 25th March “The bridge, which conveniently 2021 into the early hours of Thursday links the Casino CBD with Queen 25th March 2021. Elizabeth Park and offers a beautiful During the searches, police allegedly water-level perspective on the seized cash and property to the value riverbank, is a valued piece of public of more than $17,000. infrastructure,” Richmond Valley The man was charged with three Council said in a statement. counts of knowingly dealing with “Unfortunately it will now be out of the proceeds of crime and hindering action until the section of deck can be police. replaced.” The man was formally refused bail “Random acts of vandalism at Orange Local Court on Thursday needlessly waste precious resources, 25th March 2021. and will reappear such as time, energy and money, and before the same court on Monday 17th impact all residents.” May 2021. “Ultimately ratepayers and taxpayers As part of inquiries, detectives are footing the bill for this damage.” attached to the Mid North Coast Anyone with information on the Police District arrested a 32-year-old vandal attack is urged to contact Police woman during a vehicle stop on the Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000, Pacific Highway at Lake Innes at about Casino Police, or the Council.

continued to resist and repeatedly kicked at police. Following a brief struggle, the man was arrested and taken to Lismore Police Station, where he then allegedly bit a male senior constable numerous times on the hand and wrist while in custody.

Police again deployed OC spray to detain the man and the officer was taken to Lismore Base Hospital for treatment. The man was charged with two counts of common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of resisting officers in execution of duty, assaulting officers in execution of duty, affray, assaulting police officers in execution of duty causing actual bodily harm, and destroying and damaging property. He was also issued a $1000 PIN for failing to comply with a notice/direction in relation to section 7/8/9 COVID-19. The man was refused bail following his arrest pending a Court appearance.

Police disappointed with driver behaviour TWEED Byron police say they continue to be disappointed with driver behaviour after being kept busy over recent weeks with various kinds of illegal activity involving vehicles. • At 9:30pm on Monday 29th March police were notified by their Queensland counterparts to keep a look out for a black Jeep after the female driver was refused service at a Coolangatta bottle shop. She then got into her vehicle and drove into NSW. Soon after at 9.43pm police were called to a single vehicle accident on Kirkwood Road, Tweed Heads South. Police arrived and found the vehicle alight. The driver got out of the vehicle and was assessed by ambulance officers. She was breath tested which returned a positive result. The woman was detained and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station where she returned a reading of 0.165 grams of alcohol in 210 litres of breath. Her licence was suspended, and she was issued a court attendance notice to attend Tweed Heads Local Court in April. • At 3:40am on Monday 29th March police stopped a grey Kia Rio on Botanical Circuit Banora Point.

Police said they had prior knowledge of the vehicle. A check of the vehicle located several water meters that had been stolen from residences and businesses in the local area. The male driver was charged with stealing ten water metres and valves and possession of illegal drugs, plus driving while disqualified from holding a licence. He was bail refused until May to attend Tweed Heads Local Court. • At 8.40pm on Saturday 2nd April police were called to a two car crash at the offramp to Byron Bay and Myocum Road at Ewingsdale. A 37 year old male driver from Bexhill returned a mid-range reading at the scene and was detained. He was arrested and taken to Byron Bay Police Station for a breath analysis. • In another incident police allege the driver of a white Toyota utility was travelling east along Myocum Road. He attempted to turn left but collided with a gold Holden Commodore. This resulted in the white coloured utility to spin out and roll down a nearby embankment. No-one was injured from the accident.

The driver was given a Court Attendance Notice for driving under the influence of alcohol and possessing a prohibited drug. He will appear before Lismore Local Court in April. • At 3am on Sunday 4th April police attempted to stop a car travelling on Dalley Street at Mullumbimby for RBT. Police activated warning devices but the vehicle drove off at high speed. Police have followed the vehicle until it reached Synotts Lane at Mullumbimby. At this point a male jumped out of the vehicle carrying a backpack. The male was chased by police, but was apprehended trying to climb a wire fence. The accused resisted and assaulted police. The man was eventually arrested and taken to Byron Bay Police Station. He was charged with supplying and possessing an unlawful drug, plus resisting and assaulting police. He was refused bail and will appear before Byron Bay Local Court in April. Tweed Byron Police said they are disappointed with the number of people detected drink driving in recent weeks.

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April 8, 2021

NEWS

TRAGIC EASTER DROWNINGS TWO men have drowned in separate incidents on Easter Sunday on the Mid North Coast and Northern Rivers. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked to two separate reports of drownings in the surf at Hat Head and Minnie Waters on the mid north coast. At 4pm the helicopter responded to a male in his 60’s on the waterline at Hat Head with CPR in progress. The helicopter was called off enroute as the patient was declared deceased at the scene by NSW Ambulance Paramedics. It is unsure if the gentleman was pulled from the surf or had suffered a medical episode on the beach. The helicopter was returning to base and was re-

tasked at 4.40pm to another incident involving a 49-yearold male being supported in the surf at Minnie Waters by other surfers after being found unconscious while surfing. The Helicopter Critical Care Paramedic was winched into the surf and the gentleman was recovered back into the helicopter and airlifted to waiting NSW Ambulance Paramedics on the headland. The man failed to respond to resuscitation efforts.

GOOD FRIDAY LEEVILLE CRASH THE Casino Rescue Squad was called out on Good Friday to release a person trapped in a vehicle crash at Leeville south Of Casino. At 9pm the Rescue Squad was activated to attend the

accident on Mongogarie Road where a car ran off the road hitting trees. On arrival a male passenger was still trapped in the vehicle. Rescue crews in consultation with Ambulance Service NSW Paramedics formulated an extrication plan to remove the trapped person.

After a rather difficult job lasting over an hour the patient was released and crews assisted moving the patient onto a spinal board and then to a stretcher. The man suffered head and facial injuries, and well as multiple lower trauma and serious internal injuries in the

accident. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter landed in a farm paddock close together accident scene, and critical care team and paramedics stabilised the patient before transporting the man to the Gold Coast University Hospital for further treatment.

Drawing the line on regional crime “DRAW the line on regional crime” is the central message to the new Regional Crime Campaign being launched today. In NSW, more than 80% of farmers have reported being a victim of crime according to new research by the Centre for Rural Criminology, University of New England. Even more critical is the high levels of repeat victimisation, with more than 76% of farmers being a victim of crime on more than two occasions, and more than 23% experiencing crime more than seven times*. Crime Stoppers and the NSW Police Force are launching a state-wide crime campaign today (Monday 5 April 2021) to address awareness of regional crimes, prevention measures and to increase reporting to Crime Stoppers and the police. Regional crime can affect individual’s finances and safety directly but can also have a more widespread impact on the prosperity of the town and its people. In regional areas, the perception of a community, its safety, its people, and its economic situation can affect tourism, impact on its attraction of high-quality health professionals or teachers and other essential service providers. But it doesn’t stop there. Crimes in regional areas have a flow-on effect, impacting pricing, distribution, and availability of produce

everywhere. The campaign will provide information on how regional communities can deter or prevent crime in their area while encouraging everyone to report crime. The message to the NSW community is: Any information on any crime anytime. The Crime Stoppers contact centre operates 24/7, 365 days a year and all information captured is in complete confidence. Minister for Police and Emergency Services, David Elliott, is urging regional residents to report any piece of information no matter how small to Crime Stoppers and the NSW Police. “It’s disheartening to hear more than 80% of our farmers have reported being victims of criminal activity. Our farmers have had a shocking few years with drought, bushfires, COVID-19 and floods – adding victim-of-crime to the mix is reprehensible,” Mr Elliott said. “We’re calling on the NSW community to report any information on any crime anytime. If you know something, say something. “We’ve seen firsthand the resilience of our farmers, but I draw the line on regional crime.” NSW Crime Stoppers CEO, Peter Price AM, said, “We don’t want to know who you are; we just want to know what you know.”

“Today we are launching a campaign to draw the line on regional crime. Crime Stoppers is calling for a whole of community approach to draw the line on crime and adopt better prevention strategies and be on the lookout for any suspicious behaviour. The result will be a better, more prosperous future and healthier communities that thrive,” Mr Price said. Crime Stoppers is working with the NSW Police Force Rural Crime Prevention Team and the Police Transport and Public Safety Command across a range of major crime areas including stock theft, marine theft and poaching. Stock theft, as one example, has a significant financial impact on our farmers. Between 2015 and 2020, there has been a conservative estimated value of $22.5m worth of sheep and cattle reported stolen within NSW. If we consider the value of stud stock, loss of animal by-products and loss of future breeding potential, the financial impact on primary producers within NSW could realistically be over $60m*. NSW Police Force’s Corporate Sponsor for Rural Crime, Acting Assistant Commissioner Brett Greentree, says it is important to work together to protect farmers. “Rural crime has no borders and police across Australia are working together to protect

the livelihood of our farmers against offenders who target them,” Acting Assistant Commissioner Greentree said. “Our farmers have already suffered natural disasters such as drought, bushfires and floods and we will not accept people stealing from them or making them feel vulnerable in their own home. We urge you to call Crime Stoppers or your local police with any information.” The theft and poaching of oysters and rock lobster, and the illegal harvest and trade of abalone, is having a detrimental effect on the industry, threatening the future of legitimate seafood businesses and retailers. It also affects marine resources, tourism and business and can lead to a higher risk of contamination if not processed in accordance with safe food handling practices. Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter APM, Commander of the Police Transport and Public Safety Command said crime in the marine space is also leading to an even greater risk to the wider community. “In many cases, the fabric and economic stability of a country community is associated with its local marine environment. The waterways are kind to us, they sustain us, and they give us food, but it all must be done legally and with diligence to the environment,” Assistant Commissioner Cotter said.

“Those breaking the law and fishing without legitimacy or licences are committing criminal acts. It is up to all of us – the community, and the police – to work together, report and disrupt this crime, and ensure the future of the waterways and the prosperity and culture of the community.” The newly-launched community awareness campaign will run state-wide for a 12-month period. Crime Stoppers will be visiting regional communities to engage with communities in an effort to help reduce crime and increase reporting. Crime in regional areas is not new; however, it continues to be a growing area of concern for the whole of NSW, not just the farming community and therefore it needs a whole of community approach. • You can help by reporting anything suspicious, strange, or concerning; • Any piece of information, anything you have seen or heard, may be crucial in preventing or solving a crime; • Call or click Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000/ nsw. crimestoppers.com.au; • For a crime in progress call Triple Zero (000). Save Triple Zero for Emergencies (000) *Source: NSW Farmers Survey, data analysis February 2021, Centre for Rural Criminology, University of New England.’

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KEITH WILLIAMS EXPLAINS NEW WATER PLAN I SOUGHT election to Rous County Council and the position of chair to do something about the declining health of the Richmond River. It’s why I first stood for Ballina Council in 2012, to clean up the filthy, acidic muck known as North Creek, where I lived next to the struggling oyster growers. Back then I didn’t have a strong view about our future water supply, I lived on tank water and hadn’t immersed myself in the intricacies of the costs and benefits of our various options. In the middle of last year Rous released its first draft of the Future Water Plan 2060 for public comment. As chair, I spoke in support of the proposed Dunoon Dam that was it’s central feature. In December, I voted to cease work on the dam proposal. So why did I change my mind? The public hated it. Of more than 1000 submissions received, 95% opposed the dam project and urged Rous to examine other options. The central document of the Plan is called the Integrated Water Cycle Management Plan, it is drafted by external consultants at the direction of staff. The advice from staff was that although the dam had the largest upfront cost of any option, it had the cheapest ‘whole of life’ cost ($650 million vs $900m over 80 years) compared to the Groundwater Strategy that has been the preferred option by Rous since 2014. Although a number of Councillors were concerned with the dam proposal, some (myself included) also

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Keith Williams, Chair of Rous County Council and Councillor with Ballina Shire, asks the people of the Northern Rivers to give him a fair hearing and carefully consider the ‘Future Water Project 2060 – Integrated Water Cycle Management’ draft. had doubts about too much reliance on groundwater. It was agreed that the Plan had to be put to the public. The documentation released by Rous acknowledged that there were significant environmental and cultural heritage issues with the Dunoon site. • 52 Ha of Koala habitat; • 33 Ha of ‘Big Scrub’ rainforest, 5% of all that remains; anD • Indigenous Cultural Heritage stretching back thousands of years. These became the focus of a hastily organised community campaign against the dam. No dam signs sprung up throughout the region. In the end, a deluge of emails, letters, petitions with one central message - find another way. Of particular importance was the reaction of the traditional custodians of the area, the Widjabul Wia-bal people. They are united in their

opposition to the destruction of their cultural heritage and would pursue all legal means to prevent the inundation of the Channon Gorge. The presence of unclaimed crown land within the site would likely mean years of legal battles and uncertainty. The day before the December Rous County Council meeting I became aware that four of the eight Councillors intended to vote against the Dunoon Dam option. It was a sleepless night. Would I use my councillor’s vote and my casting vote as chair to ‘save’ the Dunoon Dam? To save my ego? Or would I respect the clearly expressed views of the community and the traditional custodians? I became convinced that the dam will never be built. Regardless of what I thought, Rous faced years of legal battles, uncertainty and long term damage to it’s reputation, if it continued with the project. Far from guaranteeing water security, a dam became the most risky option. So I voted with the majority to find another way. To re-look at all our options. To develop a strategy that is neither the dam nor solely reliant on groundwater. The revised plan is just that. Groundwater meeting our needs for additional water for the next twenty years while we partner with Southern Cross Uni and others to build a pilot plant, test technologies and educate and engage the community about purified recycled water. Beyond 2040, we keep our options open. We will either continue to add

more groundwater, build a desalination plant or, introduce purified recycled water into the system. A water supply system that relies on a range of different sources is fundamentally more resilient. Whether that’s the ongoing risk of burst pipes and electrical/ mechanical problems or environmental risks such as drought. We will also increase our efforts in water conservation. Although we have nearly doubled the population, we currently use less water in total (11,500 million litres pa) than we did 25 years ago. Rous proposes to further reduce water use with a mixture of leakage prevention, water tanks, smart metering and working directly with large consumers on water conservation strategies. All these strategies are important but conservation on its own would inevitably result in more severe and longer water restrictions. We will need additional water as the community continues to grow. We accept recycling of nearly everything we use these days because it makes financial and environmental sense. Ballina Council was the first in regional NSW to build a non-potable recycled water scheme. It supplies all new housing developments in Ballina and Lennox Head via the ‘purple pipe’. Those houses use 40% less drinking water than our older houses. But the cost to retrofit this to existing housing stock is astronomical. Ballina cannot use all the recycled water it produces. Water that is far, far cleaner

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than the river water we pump from elsewhere in the system. I know people turn up their noses at the prospect of recycled water, but even now, I would rather drink a glass of recycled water from the purple pipe than a glass of the river water we currently source. Everything that washes off our farms contains animal poo and a variety of chemicals used. The point is that we clean and treat that water, so the water that comes out of your tap is guaranteed to be clean and safe. No purified recycled water is ever going to be used unless it can be demonstrated to the independent health authorities that it has multiple fail safe protections and is indistinguishable from the water produced from other sources. Rous proposes twenty years to get it right. In that time we can further assess our options, should water from a plant in Lismore be added to the river upstream of our existing intakes or should excess recycled water from Ballina be added to one of our dams? The community can be confident that the decisions we make over the next twenty years will be informed by more than a decade of research, more community consultation, of trialling new technologies and of producing clean water of a consistently high standard year in year out. Rous County Council has just released a revised Future Water Plan 2060 for public comment, outlining how we will ensure our growing community is supplied with clean, safe drinking water into the future. I urge you to have a say. I promise you we are listening.

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION acres with a few cattle. We experienced a severe drought in 1985 during which we lost some cattle.. From there we moved to Childers in Queensland where again we experienced drought. Water wisdom From there we moved The subject of the to Maitland in New We’d love to hear building or not building South Wales where we from you! of the Dunoon Dam experienced drought is a serious one. To letters@nrtimes.com.au again. It seemed that the be facing the prospect Please keep under 150 words droughts were becoming of a water shortage is more frequent and more daunting. It brings a Labor lead on Covid severe. In each place we feeling of helplessness As Australia continues lived with tank water and and hopelessness when to successfully deal with dams and bore water. there is no sign of rain in The bore we had in the pandemic, the Labor the near future. To see just Bendigo was capable of States, Queensland, a mudhole in the bottom producing 10,000 gallons Victoria and WA have of the dam and stock of water an hour. In 1996 shown the way in suffering is awful. we called in to see the successfully containing The 1967 drought people who now lived infection outbreaks with in Victoria caused the on our property. There their decisive policies water catchment for was once more a severe of border closures and Melbourne’s water supply drought. We discovered lockdowns. It was so to become so low that that this wonderful disconcerting to see people were becoming bore had dried up. The appalling political sick because of the quality droughts were becoming grandstanding and of the tap water. We were more and more severe. wondering what would we opportunism by rightWe have been do for water if even that wing politicians lead by told by the Bureau water supply dried up. “shifty” Morrison, and of Meteorology that In 1974 my husband his cheer squad (Gladys Australia will experience and I moved from Berejiklian) and their worse droughts to come. Melbourne to Bendigo apparatchik in the talkIn this last drought the where we lived on 10 back radio industry and mighty Murray River dried up. Farmers were in despair. Something we need to be aware of is that our food needs can only met if there is water to water the crops, and even our home gardens. These warnings and experience of droughts causes me great concern. Are we going to wait until we start running out of ground and dam water before we realize that we should have looked further ahead and built the dams that we needed while we could still hope for enough rain to fill them. I believe the day will come when our water supplies are so restricted that we will just shake our heads and say ‘why didn’t we build more dams when we had the rainfall to fill them’. Water P.A. P.A. that is recycled can only comparison rate variable rate be recycled if we have enough water to recycle. Principal and interest repayments only, owner occupier loans only, residentially secured loans only. Minimum loan amount High dependency on $250,000. Maximum LVR 80%. Available only for new loans to Summerland and loan must be funded within 3 months of approval date. Lending criteria apply. Terms, conditions, fees and charges apply. All information is correct as at 25/01/21 and is subject ground water supplies will to change. Full details including Home Loan Key Facts Sheet available on application, at summerland.com.au, and in branches. Summerland Credit Union ABN 23 087 650 806. AFSL 239 238 Australian Credit Licence 239 238. Comparison rate calculated on a only stand up if we have $150,000 secured loan over a 25 year term. WARNING: This comparison rate is true only for the examples given and may not include all fees and charges. Different terms, fees or other loan amounts might result in a different comparison rate. enough rain to replenish them. Desalination is not no establishment fee + first year annual a good environmental credit card fee waived solution as it burns up a lot of power to operate summerland.com.au | 1300 802 222 and the membranes are especially the Murdoch press and the right-wing nutters on Sky News. On the night of the 13th of March history was made when WA. Voters delivered the mother of all back-handers to these right-wing clowns, when Mark McGowan’s Labor Govt. was overwhelmingly reelected with the mother of all victories, that virtually obliterated the WA. Liberal Party. The mad right suffered another recent humiliating defeat when Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Labor government was swept back into office with an increased majority, also wreaking havoc on a demoralized Liberal/ National Party; even after being subjected to an horrendous political smear campaign by the conservatives. These humiliating defeats are a serious wake-up call to these right-wing opportunists, that Australian voters have had enough of Trumpian spin and outright lies, and

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expensive and needing constant replacement which then have to be disposed of. After being shut down it takes a lot of maintenance and staff training to get it operating again. More and more people are moving to the Northern Rivers to live. The housing shortage is testament to that. Where is the extra water supply, that will be needed, to come from? What is the water legacy that we are going to leave to our children and grandchildren? While there is an awareness that the Dunoon dam will interfere with some wildlife and flood some historical Aboriginal land (about which I feel a sadness) we MUST be aware that saving these areas at the expense of a much needed dam is a risk we dare not take given that we have been warned of what is to come with our water supplies, and what has already happened. I am sure that there are many of us who believe that the building of the Dunoon dam should go ahead (this could take up to ten years). Even in that there is a risk to the availability of our water supplies. We not only have protesters against the building of the dam from this area, but also protesters from other parts of Australia. It seems to be becoming increasingly difficult for the local people in this area to be heard. Lynette Peck Ballina

mooting as an alternative source during the same next drought cycle will be depleted then as well. Secondly, the community consultation process was too narrow: working people with families haven’t got the spare time to sit down and wade through to the Rous web site to answer a survey or to protest outside the Rous Water meeting. Thirdly, this is a critical decision which will affect Rous customers long after the present councillors have moved on and to say that the majority of Rous delegates have open-mindedly studied the complexities of water security is questionable when we have acknowledged Greens candidates as members. This decision will affect us, our children and our grandchildren. Like many local residents, we have installed a water tank, low flush toilets, water saving shower roses, hoses with on/off abilities, we no longer hose down our driveways, we wash our car using a bucket etc. but, even if everyone was committed to do the same, our populations are growing (and Council happily approves new subdivisions because that means more ratepayers and more income coming in to do all the things we now expect Councils to provide for us) so a secure and increased water supply must be given a high priority if our population is to be allowed to increase. If we truly live in a modern democracy this needs to be a majority Water referendum? decision of all affected Letters to the Editor 18/3 residents who rely on contained two letters Rous for their water regarding the proposed supply – not a decision Dunoon dam. The first made by a noisy was written by David minority. We have local Ottina representing government elections ‘Water for Northern due in September and Rivers’ replying to a I would like to propose previous letter by Austin that a simply ballot Curtin and contains paper be offered then, in a number of spurious addition to the Council claims which need to be ballot in each area, with challenged. the question “Are you in Firstly, the claim that a favour of the new dam at new dam will not improve Dunoon, Yes/No”. If this our water security in is done, then there will be the next drought cycle: no doubt as to the wishes logic would tell you of the entire community. that the aquifers that the Brian Latimer Rous Water chairman is Goonellabah

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Dine and Discover NSW vouchers support local businesses By Janelle Saffin, Lismore MP I ENCOURAGE local businesses to register as a venue for the NSW Government’s Dine & Discover NSW vouchers and I encourage local residents, and indeed tourists, to apply for vouchers which can be spent in our local economy. Please support our local businesses. NSW residents aged 18 and over can apply for four x $25 vouchers, worth $100 in total. • 2 x $25 Dine NSW Vouchers to be used for dining in restaurants, cafes, bars, wineries, pubs or clubs; and • 2 x $25 Discover NSW Vouchers to be used for entertainment and recreation, including cultural institutions, live music and arts venues. The vouchers can be used seven days a week and on public holidays at participating NSW businesses that are registered as COVID Safe, and are valid until June 30, 2021. For more information and to apply, visit: https://www. service.nsw.gov.au/campaign/ dine-discover-nsw or phone 13 77 88. While I certainly welcome this short-term stimulus, I

have asked NSW Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres what long-term COVID-19 economic support measures are in place to help tourism operators on the Northern Rivers to survive beyond June 30. March 4 Justice statement I WOULD like to share with Northern Rivers Times readers my statement which was read out at the March 4 Justice rally outside Lismore Transit Centre last month: “Today we March 4 Justice, justice for women which makes for a just society. Today I thank Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins. They have both spoken out with a roar that has brought us out of our stupor, forcing us to challenge behaviour that does not treat women as equal. Equality would deliver justice. Equality would stamp out predatory behaviour, and that would stamp out rape. However, at the current rate of change it will take 100 years. We cannot wait 100 years. We should not have to endure one more sexual assault, one more sexual harassment, one more sexual

ON THE RECORD: Lismore MP Janelle Saffin makes a Private Members Statement in the Legislative Assembly in solidarity with the March 4 Justice movement. act of discrimination. I am travelling to Parliament and will miss our local March in Lismore and the Sydney March as well, but I commit to take up the March 4 Justice call to action. I commit to march with you in the halls of Parliament, taking the voices of all into the caucus rooms, onto the floor of the Parliament in debate, and to make the legislative and policy changes that will bring justice for women. The Prime Minister Scott Morrison seems tone deaf to the current conversation,

claiming that he is protecting the ‘rule of law’. The rule of law was not violated when the sexual harassment allegations against Justice Dyson Heydon were subjected to a High Courtinstigated inquiry. And the rule of law would not be violated if the prime minister instigated an inquiry into allegations against Attorney-General Christian Porter. I know what the rule of law is. I wrote 18 teaching modules on the rule of law.

I taught the rule of law. The rule of law requires due process, and importantly, also accountability – accountability that is not being afforded here. I entered public life to make the world a better place for all, beginning in my own backyard; to change behaviour through the political system through policy and law. I recommit to work with you and for you to realise justice for women, starting with the 10 demands.” For more information go to www.march4justice.com.au

JANELLE LAUDS LOCALS’ RESILIENCE IN MOST TRYING OF TIMES TWO years after being declared State Member for Lismore, Janelle Saffin has thanked all constituents for the honour of representing them and hopes that everyone had a COVID-safe and restful Easter break. Ms Saffin said local communities across our Electorate of Lismore were still recovering from the unprecedented challenges of drought, bushfires and floods, and over the long weekend, some were in a ‘soft’ lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have faced the most trying of times since the two World Wars and the Great Depression and we continue to support each other, exemplifying the resilience country people are known for,” Ms Saffin said. Ms Saffin said constituents had contacted her office with concerns about this year’s Bluesfest in Byron Bay and she supported its postponement for public health reasons.

However, Ms Saffin urged lovers of the iconic blues and roots festival to hold on to their tickets. “I was in touch with NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard and fully understand the NSW Government’s decision under enhanced COVID-safe measures in Lismore City, Tweed, Ballina and Byron shire local government areas,” Ms Saffin said. “Bluesfest founder and director Peter Noble OAM must have been extremely disappointed about the need to postpone at the last minute, but he is the ultimate professional in what he does. “This is a very fluid situation and I know the vast majority of Northern Rivers residents would have been following the Government’s new rules over the Easter break in order to keep themselves, their loved ones and the wider community COVID-safe.” At the halfway mark of this Parliamentary term, Ms Saffin said she approached

OUT AND ABOUT: Lismore MP Janelle Saffin tries out Lismore City Council’s recently-installed parklet in Lismore’s Keen Street for comfort. being a State MP with the same drive and energy as she did as Federal Member for Page for six years and as a

Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) for eight years. “I use my Parliamentary

and life experience to help my constituents and their families, community, sporting, arts and cultural groups, businesses and industries, and local councils, to tackle difficult issues, and try to get resolutions wherever possible. “I also work to ensure that our precious natural environment, our river catchments and national icons like the koala, are afforded adequate protections so that they can be enjoyed by future generations. “I will continue to strongly advocate for local communities in the Electorate of Lismore to get our fair share of NSW Government funding and support, particularly as we navigate the new normal of COVID-19.” Ms Saffin urged people to contact her electorate office for assistance in person at 55 Carrington Street, Lismore; by telephone on 02 6621 3624 or via email – lismore@ parliament.nsw.gov.au

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NEXT STOP IN TWEED LIGHT RAIL STUDY A NEW study will investigate a potential light rail connection to support journeys from Coolangatta to Tweed Heads. Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said the NSW Liberals and Nationals Government are delivering on their $1 million election commitment to investigate bringing light rail to the Tweed. “We remain committed to developing a stronger public transport offering as part of our vision for a safer, stronger regional NSW,” Mr

Toole said. “The NSW and Queensland governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding last year to assess the busy cross-border region’s needs. “We’re now moving to the next stage of the process, with a new Multi Modal Corridor Study to identify a suitable five-kilometre corridor for a future light rail extension from Coolangatta to the Tweed, while Queensland will investigate the corridor to the north. “Jacobs has been appointed

to carry out this study, and we look forward to presenting draft findings to the community for feedback in early 2022 with the study expected to be completed by mid-2022.” Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said the study would identify better connections between the Tweed and Gold Coast, including the airport and university, for the 30,000 daily cross-border commuters. “The Multi Modal Corridor Study will also tie into the Place-based Transport Plan for Tweed Shire, which

will provide a vision for how the local transport network, infrastructure and services will be managed and developed to realise the long-term needs of our local community,” Mr Provest said. “This Place-based Transport Plan will ensure that transport systems are developed to support future land use changes, and to better connect communities as we deliver on our vision to make public transport a first-choice option for locals.” Northern Rivers Rail responded to the news stating

that residents of the region want to know, “why not utilise the rail line already running throughout it?” “From our research, we have found that the majority of locals and over 90% of businesses want rail services to return,” spokesperson Lydia Kindred said. “Our new not-for-profit publicly owned Northern Rivers Rail Ltd is gearing up to bring rail services back to the Northern Rivers. Then we can indeed ‘make public transport a first-choice option for locals’ that Geoff Provest says they want.”

GM pay rise has Novak hot under collar By Tim Howard CLARENCE Valley councillors dismissed a claim their general manager Ashley Lindsay (pictured) worked from “air conditioned comfort” to make tough calls when they awarded him a 5% pay rise. At the latest meeting councillors voted 5-3 in favour a mayoral minute suggesting the pay rise, despite Mr Lindsay’s intention to take 12 months long service leave and then resign from his role later this year. But not everything was sweet and light, with Cr Debrah Novak arguing the community had done it tough, while the Mr Lindsay had made his calls from an air conditioned office. Councillors also voted to note a related mayoral minute noting the outcome of the general manager’s six monthly

performance assessment, held on March 16, which revealed he had performed “above expectations in many areas”. The review panel was made up of Mayor Cr Jim Simmons, Deputy Mayor Cr Jason Kingsley, Cr Richie Williamson and Cr Peter Ellem. From March 30, the date of the council resolution, Mr Lindsay’s pay packet will rise from $283,668.75 to $297,852 a year. Three councillors opposed to the rise: Karen Toms, Greg Clancy and Novak mostly agreed he had done a good job. Cr Toms thanked the GM for his work during the bushfires, floods and COVID-19 pandemic, but could not agree to a pay rise because he was leaving the post in less than six months. “We live a community

with many disadvantaged and vulnerable people who make really tough decisions every day, whether they pay their bills or feed their families,” Cr Toms said. “While I thank the performance review committee for their views – he may very well deserve a pay increase – but I feel that at this point in time, I can’t support a 5% pay increase for performance that exceeds expectation in those difficult times.” Cr Andrew Baker said increasing Mr Lindsay’s pay was the only meaningful way to recognise his performance.

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He said he supported the recent increase in pay to councillors, but he said the expectation of the general manager had risen sharply during the period of this council. “I’m all for saying ‘thanks very much’ to an employee but not you’ve got to stay on the same money,” he said. “That doesn’t work for me, I haven’t got that spirit. If I want to say thank you to an employee, I will do it with something more meaningful than just thank you.” Cr Clancy said he was happy to congratulate Mr Lindsay, but was concerned boosting the GM’s pay packet would limit council’s options when it sought a replacement for him. Cr Williamson agreed with Cr Baker’s views on the pay rise, but said the current GM’s pay packet would not influence the amount offered to Mr Lindsay’s successor. He said the council would set the amount when it sent out expressions of interest for the position. He also noted Mr Lindsay’s remuneration package was at the low end of the scale for general managers of similar sized councils. Deputy Mayor Jason Kingsley put some numbers to kind words about Mr Lindsay’s performance. He said the proof of the general manager’s performance was in

the percentage of the operational plan he delivered during his four years in the job. “I’ll give you the percentages Mr Mayor. In 2017, 95% of the operational plan was delivered. In 2018, 93% was delivered, 2019 96% was delivered, to date 92% of the operational plan was delivered and he has indicated to the panel that he believes between 925 and 95% of this year’s operational plan will be delivered,” Cr Kingsley said. Cr Kingsley provided figures of performance prior to Mr Lindsay’s taking the role in 2017, where delivery of the operational plan ranged from 80% to 93%. In contrast Cr Novak came out swinging when she spoke against a pay rise. She claimed the council would spend money raised from a special rate variation on a pay rise for the GM at a time when the community was doing it tough and 4000 people were about to come off JobKeeper. Cr Williamson immediately challenged the claim, with a point of order. “That statement is factually incorrect,” he said. Cr Simmons upheld the point of order noting council reported to the government where the SRV was spent. Cr Novak apologised,

but did not back down. “Everybody in this Valley has experienced the floods, the pandemic – the COVID – the extra floods and the fires and I just believe the general manager has done it from air conditioned comfort while everyone else hasn’t,” she said. Cr Peter Ellem, a member of the general manager’s performance review panel, dismissed Cr Novak’s claims. He said councillors were invited to make submissions to the panel ahead of the review and none had done so. Cr Clancy raised a point of order saying there were other reason councillors might make submissions, which was upheld. Cr Ellem said said councillors needed to “get real” when they considered replacing Mr Lindsay. He estimated a GM heading up a council of similar dimensions to Clarence Valley could command a pay packet of at least $350,000. Cr Simmons also defended Mr Lindsay against claims he worked from “air conditioned comfort”, pointing he had been on the frontline at far flung parts of the council area such as Ewingsdale and Nymboida during the fire response. Both mayoral minutes were passed 5-3, with Crs Toms, Novak and Clancy the three dissenters

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SOUTH LISMORE FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT COMPLETE LISMORE City Council’s $8.2 million South Lismore Flood Mitigation Project is officially complete and has already passed the test of two floods. Lismore City Deputy Mayor Neil Marks, local Nationals Member of the Legislative Council Ben Franklin and Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin jointly cut the ribbon on the project today. “I’m delighted that the flood mitigation project is ‘officially’ complete and it will make a significant difference in protecting the CBD from floodwaters,” Mr Franklin said. “Thomas George, as the Nationals Member for Lismore for nearly 20 years, was instrumental in securing funding for this project and ensuring the risk of serious floods would reduce the damage to local businesses, homes and communities.” “With the recent natural disaster, the completion of this work could not have come at a better time. Lismore Council Deputy Mayor Neil Marks said it was great to open the new project

Lismore MP Janelle Saffin, Lismore deputy major Neil Marks, and North Coast Nationals MLC Ben Franklin officially open the South Lismore flood mitigation works. that had been discussed for decades. “As we saw in the 2017 flood, the levee alone cannot keep floodwaters out of our CBD if we get too much rain,” he said. “Since this project was ‘unofficially’ completed, we have had two floods and the mitigation works has shown it can help protect our city from flood waters.” “I’m also happy to say that due to savings that were realised during construction,

we were able to work with the State Government to extend the scope of work to include the upgrade of Caniaba Street which will ensure road access to the newly created industrial lots meet contemporary standards.” The project, which was funded by the NSW Government, involved the removal of 410,000 cubic metres of soil from a 58-hectare area of land owned by Council to reduce flood levels to the north.

Flood modelling suggests the project should reduce peak water levels in the CBD, North Lismore and South Lismore by as much as 100mm in a 1-in-100-year flood event. The excavated material has been used to fill nearby industrial land within Lismore’s floodplain and facilitate the expansion of the South Lismore Industrial Estate. Council’s Director of Infrastructure Services Peter

Jeuken said project has already improved Lismore’s disaster resilience. “This project was endorsed by the Lismore Floodplain Management Committee and is part of a range of measures detailed in the Lismore Flood Mitigation Plan to help safeguard the community and increase disaster resilience,” he said. “During the last two floods, you could see water being diverted around the CBD and flowing through channels back into the Wilsons River.” SEE Civil carried out the work which was overseen by NSW Public Works Advisory and Council. During preliminary works Council relocated two major sewer mains, which were ‘bedded’, or backfilled with material to protect the pipe, using 1500 tonnes of crushed glass from the Lismore Recycling and Recovery Centre. “This is a great example of reusing a waste material plus there is a significant cost saving to the project from using this bedding material opposed to traditional crushed rock,” Mr Jeuken said.

Clarence and Richmond share another $1.25mil bushfire recovery cash MONEY to help recovery from the bushfire disaster keeps coming from the State and Federal government coffers, with another $1.25 million hitting the Clarence and Richmond valleys. Half a dozen Clarence and Richmond Valley community projects have won the cash in the latest round of the Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund jointly funded by both tiers of government. Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis said the grant was part of the government’s commitment to do everything possible to rebuild after the fires. In the Richmond Valley, the Rappville Social Club has won $180,000 to purchase a bus with disability access to build community capacity, inclusion and access to services. In the Clarence Valley, Hernani will get a $125,000 facelift for its village hall and tennis club and the Blicks community has won $80,000 to develop a Recovery, Readiness and Resilience plan.

Members of the Rappville Community Advisory Group, Richmond Valley Council recovery officers along with Chris Gulaptis, Kevin Hogan, RVC Mayor Robert Mustow and general manager Vaughan Macdonald. Clarence Valley Council has won three grants totalling nearly $900,000 for: a joint venture with the local Red Cross; a project to record the bushfires in history; and a third project that aims to

“bring communities together to reconnect with nature, promoting healing and recovery while deepening their understanding of natural hazards”. A further $4 million has been

allocated for projects that each benefit a number of regional NSW local government areas including the Clarence and Richmond Valleys. The grants target local government areas that were

disaster-declared during the 2019-20 bushfires and provide funding for medium and long-term projects that support community recovery and help build resilience and hope for the future.

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NRMA FINDS THAT IT REALLY IS CAR BATTERY TROUBLE (MOST OF THE TIME) THE NRMA has found almost half of all car trouble in northern New South Wales is caused by battery problems. The roadside assistance body has examined the 48,000 call outs for help it received in the state’s north last year and found that battery failure was the cause almost half (46 perc cent). Other major breakdown causes in a year impacted by the COVID pandemic included: wheels and tyres (14 per cent), electrical (8 per cent), cooling system (4 per cent) and fuel injection (3 per cent). State-wide the NRMA attended to 848,650 breakdowns and only 10 per cent of cars needed towing.

1,874 children and pets were rescued from locked cars and the NRMA repaired 326 immobile wheelchairs and mobility scooters. The Tweed and Mid-North Coast had the highest number of breakdowns in the state’s north, while Byron and Port Macquarie reported high numbers when domestic tourists got back on the road: Tweed 13071, Mid-Coast 13189, Byron 10962, and Port Macquarie-Hastings 10479. NRMA Patrol Team Leader Kosta Karavanas said during floods demand for road side assistance rises by about 40 per cent. “We see massive spikes in demand when it’s very hot,

Picture by Tim Mossholder cold or wet and getting to people quickly and getting them back on the road is

critical to their safety and to help ease congestion on our roads,” Mr Karavanas said.

The National Roads and Motorists’ Association has been running for 101 years.

Surveillance cameras considered at Naughtons Gap RICHMOND Valley Council says idiotic behaviour will lead it to consider installing surveillance cameras at locations on the Naughtons Gap Road which has been closed to through traffic because of a dangerous landslip. The landslip happened after recent heavy rain in the Richmond Valley area. It says a person recently drove through two road closure signs on Naughtons Gap Road, and then cut the chain on the third barrier, with the Council saying the action had put lives at risk. “While the road may

appear passable on the surface, the ground underneath is slipping. There is every chance a crevasse could open up in the road, and it will happen suddenly and without warning,” a Council spokesperson said. “Council has not made the decision to close this road lightly.” “Please respect the closure is necessary for your safety and others, and do not interfere with the barriers” “Under the circumstances, Council is now considering installing surveillance at either end.”

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NEFA calls for fire loss accountability

Ellangowan State Forest and Myrtle Creek State Forest after the devastating 2020 Black Summer Bushfires. THE North East Forest Alliance is calling for an immediate 10 percent reduction in wood supply commitments to north coast sawmillers from public forests because of the widespread death of trees due to the Black Summer bushfires, and a freeze on any new commitments until sufficient plots are sampled to accurately quantify remaining timber volumes. A recent Forestry Corporation report called ‘2019–20 Wildfires, NSW Coastal Hardwood Forests Sustainable Yield Review’

undertook a preliminary desktop review of the likely impacts of the Black Summer wildfires on timber resources. The Forestry Corporation estimate was that there had been a significant loss of trees across at least a third of the north coast’s State Forests north from Gosford, with a loss of 10-50% of large sawlog sized trees over 30 cm diameter at breast height, and 50-100% of smaller trees, according to NEFA spokesperson Dailan Pugh. “The worst affected stands were those logged in the previous 4 years where over

90% of trees were killed.” “Overall, across the north coast State Forests, the Forestry Corporation estimate there has been a loss of around 10% of sawlogs and 25% of smaller trees. North from Coffs Harbour these losses increase to 15% of sawlogs and 35% of smaller trees.” “It is bewildering how the Forestry Corporation can conclude from this data that there will only be a 4% reduction in high quality sawlogs from the north coast over the next decade.” “It appears the NSW Government intends to rely

TWEED PUBLIC SCHOOLS BENEFIT FROM SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL GRANTS MEMBER for Tweed, Geoff Provest has announced the local recipients for round two of the NSW Government’s $10 million Sustainable School Grants. Mr Provest said he was excited that Duranbah Public School, Banora Point High School and Terranora Public School have all received grants in the second round of the program, designed to have students get their hands dirty in learning about sustainable practices and improving the environment their school. “The Sustainable School Grants will empower students and school communities to implement projects that will build a safer and stronger NSW but also benefit the environment by helping to save energy or water, reduce waste, or improve biodiversity,” Mr Provest said. “I very much look forward to seeing the wonderful projects come to life in the coming months.” Duranbah Public School will be

delivering: Conserve 2 Preserve Banora Point High School will be delivering: A Special Garden: Food Waste to Green Space and; Terranora Public School will be delivering: Deranora Bugal Bush Garden Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said 187 public schools across the State have received a Sustainable Schools Grant in round two of the program. “The interest in this program is excellent to see, and I wish all the staff and students well on the delivery of their projects,” Ms Mitchell said. “Students will be delivering projects such as vertical gardens, water storage strategies, and even beehives to improve biodiversity.” For more information and the full list of award recipients go to https:// www.schoolinfrastructure.nsw.gov. au/content/infrastructure/www/whatwe-do/we-look-after-our-schools/ sustainable-schools-grants.html

upon this simplistic review to sign new Wood Supply Agreements to replace the current 20 year agreements due to expire in 2023.” “What is most perplexing is that the Forestry Corporation did not remeasure any of their 659 field plots within the heavily burnt forests to obtain real data on impacts so that they can more accurately quantify impacts and future yields.” “The last two times the NSW Government gave sawmill owners guarantees for specific timber volumes in 1998 and 2003 they were

found to be gross overestimates and it cost NSW taxpayers over $12 million to buy back non-existent timber we gave to sawmillers for free.” “At the very least the Government owes taxpayers a full and proper assessment of the bushfire impacts before they consider repeating past mistakes.” “Though with bushfires and droughts increasing as climate heating accelerates, it is time we stopped logging public forests to increase their resilience and maximise their carbon storage,” Mr Pugh said.

More jobs, better roads for Clarence and Richmond Valleys THE Federal and NSW Governments have teamed up to fund three road improvement projects in the Clarence and Richmond Valleys Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan and Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis have announced. Mr Hogan said the latest round of Fixing Local Roads funding would help local councils tackle the increasing amount of work required to provide safe roads for their communities, like repairing, patching,

maintaining and sealing. “The $243.6 million first round of the program last year is delivering a number of projects across the North Coast and now we’re building on that with a further $150 million in round two,” Mr Hogan said. Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis said Fixing Local Roads was helping councils repair, maintain and seal the roads that really mattered to regional communities. “In this instance $562,500 goes to the Richmond Valley

Council for its Connecting Country Lane project while Clarence Valley Council gets a similar amount to resheet Firth Heinz Road in Pillar Valley and for minor works on Orchard Road at Mountain View just north of Grafton,” Mr Gulaptis said. “NSW has a road network of more than 180,000 kilometres in length, and nearly 80 per cent is classified as local roads, so it is a real challenge for councils to effectively manage and maintain their road assets.”

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Mayoral minute sends meeting into overtime By Tim Howard A MAYORAL minute attempting to cut meeting times at Clarence Valley Council meetings imploded spectacularly when it forced the meeting to go overtime and pushed two items off the agenda. At last Tuesday’s council meeting mayor Jim Simmons (pictured) tabled the minute which revealed council meetings were taking longer to deal with fewer items. He put this down to increased numbers of questions from the council floor and councillors too often using their full five minutes of speaking time “It is my observation that it is the questioning from the floor before items that can on occasions take upwards of 30 minutes prior to debate even commencing,” Cr Simmons said in his minute. He added this also led to some items being given “cursory consideration” as councillors rushed to deal with all items on the business paper. While the mayor’s observations came under fire from councillors, the progress

of Tuesday’s meeting may have proved his point. Debate of his mayoral minute, the first item of business, soaked up an hour and eight minutes of meeting time, with the first 22 minutes devoted to answering councillors’ questions. Cr Simmons’ minute sought to change the code of meeting practice to restrict councillors to asking a maximum of three questions from the floor per item and reduce the time speaking to matters from five minutes to three. He said councillors could ask as many questions as they like by email before the meeting. Almost immediately he came under fire, even during questioning, as councillors quizzed him about his reasons for wanting the changes. Cr Karen Toms asked how he arrived at his view some items received “cursory consideration” and where he got his idea the community did not need to be consulted about the proposals. She also questioned the legitimacy of using a mayoral minute, usually a method of introducing urgent business,

for a non-urgent matter such as making changes to the Code of Meeting Practice. Cr Simmons said he had been considering this matter since February and decided close to the publication of the business paper to include this matter as a mayoral minute. He also revealed his only discussions on the matter had been with general manager Ashley Lindsay and governance director Laura Black. Cr Greg Clancy asked the mayor about the source of his information, the Local Government Performance Excellence Report, 2020. “Were you aware than on page 7 of the report it states the reliability of the report had not been verified and

no-one should act on this information?” he said. Cr Clancy also disputed the report’s claims the increase in meeting times was “exponential”. He pointed out the graphs showed fluctuations in the figures, but not true exponential growth. Cr Debrah Novak was unhappy with the proposal to put more emphasis on emailed questions as it would hide them from the public. But Cr Simmons said this should not be an issue as councillors could ask to have these questions included in the business paper. Cr Toms also asked Cr Simmons if his research revealed if nearby councils had made these changes. He was not sure, but believed it was possible they had different requirements in their codes of meeting practice. Cr Toms had done her research. “It’s available on their websites, None of them have made changes,” she said. This was just the start of the battering the mayor’s minute copped during debate. A series of amendments

whittled away its effects, the mayor lost two dissent motions on his rulings and was forced to use his casting vote to allow an amendment that ruled out shortened speaking times for councillors. As debate raged on, Cr Andrew Baker felt compelled to describe the situation as “a shambles”, and when he spoke to yet another amendment, it had become “a double shambles”. Cr Peter Ellem was another critic of the proposal, describing it as a “slippery slope” that was “veering toward fascism”. The debate ended “not with a bang, but a whimper”, when the status quo was maintained because councillors voted down a mayoral ruling to allow a vote on an amendment that would have been a direct negative of the motion. But Cr Richie Williamson had the last word as councillors debated to defer two items of business they could not reach before the self-imposed 7.30pm deadline. “Speaking in debate I would like to highlight how important your mayoral minute was earlier,” he said.

SES TACKLE 1-IN-100, 1-IN-50-YEAR FLOOD THE past few weeks have seen the NSW State Emergency Service in full swing, responding to a 1-in100-year flood on the Mid North Coast and a 1-in-50year flood in the Hawkesbury Nepean Valley. More than 1700 teams went out day and night to evacuate, rescue and respond to some of the worst floods the state has seen in years. Members from emergency services in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, WA, ACT and Tasmania also came to help, both in the field and in the State Command Centre at Headquarters. Halden Boyd (pictured) has been with the Northern Rivers Capability Unit for just over 12 months. Although he’s covered many floods for the ABC and various local newspapers since 1985, he’s still relatively new to the SES. “I was retired,” Halden jokes. “I’m now working for a local newspaper. When the Unit asked for people to put their hand up and join the Northern Rivers Capability

Unit, I did.” Halden says that there were things about this last event which were different from the floods he’s worked on since he joined a year ago. “Every flood is different. Every flood and every catchment has its own mannerisms. This was an interesting flood - the area was very, very saturated. We had a lot of water flowing down from different areas. The Richmond Valley had a lot of water coming out of the

south arm of the river which it hasn’t done since 1990.” Houses were swamped with some literally floating away as rivers burst their banks and dams overflowed. Communities across the state were cut off with many teams heading out to drop off food and other supplies to stranded residents. When the rain stopped and the river levels started falling, SES teams headed out once again to do Rapid Damage Assessments. More than 1060

houses have been written off, sustaining so much damage that they’re completely uninhabitable. “Some communities might still be cut off during the recovery phase,” says Halden. “Those with special and medical needs need looking after.” The recovery phase also comes with its own dangers. Among them, injuries, from hazards lurking in the mud after the floodwater has receded.

“Once people go back to their homes they tread on things, slip over, even tread on snakes and get bitten.” Halden says that, for him, there’s no working environment quite like the SES in the middle of a major flood. “There’s nothing quite like working alongside dedicated, nice and at times, jovial people,” says Halden. “It’s a great working environment. Knowing that you’re helping your community, there’s no way to really put that feeling into words.” With the mammoth clean up well underway, attention has now turned to Western Zone, where water from Queensland rivers has made its way across the border. A cyclone is also on the cards this week, heading for the Queensland coast. There’s a good chance it will smack into Halden’s area, filling up creeks and rivers that only recently went back to a semi-normal size. Halden smiles. “Here we go again,” he says.

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Rotary recognises emergency services IF you know an RFS, SES or other emergency service volunteers or professionals who have gone the extra mile to support his or her community in these challenging times there is a way you can ensure they get the recognition they deserve. Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis has thrown his weight behind the Rotary Club’s push to make sure our local heroes don’t go unrecognised. “Nominations are now open for the 2021 Rotary Clubs and Districts of NSW Emergency Services Community Awards in recognition of our frontline emergency services personnel for service above and beyond the call of duty,” Mr Gulaptis said. He said the awards recognised the dedication and service of emergency service personnel and volunteers from Fire and Rescue NSW, NSW Ambulance, NSW State Emergency

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Dine and Discover the Tweed THE NSW Government’s Dine & Discover scheme is now up and running, with Tweed locals urged to take advantage of the four free $25 vouchers per person to support their favourite Tweed small business or explore new venues on the southern side of the State border. In making the comments, Tweed Nationals MP Geoff Provest also urged more Tweed businesses to sign up, saying it gave them a winning edge over their Gold Coast competitors who were not eligible for this NSW Nationals initiative. “If you haven’t registered, you are potentially missing out on the extra business, I encourage you to go and register with Service NSW today to make sure your organisation benefits fully,” Mr Provest said. The vouchers are

now available from the Service NSW app or by visiting the Service NSW centres at Tweed Heads South or Murwillumbah. “You need to ensure you update your Service NSW app if you haven’t done so recently,” Mr Provest said. He said two $25 Discover NSW vouchers could be used for entertainment and recreation, including cultural institutions, live music, and arts venues. “Examples of local venues accepting

the vouchers include Tropical Fruit World, Ten Pin Bowling at Tweed Heads or the movie theatres at Tweed City,” Mr Provest said. “You also get two $25 Dine NSW vouchers which can be used at numerous participating Tweed cafes and restaurants like Brew and Bake Co in Kingscliff or Ripples Café at Hastings Point. More businesses registered for Dine and Discover can be found on the Service NSW web site, service.nsw.gov.au.

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Gold Coast-Tweed nerds hold breath for festival By Tania Spiers-Phillips WITH Bluesfest falling victim to the Covid 19 scare last week organisers of the area’s next big festival Supanova Gold Coast are holding their breath for the April 17-18 event. Festival director Daniel Zachariou said the popculture festival, held at the Gold Coast Convention Centre each April, was the last event of its kind last year and it is hoped it will be the first of the six Supanova’s around Australia to go ahead this year. The doors had been open just hours on the preview day of the 2020 festival on the Friday when the Government announced major restrictions to start on the Monday. “We literally had the government announce on the Friday when we opened our doors that they were going to limit functions and events to 500 people from Monday,” Mr Zachariou said. “We breathed a sigh of relief because we’d already opened our doors on the Friday and we had more than 500 people then and there and we had a lot more people expected on Saturday.” None of the other Supanova events were possible last year and they had already been taking a cautious approach before last week’s Covid cases in Brisbane and Ballina – only releasing tickets to the event two weeks ago and waiting until this week to announce many of the more high-profile guests for the event. “The crazy thing is it’s looking great, the enthusiasm – we only put our tickets on sale last Thursday because we really wanted to get as close as we could to the event before committed people’s funds to the event before we asked them to reach into their pocket,” Mr Zachariou said two days after the NSW Government announced the cancellation of Bluesfest. “At the same time, I have to say that everything is being done through a ticketing company and we’re not actually going to see any of the revenue until we deliver the event as consumer protection. So our customers are protected. “We didn’t even want to put tickets on sale until we felt we were in a position where we could say look yes it’s happening and here you go.

Supanova Gold Coast is set for April 17-18.

“The response has been, quite frankly even with tickets sales, we took a slight dip in the trajectory of them two days ago but yesterday we were back on track on the same trajectory again, just that little hiccup the day before as people realised it doesn’t look that bad now, we’ll probably come out of it tomorrow. Which is exactly what’s happened and the enthusiasm from fans and for people to do stuff is very much there.” Mr Zachariou said their local partners the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre had put a Covid Safe plan which had been tweaked for their event and signed off on by the Qld Government and was all ready to go – although slightly smaller than usual. “Size wise there is a little bit of a contraction because of the fact it’s more difficult for some operators and some have

gone out of business as well,” he said. “We aren’t able to deliver an international line up of guests as well but we’re actually really proud of the talent we’ve been able to secure domestically and we’ll be announcing a lot more of them as of Tuesday.” He said David Wenham, Miranda Otto, Luke Arnold, Doctor Karl had been announced already and they were looking forward to announcing, “a real special surprise for the younger in audience as well”. “And then of course we’ve got the Australian Film Showcase, we’re really trying to support the local industry as much as we can so we’re allocating a lot of panel time to upcoming feature films and other stuff that our locals have been producing, directors and producers and cast members, we will

even be featuring one of the movies in full,” Mr Zachariou explained. But while everything is now in place for the event, tickets on sale – guest confirming there is still a shadow over the event as the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Northern Rivers wait for the all-clear. “It’s very frustrating for everybody who is in events or anything to do with retail, it’s been very difficult and I really feel sorry for the people especially Bluesfest and other organisers - weddings,” he said. Mr Zachariou said the mini-lock downs around the country have happened with no notice. “You could have been planning for months to do something and you’re there at the day before and suddenly there’s nothing you can do it’s very distressing. “To be fair there are no

contingencies other than to hope that there’s not cases at that time, because the reality is with the way that our governments are approaching it where one is considered a threat, there’s really not much we can do. “We’ve had something like sixty days of nothing in NSW until what happened with the one case in Byron. When you consider the population compared to Sydney and the distances involved. Can you really say that NSW has ruined its record. It’s strange to think in those terms. “My heart goes out to the organizing committee there at Byron, to all the vendors, the people who were preparing, to all the fans who travelled and were literally in town waiting for the doors to open. My heart goes out to them and I hope we’re not placed in the same position in a couple of weeks time.”

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YACHT RESCUED AFTER BEING WASHED OUT TO SEA BY FLOODWATERS MARINE Rescue Iluka Yamba has rescued a solo sailor trying to cross the Yamba bar under sail but being washed back out to sea by the recent flooding event in the Clarence River. The sailor was travelling from Coffs Harbour to Iluka Yamba when his 10 metre yacht’s inboard diesel engine failed, leaving him to try to negotiate the tricky crossing on a low tide against the force of the floodwater as sunset approached. Like many other bars along the coastline, murky brown floodwater is still pouring out of the Clarence River into

the open water surrounding the bar. The crew of rescue vessel Iluka Yamba 30, Frank Bond, Peter Richards, Marg Deguara and Bob Adams, deployed at 6pm to assist, with Ross Minchin providing communications support. The crew arrived on scene about one nautical mile south-east of the bar and took the sailboat under tow to a mooring in Iluka Bay. Marine Rescue New South Wales is also urging boaties to be mindful of flood debris in all north coast rivers and out to sea while they are on the water.

Lismore workshop equips women to run for council elections WITH funding from the NSW Government and support from the City of Lismore, Women for Election Australia (WFEA) is running a workshop aimed at equipping more women to run for local government. With almost daily examples of how greater diversity could improve decision-making in government, Licia Heath, CEO of WFEA, said Australia desperately needed more women elected at all levels of government. The call comes as female representation in council chambers is particularly low at only 31%.

“Women make up over half the population, yet have less than a third of the voices at the decision-making tables in local government,” said Ms Heath. According to Minister for Local Government Shelly Hancock, “the program was part of the NSW Government’s commitment to increasing the number of female councillors serving their local communities and achieving greater diversity in councils.” “We’ve already hosted a series of successful online workshops partnering with

Women for Election Australia. Participants surveyed felt twice as prepared to stand for public office after completing the workshop,” said Mrs Hancock. Minister for Women, Bronnie Taylor, said that decisions made at a local government level have an incredible effect on our communities. “With more women involved, we have the opportunity for a more balanced view, one that reflects our communities and leads to better outcomes,” Mrs Taylor said.

The training workshops have been designed not only to inform women on how to get elected – addressing the practical challenges – they also detail the roles and benefits of being a councillor. Last year WFEA helped seven women get elected in the Victorian local government elections and aims to at least triple that number in NSW this September. Ms Heath said Local Government was often also an important springboard to other levels of government or

leadership roles. “The skills, experience and networks you can develop during a council election are applicable to running at a state or federal level and can help in leadership pursuits in the community or the workplace,” said Ms Heath. The six-hour workshop to be held on Saturday 24 April at Lismore City Council offices in Goonellabah, is one of a series to be held in regional centres and metropolitan Sydney. For more information and to register, visit www.wfea. org.au to register.

INQUIRY CALLS FOR COUNCIL GRANTS OVERHAUL IT is time to clean up council grant funding to make it predictable, transparent, fair, and ethical, Local Government NSW (LGNSW) has announced. The peak body was responding to a NSW Parliamentary inquiry which found the State Government operated a “brazen pork barrel scheme” and played party politics with $252 million of taxpayers money. LGNSW president Linda Scott (pictured, left) said the Public Accountability Committee, chaired by David Shoebridge MLC (pictured, right), clearly outlined the blatant political misuse of the Stronger Communities Fund grant program in a report which found the Program “was never meant to benefit the public”. Stronger Communities grant funding was supposed to help amalgamated councils ameliorate the cost of forced

amalgamations, but was instead primarily delivered to councils in Coalition or marginal electorates ahead of the 2019 State election. The Public Accountability Committee said the current grants system was “broken and in need to a fundamental overhaul”. Cr Scott welcomed the recommendation that the current model of grant funding be replaced with a clear and transparent funding formula, which was predictable and provided multi-year funding agreements. “This would give councils certainty and allow them to plan ahead to ensure the effective and efficient use of taxpayer funds,” she said. “The Government needs to work with LGNSW to change the way State funding is determined to ensure public funds deliver public good, in a way that is transparent, fair

and equitable for all councils in NSW. “It is totally unacceptable that councils and their communities miss out on funding for political reasons.” Cr Scott said the Public Accountability Committee had recommended the new council funding model require a link to each councils’ existing strategic planning documents and priorities, to remove any potential political bias and ensure genuine community value.

“The Committee also recommends consideration be given to the additional costs borne by regional and remote councils; an issue which places additional pressure on councils with lower ratings bases than metropolitan councils,” she said. “This recommendation has our full support, as does the Committee’s call to ensure funding criteria is regularly and publicly reviewed to ensure it is actually meeting the needs of the sector and not turning into a vote-buying

exercise that advantages some and disadvantages others.” Today’s report is the result on an inquiry that kicked off in July last year following allegations the Stronger Communities Fund was nothing more than pork barrelling in the lead up to the 2019 election. “Councils absolutely rely on State and Federal support for the vast and ever-growing range of infrastructure and services they provide their communities. They rely on grants like the Stronger Communities Fund to help underwrite vital local projects,” Cr Scott said. “I welcome this report’s recommendation for Government to work with LGNSW to come up with a better way for determining grants and look forward to a closer working relationship in the future to achieve equitable outcomes for all our communities.”

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Lennox head locals leave their mark in the park

Gil Reid with Olli, Ivy and Leo O’Neill prepare their final drawings (above), and the Dicker family of Lennox Head prepare their drawings (right). DRAWINGS by the Lennox Head community will be etched and printed onto footpath pavers to be installed during the Ross Park upgrade later this year. The ‘Leave Your Mark in the Park’ paving art project is part of a larger suite of art interventions being

implemented by Ballina Shire Council as part of the Lennox Village Vision project. On the 20th March and 27th March 2021 the Lennox Arts Board invited the local community to express what they love about Lennox Head through art making. The theme ‘What does

Lennox Head mean to you?’ saw participants draw water dragons, banksia flowers, waves, sunshine, and lots of friends and ice creams. Melissa Wright and Kellie O’Brien from the Lennox Arts Board facilitated the production of more than 150 drawings by families, adults

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and children. They have selected 70 of the best, which Ballina Shire Council will have etched and printed onto clay pavers and installed as part of the footpath for the Ross Park upgrade. “The standard was so high! There are just so many amazing, fun, creative people

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NEW LISMORE ROTARY CLUB CELEBRATES ROARING TWENTIES IN Lismore you could go to a Rotary Club meeting just about every night of the week if you wanted to. The town now has five clubs of the international service organisation which began 100 years ago in the US. The newest Club is the Rotary’s Lismore Networking and Rita Chand is the president. “Our club is only a couple of months old, but we wanted to set up a networking club, with new ideas,” Ms Chand said. “We have different ways of raising funds and making a difference to our community.” The club has around 17 members and about 14 are women, meaning the new club has the highest percentage of female members in the area. Ms Chand said the club has recently received it charity status and was now on the

hunt for good courses. Lismore’s five Rotary Clubs hold meetings on different days of the week, making it easier for new members to find a weekday that suits their schedule. On Saturday, March 20 the

Rotary Club of Lismore held a Roaring Twenties dinner in Goonellabah to celebrate the 100th birthday of Rotary. Rotary began in Chicago, by a group of professional and business people who wanted to support their community. It

quickly spread to London and in 1922 was named Rotary International. “Because Rotary was formed in 1922 we decided to have to a Roaring Twenties theme,” Ms Chand said. The dinner was attended

by Lismore Mayor, Vanessa Ekins, and Lismore MP Janelle Saffin. The Rotary Club of Lismore meets every second Wednesday at 5.30pm, with the next meeting planned for April 14.

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WHILE the recent Queensland Covid-19 border lockdown might have been inconvenient for some it did have its bonuses for the Lions Road north of Grady’s Creek. The Lions Club of Kyogle back in the 1970s decided to take on a project to upgrade and seal a section of a narrow and windy road between Grady’s and the Richmond Gap at the NSW/Qld state boundary on the Border Ranges. One of the reasons for taking on the mammoth project was that improving the route would save motorists having travel a longer journey along the Summerland Way to join the Mount Lindesay Highway to get into Queensland. The completion of the $1 million Lions Road

Upgrade Project was recently celebrated with a small ceremony at the Lions Shelter. At the event Kyogle Shire Mayor Danielle Mulholland thanked the Kyogle Lions Club for its ongoing support in maintaining and upgrading the popular route. She also thanked the

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LISMORE DIOCESE LOCALLY FOCUSSED FLOOD APPEAL by Halden Boyd THE Catholic Bishop of Lismore, Greg Homeming, has used the start of the recent Holy Easter celebrations to launch a special Flood Appeal for those impacted in a huge part of the Diocese which stretches from Tweed Heads south to Laurieton on the Mid North Coast. The area from Coffs Harbour and south was particularly hard hit in what the NSW State Emergency Service has described as a once-in-a-century event. While the mainstream media focus tracked the severe weather system south a secondary event happened in the Northern Rivers swamping the Clarence Valley and parts

of the Richmond Valley River catchments. A low pressure trough on the coast clashed with a second one inland in New South Wales seeing rain tumble from the heavens over a week swamping local communities which are still dealing with a

severe drought and an extreme bushfire event. “Persistent and heavy rainfall fell from March 16th to March 23rd in New South Wales. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology reported that the storm brought record rainfall in the north coast, with

towns near Port Macquarie, such as Kendall, seeing record rainfall of more than 400 mm (or 16 inches) between the 19th and 20th of March,” Bishop Homeing said. “The Diocese of Lismore is launching a flood appeal, and has already contributed

$10,000 towards hay for affected farmers. It will give financial and practical support where it can to affected households in the Lismore Diocese.” “The Diocesan Flood Appeal is calling for donations via its global YouTube audience, Parish bulletins, flyers and posters and on the Diocesan website.” “The Diocese will organise the distribution of relief, as it did after the bushfires of 2020 and the floods in 2017.” Bishop Greg, on behalf of the Diocese, is calling on his global YouTube and Facebook congregations to assist his relief efforts. The appeal can be seen on YouTube: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=yFQxDc7TIys

New motorway claims an endangered coastal emu By Lesley Apps THE new Pacific Motorway has barely been open four months in the Clarence Valley and already had encounters with local wildlife, the most recent victim, an endangered coastal emu. While Transport NSW spends a great deal of time and money surveying the local habitat areas in the vicinity of a new motorway site to understand the behaviour of local species and instal safety measures as part of the infrastructure like habitat fencing — the wildlife encounter in such a short period is concerning to Clarence Valley WIRES volunteer Gary Williams. Mr Williams was called out to attend the scene on Monday morning (March 29) where a coastal emu wandering across the 110km/h motorway near Maclean was struck by a passing vehicle. He said he had received two other calls the previous week about emu sightings around that habitat section. “We originally had a call for an emu sighted near the Shark Creek overpass between new motorway and old highway. That was on the 24th when it was well and truly flooded so we couldn’t get down there, even to have a look because we would have had to drive out to Glenugie to access the motorway and it was late in the day. We tried to contact the SES but they couldn’t help.”

He said there was probably nothing they could do for that emu given level of flooding at that time but two days later they received another call for an emu sighting on the South Arm Road. “That was across the other side of the river (side tributary) but emus can swim.” The next day the call for the injured emu on the motorway came in. “We still can’t be sure whether it was the same emu the whole time or three different emu sightings.” Mr Williams said he was able to attend the scene on Monday fairly quickly as he “only lived a couple of kms away.” “I spoke to driver who said the emu came from the other side of the road and bolted across. She couldn’t avoid it, and it did do some damage to her headlight. She pulled up and luckily few other motorists pulled up and they were slowing traffic down because the emu was still alive, sitting right in the middle of the left hand lane.” Mr Williams said because the speed limit was 110km/h there and the incident happened just over a crest it could have been a lot worse case for anything coming along if “good people” weren’t there helping to slow traffic down ahead of the scene. “When I got there the emu was waving its head around but it was pretty obvious its legs weren’t moving at all but we managed to bag it up.

An endangered coastal emu with chicks photographed in the Clarence Valley by wildlife photograph Steve Otton. An emu was struck and by a vehicle after it wandered onto the Pacific Motorway near Gulmarrad on March 29. Luckily there was a lady from (Clarence Valley) council there. She helped me because it was definitely a two-person job to do that and get the emu into the car.” Mr Williams said they took the bird to a Yamba vet to check it over. “It was pretty obvious it had spinal damage as there was no feeling at all in the legs. The vet had no alternative but to euthanise it.” Mr Williams said that was the best outcome for the situation that arose. “It’s not very good to have this kind of thing happening so soon after the motorway has opened. It could have been

horribly worse though, for the emu and motorway traffic.” Transport for NSW responded about the incident acknowledging there was “an emu strike” from an unknown vehicle that had been reported on the Pacific Motorway at Gulmarrad. A spokesperson said regulatory bodies including the NSW Environment Protection Authority had been notified. The spokesperson said as part of the onsite inspection undertaken following the incident, Transport for NSW identified some loose wires at the top of a 10 metre-long

section of the fauna fence along this section of the motorway. “The fence has now been repaired”, the spokesperson said. Mr Williams said he wasn’t aware of the fencing issue but said they had also had one or two reports of kangaroos on the motorway since it opened. “Wildlife can still get on there but it would be nice to know what they (Transport for NSW) have planned to maintain it so this doesn’t happen again. Something is wrong for fencing to become loose in that short period of time.”

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Launch of a new regional food donation campaign A NEW campaign is set to make a big difference in helping to reduce waste and provide more food security for our region. NE Waste in collaboration with member Councils, Northern Rivers Food, Northern Rivers Area Health Service, NSW Environment Protection Authority and the Love Food Hate Waste Program, food donation agencies, local business and community have been working to address issues around food waste, nutrition, food security and sustainability. This collaboration has led to the new regional food donation campaign, “It’s Food For Thought” which aims to attract new food donors and support food donation agencies in feeding people, not landfill. “According to the 2020 Foodbank Hunger Report (https://www.foodbank.org.au) charities have seen a significant increase in the frequency of demand for food relief due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Karen Rudkin, project coordinator for NE Waste. “In 2019, 15% of Australians experiencing food insecurity

were seeking food relief at least once a week. In 2020, this doubled to 31%.” When you factor in weather events such as floods, as

well as significant changes to government support payments, it results in food relief agencies being under even more pressure to meet the growing demand

from those who need support with in our community. To assist food donation agencies to access more food from within the Northern

Rivers region, NE Waste have developed a range of resources aimed at supporting and encouraging food businesses to donate excess or surplus food products or meals. This includes a free toolkit, which highlights where, and how to donate and the economic incentives to do so. It also debunks common myths around health and safety issues when donating. “We aim to increase the amount of food which is donated locally to food donation agencies” said Ms Rudkin. “This will support those agencies to access a wide range of healthy, nutritious foods for their clients, fulfil the growing demand and reduce freight costs associated with getting food from beyond our region.” Food businesses that donate their excess or surplus stock can benefit financially, environmentally and socially - from diverting waste from landfill, feeding hungry bellies and from the tax incentives associated with donation. To find out how your business can get involved and to get started, visit: http://www. newaste.org.au/fooddonation/

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“Leemo’s View” “LEEMO has views on just about anything”

Who’s the BUNNY then...? ‘Leemo Cat’ back, I hope YOU had a nifty Easter..I DIDN’T! So much for my Easter treats. I very politely and in a “sucky uppingily” demeanour, suggested to ‘Mum Jane’ that she might get me a tiny bunny, for Easter? I told her, “I have never ever managed to pounce on a bird, but maybe I could pounce on a wee bunny. If you get me one tiny bunny to pounce on, this would allow me to claim at LEAST one pounce, and be even with my cat buddies”. You can only imagine that the look I received from her to my request… total horror. Crikey, it was such a simple ask. I tried to wiggle into the tiniest ball and hide under my plush blue blankie but my magnificent tail poked out so NO GO!! I was told “Leemo, get OUT of there, I need to talk to you RIGHT NOW!” I peered out with trepidation, and waited for the tirade… which went along the lines of…“Leemo,

have you any idea of what you are asking?” Imagine, if I DID get you a tiny bunny, and you actually located some energy after 22 hours a day sleeping, and ‘pounced’ on the wee critter and hurt it…how is it to deliver Easter Eggs to the kids in the street… WILL YOU explain you hurt the bunny, so it could not do the egg delivery? I promise you Leemo, I will NOT be making excuses for you.” Hmmm. I had to think about this. I did not want kids hissing and calling me names so I suggested to ‘Mum Jane’ that I perhaps COULD HELP ...“maybe I could drag the egg delivery trolley if I’ve hurt the bunny Mum... and THEN be a hero?” OMG…things were NOT improving. She was shouting now… “Leemo, will you start realising that Easter is NOT about YOU wanting to be a FAKE EASTER hero. I am telling you there will not be wee bunny for Easter…and you are confined to barracks.” Oooooh. Not good at all. Time to go up under the Eaves for a contemplate. Hmmmm. 4 days under the eaves ahead…eeek yuk scary. I DID NOT get a true bunny for Easter, or a Hot X Bun. BUT I DID GET a poem read to me by Mum on top of her ladder near the eaves…“Leemo, everybunny needs somebunny sometime and I’m the (idiot) somebunny WHO loves YOU” (but you are quite unbearable at times). She gave me a CHOCOLATE bunny. (Yurk..not the same!) Well, kinda purrsies… Leemo.

PANDEMIC FUELS ONLINE SHOPPING BOOM AUSTRALIANS shopped up a storm online last year, with growth in eCommerce up more than 57 per cent from the previous year as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the industry into overdrive and triggered years of growth in a compressed 12-month period. Australia Post’s 2021 Inside Australian Online Shopping report, released today, provides a detailed look at the key insights and trends that emerged during 2020. With many bricks and mortar outlets closing due to COVID-19 restrictions, and Australians spending more time at home, the shift to online shopping created a significant change for Australian eCommerce. Australia Post general manager Parcel and Express Services, Ben Franzi, said in 2020 online became an essential shopping channel. “Australians spent an incredible $50.5 billion online last year, and eCommerce accounted for 16.3 per cent of total retail spend. “Almost nine million households across the country bought something online as people shopped for the things they needed, avoiding large shopping centres and other busy retail settings. “More than 1.3 million of these households were first-time shoppers with 93 per cent of their initial purchases made between March and December,” Mr Franzi continued. Increased comfort and confidence buying online

meant buying habits shifted significantly as the year progressed. New online shoppers became regular shoppers by year’s end, while the more seasoned online shoppers ramped up the frequency of purchases. “We found that of the 240,000 households who made an online purchase for the first time in April, half were regular shoppers by the end of the year after shopping online in at least three of the months between May and December,” said Mr Franzi. “When it comes to seasoned shoppers, the average household increased its online shopping frequency by at least 10 purchases over the year and the range of categories and retailers they purchased from also expanded significantly. “Shoppers are more engaged and comfortable buying online than ever before and this trend has continued into 2021. We’re seeing around five million households continue to buy on a monthly basis which is 1.1

million more than the average in 2019,” Mr Franzi concluded. Across the country in 2020, every State and Territory recorded double digit growth. Victoria, which spent more time in lockdown than the rest of the country, led the way with yearon-year (YOY) purchase growth of 82 per cent, followed by New South Wales with 50.5 per cent. Leading categories were Food and Liquor and Home & Garden products, each up 77 per cent and 70 per cent YOY respectively, as people spent more days at home and invested their time on domestic projects. Point Cook in Melbourne’s West was the top online shopping location nationally for the sixth year running. The biggest mover in the top 10 was Doreen in Melbourne’s outer North, climbing 13 places in 12 months to take the number five spot. The 2020 Inside Australian Online Shopping report is available for download at auspost.com.au/einsights.

Bruxner highway safety boost west of Tabulam SAFETY improvements are now under way to widen and resurface a section of the Bruxner Highway near Tabulam will which deliver safer, more reliable journeys for motorists. The Federal Member for New England Barnaby Joyce said the Australian and New South Wales Governments are jointly funding the $3.2 million project to upgrade the essential route for locals, tourists and freight operators. “The Bruxner Highway links the Pacific Highway with the Northern Tablelands and this section of the road near Tabulam is used by almost 1000 vehicles daily, including about 100 heavy vehicles,” Mr Joyce said. “This project will help to ensure those road users complete their journeys safely each day and will also sustain up to 75 jobs while it is being completed over the next four months, weather permitting.”

The State Member of the Legislative Council Ben Franklin said Transport for NSW work was now well under way on the essential safety work on the kilometre-long stretch of the Bruxner Highway just west of Tabulam. “The works include shoulder widening, road resurfacing, slope stability work and drainage improvements which are all designed to improve road safety and resilience for this key east-

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ROAD WELL TRAVELLED LENDS ITSELF TO A SECOND BOOK By Lesley Apps IT’S often said walls can talk but so too can roads as author and history buff Shelia McLennan found out. After publishing her first book on the Old Glen Innes Road in 2017, despite that release being an extensive and informative read about the historical route, she was soon after contacted by a number of people with more stories and information about the once well-travelled road. In particular, many former long-time residents of the isolated localities along the road told Mrs McLennan of their life, experiences and the hardship faced by the region’s early pioneers. And so The Recollections — Old Grafton to Glen

Innes Road was published in later part of 2020, a complementary and comprehensive edition to Mrs McLennan’s previous book but also an fine read in its own right. “These stories reveal many The Recollections good times, punctuated with Ol d Gr aft on to Glen Innes Road floods, droughts, isolation, lack of communication and difficulties during medical emergencies,” Mrs McLennan said. Other recollections recorded by the Mrs McLennan for the second book include the early horse and coach days touching on things like the copies so far,” difficultly of providing she estimated, saying the children’s education and demand for the historical living without electricity. publication has seen copies “It’s been selling like already sent to America, hotcakes, well over 300 Canada, and all around ■ Grafton ■ Buccarumbi ■ Dalmorton ■ Newto n Boyd ■ Glen Innes Sheila McLennan

Australia. She said many well-known and former residents of the old road contributed to the latest publication including members of the Adams, Austen, Conroy, MacDougall, McIntyre, Mulligan, O’Neil, Rhodes, Rooke, Smith, Watters, Whitaker, and Wratten families. This is Mrs McLennan’s third book on historical locations of the Clarence Valley (her first was about the Eatonsville area) but said it would probably be her last. “I felt that it is important to preserve these recollections for future generations, hence my latest publication, but it just gets

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Swap-and-go cup initiative brewed in Lennox Head BALLINA Shire Council are shouting customers a free coffee at participating cafes each time they swap a HuskeeCup during Lennox Head’s HuskeeSwap activation launch week from 12 – 18 April. Ballina Shire Council and Huskee have partnered to support the implementation of HuskeeSwap, a swap cup system using Good Design Award-winning reusable cups made from repurposed coffee husks. HuskeeCups are also dishwasher safe with good thermal properties. The initiative is being trialled in Lennox Head as part of council’s ongoing Reduce Single Use program and is designed with both cafés and customers in mind to implement and maintain a reusable cup system. The swap cup process makes it easier for cafes to provide sustainable takeaway drinks as the process is similar to using dine-in cups. HuskeeCups that are brought in are set aside to be washed hygienically at a more convenient time while cafes

Moniq Crovetti and Jean Charles Cornu from Kiosk Lennox Beach are stoked to be providing HuskeeSwap to their customers. use their existing clean swap cup float. This allows cafes to provide coffees to customers quicker while meeting their sustainability goals. “Having a swap cup system allows us to provide more solutions for takeaway coffee and appeal to customers to reduce single use items,” says Moniq Crovetti from Kiosk Lennox Beach. “Being so close to the ocean, we’re reminded every day how important it is to all do our

bit and to think globally, act locally.” Advice from NSW Food Authority regarding reusable cups has remained consistent before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, stating clean reusable cups are safe to use but that it’s at the business’ discretion to accept them. “There are a range of innovative ways that cafes can be confident they’re COVID Safe while supporting reusables” said Samala Heart,

Council’s Waste Education Officer. ”Swap cup systems allow for a squeaky clean cup every time and are on the rise across the world. HuskeeSwap systems are currently operating in at least 16 countries and provide a fantastic yet simple and hygienic solution to stay waste-wise on the go.” To get involved, all you need is to bring or purchase a HuskeeCup with lid and order. On subsequent drink

orders, your returned cup and lid is exchanged for a freshly cleaned HuskeeCup. Cups can also be interchanged between participating cafes. Registered cafes across the region and further afield can be found on the HuskeeSwap app and via their website, huskee.co. With assistance from Ballina Shire Council, there are currently 5 Lennox Head cafes signed up for the launch – Seed & Husk, Quattro, Williams Street, Shelter and Kiosk. Coffee lovers are invited to take part in the Lennox Head HuskeeSwap activation launch week from Monday 12 – Sunday 18 April. During launch week, council is offering FREE coffee with every HuskeeSwap for the first 50 orders at each participating café. To kickstart launch week, there will be a Huskee stall along Ballina Street in Lennox Head 8am – 12 midday from 12 – 14 April. Feel free to drop by and say hello. For more information, visit ballina.nsw.gov.au/businesswaste-programs

New website helps families find quality childcare QUALITY childcare information is now readily available for parents and caregivers with the launch of the NSW Government’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) Finder. The new website will provide key information to help our young families

make informed decisions and understand what to look for when choosing a care provider for their child. “It is so important to provide our young families with reliable and confident sources of information that families can trust,” Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said.

Minister for Education and Early Childhood Education Sarah Mitchell is excited about the new ECE Finder, which will provide all NSW families with access to quality information on early childhood services. “Research shows that participation in quality early

childhood education has lifelong benefits for children and improves outcomes, not just in education but in health and long-term employment as well,” Ms Mitchell said. “To help families better understand what the services do, we’ve made the new graphic easier to read. The

tool uses the graphic to give at-a-glance information about a service’s quality rating, and gives families the confidence to engage in discussions about quality.” The Early Childhood Education Finder is available at: https://bascfinder.service. nsw.gov.au/ecec

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NORPA OFFERS HOLIDAY ACTING CLASSES NORPA, the region’s leading theatre company, is offering two sets of acting workshops in April: a School Holiday Acting Intensive for young people (ages 12-16 years) and Open Acting Workshops for Adults (18+). Over three days NORPA’s School Holiday Intensive will allow young people to immerse themselves in the craft of acting, covering the foundations of professional actor training. From voice to movement, improvisation to text work, stagecraft and character work, this is an excellent opportunity for participants to develop skills, encourage creativity, and connect with other young people. NORPA’s new director Youth Theatre Scott Johnson, will lead the Intensive with guest teaching artists dropping in for specialist sessions over the three days. This workshop has strictly limited numbers (16 max), so book quickly to avoid disappointment. Scott trained as an actor at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. He has worked as an actor extensively for over 20 years with companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company and Bell Shakespeare Company. Scott has performed award winning lead roles in major

commercial musicals and appeared in many films and TV shows. As a teacher/ director Scott has worked at NIDA, VCA, Monash University and was the director of Showfit Musical Theatre course in Melbourne for seven years. In the Open Acting Workshops for Adults, participants can explore acting styles, physical theatre and character play with NORPA’s artistic director Julian Louis.

This short block of workshops will cover a broad range of acting techniques and is open to trained performers or people interested in performing. Drawing on his extensive experience in directing and theatre making, join Julian Louis and special guests in NORPA’s rehearsal studio to brush up existing skills and discover new ways to make a scene. You’ll also learn about some of the theatre making processes that NORPA uses in

the creation of new works. In addition to developing your skills, these two-hour workshops are a great way to meet other members of the Northern Rivers artistic community and introduce yourself to the company as it move towards casting its 2022 productions. NORPA School Holiday Acting Intensive Classes: For young people ages 12 – 16 years, strictly limited numbers (16 max).

Dates: Tuesday 13 – Thursday 15 April 2021. Times: Drop off 8.45am, workshop 9am – 3.30pm daily. Venue: NORPA at Lismore City Hall, 1 Bounty St, Lismore. Cost: $270 per person. $100 Creative Kids vouchers from NSW Government can be used for this program. Bookings and more information: www.norpa. org.au or email info@ norpa.org.au

Tweed Heads South Public School upgrade on the way THE Tweed Heads community is one step closer to receiving an upgraded Tweed Heads South Public School, following the submission of a Development Application (DA) with the Tweed Shire Council. Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest said he was thrilled to provide his community with this important upgrade. “I’m very pleased the NSW Government is prioritising the educational needs of our young people, as our communities continue to grow. “Tweed Heads is an important, growing regional centre and investments in educational facilities will further build the capability and strength of this region, while supporting economic growth,” Mr Provest said. “The planning process

is well under away and I look forward to receiving community feedback. Many locals share my excitement and will be eager to learn more and to share their views.”

The upgrade at Tweed Heads South Public School will deliver 11 new permanent future focused learning spaces, a new library, a practical street entry, new canteen, new out

of school hours’ care facilities and improved playground and outdoor spaces. Education Minister Sarah Mitchell welcomed the news that the DA had been

submitted. “I’m glad to see that this upgrade is one step closer for the community. The Liberals & Nationals Government is committed to providing the very best educational facilities for all students and teachers to create a safer and stronger regional NSW,” Ms Mitchell said. “As Education Minister I want the community to know their children are learning in modern, inspiring facilities no matter where they live.” The NSW Government is investing $7 billion over four years, continuing its program to deliver more than 200 new and upgraded schools to support communities across NSW. This is the largest investment in public education infrastructure in the history of NSW.

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Brisbane woman calls for better representation of autism in media AS we begin Autism Awareness Month, it is incredibly important that we give underrepresented and misrepresented groups the opportunity to share their experiences and unique stories. This is the key message that Jessica Finn, a woman who is calling for the everyday reality of autism to become known, is aiming to highlight. Jessica is a 22-year-old Brisbane woman with autism who has a lot of say about how autism is currently portrayed in the media. “We’re not unintelligent, I’ve seen that shown in media a lot,” Jessica said. “People make movies about us and they will make us look like we’re so incapable. “There is no need to treat us like we’re still kids, even when we’re in our twenties. “I have thought we would have better representation [by now] but sadly I’m sort of used to seeing that right now for people who are deemed marginalised. “It makes people not very accepting towards me, but I hope it changes.” Jessica hopes that one day portrayal of characters with

Jessica Finn is working to shake common misperceptions during Autism Awareness Month. autism will align closer to real life, and all the success that people with autism are able to achieve. Jessica herself is a brilliant example, having spent her last year furthering her skills at STEPS Pathways College in the Sunshine Coast. As she resided in Brisbane at the time, Jessica originally undertook the online program before moving onto face-to-face classes when she moved into the Sunshine Coast area.

“I did the online program until October of last year,” Jessica said. “When I was in Brisbane, there was no STEPS, there was nothing like it. “I’m glad I found it, it is a really good place, for me it was the best decision I made last year.” Jessica’s hopes align with the launch of a national campaign with STEPS Employment Solutions entitled #SeeME.

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The campaign aims to dispel common misconceptions about hiring young people with a disability, mental health issue or other barrier to employment, and give the opportunity and space for more diverse stories to be heard. The campaign, which also features a video series, explores the realities of nine extraordinary individuals who face barriers to employment and highlights the importance

of concentrating on the abilities of job seekers. Jessica herself is interested in pursuing a possible career path that utilises her wild imagination and steady drawing hand. Undertaking a visual arts course at a local TAFE in her spare time, Jessica has been creating sculptures and drawing pictures. Currently keeping her projects under wrap, Jessica looks forward to putting some of her art online sometime soon. Jessica hopes that she will be able to make a career out of her art, and that employers will give her the same opportunity as others. In the meantime, Jessica is continuing to strive for her long-term goal of moving out of home and gaining her independence, which she says she is well on the way to with the help of her teachers at STEPS Pathways College. “It’s slowly getting better now; I’ve met a few people who have brought my spark back and I’m excited to see what happens when we start to give more people a chance,” Jessica concluded.

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In a world where there are probably enough tawdry matchmaking shows to fill a whole channel dedicated entirely to its cause, it was about time that we had our own local series committed to finding the cutest, most vulnerable, and loyal group a loving and safe home. It’s the show we all need: matchmaking for dogs. The tear-jerking, heartwarming first season was, of course, received with open arms. Tonight, season two premieres with a new kennel of unloved pooches looking for love. Just hold onto your heart, it’s an emotional ride. Tonight, homeless dogs, including Kevin the French bulldog, Sandy the shy terrier and a huge Newfoundland, meet their new families.

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How does legendary singer-songwriter Paul McCartney dream up his famous melodies? Well, it comes down to little more than the “magic” that The Beatles star describes. In his own words, writing songs is easy because “melodies just suggest themselves”. In this intimate interview, Golden Globe-winning actor and sometime DJ Idris Elba (pictured) picks the brain of McCartney about his life and career; it’s just a shame that Elba isn’t a gifted interviewer. Prone to murmuring, “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” as McCartney diligently answers questions, you could be forgiven for concluding that Elba is starstruck. Nevertheless, it’s a fascinating insight into a creative genius. 0904

FRIDAY, April 9 ABC TV (2) 6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.00 Stackorama! (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Back Roads. (R) 1.30 That Pacific Sports Show. (R) 2.00 Doctor Foster. (Mals, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (Final, R) 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. Costa Georgiadis builds a new garden bed. Sophie Thompson meets a philodendron fanatic. 8.30 Vera. (Ma, R) Part 3 of 4. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the murder of a promising university student. 10.00 Keeping Faith. (Ml) Evan delivers news that fills Faith with dread. 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 The Vaccine. (R) Looks at the COVID-19 vaccine. 11.35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) A satirical news program. 12.05 Fisk. (Ml, R) The office’s favourite temp returns. 12.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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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) 2.10 Watergate. (PGa, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Interviewer. (R) 3.40 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.20 The Kennedys. (PGa, 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: Spinout. (1966, G, R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Contestants race to answer quiz questions.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 MOVIE: The Last Mimzy. (2007, PGal, 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, R) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Egypt’s Apocalypse Volcano. (Mav, R) A look at the impact of a volcano on Egypt. 8.30 Secrets Of The Royal Servants. (R) A look at the servants of the royal family. 9.20 The Blitz: Britain On Fire. (PG, R) Part 3 of 3. 10.15 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 10.45 SBS World News Late. 11.15 The Last Waltz. (Ms, R) 1.20 Mr Mercedes. (MA15+) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Ed Halmagyi makes salmon gado gado. 8.30 MOVIE: The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. (2018, Ma, R) In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences under German occupation during the war. Lily James, Matthew Goode, Glen Powell. 11.00 Ambulance: Code Red. (Ma, R) Follows the work of an ambulance service. 12.00 MOVIE: Doomsday Man. (2000, Mav, R) A professor tracks down a virus thief. James Marshall. 2.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 5. Penrith Panthers v Canberra Raiders. From Panthers Stadium, Sydney. 9.50 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the Penrith Panthers versus Canberra Raiders match, with news and analysis. 10.35 MOVIE: The Man With The Iron Fists. (2012, MA15+lsv, R) Warriors clash in a feudal Chinese village. RZA, Russell Crowe. 12.30 New Amsterdam. (Mamv, R) The hospital is on lockdown. 1.20 Explore: The Gobbins. Takes a look at The Gobbins. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Living Room. The team renovates a cluttered home. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Ms, R) Graham Norton chats with actors Liam Neeson, Micheál Richardson, Rob Brydon, Tahar Rahim and Cush Jumbo, and Dragon’s Den’s Deborah Meaden. Music from singer-songwriter Laura Mvula. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Just For Laughs Australia. (Mls, R) Hosted by Tommy Little. 11.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

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VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Rostelecom Cup. Replay. 2.05 60 Days In. 2.55 Jungletown. 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 Dynamo: Magician Impossible. 9.20 How Sex Changed The World. 10.10 Sex In The World’s Cities. 11.05 Yokayi Footy. 11.40 News. 12.05am 24 Hours In Police Custody. 1.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Malaysia

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Rainbow Country. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Cities. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Against The Wind. (1948, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds, One Planet. 8.40 MOVIE: My Big Fat Greek Wedding. (2002, PG) 10.35 MOVIE: Up In The Air. (2009, M) 1am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 3.00 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 Star Trek: Enterprise. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 MacGyver.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 7.30 Little Men. (2016, PG) 9.05 Storm Boy. (1976, PG) 10.45 The Nutty Professor. (1963, PG) 12.45pm Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 2.35 The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. (1988, PG) 4.55 Looking Up. (2019, PG, Mandarin) 7.35 Get Low. (2009, M) 9.30 Love And Other Drugs. (2010, MA15+) 11.35 The Piano. (1993, MA15+) 1.50am You Disappear. (2017, MA15+, Danish) 4.00 A Cool Fish. (2018, M, Mandarin)

7MATE (63) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Big

Angry Fish. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Shipping Wars. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 2.00 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. 3.00 Storage Wars. 3.30 The Food Dude. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 4. Port Adelaide v Richmond. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 2.00 Social Fabric. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 The Nanny. 5.30 Children’s Programs. 5.40 MOVIE: Paddington. (2014) 7.30 MOVIE: How To Train Your Dragon. (2010, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: 21 Jump Street. (2012, MA15+) 11.40 Love Island. 12.50am Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 1.50 Dance Moms. 2.40 Peaking. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 11.00 The Unicorn. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Seinfeld. 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 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon 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 The Mix. 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.

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NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 8.45 Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Going Places. 11.00 Angels Gather Here. Noon MOVIE: Loving. (2016, PG) 2.10 Gifts Of The Maarga. 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 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Foreign Flavours. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 MOVIE: Mosley. (2019, PG) 9.10 First Nations Bedtime Stories. 9.20 Take Our Voices. 10.20 Message From Mungo. 11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Island Hunters. 8.00 Garden Gurus. 8.30 The Block. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Backyard Goldmine. Noon Fixer Upper. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 2.30 The Block. 4.00 Boomtown Builder. 4.30 Island Hunters. 5.00 Raising House. 6.00 House Hunters International. 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

Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 MOVIE: The Hunter. (2011, M) 10.25 Brush With Fame. 10.55 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 11.45 The Great Australian Bee Challenge. 12.45am Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Reno 911! 1.25 The IT Crowd. 1.50 Famalam. 2.35 Mock The Week. 3.05 News Update. 3.10 Close. 5.00 Grandpa Honeyant. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Pocoyo. 5.25 Late Programs.

11.55 School Of Rock. 12.45pm So Awkward. 1.40 Detention Adventure. 2.05 100 Things To Do Before High School. 2.50 Art Ninja. 3.30 Operation Ouch! 4.05 Little Lunch. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Katy. 8.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.50 Fruits Basket. 9.15 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.35 Radiant. 10.05 Close. 5.30am Voltron: Legendary Defender.

10.00 Cook Like An Italian. 10.30 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg. 11.30 Mystery Diners. 12.30pm Come Dine With Me UK Couples. 1.30 Asian Baking Adventures. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 New Caledonia. 4.00 All Things Sweet. 4.30 Oliver’s Twist. 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 Taste Of Shanghai. 9.45 Mystery Diners. 10.35 Cook And The Chef. 11.05 Late Programs.

Kitchen. 7.00 60 Minute Makeover. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Patrol. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 11.45 Late Programs.

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. 5.30 The Serve. 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, April 10 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 Ochres. (R) 1.30 Miriam’s Big American Adventure. (Ml, R) 2.30 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (PG, R) 3.30 Dream Gardens. (R) 4.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 16. Sydney FC v Melbourne City.

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 Small Business Secrets. (R) 2.30 Figure Skating. 2021 ISU World C’ships. Women’s competition. 4.10 Travel Man. (PG, R) 4.35 My Second Restaurant In India. (PG, R) 5.35 The Secret History Of World War II. (Final, PG)

6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. The Championships Day 1 and Neds Caulfield Race Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Cybershack. (PG) 12.30 Award Winning Tasmania. (PG, R) 1.00 Destination WA. (PG) 1.30 Explore. (R) 1.45 MOVIE: Me Before You. (2016, PGals, 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. 7.00 Escape Fishing. (R) 7.30 4x4 Adventures. (R) 8.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 GCBC. (R) 12.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 1.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.30 Buy To Build. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 2.30 Three Blue Ducks. (PGl, R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 To Be Advised. 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 The Durrells. (PGls, R) The family is settling into island life, but money problems remain a worry. 8.20 Finding Alice. (Ml) Meeting George leaves Alice shaken while she arranges a funeral for the man she loved. 9.10 Harrow. (Mav, R) Harrow investigates a baffling crime involving a woman who was murdered in her home. 10.00 Miniseries: A Very English Scandal. (Malsv, R) Part 3 of 3. 11.05 Doctor Foster. (Mls, R) Part 2 of 5. 12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (PG) 8.30 Britain’s Most Historic Towns: Roman Chester. (R) 9.25 MOVIE: Their Finest. (2016, Mals, R) Gemma Arterton. 11.30 MOVIE: West Side Story. (1961, PGav, R) 2.15 MOVIE: No Country For Old Men. (2007, MA15+v, R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 MOVIE: The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. (2019, PGav) The residents of Bricksburg face a new threat. Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks. 9.15 MOVIE: Holmes & Watson. (2018, Ml) Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson attempt to thwart an assassination plot on Queen Victoria. Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Rebecca Hall. 11.15 Police: Hour Of Duty. (Malv, R) Officers attend a notorious pub. 12.15 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 3. Tasmania SuperSprint. Highlights. 1.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. (PGa) Experts help people declutter their lives. 8.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible – Fallout. (2018, Mlv) A secret agent allows stolen plutonium to fall into the hands of an arms dealer. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill. 11.20 MOVIE: Sleepless. (2017, MA15+dlv) Jamie Foxx. 1.05 Cybershack. (PG, R) 1.35 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (PG, R)

6.00 Advancing Australia. Presented by Guy Pearce. 6.30 To Be Advised. 7.00 The Dog House. (Return, PG) Follows a team of devoted matchmakers as they pair homeless dogs with hopeful companions. 8.00 Ambulance. (Mdm) It is Halloween in London and a fire in a block of flats puts paramedics under pressure. 10.20 999: What’s Your Emergency? (Madl, R) Two vehicles are involved in a collision that has split one of the cars completely in half. 11.30 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

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. 9.15 Would I Lie To You? 9.45 Sammy J. 9.50 Insert Name Here. 10.25 Staged. 10.50 High Fidelity. 11.20 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 12.05am Escape From The City. 1.00 Joan Rivers: Don’t Start With Me. 2.10 News Update. 2.15 Close. 5.00 Grandpa Honeyant. 5.10 Timmy Time. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 11.30 SBS Courtside. Noon Basketball. NBA. Los Angeles Clippers v Houston Rockets. 2.30 New Girl. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Adelaide 36ers v Perth Wildcats. 7.30 Impossible Engineering. (Premiere) 8.30 The X-Files. 11.00 Dateline. 11.30 Insight. 12.30am MOVIE: Hyena. (2014, MA15+) 2.35 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Bargain Hunt. Noon Weekender. 12.30 Creek To Coast. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.15 Border Patrol. 3.45 Property Ladder UK. 5.00 Horse Racing. The Championships Day 1 and Neds Caulfield Race 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 Morning Programs. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 The Baron. 11.30 Avengers. 12.35pm MOVIE: The Sound Barrier. (1952, PG) 3.00 MOVIE: Kid Galahad. (1962, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: The Sons Of Katie Elder. (1965, PG) 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 8. Queensland Reds v ACT Brumbies. 9.45 Super Rugby Post-Match. 10.00 MOVIE: The Magnificent Seven. (1960, PG) 12.35am 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 Hawaii Five-0. 12.15am 48 Hours. 1.10 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 2. Grand Prix of Doha. Replay. 2.40 Escape Fishing With ET. 3.10 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 3.35pm Dragon Ball Super. 4.05 Little Lunch. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Miraculous. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Play Your Pets Right. 7.00 The Zoo. 7.20 Operation Ouch! 7.40 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.05 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.25 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.35 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Nutty Professor. (1963, PG) 8.00 Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 9.50 Looking Up. (2019, PG, Mandarin) 12.30pm Little Men. (2016, PG) 2.05 Land Of The Bears. (2014, French) 3.40 Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 5.10 The Flintstones. (1994, PG) 6.50 Storm Boy. (1976, PG) 8.30 Shutter Island. (2010, MA15+) 11.00 A Cool Fish. (2018, M, Mandarin) 1am Delicatessen. (1991, M, French) 2.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Step Outside. 10.30 Fish’n With Mates. 11.00 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. Noon On Tour With Allan Border. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 More Than 1000. 6.00 Counting Cars. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 4. Collingwood v GWS Giants. 10.00 MOVIE: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. (1998, MA15+) 12.15am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Ironman. Next Gen Series. 2.00 Road Trick. 2.30 Race Across The World. 3.45 MOVIE: Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip. (2015, PG) 5.30 MOVIE: The Phantom. (1996, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. (2012, M) 11.10 MOVIE: Dragonheart. (1996, M) 1am Love Island: Unseen Bits. 2.00 After The Raves. 2.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Carol’s Second Act. Noon The Big Bang Theory. 1.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Spyforce. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Man With A Plan. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 2 Broke Girls. 3.00 Mom. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 2.45pm Drum Beat. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 The Breakfast Couch. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 Q+A Highlights. 5.00 ABC News. 5.05 Planet America. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Landline. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.30 To The Stars: 100 Years Of The RAAF. 9.30 Back Roads. 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 12.35pm Come Dine With Me UK Couples. 1.35 Cook’s Pantry. 2.00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown. 3.10 Living On The Veg. 4.05 Late Nite Eats. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Cheese Slices. 6.30 Heston’s Fantastical Food. 7.30 Pacific Island Food Revolution. 8.30 Ainsley Eats The Streets. 9.30 Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure. 10.35 Great British Road Trip. 11.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 3.40pm Koori Knockout. Men’s. Second quarterfinal. Dindima v Narrandera Wiradjuri Warriors. Replay. 4.40 African News. 4.55 APTN National News. 5.25 Te Ao With Moana. 5.55 NITV News: Nula. 6.25 Going Places. 6.55 Yokayi Footy. 7.30 News. 7.40 Through The Wormhole. 8.30 Hawaiian: The Legend Of Eddie Aikau. 9.55 MOVIE: Dark Age. (1987, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Restored By The Fords. 11.30 Boomtown Builder. Noon Island Hunters. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Raising House. 2.30 Lake Life. 3.30 Pool Kings. 4.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 5.30 Hidden Potential. 6.30 Lawn & Order. 7.30 Making It Home With Kortney And Dave. 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 Racing Dreams. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 11.00 Fox Sports News. 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 Fox Sports News. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, April 11 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. (R) 11.30 Praise. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.35 Australia Remastered. (R) 3.30 Back Roads. (R) 4.00 Soccer. W-League. Grand Final.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Small Business Secrets. 7.30 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Speedweek. (R) 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. ProMX C’ship. Round 1. 3.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Tour Of Flanders. Men’s Race. H’lights. 4.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Tour Of Flanders. Women’s Race. H’lights. 5.05 Small Business Secrets. (R) 5.35 Hunting Nazi Treasure. (PGa, R)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 MOVIE: Jersey Boys. (2014, PGalsv, R) John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen. 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 The Xtreme CollXtion. (PG, R) 2.30 Driving Test. (PG, R) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 5. Wests Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. (R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Advancing Australia. (R) 12.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. (PG) 2.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R) 3.00 Roads Less Travelled. (PGl, R) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.30 Taste Of Aust. 5.00 News.

6.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PGa, R) 6.30 Compass. (PGa, R) 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. (Final) 8.30 Harrow. (Final, Mav) 9.20 Silent Witness. (Ma) 10.20 Top Of The Lake: China Girl. (Mals, R) 11.20 Devil’s Advocate. (R) 11.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 12.05 To Be Advised. 2.05 Keeping Faith. (Ml, R) 3.05 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 3.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Hindenburg: The New Evidence. (PG) 8.30 Lost Temple Of The Inca. (PG) 9.30 Sydney’s Super Tunnel. (R) 10.30 Who Gets To Stay In Australia? (Ma, R) 11.35 24 Hours In Police Custody. (Madlv, R) 12.30 MOVIE: Shutter Island. (2010, MA15+av, R) 3.00 Teenagers Vs Cancer: A User’s Guide. (PGal, R) 3.55 My Amazing Brain: Richard’s War. (Ma, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Dancing With The Stars: All Stars. (Return, PG) 8.30 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: A Killer Amongst Us – The Norfolk Island Murderer. (MA15+av) A look at the murder of Janelle Patton. 9.50 Declassified: The Royal Scandals: Queen Elizabeth – Love, Honour And Crown. (PGa) 10.55 Autopsy USA. (Mad, R) 12.00 The Guardian. (Madsv, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGals) 8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program. 9.30 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 10.00 Australian Crime Stories: Bodies Of Evidence. (Mav, R) Takes a look at Dr Colin Manock. 11.10 Shallow Grave. (Mv) 12.00 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. (MA15+adlv) 1.00 Destination WA. (PG, R) 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 Graham Norton Show. Guests include Sharon Stone. 8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. 9.30 FBI. (Mav, R) Jess LaCroix and his team from the FBI’s Most Wanted Unit help Omar Adom “OA” Zidan find a fugitive. 10.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mav, R) LaCroix’s daughter is taken away by ICE. 11.30 The Sunday Project. (R) Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: A Different Brain. 9.30 White Light. 11.00 Catalyst. Midnight David Bowie: Finding Fame. 1.00 You Can’t Ask That. 1.35 Restoration Australia. 2.30 Gruen XL. 3.15 News Update. 3.20 Close. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Pocoyo. 5.25 The Furchester Hotel. 5.40 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Outback Rabbis: Untold Australia. 1.00 New Girl. 2.30 WorldWatch. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Sydney Kings v South East Melbourne Phoenix. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Roubaix. Women’s race. 9.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. ParisRoubaix. Men’s race. 1.45am Lethal Ladies: NZ Female Fighters. 2.10 Alien Weaponry: Thrash Metal And Te Reo. 2.35 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 NBC Today. Noon The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 1.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 1.30 One Road. 2.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.00 Escape To The Country. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 Air Crash Investigation. 11.30 Mighty Cruise Ships. 12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 One Road. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Golf. US Masters. Third round. Continued. 9.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 9.30 My Favorite Martian. 10.00 The Avengers. 11.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 1pm The Garden Gurus. 1.30 Getaway. 2.15 MOVIE: On The Beach. (1959, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: Taras Bulba. (1962, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Chicago Med. 11.40 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. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 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. 3.05pm Top Chef Jr. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Miraculous. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Play Your Pets Right. 6.55 The Zoo. 7.40 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Storm Boy. Continued. (1976, PG) 6.40 Looking Up. (2019, PG, Mandarin) 9.20 Land Of The Bears. (2014, French) 10.55 The Flintstones. (1994, PG) 12.35pm Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 2.05 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 4.10 The Castle Of Cagliostro. (1979, PG) 6.10 The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 8.30 Infernal Affairs 2. (2003, MA15+, Cantonese) 10.40 You Disappear. (2017, MA15+, Danish) 12.50am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Fishing. Australian Championships. Barra. 11.30 River To Reef: Retro. Noon Blue Water Savages. 1.00 Fish’n With Mates. 1.30 On Tour With Allan Border. 2.00 Shipping Wars. 2.30 AFL PreGame. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 4. Melbourne v Geelong. 6.00 Towies. 6.15 MOVIE: Green Lantern. (2011, PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Avengers: Age Of Ultron. (2015, M) 11.20 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm MOVIE: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Rollercoaster Of Friendship. (2018) 2.30 Dance Moms. 4.30 Children’s Programs. 5.15 MOVIE: Turbo. (2013) 7.00 MOVIE: Hulk. (2003, PG) 9.45 MOVIE: Daredevil. (2003, M) 11.50 Love Island. 12.55am Dance Moms. 2.35 My Little Pony: A Decade Of Pony. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Carol’s Second Act. 7.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 9.00 The Neighborhood. 10.00 Neighbours. 12.30pm Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 1.30 The Unicorn. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends. 10.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Posh Frock Shop. 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1pm ABC News. 1.30 Q+A Highlights. 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 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Drum Beat. 8.00 Insiders. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Back Roads. 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Late Nite Eats. 2.00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown. 3.10 Living On The Veg. 4.05 Late Nite Eats. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 For The Love Of Bread. 6.00 Vanishing Foods. 6.30 Sourced. 7.00 Cook Like An Italian. 7.30 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking. 8.00 Michela’s Tuscan Kitchen. 8.30 Rick Stein: From Venice To Istanbul. 9.40 Top Of The Shop. 10.45 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Bowls. SA Super League. 10.30 Football. Monsoon AFL. Replay. Noon Rugby League. BHP Premiership. Womens. 1.30 Rugby Union. Monsoon Rugby Union. 3.00 Football. AFL. Heartland Footy. Murray League. 4.45 NT Football. 6.00 NITV News: Nula. 6.30 Art + Soul. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.40 Student Athletes. 10.15 Marn Grook. 11.10 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Maine Cabin Masters. Noon House Hunters Reno. 1.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 2.00 Island Hunters. 2.30 Lawn & Order. 3.30 Fixer Upper. 4.30 Making It Home With Kortney And Dave. 5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Restored By The Fords. 8.30 Unsellable Houses. 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 Fox Sports News. 1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 4.30 Fox Sports News. 5.30 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Sharri. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 8.00 In My View. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Late Programs.

MONDAY, April 12 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 The Durrells. (PGls, R) 2.00 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 The Repair Shop. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (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) 2.10 The Royals And The Tabloids. (PGa, R) 3.05 Who Do You Think You Are? UK. (PGa, R) 4.15 The Kennedys. (PGa, 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: Christmas In Conway. (2013, PGav, R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 2.30 Coastwatch Oz. (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. (PGals, 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, R) 1.00 The Living Room. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PGa) 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. Investigative journalism program. 9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Invisible Wars. (PG) 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.05 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (PG, R) 12.05 Wentworth. (MA15+adv, R) 12.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (MA15+, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Historic House Rescue. (PG) 8.30 Secret Scotland. (PG) 9.25 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Outlander. (MA15+) 12.00 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. (Madsv, R) 1.50 Asylum City. (Mlv, R) 3.20 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.25 Great Irish Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 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 Dancing With The Stars: All Stars. (PG) 9.00 Mrs Brown’s Boys. (Mls) Peggy Piper is released from prison. 9.45 Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney. (PGa) Idris Elba sits down for a chat with Paul McCartney. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Station 19. (Ma) 12.30 The Guardian. (Madsv, R) 1.30 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. 9.00 Law & Order: Organised Crime. (Premiere) 10.00 100% Footy. (M) 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 Extreme Planes. (Mlv, R) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 A Current Affair. (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. 7.30 What The Hell Happens Next? Explores what could happen in 2021. 8.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem. (PGa) Dave Hughes discovers he could be the reason a couple are seeking marriage counselling. 9.30 Best Of The Sydney Comedy Festival. (MA15+ls) Stand-up performances. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.00 The Project. (R) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.50 Magical Land Of Oz. 9.50 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (Final) 10.40 Escape From The City. 11.35 Extras. 12.05am Would I Lie To You? 12.40 Parks And Recreation. 1.00 Reno 911! 1.25 The IT Crowd. 1.50 The Umbilical Brothers: The Rehearsal. 3.20 News Update. 3.25 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 11.30 SBS Courtside. Noon Basketball. NBA. Portland Trail Blazers v Miami Heat. 2.30 When The Wind Changes. 2.50 Vote Yes. 3.05 The Curse Of Oak Island. 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. 10.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.40 MOVIE: The Saint In Palm Springs. (1941, PG) Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 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 Golf. US Masters. Final round. Continued. 9.00 Skippy. 9.30 Dangerman. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Elizabeth Of Ladymead. (1948) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 London Kills. 8.40 The Bill. 10.40 To Be Advised. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 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 JAG. 5.00 Star Trek: Enterprise.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 4.55pm Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Miraculous. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Land Of The Bears. Continued. (2014, French) 6.35 The Flintstones. (1994, PG) 8.15 Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 9.45 The Castle Of Cagliostro. (1979, PG) 11.45 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 1.40pm The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 4.00 Lassie. (2005, PG) 5.55 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 8.00 Pearl. (2018, M) 9.30 The Trouble With You. (2018, M, French) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (63)

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Engineering Connections. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Sound FX: Best Of. 12.30 Garage 41. 1.30 Engineering Connections. 2.30 Graveyard Carz. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 More Than 1000. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 8.30 MOVIE: The Equalizer 2. (2018, MA15+) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 2.00 Social Fabric. 3.00 The Break Boys. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: The Expendables. (2010, MA15+) 10.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 11.30 The Nanny. Midnight Love Island. 1.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 The Neighborhood. 8.00 Cheers. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 11.00 Friends. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Unicorn. 2.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 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 Seinfeld. 11.00 The Conners. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm 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. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Q+A Highlights. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Asian Baking Adventures. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 New Caledonia. 4.00 All Things Sweet. 4.30 Oliver’s Twist. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.30 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 8.30 Taste The Nation With Padma Lakshmi. 9.00 Tales From River Cottage. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.35pm Art + Soul. 2.35 The Kamilaroi. 3.00 Jarjums. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Foreign Flavours. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.15 News. 7.25 Unapologetically Me. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Living Black Conversations. (Return) 9.00 Karla Grant Presents The Kimberley Man. 9.30 Vote Yes For Aborigines. 10.30 News. 10.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Raising House. 11.00 Boomtown Builder. 11.30 Island Hunters. Noon Backyard Goldmine. 1.00 My Lottery Dream Home. 2.00 Restored By The Fords. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Boomtown Builder. 4.30 Island Hunters. 5.00 Unsellable Houses. 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 WIN News. 3.00 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 AFL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, April 13 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) 11.00 China Love. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Finding Alice. (Ml, R) 1.50 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 The Repair Shop. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (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 The Royals And The Tabloids. (M) 3.00 Living Black Conversations. (R) 3.30 I Am Black And Beautiful. (PGa, R) 3.40 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.15 The Kennedys. (PGa, 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: Hidden Family Secrets. (2018, PGav, R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PGl, R) 2.30 Coastwatch Oz. (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 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Jane Seymour. (PG) 8.30 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds: Week 2 – Memory. (PG) Part 2 of 5. 9.30 Laura’s Choice. (Madl, R) Part 1 of 2. 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.05 Q+A. (R) 12.15 Wentworth. (MA15+l, R) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (MA15+l, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 The Point. (R) 12.00 Box 21. (MA15+asv, R) 12.55 Borgen. (Mals, R) 4.20 Great Irish Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 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 Dancing With The Stars: All Stars. (PG) Hosted by Daryl Somers and Sonia Kruger. 9.00 The Good Doctor. (Ma) The residents eagerly accept a challenge from Aaron for the opportunity to join him in the operating room. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Station 19. (Ma) The crew is called to a department store fire. 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. The vows ceremonies conclude. 9.00 Botched: Most Shocking Patients. A look back at some patients. 10.00 Australian Scandal: Power And Passion. (Mdls) 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 Labour Of Love. (PGa) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 A Current Affair. (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 Cube. Game show in which sisters Lina and Nawal put their skill, nerve, agility and ability to the test. 8.30 NCIS. After Director Vance assigns special agents Tim McGee, Nick Torres and Ellie Bishop to COVID compliance duty at a foreign affairs summit, they uncover a link to another NCIS team’s murder case. 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.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7pm Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.55 Staged. 9.20 Extras. 9.50 Fisk. 10.20 High Fidelity. 10.45 In The Long Run. 11.10 Live At The Apollo. 11.55 Insert Name Here. 12.25am Mock The Week. 1.00 Why Are You Like This. 3.20 News Update. 3.25 Close. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Pocoyo. 5.25 The Furchester Hotel. 5.40 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Los Angeles Clippers v Houston Rockets. Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.40 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 Patriot Brains. (Premiere) 9.25 The Casketeers. 9.55 Travel Man. 10.25 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes. 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 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: Beautiful Stranger. (1954, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 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. 4.55pm Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Miraculous. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Black Narcissus. Continued. (1947, PG) 7.05 The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 9.25 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 11.30 Lassie. (2005, PG) 1.25pm The Castle Of Cagliostro. (1979, PG) 3.25 Dilili In Paris. (2018, PG, French) 5.10 Forever Enthralled. (2008, PG, Mandarin) 7.50 The Guilty. (2018, M, Danish) 9.30 Tschick. (2016, M, German) 11.10 Pearl. (2018, M) 12.40am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Engineering Connections. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 9.30 Outback Pilots. 10.30 Restoration Workshop. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 2.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Replay. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. (2011, M) 10.10 MOVIE: The Replacement Killers. (1998, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Cheers. 7.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Friends. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Unicorn. 1.30 Seinfeld. 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 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm 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. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Aust Story. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Asian Baking Adventures. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 New Caledonia. 4.00 Coastal Cookery. 4.30 Oliver’s Twist. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.30 Food Safari. 8.00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey. 9.00 Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Unapologetically Me. 12.15 Through The Wormhole. 1.05 Urban Native Girl. 2.05 Gifts Of The Maarga. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 First Australians. 7.30 The Point. 8.30 Benji. 10.00 Basketball. NBL. Replay. Midnight Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Beach Hunters. Noon House Hunters. 1.00 Flipping Virgins. 2.00 Fixer Upper. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Boomtown Builder. 4.30 Island 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 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 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 AFL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY, April 14 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 One Plus One. (R) 10.30 Gardening Aust. (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) 1.55 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (Final, PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 The Repair Shop. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (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 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 3.35 Great Irish Railway Journeys. (R) 4.10 Michael Portillo’s Abandoned Britain. (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: Britney Ever After. (2017, PGas, R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 2.30 Coastwatch Oz. (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 Driving Test. (PG, R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PGs) 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.05 Fisk. (PG) 9.30 Melbourne Comedy Festival: The Allstars Supershow Part 2. 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.50 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.05 Wentworth. (Ml, R) 12.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.30 To Be Advised. 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Tony Robinson’s History Of Britain. (PGan, R) 8.25 Sydney Harbour Patrol. (PGadl, R) 9.15 Departure. (Final, Mav) 10.05 SBS World News Late. 10.35 The Crimson Rivers. (Premiere, MA15+v) 12.30 The Night Manager. (Mv, R) 1.20 Counterpart. (MA15+v, R) 2.20 George Clarke’s Shed Of The Year. (R) 3.15 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 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 Highway Patrol. (PG, R) A drunk driver puts herself and others at risk. 8.30 MOVIE: Contagion. (2011, Mal, R) As a deadly virus slowly spreads throughout the world, the Centres for Disease Control must develop a vaccine. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law. 10.45 The Latest: Seven News. 11.15 The Front Bar. (M) Takes a lighter look at all things AFL. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (Return, PGls) 8.30 Amazing Grace. (Ma) Grace and Max confront parenting issues. 9.30 New Amsterdam. (Mamv) A doctor shakes up the status quo. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 The Enemy Within. (Mav) 11.50 Timeless. (Mv, R) 12.35 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. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Cube. (Final) Game show in which sisters Michelle and Sam put their skill, nerve, agility and ability to the test. 8.30 Bull. The founder of a trial consulting firm uses psychology and technology to win cases for his clients. 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.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 9.00 The Romantics And Us. 10.05 Restoration Australia. 11.00 White Light. 12.30am Louis Theroux: A Different Brain. 1.30 Parks And Recreation. 1.50 Reno 911! 2.15 The IT Crowd. 2.40 Mock The Week. 3.10 News Update. 3.15 Close. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Pocoyo. 5.25 The Furchester Hotel. 5.40 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Portland Trail Blazers v Miami Heat. Replay. 2.00 States Of Undress. 2.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 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 MOVIE: The Intervention. (2016, M) 10.10 MOVIE: Brigsby Bear. (2017, M) 11.55 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 One Road. 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 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: The Man Who Haunted Himself. (1970, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 To Be Advised. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 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 MacGyver. 4.05 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.00 The Doctors.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Lassie. (2005, PG) 7.55 Dilili In Paris. (2018, PG, French) 9.40 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 11.35 Forever Enthralled. (2008, PG, Mandarin) 2.15pm Legend. (1985, PG) 3.55 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 5.45 Delbaran. (2001, PG, Farsi) 7.35 Gone Are The Days. (2018, M) 9.30 Cyrano, My Love. (2018, M, French) 11.35 The Guilty. (2018, M, Danish) 1.15am Tschick. (2016, M, German) 2.55 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. 3.00 Classic Restos: USA Edition. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Engineering Connections. 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 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 2.00 After The Raves. 2.30 Ultimate Rush. 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: Mr & Mrs Smith. (2005, M) 11.00 Police Ten 7. 11.30 The Nanny. Midnight Love Island. 1.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Unicorn. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 11.00 Friends. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Murphy Brown. 2.00 Carol’s Second Act. 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. 11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 12.30pm Press Club. 1.35 ABC News Day. 3.00 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. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 One Plus One. 1.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 New Caledonia. 4.00 Coastal Cookery. 4.30 Oliver’s Twist. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.30 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape. 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. 2.30pm Water Is Life. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Foreign Flavours. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Wellington Paranormal. 8.00 Yokayi Footy. 8.35 Over The Black Dot. 9.30 NITV News Update. 9.40 Softball. SA Premier League. 11.10 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Building Off The Grid. 1.00 Boomtown Builder. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Farmhouse Facelift. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Boomtown Builder. 4.30 Island Hunters. 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.

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6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 11.00 Invisible Wars. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PGs, R) 1.30 The Weekly. (R) 2.00 Loch Ness. (Mav, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.00 The Repair Shop. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (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 The Royals And The Tabloids. (Ma, R) 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? UK. (PGa, R) 4.10 Michael Portillo’s Abandoned Britain. (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: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story. (2009, PGa, R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PGa, R) 2.30 Coastwatch Oz. (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 World’s Greatest Islands. (PG, R) 2.00 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 The Drum. 6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 Q+A. 9.35 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (Final) 10.05 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. (Final, PG) 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Miriam’s Big American Adventure. (PG, R) 12.30 Wentworth. (Mlv, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Mlv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 World’s Greatest Bridges. (PGa, R) 8.30 Trust Me, I’m A Doctor. (PG, R) 9.30 Shadowplay. (Final, MA15+) 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Baghdad Central. (Malv) 11.55 The Good Fight. (Mal, R) 1.00 Bosch. (MA15+v) 2.40 Cruising With Jane McDonald. (PG, R) 3.30 Secret Life Of The Airport. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 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) 8.30 MOVIE: Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011, Mls, R) A middle-aged man’s life changes dramatically after his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to reassert his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, who helps him get back into the singles’ scene. Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone. 10.50 The Latest: Seven News. 11.20 What The Killer Did Next. (Mav, R) 12.30 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 6. Brisbane Broncos v Penrith Panthers. 9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Manifest. (Mav) 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. (PGal) Lifeguards try to enforce social distancing. 8.00 Territory Cops. (Mv) 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. The squad rallies around Detective Stabler. 10.30 This Is Us. 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.

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6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.30 Hard Quiz. 9.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 10.25 You Can’t Ask That. 10.55 That Pacific Sports Show. 11.25 Magical Land Of Oz. 12.25am Parks And Recreation. 12.45 Reno 911! 1.10 QI. 1.40 In The Long Run. 2.05 The IT Crowd. 2.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 3.10 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 SBS Courtside. 10.00 NBA. Timberwolves v Bucks. 12.30pm Spitman. 1.00 MOVIE: Sunshine On Leith. (2013, M) 2.50 Jungletown. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.10 NBL: Overtime. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Taskmaster Norway. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 Future Man. (Return) 10.25 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 7.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon To Be Advised. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: Five Golden Dragons. (1967, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 Call The Midwife. 10.40 The Equalizer. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 NCIS. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 MacGyver. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 4.00 JAG. 5.00 ST: Voyager.

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6am Children’s Programs. 4.55pm Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Miraculous. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. (Final) 7.35 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Forever Enthralled. Continued. (2008, PG, Mandarin) 7.40 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 9.30 Legend. (1985, PG) 11.10 Dilili In Paris. (2018, PG, French) 12.55pm Delbaran. (2001, PG, Farsi) 2.45 White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 4.10 Mosley. (2019, PG) 6.00 Belle. (2013, PG) 7.55 Abe. (2019, PG) 9.30 Seven Psychopaths. (2012, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Engineering Connections. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 5. St Kilda v Richmond. 10.00 AFL PostGame Show. 10.30 MOVIE: Kickboxer: Vengeance. (2016, MA15+) 12.30am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 2.00 After The Raves. 2.30 Ultimate Rush. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Pacific Rim: Uprising. (2018, M) 9.40 MOVIE: Ghost In The Shell. (2017, M) 11.40 The Nanny. 12.10am Love Island. 1.10 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 11.00 The Unicorn. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Murphy Brown. 2.00 Carol’s Second Act. 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 Seinfeld. 11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm 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. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Back Roads. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Come Dine With Me UK. 1.30 Asian Baking Adventures. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Macao Gourmet. 4.00 Coastal Cookery. 4.30 Oliver’s Twist. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.30 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes: Another Helping. 8.00 Cook Like An Italian. 8.30 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Tayamangajirri. 2.30 Nyami Ngaarlu-Gundi Woman Of The Water. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Foreign Flavours. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 MOVIE: Cry Freedom. (1987, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Barnwood Builders. 1.00 Home Town. 2.00 How Close Can I Beach? 2.30 The Block. 4.00 Boomtown Builder. 4.30 Island Hunters. 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters International. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 10.30 Raising House. 11.00 Late Programs.

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6am Headline News. 8.30 News. 9.00 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 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 5.30 NRL Tonight. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 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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April 8, 2021

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Get ready for a season of stunning NORPA productions LIVE theatre in the Northern Rivers is back with vengeance this year, after the pandemic outbreak clipped its wings last year. Northern Rivers Performing Arts has announced its line-up for the year – two original productions, six national touring shows, one outdoor adventure, two classics and one big BIG musical. NORPA’s creative director, Julian Louis, has described the season as thrilling and packed full of cutting-edge performances, classic drama and sublime music. The two new NORPA works are Into the Forest and Flow, and an outdoor drive-in adventure Throttle. “This year we’re exploring lots of new places, including magical forests in our new work Into the Forest as well as the classic woods of Midsummer Night’s Dream when the acclaimed Bell

Shakespeare Company come to perform at NORPA,” Mr Louis said. “Our backyard’s deep and ongoing connection to country is examined with another new NORPA work,

Flow, a powerful story written and performed by Yaegl Bundjalung man Mitch King about our region and the first Native Title claim on a body of water in Yamba. “In the blockbuster musical

Once, easily one of the biggest touring productions we’ve ever had on our stage, an Irish bar is brought to life through a love story and song. “And we adventure outdoors and into the wild

mayhem of Throttle, a drive-in thriller performed on the grounds of Lismore Rugby Club – strap yourselves in for that one!” Other highlights in NORPA’s 2021 Season include physical theatre powerhouse Legs on the Wall bringing cutting-edge social commentary with the Man With the Iron Neck and Brunswick Picture House’s Cheeky coming to Lismore with a cabaret show that smashes together circus, vaudeville, comedy and burlesque!” Also visiting this year are Orwell’s Animal Farm performed by Shake & Stir Theatre Company and the Australian Chamber Orchestra Collective will perform Vivaldi’s masterpiece The Four Seasons. For more information go to www.norpa.org.au.

Renowned artists hail new contest

A FRESH LOOK AT THE DARK SIDE OF FAST FASHION IN 2019, regional artist Belinda Smith created a work for an exhibition in Brisbane, ‘A Fierce Hope’, which addressed a number of social challenges and enterprise initiatives. Her installation, ‘Blue Jean Sisters’ focused on the exploitation of human labour and environmentally destructive practices of today’s fast fashion industry. In creating her installation work, Belinda organised a series of sewing circle workshops across the region, including at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre and the Gallery DownTown, resulting in 1650 denim dolls being made from upcycled jeans. Belinda has re-visited this project in her latest exhibition, ‘After Blue Jean Sisters’, which continues on these themes. The exhibition is on display at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre until Sunday May 2. ‘After Blue Jean Sisters’ is installed alongside a series of new denim-based

works. These works use the byproducts generated from making the upcycled dolls, from the macro down to the micro, including the stitching on the denim. On Friday 16 April, 5.30-7pm, join Belinda in conversation with Linda Phillips, curator and designer of the Brisbane gallery, Adderton: house & heart of mercy - where ‘A Fierce Hope’ was staged - and gain insights into Belinda’s exhibition ‘After Blue Jean Sisters’. Places are limited and bookings are essential. Belinda will host a free Blue Jean Sisters stitching session on the final day of the exhibition, Sunday May 2 from 12-4pm. Drop in for an afternoon of sewing and shared stories. Participants can select a doll from Belinda’s installation and add embellishments. The decorated dolls will then be donated to Belinda’s nominated charity. For info on exhibitions visit artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/

ENTRIES are now open tomorrow in the inaugural National Capital Art Prize which offers a prize pool of $45,000 across one of the broadest criteria ever offered in Australian art. The National Capital Art Prize is making Australian art history as the only art competition to allow entrants to paint any vision, such as portrait, landscape or abstract, and use any medium including oil, acrylic, watercolour, mixed media, or pencil. In another unique aspect, each artist can enter up to four different paintings in any combination of the four main categories which include Open, First Nations Prize for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander artists, Landscape and Student. The Awards are expected to attract hundreds of entries with interest being extremely high following their announcement earlier this month. “The National Capital Art Prize is like a bright light at the end of a long tunnel as we artists emerge from COVID hibernation,” said renowned artist David Hinchliffe. Acclaimed artist, Herman Pekel, has also applauded the Prize. “What an amazing concept, a prize that covers many aspects of Australian art for all artists which also allows indigenous artists a forum as well as landscape artists,” he said. “Prizes of this magnitude increase the awareness of Australian art which has sadly been neglected. Some people interested in art and collecting art may be hesitant or not feel comfortable in a gallery, however a public event like the national art prize will attract many people to the arts,” Mr Pekel said. A two-tiered adjudication process

will see the best of the best selected as finalists for a further round of judging to decide the category winners. Entrants have a unique opportunity for exposure with all finalists’ work put on public display and made available for sale. Finalists will also have the chance to win the People’s Choice Award voted by the public. Director and founder of the National Capital Art Prize, Mr Bob Stephens, said he has been thrilled with the reaction to the Awards since the Prize was announced a few weeks ago. “The level of support and interest we have received reflects the need Australia has had for a forum where paintings of any type can be viewed, studied, critiqued and sold – all through one competition,” he said. “Australian artists have struggled for visibility over the last 12 months and these Awards give them a platform for exposure and commercial opportunity.” The 2021 National Capital Art Prize welcomes both established and emerging artists to submit pieces on any theme or genre. Entry is open to citizens and permanent residents of Australia over 18 years of age. Entries can be made via the Prize website National Capital Art Prize and close on July 1. Finalists will be announced on August 2 and displayed in a public exhibition in Canberra from September 18. All finalists’ works will be available for sale giving the artists a strong commercial opportunity. Further details are available at www. nationalcapitalartprize.com.au

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Grow Make Eat inspires holiday fun

VERONICAS

BACK ON TOUR THE pocket rockets of Australian music – Brisbane’s own The Veronica’s are heading to the Tweed for on June 6. The Veronicas, aka Jess and Lisa Origliasso, have just announced their first national tour in six years, including a concert in the Twin Towns Showroom. Tickets are now on sale for the long-awaited GODZILLA V HUMAN tour which will treat audiences to a unique experience as they’re taken aboard a flight simulation on Veronicas Airlines before the concert splits into two parts, providing a special performance that showcases the two very different sides of the sisters. GODZILLA is a high energy introduction into the alter ego of the pop stars, The Veronicas, and HUMAN will see Lisa and Jess strip it all back to their more vulnerable singer/songwriter roots. The concert is set to feature all

the fan favourites from across The Veronicas’ catalogue, as well as new music from their upcoming surprise two-album release GODZILLA and HUMAN. With chart success around the globe including double platinum status in the USA, they had nine top 10 hits in Australia including three Number Ones, several multi-platinum singles including Hook Me Up, You Ruin Me, Untouched and In My Blood, over half a billion streams, 175 million YouTube/Vevo views and 3.5 million social connections. The duo recently released their own ethical perfume brand, Untouched, starred in their very own MTV produced reality show Blood Is For Life and will appear in the coming months on Nine’s Celebrity Apprentice. The Veronicas, Twin Towns Showroom, Sunday, June 6, 7pm. Tickets from $79.90 plus booking fee. Book www.twintowns.com.au

Ballina Players head to Smokey Joe’s Cafe AUDITIONS will be called soon for the Ballina Players June Production – Smokey Joe’s Café. Players spokesman Mike Sheehan said the show was based on the songs of Leiber and Stoller. “Their songs were hits for Elvis Presley, The Coasters, Ben E King, Peggy Lee and the Monkees,” he said. “The cast is five males and four females.” Mike said Smokey Joes was the longest running Musical Revue on Broadway and it ran for 2036 performances, was nominated was times for best musical, and won a Grammy in 1996. “The show has 40 songs from the Rock n Roll era with no dialogue and

it is through choreography the cast interpret these songs in the style of this highly recognizable time in history – a time of petticoats, high heels, sneakers, sideburns, Jive, Boogie Woogie DriveIn Movies,” he said. Songs include Jailhouse Rock, Ruby Baby, Kansas City, On Broadway, Poison Ivy, Yakety Yak, Treat Me Nice, Hound Dog, Little Egypt, Love Potion No 9, Spanish Harlem and Stand By Me. “The show is just one fun song after another, it’s a feel-good fun musical,” Mike said. The production is scheduled June 1127 with 13 performances and auditions will be announced soon. For more information contact Paul and Sue Belsham on 0422 059 226.

PLANTING ideas in young minds will take on new meaning these school holidays when Tweed Regional Museum runs a unique activities program for children to coincide with the Grow Make Eat exhibition. In keeping with the theme of the exhibition, children will be able to grow their own seedlings, make a placemat for the dining table and enjoy a locallymade icy pole. The free program is designed for children up to 12 years old and will be held at the Murwillumbah branch of the Museum. Public Programs and Audience Development Officer Shannon Rees said the activities have been designed to help children understand the important role plants play in the food chain while also encouraging their creativity. Held in the Museum courtyard, children will be provided with seedlings, plant

pots, potting mix and instruction sheets on how to look after their plants, all provided by Council’s nursery. “Children will also be given a placemat template which they can decorate with stickers and craft pens in their own designs which will then be laminated so they can be used at home,” Ms Rees said. “After all that work, each child will be given

a free delicious Flyin’ Fox icy pole to enjoy another locally produced tasty treat.” The program runs from Tuesday 6 April to Saturday 17 April 2021 during Museum opening hours and will operate within COVID Safe guidelines. For more information about what’s on at Tweed Regional Museum, visit https://museum.tweed. nsw.gov.au/

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Tom Burlinson comes out swinging at Twin Towns HE rode down the mountain as the Man From Snowy River and now he’s coming to perform in the shadow of another mountain – Wollumbin (Mt Warning). Tom Burlinson brings his latest musical production Now We’re Swinging – a sensational salute to swing and the master of that genre, to Twin Towns, Saturday, April 10. Tom’s illustrious career stretches from acting and singing, to television host and theatrical producer. He first shot to stardom in the ‘80s when he was cast in the title role in the box office hit, The Man from Snowy River, which became one of the most successful Australian films ever made. This led to a string of starring roles in movies such as Phar Lap, Eureka Stockade, Flesh and Blood, The Legend of Kootenai Brown, The Man from Snowy River II, and many more. But Tom is a man of many talents and in the ‘90’s, he revealed that as well as being a talented actor, he also had an amazing voice and his first professional singing engagement was as the voice of the young Frank Sinatra in the Warner Brothers miniseries ‘Sinatra’.

More recently, Tom created and starred in the acclaimed theatrical production Frank – A Life in Song, which played highly successful seasons at premier venues around Australia, including Sydney’s Star City and Melbourne’s Crown Casino. Now, Tom has delved even deeper 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. “This music is, to a degree, timeless,” Tom said. “A lot of the songs in the show were written for musicals produced in the 20s, 30s and 40s. They have intelligent lyrics and melodic structure, and that’s why they’ve become classics of the genre.” Tom’s show includes the greatest songs from the era of swing, and the ones for which the individual singers became best known. “I have included classics from Tony Bennett, who

has fantastic pipes and was Sinatra’s favourite singer; Nat King Cole, who was smooth and jazzy; the multitalented, highenergy Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, who was the epitome of cool, and Bobby Darin who also had some big hits,” he explained. “I don’t set out to imitate how they sang these songs, but many of the arrangements in the show are based on the originals, whether by Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Quincy Jones and George Rhodes. If people know a song well, they’ll be familiar with our versions.” And of course, according to Tom his show would not be complete without a selection of Sinatra songs. “Many people who come to see the show will be expecting to hear Sinatra. For me, he was the greatest of them all, but that’s not to say

they weren’t all great,” he laughed. “Sinatra may not have had all the individual elements some of the other singers of the era had, but when Sinatra sang a song, it got sung!” says Tom, who has loved Sinatra’s music since he was a child. “When I was only three years old, I used to say to my mother ‘Put on the man in the hat’. That was the album A Swingin’ Affair, which had a picture of Sinatra on the cover in his trademark fedora.” Tom has included all-time greats, such as I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Summer Wind, That’s Life and Mack the Knife in the Sinatra segment of the show. Tom says swing has become ‘cool’ again due to the immense popularity and

success of artists such as Harry Connick Jr, Robbie Williams and Michael Bublé, who have added their own spin to some of the greatest swing songs. “If you like these people, you will like what I’m doing in this show. I’ve found that younger audiences don’t realise that these songs were originally written and performed back in the ‘40s and ‘50s. I like to set the record straight and make sure the audience knows who they originally done by. “I always joke that if the first time you heard this song was on a Michael Bublé album, look further back. There’s no doubt Bublé is a huge fan of Sinatra and there’s no doubt that Sinatra would love to know that a younger audience still loves his songs.” Accompanying Tom on stage will be a live band, including some of Australia’s best jazz musicians. Book now for an evening of timeless music with a dash of style as Tom Burlinson takes to the stage with Now We’re Swingin’. Tom Burlinson plays Twin Towns on Saturday April 10. Tickets are $49.00, check out the Twin Towns website for

TAKING CENTRE STAGE

By Tania Spiers-Phillips

However only half of that taking place – their dreams to ELEVEN years ago The play on a main stage at Byron Buckley’s (pictured) played will have to wait – at least for the Buskers stage at the now. acclaimed Bluesfest in their But the Gen Z trio have hometown of Byron Bay – just already achieved a lot in a as their career was starting off. short time including five So the Easter weekend million streams on Spotify promised to be a highlight for since launching in late 2019 young Byron siblings Sarah, or maybe having their debut Lachlan and Molly Buckley, single Daydream reach #1 on with them due not only to play the Australian Country airplay on one of the main stages at charts and their second single the Byron Bay Bluesfest on Coming for Ya (Love) reach Friday but on Saturday night number five on the same they head to Tenterfield for charts - where it remained for the inaugural Autumn Festival more than six weeks. – headlining the event’s main But though they are young – concert along with Shannon they are still old souls when it Noll. comes to music.

“We’ve been playing together all our lives, so we’ve always picked up instruments and jammed along in the living room together, I’d say it was 2011 that The Buckleys originally formed,” Sarah explained. “It was at a music festival (Tamworth) and we ended up getting top 10 in this competition that we didn’t know we were in. We got to play to a big crowd and that sort of gave us the buzz for music so ever since then we kind of took it a lot more serious than just the loungeroom. So we’ve playing since then.” The band who were Chris Murphy of INXS fame’s last passion project – they were the only other band signed to Chris and his Petrol Records label in a joint venture with Universal Music. It’s a big rap for the Byron Trio who, though they have some of the pop feel their stablemates, they are firmly country like a modern more pop savvy version of The Waifs

(more siblings). “We’ve kind of grown up with every kind of music,” Molly explained. “Our dad was a rock and roll drummer so rock and roll, pop, country, blues, funk – everything under the sun we’ve listened too and then just absorbed musically so I guess yes that’s kind of what we pour into what we create. There is kind of a whole lot of different colours in there. “Mum and dad made sure to show us all aspects I think,” Sarah added. “We are really drawn to the song-writing of country music so that’s naturally embedded in our sound, no matter how many colours come through on our album, or songs are released we’ve got those roots in country. “Nashville is kind of our musical home so we kind of have roots in a lot of different things. It’s what we love about music and what we love about creating music together.” In fact the latest single and album were recorded in

Nashville and you can’t get more country than that. “We have been planning to go Nashville since we were very young, Molly and I saved up all our money – I would have been 12 and she would have been about nine – we saved up all that money to get their and we eventually got their when I was sixteen. We didn’t know anyone in Nashville but we sort of started playing anywhere we could and eventually one think led to another and we ended up doing these co-writes with these amazing songwriters who have written the hits that we have grown up listening to.” Watch out for the Buckley’s as they tour and continue to hit the airwaves.See them: April 30 - Toowoomba, Queensland - Highfields Tavern - Supporting Casey Barnes; May 14 - Birtinya, Queensland - The Night Quarter - Supporting Andrew Farriss; August 26-29 Gympie Muster Festival; and October 1-3- Savannah In The Round.

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Ongmac can deliver what you need THE staff at Ongmac know a lot of people on the North Coast – and a lot about North Coast people, especially when it comes to their requirements for agricultural, construction and mowing equipment. Ongmac has been operating in the Northern Rivers for four decades. It is owned and operated by locals and employs locals (around 40 staff) so it’s hardly surprising that the Ongmac team understands their customers – they get us. Dean and Shane Marsh are the sons of Alec, who started the company back in 1982. Dean and Shane are equal shareholders in the business. Dean (pictured) is the manager of the Kubota Construction business and looks after corporate customer accounts. Shane Marsh is the agricultural division sales manager. Dean says about half of all customers are in farming and their main purchase is tractors, especially the Kubota tractor. Then a third of Ongmac’s customers are in construction, and their top purchase is excavators. The remaining customers are

shoppers in the market for gardening equipment – lawnmowers and hedgers. That means the Ongmac crew get to meet a cross-section of the community and that’s exactly the way they like it. “For close to 40 years, the Ongmac team have been providing honest advice about the brands of agricultural, construction and garden maintenance equipment,” Dean said. “This team has the experience to match people with the products that perfectly meet their needs and we provide the follow-up support you need.” Dean said it was this commitment to excellence that saw Ongmac customers returning again and again. “Ongmac Trading is determined to be the Northern Rivers company supplying the best brands in agricultural, construction, and mowing” he said. “We want you to be able to get out there and get the job done, knowing you have equipment you can trust, equipment that won’t let you down.” Dean’s father, Alec, set up the business in the garage of

his NRMA depot in Bangalow, in 1982. The business was first known as Devlin and Marsh. Dean and Shane say their father’s car repair business was soon overtaken by sales of farm equipment, mostly chainsaws and water pumps. Alec’s top sellers were two popular brands Onga Water Pumps and McCulloch Chainsaws. “The name Ongmac is a combination of Onga ‘Ong’ and McCulloch ‘Mac’,” Shane explains. But today the business stocks much more than just two popular brands – it

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$1.2 million to turn meat into a better soil solution by Halden Boyd SOUTHERN Cross University has emerged as the only member of the Regional Universities Network to be successful in the latest round of federal government research funding which will study amongst other things how meat by product wastage can improve soil quality. The university has been awarded $1.2 million from the Australian Research Council for two new Linkage Projects in collaboration with industry and community. “It’s great to see Southern Cross University performing well against other RUN universities, but it should be noted that we equalled or outperformed a number of Go8s (Group of Eight) and ATNs (Australian Technology Networks which is an amazing achievement for an up and coming regional university,” Professor Mary Spongberg the Deputy Vice Chancellor said. Researchers based in the university’s new Faculty of Science and Engineering are the recipients. Associate Professor Dirk Erler’s project aims to transform meat residue into agricultural soil improver in collaboration with Northern Co-operative Meat Company, the Queensland University of Technology, and the Justus-Liebig University of Giessen based in

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Associate Professor Dirk Erler

Hesse in Germany, and the Department of Regional NSW. The funding allocated for the innovative and ground breaking project is $510,507. The second project, led by Professor Bradley Eyre who is the founding director of the University’s Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry in collaboration with the University of Western Australia and Healthy Land and Water Limited, will use new innovative measurements and modelling to investigate nitrogen removal pathways of the coastal zone with $704,711 funding. This latest round of funding is Professor Eyre’s 30th ARC grant and his 11th Linkage Project. “The new Southern Cross Research Plan commits the University to producing regionally relevant, globally significant research. These Linkage-funded projects reflect this direction,” Professor Spongberg said. “The new Faculty of Science and Engineering

recognised and will help us build the new direction of the Faculty.” Professor Nick Ashbolt, the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, welcomed the successful outcomes for his colleagues. “The Linkage Projects scheme aims to promote national and international research partnerships to find real-world solutions to a wide array of issues.”

is committed to the circular economy whereby what was once considered waste is recycled and re-used, ensuring maximum benefit from our region’s valuable resources and providing long-term economic, social and environmental benefit.” “Ai offer my congratulations to these researchers because it is great to see their work with local industry being

“Our faculty’s focus, away from thinking of wastes for disposal to one of wastes as resources to be recovered, is doing just that,” Professor Ashbolt said. “Dirk’s project is developing resource recovery for a major agricultural sector in the Northern Rivers region and for Australia, and Brad’s work identifies the magnitude of

natural processes for ammonium/nitratenitrogen removal to harmless nitrogen gas rather than the greenhouse gas nitrogen dioxide, and it will also provide insights to how we can best restore impacted wetland ecosystems.” The ARC’s Linkage Projects scheme supports academics to work with industry, government and community organisation partners to tackle complex problems and fast-track solutions. The ARC’s chief executive officer Professor Sue Thomas said Linkage-funded projects initiate or develop long term research alliances that will apply advanced knowledge to problems as a basis for securing commercial or other benefits of research.

DETAILS OF THE SUCCESSFUL SCU PROJECTS Bradley Eyre, Unravelling how aquatic coastal networks regulate nitrogen removal, awarded $704,711 Nitrogen is essential for the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, supporting growth of algae and plants that provide food and habitat for other species. Human activity in coastal regions can cause aquatic nitrogen concentrations to become unhealthy, promoting algal and plant overgrowth which in turn reduces the available oxygen, making it less habitable for species like fish and crustaceans. The aim of this project is to identify the pathways of nitrogen removal from the coastal zone. This will facilitate better management of coastal regions to reduce the concentrations of nitrogen and its impact downstream, and emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas formed from nitrogen, both of which have economic consequences. It will support preservation of the natural beauty and rich biological diversity of Australia’s coast and the economic benefits associated with the multi-billion dollar tourism and fisheries industries. “This project will provide environmental managers the knowledge and tools to maximise nitrogen removal in estuaries and associated adjacent tidal wetlands but minimise the production of

nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas,” Professor Bradley Eyre said. “We are looking for naturebased climate solutions where we can manage our tidal wetlands to maximise environmental outcomes.” The partners in the research are the University of Western Australia, and Healthy Land and Water Limited. The three-year project is expected to start late 2021 and it will centre on south-east Queensland’s estuaries and wetlands.

emissions. This research aims to develop a new technology that can transform the organic residues from red meat processing into engineered hydrochars. These hydrochars will be customised to store soil nutrients, improve plant growth, and actively mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The outcomes of this project will reduce disposal costs, improve agricultural productivity, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, all of which will benefit the Australian economy. Dirk Erler, Transforming “This project is a win-win residues from meat processing for the meat processing sector into engineered soil as it will take wastes from the amendments, awarded $510,507 abattoir and convert it into ‘smart Red meat processing in Australia fertilisers’ that will improve is a $17.3 billion industry that pasture health and reduce employs thousands of workers greenhouse gas emissions,” across rural and regional centres. Associate Professor Dirk Erler However, the industry is said. facing significant challenges “As well as the direct including growing volumes of environmental benefits, this organic residues, for example gut project will also help red meat contents, that are an economic processers become carbon neutral, and environmental liability. giving Australian meat producers A typical medium-sized meat a competitive advantage in the processing facility can generate global marketplace.” over 4000 tonnes per annum of Partners are the Northern these organic residues which costs Co-operative Meat Company, the sector some $75 million in QUT, Justus-Liebig University of annual disposal costs. Giessen, and the Department of The current industry standard is Regional NSW. to compost organic residues and The three-year project will apply them to land, but compost be based in the NSW Northern does not retain soil nutrients and Rivers and is expected to start in can promote greenhouse gas July 2021.

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DAIRY WEATHERS GLOBAL STORM WITH STRONG RETURN TO PROFITABILITY THE Australian dairy industry has weathered the “severe global storm” and emerged in good shape with the southern export sector on track to report healthy profitability for the third consecutive season, according to Rabobank’s just-released dairy seasonal outlook. In its annual Australian Dairy Seasonal Outlook - In Pursuit of History, the agribusiness banking specialist says the industry, which has been plagued by market and climatic disruptions, is now “staring down history” with the prospect of a trifecta of profitable annual returns for dairy producers in the southern export region. Using the Australian Dairy Plan target – at AUD$1.50 EBIT/kgMS – as the profitability measure, the report says Victorian farmer margins exceeded industry targets in 2019/20 and are expected to again in 2020/21. And things are on track for a similarly strong result in 2021/22 in the majority of dairying regions in Australia. Rabobank senior dairy analyst Michael Harvey says “if successful, it would be the first time since benchmarking

began in 2006/07 that three consecutive years have exceeded industry targets”. Effectively marking the end of an extended period of lowmargin volatility, this return to profitability is “remarkable”, Mr Harvey says, “given the challenges the industry has had in previous seasons and that they have just come through a pandemic”. “The elevated outlook for the milk price is key to profitability,” he says, “but also favourable seasonal conditions and livestock trading conditions.” Mr Harvey says while many dairying regions in Australia are enjoying favourable seasonal conditions, there are some northern areas now grappling with floods. Favourable milk price outlook Releasing the bank’s milk price forecast for the 2021/22 season, Mr Harvey says Rabobank’s global market forecast points to an indicative weighted average farmgate milk price in the southern export region of AUD6.65/ kgMS – in line with current season expectations. “Price signals ahead of

the 2021/22 season remain favourable,” he says, “with the upside and downside risks to the global outlook more balanced then they were this time last year. That said, while the pandemic-related uncertainty has subsided, it has certainly not disappeared.” Mr Harvey says global freight and logistical challenges, which are complicating the outlook and market dynamics, are set to recede by mid-2021. But Chinese import demand, which has been robust, looks set to soften in the second half of the year. “This should see the global dairy commodity market near its peak when the 2021/22 season gets underway, however it should be a soft landing as global milk supply growth remains moderate, demand dynamics look set to improve and manageable inventory levels are held across supply chains,” he says. Mr Harvey cautions that while the global outlook is favourable, there are some downside risks associated with Chinese buying behaviour – in terms of potential trade disruptions and inventory levels – or if there was a

Good job by residents putting problem waste in the right place TOGETHER, residents across the Northern Rivers region have made a significant impact in reducing waste to landfill by using their local Community Recycling Centres or CRC, to dispose of their problem waste in an environmentally sensitive way. Karen Rudkin, CRC project coordinator at North East Waste said, “last year over 181 tonnes of household problem waste including batteries, paints, gas bottles, fluoro bulbs, oils and smoke detectors, were collected across the region and a massive 683 tonnes has been collected since the region’s 8 CRCs opened 5 years ago. That’s a lot of problem waste NOT ending up in landfill and instead being recycled or reused” Ms Rudkin said. North East Waste and your local council would like to say a big

renewed wave of COVID-19 infections in key markets before widespread vaccination occurs. Trading conditions to support farmgate margins The report says Australian dairy farmers are looking at a very favourable supply of home-grown feed in the 2021/22 season while improved water availability will give irrigators increased flexibility as they plan for the season ahead. Livestock trading conditions are also expected to remain buoyant with cull cow prices forecast to continue to trade above the long-term average – stabilising non-milk income – while the livestock export sector, for dairy heifers into China, is set to continue at pace for the next three years or more. Mr Harvey says given the stable milk price outlook, feed prices may pose the key risk to farmers’ margins ahead of the new season. While another big local winter grain crop is anticipated, following the good autumn break, there is upside risk to the local price outlook with weather-related

production issues in offshore markets, robust global demand and low stocks in key regions, he says. “The global fertiliser price spike is also a watching brief,” he says, “as the global market has been hit by a demand-led rally, exacerbated further by some short-term supply issues. While prices are expected to peak by mid-year, dairy farm businesses will need to budget for a lift in fertiliser spend.” Milk supply outlook Mr Harvey says sustained profitability of the Australian farmgate sector will flow through to milk production, with signs of recovery evident in the current season despite some hurdles. In 2021/22, Rabobank is forecasting Australian milk production to expand by 1.3 per cent to 8.8 billion litres, with Tasmania to lead this growth. “That said, yield improvement will be the key driver across the sector as herd constrains remain,” he says. “And with the cautious response to rebuilding the low national herd, it could constrain production in the short to more medium-term.”

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will assist your Council and the NSW EPA to continue to improve the delivery of this service free of charge.” To find out more or if you haven’t visited a CRC yet, to drop off problem waste for Free, check out your nearest one at www.newaste.org. au/crc and give it a go. This project is a Waste Less Recycle More initiative funded from the waste levy.

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April 8, 2021

46 RURAL NEWS

Grafton Cattle Market Report FROM TUESDAY 30 MARCH THERE were 217 head yarded at Grafton Fat Cattle Sale 30th March 2021. Surprisingly there was only a small yarding this week, even though there was no sale last week and a moderate ﬂood in the lower Clarence. One major export processor is out for a fortnight which saw a cheaper trend for bullocks, quality was also a factor. Heavy cows sold fully ﬁrm while restockers sold to similar rates across the better quality calves. Cattle lacking quality sold to cheaper rates. Sale Highlights include:

A/c Doug Whitehead sold Angus Cross Steers 317.2c/kg averaged 557.5kg $1,768.39 p/hd. A/c Doug Whitehead sold Angus Steers 448.2c/kg averaged 355.8kg - $1,594.85 p/ hd. A/c B & BH Guest sold Angus & Charolais Cows 293.2c/kg averaged 725kg - $2,125.70 p/hd. A/c CO Austen & Sons sold Angus Cows 289.2c/kg averaged 650kg - $1,879.80 p/hd. A/c M McKeown sold a Charolais Bull 289.2c/kg weighed 740kg - $2,140.08.

Casino Cattle Market Report FROM SALES LAST WEEK TORRENTIAL rain and ﬂooding throughout the state led to a small yarding of only 198 head at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange regular prime sale on Wednesday 24 March. The yarding consisted mainly of young cattle with a small number cows. Quality was good with a number of restockers in attendance. Cow prices remained steady with an average of 263.3c/kg and top price of 296.2c/kg. 1 head sold for a top return of $2,095.68. Cows and calves topped their market at $1,920.00. Heifer prices were consistent reaching a top of 594.2c/ kg and averages of 457.3c/kg and 262kg. 1 heifer sold achieved a return of $1,792.01 Steer prices saw a slight increase with 53 head sold. Steers sold to a top of 726.2c/kg and averaged at 504.1c/kg and 265kg with 1 head selling for a return of $2,125.27. Vealer prices remained steady this week with 53 head yarded. Prices reached 688.2c/kg and averages of

546.6c/kg and 228kg. 1 head sold saw a return of $1,662.27. George and Fuhrmann held day one of their two-day annual weaner sale on Thursday 25 March with 3,394 quality European weaners yarded. Heifers reached a top of 640.0c/kg and averaged 557.6c/kg and 291kg. Steers averaged 562.9c/ kg and 318kg with a top price of 700.0c/kg. Top price of the day was $2,356 for 1 Charolais X steer. Day two on Friday 26 March saw a yarding of 2575 Santa Hereford and Cross Breed cattle with prices remaining strong. Heifers reached a top of 674.0c/kg, average price of 597.1c/kg and average weight of 283kg. Steers averaged at 555.7c/ kg and topped the market at 662.0c/ kg with an average weight of 302kg. Top price of the day was $2,240 for 1 Santa X heifer. Friday 9 April will see T&W McCormack and Ramsey and Bulmer hold a special store sale at the NRLX.

A/c DC & LJ Essex sold a Charolais Cross Vealer Heifer 450.2c/kg weighed 315kg - $1,418.13. A/c DC & LJ Essex sold Brangus Vealer Steers 606.2c/kg averaged 218.3kg $1,323.54 p/hd.

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Lismore Cattle Market Report FROM TUESDAY 30 MARCH Medium steers sold from $5.40 to $6.25/kg. 150 CATTLE were sold at the Lismore Saleyards Most heifers sold from $4.80 o $5.40/kg. on Tuesday 30th. A handy lot of cows were sold, most in the It was a pretty good quality yarding and prices $2.40 to $2.75/kg range. remained high. Ryan Collins 6 teeth Angus heifer topped the Heavy weaner steers sold from $4.40 to $5.25/ day at $2.98/kg, $199. kg for healthy returns of $1,430 to $1,716.

FROM SATURDAY 27 MARCH 360 CATTLE were sold at the Lismore Store Sale on Saturday 27-3-21. A good line up of heavy weaner steers sold from $4.88 to $5.70 c/kg. Gary and Maria Tullys’ Santa X Charolais steers sold for $5.26 c/kg, $1745. Weaner steers weighing in the 200 to 220kg range sold at top rates $6.30 to $6.70 c/kg. Marion Crawfords line of Angus steers $6.38 c/kg, $1446. Rick Larssons Angus steers $6.70 c/kg, $1465. Weaner heifers proved popular with good

quality lines in the $4.70 to $6.20 c/kg range, depending on weight. Ray Somervilles line of nine month old Charolais X heifers topping at $1606. Cows and Calves were in scarce numbers with most selling between $2300 to $2700. Our next sale will be a breeder sale on the 17th of April comprising of cows and calves and heifers joined to springing. With a Store sale the following Saturday the 24th of April. Bookings currently being taken for both sales.

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'OUR CLIENTS COME FIRST" 217 cattle yarded at Grafton yesterday. Bullocks to processor sold to 330c/kg. Feeder steers sold between 340c/kg to 428c/kg. The best of the cows sold to 294c/kg to see cows average 275c/kg. Restockers were very strong again and which pushed weaner steers to 642c/kg. Some dates to remember, our next Special Store Cattle Sale is on the 15th of April and the Annual Feature Weaner Sale is on the 6th of May.

A/c W & S Donoghue sold Santa Vealer Steers 544.2c/kg averaged 278.8kg $1,516.96 p/hd. A/c Robert Pike sold Red Poll Vealer Heifers 520.2c/kg averaged 195kg $1,014.39 p/hd.

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April 8, 2021

RURAL NEWS

NRLX records break $10m barrier at upgraded Casino livestock facility Story compiled by Halden Boyd IN WHAT has been described an inspirational turnaround since the devastating 2019 bushfires the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange (NRLX) has celebrated its biggest ever week of sales in March, with combined revenue from three days of sales exceeding $10 million, following uncertainty spanning back to just before 2016. Day one of the annual George and Fuhrmann weaner sale was held on Friday 12th March 2021 saw 1482 cattle sold, generating $2.3 million in revenue which turned heads in the industry which for over almost half a decade saw a roller coaster ride of very concerning uncertainty. The second day on the 25th March 2021 saw 3394 cattle sold for a total of $5.8 million, at an average of $1716 per head, smashing the previous single day record of $4.7 million. The following day saw more than 2575 head with another $4.3 million in revenue generated in a sale which turned heads in the local industry. NRLX operations manager Brad Willis said the sale results undoubtedly proved

the strength of the region’s market. “Many buyers commented it was the strongest sale they had ever seen, including several who came from as far afield as the Victorian border,” Mr Willis said. “Demand for high quality cattle remains exceptionally strong, and it’s fair to say the selection of cattle on sale at the sales was some of the best quality stock in the country.” “These animals have been highly sought after for their reliability and performance, with plenty of repeat buyers

from previous years coming from across NSW and Queensland.” “People have made comment over the last few weeks that the Casino market is so strong and that the prices are unbelievable,” he said. Mr Willis said it was a stunning reversal of fortune after the drought, which ended with the bushfire disaster seeing herds across the region dwindle. “Many of the local producers who sell their stock through the NRLX were hand feeding their herds at the peak

of the drought in mid-2019. Then many were hit by the fires,” he said. “For vendors it was an exceptional result to bounce back so strongly, with such high quality stock after the shock of 2019.” “It is also a credit to those who were able to nurse and retain their stocks through the drought.” “They’ve invested a lot to get their stock back to this point and they’ve produced an exceptional result.” Mr Willis said the results also showed the commitment NRLX-based livestock agents had for their clients. “The positive relationships being built between all stakeholders who use our facility are an important factor in this successful year,” he said. As the current boom in cattle prices showed no signs of abating, Mr Willis said the NRLX was well positioned as a modern, industry-leading facility which vendors and buyers could rely on. “Our technological

infrastructure, safety, animal welfare and environmental standards here are worldclass,” he said. “We are regularly making adjustments to improve the experience for our buyers and vendors at the sales.” Mr Willis said the results vindicated the $14 million investment in upgrading the new covered NRLX facility which was funded jointly by the NSW government, and supported by the Richmond Valley Council. Even prior to the devastating 2018-2019 drought Richmond Valley Council back in 2016 even discussed the idea of selling off the the NRLX saleyards complex because of costs in running the facility being marginal. However this was avoided after that NSW government and the Federal government stepped up to the plate offering funds which saw the facility improved. Those decisions saved the NRLX from a very uncertain state at the time even before when the drought hit hard.

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April 8, 2021

48 GARDENING

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THESE plants of the rainforest edge all adapt well to garden planting and are all attractive to birds or bees. Smooth or tree lomatia Lomatia arborescens, is a shrub or small tree that, in the wild is only found at high altitudes north from the Barrington Tops area in or adjacent to rainforests. However, it will grow in other areas and is a hardy plant which does best in shady positions in a variety of climates. It prefers moist, well drained soils. Although it is not a spectacular flowering species, the dense, bushy habit and attractive foliage make it a good garden plant. The flowers which appear in summer and early autumn, are cream in colour, and perfumed. They are followed by dry fruits. The leaves usually have serrated margins creating quite beautiful light green foliage. This plant can be an effective screening plant for shady areas. Lomatia species belong to the Proteaceae family making them first cousins to grevilleas. They are not as showy as the grevilleas though the form of the flower is similar to some of the east coast grevilleas. It is a relatively slow grower but it is worth persisting. It is attractive to some of the native bees and will tolerate moderate frosts. Orange thorn Pittosporum multiflorum is, as its name implies and thorny shrub with small orange fruit. It

Smooth or tree lomatia (Lomatia arborescens) can grow to around three metres with dense thorny foliage which provides a safe habitat for small birds. Orange thorn is usually is found in volcanic soils, in or near rainforest areas. It produces small greenish-white tubular flowers, in spring and summer. However in spite of its name ‘multiflorum’, meaning many flowered, it does not produce its flowers in a great numbers but they are quite beautiful. The orange fruit following is very attractive displaying well against the dark leaves of the plant. This slow growing plant does best in a protected or shady site. While a little scruffy in the wild, it will respond well to light pruning in the garden. There is evidence that the fruits were eaten by aborigines and it is said to have an average tang similar to an orange. The fruit

is certainly loved by the local native pigeons. They have been planted successfully in the rainforest gully of the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra. Bleeding heart Homalanthus populifolius, is a small tree or shrub that can grow up to eight metres in the wild but usually half that size in cultivation. It is a rainforest plant that often appears in areas of rainforest disturbance.

Bleeding heart (Homalanthus populifolius)

Orange thorn (Pittosporum multiflorum) The leaves are triangular, and turn red when aging, appearing as splashes of red at any time of the year. Hence the common name of bleeding heart. Flowers are yellow green to red appear on racemes mostly in spring and early summer and the fruit matures from December to March. The fruit is a favourite food of the brown cuckoo dove, silvereye, Lewin’s honeyeater and other birds. Its speed of growth, small

size and decorative red leaves make this an attractive garden plant. Because the birds carry the seed around the country this plant will often appear as a self seeder in your garden. If you don’t want it just pull it out while young. But it is worth keeping if in the right position. It prefers a sheltered frost-free site in full sun.

THERE will be a guided walk of the Lismore Rainforest Botanical Gardens with Tim for 1 hour on Sunday 25th April at 10 am. Gate opens at 9am. Slight incline, paved and unpaved sections. Wear sturdy shoes, hat and stay to share morning tea with the Friends. Gold coin donation. Bookings are essential because of limited numbers. Email publicity@ friendslrbg.com.au There will also be a work morning for volunteers - gate opens 9am, help keep the gardens beautiful until 11am. Bring water, wear long sleeves and pants and hat. Bring morning tea and water. Call 0450 596 705 for more info.

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April 8, 2021

LET’S COOK 49

A light and bright pasta bowl with pesto chicken, this Italian-inspired recipe makes a great weeknight meal. Ingredients • • • • • • •

375g pkt fresh fettuccine 1 tbs olive oil 500g RSPCA Approved Australian Chicken Thigh Fillets, sliced 250g vine-ripened cherry tomatoes 290g jar Italia Piccante Tomato And Chilli Pesto or Tomato Pesto 60g pkt Australian Baby Rocket

Method Step 1 Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of boiling water following packet directions or until al dente. Drain, reserving ½ cup (125ml) of cooking liquid.

Ingredients 225g (1 1/2 cups) plain flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder Large pinch of salt 185ml (3/4 cup) buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 125g unsalted butter, at room temperature, chopped 110g (1/2 cup) white sugar 1 egg Black and white icing 300g (2 cups) icing sugar mixture 2 teaspoon unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 1/2 tablespoon warm water 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 25g dark chocolate, chopped Method Step 1 Place the flour, baking

powder and salt in a bowl. Whisk to combine. Whisk together the buttermilk and vanilla extract in a jug. Step 2 Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan forced. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Use electric beaters to beat the butter and sugar in a bowl for 10 minutes or until very pale and creamy. Add the egg and beat to combine. Gradually beat in the flour mixture and buttermilk mixture, in alternating batches, until the mixture just comes together. Step 3 Place 1/4 cupfuls of the mixture onto the prepared trays. Use a palette knife to spread slightly and shape into cookies. Bake for 17 minutes or until lightly

Step 2 Meanwhile, heat oil in a large, deep non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook half the chicken, stirring, for 3 mins or until golden brown and cooked through. Transfer to a plate. Cover with foil to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining chicken. Step 3 Add the tomatoes to the pan and cook for 3 mins or until the tomatoes begin to collapse. Remove from heat. Transfer tomatoes to a separate plate. Step 4 Return chicken to pan with the pasta, pesto and reserved cooking liquid. Season. Toss to combine. Stir in the rocket. Top with the tomatoes.

golden and cooked through. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Step 4 For the icing, combine the icing sugar mixture, butter, water and vanilla in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until smooth. Use a palette knife to spread half the icing over one half of each of the biscuits. Set aside to set. Add the chocolate to the remaining icing. Place the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and stir until the chocolate melts and mixture is smooth. Use a palette knife to spread the chocolate icing over the remaining half of each of the biscuits. Set aside to set.

The Northern Rivers Times

April 8, 2021

50 HEALTH FIRST HUMAN TRIALS UNDER WAY FOR SCAR-LESS WOUND HEALING CREAM Researchers from The University of Western Australia have partnered with industry to conduct a worldfirst study to investigate a new product that has the potential to prevent or reduce scars forming after trauma and particularly following burn injury. Dr Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts Dr Mark Fear and Professor Fiona Wood, from UWA Medical School and the Skin Integrity Research Institute UWA, are working with industry partner pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis Ltd, clinical trials facility Linear Clinical, the Burn Injury Research Unit and Burns Service at Fiona Stanley Hospital. Dr Sandy-Hodgetts said skin scars placed a substantial physical and psychological burden on patients. “Current treatments aim to rectify the scar in the acute phase such as during wound

Stroke Foundation has urged people of Page to learn the F.A.S.T. (Face. Arms. Speech. Time) signs of stroke and to call triple zero (000) immediately at the first sign of stroke. Young Page resident, Jess Thodey is a survivor of stroke. Jess would like to warn her community that stroke is always a timecritical medical emergency that needs urgent intervention. “By learning the F.A.S.T. signs of stroke, you could save the life of a friend, family member or

Australian Red Cross is urging people affected by the floods disaster to take action to protect their psychological wellbeing, during and after the disaster. “Emergencies like this are some of the most stressful experiences we can have. Living through it can leave people emotionally and physically exhausted,” Australian Red Cross National Recovery Adviser Dr. Kate Brady says. “As we process the stress of such an event, with many unable to access their home, it’s normal to not feel like yourself. However, there are simple things we can do. Pace yourself and ask people around you for help.

healing and scar maturation through options such as compression therapy, silicone gel sheeting or when the scar is established by cryotherapy, scar revision or laser with limited outcomes at times,” Dr Sandy-Hodgetts said. “This new compound may potentially avoid the need for invasive procedures such

as further surgery or laser procedures.” The world-first human trial led, by Professor Wood and Dr Sandy-Hodgetts, aims to to determine the safety and tolerability of the product in healthy volunteers, which will lead to further trials in burns and surgical patients. “Scar formation following

surgery has a huge impact on patient wellbeing and how they feel about themselves,” Dr Sandy-Hodgetts said. “What we’re hoping is that this new cream may have the potential to improve scar outcomes in patients following surgery. Professor Fiona Wood said it was exciting for the research

neighbour,” Jess said. It comes after an online survey, facilitated by Colmar Brunton and funded by the Australian Government, found only 28 percent of local residents could recognise facial droop as a sign of stroke unprompted. Stroke Foundation New South Whales State Manager Rhian Paton-Kelly said these numbers were incredibly concerning as the federal electorate division of Page was a stroke hot spot. An estimated 231 new strokes were expected to be

experienced by the people of Page this year alone. 3960 residents are living with the effects of stroke. “The first step in ensuring better outcomes from stroke is getting to hospital quickly, and that means recognising the F.A.S.T. signs and calling triple zero (000) immediately,’’ Ms Paton-Kelly said. “When a stroke strikes the brain, it kills up to 1.9 million brain cells per minute, but quick treatment can stop this damage. Time saved in calling an ambulance

and accessing treatment for stroke is brain saved,” “Stroke can strike anyone of any age, even babies and children can have strokes.” Ms Paton-Kelly added, stroke was one of this country’s biggest killers and a leading cause of disability, but stroke can be prevented and it can be treated. “I urge everyone to find out more about stroke and learn the F.A.S.T. message, share it with your friends, family and colleagues,” she said.

Chat to people about your experiences, and listen to others without judgment. “There are lots of emotions people can feel after a major crisis, such as shock, numbness, fear, helplessness, anger and

frustration. Many of these feelings will not be present immediately, and some can take months or even years to develop. People also need to look after themselves physically, Dr. Brady says. “Physical

health can be directly affected by an emergency, including difficulty sleeping, muscular tension, and inability to concentrate.” Red Cross personal support volunteers remain on hand at recovery

team to explore a novel path to reduce scarring and to be moving closer to that goal. “Scar-less healing is the vision that has motivated our work over many decades,” Professor Wood said. Pharmaxis CEO Gary Phillips said the company was very excited to see its expertise in fibrosis being applied to help patients with scarring. “We have had a long and productive collaboration with researchers at UWA and this world-first trial of our drug PXS-6302 will establish whether the remarkable results seen in the pre-clinical models can be replicated in patients,” Mr Phillips said. “Scarring can have a devastating and life-long impact on people who have suffered traumatic injuries. A topical cream to reduce scarring would have a significant role in treatment”.

“It could save a life.” The F.A.S.T. test is a simple way we can all learn and remember the signs of stroke: • • • •

Face: Check their face. Has their mouth drooped? Arms: Can they lift both arms? Speech: Is their speech slurred? Do they understand you? Time is critical. If you see any of these signs call triple zero (000) immediately.

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April 8, 2021

HEALTH

New survey from People’s Vaccine Alliance shows urgency of vaccinating all countries Epidemiologists, from some of the world’s leading academic institutions, delivered a stark warning today of the risk the world is taking by failing to ensure all countries have sufficient vaccines to protect people from COVID-19. In a survey of 77 epidemiologists from 28 countries, carried out by The People’s Vaccine Alliance, two-thirds thought that we had a year or less before the virus mutates to the extent that the majority of first-generation vaccines are rendered ineffective and new or modified vaccines are required. Of those surveyed, almost a third gave a timeframe of nine months or less. Fewer than one in eight said they believed that mutations would never render the current vaccines ineffective. The overwhelming majority - 88 per cent - said that persistent low vaccine coverage in many countries would make it more likely for vaccine resistant mutations to appear. The People’s Vaccine Alliance, a coalition of over 50 organisations including African Alliance, Oxfam, Public Citizen and UNAIDS warned that at the current rate it was likely that only 10 per cent of people in the majority of poor countries will be vaccinated in the next year. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed - who included epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists from institutions including Johns Hopkins, Yale, Imperial College, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Cambridge University, the University of Edinburgh and The University of Cape Town - said that open sharing of technology and intellectual property could increase global vaccine coverage. The People’s Vaccine Alliance is calling for the lifting of pharmaceutical monopolies and the sharing of technology to

urgently boost vaccine supply. Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, said: “The more the virus circulates, the more likely it is that mutations and variants will emerge, which could make our current vaccines ineffective. At the same time, poor countries are being left behind without vaccines and basic medical supplies like oxygen. “As we’ve learned, viruses don’t care about borders. We have to vaccinate as many people as possible, everywhere in the world, as quickly as possible. Why wait and watch instead of getting ahead of this?” While he didn’t specify a timeframe, Gregg Gonsalves, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Yale University, echoed the urgency to vaccinate globally. Gonsalves said: “With millions of people around the world infected with this virus, new mutations arise every day. Sometimes they find a niche that makes them more fit than their predecessors. These lucky variants could transmit more efficiently and potentially evade immune responses to previous strains. Unless we vaccinate the world, we leave the playing field open to more and more mutations, which could churn out variants that could evade our current vaccines and require booster shots to deal with them. “We all have a selfinterest in ensuring that everyone around the world, no matter where they live have access to COVID-19 vaccines. The virus doesn’t

respect borders and new variants somewhere on the planet mean none of us are safe.” Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA and Professor in Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University, said: “As nations start to expand their vaccination programmes we are once again reminded about our inter-dependence. High coverage rates and herd immunity in one country or region of the world while others, particularly low- and middle-income countries, continue to wait in line will create the perfect environment for the virus to continue to mutate and negate the benefits of any vaccine protection. “In contrast, there are enormous benefits for everyone to have more equitable access to available doses of vaccines and achieve herd immunity globally sooner. As scientists, advocates, and decisionmakers we must ensure that as many people are vaccinated all over the world and as soon as possible so that we can all focus our efforts in rebuilding our communities, livelihoods, and economies and know that we are all safe from COVID-19 and be better prepared for the next pandemic.” The survey shows that it is imperative for the safety of all citizens in all countries that people in developing countries are vaccinated as soon as possible. Failure to tackle global vaccine inequality heightens the risk of further mutations. Despite this imperative, rich country defence of the monopolies of pharmaceutical giants mean that global supplies

are being artificially rationed, with a handful of companies deciding who lives and who dies. Earlier this month, rich countries blocked a proposal to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines. The People’s Vaccine Alliance urges them to reconsider when talks resume at the World Trade Organisation in April. The Alliance is also calling for all pharmaceutical corporations working on COVID-19 vaccines to openly share their technology and

intellectual property through the World Health Organization COVID-19 Technology Access Pool, in order to speed up and ramp up the production and rollout of vaccines to all countries. Anna Marriott, Oxfam’s Health Policy Manager, said: “In many rich nations, vaccinated people are starting to feel safer, but unless we vaccinate all nations, there is a huge risk that the protection offered by vaccines will be shattered by fresh mutations. “This survey highlights that we need a people’s vaccine, not only to protect people in the world’s poorest countries, but to ensure that people all over the world who’ve already been vaccinated aren’t put at risk again.” Current vaccines appear to be at least partially effective against existing mutations but where new vaccines are needed it will take many months before they are approved for use and even longer to begin rolling them out. In the

meantime, lockdowns and travel bans will continue to be the main protections against rising infections and fatalities. New vaccine recipes will also be subject to the same pharmaceutical monopolies, further restricting access for the rest of the world. Dr Mohga Kamal Yanni, Senior Health Policy Advisor to The People Vaccine Alliance, said: “If we were in a war with a country called COVID, would governments leave vital decisions on production, supply and price in the hands of arms producing companies? “Given vaccines are our most crucial weapon in the fight against COVID-19, world leaders must take control to enable the World Health Organisation’s COVID Technology Access Pool to facilitate sharing of technology and Intellectual Property so that all capable companies can maximise global vaccine production.”

BALLINA EYE CENTRE CLOSES I’ve been trying for a number of years to recruit a new young ophthalmologist to Ballina Eye Centre unsuccessfully. This year has been particularly challenging due to Covid restrictions crossing the border and for a period of eight weeks I was unable to attend the practice at all. It is with mixed emotions after more than 20 years of looking after patients in Ballina and the surrounding area I have decided to close the practice. It was our main office until 2010. It became a branch practice when we opened in Robina in 2010. We have been humbled by the number of Ballina patients who have indicated they are more than happy to continue their eye care with us on the Gold Coast. Many patients see us just once or twice a year and enjoy fitting in a shopping trip in Robina Town Centre where the clinic is located. In Robina, we continue to offer same weekday appointments for any urgent or uncertain cases. We are open for consultation from Monday to Friday. I am happy to continue heavily discounted rates as I have done for many years. We offer surgery in our dedicated on site eye hospital including macula injections allowing our patients to use their health fund without any out of pocket expense. Our eye hospital is fully licensed with Queensland Health and accredited with all the health funds. Thank you for your support over the past 20 years. We look forward to continuing your eye care. Dr Pam Weir / Dr Andrea Zarkovic Please feel free to contact myeyespecialist if you have any queries on 1300myeyes or 07 5592 7900

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CONTRACTORS REMINDED TO DECLARE $172 BILLION OF INCOME Contractors reminded to declare $172 billion of income The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has revealed it is using data from its Taxable Payments Reporting System (TPRS) to ensure that more than $172 billion of payments to contractors have been properly declared. Businesses that pay contractors in the courier, cleaning, building and construction, road freight, information technology, security, investigation, or surveillance services industries are required to notify the ATO of payments made to contractors annually. ATO Assistant Commissioner Peter Holt said because of TPRS, the ATO now has a clearer view than ever before of payments made to contractors in these industries. “More than 158,000 businesses have now reported all payments made to contractors in the 2019-20 year to us. This data, combined with our sophisticated data and analytics capability, means our field of vision to detect unreported income is better than ever.” The ATO is using the data to proactively contact contractors to make sure they haven’t

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forgotten to declare the income reported through the TPRS. “Where we discover a discrepancy, our first step is always to contact the taxpayer or their tax professional to check they have fully reported these payments in their tax return,” Mr Holt said. The ATO encourages taxpayers who have not declared or under-declared income from contract work to lodge an amendment request or speak to their registered tax professional for assistance. The ATO is also using the

TPRS data to draw attention to income from contracting work so that it can be easily added to tax returns at tax time. Information reported through TPRS also allows the ATO to check that businesses are registered for GST if required and are using valid Australian Business Numbers. Deliberately not reporting or under-reporting business income to the ATO contributes to the shadow economy. The ATO estimates that small businesses operating in the shadow economy costs the

community more than $6.7 billion in unpaid tax every year. “Honest courier drivers do the right thing: they pay their rego, pay their road tolls, stick to the speed limit, and pay their taxes. It’s not fair that some dishonest drivers get to skip the ‘toll booth’ and get an advantage over their honest competitors.” The ATO encourages the community to report suspected tax evasion by:

John drives a delivery truck on weekends as a contractor for a courier company, delivering garden supplies. He earned $40,000 in the 2019-20 financial year. John also works from Monday to Friday as a driver, as an employee truck driver, from which he earned $80,000. When he lodged his tax return, he only declared his salary and wages, and did not declare the payments received as a contractor courier driver. A few months later, the ATO received a Taxable Payment Annual Report from the courier company that contracted John, reporting the $40,000 in income. We cross-matched the TPRS data with John’s tax return and noticed there was no business income declared. We then sent John a letter asking him about the discrepancy and reminding him that he will need to declare the income. John lodged an amendment and paid the difference in tax owed.

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MERCEDES-MAYBACH GLS 600 4MATIC

By EWAN KENNEDY

The all-new MercedesMaybach GLS 600 4MATIC is the SUV from the Benz luxury sub-brand and is aimed at those who want a spacious body and technical capability of the Mercedes-Benz GLS with the luxury of a top-class saloon car. Highest-grade materials, extremely effective noise insulation and a firstever dedicated Maybach drive program creates a stylish, cocoon-like atmosphere for driver and passengers alike. To cater for owners who aren’t as young and supple as they once were, when the doors are opened, the vehicle lowers slightly and an illuminated running board emerges from the side of the vehicle. Martin Hulder, Director of Product Management for Mercedes-Maybach, says the SUV concept has a major advantage for the luxury segment: the high

Mercedes-Maybach GLS is a luxurious SUV with styling to match its intensions.

seating position. “In combination with the running boards, this makes access and egress outstandingly easy and convenient. “Furthermore, the raised position in an SUV gives the occupants a different perspective of the

surroundings, and many Mercedes-Maybach customers greatly appreciate this,” he says. The interior of the Mercedes-Maybach has the option of a fixed centre console which is available with extending folding tables, and a

refrigerator with space for champagne bottles. Mercedes AIRMATIC suspension is standard. Fully-active suspension with E-ACTIVE BODY CONTROL is an option The GLS 600 4MATIC is has a new, electrified variant of the 4.0-litre biturbo

V8 petrol engine. This includes a 48-volt onboard electrical system and integrated starter-alternator. The engine produces an output of 410 kW and 730 Nm, while an additional 16 kW and 250 Nm are available temporarily via mild

hybrid drive. Like the suspension, the powertrain can be adapted to the driver’s requirements via the DYNAMIC SELECT switch. The Maybach drive program has been configured for the chauffeur mode to optimise noise and vibration levels for rear-seat passengers. Engine and transmission settings include a very flat accelerator curve for starting off smoothly and fewer gearshifts for smooth driving. The MercedesMaybach GLS 600 4MATIC has a recommended retail price of $358,300. Onroad costs and dealer delivery charges have to be added to these prices and can vary from dealer to dealer and State to State. It will be available in limited numbers in Australia from August 2021. It might be a good idea to ring your favourite MercedesMaybach dealer to set up a meeting as soon as possible.

PORSCHE TAYCAN CROSS TURISMO By EWAN KENNEDY

Porsche has announced details of its Taycan Cross Turismo, an offroad all-electric vehicle. Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG, says, “We see ourselves as pioneers of sustainable mobility: by 2025, half of all the new vehicles we will deliver will have an electrified drive – either fully electric or plug-in hybrid. “In 2020, one in three of all vehicles we delivered in Europe had an electric powertrain. The future belongs to electric mobility. With the Taycan Cross Turismo, we’re taking another major step in this direction.” The new high-tech chassis with all-wheel drive and adaptive air suspension also ensures uncompromising dynamics off-road. It has forty-seven millimetres more headroom for rear-seat passengers and

Package, the Cross Turismo has special flaps at the corners of the front and rear bumpers and at the ends of the sills. These make for a striking exterior as well as providing protection from stone impacts. The Taycan Cross Turismo is available to order now and is expected to arrive in Porsche Centres around Australia from Q3 2021.

MODEL RANGE Taycan 4S Cross Turismo $201,000 Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo $271,200 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Porsche dealer, or the Porsche Car Configurator at Porsche. com.au for drive-away prices.

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Porsche has expanded its electric vehicle range into the off-road field. more than 1,200 litres of Launch Control 420 kW The optional Off-Road load capacity. acceleration zero to 100 Design Package increases Two derivatives km/h in 4.1 seconds, top ground clearance by up of the Taycan Cross speed 240 km/h. to 30 mm to allow it to be Turismo are available to The Taycan Turbo driven on demanding offorder in Australia. The Cross Turismo with 460 road terrain. The standard Performance Battery kW overboost power ‘Gravel Mode’ improves Plus, which has a total with Launch Control 500 the suitability of the new capacity of 93.4 kWh, is kW, acceleration 0-100 model for driving on fitted as standard in both. km/h in 3.3 seconds#, top rough terrain. speed 250 km/h Off-road design The model range is: The high-tech chassis elements include wheel with all-wheel drive and arch trims, unique front The Taycan 4S Cross adaptive air suspension and rear lower aprons Turismo with 360 kW comes as standard on and side sills. As part overboost power with both models. of the Off-Road Design

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GREAT ESCAPE FOR FORD WITH MEDIUM SUV SHAKE-UP By DEREK OGDEN The Ford Escape has expanded its appeal with a smart line-up of models. Great Escape: Ford has thrown off the shackles of its eponymous mid-size sports utility vehicle in an extended range. Mundane has made way for some sparkle with the MY21 Escape. The aim, Ford says, is to off the buyer more distinction in the model he or she plumps for, particularly relevant in the advancements in performance and technology over the previous Escape. Kicking off with the Escape entry-level frontwheel drive at $35,990, plus on-road costs, the ST-Line follows with both front and all-wheel drive variants, while the range is topped off with the newly-coined Vignale AWD at $49,590. All are powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine, mated with an eight-speed automatic transmission. These will be joined later in the year by the ST-Line 2.5-litre plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, selling for $52,590, plus ORCs. An ST-Line Pack rolls hands-free tailgate, front heated seats and technology pack into a single option for $2800. Front-wheel drive models can be optioned with a Technology Pack ($1000), which includes matrix glare-free headlamps, with adaptive lighting and head-up windscreen display. A five-year, unlimited distance warranty is standard across the range, and brings with it a Ford Service Benefits program, which includes a loan ca during service, auto club membership, including roadside assistance, and sat-nav map updates. STYLING One of the better-looking mid-size SUVs: the ST-Line doesn’t try to be something it isn’t. However, based on the Eclipse, it is imbued with unique 18-inch alloy wheels and grille. And has sports-style front and rear bumpers. Neat and sleek in profile, thanks to sports side skirts and lowered

Escape Vignale 2.0L AWD $49,590 Escape ST-Line 2.5L PHEV FWD $52,940 Premium paint $650 Technology Pack $1000 Power liftgate $1300 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Ford dealer for drive-away prices. SPECIFICATIONS (Ford Escape ST-Line 2.0L Turbo 4-cylinder petrol, 8sp automatic, AWD SUV)

The Ford Escape has expanded its appeal with a smart line-up of models.

sports suspension, the look is emphasised by a unique rear spoiler and black roof rails. INTERIOR The new Escape is 44 mm wider 89 mm longer than the model it replaces. The wheelbase is up by 20 mm, translating. The result is 43 mm more shoulder room and 57 mm added hip room in the front seats. Rear seat occupants have 20 mm more shoulder space and 36 mm hip room. Despite the new Escape being lower overall there’s 13 mm more head room for front seat occupants and 35 mm more in the back. The second row of seats can also be moved forward or back to increase leg room or boot space (412 to 526 litres). A remote release folds the seat backs to increase volume to 1478 litres. Black figures big in the passenger cabin, with same-colour seat mouldings and dark headlining. The driver benefits from a 12.3-inch instrument cluster, an Escape ST-Line flatbottom steering wheel with red stitching, metallic faced pedals complete the sporty theme. INFOTAINMENT Every new Escape carries Ford’s SYNC 3 system, with an 8-inch touchscreen for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, voice activated satellite navigation, with apps including Spotify and Waze. The screen displays

full-size images from the reversing camera, aided by front and rear parking sensors. FordPass connects to roadside assistance, service history and booking online, plus access to Ford Guide for help with connected services. ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS The 2.0-litre EcoBoost Escape engine, developing 183 kW of power at 5700 rpm and 387 Nm of peak torque at 31 revs, makes use of an integrated intake system, combined with high pressure fuel injection. SAFETY A five-star safety rating is based on 2019 testing. It features autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian detection, evasive steering assist, forward collision warning, traffic sign recognition and blind spot detection. There is also lane departure warning and lane keep assist, driver impairment warning, tyre pressure monitor, emergency assist and cruise control with speed limiter. Passive safety includes six airbags – driver, front passenger, front seatmounted side airbags and side curtain – with seatbelt reminders and IsoFix child-seat anchorage points. DRIVING Occupants benefit from Escape’s height increase with ample head room and an open feeling from

extensive glass surrounds. Doors open wide for easy access and leg and knee room on the generous side. Cup holders, however, have gone missing in the rear. Although it’s larger all round that its predecessor, the new Escape is 90 kg lighter, producing performance improvements, such as driving dynamics, and greater fuel economy. There is a question of whether the powertrain is too responsive. Pedal action needs some concentration to stop the ST-Line being jerky. The variant’s sports suspension tuning adds a further minor quibble. Ride is on the firm side of comfortable, with potholes springing up in the recent wet weather, all too often sought out. The all-wheel drive system is competent in coping with the slippery conditions. Gearshift is sans lever, by a knob on the centre console, making room

for cup holders and large storage tray, and mentioned above. There is no shortage of driver assistance technology. Combined urban / highway fuel economy is put by Ford at 8.6 litres per 100 kilometres. The test vehicle came up with over 9 litres per 100 under similar conditions. SUMMARY The Escape ST-Line is a toss-up between family comfort and sporty performance. If you can live with the dilemma, this could be the car for you. There are plenty of rivals to choose from, but Ford designers have nailed it with stand-out looks. AT A GLANCE MODEL LINE-UP Escape 2.0L FWD $35,990 Escape ST-Line 2.0L FWD $37,990 Escape ST-Line 2.0L AWD $40,990 Escape Vignale 2.0L FWD $46,590

ENGINE: Capacity: 1.999 litres Configuration: Four cylinders in line Maximum Power: 183 kW @ 5700 rpm Maximum Torque: 387 Nm @ 3100 rpm Fuel Type: Premium unleaded petrol, 98 RON Combined Fuel Cycle (ADR 81/02): 8.6 L/100km DRIVELINE: Eightspeed automatic, AWD DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT AND CAPACITIES: Length: 4524 mm Wheelbase: 2690 mm Width: 1838 mm Height: 1713 mm Turning Circle: 11.1 metres Kerb Mass: 1700 kg Fuel Tank Capacity: 60 litres BRAKES: Front: Ventilated disc Rear: Solid disc STANDARD WARRANTY: Five years / unlimited kilometres

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2021 KIA CARNIVAL SLi DIESEL By EWAN KENNEDY

Built on Kia’s new mid-size platform the fourth-generation Kia Carnival offers more space, refinement and capability than its predecessors. It’s available in four variants, the S, Si, SLi and Platinum. The entry-level S has 17-inch alloy wheels, a roof rack, solar glass windshield, 8-inch AV unit with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, 4.2-inch TFT LCD cluster. A six-speaker sound system. Drive mode select with normal/eco/sport/ smart, keyless entry. It has cloth seats, rear parking sensors, rear view monitor with dynamic guidelines, and a tilt and telescopic adjustable steering wheel. The Carnival Si adds 18-inch alloys, a 12.3-inch audio visual unit, eightspeaker sound system, dual-zone automatic temperature control front and single zone rear, premium steering wheel and shifting knob, and front parking sensors. Kia Carnival SLi has privacy rear glass, smart key with push-button start, artificial leather seats, surround view monitor, power tailgate with auto close, smart power sliding doors, one-touch power doors and tailgate, eightway power driver’s seat, auto up/down windows, electrochromic mirror, Safe Exit Alert and Rear Cross Traffic Collision Avoidance Assist. Top of the range Carnival Platinum adds electronic shift by wire, 19-inch black alloy wheels, 12-speaker Bose sound system, rear occupant alert, heated steering wheel, wireless charger, paddle shifters, dual tilting and sliding sunroof, eight-way

new insulation materials around all four wheelarches, a full underbody cover to reduce wind and road noise, and dense insulation between the engine bay and cabin. However, the diesel is noisier than we expected when worked hard and when accelerated with vigour off the line. This is a large vehicle at just over five metres long so was a tight fit in length in some shopping centre carparks we used.

Kia Carnival has plenty of space and style.

integrated memory seats with four-way lumbar support and rear heated seats, ventilated front seats, LED interior lamps and second and third row sunshade blind. Our test car was the Kia Carnival SLi turbo-diesel. STYLING Compared with the outgoing Carnival the new one has a shorter front overhang, with the base of the A-pillar moved backwards to create a longer bonnet. Its increased wheelbase contributes to greater space throughout the cabin. The shape has moved closer to a stylish SUVlike profile, particularly in the shape of the side and front from the C-pillar forward. A key design highlight is the “island roof” design with blacked-out A- and B-pillars beneath a bodycoloured roof. The C-pillar features a chrome fin with a subtle diamond pattern. INTERIOR It’s extra-large inside, with seating for eight in a two:three:three arrangement. There’s plenty of legroom in the

front and mid rows, with good width in all but the centre/middle seat and even that one is better than average for this vehicle type. The middle seat in the second-row folds flat to give what you could call a table; it has drink holders and a slip reduction facing. Access the centre row is simple thanks to a wide opening through the rear sliding doors. Getting into the rears will be simple for kids but grandad and grandma may struggle. Then again, the kids would much rather be back there well removed from dad and mum… Luggage space seems to go on forever when only two rows of seats are in use. It’s obviously shorter when the rearmost seats are in use - but that’s largely compensated for with the added depth in the area made available when the rear seats are up. INFOTAINMENT The infotainment system can connect two smartphones via Bluetooth at the same time, enabling separate phones to be used for phone calls or media. It will allow personalised profiles for various drivers

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to download individual preferences for AVN and cluster settings. ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS A choice between a 3.5-litre V6 petrol (216kW / 355Nm) and a 2.2-litre CRDI diesel (148kW /440Nm). Both drive the front wheels through a Kia-developed eight-speed automatic. SAFETY Kia’s “Level 2” autonomous driving technology, Smart Cruise Control, controls acceleration and braking depending on the vehicles in front. Using front view camera and front radar, it helps maintain a set distance and speed from the vehicle ahead while Lane Follow Assist helps centre the vehicle in its lane while driving. In addition, it features a RearView Monitor and Rear Cross-Traffic CollisionAvoidance Assist. The Carnival is fitted with seven airbags, as well as electronic safety systems so you don’t need to use the airbags. All models are equipped as standard with Kia’s Vehicle

Stability Management and Electronic Stability Control, helping drivers maintain control under braking and cornering. A handy feature on a vehicle of this length are rear parking sensors that sound if you are reversing towards what you can’t see yet. Autonomous emergency braking is standard as is lane departure warning, which monitors road markings and alerts you if you begin to drift out of your lane. Fortunately, this isn’t overly aggressive, more a reminder to pay attention than trying to take over the steering. A range of noise, vibration and harshness measures make for relaxed motoring. DRIVING As it has been doing for many years now Kia Australia’s local tuning team has tuned the ride and handling to suit Australia’s road conditions and driver preferences. A comprehensive array of sound-deadening and insulating measures ensures the new model is one of the quietest and most refined of its type on the road. There are

SUMMING UP Who says the family has to be transported in something that looks like a van with windows? Kia Carnival has plenty of style inside and out, excellent interior room and decent performance. And don’t forget what is Kia’s most impressive feature - a seven-year warranty. AT A GLANCE MODEL RANGE Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Kia dealer for drive-away prices. SPECIFICATIONS (Kia Carnival SLi 2.2-litre turbo-diesel four-door people mover) ENGINE: Capacity: 2.151 litres Configuration: Four cylinders in line Maximum Power: 148 kW @ 3800 rpm Maximum Torque: 440 Nm @ 1750 rpm Fuel Type: Diesel Combined Fuel Cycle (ADR 81/02): 6.5 L/100km CO2 Emissions: 170 g/km DRIVELINE: Eight-speed automatic

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The Northern Rivers Times

April 8, 2021

58 Aries Mar 21 - Apr 20 Aries will be shining with vigour as the exalted Sun passes through this sign during the period. You may remain charged and experience a rejuvenating immune system.This zeal may trigger your stamina and boost up your energy levels.You may complete all your pending assignments in an energised mode. It could be time for professionals to celebrate as they may work upon their desirable projects. Entrepreneurs may need to put in extra efforts to strengthen their business ties. They may need to reframe their investment policies to get desired returns.This may help them maintain a healthy financial status.Contingent needs may grow so you need to be on the watch for some liquid cash. Your personal front may be at stake during this period. But ignoring it for the moment would be prudent as things may fall in place with time.

Cancer Jun 24 - Jul 22 The exalted Sun makes a transit through the tenth house for the Cancer natives.This shows a very favourable period for them especially on the professional front. The financial status of these natives may get strengthened as there may be huge cash inflows. Entrepreneurs may crack long profitable deals. Although some discord between employees may be a reason for worry.This may be a temporary phase so try and divert your skills in exploring ways to success. This may help you as you reap the seeds of your hard work in the coming days. Family expenditure may seem to rise and so make sure you have enough balance to cope up with your expenses. Job issues may cause some discomfort to singles. They may get love invites from a known friend. Excluding the health factor, the Cancer native may have an exhilarating week ahead.

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 23 Libra natives may remain pre-occupied at their workplace. Monetarily they may be very secure this week.Organisations and entrepreneurs may sail smoothly as they may enter into long profitable deals.They may shine out with success coming their way from all fronts.The period may be apt for them and they may see a rise in their profit-margins.Income may overshadow expenses and a healthy savings account may be reflected.Although their domestic front may incur some expenditure.Couples may face displeasure with their partner or spouse as opinions clash.Libra natives may get religiously inclined and embark on a pilgrimage to pay visits to their deity.It may rejuvenate them spiritually and help them to get through life easily.

Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20 Saturn the hard task master is the ruler of the Capricorn sign and also holds its second house. As for the Capricorn native Saturn will be moving with Mars in this house and transiting in its own sign Aquarius.As the second house stands for financial affairs and monetary gains it may make the native adapt to his financial situation. Moreover, Mars being impulsive may make the native a spendthrift.Family disharmony may increase your stress levels. An analytical practical approach may make to play the referee role easing these misunderstandings. Old ailments may strike back so make it a point to take good care of yourself. Your left eye may be a cause of worry and for a visit to an eye specialist. To sum it up, the week may close down to be an average one with due precautions to be followed.

Taurus Apr 21 - May 21 The professional front may be very active for the Taurus native. Entrepreneurs may hit the bull’s eye by signing and negotiating major business deals.Those looking out for expanding or merging manufacturing businesses may face hurdles but could finally crack the deal.Work professionals may find it frustrating to successfully hit targets as pressure may mount to get assignments completed on time.Your may have a gala time with your family as things appear to sail smoothly on the domestic front .Be careful about your spending habits and see to it that you channelize your finances in the right direction.As stated before you may be in the pink of health during this period with a healthy lifestyle. Monetary issues will not be grave as you may maintain a commendable bank balance.

Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23 The Leo sign is ruled by the Supremo or the Leader ,the planet Sun. And with the exalted Sun moving through the ninth house of this sign there will be luck prevailing in general.There may be bits of good news for people who have been stuck at some point in life. The phase will make things move positively for them. They may get acclaim on their professional front. Their finances may grow steadily. However, this progressive period may slow down if the native indulges into unnecessary expenditure and not save anything for the future. He must maintain records for his income and expenditure. He must make a fair estimation of his routine needs and the amount of money he would be spending on it. The native may share romantic moments with his loved one. He may make new friends which may bond strongly in future

Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 2 The period may bring in good tidings for the Scorpio natives. They may be in high spirits and may strike huge profit deals. They may make phenomenal progress on the financial and occupational front.Businessmen need to improve the quality of their products. They may venture into risky deals to sharpen their business skills. Singles may have to back off from getting into relationships as it may not be the right time for things to materialise. Things may gradually change for you so patience will be the need of the hour. Financial prospects may yield good results but at the same time you may need to get health conscious.All over the week may bring in opportunities which may reap excellent monetary returns.

Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 18 The forthcoming week will have Saturn ruling the 12th house of the Aquarius native. It will move along with Mars making the native inclined to many directions at once. It may definitely put him in a perplexed state. He may get indecisive. However,this may be a temporary phase and it may make him more logical in his decisions and plan accordingly. This may help him to succeed in his course of life and retain his confidence. Those in love may get pressurized to take wedding vows with their love interest. You may succeed in perfectly balancing your income and expenses. New relationships may blossom as you get socially involved. Make sure you don’t get carried away and take hasty decisions. Healthwise you may need to safeguard yourself.

Gemini May 22 - June 23 The coming week may keep the Gemini native very chirpy as the situation may shape as per their expectations. Money flowing from various sources may be an added advantage to the natives this week. However, they may have to push in more efforts to get the desired results of their endeavours.Making the right choice may be difficult for singles as they may get perplexed with varied situations in their life. They must not take hasty decisions pertaining to marriage. Domestic front may also need attention as opinions of family members could differ causing disharmony. Acting with precision may keep the discord away and you may stand to win their confidence.Health may need a safeguard as you may get prone to illnesses.

Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22 Virgos will be ruled by Venus,the planet of beauty in the second as well as the ninth house this week.The second house is the house of finance while the ninth house has everything to do with luck and charm.This transit may bring in significant changes for Virgos as Venus moves in the tenth house.It may bring in positive changes for office professionals.But at the same time they may need to exert more pressure on their working skills to achieve targets.The financial front may be very promising with good cash inflow.They may succeed in striking a good balance between their income and expenditure.They must ensure they don’t ignore minor ailments.Cupid may strike singles who may find true love of their life and they may opt for marriage and get settled.

Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21 Sagittarius natives may appear non-directional this week.They may get indecisive as to which path to follow. It is advisable for them to take on risks for better prospects. This may help them on the occupational front. The exalted Sun,moving through the fifth house may support their bold moves and help them to attain success..Business ventures may need exploration to make way for huge-profitable deals. They are advised to grab any opportunity that comes their way. Career may take back seat as office professionals may not meet the efficiency levels. Saturn’s strong influence over the twelfth house may bring in unwanted expenditures.Healthwise respiratory issues may be on the rise. Financially the native will be very stable as there may be a continuous inflow of cash from various outlets.

Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 20 The Pisces sign has Mars and Saturn transiting through its twelfth house. This indicates a rise in their expenses. The Pisces native may be lured into unfair means to increase monetary gains. The planetary movement cautions them against this as it may back-fire.. There may face frustrating and stressful moments during the week. Therefore, it may become very necessary for them to take off some time out of their busy and hectic schedule and divert their mind to some recreational activities.They may need to reassess their business plans and strategies to increase efficiency, productivity and ensure overall growth. Domestic front may be expensive so they need to maintain proper accounts to handle the same. Plan out your dos and don’ts to tally your balance sheet total.

MARKETS Casino Golf Club Markets – 2nd Sunday of every 2nd month. Lismore Car boot Markets – now at Lismore Showground – 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month. The Channon Craft Markets – 2nd Sunday of the month. Ballina Markets – 3rd Sunday of the month.

FARMERS MARKETS Mullumbimby Community Market – 3rd Saturday of the month. Ballina Farmers’ Market – Sundays 6am till 1pm at Commemoration Park Ballina. Bangalow Farmers Market – Saturdays 7am till 11am at Bangalow Hotel Carpark. Blue Knob Farmers Markets – Saturdays 8.30am till 12pm at Blue Knob Café, Lillian Rock.

Byron Bay Farmers Market – Thursdays 7am till 11am at Cavanbah Centre Byron Bay. Kyogle Farmer’s Market Saturday mornings Stratheden Street, Kyogle. Lismore Farmers Market – Saturdays 8am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds. Lismore Produce Market – Thursdays 2.30pm till 6.30pm at Magellan & Carrington streets. Contact Tom on 0450 688 900.

Mullumbimby Farmers Market – Fridays 7am till 11am at Mullumbimby Showground. Contact Allie on 02 6677 1345

North Byron Farmers Market Nimbin Farmers Market – Wednesdays 3pm till 6pm at Green Bank Carpark. Contact Jason on 02 6689 1512

Murwillumbah Farmers Market – Wednesdays 7am till 11am at Murwillumbah Showgrounds. Contact Sue on 0498 733 766.

Rainbow Region Organic Market – Tuesdays 7.30am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

New Brighton Farmers MarketTuesday 8am-11am New Brighton Oval River Street, New Brighton Contact: Allie 02 6677 1345

Uki Farmers Market – Saturdays 8am till 12.30pm at Uki Hall. Yamba Farmers Market – Wednesdays 7am till 1pm Contact Debra on 0402 404 606

ENTREPENEURS NETWORKING SESSION 24 APRIL 2021 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm Are you thinking of starting your new business or have you recently started a new business? Feel that you are out there on your own in business? Are you looking to develop a network of support to help you be successful in business? Rotary Club of Casino are proud to offer you an opportunity to listen to advice from guest speakers in key areas of business and an opportunity to meet other local entrepreneurs for you to talk to and develop relationships going forward! GUEST SPEAKERS Ken Wilkes - Successful Local Businessman to provide an overall perspective on running your own business Greg Baker -Advertising and Marketing Guru to provide an insight on how to maximise your advertising budget Simon Boler - Franchising information and insights Paul Denmeade - Solicitor who will talk about various legal requirements to be aware of when running a business Izaak du Plooy - Local businessman who will provide a view into business start up funding avenues Damien Mulherin - Local accountant who will talk on business structures, tax requirements, GST & Grants RSVP by 19 April 2021 –eMail Izaak@casinotravel.com.au OR cwil5398@bigpond.net.au

The Northern Rivers Times

April 8, 2021

IN MEMORIAM 59 Memoriam

In Loving Memory Carmen Lesley Clifford nee White 12.10.1934 - 5.04.2020

Our hearts are full of memories With pride we speak your name Though life goes on without you It will never be the same. 1 Year has passed so quickly. Loved and Missed by Family and Friends.

Memoriam

Flowers for the Bereaved

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

NANCY COLLEEN GRANT NEE LOWE 13.11.34 - 04.04.19 A Prayer for Nancy If roses grow in Heaven Lord Please pick a bunch for us. Place them in Nancy’s Arms and tell her they’re from us. Tell her that we love and miss her and when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for a while. Because remembering her is easy We do it every day, but there is an ache within our hearts that will never go away. -Amen

A beautiful loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother & Great Grandmother who left a chasm in the lives of her family. Forever in our thoughts and prayers. Bob, David & Tonia, Christina, Anton & Great Grand Son Lennox, Bridget & Wade, and members of the Lowe and Verzosa families.

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The Northern Rivers Times

April 8, 2021

60 CLASSIFIEDS Monumental Masons

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MONUMENTAL CASINO GRANITE HEADSTONES NEW & RESTORATION Gloria m 0457 976 491 Scott m 0481 170 218 Brian m 0433 905 601

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SATURDAY, APRIL 17 BREEDER SALE LISMORE SALEYARDS 10AM

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The Northern Rivers Times

April 8, 2021

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COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD 63 ALSTONVILLE 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 1pm-4pm Enquiries 66281829, aphs2477@yahoo.com. au or www.aphsmuseum.org.au 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. BALLINA BALLINA IN FOCUS TOASTMASTERS CLUB How about about trying something diﬀerent? If you would like to improve your communication and leadership skills or simply make new friends and have fun, you are warmly invited to attend the In Focus Toastmasters Club. We meet the 3rd Wednesday evening of each month. You may attend either from the comfort of your own home via zoom or join us in person at the Cherry Street Sports Club, Ballina. For more information please contact: President Udo Moerig email tmumoerig@gmail. com or Vice President Membership email Jan Coleman janetlcoleman@gmail.com Webpage: https://3209990.toastmastersclubs. org/ THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT RETIREES, FAR NORTH COAST BRANCH (AIR) The next meeting will be held at Ballina RSL Club on Friday the 9th of April, 9.30am for a 10.00am start. The Speaker will be Dick Wills, President of the Ballina RSL Sub-Branch. 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 TOY LIBRARY Welcomes families from Ballina Shire, 9 Regatta Ave, Ballina. Open Saturday 10am1pm, By appointment only on Tues & Wed. Phone 0411719074. BALLINA CWA Ballina CWA Handicraft & Friendship mornings are held every Wednesday morning from 9 until 12 in our rooms on River Street. Numbers are covid safe limited so could you please ring our Handicraft Oﬃcer Barb 0428116668 on Monday night to book a place. Ballina CWA meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month at 9am in our rooms, please ring our Secretary Janet 0435323079 for more information. Mahjong is being played once again in The Ballina CWA rooms on River Street, Wednesdays & Thursdays starting at 12:15, for more information please ring David 0473587412. BALLINA HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Unfortunately due to the recent Covid contacts in the area, our Easter Stall on River Street Ballina had to be cancelled. However, the cakes and preserves were sold at an impromptu sale at the hospital which raised

$432.85. Our Easter Raffle raised $846 and together with donations we raised $1326 so all was not lost. The winners of the Easter Raffle were: Ticket F8426 Beth Fabre who chose the Easter Basket; Ticket F8174 Jan Bavarso who chose the Bunnings Voucher. We are grateful to all our supporters and also to our members who never disappoint with their contributions. BRUNSWICK HEADS BRUNSWICK HEADS BRUNSWICK VALLEY VIEW CLUB VIEW club continues to support seven disadvantaged students in The Smith Family’s Learning for Life program. Info: President Margaret Alderton 0429966894. CASINO CASINO CASINO MEALS ON WHEELS WEEK 5: MON: D Clarke & D Allen. TUE: D Coleman, J Sweeney & own help. WED: S White, K Bratti & N McKee. THUS: M Goodlad & own help FRI: L Dorrington & P Warwick; P Plunket & own help. AIR RIFLE CLUB Sat 8-12, rifles, ammunition & targets supplied Call Ollie 0414622272. CASINO & DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP Advise we have a new phone number 66641118 & email casinofhg@gmail.com 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. LISMORE CASINO NAVAL ASSOC. Meets bi-monthly at Casino RSM, new members welcome. More info Chris 66293269 or Jim 0427400625. LION’S CLUB CASINO Lion’s Club meeting is held on the 2nd and 4th Wed each month at Casino RSM Club from 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start. CASINO COMMUNITY MEN’S SHED Mon, Tues, Wed, attendance limited to 25 members, 8am-1.30pm. 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. CASINO CROQUET CLUB Monday & Wednesday sign in time now before 8.30am to start play by 9am. Contact Mary on 66621971 for further information. CASINO LADIES AND FRIEND CRAFT GROUP Meets 1st & 3rd Tues. bring your own morning tea and wear a mask. Names to be in by Lunch time Mon. Phone Vivian on 66621838 or Jan on 66626424. CASINO MIXED PROBUS CLUB Meeting 4th Thurs of the month. For more information call the secretary on 0419886119. THE CASINO & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Sun, Mon, Wed and Fri 10am to 2pm. Email casinohistorymuseum@outlook.com

for further information. Check us out on Facebook. CASINO EVENING CWA Meets first Thurs of month. Casino Uniting Church at 6pm and for further information please ring Alison 0400956404 or Penny 0422301799. CWA MEETING DATES Casino CWA Meeting Dates. Meeting on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am. Come and join us for a Cuppa and learn more about this great organisation. Casino Branch is proud to be celebrating its 95th Birthday next Friday 26th March with a Morning Tea. Looking forward to many more years assisting the Casino community. For more information phone Jan on 66626424 or Marg. on 66621746. GRAFTON GRAFTON GRAFTON VIEW CLUB Grafton VIEW Club meets on the 4th Tuesday each month at Grafton District Services Club, Mary Street, commencing at 10.30am. Please come along & enjoy yourself with a tasty meal, motivated guest speaker & at the same time you will help disadvantaged children. Please phone Vorna at 66424719 for catering purposes no later than the Friday before the meeting. As well, a social outing is held each month. You are warmly invited to come along, have some fun & you will be helping others as well. See you there! 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. Next meeting is Monday 19th April. 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. You can also find and follow us on Facebook.. APRIL JABBERFEST The April Jabberfest will be held on Monday 12th at the New Life Church. The guest speakers will be Harry Jones and Kevin Dixon who will talk to us about their journey through the World War One Battlefields in Europe (The Somme, Pozierres,etc). This should be a most interesting session with illustrations of the various battlefields, Towns and the countryside that they travelled through. The early segment will be from Stephen who will talk about the plans for the revitalisation of Prince Street in Grafton. This should also be of great interest to us all So be there at he New Life Church in Arthur St at 10am on Monday 12th. GRAFTON SENIOR CITIZENS Grafton Seniors AGM, attendance 57, apologies 11. President report: Thanks hard working committee & members for support. Previous meeting minutes presented. Treasurer Report: Financial details given. Trips Report: Due to covid, one trip, 2020, dahlia garden, Bangalow area, February. From March, all activities, trips cancelled. Trips resumed Feb 2021, day, Glen Innes, Emmaville. Trips planned to Peach Farm, Iluka, March; Coffs Harbour attractions, May, now on sale; 8 day tour to Queensland from 14 August. Publicity: in local newspapers, group noticeboards, newsletter. Committee Election: Chaired, Bob McFarlane, results: President: C. Doggett; Vice President & Assist. Treasurer: A. Campbell; Secretary / Treasurer: B. Hall; Assist. Secretary: A. Douglas;

Trips Organisor / Publicity: S. Connelly; Committee: J. Campbell; B. Doggett; N. De Amyand; K. Lawson; A. Moran; K. Smidt; G. Watters; K. Whiteman; R. Worrell; J. Haggarty. Next meeting: 13 April, 2021, 10.30am, Racecourse. Enquiries: Sandra 66427720. GRAFTON’S MIGHTY CLARENCE TOASTMASTERS CLUB Perhaps its time to ﬁnd out what its all about! If you would like to improve your communication and leadership skills. Make new friends and have fun, you are warmly invited to attend the Mighty Clarence Toastmasters Club. We meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday evening of each month. You may attend either from the comfort of your own home via zoom or join us in person at the Joan Muir Community Centre 194 Turf Street Grafton. For more information please contact: Vice President Membership email Jan Coleman janetlcoleman@gmail.com Face Book page:https://www.facebook.com/ graftontoastmasters KYOGLE KYOGLE KYOGLE SUNSHINE CLUB Meets every Thurs at 9.30am. For more details contact 0499824274. KYOGLE GARDEN CLUB The display will be held on Friday 16th & Saturday 17th April in St Brigid’s School Hall Wiangarie St. Kyogle- 8am-4pm both 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 COUNTRY MUSIC Kyogle Country Music’s next day is on SUNDAY 11th April at KYOGLE GOLF CLUB with a meeting commencing at 11am. The music will commence shortly after. Full facilities are available at the club. Hope to see you there. RICHMOND RIVER BEEF PRODUCERS 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. WORKSHOP – PAT COLLINS, TOTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION CENTRE WEEDS & THEIR USES Ever wanted to know what uses the weeds have that grow in your own garden? You will learn to identify these plants, medicinal, cosmetic and culinary uses and how they balance our soil, then use them to make a variety of items. Sat 8 May – Bookings Essential, Ettrick Hall, Knights Rd. Cost $120pp inc ingredients, containers, morning tea &lunch. Pat Collins Total & Health Education Centre – Enquiries and bookings Kaye 0418509954 or Salley 040634987. LION’S CLUB OF KYOGLE Meeting is held on the 1st & 3rd Tues each Month at the Kyogle Lion’s shed from 6.30–7.00pm For more information contact Neville Moon on 66322233. LENNOX LENNOXHEAD HEAD LENNOX HEAD EVENING VIEW CLUB Hholding their April Dinner Meeting on Tuesday 13 April 2021 at the Beef and Beach (Lennox Hotel) from 6.30pm. Cost $30. Guest speaker will be Bernadette Kelly from Ballina Public School who will speak about the rewards and impacts of volunteering on both students and volunteers. “VIEW members support the education of disadvantaged Australian

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64 COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD children by raising much needed funds for The Smith Family. Through fundraising activities and social events in local communities, members raise money that goes directly to The Smith Family’s learning and mentoring programs for disadvantaged students. Lennox Head Evening VIEW Club currently sponsors two Learning for Life students.

CLARENCE B what its all LENNOX HEAD LIONS CLUB improve your New members welcome to join our ship skills. Make close-knit club where the emphasis is on you are warmly community service in a fun environment. y Clarence Meetings are on the first and Third et on the 1st & Wednesday of each month at Club Lennox each month. You starting at 6.30pm. Members do what they comfort of your can, when they can to facilitate the needs of n us in person at our club. Centre 194 Turf formation please LENNOX HEAD DAY VIEW CLUB mbership email The Lennox Head Day VIEW Club meets n@gmail.com on the first Monday of each month at the w.facebook.com/ 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 LUB month. The Club sponsors three students m. For more through The Smith Family Learning for 4. Life scholarship program that provides educational items for disadvantaged UB Australian children. New members and Friday 16th & guests are most warmly welcomed and rigid’s School enquiries may be made to Enid 047187511 8am-4pm both or Dawn 0466 717435. Light refreshments rs & other local LENNOX HEAD CWA ng & selling Handy Craft Mornings on Mondays 9.30amarden art, garden 12noon in the community centre at Lennox & lots more Head, Call Jan on 66816150.

PROBUS CLUB OF LENNOX HEAD USIC The Probus Club of Lennox Head meets ext day is on 9.30 for 10.00am at Club Lennox, 10 YOGLE GOLF Stewart Street, on the 1st. Thursday of each mencing at 11am. month. Visitors are welcome. Also, retired shortly after. Full or semi-retired people wishing to join our e club. Hope to non-service. Club to hear interesting guest speakers and to join in trips and outings are invited along. Phone Jan 66876859. EF TION LISMORE LISMORE ery month at e luncheon room LISMORE GARDEN CLUB hone Jan on Lismore Garden Club Meeting Thursday 8th April.1pm Lismore Workers Club. New LLINS, TOTAL Members welcome. Info contact Sec Dawn TION CENTRE Coles 0448294496 email dcoles39@outlook. com S

uses the weeds THE AUTUMN ORCHID SHOW n garden? You plants, medicinal, LISMORE CENTRAL SHOPPING CENTRE, Carrington St Lismore. Thu and how they 8th, Fri 9th Sat 10th till 12pm, Shopping hem to make hrs setup & judging wed 7th. President ay – Bookings John Tate 66251891, Treasurer Margaret ghts Rd. Cost ntainers, morning Perkins 66216269, Secretary Christine Dyke 66333113/0427181204. al & Health ies and bookings LISMORE TARGET RIFLE CLUB y 040634987. For .22 calibre rifles, meets Mon & Wed nights from 6.30pm & the 1st & 3rd Sat of GLE & 3rd Tues each each month from 12 noon. Air Rifle shooting for .22 & 177 air rifles will also be available s shed from ormation contact at the Saturday shoots. For more info please phone Derek on 66282082 (AH). 3.

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NR U3A LISMORE INC. (UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE) Retired? Make new friends, gain knowledge, laugh and learn,enjoy a richer retirement. U3A oﬀers over 30 classes and activities each week. One yearly fee of $50 entitles you to attend all classes/activities of your choice. Interested? Check out our webpage http://www.u3anriv.org.au for course list, times and venues or contact 66227408 Follow us on Facebook.

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

ROTARY CLUB OF SUMMERLAND SUNRISE Meets every Friday at 7.05 am for breakfast at Coﬀee Shots Molesworth St, Lismore. Interested in contributing to community? Local and international? Join us please. Phone 0435 990 919 for more details. TABLE TENNIS AT GOONELLABAH Tuesday and Thursday mornings social playing 9.00am-12noon; Monday and Wednesday nights social playing 7.009.00pm; 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 MonThur 9.00-1.00pm or visit website www. fnctabletennis.com.au JIGGI-GEORGICA RED CROSS The members of Jiggi-Georgica Branch of Red Cross would love the chance to welcome some new members to our meetings held in the R/Cross Rooms (next to Tea Rooms) in Keen St, Lismore @ 11am on the 2nd Friday of each month. Lunch available from T/Rooms. Any inquiries please contact Joan 66888127. LISMORE GIRL GUIDES Lismore Girl Guides meet every Tuesday during school terms from 5.30 to 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.

ROTARY CLUB OF LISMORE WEST INC Is in its 60th year and meets at the East Lismore Bowling Club each Thursday at 6.00 pm. New members would be made most welcome. Further information available on 0428151934. 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 10am. New members welcome. Contact Gloria Francis 66291442.

“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 St Lismore. Enquiries 66213200.

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MURWILLUMBAH COMMUNITY GARDEN members and visitors are invited to join the group for activities and gardening tips most Sundays Time 3-5pm NSW Street parking Byo covered footwear, comfy clothing, hat and water. Children ok with strict supervision Covid plan operating Enq: Murbahcommunitygardens@ gmail.com Follow us on Facebook #MurwillumbahCommunityGarden

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! E: cpmmurwillumbah@hotmail.com T: 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. We will have a new starting time at the end of daylight saving. We will begin play at 9.30am commencing on Tuesday, 6th April and Thursday, 8th April. We play at Black Rocks Sports Field. New members are welcome. For further enquires please ring Jean on 0431606375. TWEED HEADS TWEED HEADS TWIN TOWNS DAY VIEW CLUB hold their monthly luncheon on the first Thursday of every month at the South Tweed Sports Club from 11am. with a short meeting, followed by a Guest Speaker and then lunch which is purchased from the Bistro or the Coffee Shop. For more information please ring Freda 07 55241357. 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, com. 7 for 7.30pm. For further information, please contact the Secretary Peter 0417546097. 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 NORTHERN RIVERS PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP Friday 9th April 10am-11.30am. This support group holds a monthly Coffee Catch-Up on the 3rd Friday of each month at Summerland Farm, Wardell Road, Alstonville from 10am. Come along for a friendly, relaxed chat and meet Rebecca, our Parkinson’s Nurse. This support group covers an area from Ocean Shores to Wollongbar and the surrounding area. All those living with Parkinson’s Disease or those supporting them are most welcome. Please RSVP to Helen 0400385476 or Yvonne 66285884.

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April 8, 2021

FISHING / TIDES/ WEATHER 65

FISHING NEWS

EVANS HEAD Bream, whiting, tailor and mulloway along the beaches, flathead, bream and mulloway along the rock walls at the Evans River mouth and flathead, bream and mud crabs in the mid to lower reaches; best on the flood tide as there’s still a bit of fresh coming down on the ebb. POTTSVILLE Dart, flathead and a few tailor along the beaches, bream, whiting and flathead on the making tide in the lower reaches of the creeks and mud crabs in the middle reaches.

TWEED HEADS OFFSHORE Pearl perch, snapper and tuskfish on the 30s east of the Tweed.

CURRUMBIN Spanish mackerel on the Gravel Patch east of Burleigh, dart, whiting and bream along the beaches and flathead, whiting and mud crabs in the lower reaches of the creeks.

TWEED COAST Because of the fresh in the Tweed River, the best place to fish is near the mouth on the flooding tide where the clean ocean water meets the fresh. Expect bream, flathead, grunter bream and trevally. There could be debris coming down the river after recent heavy rain, keep extra alert if you are boating.

GOLD COAST OFFSHORE Conditions have been unfavourable for offshore fishing. SOUTHPORT Tailor, mangrove jack, trevally and school jew along the Seaway rock walls, flathead,

NORTHERN RIVERS TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL PREDICTIONS AREA

Thurs 8th April

GRAFTON EVANS KYOGLE BALLINA MULLUM TWEED

27 -16 23o-15o 23o-13o 23o-15o 24o-15o 26o-16o o

6% 81% 96% 81% 59% 8%

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4% 5% 4% 5% 4% 5%

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26 -11 7% 25o-14o 6% 25o-13o 6% 25o-14o 6% 25o-14o 6% 24o-14o 49% o

27 -12 25o-14o 25o-13o 25o-14o 25o-15o 24o-14o o

5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%

27 -12 19% 25o-14o 6% 25o-13o 6% 25o-14o 6% 25o-15o 5% 25o-14o 5% o

whiting and mud crabs in Southport Broadwater and mangrove jack, bream and trevally on bait in the rivers and creeks. JUMPINPIN Flathead and bream around the banks inside the Pin Bar, sand whiting near Slipping Sands and in the lower reaches of the Pimpama River, mangrove jack in the rivers and creeks and mud crabs out from the mouth of the rivers and creeks.

MOON PHASES Thurs 8 April

Sat 10 April

Mon 12 April

Wed 14 April

Waning Gibbous 12% Visible

Waning Gibbous 2% Visible

New 0% Visible

Waxing Crescent 5% Visible

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SUNSET 5:36pm 5:35pm 5:33pm 5:32pm 5:31pm 5:30pm 5:29pm

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April 8, 2021

SPORTS RESULTS

SPEEDWAY GRAFTON RESULTS EASTER WEEKEND GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT

Victory in the AMCA Nationals at Grafton Speedway on Saturday for Matt Hardy, from Kingscliff (centre), with Grafton’s Tony Blanch finishing second (left) and Casino’s Paul Reeves placing third (right). Photo credit: AMCA Nationals Northern Rivers

Production Sedans. Heat 1: Madison Harkin, 1; Ashley Graham, 2; Mark Quirk, 3. Heat 2: Madison Harkin, 1; Ashley Graham, 2; Jack Graham, 3. Heat 3: Madison Harkin, 1; Mark Quirk, 2; Aaron Hall, 3. Feature: Ashley Graham, 1; Aaron Hall, 2; Ian Bell, 3. SSA Junior Sedans. Heat 1: Jeremy Wade, 1; Brenden Hayes, 2; Jorga Woolfe, 3. Heat 2: Brenden Hayes, 1; Jessica Marsh, 2; Jorga Woolfe, 3. Heat 3: Brenden Hayes, 1; Jeremy Wade, 2; Jessica Marsh, 3. Feature: Jeremy Wade, 1; Brenden Hayes, 2; Jorga Woolfe, 3; Jessica Marsh, 4. Street Stockers. Heat 1: David McGregor, 1; Like Gray, 2; Pete Thompson, 3. Heat 2: Chris Campbell, 1; Trent Dhu, 2; Adrian Williams, 3. Heat 3: Shane Carlson, 1; Steve Hall, 2; Kris Churchill,3. Heat 4: Chris Corbett, 1; Chris Campbell, 2; Pete Thompson, 3. Heat 5: Shane Carlson, 1; Luke Gray, 2; Luke Eveleigh, 3. Heat 6: Brendan Myers, 1; Adrian Williams, 2; Pete Thompson, 3. Feature: Shane Carlson, 1; Luke Gray, 2; Chris Campbell, 3. RSA 4 Cylinders. Heat 1: Nathan Deuchar, 1; Kailee Rose, 2; Nathan Harper, 3. Heat 2: Shane Laurie, 1; Nathan Deuchar, 2; Kailee Rose, 3. Heat 3: Shane Laurie, 1; Kailee Rose, 2. Feature: Nathan Deuchar, 1; Kailee Rose, 2; Nathan Harper, 3. AMCA Nationals. Heat 1: Paul Reeves, 1; Thomas Vickery, 2; Matt Hardy, 3. Heat 2: Steve Price, 1; Darren Miller, 2; Tim Luscombe, 3. Heat 3: Tim Gamble, 1; Paul Reeves, 2; Matt Hardy, 3. Heat 4: Pete Markulin, 1; Mark Taylor, 2; Tim Luscombe, 3. Heat 5: Tony Blanch, 1; Troy Price, 2; Luke Watt, 3. Heat 6: Graham Holland, 1; Thomas Vickery, 2; Steve Price, 3. Feature: Paul Reeves, 1; Matt Hardy, 2; Steve Price, 3. V8 Dirt Modifieds Sportsman. Heat 1: Craig O’Toole, 1; Mark Griffith, 2; Brendan Wakeman, 3. Heat 2: Blake Eveleigh, 1; Brock Gardiner, 2; Steve Edwards, 3. Heat 3: Mark Griffith, 1; Tim Simpson, 2; James Deahm, 3. Heat 4: Blake Eveleigh,

1; Brock Gardiner, 2; Darren Todd, 3. Heat 5: Phil Roberts, 1; Mark Griffith, 2; James Deahm, 3. Heat 6: Brock Gardiner, 1; Blake Eveleigh, 2; Darren Todd, 3. NSW V8 Dirt Modified Sportsman Title: Blake Eveleigh, 1; Mark Griffith, 2; Phil Roberts, 3. EASTER SATURDAY NIGHT RSA Juniors Sedans. Heat 1: Harley Graham, 1; Sam Mooney, 2; Jeremy Wade, 3. Heat 2: Connor Reeves, 1; Jeremy Wade, 2; Brenden Hayes, 3. Feature: Connor Reeves, 1; Harley Graham, 2; Jeremy Wade, 3; Sam Mooney, 4; Bailey Brennan, 5; Maddie Howell, 6; Jack Walker, 7; Luke Putsey, 8; Daisy Smith, 9; Hayden Fleming, 10. The race was declared after lap 12 when Brenden Hayes rolled over. RSA 4 Cylinders. Heat 1: Nathan Deuchar, 1; Kailee Rose, 2. Heat 2: Nathan Deuchar, 1; Shane Laurie, 2; Kailee Rose, 3. Feature: Nathan Deuchar, 1; Kailee Rose, 2; Shane Laurie, 3; Cassie Dhu, 4. Modlites. Heat 1: Rob Swan, 1; Sean Rose, 2; William Butler, 3. Heat 2: Rob Swan, 1; William Butler, 2; Sean Rose, 3. Feature: William Butler, 1; Sean Rose, 2; Rob Swan, 3. Production Sedans. Heat 1: Ian Bell, 1; Craig McAlister, 2; Madison Harkin, 3. Heat 2: Madison Harkin, 1; Craig McAlister, 2; Ian Bell, 3. Feature: Madison Harkin, 1; Ian Bell, 2; Craig McAlister, 3. RSA Street Stockers. Heat 1 (20 laps): Chris Corbett, 1; Dale Corbett, 2; Steve Hall, 3. Heat 2 (20 laps): Chris Corbett, 1; Shane Carlson, 2; Trent Dhu, 3. Heat 3 (20 laps): Chris Corbett, 1; Shane Carlson, 2; Jakob Lesha, 3. Feature (40 laps): Shane Carlson, 1; Jacob Lesha, 2; Trent Dhu, 3. AMCA Nationals: Heat 1: Tim Luscombe, 1; Tony Blanch, 2; Thomas Vickery, 3. Heat 2: Darren Miller, 1; Shane Newstead, 2; Graham Holland, 3. Heat 3: Tony Blanch, 1; Paul Reeves, 2; Tim Gamble, 3. Heat 4: Matt Hardy, 1; Aaron Knox, 2; Steven Ward, 3. Feature: Matt Hardy, 1; Tony Blanch, 2; Paul Reeves, 3. V8 Dirt Modifieds. Heat 1: Mick Turner, 1; Scott Quirk, 2; Zak Blanch, 3. Heat 2: Mitch Randall, 1; Marley Weller, 2; Tony Dunn, 3. Heat 3: Joshua Rose, 1; Andrew Firth, 2; Chris Polsen, 3. Feature: Joshua Rose, 1; Mitch Randall, 2; Scott Quirk, 3. LISMORE WORKERS SPORTS BOWLING CLUB Social 30/3 A Wilson, W Partridge, Greg Rose 22 d E Bullman, L Church, S Roberts 10 B Clarke, K Shailes, B Hutchinson 14 d L Menin, R Partridge, J Fowler 10 M Moss, J Jacobson, D Pearce 18 d R Moss, K Hoffman, Gary Rose 7 3/4 Social Jane Rose, Greg Rose 22 d J Davis, R Walker 15 K Morrow, M Moss, B Hutchinson

29 d L Kennedy, A Wil;son , A Davis 5 R Reinhardt b Turner, M Rose, 28 d R Rienhardt, M Taylor N McDonald 14 R Campbell, L Church, Gary Rose 21 d Joan Rose, J Rienhardt, W Woods 17 R Hoskin , C Vanderwall 30 d J Jacobson, W Davis 22 L Bryant , K Hoffman, S Smart 25 d K smith, R Moss, J Fowler 10 Major Pairs G Cox, D Pearce 22 d G Fowler, G Moss 21 Major Singles J Piper 31 d P Coulson 27 BALLINA ATHLETICS CLUB Cross Country results for 28/3/21 1K Results 7 & under Female Y Dogan 1,J Dogan 2,A Batterham 3 8-14 Female E Drew 1,S Batterham 2,L Newell 3 15-55 Female P Taylor 1,A Rigley 2,C Maund 3 56 + Female J Fulkerson 1,I Brockhill 2,L Tsikleas 3 9 & under Male G Wrightson 1,F Wrightson 2,J Drew 3 10 + Male P Wrightson 1,A Dogan 2,I Woods 3 3K Results 10 & under Female A Dogan 1,B Farrelly-Wight 2,E Nesbitt 3 11-21 Female C McEwan 1,M Donald 2,Y Farrelly-Wight 3 22-41 Female T Russell 1,E Wailes 2,F Batterham 3 42-50 Female C Drew 1,L Moore 2,V Wight 3 51 + Female S Van Wyk 1,J Rutledge 2,A Wade 3 10 & under Male O Donald 1,L Dogan 2,T Foster 3 11-14 Male O Brisbane 1,H Drew 2,J Clark 3 15-40 Male A Slattery 1,J Clark 2,S Russell 3 41-64 Male C Cowan 1,R Van Wyk 2,D Clark 3 65 + Male N Headford 1,D Walker 2,K Brown 3 6K Results 45 & under Female C Brisbane 1,A Purbrick 2, 46 + Female S Anderson 1,K Oxland 2,C Hall 3 45 & under Male D Wilson 1,J Thompson 2,J Oxland 3 46-59 Male A Nesbitt 1,A Grant-Frost 2,M Thompson 3 60 + Male G Simes 1,P Whittaker 2,A Johnson 3 The events are held each Sunday at 9am at Shelly Beach, East Ballina and caters for all ages and abilities on a handicap basis. EAST LISMORE BOWLS CLUB A grade singles results Round 1 T Prior 31 def G Scotcher 23 L Softley 31 def S Wade 26 P Maloney 31 def Rocco 24 P Russell 31 def A Maslen 25 S Fields 31 def W Morrissey 17 A Gaggin 31 def G Finnigan 30 M Prior 31 def J Guertsen 28 N Harding 31 def J Essex 26 S Gregory 31 def A Pearce 14 R Nind 31 def R Thistleton 10

Round 2 T Prior 31 def R Parkes 19 P Russell 31 def M Prior 21 T Cheli 31 def S Gregory 23 L Softley 31 def A Gaggin 22 R Latta 31 def N Harding 11 G Painter 31 def R NInd 24 S Fields 31 def B Adams 26 N Scandrett 31 def P Maloney 27 QF R Latta 31 def T Prior 15 S Fields 31 def P Russell 14 KYOGLE BOWLS RESULTS Wednesday March 31 - M Brown K Hayes d T Hoffman W Farrell D Condon + 20, P Anderson B Hyde d S Darrah N Parker + 15, G Knapp J Coston d S Barton S Colley + 1. Saturday April 3 - R McKenna D Condon G Miller d R McKenna L Condon R Rogers + 11, D Graham M Rogers T Holder d B Ryan T Burgess B Hyde + 5, W Farrell D Warren d A Rogers N Parker + 2. Championships - B grade singles T Burgess d B Ryan 31 to 12. A grade pairs D Zelcer R Goebel d P Anderson P Doyle 21 to 13. A grade singles D Petherbridge d P Bywater 31 to 5, S Hall d S Colley 31 to 28. RESULTS OF GOLF AT CASINO OVER THE PAST WEEK Wednesday March 31 sponsored by Casino Outdoor & Army Disposals. Division 1 was won by Nora Viel with 30 points from 1st Runner Up Carolyn Ross with 29 then 2nd R/ Up Roanne Lenton with 28 points. Div 2 was won by Lorraine Pratt with 25 from Heather McAndrew with 24 then Judith McHugh with 23. The ball rundown went to 20. The course was looking excellent on this day and the ladies found it tough with very little run. The Eagles Nest has 19 balls in it which wasn’t won. Thursday 1st April the first day of Autumn the winner of the day was Marc Clarke with 41 points with Geoff Carroll coming in Runner up with 37. The ball run down went to 31 and the NTP’s were won by Luke Clarke on the 5th and Justin Northfield on the 17th. Saturday 3rd April (Easter Saturday) the April Monthly Medal and the 7th Round of the PRD Vardon. The Day was sponsored by Meridian Real Estate with 108 in the field and the bunkers back in play the scores were amazing. A Grade was won by Neil Gillett (12) with a 66 nett also taking home the Monthly Mug (thank you to Mick O’Neill for collecting on behalf of Neil who was unable to be there at the end of the day) from Dave Ellis (7) coming in with a fine 69 nett. B Grade was won by Matty Roberts (18) with 69 from Garry King (20) with a 70 nett on a c/b from Pete Smith. C Grade was won by Ricky Quinn (25) with 73 from Runner Up Troy Hook (21) having 74. The ball rundown went to 75 on a c/b; the Classic Shot was won by Steve Nelson and the Eagles Nest has 24 balls in it which wasn’t won.

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April 8, 2021

SPORTS 67

FORMULA 15 NATIONALS IN BALLINA A SUCCESS By Trent Morgan After twelve races held over the Easter long weekend in Ballina, Jim Scott and Frederico Cordilio in ‘Allenz’ have won the Formula 15 Skiff National titles. The event was conducted out of Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club, the races held on various courses ranging from Ballina RSL to the river mouth. Jim and Frederico travelled from Victoria for the event, Jim being the class boat builder and last year’s winner. The result was not decided until the final race on Monday, ‘Allenz’ taking the championship with a final heat win.

Photo by: Jane Morgan. Regatta winners - Jim Scott/Frederico Cordilio in ‘Allenz’

After two days of racing it

Photo by: Trent Morgan. Runners Up – Clare Southwell/Matt Andrews in ‘Magic Formula’

was looking as if RRSRC’s Clare Southwell and Matt Andrews in ‘Magic Formula’ were going to be unstoppable, after four wins and two second places. The wind had had plenty of oomph in it these first two days, which Matt believed had contributed to their early success. Easter Sunday, day three, had lighter wind which brought out the best in RRSRC’s former national champions Barry Bradford and Anna Hugenholtz sailing ‘Trade Secret’, taking a sixth and three first places.

They ended up finishing

died completely. This scrambled the order as the boats fought the outgoing tide, with spinnakers looking as if they were full of the ever present rain, not wind. The final day’s racing was a mixture of lighter and heavier air, ‘Allenz’ capitalising on a very untimely capsize by ‘Magic Formula’ on the finish line in the second last race of the series. This race was won by Ballina’s son and father team of Tom and Brendan McKeown in ‘Toxic’, their second heat win of the event. They finished fourth overall – a wonderful result, especially considering Tom on the helm is only sixteen. Racing in general over the four days had been incredibly exhilarating, with race

Photo by: Jane Morgan. (L-R) ‘Trade Secret’, ‘Magic Formula’, ‘You Only Live Once’

third overall. As the boats reached for the finish line in the final race on Sunday, the wind almost

positions often changing, and heat wins going to five different boats over the series.

Old Sailors Never Give Up – They Just Go Small

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, according to the old saying, but what does a skilled sailor do with all his or her expertise once the demands of sailing are too much on the body? They get into sailing miniature boats on Ballina’s Chickiba Lake. The Ballina Radio Yacht Club has been racing 1-metre miniature sailing boats for 22 years and has some 20 members who meet every Saturday at 12pm, weather permitting. Club Commodore Peter Wilkosz said they hold a 16race meet over a distance from 500 to 700 metres depending on wind strength most Saturdays. “Water quality is never a problem, but if there’s no wind, that’s a problem and could cause us to cancel. That’s rare,” Mr Wilkosz said. “We race an international one metre class. It is purely a sailboat. There is a winch that controls the sails and rudder, but no motor drives the boat, it is only wind driven.” Mr Wilkosz says he is one of

the few members of the club, who didn’t sail full-sized boats prior to joining. “I just saw them at the lake one Saturday and stopped and spent a few hours watching and

then came back the next week and the then commodore found me the club’s spare boat and I was hooked,” he said. Mr Wilkosz said his wife endorsed his interest in the

sport, and it would be cruel to say this was only boys (or men aged from 30 to 80 years) playing with toys. “This is not boys and their toys, it’s a fascinating hobby,”

he said. “And we have had female club member.” Mr Wilkosz said sailors who were finding physicality of sailing challenging often took up remote boat sailing and his club was always looking for new members to join them at Ballina’s Chickiba Lake on Saturday afternoons.

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April 8, 2021

68 SPORTS

REDMEN RUGBY RELEGATES ITSELF

By Tim Howard The Grafton Redmen Rugby Union Club executive have taken what it described as the toughest decision in the club’s history to drop itself from the top shelf of Far North Coast competition. In a post on its Facebook page, the club has revealed a drop in player numbers would force it drop the second tier of competition, the President’s Cup. The post said poor playing numbers at training, the impact of COVID-19 last season and the lack of juniors transferring into the senior grades were all contributing factors. Grafton Redmen president Guy Robertson said the decision to drop down to Presidents Cup was not taken lightly. “We have been actively canvassing for players over the past month to turn up to training, but the numbers are not good enough to field a first and second grade side,” a disappointed Robertson said during the week. “Our coaches also had significant concerns regarding player safety should we field a first grade side, particularly in respect to the frontrow. “The coaches are at the coal-face at every training session and have put in a lot of time. Their recommendation was to approach the zone and nominate for the President’s Cup competition.” Far North Coast zone administrator

Wayne Millane said It was unfortunate a foundation club like Grafton were struggling for numbers and indicated fielding a side in the President’s Cup could come down to the availability of other clubs. “We had eight teams nominate earlier this year but unfortunately Southern Cross University have pulled out due to lack of numbers,” Millane said “It opened up a spot for Grafton and at the zone meeting on Wednesday night, the committee voted to include Grafton as the eighth team to take the place of University.” Teams competing in in the President’s Cup include, Byron Bay, Evans River, Grafton, Iluka, Kyogle, Richmond Range, Tenterfield and Yamba. Club officials backed the move. Assistant coach Brett “Barney” Graham said the club was left with little choice with player strength down in key areas. “It’s not ideal but we really had no choice,” he said. “Player safety is paramount and we were concerned with our front row depth against some of the heavyweights of the first grade competition.” Club secretary Owen Turner, a past player, said the Redmen were not the only club struggling for numbers as a result of the pandemic. “I think COVID has had an impact not only in Grafton but a lot of other sporting clubs throughout NSW,” he said. “People are not

committing to sport like they used to. “On a positive note our junior competition is still strong, so hopefully 2021 is a rebuilding year and we can return to the main competition.” Club stalwart Steve McKimm, who was first grade hooker in the 1969 side, said juniors were not migrating to senior grade. “I think one of the main factors is the lack of interest from juniors in the higher age bracket,” he said. “The kids have so many options in the Clarence Valley when it comes to sport which is great, but obviously it has an impact on rugby.” Former coach and player Don Darke, who who amassed over 200-games for the club, said it was a sad day for the club “It’s so sad to see, it almost brings a tear to your eye when you consider how strong we used to be,” he said. Last season’s first grade coach Brent Berrick said the club had few alternatives. “It’s very disappointing for a club with such a proud history but under the circumstances I’m 100-percent behind the decision,” he said. In further news, the Grafton Redmen women’s side will compete in the Far North Coast women’s 10s competition. The competition is set to commence on April 10 with the Redmen away to Richmond Range before a home game against Tenterfield.

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MINIROOS TO BRING A MATE!

Gema Newcastle Jets captains from 4 to 11-years-old want MiniRoos to bring that runs nationally. It a mate! is designed specifically Newcastle Jets captains for children who have Nigel Boogaard and different developmental Gema Simon have characteristics and social encouraged MiniRoos needs from adults. to invite a mate to play Enjoyment and with them at their club freedom of expression this season. are key to the MiniRoos’

Nigel The 2021 season promises to be the biggest yet across northern NSW with teams preparing for kickoff in late April and early May. MiniRoos is a modified version of football for kids aged

philosophy through playing the game with limited emphasis on coaching. It is all about the children. Northern NSW Football Head of Football Development Peter Haynes said

playing MiniRoos was fun, healthy, safe and great value for money. “MiniRoos is accessible for all because it really is aimed at kids of all abilities, not just the most talented kids,” Haynes said. “Kids are much more likely to enjoy their football experience with the removal of the emphasis on winning. They can just enjoy playing the game. “The smaller fields and simplified rules lead to more fun and enjoyment, more playing time and involvement, far more repeated touches of the ball for all players on the field and more time spent being active.” Haynes said he hoped already registered MiniRoos players would invite a friend to play the world’s biggest sport with them this season. “This year is a great opportunity to invite along a friend who may not have had the chance to play football before,” Haynes said. “Clubs are keen to have you and it is a great way to make other friends and get active. “Football is the biggest and best sport in the world and one of the reasons for that is how inclusive it is. Anyone can play.” Parents are encouraged to use the NSW government’s Active Kids Voucher to help cover their child’s registration. Clubs have until 9 April to enter teams for 2021. So be quick and tell your mates so they don’t miss out! Find your club at

www.playfootball.com.au

The Northern Rivers Times

April 8, 2021

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FEMALE FOOTBALL EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN NSW Northern NSW Football had prepared for female football to take the region by storm in 2021 as part of its biggest season yet. But registrations have shown that female football has exceeded those expectations, with the greatest percentage of female players to play football across northern NSW than ever before this season. NNSWF’s three Hunter-based Member Zones, Newcastle Football, Macquarie Football and Hunter Valley Football, as well as Regional Zones Northern Inland Football, Football Mid North Coast, North Coast Football and Football Far North Coast, are ready and raring to go this season following the challenges provided by the COVID-19 pandemic last year. A significant part of that excitement is around female football given NNSWF’s impressive recent growth in the women’s game. NNSWF has seen a 26 per cent increase in female participation over the last five years, with 26 per cent of its players now female. Football Far North Coast (30 per cent of total players female), Football Mid North Coast (29 per cent), North Coast Football and Newcastle

Football (27 per cent) have exceeded those numbers, while Northern Inland Football (26 per cent) have also shown impressive growth across female football. Macquarie Football (23 per cent) and Hunter Valley Football (22 per cent) are also trending in the right direction. Macquarie Football’s percentage of female players has grown two per cent since 2019, while Hunter Valley Football’s has grown four per cent. A large part of this success is driven by MiniRoos registrations.

MiniRoos is a modified version of football for kids aged from 4 to 11-years-old that runs nationally. MiniRoos registrations are open across northern NSW until 9 April at www.playfootball. com.au. With the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup less than two and a half years away and northern NSW’s potentially important role as a host area, Northern NSW Football Head of Football Development Peter Haynes said it was an exciting time for the women’s game. “The growth of the women and girls game is a strategic

priority for Northern NSW Football which aligns with Football Australia’s XI Principles,” Haynes said. “This includes increasing opportunities for talented girls through talent development programs but also focusing on females at a community level by introducing them to football and retaining them as an important part of the football family. “We’re excited by our own recent growth locally in terms of the female game and with the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup looming on the horizon in gives us that motivation to

really push to build the legacy that comes from hosting such a prestigious international event. Especially in terms of participation and appropriate football infrastructure.” There are plenty of opportunities for women and girls to play football in 2021 with players encouraged to visit www.playfootball.com.au to find their local club. It has been a busy time for women’s football with the NSW government announcing last month a $750,000 investment to fund a talent identification and youth development program for young female players from regional areas. The state government also announced $50 million from its Regional Growth Fund to improve women’s sports facilities. Matildas star Ellie Carpenter was also unveiled as a Regional NSW Ambassador and lead mentor for young female footballers. NNSWF also run a number of programs to offer alternate participation opportunities for females including MiniRoos for Girls and Kick-On for Women. NNSWF’s top tier female competition, the Herald Women’s Premier League, kicked off its 2021 season on Saturday.

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The Northern Rivers Times

April 8, 2021

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THE RIP CURL NEWCASTLE CUP PRESENTED BY CORONA The Rip Curl Newcastle Cup presented by Corona, the second stop on the World Surf League 2021 Championship Tour, opened with the completion of men’s and women’s Seeding Round 1 in small and tricky conditions at Merewether. What lacked in the way of waves on Day 1 was made up for with incredible performances as the world’s best returned to CT competition in Australia for the first time in almost two years. John John Florence the two-time WSL Champion showed he has what it takes when the waves are small. Florence opted to ride a carbon-fibre constructed board in the tough conditions, which looked to work perfectly as he laid down his trademark rail-carves to post the secondhighest two-wave combination of the day. Many of the competitors in both the men’s and women’s events chose to ride EPS carbon/epoxy surfboards to help overcome the weak and fat waves on offer to great success. Our Northern Rivers pro surfers Owen Wright from Byron Bay and Connor O’Leary from Lennox Head didn’t fare so well with both surfers coming last in their

Seeding Round match ups. O’Leary was completely out of rhythm with the set waves in the difficult conditions while Wright ended up being too patient in his heat, only needing a tiny score to advance with minutes left on the clock, his last-ditch effort came up agonisingly short and along with O’Leary was sent to the Elimination Round 2. Prior to the competition getting underway at Merewether, surfers and fans were treated to a moving Acknowledgement of Country and Smoking Ceremony led by Uncle Kevin McKenny of Wandiyali Group with Jackie Allen performing the National Anthem in Awabakal language, and Perry playing the didgeridoo. The words and Smoking Ceremony acknowledged that the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup is taking place on the land of the Awabakal People. COVID-19 regulations required a limited capacity of spectators at the Australian events. To ensure the safety of the athletes, staff, and local community, the WSL are keeping the crowd size within the New South Wales government’s limit of 3,000 people.

Pictured: Owen Wright (red vest) Photographer: WSL / Miers

Pictured: Connor O’Leary (white vest) Photographer: WSL / Miers

Kingscliff swimmer breaks Queensland records Kingscliff’s Olympia Pope has dominated her age group at the Queensland School Sports Championships at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, Chandler late last month. The Year Seven student at Somerset College, Robina Racing alongside and against the States, and arguably the country’s best 12-13-year-old female swimmers, the Somerset College Year Eight student secured a spot on the QSS Merit Team in three events, for the School Sport Australia (SSA) Swimming Championships. However, SSA has made the difficult decision to cancel all School National competitions citing border restriction concerns due to COVID19. It’s not the first time that border restrictions have made life difficult for the young swimmer who graduated from Kingscliff’s St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School in 2019. Olympia trained at the Tweed Regional Aquatic Centre at Murwillumbah under Gavin Urquhart and coaches Ian, Aaron, Dwayne

Olympia Pope

and Sandi and was the 2020 Tweed Shire Council Australia Day Award Recipient for Sporting Achievement. In 2020 she entered high school at Somerset College, Robina, transitioning her

swimming to Somerset Swim Club, now under the watchful eye of her new coach Chris Urquhart, Gavin’s brother. However, due to COVID-19, school lockdown and border restrictions, 2020

was definitely a roller coaster. She resorted to online, athome learning for approx. eight weeks and with training facilities shut down, she trained in Kingscliff creek on the incoming tide most days whether that be dawn, midday or dusk, and incorporated dry land zoom work out sessions with her Somerset Swim Club training mates and Coaches. In December 2020, she attended the Swimming Queensland Long Course Swimming Championships bringing home a silver medal and two Bronze medals in the 12-year Girls age category. More recently, Olympia competed at South Coast School Regional Swim trials where she broke the 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke records securing her spot on the South Coast Region Team to compete at her firstever Queensland School Sport 13-19 Year Swimming Championships hosted at Brisbane Aquatic Centre, Chandler where she excelled. She took home gold and QSS Champion in the 100m Breaststroke. Breaking the previous QSS record in the

heats in a time of 1.13.01 and going on to break the record again in the finals in a time of 1.12.87. Securing a Swimming Queensland State 12-year girl record and Swimming Australia National Open Qualifying time. She also took gold and QSS Champion 200m Breaststroke - breaking the previous record by 4.90 seconds in a time of 2:37:85 securing a Swimming Australia National Open Qualifying time Her third gold and QSS title came in the 4 x 50m Medley Relay, where her team broke the record in a time of 2:04:79 Olympia also finished the meet with a silver in 50m Breaststroke in a time of 34.18 securing a Swimming Australia National Open Qualifying time. Due to School Nationals being cancelled and Olympia being too young to compete at the upcoming Swimming Australia Age Nationals, being hosted at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Olympia will now turn her attention to the upcoming Short Course Season over winter.

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April 8, 2021

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JETS ANNOUNCE INITIATIVE

TO SUPPORT FLOOD AFFECTED COMMUNITIES

Jets Executive Chairman, Shane Mattiske

Newcastle Jets are proud to announce the Club will host their week 16 match against Perth Glory in Coffs Harbour with a focus on raising funds for those impacted by the recent floods. The April 13 match will be held at C.ex Coffs International Stadium with kick-off scheduled for 7.05pm. Jets Executive Chairman,

Shane Mattiske said; “The Club has a focus on connecting with community and the north coast region. “Having played a trial match last year in Coffs Harbour, we know there’s strong support for the game. “We’re excited to bring a fully-fledged competition game to the area.” Along with taking an

A-League match to a grass roots area, the Jets will use the initiative as an opportunity to support flood affected communities in the north coast. Raising funds in the lead up and on match day of the Tuesday, April 13 match, Mattiske believes the match against Glory is a wonderful opportunity to unite as a Club and football community. “Like all people throughout this region, we’re concerned about the impact of the floods on the community,” Mattiske said. “We know the important role organised sport has in lifting the spirits of communities and we can see the incredible popularity of football throughout Coffs Harbour and the surrounding

regions. “Speaking with clubs and associations around the region, we are aware of the struggle through the impact of COVID and floods which as impacted funding registration fees. “We are stepping in to raise money to support these people in being able to pay for their families to be able to take part in the game. “We want to help lift the spirits in the community and by bringing a professional game to Coffs Harbour, we hope it will further drive the uptake in the game.” Coffs Harbour Mayor Councillor Denise Knight said she was looking forward to welcoming the Jets back to Coffs Harbour for the home fixture. “We’re excited to partner

with the Jets to bring the first A-League match to the upgraded C.ex Coffs International Stadium, which was redeveloped specifically to cater for elite sporting events such as this,” Knight said. “It’s a great opportunity for fans to come and stay on the Coffs Coast and enjoy a homegame holiday.” Gold coin donation buckets will be at the ground with all proceeds donated to flood affected football families. Tickets will be available for purchase as of Friday morning. Go to www.coffscoast.com.au/ ALeague for more details. Two children under the age of 16 will be able to access the match for free when accompanied by a paying adult.

Children aged 16 and under accompanied by an adult can attend the Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory A-League match for free, thanks to the northern New South Wales football community. North Coast Football, Football Far North Coast and Northern New South Wales Football have combined to provide tickets for any child aged 16 and under, playing or non-playing, to attend the match if an adult accompanies them with a general admission ticket. The northern NSW football community applauds the Newcastle Jets and Coffs Harbour City Council for supporting its plan to ensure as many children as possible get the chance to see the match. “It’s an opportunity for our current players to be inspired and for non-players to see what the world game is all about,” said Andrew Woodward, General Manager of the Coffs Harbour based North Coast Football. “Over $4 million in football talent will be on the pitch at Coffs Stadium. That’s not something we see every day. We want as many people as possible to see it. “Football already is the biggest sport on the north coast and continuing to grow. Bringing events like the Jets v Glory match will help accelerate that growth. “Football on the north coast is having a bumper 12 months with two Jets’ visits - the upcoming match against Perth

Glory and Brisbane Roar back in December. “Player registrations across northern NSW are up, meaning we will have our biggest year yet in terms of player and team numbers. “The year will end on a high with the opening of three new football pitches and associated facilities at Coffs Sport and Leisure Park, including two all-weather, year-round football pitches, thanks to $12.5 million in funding from state and local

government. “We’re also excited that the North Coast Football National Premier League Youth Under 15’s and 16’s will play each other in the curtain-raiser to the match. This match will be a great experience and exposure for the girls and boys,” Mr Woodward said. One adult general admission ticket’s purchase entitles the buyer to two complimentary tickets for children aged 16 and under.

SPORTS GROUPS CELEBRATE GRANTS

Member for Tweed Geoff Provest with the Cudgen Cricket Club.

Cabarita Boardriders, Pottsville Cricket Club, Casuarina Beach Hockey Club and Pottsville Beach Soccer have all received a major boost with the announcement of Local Sports Grants Program by the NSW Government. Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest said the four were among 14 local sporting organisations to receive the grants aimed at increasing participation, purchase equipment and improve facilities. “Sport is a way of life in our community and the Local Sport Grant Program is another excellent example of

the NSW Government delivering for the people of Tweed,” Mr Provest said. “These grants provide vital funds to our local clubs to help with the purchase of uniforms, shade shelters and training courses”. These grants provide a welcome lift to communities as NSW emerges from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Full a complete list of successful applicants visit sport.nsw.gov.au

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