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Green Space exhibition a reflection of Spring creativity DUNGOG’S hills and fields are sporting a vibrant palette of green hues as Spring arrives in the valley following a warm, wet winter. The greenery inspired the theme for the 2026 collaborative exhibition Green Space by the artists and artisans of Dungog by Design. The exhibition was opened last Saturday afternoon at the Dowling Street gallery by Michelle Dado-Millynn, a local environmental activist, visual storyteller, educator, and film producer. She commented on the eclectic mix of art forms by the 20 exhibitors represented: painting, jewellery, textiles, woodwork and weaving

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The Green Space exhibition opening numbers were boosted by a crossover from Dungog’s Tea Party. Photo: Marian Day.

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By Megan WILLIS ON Friday 11 September, a herd of donkeys from Glen William Good Samaritan Donkey Sanctuary was loaded onto transport destined for Melbourne. Affectionately known as the ‘Travelling Donkeys’, they’ll be performing at the Melbourne Royal Show. It won’t be their first performance, just their first in Melbourne. In March, they were a feature of the Sydney Royal Show under the care of Dave Manchon, owner of Tamworth’s Rooftop Express, an entertainment company specialising in Australian equine and livestock.

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Twenty donkeys took centre stage in Sydney in a performance called ‘Imagine a Horse’. Alexandra (Sandy) Kokas-Magnussen, manager of the Good Samaritan Donkey Sanctuary, explained that the travelling donkeys ‘bring the country to the city’, allowing city families to connect with rural Australia in meaningful ways. Sandy is the daughter of founder Jo Anne Kokas, who has been rescuing donkeys since 1972. Jo Anne Kokas is a recipient of the Order of Australia Medal recognising her outstanding work and dedication to animal welfare. According to Sandy, over four thousand

donkeys have been rescued since the Donkey Sanctuary opened its gates. The sanctuary currently has over 100 donkeys in care, 15 in a dedicated intensive care unit. Every donkey has a name and a personality to match. The donkeys have their own paddock areas according to need, along with affectionate herd names like the ‘JC Crew’ (Jenny Craig Crew), a small group of donkeys with special nutritional needs. The Donkey Sanctuary is entirely run by caring volunteers from the Dungog Shire. It relies solely on public donations. Volunteers over the age of 18 are welcome.

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Revisiting Dungog Shire’s past in audio and print CAMERON Archer will combine his twin passions for tourism and history when he launches a local history podcast series, and the first in an ongoing series of local history articles is published in Dungog News Of The Area later this month. Chair of Dungog Regional Tourism, Mr Archer is a published author. However, podcasts will be a first. “Our shire has a rich and fascinating past,” Mr Archer said. “To ensure all of the shire was covered, the initial series features the history of each of its villages, Clarence Town, Gresford, Vacy and Paterson, as well as the town of Dungog. “They’ll be an excellent introduction to the broader history of the shire.” The podcast series will be launched at a function at Radio House Dungog on Sunday, 20 September at 3pm.

Funded by the Community Broadcasting Foundation, the podcast is a collaboration between the tourism body and Radio Dungog. It relied on the cooperation and assistance of the Clarence Town Historical Society, Gresford Historical Society, Dungog Historical Society, and the Paterson Historical Society. Supported by Dungog Regional Tourism, the podcasts draw on the audio production skills of Radio Dungog and Therese Sweeney, an experienced historian and local history podcast producer. The narrator is Radio Dungog’s vice president, Michael Beaumont. Working with Mr Archer, Radio Dungog president, Nola McDonald led the project. Initially to be broadcast by Radio Dungog, the series will also be available on its website. The project follows Radio Dungog's relocation to Radio House,

the former Girl Guides Hall in Dungog Showground. The launch of the podcast and News Of The Area articles will coincide with Dungog Regional Tourism’s release of a brace of new brochures, site information boards, and maps of the shire. News Of The Area Group Editor, Eve Nesmith said the media group is delighted to be working with Mr Archer to present his articles each fortnight. “Cameron’s personal association with the district and his love of local history are well known and respected,” Ms Nesmith said. “As chair of Dungog Regional Tourism he will bring a multifaceted view to the stories he’ll write for Dungog News Of The Area. “I’m sure shire residents and visitors will appreciate how the people and events of the shire’s past have helped shape the beautiful region they know today.”

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Community spirit fuels Dungog Rumble 2026 CINDY Fisher admits that she’s ‘not really a car person’. For her, a car is for getting from ‘A’ to ‘B’ across Dungog Shire in her role as a community nurse. But, as secretary of Dungog Rumble Inc, she loves the people who bring their much-loved vintage and classic cars, hot rods, trucks, motorbikes and other meticulously maintained machines to the town every October. For the past 14 years, the Rumble has drawn tens of thousands of people to Dungog. On 17 October, hundreds more will descend on Hooke Street. For Ms Fisher, there’s a higher purpose to what’s

become an annual labour of love. “We run the Rumble to raise money for groups needing financial support,” she said. “Since we were incorporated in 2021, we’ve raised $109,500 for deserving causes. “Last year, the money went to Dungog Shire Palliative Care Volunteers Inc to help buy a new vehicle. “Palliative Care will benefit again this year, along with two local organisations that approached us for support.” Attracting vehicles of all shapes and sizes competing in 15 categories, each hopes to win the Bruce Clark Memorial Trophy for best in show, as

chosen by his wife Eileen. The family-friendly event will feature raffles, auctions, wood chopping, food tents, and displays by emergency services. The Rumble has grown so much that the street has had to be closed to traffic for safety reasons and to accommodate exhibitor numbers. The event also accelerates business across the shire. Many visitors stay over two nights, and when they tire of buffed duco and blinding chrome, they drift into nearby stores to fuel the local economy. How many exhibitors will be there? No one knows until they roll into town. But, one thing’s for sure:

the Rumble runs on highoctane community spirit. “We couldn’t run the event without our very generous

sponsors and volunteers,” she said. “We'd love more committee members to help

with planning and to bring new ideas.” Like to get involved? Call Ms Fisher on 0439 956 163.

The late Bruce Clark was immortalised on a car bonnet painted by local artist Lisa Wiseman.

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of one hour a day of learning using pen and paper, reflecting strong evidence of the learning benefits of writing by hand and reading from paper. It comes as the Government moves to address worrying trends in education, to ensure an entire generation of students learning in an increasingly digital environment don’t miss out on the essential educational foundations of literacy and numeracy. “An entire generation of students are increasingly living in an online world,” said Minister for Education and Early Learning Prue Car. “We have a responsibility to ensure their health and education isn’t adversely affected by excessive screen use.” According to the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment, Australian students are nearly twice as likely to spend more than two hours per day using digital devices for learning as the OECD average, while academic results are falling – particularly among 12- to 15-year-olds in reading and writing. A healthy day for children and young people includes a mix of being active, getting enough sleep, and building active social connections with their peers and family, according to Chief Paediatrician at NSW Health, Dr Helen Goodwin. “We know that too much time spent on screens impacts these important daily activities that support healthy growth and development,” Dr Goodwin said The government’s own $2.5 million research fund assessing the impact of screen use on learning found that although teachers are largely using technology in a purposeful way, only 45 per cent of secondary parents and 32 per cent of primary parents indicated that the benefits of using technologies outweigh the disadvantages.

The same research found that half of students surveyed reported being distracted by screens in class. “When the research is telling us teenagers are spending as much as seven hours a day on screens, and we are seeing reading and writing skills going backwards for a whole generation of children, we have to act,” Ms Car said. The Government’s daily screen-use recommendations will be introduced from Day 1, Term 1, 2027 and become mandatory from 2028, giving schools and teachers time to adjust resources and practices. The policy builds on and complements action already taken to reduce reliance on technology and its distractions – beginning with the ban on mobile phones in 2023 and most recently with restrictions on take-home assessments for HSC students to combat the use of AI. Schools that have already adopted a digital-free approach to learning are seeing the benefits flow through to better educational outcomes. Digital literacy will remain a core part of the curriculum with opportunities to use online tools in a variety of educationally beneficial ways. The policy aims to significantly reduce the cumulative impact of screen time on NSW children and its impact on learning and development. The policy includes clear exemptions and adjustments for students with disability, those with additional needs, or students for whom English is not their first language, or where digital support is part of a personalised learning plan. The Department of Education will support teachers to make the transition with professional learning, resources and comprehensive guidance to ensure that screens are no longer the default for learning in NSW public schools.

New daily screen-use limits in public schools include: No individual student device use in public preschools Up to 15 minutes a day for Kindergarten to Year 2 Up to 30 minutes a day for Years 3 and 4 Up to 45 minutes a day for Years 5 and 6 Up to one-quarter of the time per subject for Years 7 to 10 Up to half the time per subject for Years 11 and 12 These times would operate across a week of lessons.

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Smile! Entries open for Humans of Aged Care photo contest IT’S time for aged care workers around the country to strike a pose, because Ageing Australia is looking to showcase photographs of the best in the sector.

So many people contribute in positive and amazing ways to the care of older Australians, and Ageing Australia is holding

a Humans of Aged Care photo competition to honour their contributions. This year's theme, ‘Small moments, Big impact’ celebrates the everyday moments in the aged care sector – and the extraordinary range of people who choose this varied, challenging but rewarding career. “Behind every resident, every home, every community program, there's a person who chose to be there,“ Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson said. “A nurse, a personal care worker, a chef, a gardener,

a diversional therapist, a volunteer, a physio, a driver, a hairdresser - to name just a few.” “The Humans of Aged Care contest is about putting a face – and a moment – to that career.” Cash prizes will be awarded to winning organisations to put towards a staff development initiative of their choice. First prize is $2500, second prize $1000 and a people’s choice prize winner will receive $1000. Entries are open now and close on 16 October. The winning photos will be displayed at Ageing Australia’s National Conference in Sydney in November.

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Police launch crackdown on illegal e-bikes

THIRTY-SIX illegal e-bikes have been seized in Sydney after new laws came into effect. On 21 August 2026, amendments to the Road Transport Act 2013 became enforceable, allowing illegal, modified or highpowered e-bikes, other nonregisterable motor vehicles, and unregistered registerable vehicles, used in public places to be seized and destroyed.

In a joint operation between Transport for NSW and Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, officers targeted illegal, modified and high-powered e-bike use in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. A speed-testing dynamometer was also used to test suspect e-bikes. Northern Beaches locations were identified following recent incidents of illegal, dangerous and

The first operation targeting illegal e-bikes saw 36 e-bikes seized. Photo: NSW Police Force. reckless e-bike use. Police seized 36 e-bikes, including three e-bikes that were identified as non-compliant on the dynamometer. They also issued 16 penalty notices and 46 cautions for various offences, including helmet and mobile phone offences. In addition, police officers and Transport for NSW officers conducted education

and community engagement. Of note, an e-bike capable of allegedly reaching speeds of more than 90 km/h was seized from a 14-year-old boy at Warriewood. “Riders need to ensure their e-bike complies with legislation and that when they ride they comply with the rules about where they can and cannot ride e-bikes,” Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander, Assistant

Commissioner David Driver said. “Most e-bike riders do the right thing and comply with the rules; however, police will enforce new legislation if people ride non-compliant vehicles.” E-bikes must behave like bicycles, not motorcycles. “If your bike can operate like a motorcycle under throttle or go more than 25 kilometres an hour while

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First case of bird flu in endangered sea lion By Duncan MURRAY, AAP

AUSTRALIA’S rarest seal species has recorded a case of bird flu for the first time, with an animal dying from the disease while recovering from a shark attack. The first case in an Australian sea lion has raised concerns for the species' already dwindling population. A sea lion at South Australia's Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island tested positive for the highly transmissible disease, authorities confirmed on Sunday, 13 September. More than 80 per cent of the estimated total population of 10,000-12,000 sea lions are found in SA. The development has sparked fears of a possible extinction event after seal colonies worldwide have been devastated by the virus. The seal that tested positive had also been attacked by a shark and may have been more susceptible to the disease as it was recovering, SA Environment Minister Emily Bourke told reporters. "We found that it was actually not the shark attack that killed the sea lion; it was the bird flu case," Ms Bourke said.

"When we look around the world at the impact on sea lions and seals, it’s been devastating. "We know that this is going to be not the first and only case in our sea lions." In some cases, populations of seals impacted by the disease globally had experienced reductions in pup numbers of up to 95 per cent. A long-nosed fur seal that died of the virus in August at Pages Conservation Park near Kangaroo Island was Australia's first recorded case of the disease in a mammal. Authorities are scrambling to protect the seals, with hundreds of feral cats around Seal Bay trapped to prevent them from spreading the virus. With no approved bird flu vaccines currently available for mammals, more than 400 seal pups were instead vaccinated against hookworm, to give them the best chance possible to fight off infections. "We just want to make our seals as resilient as possible," Ms Bourke said. Even before the arrival of bird flu, the sea lion population on Kangaroo Island was declining by around two per cent every year due to other factors.

Ms Bourke said her state would be open to conducting tests of experimental vaccines which require the approval of the federal government. A vaccine trial on monk

A sea lion has tested positive for bird flu, sparking fears of a possible extinction event. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS.

seals in Hawaii was reported to be successful. "We are obviously willing, able and ready to participate in a vaccine program if it can be approved at a national

level," Ms Bourke said. "The cost isn't a factor: it’s the ability to get it into the country and go through that rigorous process." There have been 290

confirmed cases of bird flu in SA since the start of the year, accounting for more than half of the 521 cases recorded nationwide.

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Crime-solving clergy may come and go, but for 11 seasons, DI Geordie Keating (Robson Green, pictured) has been the mainstay of this gentle murder mystery. However, this is the ﬁnal episode of Grantchester, and last week’s cliffhanger ending, which saw the detective shot and left ﬁghting for life, feels genuinely perilous. While Geordie’s loved ones keep vigil by his bedside in hospital, Alphy (Rishi Nair) and DC Peters (Bradley Hall) track the shooter (Sonny Ashbourne Serkis) across Cambridgeshire countryside. It all brings Alphy’s ongoing crisis of faith to a head.

This week, intrepid tour guide Shaun Micallef concludes his second sojourn around the globe, helping famous faces follow in the footsteps of their ancestors – and he’s saved the best for last. For this ﬁnal chapter, Micallef’s travel companion is TV presenter Tony Armstrong (pictured), whose Indigenous heritage is well known; however, the former AFL player isn’t quite as acquainted with his Irish roots. The joy of this series is the revealing conversations held en route, as Micallef unravels the person behind the public persona. A highlight is witnessing the genuine delight on Armstrong’s face as he uncovers parallels between his Aboriginal and Irish cultures.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 Vintage Voltage. (R) 11.00 Wales: Land Of The Wild. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.55 DNA Family Secrets. (Ml, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Glass Houses. (2020, Mads, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 11.00 Building The Dream. (R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PGs, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Costa Georgiadis visits a huge anthurium collection. 8.20 Death Valley. (PGa) A walker is found dead on a mountain trail. 9.05 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) Nine artists create celebrity portraits. 9.55 Spicks And Specks. (PGl, R) Hosted by comedian Adam Hills. 10.25 ABC Late News. 10.40 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) 11.15 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 12.00 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

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6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 7.30 Football. AFL Finals. Second preliminary final. Sydney v Fremantle. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match. 11.15 GetOn Extra. A look at the weekend’s best racing. 11.45 The Voice. (PG, R) 1.25 The Midwich Cuckoos. (MA15+av) Midwich makes a shocking discovery. 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership Finals. First semi-final. Wests Tigers v Canberra Raiders. 9.45 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon 2. (1989, Mlsv, R) Two cops try to bust drug smugglers. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover. 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) Hosted by Ben Shephard. 1.00 Next Stop. (a, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (R) Andrew Winter helps James and Brendan. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.40 Two And A Half Men. (PGs, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.20pm Forged In Fire. 3.10 Stories From The Cities. 3.45 BBC News At Ten. 4.15 France 24. 4.45 PBS News. 5.40 Inside The Huddle. 6.10 Over The Black Dot. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 Celebrity Jeopardy. 8.30 Original Gangsters With Sean Bean. 9.25 The Naked World. 10.20 Sex Actually With Alice Levine. 11.15 The Americans. 12.10am The Old Man. 2.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Malaysia Kitchen. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Iconic Australia. 1.00 Poirot. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. 2025 First semi-final. Canberra Raiders v Cronulla Sharks. Replay. 5.00 Rugby League. NRL. 2025 Second semi-final. Canterbury Bulldogs v Penrith Panthers. Replay. 7.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Find My Country House Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game Of Shadows. (2011, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

DRAMA (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 The Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 JAG. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Open The Wall. (2014, PG, German) 6.40 What We Did On Our Holiday. (2014, PG) 8.30 P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang. (1982, PG) 10.00 We’re All Going To The World’s Fair. (2021, M) 11.35 Argo. (2012, M) 1.55pm The Ipcress File. (1965, PG) 3.55 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 5.40 Loophole. (1981, PG) 7.35 Arrowhead. (2015, M) 9.30 Crash. (1996, MA15+) 11.20 Triangle Of Sadness. (2022, M) 2am Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 NFL Tailgate. 10.00 NFL. Week 2. Buffalo Bills v Detroit Lions. 1.30pm Pawn Stars. 2.00 The Force: BTL. 2.30 Kick Ons. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Engineering Disasters. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Motorbike Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: Last Vegas. (2013, M) 10.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Baywatch. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 MOVIE: The DUFF. (2015, M) 9.35 MOVIE: Sex And The City 2. (2010, MA15+) 12.35am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.30 Legacies. 2.25 Baywatch. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO City Adventures. 5.10 Wild Manes. 5.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. (2000, M) 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.25 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 MOVIE: Muppets From Space. (1999, PG) 9.15 MOVIE: Above The Rim. (1994, MA15+) 11.00 Late Programs.

Programs. 2.30pm The Makery. 2.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 3.00 Play School. 3.35 Fizzy And Suds. 4.00 Andy’s Global Adventures. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.15 Octonauts. 5.50 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 9.50 BattleBots. 10.35 Merlin. 11.20 Late Programs. 6am First Edition. 9.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 Fox Sports News. 1pm Paul Murray Live. 2.00 NewsDay. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 The Bond Report. 6.00 Steve Price. 7.00 The World According To Rowan Dean. 8.00 Opinionated. 8.30 The US Report. 9.30 The Media Show. 10.15 Lefties Losing It. 10.45 Late Edition. Midnight News.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat Please Note: Programs are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by the Networks.

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SATURDAY, September 19 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

ON THE Box NINE (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (PG) 12.00 News. 12.30 Grantchester. (Mv, R) 1.15 Father Brown. (PGv, R) 2.00 Death Valley. (PGa, R) 2.50 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip. (R) 3.40 Take 5. (PG, R) 4.10 Tampa: The Turning Point. (Final, PG, R) 5.00 Aust Story. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 9.50 Car & Country Quest. (Premiere) 11.05 Wonders Of The World I Can’t See. (PGl, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Cycling. Tour of Britain. Men’s. H’lights. 3.10 Going Places. (R) 3.40 I’ll Be Frank. (PGavw, R) 4.40 Loxton Basketball: 70 Years. (PGl) 5.35 War Trains. (PG)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Sydney Everest Carnival and Caulfield Underwood Stakes. 4.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. 4.30 Football. AFL Finals. First preliminary final. Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions.

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Drive Review. 1.00 Cybershack. (Return) 1.30 The Block. (PGl, R) 3.00 NRLW Wrap. (PG) 4.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership Finals. Second semi-final. Brisbane Broncos v Newcastle Knights.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Frugal Foodie. (R) 10.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 10.30 What’s Up Down Under. (PG) 11.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 12.00 Love It Or List It UK: Brilliant Builds. (PG, R) 1.00 Pooches At Play. (Final, PG) 1.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 2.00 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG, R) 3.00 The Finish Line. (R) 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R) 6.25 Hard Quiz. (PGs, R) 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 Grantchester. (Final, Mv) Geordie fights for his life. 8.20 Father Brown. (PGa, R) Lady Felicia invites a prestigious group of writers to Montague with hopes of getting her work published. 9.05 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) The opening of a sculpture park in Angel’s Rise is marred by murder when art imitates death. 10.35 Falling. (Ml, R) 11.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door. (Mal) 9.00 The Airport Chaplain. (Ml, R) 10.05 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. (PGad, R) 11.05 DNA Family Secrets. (PG, R) 12.15 Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses & Gardens. (R) 3.35 Mountain Vets. (Ma, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

8.00 Seven News. 8.30 MOVIE: The Break-Up. (2006, Mls, R) Feeling under-appreciated and neglected, an art dealer decides to break up with her partner and begin dating other people in an effort to make him jealous. Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams. 10.45 Kings Of The Big Game: West Coast Eagles: When The West Was Won. (Ml) The premiership is won by a single point. 12.00 The Midwich Cuckoos. (MA15+av) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)

6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 Rugby League. NRL Finals. First semifinal. Sydney Roosters v Cronulla Sharks. 9.50 NRL Finals Footy Post-Match. Post-match coverage of the first semi-final. 10.45 MOVIE: Rocky Balboa. (2006, Mv, R) Rocky Balboa steps out of retirement. Sylvester Stallone. 12.45 Wild Cards. (Ma, R) 1.45 Explore. (PG, R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.30 Gogglebox Australia. (PGalsv, R) Opinionated viewers discuss TV shows. 7.30 Selling Houses Australia. (PG) A widow must sell her halffinished church conversion so she can move to South Australia. 9.30 Love It Or List It: Brilliant Builds. (PG) Kirstie and Phil look back on their best small-space transformations, including knocking down walls in Windsor. 10.30 Watson. (Ma, R) Watson and the fellows fight to revive a woman. 11.30 FBI. (Madv, R) Jubal and the team try to solve a kidnapping. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.35 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 We’re Going On A Bear Hunt. 4.15 Stan & Gran. 5.20 Peter Rabbit. 5.45 Iron Man And His Awesome Friends. 6.25 Zog. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 7.55 MOVIE: Spy Kids. (2001, PG) 9.20 The Lady Grace Mysteries. 9.45 Merlin. 10.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.50 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 3.45pm BBC News At Ten. 4.15 France 24. 4.45 PBS News. 5.45 Mastermind Australia. 6.45 Engineering By Catastrophe. 7.40 History’s Greatest Machines. 8.30 The Ozempic Effect: Beyond The Waistline. 9.30 Couples Therapy. 10.45 Icons Unearthed: Harrison Ford. 11.35 MOVIE: Body Of Lies. (2008, MA15+) 1.55am Vikings: The Rise And Fall. 4.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30

GetOn Extra. Noon House Calls To The Rescue. 1.00 Better Homes. 2.00 Escape To The Country. 3.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.00 Horse Racing. Sydney Everest Carnival and Caulfield Underwood Stakes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Chateau. 9.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 The Travelling Auctioneers. Noon Avengers. 1.00 MOVIE: Quiet Weekend. (1946) 2.55 MOVIE: Duel In The Jungle. (1954, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: The Colditz Story. (1955) 7.00 Getaway. 7.30 MOVIE: U.S. Marshals. (1998, M) 10.10 MOVIE: Cry Macho. (2021, M) 12.10am Late Programs.

DRAMA (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 Building The Dream. 12.30pm The Living Room. 2.30 JAG. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. (Final) 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 JAG. 12.15am Home Shopping.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Loophole. (1981, PG) 7.55 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. (2019, PG) 10.00 Memory Lane. (2024, M, Dutch) 11.50 Birthday Girl. (2001, M) 1.30pm Fallen Leaves. 3.00 The Movie Show. 3.30 What We Did On Our Holiday. (2014, PG) 5.20 P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang. (1982, PG) 6.50 Anne Of Green Gables. (2016, PG) 8.30 Saving Private Ryan. (1998, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Life Off Road. Noon Cool Cars & Bikes. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Motor Racing. NDRC Top Doorslammer. Round 4. Winternationals. 2.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 6. Port Adelaide v Sydney. 4.30 Frozen Gold. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 8.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 9.15 MOVIE: Ghostbusters: Afterlife. (2021, PG) 11.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Tennis. Davis Cup. Qualifiers. World Group I. Australia v Poland. Day 1. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 Seinfeld. 7.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 1. Melbourne United v Adelaide 36ers. 9.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 1. Perth Wildcats v South East Melbourne Phoenix. 11.30 Top 20 Funniest. 12.30am The Purge. 2.10 Baywatch. 4.40 Hop. 5.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.35 Emily In Japan. 12.40pm Stompem Ground: King Of Hearts. 1.05 Nula. 1.35 Undiscovered Vistas. 2.30 Over The Black Dot. 3.00 Black Magic. 4.05 MOVIE: The Darkside. (2013, PG) 5.45 Glen Thomas: Beyond The Walls. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. (Final) 8.40 MOVIE: Fright Night. (2011, MA15+) 10.30 Nat King Cole: Afraid Of The Dark. 12.10am Late Programs.

6am Fox Sports News. 7.00 Weekend First Edition. 10.00 First Up: Everest Carnival. 11.00 Fox Sports News. Noon The Bond Report. 1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Weekend Newsday. 3.00 Steve Price. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Weekend Newsday. 6.00 Opinionated. 6.30 Bondi: A Timeline Of Terror. 8.00 The Media Show. 8.45 First Up: Everest Carnival. 9.45 Late Edition. 11.00 Fox Sports News.

SUNDAY, September 20 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NINE (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.20 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) 3.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (PG, R) 4.00 Creative Types. (PGv, R) 4.30 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. (R) 5.00 Take 5. (PGa, R) 5.30 Back Roads. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Car & Country Quest. 11.10 Journey Of The Pelicans: An Outback Mystery. (R) 12.00 PBS News Compass Points. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.00 The Story Of Irish Dance. (R) 5.35 War Trains. (PG)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 12.30 Football. AFL Women’s. GWS Giants v Richmond. 2.30 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 3.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 4.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 Destination WA. (PG, R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 GolfBarons. (R) 1.30 The Block. (PGl, R) 2.30 Rugby League. NRL Finals. Second semi-final. New Zealand Warriors v Newcastle Knights.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Mixed Martial Arts. UFC 331 – Van v Pantoja 2. Prelims. 11.00 Food Trail: South Africa. (R) 11.30 GCBC. (R) 12.00 Good Food Everyday. (PGa, R) 12.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 1.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 1.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 2.00 Gogglebox Aust. (PGalsv, R) 3.00 The Finish Line. (R) 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG) Nine artists create celebrity portraits. 8.20 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. Presented by Kevin McCloud. 9.10 The Cage. (M) Gary enlists Matty’s services in a casino scheme. 9.55 Falling. (Final, M) 10.40 Grantchester. (Final, M, R) 11.30 Father Brown. (PG, R) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+dhlnsv) 2.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 2.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Roman Empire By Train With Alice Roberts. (Premiere, Mans) 8.25 Ancient Superstructures. (Return, PGv) 9.25 Castle Secrets. (Mav, R) 10.20 Secret Lebanon: The Treasures Of Byblos. (R) 11.20 Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses & Gardens. (R) 2.50 Mountain Vets. (Ma, R) 3.55 Along Ancient Tracks. (Mn, R) 4.45 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The Voice. (PG) 9.00 7NEWS Spotlight. Focuses on long-form investigations. 10.00 My Roommate, My Murderer: Death Of Stephanie Hansen. (Mav) Looks at the murder of Stephanie Hansen. 11.00 24 Hours In Police Custody: Body In The Grass. (Malv, R) 12.30 Curfew. (MA15+av) 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.00 NFL. Week 2. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 The Block. (PGl) 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.40 9News Late. 10.10 The First 48: Along Came A Killer. (MA15+av) 11.10 Murder In The 21st. (Mv) 12.00 I Survived A Crime. (MA15+lv) 12.30 Tycoons Down Under. (PGa, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Destination WA. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 Gogglebox Australia. TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows. 8.00 Watson. (Mm) Watson is sued for wrongful life by a long-term patient suffering from VACTERL association. 9.00 FBI. (Mav) After Maggie’s sister goes missing, the team begins an all-out search to recover her. However, when Maggie discovers Erin was kidnapped by a sinister figure from her past, she must save her. 12.00 10 News+. (R) Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm The Makery. 2.45 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 The Gruffalo. 3.55 Talking Tom Heroes. 4.30 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.50 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.20 Peppa Pig. 5.50 Iron Man And His Awesome Friends. 6.25 Zog. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 MOVIE: Paddington. (2014) 9.00 Animal Park. 10.30 Secrets Of The Zoo. 11.15 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm Race For The Planet. 4.00 Stories From The Cities. 4.30 France 24. 4.55 PBS Washington Week. 5.20 PBS News Compass Points. 5.50 Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Dropout. 10.30 The UnXplained With William Shatner. 12.10am Secrets Of Penthouse. 1.50 Generation Sext. 2.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00

The Great Australian Doorstep. 10.30 House Calls To The Rescue. 11.30 Escape To The Country. 12.30pm Harry’s Practice. 1.00 Medical Emergency. 1.30 Malaysia Kitchen. 2.00 Better Homes. 2.55 The Yorkshire Vet. 3.55 My Greek Odyssey. 4.55 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 5.55 Escape To The Country. 6.55 Vicar Of Dibley. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Genius: Picasso. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. Noon My Favorite Martian. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 Tennis. Davis Cup. Qualifiers. World Group I. Australia v Poland. Day 2. 7.00 Keeping Up Appearances. 7.30 Clarkson’s Farm. 8.30 Fawlty Towers. 9.50 Blackadder II. 11.10 Late Programs.

DRAMA (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 All 4 Adventure. 9.00 Roads Less Travelled. 9.30 On The Fly. 10.00 Building The Dream. 11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 Building The Dream. 12.30pm What’s Up Down Under. 1.30 Buy To Build. 2.00 JAG. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 Bondi Rescue. 5.00 IFISH. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Fire Country. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

NEWS24 (53) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend With Ross Greenwood. Noon Weekend Newsday. 1.00 News. 2.00 Weekend Newsday. 3.00 Business Weekend With Ross Greenwood. 4.00 News. 5.00 Weekend Newsday. 6.00 Sunday Agenda. 7.00 The Jaimee Rogers Show. 8.00 The Macpherson Angle. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 11.00 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang. Continued. (1982, PG) 6.30 Anne Of Green Gables. (2016, PG) 8.10 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 10.00 Triangle Of Sadness. (2022, M) 12.40pm Arrowhead. (2015, M) 2.35 Loophole. (1981, PG) 4.30 Boychoir. (2014, PG) 6.25 Jane Eyre. (1970, PG) 8.30 The Grand Budapest Hotel. (2014) 10.25 Late Night. (2019, M) 12.20am A Good Person. (2023, MA15+) 2.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Counting Cars. 9.30 American Pickers. 10.30 Pawn Stars. 11.30 Step Outside. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Fishing Addiction. 2.00 Red’s Fishing Adventures. 2.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 3.00 Air Crash Inv. 4.00 Frozen Gold. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Jurassic World. (2015, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Motorcycle Racing. MXGP of Aust. 4.30 My Way. 4.45 The Toys That Built The World. 5.15 Cards And Collectables Australia. 5.45 MOVIE: Doctor Dolittle. (1998, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. (2008, PG) 9.25 MOVIE: Wonder Woman. (2017, M) 12.10am Bel-Air. 1.00 Baywatch. 3.35 My Way. 3.50 LEGO Masters Aust Vs World. 4.50 Wild Manes. 5.10 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Netball. First Nations Tournament. 2.35pm Football. Big Rivers Football League. Women’s. Grand final. Ngukurr v Eastside. Replay. 4.00 Stompem Ground 2022: Karajarri Dancers. 4.20 Nat King Cole: Afraid Of The Dark. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 Extraordinary Animals. 8.30 The Ground We Won. 10.10 MOVIE: Point Break. (1991, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat

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MONDAY, September 21 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

NINE (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 News. 9.55 Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia. (PG, R) 10.45 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Back Roads. (R) 2.30 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 3.00 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 WorldWatch. 9.15 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.15 Vintage Voltage. (R) 11.10 Wales: Land Of The Wild. (PGa, R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 1.30 Al Jazeera News Second Edition. 2.00 Human Forever. (PGa) 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Beat The Chasers UK. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (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 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 NBN News.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 11.00 Gogglebox Aust. (R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PGs, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.20 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Planet America. 10.05 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. (R) 11.10 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 11.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.35 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Bill Bailey’s Vietnam Adventure. (PG, R) 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 9.25 Alone Australia Reunion. (M, R) 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Black Sands. (Return, MA15+s) 1.00 Fargo. (Malv, R) 2.45 Mountain Vets. (Ma, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) Mackenzie keeps a heartbreaking secret. 7.30 AFL Brownlow Medal: Red Carpet. (PG) Coverage of the red carpet arrivals. 8.00 AFL Brownlow Medal. An awards event featuring the announcement of the winner of the league’s Brownlow Medal. 11.00 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League. (R) 12.00 Transplant. (MA15+a, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Block. (PGl) 8.45 100% Footy. (Mal) 9.45 9News Late. 10.15 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGl) 11.15 The Essex Millionaire Murders. (Mdlv, R) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PGdls, R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.40 Two And A Half Men. (Ms, R) Alan has to meet with the school principal. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.00 Andy’s Global Adventures. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.15 Octonauts. 5.50 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 10.00 Merlin. 10.45 Fresh Off The Boat. 11.05 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 3.15pm Over The Black Dot. 3.45 BBC News At Ten. 4.15 France 24. 4.45 PBS News Compass Points. 5.15 Al Jazeera. 5.45 Alone Belgium. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Scrabble. 9.20 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. 10.30 The Airport Chaplain. 11.40 The Americans. 12.35am Sex Tape Finland. 3.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes. 11.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.10 Escape To The Country. 11.10 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Rainbow Country. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Wild Moments. 1.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Carry On Screaming! (1966, PG) 5.30 Poirot. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 10.40 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Jane Eyre. Continued. (1970, PG) 7.15 The Great Dictator. (1940, PG) 9.35 Boychoir. (2014, PG) 11.30 Late Night. (2019, M) 1.25pm Anne Of Green Gables. (2016, PG) 3.05 The Bridge On The River Kwai. (1957, PG) 6.05 The Silver Brumby. (1993, PG) 7.50 Gravity. (2013, M) 9.30 Hammarskjöld: Fight For Peace. (2023, MA15+, Swedish) 11.35 Late Programs. 5.55am Boychoir. (2014, PG)

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Rides Down Under: Aussie Truckers. 2.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Support Races. Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. Highlights. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League. 8.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 9.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 10.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Baywatch. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 NBL: Overtime. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Law Abiding Citizen. (2009, MA15+) 10.45 NBL: Overtime. 11.45 Seinfeld. 12.45am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.45 Legacies. 2.35 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO City Adventures. 5.10 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.25pm Sammy Butcher: Out Of The Shadows. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.25 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black. 9.05 Buffalo Legends. 10.00 MOVIE: The Hurricane. (1999, MA15+) 12.35am Late Programs.

6am First Edition. 9.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 Fox Sports News. 1pm Paul Murray Live. 2.00 NewsDay. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Politics Now. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 The Kenny Report. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 Sharri. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 11.00 The Rita Panahi Show. Midnight Fox Sports News.

TUESDAY, September 22 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NINE (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Planet America. (R) 11.05 Tampa: The Turning Point. (Final, PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Grantchester. (Final, Mv, R) 1.55 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.25 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 2.55 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 Vintage Voltage. (R) 11.00 Wales: Land Of The Wild. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Ticketyboo. (PGa, R) 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.05 Paris Hotel De Ville: A Masterpiece. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (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 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.15 Explore TV. (R) 1.45 My Way. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 NBN News.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 11.00 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PGdls, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PGs, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 The Tony Blair Story. (Premiere, Ml) 9.25 I Was Actually There. (MA15+l, R) 9.55 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PGa, R) 10.25 ABC Late News. 10.40 The Business. (R) 10.55 Four Corners. (R) 11.40 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.40 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. (Final, PGa) 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 The Point. (R) 11.30 Mussolini: Son Of The Century. (MA15+v) 12.35 Atlantic Crossing. (PGa, R) 2.40 The Doll Factory. (Mlsv, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGas) 7.30 First Dates Australia. (PGal) Singles go on a blind first date. 8.30 The Agenda Setters. A team of trusted and respected footy voices tackles the biggest topics in the AFL world. 9.30 House Of Wellness. (PG) Insights and experiences that highlight living well. 10.30 Kylie Vs Bee Gees. (PG, R) 11.30 Happy’s Place. (PGal) 12.00 The Path. (MA15+adlv) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Block. (PGl) 8.40 Travel Guides. (PGl, R) 9.50 9News Late. 10.20 The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. (MA15+alvv) 11.20 Footy Classified. (Ml) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 GolfBarons. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Let’s Eat With George. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Sydney Harbour Cops. (PGad) Police intercept a suspected drug-smuggling trawler. 8.30 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.30 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.30 Two And A Half Men. (PGs, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.00 Andy’s Global Adventures. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.15 Octonauts. 5.50 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 Kids Baking Championship. 10.10 Chopped Junior. 10.55 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. 2.20 Leguizamo Does America. 3.15 Inside The Huddle. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.45 Alone Belgium. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Tim Burton: Monsters Within. 9.30 MOVIE: Ed Wood. (1994) 11.50 The Americans. 12.40am Brassic. 3.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 House Of Wellness. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 Inspector Morse. 11.05 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Wild Moments. 1.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Halfway House. (1944, PG) 5.30 Poirot. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Boychoir. Continued. (2014, PG) 7.50 The Silver Brumby. (1993, PG) 9.35 Selkie. (2000, PG) 11.15 The Grand Budapest Hotel. (2014) 1.10pm The Great Dictator. (1940, PG) 3.30 Jane Eyre. (1970, PG) 5.35 Go! (2020, PG) 7.30 How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies. (2024, PG, Thai) 9.55 The Fourth Protocol. (1987, M) 12.10am Freud’s Last Session. (2023, M) 2.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Engineering Disasters. 12.30pm Tougher In Alaska. 1.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 3.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 8.30 Outback Wreckers. 9.30 Outback Truckers. 10.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Rush Hour 2. (2001, M) 10.25 Seinfeld. 11.25 Jane The Virgin. 12.15am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.15 Legacies. 2.05 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders. 3.00 Surfing Aust. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO City Adventures. 5.10 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 DanceRites 2024. 12.20pm Buffalo Legends. 1.20 Light From The Shadows. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.25 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 The Point. 8.00 The First Inventors. 8.50 MOVIE: Soul Food. (1997, MA15+) 10.55 Late Programs.

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WEDNESDAY, September 23 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

ON THE Box NINE (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 11.20 Back Roads. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Back Roads. (R) 2.30 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 3.00 Grand Designs Transformations. (PG, R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 Vintage Voltage. (PGl, R) 11.05 Canal Boat Diaries. (Return) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.05 Eye Of The Game. 4.20 Driven By Belief. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 NBN News.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 11.00 Sydney Harbour Cops. (PGad, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PGa) 8.30 Spicks And Specks. (Final, PGl) 9.00 Small Town Scandal. (Madv, R) 9.50 Planet America. (R) 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.35 The Business. (R) 10.55 The Cage. (Ml, R) 11.40 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mv, R) 12.25 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.40 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Marilyn And The Mob. 9.30 Apollo Has Fallen. An attack prevents Zara from gathering intel. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 The Old Man. (Return, Mlv) 11.50 A Body That Works. (Ml, R) 3.05 Mountain Vets. (PG, R) 4.10 Bamay. (R) 4.40 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PGl, R) Hosted by Lee Mack. 8.30 Dennis Cometti: Centimetre Perfect. (PGalv) Looks at the life of Dennis Cometti. 10.45 Unfiltered. (PG) 11.15 Stumble. (PGal) 11.45 Happy’s Place. (PGal) 12.15 The Fear Index. (MA15+asv) 1.15 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Block. (PGl) 8.45 To Be Advised. 9.45 9News Late. 10.15 Freddy And The Eighth. (Ml) 11.15 The Essex Millionaire Murders. (Mdv, R) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Next Stop. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Gogglebox Australia. (R) Opinionated viewers discuss TV shows. 8.30 Boston Blue. (Mv) Sean and Jonah go undercover to track down a dangerous new threat affecting Boston’s young adults. 9.30 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.30 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) 11.30 Two And A Half Men. (PGs, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.25pm Numberblocks. 2.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.00 Andy’s Global Adventures. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.15 Octonauts. 5.50 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 The Piano. 10.20 Merlin. 11.05 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.20pm Leguizamo Does America. 3.10 12 Dishes In 12 Hours. 3.45 BBC News At Ten. 4.15 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.45 Alone Belgium. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Precious Metal: A Love Story. 9.25 Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. 10.20 Ramy. 11.20 The Americans. 12.10am Brassic. 2.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (62) 6am Surf Patrol. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 The Amazing Homemakers. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 House Calls To The Rescue. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Foyle’s War. 10.55 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Wild Moments. 1.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Passionate Stranger. (1957, PG) 5.30 Poirot. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Go! (2020, PG) 7.55 The Bridge On The River Kwai. (1957, PG) 10.55 Gravity. (2013, M) 12.35pm A Private Function. (1984, M) 2.15 The Silver Brumby. (1993, PG) 4.00 Selkie. (2000, PG) 5.40 The Return Of The Soldier. (1982, PG) 7.35 Casablanca. (1942, PG) 9.30 Molly’s Game. (2017, M) 12.05am One Cut Of The Dead. (2017, MA15+, Japanese) 1.55 Mad Heidi. (2022, MA15+) 3.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Engineering Disasters. 12.30pm Tougher In Alaska. 1.30 Outback Truckers. 2.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 3.30 Engineering Disasters. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 Caught On Dashcam. 10.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. (Return) 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Meg. (2018, M) 10.45 Seinfeld. 11.45 Jane The Virgin. 12.35am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.30 Legacies. 2.20 Parental Guidance. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO City Adventures. 5.10 Mia & Codie. 5.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.25 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 5.30 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 Friday Night Thunder. 8.30 Pro Bull Riding: USA. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Inside The Huddle. 10.30 MOVIE: Kimmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning Of Empathy. (2021) 12.45am Late Programs.

THURSDAY, September 24 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NINE (8)

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Hard Quiz. (PGa, R) 10.30 Spicks And Specks. (Final, PGl, R) 11.00 Small Town Scandal. (Madv, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Falling. (Final, Ml, R) 2.00 Back Roads. (R) 2.30 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 2.55 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 3.55 Frankie Drake. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.15 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.15 Vintage Voltage. (PGl, R) 11.10 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. (Final, PGa, R) 3.00 The Cook Up. (R) 3.30 The Crusaders: Fortresses Of Faith. (PG, R) 4.35 Plating Locally. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Time Is Money. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.15 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.45 My Way. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) 5.30 NBN News.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 11.00 Building The Dream. (R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PGa) 9.00 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. 9.30 The Cage. (Ml, R) 10.15 ABC Late News. 10.30 The Business. (R) 10.50 Death Valley. (PGa, R) 11.35 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (Mv, R) 12.20 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.40 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Hollywood Crime Story. (Mdv) 8.30 9/11: One Day In America: I’m Coming For You, Brother. (Ma, R) 9.25 Say Nothing. (Final, MA15+lv) Dolours breaks the IRA’s code of silence. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Reyka. (MA15+asv) 11.50 Prisoner. (MA15+av, R) 2.10 Mountain Vets. (PG, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) A familiar face returns to Summer Bay. 8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL in the lead up to the AFL Grand Final. 10.00 Hear The Mighty Roar: Brisbane Lions: Immortality. (Ml) 11.25 Kick Ons. 12.00 Mr Robot. (MA15+adlsv, R) 1.00 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. (Mdl, R) 8.30 MOVIE: I’m Chevy Chase And You’re Not. (2025, MA15+aadl, R) 10.30 9News Late. 11.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGm) 11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Joe and Ashlea need a dog to tire out their sons. 8.30 NCIS: Sydney. (Mmv) The team investigates the suspicious death of a US Naval officer who’d just learned he was going to be a father. 9.30 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.30 Two And A Half Men. (Ms, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.45pm Gardening Australia Junior. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.00 Andy’s Global Adventures. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.15 Octonauts. 5.50 PJ Masks. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.25 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 9.55 72 Cutest Animals. 10.25 Merlin. 11.05 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 11.55 DW The Day. 12.25pm Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. 2.15 Stories From The Cities. 2.45 Insight. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.45 Alone Belgium. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Secrets Declassified With David Duchovny. 9.20 Alone. 11.30 The Americans. 12.25am The Old Man. 2.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (62) 6am Surf Patrol. 6.30 Better Homes. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Malaysia Kitchen. 2.30 The Aussie Property Flippers. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Shetland. 11.10 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Seaway. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon As Time Goes By. 1.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Spring And Port Wine. (1970, PG) 5.30 Poirot. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Footy Show Grand Final: My Room Telethon. 9.30 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 10.30 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.30 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Return Of The Soldier. (1982, PG) 7.55 I Accidentally Wrote A Book. (2024, PG, Hungarian) 9.45 Vai. (2019, PG) 11.25 How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies. (2024, PG, Thai) 1.50pm Born To Dance. (2015, PG) 3.40 Go! (2020, PG) 5.35 Gurrumul. (2017, PG) 7.30 Escape From Alcatraz. (1979, M) 9.35 Eye In The Sky. (2015, M) 11.30 Suffragette. (2015, M) 1.30am Eager Bodies. (2003, MA15+, French) 3.20 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Engineering Disasters. 12.30pm Tougher In Alaska. 1.30 Highway Patrol. 2.30 The Force: BTL. 3.30 Engineering Disasters. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 7. Geelong v Hawthorn. 9.15 MOVIE: The Woman King. (2022, M) Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 2.40pm Baywatch. 3.40 Seinfeld. 4.40 Addams Family. 5.40 Bewitched. 6.40 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: A Star Is Born. (2018, M) 11.15 Seinfeld. 11.45 Rugby Heaven. 12.45am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.45 Legacies. 2.35 Parental Guidance. 3.45 Explore. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO City Adventures. 5.10 Mia & Codie. 5.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Pro Bull Riding: USA. 1.00 Over The Black Dot. 1.30 Inside The Huddle. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.25 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Thalu. 5.00 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Rabbit Fall. (Premiere) 9.00 MOVIE: Seven Samurai. (1954, PG) 12.30am Late Programs.

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becomes more like a share home of five and the fridge that was well stocked consists of a takeaway container of fried rice, three protein drinks, an empty tub of margarine and some sour milk. It is at this stage that your son will realise just how much you did for him and appreciate you, possibly for the first time. It may also be the first time that he looks at the gift you gave him. This is where my suggestion comes in. I think the very best present for a person moving into share accommodation is a 'My Housemates are Feral' survival kit. This should include cleaning basics including bleach, scrubbing brushes, window cleaner, dishwashing tablets and washing powder. If you are feeling generous, I would also add meal vouchers that entitle your son to 10 homecooked meals that he can collect from his former home.

watching rugby together. Cooking up big batches of spaghetti bolognese. Drinking game nights that end at 3am without parents complaining. No one to nag about the towels on the bathroom floor or the pile of shoes at the front door. Pure freedom. By about week three, reality kicks in with niggling irritations, like the housemate who puts his clothes in the washing machine, but neglects to hang them out. Tidy James suddenly develops an aversion to unpacking the dishwasher, even though he is the first to wake up, meaning the sink is always bulging with dirty dishes. Soon, your son will discover what a bathroom looks like after three weeks with no one cleaning the tiles (or the toilet for that matter). Worse, one or more of the housemates will start relationships, so the share home of three

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Reality for Australian real estate values BECAUSE we are living in similar circumstances to the rest of the Western world, what is the reality for real estate values in our country? International news agency Reuters put together a report on real estate markets in Canada and New Zealand, which has become available in Australia this month. It caught my eye because I have just returned from five weeks on both coasts of Canada and I’ve visited NZ twice a year for fishing trips in the last 17 years. The state of their economies and the obvious value of housing, plus the incomes needed to purchase and maintain housing, is of interest to me, as it should be for every Australian - particularly as these countries are the closest ‘like economies’ to us. While Canada is larger and New Zealand is smaller, we all speak English and have similar ethnic forebears. Even our currencies have similar values, so what is happening in both countries must closely resemble outcomes over here. Both Canada and NZ are undergoing reduced values for personal property, and both are seen to be ahead of Australia on where their economies are heading in the present economic cycle. We all remember that Auckland achieved a million-dollar sale price for a suburban home well before Sydney. And because it’s a much smaller country than Australia, its price movements can be seen as more dramatic. Canadian housing prices took an earlier hit to their values during COVID and, like NZ, have seen their prices in decline for the past four years. History of markets calls these economies ones that react faster than in Australia. But fear not, we follow our brother countries with each move. With housing prices on the slide here, it’s a safe bet that we will continue to decline in a similar way to Canada and New Zealand, as our housing supply remains dismal, the cost of building is being dragged higher due to inflation, our governments don’t seem to be able to stem the immigration flow, and interest rates are moving higher as our nation continues to increase its borrowing. We don’t seem to have the political will or motivation to address these issues. And, knowing these things, buyers have decided to fold their arms and wait for price reductions before they purchase.

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Growing food in space WHEN astronauts eventually set foot on the Moon for months at a time, or establish the first human settlement on Mars, they'll face a challenge that's just as important as rockets and spacesuits: growing fresh food. Taking enough supplies from Earth simply isn't practical for long missions, so future explorers will need thriving gardens millions of kilometres from home. That raises an intriguing question. What happens to seeds and plants after spending long periods in space? Scientists have been searching for the answer for decades. Experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have shown that many seeds survive spaceflight remarkably well. Once returned to Earth, most germinate normally. Living in orbit is far from ideal for plants. Microgravity, increased radiation and an unusual environment all influence the way they grow. On Earth, gravity tells roots to grow down and stems to grow up. In space that natural guide disappears. Roots can grow in unexpected directions, while water no longer drains through soil as it does at home. Instead, it clings to roots in tiny floating droplets, making it harder for plants to absorb oxygen. Researchers have had to invent clever watering systems that deliver just the right amount

of moisture without drowning the roots. Radiation presents another challenge. Outside Earth's protective atmosphere, energetic particles constantly bombard spacecraft. Over long periods they can damage plant cells and even alter DNA. Most changes are harmless, but scientists carefully monitor seeds for mutations that could affect future harvests. Surprisingly, some plants become more resilient after exposure to stressful conditions, opening the door to developing tougher crop varieties. Scientists have also discovered that a plant's nutritional value can change in space. Studies of lettuce, radishes, dwarf wheat and leafy greens have shown small variations in vitamin C, antioxidants and other beneficial compounds. Sometimes the levels decrease slightly, while in other cases they actually increase as plants respond to environmental stress. Flavour and texture can also

differ from Earth-grown produce. The good news is that carefully controlled lighting, nutrients and temperature can produce crops that are healthy, safe and enjoyable to eat. Growing food in space isn't only about nutrition. Fresh vegetables also provide psychological benefits. Caring for living plants gives astronauts a welcome connection to Earth, while the colour, smell and taste of fresh produce can lift morale during long missions in the isolation of space. The technology being developed is impressive. Instead of traditional soil, many experiments use hydroponics, where roots grow in nutrient-rich water, or aeroponics, where they are misted with nutrient solutions. LED lights provide the perfect mix of colours for photosynthesis while using very little electricity. Computers constantly monitor moisture, temperature, nutrients and carbon dioxide to create the ideal growing conditions. These techniques will

eventually be adapted for the Moon. Lunar greenhouses will probably sit inside pressurised habitats or beneath protective domes shielded from radiation and extreme temperatures. Processed lunar soil, known as regolith, may one day help anchor roots, while recycled water and astronaut waste will become valuable resources in a nearly closed farming system. Mars presents even greater challenges, but also exciting possibilities. Its day is only about 40 minutes longer than Earth's, making lighting schedules easier for crops. Scientists hope to use water ice buried beneath the Martian surface and carbon dioxide from the thin atmosphere to help sustain future greenhouses. Every successful experiment brings humanity one step closer to becoming an interplanetary species. Tiny seeds that begin their journey inside a spacecraft today could someday feed entire communities on distant worlds.

Green Space exhibition a reflection of Spring creativity FROM Page 1 that showcased the organic outburst of creative energy that comes with Spring in the shire. Dungog by Design president Liz Hughes said artistic creativity plays an important role in the community, providing an outlet for creatives to

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express, explore and celebrate their sense of place and identity. “Art can be more than just an aesthetic activity,” she said. “It can also be an important form of cultural expression that builds community connection. “Green Space is an example of creative practice bringing people q

Susan Hodges caught up with Michelle Dado-Millynn, who opened the exhibition. Photo: Marian Day.

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Clare Tilyard and Jo Simpson were among the opening crowd. Photo: Marian Day.

together to create opportunities for sharing local stories, histories and perspectives in new ways. "Our curation team has again done a fabulous job showcasing the diverse works created for the exhibition. “I'm really impressed by the artistic quality on show.” The launch crowd was slightly larger than anticipated, perhaps because it was Tea Party weekend.

Even the conversations were tinged with green: Topics such as climate, El Niño, solar power and living off-grid surfaced among artinspired conversations triggered by the exhibits. Green Space runs until September 27 and is open Wednesday to Friday 10am - 4pm, and on Saturday and Sunday from 9am till 3pm, with many of the items for sale.

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Planning under way for Christmas in Dungog street parade

The 2025 Christmas in Dungog celebration. Photo: NOTA archives.

THE new face organising this year's Christmas in Dungog celebrations on 27 November hopes to make a street parade the centrepiece of the event. Victoria McGee moved to Dungog four years ago and has landed the job of organising Christmas in Dungog for the first time. Better known as a professional singer, she also has a background in event management. “We’re working on including a street parade to head the program,” Ms McGee said. “I’d like to include brass and pipe bands and have floats from local organisations, clubs and businesses. “We’ll also invite classic

cars from the Rumble, tractors, Harley owners, and motorcycle clubs - perhaps coinciding with their annual toy run.” She wants to see the wider shire involved. “I aim to make Christmas in Dungog more interactive and bigger and better each year,” Ms McGee said. “The event began in 2017, and it has a good digital footprint and solid foundations to build on. “Our goal will be to bring people into Dungog and encourage them to visit the wider shire.” Along with food and trade stalls, there’ll be a living nativity scene and a Kids’ Zone. The main stage will feature a program of live entertainment, including

performances from local schools. Of course, the event wouldn’t be complete without a visit from Santa. Ms McGee is determined to make the 2026 Christmas in Dungog an inclusive, shirewide community celebration, underpinned by the business community. “I want the event to showcase what local industries and businesses have to offer,” Ms McGee said. “That includes the shire’s creatives and craftspeople, so that patrons can also buy artwork and hand-made crafts for Christmas gifts.” As a first step in engaging shire businesses and potential exhibitors, she’s called a meeting to outline the 2026 program. It will be held at the Settler Arms Hotel on Wednesday, 23 September at 6pm.

Youth crime crackdown slammed for ignoring root causes By Duncan MURRAY and Emily WOODS, AAP

CONTROVERSIAL ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws proposed by the NSW Opposition have been criticised for wrongly targeting vulnerable young people being used as tools by organised crime gangs. The NSW Coalition on Sunday pledged to make young offenders face tougher penalties within 100 days of winning government if it triumphs at the March state election. The Opposition said it would expand the list of

serious indictable offences, meaning adult sentences could apply for juveniles who committed a greater range of crimes. The NSW Labor Government recently announced a suite of reforms that could see children suspected of organising crime-linked public shootings or firebombings to be placed on trial as adults and face tougher penalties. The measure followed a series of gangland killings, including several involving cases of mistaken identity and crimes allegedly involving underage guns-for-hire.

But the opposition said the government had not gone hard enough and tougher penalties were required, including for people who recruited children to commit offences, accusing Labor of losing control of crime. "But if you commit a serious adult crime, there should be serious adult consequences," Opposition leader Kellie Sloane said. Guideline sentencing and new sentencing principles would be created to ensure detention was not treated as a last resort and greater weight was given to victim impact rather than the age of

the offender. "If you've got kids who are being recruited to steal cars that then become kill cars for assassinations, if you've got kids who think it's a great idea to go on the criminal's version of Airtasker and bid for abductions," acting shadow attorney-general Susan Carter said. "We need to be actually expanding our idea of what these serious crimes are and showing that there are real consequences." The proposed laws would be accompanied by further investment in youth diversion, with school suspension and

post-detention rehabilitation programs expanded, and a doubling of funding to the Community Safety Investment Fund. But Greens MP Sue Higginson said both the government and opposition approaches ignored the root issues driving young people to commit crimes, including ongoing inequality and costof-living issues. "We know that these young people are preyed upon; they're coerced," she said. "Any politician worth their salt wants to see young people who commit these

awful crimes genuinely rehabilitated. "You do that through the juvenile justice system, not train them to be better criminals through the adult prison system." Deputy Premier Prue Car said her government's proposed crime crackdown already went far enough and urged the opposition to back the measures. "We urge the Liberals and the Nationals to support this legislation if they are actually fair dinkum about keeping the people of NSW safe," she said.

THE Federal Member for Lyne, Alison Penfold, and Llew O’Brien, MP for Wide Bay, Queensland and the Coalition’s Special Envoy for Men and Boys, dropped in

to the Dungog Men’s Shed earlier this month. Dungog Men’s Shed President Bob Humphrey said the pair enjoyed a ‘convivial morning tea’ with the Dungog

men, presented them with a new flag, and had a chat about men’s health. “We visited the Dungog Men’s Shed to meet with its members and talk about

some of the challenges facing men and boys in our communities,” Ms Penfold wrote on her Facebook page. “Llew is getting out across the country to listen

and engage on issues such as mental health, suicide, education, family life and workforce participation. “These conversations matter, particularly in

regional areas where access to support, strong community networks and positive role models can make a real difference.” While in Dungog Ms Penfold and Mr O’ Brien also spent time at Dungog High School, where they spoke with school staff and members of the Top Blokes foundation. Ms Penfold was back in the area on the weekend to pop in at the Vacy Country Carnival. “The sun was shining on Vacy today and the crowds turned out in force to enjoy the many food stands and vans, stalls selling a wide variety of crafts and clothes, the dachshund races, camel rides, jumping castle and live music,” Ms Penfold wrote of her experience. “I thank the Carnival Committee for inviting me to draw the raffle and congrats to the winners (including one person who won twice!).” Ms Penfold also used the Carnival as a chance to spend time with Settlers Western founder Sharyn Wildes and NSW Rural Women's Finalist Emma Spatalis.

Dungog Men’s Shed hosts visitors for morning tea

Standing: Vice President John Pryde, Life Member Ian Young, Alison Penfold MP, Vice President Jeff Studdert, Ian Burnet, Llew O’Brien, President Bob Humphrey and Secretary Russell Steer. Seated: Committee Member Ron Jones.

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Vacy’s vanilla slices now a viral sensation IS it the light, crisp icing-topped pastry? Is it the decadently rich and creamy custard filling? Or simply a wickedly delicious combination of the two? Decide for yourself by visiting the place unofficially crowned the Vanilla Slice Capital of the World (or at least the Hunter Valley). Sure, that’s a big claim. But it’s well deserved. Every week, hundreds of people flock to Vacy General Store and Café in the heart of the small Dungog Shire village to choose from the store’s varied range of vanilla slices. Regulars who make the pilgrimage to Vacy include a bunch of bikers from Maitland and members of a Hunter car club, who pack the outdoor seating alongside custard connoisseurs from as far

as Newcastle and Sydney. “The other day a big group of ladies travelled for two and a half hours to try them,” said 17-yearold Rhylee Knox, the daughter of Lacey and James Knox, and its ace barista. “People walk in and say ‘we’re here for your famous vanilla slices’. “They’ve gone viral online, and our customers and Vacy locals have spread the word, too.” Fans leave rave reviews online and the café now sells 200 or more slices a day, averaging 1200 a week. Every day they sell out quickly – often by 10am - because, well, one’s rarely enough. “Usually, people will eat one, or sometimes two, with their coffee, then take a few home,” Riley said. “They rarely leave emptyhanded.” What’s the secret? Well, that’s a

secret - like Coke’s secret formula and the Colonel’s mix of herbs and spices. But, when their baker hit on the perfect combination of crispy pastry and delicious vanilla custard, it went viral on social media, helped by Lacey’s digital know-how. The family are on a winner: Their sensational slices have been the making of the family business, where 14-year-old daughter Kodie and nine-year-old son Harley also lend a hand after school. “Mum and I worked in the store before, but when the owner decided to sell up last year, we said let’s give it a go as a family,” Rhylee Knox said. “We used to need only two people to run the store. But since the vanilla slices went crazy, we’ve had to employ three more.”

Mother and daughter team Lacey and Rhylee Knox, with a tray of their viral vanilla slice. Photo: Submitted.

Government unlocks public school sports facilities and green space STORY STARTS on BACK COVER Page 16 kids in the classroom,” NSW Premier Chris Minns said. In 2025 the Government trialled an earlier iteration of expanded Share Our Space access, opening facilities at 65 schools during the

school term and after hours to deliver more than 27,500 additional hours of free community access. All of those schools have now joined the program in an ongoing capacity, bringing the total number of schools to almost 250. Seaham, Hinton, Stroud,

Booral and Dungog Public Schools already participate in the program during school terms, subject to the operation of after-school care programs. Share Our Space ties into broader NSW Government initiatives aimed at providing more quality public open

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spaces for the community and encouraging recreation and physical activity among young people. In addition to expanding the Share Our Space program in all new schools, the Department of Education is working to bring even more schools on board over the

next year. Priority will be given to schools in areas with the greatest need for access to open space and outdoor recreation facilities. “Giving local families access to space and facilities in schools that would otherwise be locked up after school, over weekends and during school holidays, is something that just makes sense,” Prue Car, the Minister for Education and Early Learning said. Schools opening in 2027

that will automatically join the Share Our Space program include: Edmondson Park High School, Jordan Springs High School, Leppington High School, Medowie High School, Melrose Park High School, Tallawong High School, Gables Public School, Macquarie Park Public School, Gledswood Hills High School, Wilton High School, Wilton Ridge Public School, Googong High School, Bungendore High School and Willyama High School.

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