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Festival of food, music and fun WITH new light and laser installations, food outlets, music and family-friendly fun, Nambucca Valley’s third Open Street Festival will be staged on Macksville’s River Street on Saturday 19 September from 3pm - 9pm.
More than 2000 people enjoyed the festival in February, and project coordinator Joel Grimson is planning an even bigger third festival.
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“The longer evenings will see the street come alive with light and laser installations, fire shows and fireworks. “Of course, Open Streets is all about food and music.
“Local food outlets will be offering their festival menus, complementing curated street food vendors from across the region.” There will be two music stages: the Street Stage will host an eclectic all-ages offering, while a new River Stage will host local music, creative performances and cultural experiences.
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CHANGE OF TUNE After 30 years, the beat goes on for Nambucca Country Music Club, but under the umbrella of another
By Eve NESMITH
NAMBUCCA Country Music Club organisers have made the difficult decision to cease operations as a
not-for-profit and the organisation has moved under the banner of the Macksville Ex-Services Club (MESC). Outgoing president Kerri Garvie and long-serving club stalwart June
Pettiford resigned from their positions and chose not to stand for re-election at the club’s annual general meeting on August 30. CONTINUED Page 6
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Surprising takeaways from Town Centre survey THE results of the initial survey on Nambucca Heads’ Town Centre Master Plan are in - with some surprising and not-so-surprising results. For the 279 survey respondents, parking was of highest interest, and rather than supermarket or retail shopping being the biggest drawcard to town, it was dining and takeaway food. Nambucca Heads Mayor Gary Lee said Nambucca Heads was one of the most beautiful coastal towns in New South Wales and the master plan was an important opportunity for the community to help shape a strategy for its future. “Today, I visited Nambucca Heads with Master Plan project consultant lead, Garry Murray of Redbelly Design, to hear the findings of the first round of community consultation,” Mr Lee said. “It was pleasing to learn that 279 people responded to the project’s initial survey and about 70 attended the community drop-in session on 13 August. “The results have confirmed several aspects of the town centre’s urban design and amenity that Council knew required improvement, as well as some new insights.” The key survey results included: • 117 of the 279 respondents visited the town centre daily. • The main reason people visited was to dine or get take-away food • The main thing people liked about the town centre was ‘social interaction and sense of community’. • What they most disliked was its ‘streetscape character and visual quality’.
q Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee with Community Reference Group member, Maryjane Campbell, of Wendy’s Coiffure. Photo: NVC. When asked for more comments, 168 people replied ‘parking needs’. Interestingly, on average, 48 per cent stay up to one hour in the town centre, 32 per cent stay less than 15 minutes, 11 per cent for up to two hours, and 9 per cent for more than two hours. The initial survey ran from 31 July to 28 August, with the community drop-in session held on Thursday 13 August, at the Nambucca Community & Arts Centre. Next steps for the project are: • Redbelly Design will prepare a formal report on community consultation and provide its Stage 1 investigation
and assessment. This report will be presented to the council and published on its website. • The report will also be shared with the Nambucca Heads Town Centre Community Reference Group and discussed at the group’s next meeting. It’s envisaged that the master plan’s design ideas will be drafted and provided for the community to view and provide feedback on in November or December 2026. For more information, visit Council’s website at: nambucca.nsw.gov.au/ Community/GetInvolved/Nambucca-HeadsTown-Centre-Master-Plan
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Back yourself and ask the question THIS week marked R U OK? Day - our annual reminder of the importance of checking in, reaching out, and talking openly about life's ups and downs. While research shows that nine out of every 10 Australians are aware of the R U OK? movement, not everyone feels confident to reach out when someone is on their mind. This year, the focus of R U OK? is helping people build that confidence. "A conversation doesn't need to be perfect," said R U OK? CEO Lachlan Searle. "You don't need to have all the answers. "Often, simply taking the time to ask and listen can make a meaningful difference and show that person that you truly care." It's all about creating a culture where reaching out to someone you're concerned about is becoming more and more a part of everyday life, Mr Searle said. "If someone’s on your mind, trust yourself. Ask the question. Listen with an open mind, encourage action where needed and remember to check back in again," he said. R U OK? research shows that
while some people may hesitate to start a conversation because they are unsure whether asking will help, or worried about saying the wrong thing. nine in 10 of those who had been asked, ‘are you OK?’ reported feeling supported and positive about the experience. The takeaway from that, according to Mr Searle, is to back yourself. R U OK? Day has become one of the nation's most widely recognised awareness days and, together with year-round R U OK? activities, has helped more people understand the important role conversations can play in supporting mental wellbeing and suicide prevention. The message, however, has never been about one day. It's about inspiring and empowering people to meaningfully connect with friends, family and colleagues who might be struggling. A conversation could change a life. Lifeline 13 11 14 Beyond Blue 1300 224 636
q Reaching out to someone you're concerned about is becoming part of everyday life. Photo: R U OK?
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FROM Page 1 A new wearable art workshop will see a collaboration with Nambucca Valley Phoenix, Punk Arts Collective, and Lifeline. The pony cycles will muster in the laneway, and there’ll be a new herd of inflatables on show. “The Phoenix All Stars roving performers will be back, and patrons may even see some new characters roaming the streets,” Mr Grimson said. “There will be sidewalk chalk art people can add to, and they can step into the silent disco for a groove, or simply find a spot to sit, eat and relax by the river.” Feather hair wraps, temporary tattoos and face painting are also on the festival program. The festival’s big music menu features the soul- and jazz-imbued blues of Amellia Rose & The Collective, while local female-fronted Temperate are back again to perform ahead of their first tour of Japan in October. The Redeemed, winners of Best Bush Ballad at the 2026 Australian Country Music People’s Choice Awards, will be joined by the Valley Line Dancers. Nature lovers can check out the OzGreen River Bug Discovery to see and learn more about what lives in local waterways. The free, all-ages Open Streets festival is funded by the NSW Government’s Open Streets Program, led by Transport for NSW, in association with Nambucca Valley Council.
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q Coffs Harbour’s population is expected to grow by 34 per cent. Photo: City of Coffs Harbour.
New report predicts population boom in coming decades; calls for national strategy to ensure sustainable growth in regional Australia By Andrew VIVIAN
COFFS Harbour's population could increase by 34 per cent, adding more than 27,000 people and significantly increasing the region's scale and economic importance, according to a new report from the Regional Australia Institute (RAI). The ‘Regional Population Planning’ report claims that regional Australia could grow by 6.2 million people by 2050. This is more than two and a half times its current share of national growth, and would ease pressure on housing, transport and infrastructure in Australia's biggest cities. “Current government projections assume that four in five of the 13.4 million additional Australians expected over the next 40 years will settle in our capital cities,” said RAI CEO, Liz Ritchie. “Rather than planning for ever-larger capital cities and a future dominated by megacities, we should be looking at the regional communities that are actively calling for more people and more investment. “That is millions more people living, working and investing in regional communities, while taking pressure off housing, infrastructure and services in our stretched capital cities.” She said this meant building more homes,
more services and more infrastructure - the foundations regional communities needed to grow sustainably and welcome the people who wanted to live, work and invest there. “Essentially, we need a national regional population settlement strategy and plan that identifies where future population growth can best support the sustainable growth of regional Australia,” she said. “That means rebalancing future settlement towards regional cities and towns with strong growth potential, while recognising that every region is different and has its own needs, challenges and opportunities.” The City of Coffs Harbour’s planning for
the future is under the umbrella of the NSW Government’s ‘North Coast Regional Plan 2041’. The plan estimates a population of 97,440 people by 2040, requiring almost 13,000 new homes, mainly infill in Coffs Harbour and at Woolgoolga, Moonee Beach, Toormina and Sapphire Beach. Planning identifies the need to protect high-value environmental land and agricultural land, biodiverity, coastal environments and waterways, creating issues for further development. “Regional Australia is home to more than 10 million people, but growth is not being experienced evenly,” Ms Ritchie said. “While some regions are thriving, others
are grappling with ageing populations, population decline and persistent workforce shortages. “Our research shows migration and internal movers are helping regional communities buck those trends by bringing people of working age into communities that need them most, supporting local economies and helping to keep essential services running. “From healthcare workers and teachers to engineers, tradespeople, farm workers and hospitality staff, migrants and internal movers are filling critical workforce gaps while bringing new skills, businesses and vibrancy to the towns and regions they call home.” RAI’s Regional Population Planning report can be found at www.regionalaustralia.org.au
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Thank you for the music FROM Page 1
q There was a full house for the club’s 30th birthday celebrations earlier this year at Macksville Ex-Services Club. Photo: Facebook.
There were no other nominees for the roles. Ms Garvie explained the changes that followed on the club’s Facebook page. “As you all may know … our AGM was held on Sunday 30th August. It was a rather important meeting as both myself and June Pettiford had resigned and were not standing for re-election,” Ms Garvie wrote. “[Nobody] came forward and either nominated someone else or put their hand up to do it. “ …[W]e had an inkling this would be the case so we approached the Macksville Ex-Services Club to see, if nobody stood up to take over [the roles], would they be prepared to take it over and run it, not as the NFP that it is now, but under the MESC banner. “They did not want to see the event close and were more than happy to do it.” Ms Garvie thanked the club for its decision. During the past year the Nambucca Country Music Club has held its Christmas event, where it donated $500 to Radio Nambucca and
$500 to the Nambucca Valley Cancer Support Group; held its annual Easter event, where it donated $1500 to the Nambucca Heads SLSC Nippers; and welcomed artists from the Macksville Music Muster to come along and join their group. Funds held by the Nambucca Valley Country Music Club have been dispersed into the community, and benefited Radio Nambucca, 2airfm, Nambucca Valley Cancer Support Group, Nambucca Dialysis, and the MESC Grants and Funding account. Ms Garvie said she wanted to extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone that had anything to do with the club and everyone that came along and enjoyed the music. “It is the end of an era,” she said. “A huge congratulations to June Pettiford on her time in the committee roles over the last 12-13 years. “Thank you to Shirley Duffy & Shirley N Victor Rudder for helping every month. “Thank you to the band for always doing an awesome job (love you guys).” Ms Garvie made special mention of the contributions of Earl Kyle - the 'sound man' and one of the main
singers/band member for many years. “Thank you for all your years at the Club,” Ms Garvie said. “We wish Earl Kyle a speedy recovery and all the best for the future.” Ms Garvie went on to say that MESC had requested that some people put their hands up to help on the 100 Club table each month as this
was an event that would require the club to hire more staff and that would not be a viable option. “It may be discontinued,” Ms Garvie said. “If you can spare a bit of time each month to help out with the 100 Club, please see Samantha Williams at the MESC. “I would like to finish this post
saying it was a great near three years being the president. I loved seeing you all every month I was there, and I will definitely be back every couple of months, or when time permits. “Thank you to all that attended and enjoyed our events every month and finally wishing the Macksville Ex-Services Club all the best in the future.”
INSURANCE costs, payroll tax, red tape, compliance and high fuel prices were among the issues raised by the Nambucca Valley’s small business owners at meetings with Member
for Oxley Michael Kemp, joined by NSW Nationals Leader and Shadow Minister for Small Business Gurmesh Singh. Mr Kemp said the informal
meetings allowed the business community to put forward ideas for change and shape conversations within the NSW Nationals party room.
“This forum was about more than just identifying problems,” Mr Kemp said. “We also heard practical ideas and solutions from frontline business
owners about how we can reduce unnecessary costs and cut red tape.” Mr Kemp will hold further meetings with small business owners across the Oxley electorate.
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Rusty Iron Rally delights crowds in Macksville By Jessica MILLER
THE Rusty Iron Rally roared back into Macksville Showground over the Father's Day weekend, with organisers reporting the event drew a bigger crowd than the Macksville Show. In its 29th year, the Rally saw visitor numbers greater than 3000 across the two days. Run by the Mid North Coast Machinery Restoration Club, the Rally traces its roots to a small group of enthusiasts near Wauchope. What started as a modest annual rally at Wauchope Showground soon outgrew the site, prompting a move to Macksville. The Showground committee later allowed the club to build its own clubhouse on site, the "Rusty Iron Shed", where members now hold monthly meetings. "We've got a good working relationship with the Show committee — we sort of bounce off each other. “They do all the food stalls, so
q Nick Keough’s Hornsby Engine. Photo: Calissa Keough. it's a good money-maker for them as well," Club president Brian Pade said. The Club now counts around 500 members, stretching from Port Macquarie up the coast, along with clubs from as far afield as Maitland, Central Coast and Sydney. Mr Pade said the Rally was
q Chris, Amber, Jemma and Grant from MacksvilleScotts Head Surf Life Saving Club. Photo: Calissa Keough.
the biggest event of its kind on the North Coast. This year's theme celebrated “Anything Britishmade”, alongside the 80th anniversary of the Ferguson tractor, the 70th anniversary of the Ferguson 35, and the centenary of Stihl chainsaws. A Buick Car Club show-
and-shine drew members from Brisbane, Bundaberg, Sydney and Tasmania. A stand-out display featured four 1920s Velocette motorcycles brought together from the Isle of Man, Birmingham (UK) and South Australia — including a rare Model U believed to be one of only 10 surviving worldwide. Visitors also took in chainsaw demonstrations, woodchopping, fire rescue crews and even the powerful rumble of a restored aircraft engine. Beyond the larger machinery, the pavilion drew its own crowds. "We had a lady come with a whole heap of sewing machines, very early ones — one was from the 1860s. Another lady had rolling pins, old linen and lace,” Mr Pade said. “The Garden Club had a display for butter making." q Three Marshall Tractors. Photo: Calissa Keough.
q Truck trophies on Miss Daisy. Photo: Calissa Keough.
q The Buick Car Club goes around the ring. Photo: Calissa Keough.
q Long-term member Elaine Lynch. Photo: Calissa Keough. A vintage radio club and a working telephone exchange display also proved popular. Awards were presented across multiple categories — cars, trucks, motorbikes, tractors and vintage engines. There was also a daily grand parade with running commentary. Special-interest clubs also organised their own displays and prizes. This year's proceeds go toward the Macksville-Scotts Head Surf Life Saving Club. Past beneficiaries have included the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service and Little Wings. Looking ahead to the 30th anniversary, Mr Pade said the club was already in the early planning stages. "We work hard for it and get it ready. If we get a bit of rain, it doesn't stop us — we just keep ploughing on," he said.
Help shape the future of Local Land Services LOCAL Land Services is inviting farmers, landholders, industry, community members and stakeholders across New South Wales to have their say on draft Local Strategic Delivery Plans that will guide local priorities and onground action from 2027 to 2032. Public consultation is open until Tuesday 29 September 2026, providing an opportunity for communities to help shape how Local Land Services delivers advice,
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programs and services across each of its 11 regions. Local Land Services Director Strategy and Performance Sue Anne Nicol said community feedback will be critical in ensuring the plans respond to regional needs and opportunities. “These draft Local Strategic Delivery Plans set out how Local Land Services intends to work alongside landholders, communities and industry over
the next five years to support productive agriculture, healthy environments and resilient regional communities,” Ms Nicol said. “Every region across New South Wales has different opportunities and challenges, so it's important we hear directly from local people about what matters most to them and where they would like to see investment and effort focused.” The draft plans translate the statewide vision and strategic
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direction of Local Land Services into locally relevant priorities, to guide investment and action across agriculture, natural resource management, biosecurity, Aboriginal outcomes and engagement, climate adaptation, emergency management and invasive species management. Consultation feedback will help refine the plans before they are finalised and approved. “Whether you're a farmer, land
manager, industry representative, community member or stakeholder, we encourage you to take a few minutes to review your region's draft plan and share your feedback,” Ms Nicol added. Community members can review the draft plan for their region and complete an online survey during the consultation period. To view the draft plans and provide feedback, visit the NSW Government Have Your Say website at Local Land Services Strategic Delivery Plans.
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Local MPs say no to sex-selective abortion By Sharon JANE
CONTROVERSIAL Rhodes Scholar and Professor of Law at Adelaide University, Dr Joanna Howe, held community forums in Coffs Harbour and Kempsey recently during a campaign to ban sex-selective abortions in NSW. A Private Member's Bill introduced by MP John Ruddick to the NSW Legislative Council may go to a vote on 16 September and, if passed, must also face the Lower House for sex-selective abortions to be banned. As voting will be by conscience and not party-led, Dr Howe aims to put conservative pressure on National Party MPs, including Gurmesh Singh and Michael Kemp, who voted for pro-choice on other bills in 2019 and 2025. Public meetings were held
at Coffs Harbour on 6 August with around 75 in attendance, and Kempsey on 7 August with around 30 attending, including Michael Kemp MP, Member for Oxley. "...[M]y personal opinions are put aside to represent my constituents," Mr Kemp said. "I have not had one person say they support sex-selective abortions and I'll be voting against it.” Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh MP, also confirmed his opposition. "Like most people in NSW, I am completely against the practice of sex-selective abortion," Mr Singh said. Neither Mr Singh or Mr Kemp expect the bill to pass in its present form. "This bill would criminalise performing an abortion for sex selection, treat any practitioner who does so as having engaged
in professional misconduct, and void the professional indemnity insurance that would otherwise cover them," Mr Singh said. Dr Howe was asked how sex-selective abortions were impacting the community. "Because of a landmark Edith Cowan University study, we now know that sex-selective abortion is happening in NSW, particularly affecting migrant communities, resulting in a distorted sex ratio at birth," Dr Howe said. "China and India have a dearth of girls, which affects community dynamics but also contributes to a notion that girls are less valuable than boys. “In Australia we believe that girls and boys are equal.” A rally to support the bill will be held in front of Parliament House in Sydney at 6pm on 15 September.
q Policy advisor Rob Crib, LilyRose Founder Judy Alcock, retired Gyno/Ob, Dr Harvie Ward, and Dr Joanna Howe at Coffs Community Forum. Photo: Sharon Jane.
RAID road blitz nets more than 7000 drivers
q NSW Police officers issued almost 1800 infringements in the Northern Region during Operation Remove All Impaired Drivers (RAID) across the weekend. Photos: NSW Police. MORE than 7000 drivers will face enforcement action following a statewide traffic operation over the weekend. New South Wales Police issued over 7000 infringements during Operation RAID. Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers) commenced at 12am on Thursday (3 September 2026) and concluded at 4am on Sunday (6 September 2026), targeting people driving while affected by alcohol, drugs, and fatigue. During the operation, police conducted 6420 drug tests, with 774 people returning positive samples and conducted more than 162,027 breath tests, with 212 drink driving offences detected. In the Northern Region, police issued a total of 1781 infringements, including 649 for
speeding. Almost 28,000 breath tests were performed, resulting in 76 PCA charges. Of the 1629 drug tests, 249 were positive. There were also 69 major crashes in the Northern Region during the period. While the operation focused on detecting drivers operating a vehicle impaired by alcohol, drugs or fatigue, the high-visibility operation saw police across the state issue more than 7113 traffic infringement notices, including 2251 for speed-related offences, 344 for mobile phone use, and 106 restraint-related offences. Two people lost their lives on NSW roads over the four days. Acting Minister for Police and Counterterrorism, Paul Scully said these numbers represent potential lives saved. "Operation RAID is about finding impaired
drivers and getting them off the roads,” he said. "There is simply no excuse for driving impaired. It is selfish, it is dangerous, and the consequences can last a lifetime. "Road safety is everyone's responsibility, and NSW Police are doing their part every day to keep people safe.“ Assistant Commissioner David Driver, Traffic and Highway Patrol Commander, said officers stopped thousands of vehicles across the weekend. “Concerningly, we found 212 drivers to be driving well beyond the legal blood alcohol limit and 774 who tested positive to roadside drug tests,” he said. “Those drivers could have gone on to cause tragedies in their communities. “The message is simple: People need to
understand their legal and moral obligation when they get behind the wheel and not put others at risk. “We’re not just apprehending drivers impacted by drugs, alcohol, or fatigue during this operation. Our officers will continue to be out there every day and night working to prevent deaths and serious injury on NSW roads.” Northern Region statistics: Total infringements: 1781 Speed infringements: 649 Breath tests: 27,622 PCA charges: 76 Drug tests: 1629 Positive drug-driving tests: 249 Major crashes: 69 Fatalities: nil
Grassy Head Road works complete; road open q Nambucca Valley Council’s work crew team members Jack Edwards and Tim Morison at the Grassy Head Road site. Photo: NVC.
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GRASSY Head Road rehabilitation works are complete and the road is open. Nambucca Valley Council Acting General Manager David Moloney said the road was bitumen spray sealed and then rolled with a multi-tyre roller to compact the road’s surface. “Our team did a lot of structural rehabilitation work on this road due to the swampy ground surrounding its eastern-side,” Mr Moloney said. “The north-bound lane
was dug out to 400-500 millimetres deep and a layer of gabion rock was placed to provide good drainage. “Next, an approximate 200mm layer of densely graded road base was placed and the road was prepared for sealing. “I would like to thank our community for their patience and cooperation while we completed this essential upgrade.” Line marking on this section of Grassy Head Road will be carried out in the coming weeks.
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q Bitumen spray-sealing on Grassy Head Road. Photo: NVC.
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New Way Way Bridge deck now in place MACKSVILLE’S new bridge over Way Way Creek is a step closer to completion following this week’s placement of its concrete deck. Preparation work at Way Way Creek during the past eight weeks has involved demolishing the old timber bridge, preparing the site, and drilling down and installing bridge piles. To fit the deck, two 14-metre-long concrete planks, each weighing 26 tonnes, were transported two kilometres down the singlelane dirt road, along with the 140-tonne crane required to place the planks onto abutments. Nambucca Valley Council acting general manager David Moloney was pleased by the progress at Macksville as well as other projects that are part of Council’s current bridge-lifting and capital works program. “I thank our community for their patience and understanding while we carry out these important works, along with our broader capital works program,” Mr Moloney said. “Temporary traffic detours can be inconvenient, but they are necessary to allow us to deliver stronger, more resilient infrastructure for our community and across the region.” Council is currently delivering its $9.98 million bridge betterment program through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster
Recovery Funding Arrangements and the Regional Roads and Transport Recovery Package. Across the Valley, work continues at: • Roberts Bridge, Taylors Arm: piles were placed and head stocks poured on Tuesday 2 September. Girders were scheduled to be placed on Monday 7 September. • Sullivans Bridge, Valla: piling is under way and girders are on site ready to be placed once the head stocks are poured. • Browns Crossing No 1. Bridge, Warrell Creek: piling is under way and is expected to continue for the next 2-3 weeks, depending on the hardness of the underground rock. • Cassidys Bridge, Newee Creek: the old bridge has been demolished and road works have started on Wirrimbi Road to build it up higher. Next, piling will start. To deliver these new bridges, as well as a major culvert replacement starting on 14 September at Boat Harbour Road, Utungun, several roads have had temporary closures, at the bridge or work site. Some traffic detours are in place. For information, use a maps app, visit the Live Traffic website, download Council's Antenno app, or contact Council on (02) 6568 2555 or council@ nambucca.nsw.
q The Pynx crane lifting two concrete planks onto the new Way Way Bridge abutments. Photo: NVC.
Aboriginal allied health cadetship applications open ELIGIBLE students are encouraged to get their applications in for the 2027 NSW Aboriginal Allied Health Cadetship program for an opportunity to enter the allied health workforce. “These scholarships will give Aboriginal people greater access to education which will also lead to positive health outcomes for communities, and these are two vital components of closing the gap,” said the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, David Harris. “It's an incredible
opportunity for Aboriginal people to gain skills and experience that will serve them throughout their lives.” The NSW Government program enjoyed its most successful year ever in 2026, with 25 cadetships offered to candidates across a range of the 23 allied health professions including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology and pharmacy. Successful candidates participate in a paid work placement at a NSW Health facility while they continue
studying to provide them with real-world experience. This year, a pharmacist and two neuro psychologists joined the program for the first time, while it was also the first year rural cadets outnumbered their metropolitan colleagues. “This program provides real world healthcare experience to Aboriginal people studying one of the allied health disciplines, and we know in many cases it starts a long and successful career in the public health sector,” said Ryan Park, Minister for Health.
One graduate of the Cadetship program is occupational therapy student Anna Westcott, who is now completing a placement with the Mid North Coast Local Health District as part of her course. ““I have wanted to study occupational therapy since seeing my brother in sessions when I was about 10 years old,” Anna said. “I went to a few OT appointments with him and my mum and I remember them mostly working on fine motor skills and gross motor
skills. Naturally, as a kid I loved the trampoline, ball pit and rope, all of the gross motor equipment, I think that is what actually drew me into OT.” Anna said the Cadetship program gave her the chance to learn functional skills and techniques in a real-life environment, not just in a university setting. “Contributing to Aboriginal representation in healthcare through the Aboriginal Allied Health Cadetship means I can support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to have a voice, increase participation,
and a chance for leadership, within the allied health space,” she said. The NSW Government developed the program to both increase the number of Aboriginal allied health professionals working in the NSW Health system and boost career development opportunities. Applications close on 30 September 2026, for more information and to apply visit: https://www.health.nsw.gov. au/workforce/aboriginal/ Pages/allied-healthcadetship-program.aspx
AROUND 70 people turned out for Bellingen's first Threatened Species Bake-Off at the Memorial Hall studio on National Threatened Species Day, Monday 7 September, sampling and voting on close to 30 cakes spread across four tables. Entries spanned three divisions - Under 15s, Open Community, and Businesses, Schools, Agencies and Volunteer Groups. Judging was left entirely to the public, with People's Choice voting deciding first,
second and third place in the Under 15s and Open Community divisions, and a single first prize in the business and groups category. A near life-sized Largetooth Sawfish cake took out second place in the Under 15s, while a mud cake featuring the Spotted-tailed Quoll and Rose-crowned Fruit-dove took out the Open Community category. Attendees were delighted by the focus on local species, including the Glossy Blackcockatoo, Grey-headed Flying-
fox and nomadic Regent Honeyeater. Special mention went to the visiting Mount Kaputar Pink Slug, a lesser-known but equally attractive species from inland NSW. The cake was created by the Never Never Catchment Group and won the Businesses/Groups category. First prize in the Open Category was a Bird Language retreat with Andrew Turbill (aka Andrew The Bird Guy), while second and third prizes included a Jetty Dive whale-watching cruise and
an Alternatives Bookstore voucher respectively. The winner of the Under 15s received a Bellingen Canoe Adventures tour, while the winner of the Businesses & Groups category received a locally made artwork by Crystal Tate. A panel of local biodiversity experts spoke on the Shire's more than 130 threatened species, touching on insectivorous bats, shorebirds, threats to threatened ecological communities, the cultural significance of
biodiversity, cultural burning practices, and how Landcare and environment groups work together to build habitat corridors across the Shire. Panellists included representatives from Yurrungga Aboriginal Corporation and the Saving Our Species program, alongside local naturalists. River and Biodiversity Officer Celeste Lymn, who organised the event, said she'd been anxiously awaiting the big day but was thrilled with the turnout.
Buoyed by the turnout, Council is already considering running the Bake-Off again next year — potentially in Memorial Hall's main space to fit the crowd. Local baker and ecologist Jess Miller, who won the Open category, enjoyed the event. “Biodiversity conservation is such a challenge for society, and community events like this get us talking about and celebrating our love of nature - that is so important," she said. Every baker went home with a free native plant, courtesy of Boggy Creek Natives. While the local event is not formally linked to the national competition, any baker can also share photos of their creations on social media to go into the running to be crowned the national winner. The cut-off for online entries is 15 September, 2026 and entries may be emailed to threatenedspecies commissioner@dcceew. gov.au This year is the national event’s 10th anniversary with a judging panel including Landcare Australia chair and musician Peter Garrett.
Thrilling turnout for inaugural Bellingen bake-off
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Panel discussion at the Threatened Species Bake-off. Photo: Serena Brooks.
q Rose-crowned Fruit-dove, Open winner. Photo: Jess Miller.
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Perfect morning for fishing Report by Bruce Redman U3A FISHING
WE like to try different locations, so this month we headed to Urunga. Mother Nature knew that spring had arrived and presented us with a perfect sunny, warm day and a rising tide. There is a saying that you can't have everything. What could possibly be missing? You guessed it. Fish, of course. We always try a range of baits like pilchards, prawns, chicken and even flyfishing. Positions were taken up along the bank of the Kalang River. Greg likes to show us how to catch fish no matter what the circumstances by reeling a bream early on in the morning. There were plenty of bites but no other catches for a while. It took Joanne to show us the way. A quality flathead earned the title of catch of the day. Jai caught a bream and Morelle added to the variety with a whiting.
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Orchids take centre stage at Stuarts Point By Jen HETHERINGTON
q Joanne with the catch of the day - a quality flathead. If you are inspired to join the group, then contact Greg Artlett on 0427 689 400. Greg is not only a Course Leader for U3A but also a volunteer trainer for NSW Fisheries.
STUARTS Point orchid enthusiast Hardy Weyrauch was guest speaker at the Stuarts Point and District Garden Club’s regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, 2 September. He presented a stunning display of his full-flowering Dendrobiums and Cymbidiums orchid specimens and offered practical advice on growing them. “The basic requirements for good growth include deep watering, then allowing them to dry, using coarse bark potting mix, regular
fertiliser feeding, and good air circulation,” he said. “And, don’t re-pot them when in bloom.” Head chef at local eatery Hot Myrtle, on Grassy Head Road, Mr Weyrauch displays his finest plants for the pleasure of diners. Some are for sale, or to view in his greenhouse by appointment. The club thanked Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation for the success of the recent Sunday Funday, which involved kids from the recently formed Point to the Future youth hub. Upcoming events and outings include carpooling for local garden tours and the Grafton Jacaranda Festival bus trip on 4 September, which includes a lunch stop at Ulmarra Pub. For more information about the club, contact Denise O’Connor on 0434 372 707. q Hardy Weyrauch’s orchid display. Photo: Jen Hetherington.
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Macksville reserves in brave defeat By Aiden BURGESS
THE Sawtell Panthers have capped off a stellar season with a commanding performance to win this year’s reserve grade premiership. The Panthers thrashed the Macksville Sea Eagles 32-0 to win the season decider at C.ex Coffs International Stadium. The Panthers had to weather an early storm as the Sea Eagles had the better early chances, in an error-riddled grind of a first half where points were at a premium. The Panthers finally broke through just before half-time, courtesy of a great darting run from Kalem Blair to take a 6-0 lead into the break.
The Sea Eagles came out strong to start the second half, but the Panthers defence remained resolute. The Panthers worked their way up the field to score their second try, finished off by a bullocking run from captain Dale Middleton. He was in again shortly after as Sawtell got rolling with all the momentum of a runaway train. The floodgates well and truly opened, as Danial Klaassen got a double with Luke Willis also amongst the try scorers, as Sawtell celebrated their first reserve grade title since 2019. Panthers coach Beau Klaassen shared his thoughts on how his side were able to win the grand final so convincingly. “Our turnaround in the second half, we were making too many errors in the first half,
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q Don Forrester, back from a spell with Tony Adams and John Pool.
Coffs to host Australia’s best bull riders By Aiden BURGESS
IT’S the ultimate battle of man vs beast. Australia's best bull riders will be in action on the Coffs Coast this weekend. The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Australia Monster Energy Tour Coffs Harbour Invitational is being held on Saturday, 12 September, at Coffs Harbour Showground. The PBR is one of the fastest-growing sports properties in the world, with tours across the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico.
PBR Australia stages more than 20 events each year, attracting over 75,000 fans annually. It showcases top-tier competitions such as the Monster Energy Tour, the PBR Origin Series, and the PBR Grand Finals. Through the PBR Touring Pro Division and the Can-Am Junior Academy, the organisation also supports the development of rising talent and offers a clear pathway to the prestigious U.S. circuit, where Australian athletes can compete for significant prize money and global recognition This year’s PBR Australia Grand Finals are being held on 13-14 November in Townsville.
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but at the end of the day our defence was just too good, we were just so desperate to stop them from scoring,” he said. “They had a lot of ball early and we withheld it, and we got the points just before half-time, and I think that was a big boost to getting us home in the end.” After losing just twice all season, the Panthers coach emphasised what made the team so strong. By Max TURNER
SATURDAY was the start of the men’s Championships, sponsored by Goodyear Autocare, which saw thirteen players hit the ground running with net scores better than par. In A Grade Mike Simpson and Dylan Baker playing off handicaps of 4 and 10 respectively lead the way with net 69’s. Glen, Dylan’s father, one shot back on net 70, playing off a +4 handicap meaning he has to have four birdies before achieving a net par round. In B grade Kai (handicap and age 13) another of the Baker family leads with a net 69 two strokes ahead of Jeff Gore on net 77. In C Grade Ron McDonald burnt the course with a net 64 followed by Peter Joyce net 66, scores that will take some catching over the next three rounds of the championship. Best gross scores of the day were, A grade Glen Baker 66 and Mike Simpson 73, In B
“Our leadership group, they’re all experienced, everyone just bought in, and that was our main strength,” he said. “We had a lot of experience, a few younger guys as well which added spark, but experience got us home in the end. “We had four players from our last premiership team in 2019, so it’s special for them.” grade Kai Baker 82 leads Steve Hoskins on 84. Although it is a men’s Championship the ladies playing in the Saturday competition had notable gross scores with Chloe Baker 78 and Jo Montague 79. Results for the Saturday competition saw Ron McDonald finish ahead of runner up Peter Joyce with second and third runners up ladies,Jo Montague and Chloe Baker equal on net 68 playing off 13 and 10 respectively. The ladies Championship began on Tuesday with Nikki Laird showing the way two shots ahead of Ms consistency Jo Montague. The daily competition was won by Desma Hughes with Kerrie Jackson runner up. It was another good week for the ladies in the mid week competition. Bec Spears finished with a net 41 points ahead of runner up Jess Lambert on 40. As a major sponsor, the Country Club wishes to congratulate the Football Club on winning the Group 2 Grand Final.
q Coffs Harbour Showground is set to host top-class bull riding this weekend. Photo: PBR Australia.
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Nambucca Roosters fall in grand final By Aiden BURGESS
THE COFFS Harbour Comets have capped off a fairytale first season in the women’s tackle competition with a premiership win. A magical run after starting the season 0-5 saw them go from last to first in a turnaround for the ages. An eight-game winning streak to finish the season culminated in a 20-12 grand final victory against defending premiers the Nambucca Roosters. The two sides headed into half-time locked at 8-8 in the season decider at C.ex Coffs International Stadium. Leading 14-12, a Kiha Yuke try with three minutes remaining proved to be the sealer. Previously competing in the League Tag competition, the Comets had a dream debut season in the women’s tackle competition. After dragging themselves up from the bottom to the very top, Comets captain/coach
Sharon McGrady explained the motivations which helped turn their season around. “I think it was our team culture, and just coming together and the sisterhood, but I think one thing that really struck us was our losses, and we just wanted to do better each game, and we built on that,” she said. “We had people in the crowd doubting us, and it just made us want it even more. “We just work hard for ourselves and for our team, and each week we set new goals and we completed them.” McGrady said their improvement in defence was pivotal. “In the first few games everyone got a lot of points on us, and I think our big goal was our defence,” she said. “I had really great confidence in our team from the start because we have a lot of attacking players that know how to score a try. “It was just our defence, learning how to
defend as a team, and we started getting that line and no one was able to break our line towards the end, and defence was our main
against the Smithtown Tigers, their third straight premiership win. The Comets’ under-14s were dominant in a 34-4 belting of the Bowraville Tigers. The Comets’ under-16s triumphed 30-20 against the Smithtown Tigers. The Sawtell Panthers under-17s Girls side finished their season undefeated, capped off with a 20-12 win against the Woolgoolga Seahorses. The Sawtell Panthers Under 15s Girls won their premiership, triumphing 26-20 against Macleay Valley. The Bowraville Tigers won the under-13s
premiership, defeating the Smithtown Tigers 18-14. The Macleay Valley under-13s Girls triumphed 32-10 against the Bowraville Tigers. Coffs Harbour Comets Junior Football Club president Bianca Curry explained what made the club’s junior sides so dominant. “I think what has made our under-14s, 15s and 16s so successful this season is a combination of focus, team cohesion, mateship and a strong club culture,” she said. “Many of these boys have played together for years, they know each other’s game, trust
q Coffs Harbour Comets’ women’s team celebrates the premiership win.
Bowraville Tigers win under-13s premiership By Aiden BURGESS
COFFS Harbour Comets and Sawtell Panthers teams have won multiple premierships after emerging victorious during Group 2 Junior Rugby League’s grand final day at C.ex Coffs International Stadium. The Coffs Harbour Comets won three premierships, and the Sawtell Panthers were the next-best club with two. Both the Coffs Harbour Comets under-15s and under-14s sides capped off tremendous undefeated seasons with a premiership win. The Comets’ under-15s were 22-12 victors
Medley stableford tie By Chris KNIGHT
A SMILING assassin and a gunshot president make uneasy bedfellows, but that's how it played out at the Nambucca Heads Island Golf Course on Saturday. Ken Klem grins from go to whoa irrespective
of how he's scoring while Geoff Harris has committed hara-kiri to his handicap after backto-back staunch scores. They both returned 40 points to tie for the Div 1 win in the Pizza This Pizza That medley stableford, Klem (9 handicap) getting the pay day on countback from Harris (21).
q Peter Moxon was in high spirits after the win at Nambucca Heads on Saturday.
q Geoff Harris was all smiles too but maybe less so once a handicap revision on the back of 41 and 40-point rounds.
Klem had 74 off the stick including birds on 10 and 17 for one under round the back, while Harris birdied the last. Peter Moxon (22) also carded 40 points, winning Div 2 from Kay McGoldrick (34) on 38. On the back of a frozen shoulder courtesy of bursitis, Chris Knight emerged from five months in the Mariana Trench with three birds, including tap-ins on 5 and 12, with 78 gross after double-bogeys on three of the first four. The ball run went down to 35 points with James McIlveen the last to collect. The comp doubled as a qualifier for the men's Top Gun shootout. John McRae nailed the longest putt on the first for the Ecomist prize pack and pins went to Knight on 5, Kay McGoldrick on 7, Matt Dyer on 8 and McIlveen on 15. Scott Burley yummed the pizza on 13 and Andrew Bagust saved an otherwise tough day in the classroom with the $75 Pro Pin on the last. Super Kiwi Steve Ward - one of the club's strongest supporters through his pizza and pasta restaurant on Bowra St - dipped his hand
Ladies Thursday Social Bowls By Teresa MEEHAN
THE Nambucca Heads Women’s Bowling Club enjoyed a hot spring day on the greens for Thursday Ladies Social Bowls, with 17 players taking part in the Laverty’s Sponsored Day. Two games of fours were played, with plenty of close competition throughout the morning. Elaine Fleming and Arlene Duffus (shared the lead position), Annmarie Johnson, Sandra Seckold and Kim Porter recorded a win over Alma Reid, Pam James , Rosie Dugdale and Pat Fletcher, taking the prize money for the largest winning margin. The second game proved to be a real thriller, with Gloria Richardson, Deb Mann,
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Karen Liddell and Marilyn Montgomery up against Janice Cedelland, Kerrie Dale, Michelle Frederick’s and Nerida Blackford . The teams were locked in a tight contest, with Marilyn’s team securing victory in the final two ends. They took home the prize money for the smallest winning margin. The raffle prizes were won by Arlene Duffus and Kerrie Dale while Sandra Seckold was the lucky bowler for the day. The ladies extend their sincere thanks to Laverty’s for their continued sponsorship and generous support of the club and its social bowls program. Despite the heat, it was another enjoyable morning of bowls, friendship and good competition at Nambucca Heads.
q Peter Sheridan with the spoils after acing the 13th at The Island.
goal to stop the tries. “I think it was the main reason we won the premiership.”
one another and genuinely play for each other. “They’re also surrounded by experienced and dedicated coaches and support staff who give the players the tools they need, then empower them to go out and get the job done. “As a club, we have a strong set of values that everyone has bought into. “Those values are consistently reinforced by our leaders and lived by our players. “That values-driven culture sets the standards for how we train, how we play and how we represent the Comets. “When you combine that culture with mateship, discipline, trust and great coaching, it creates high-performing teams both on and off the field.”
into the pocket again to sponsor the medley stableford on Thursday 3 September. Sydney-based Nambucca member Peter Sheridan (10) sheeted home with 38 points to win Div 1 on countback from club champion Graham Watson (6). Sheridan wiped the 8th and 9th, birdied the 3rd and 14th and had a hole-in-one on 13. Dreamworld are considering naming their next rollercoaster in his honour. It was also tighter than the Jenolan Caves for a Weight Watchers class in Div 2, with Trevor Hopkins (22) smoking with 41 points to win on countback from Harris (21, no more). Hoppy had five pars and a bird on the 5th, while Harris had six pars and an inexplicable double-bogey on the last. Ross Morpuss felined on the 1st with the longest putt and flag botherers were Kew's Perry Harpur on 5, Michael Marshall on 7, Bryce McCarroll on 8, Sheridan with the ace on 13 for the gourmet flatbread, Peter Bush on 15, and Andrew Bagust banked the $70 Pro Pin on 18. Congratulations to the Nambucca Skins semi-finalists with the event to be played on Sunday 1 November after the Club Champs. Groups are: * G Watson, D Wren, G McCann * C Knight, A Mackinnon, B Wilson * K Klem, S Burley, P Klem Goode * D Wall, S Kimber, R Guiana. Winner of each group will progress to the grand final and the clash for cash on Sunday 22 November. Catchya on The Island, the epicentre of unsolicited advice by the ill-qualified, but if you survive that it's the best place on the planet for golf, cold beverages and top notch restaurant food with stunning river views.
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SEPTEMBER 7th Single Stableford. 26 players contested today's event , including visitors from Byron Bay, Tallwoods, Maitland, Bathurst and Wodonga. Winner, with 38 points, on a countback, Andrew O'Keeffe , from Peter Harrison.
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3rd Brett Bosbach 37, also on a count back. Run-down Peter Inskip, Joe Street 37, Wozz Rawlings, Peter Brotherton 36, Waz Botfield, Loz Renshall 33, Alan Titley 32 c/b. Bradmans Tom Cornelius 17. NTPs 3rd Kim Michelsen, 9th Gary Teale, 18th Grant Cardow. Longest Putt Tom Faulkner. Slab Winner, fair dinkum, Alan Titley, again.
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OPINION & LETTERS Dorin's Drawings On the Couch By Paul DORIN
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By JASMINDA
The Posthumous Split HARRY and Wendy each have children from previous relationships. Two years after meeting each other, they commence cohabitation and are married shortly thereafter. After a 25-year marriage, involving various joint financial ventures, most of which failed, their relationship reaches an unfortunate and critical state and police attend their residence. The police take out apprehended violence orders (AVO) against Wendy on Harry's behalf. Wendy is charged with 'recklessly engaging in conduct that may have placed a person in danger of serious injury'. The charges are subsequently dropped. Wendy makes a crossapplication for an AVO against Harry, and he moves out of the matrimonial home. Harry files an application under the Family Law Act, seeking property settlement orders, but sadly passes away from illness before the proceedings are resolved. Nonetheless, the Court proceeds to determine the matter and conducts the usual process, initially finding that it is 'just and equitable to make an order'. The Court identifies the asset pool and the parties' respective contributions. Wendy says that her contributions were more onerous due to Harry's alleged 'family violence, coercion and control'. The respective parties' children give evidence. However, the Court is loathe to place any great weight on Wendy's allegations, given that they were mostly uncorroborated and Harry is unable to be cross-examined. Contributions are assessed at 50/50. Finally, the Court examines Wendy's current and future circumstances and considers whether a further adjustment is necessary. The Court notes that Wendy is reliant on the aged pension and at the age of 70 years, she is expected to live for another 20 to 25 years. In contrast, Harry, of course, is identified as having no 'needs' on the basis that he has passed away. Ultimately, the Court concludes that Wendy should receive a 15 per cent adjustment for her current and future circumstances and on this basis is ordered to receive 65 per cent of the asset pool. Given that most of the assets were already in Wendy's name, she is ordered to pay Harry's estate just over $180,000. If you have a request for a Hypothetical, call Manny Wood on (02) 66 487 487 or email manny@ tblaw.net.au. This fictional column is not legal advice.
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Golf: ‘Ye Royal and Ancient Game’
By Karen FILEWOOD
THE first recorded golf game in Australia was played in 1839, and by the late 1880s the game’s popularity had risen to the point that official organisations were formed. As the region’s main centre, the earliest and closest club to Coffs Harbour was Grafton, which formed in 1901. This prompted regular newspaper advertisements for all the gear an aspiring golfer needed, comprising up to 14 various golf clubs, balls, bags and shoes. Clothing was included in the game’s accepted etiquette and enforced in its regulations, which aimed to uphold traditions embedded in respectability and morality. It also ensured freedom of movement and comfort during game play so advertising also included specific attire such as golf pants, coats, skirts and shirts. In 1908 Coffs Harbour’s newspaper editor called for more recreational activities, including golf, which he termed ‘the aristocratic game’. Considering the cost and lack of
a local golf course, it’s not surprising a local newspaper gossip column of May 1911, noted golf was becoming a popular pastime on the beach! Likely due to WWI and the flu epidemic, it was not until 1924 that a newspaper article announced that ‘ye royal and ancient game of golf’ was to flourish in Coffs Harbour as a club had been formed. On 13 October 1924 Mr Clyde Rudder chaired a meeting to form The Coffs Harbour and District Golf Club, comprising local professionals and businessmen, who held their first club meeting one week later. They leased land at the showground for one shilling per year and clearing had begun by November, while practice links were prepared at Brelsford Park. A year later the Brelsford Park facility was found unsatisfactory but ongoing preparations at the showground enabled the official opening to be held on 16 October 1926. While later courses were made on private property at Boambee and Korora, the land on the club’s current site was originally leased in 1939, inspected and surveyed by golf professional, Carnegie Clark, and officially opened 2 June 1940.
Is this how democracy works? By John BLACKBOURN
THE front-page story for many of the world’s news sources recently reported that Donald Trump had threatened to ‘bomb the shit’ out of US ally Oman if it got in the way of US efforts to broker a deal on the Straits of Hormuz. I wonder: how is that being received by the rest of the Gulf states? With the Arab world having been in conflict with western
nations for more years than any of us can research into antiquity, why would you seek to bully, humiliate and embarrass one of the few recent friends you have left in that part of the world? Especially when they were perceived as not being on the side of Iran in the dispute about having the Gulf of Hormuz freely open to all ships trying to carry on business as normal, importantly by transporting gulf produced oil to the refineries of the world for fuel production. Yes, the world’s numberone sized big dog must be really frustrated that his demands and
I'VE started dating a man named Reece. Everything is great but he ends a lot of sentences with 'do you know what I mean?' Now I'm attuned to it. It's all I can hear. Is there a way I can break this irritating habit? Carly F. DEAR Carly, IT is quite common for people to pick up annoying habits and habitual phrases, often subconsciously. This is a recurrent issue with couples who spend a lot of time together. Before long they start mirroring each other with shared expressions and mannerisms. Certain words and sayings become fashionable over time too, until they are overused and then vanish into obscurity. I assume your new boyfriend is not expecting a response when he asks 'do you know what I mean?' It is what is known as a verbal filler and these overused expressions or words can become extremely irritating, though the person using them is often unaware. One way to draw attention to the overuse is to respond each time with: 'I think I know what you mean, but I can't be entirely sure. Could you perhaps clarify with a bit more detail?' Your response will become equally infuriating to your boyfriend and he may start to lessen the habit, if only to prevent the need to over-explain everything. An alternative option is to come up with your own annoying phrases. There are so many to choose from.
For starters, how about 'Yeah ... Nah.' This one became so popular that it ended up being used in a NSW road safety campaign to prevent people driving under the influence of alcohol. Another popular one is 'a hundred percent'. This is commonly used by influencers. In fact it has become so common that some are now saying 'a thousand percent' as a point of difference. 'It is what it is' is another expression that drives me absolutely spare (deliberate use of an idiom responding to an idiom). And then there's 'I did a thing', which is often accompanied by a brag post on social media attached to a photo of 'the thing': a new Lamborghini, climbing Mount Everest, making an outdoor spa from a wine barrel. You get the idea. Or how about: 'at the end of the day', which is stated at any time other than the end of the day to preempt a conclusive statement. Or 'to be honest,' used in far too many sentences, and another verbal filler. I think, Carly, if you start littering your sentences with any of these, perhaps your new man will start to realise the error of his ways. Alternatively, he may pick up on your annoying phrases and soon you'll be having conversations like: 'Hey Carly, something just doesn't feel quite right about this relationship, to be honest.' 'A hundred percent, Reece, I've been feeling that too. It's a shame, but it is what it is. Should we have a break?' 'Yeah, nah, it's too soon for that, Carly. And besides (Reece goes down on one knee and flips open a box and presents a onecarat diamond ring) I did a thing!' 'Oh Reece, you shouldn't have (thinks: you really shouldn't have). At the end of the day, I just don't think we're quite right for each other.' 'Carly, you've hurt me. I mean you've really hurt me. Do you know what I mean?' Carpe diem, Jasminda.
opinions on trying to return the Gulf to a free and open trade route have been rejected by the pint-sized family-run country is now having serious ramifications for the rest of the world whose economies are receding due to the ongoing price hikes of fuel, is helping to only make their positions worse. Just because your supposed Arab friend, the state of Oman is trying to get on with its neighbour Iran by trying to find some common ground, which could suggest a way of solving the issue, why would you
display these intemperate outbursts which can only inflame such a situation? Where does basic common sense fit into trying to solve such a difficult international conflict? There is an age-old saying that “you can’t legislate against stupidity”. I believe it fits this situation but can’t provide a worthwhile resolution with that type of response.
and it is still erroneous (try Wikipedia and numerous sources for refutation). Our exchange of letters puts me in mind of Kurt Vonnegut's dialogue between two yeast cells discussing the possible purposes of life as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close
to guessing that they were making champagne. Neither of our views will alter the tragic trajectory of current human-caused warming as we remain trapped in petty squabbling, so I for one will leave it there.
Petty squabbling won’t fix human-caused warming DEAR News Of The Area,
I WRITE in reply to Wayne Duesbury (‘Facts speak louder than a Google search’, NOTA, 4/9/26). Judging by the figures presented by Mr Duesbury, he is touting the views of a particular, long-discredited geologist, whose first book is one of the two in my long life (the other was ‘Mein
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DEAR News Of The Area, RECENTLY I spent seven days in hospital at Coffs Harbour Health Campus recovering from COVID. The ward doctor, the specialist doctor and all my nurses bar two were new Australians. We are fortunate to have newcomers in Australia and Coffs Harbour. My treatment and care were of the highest standard and, because of my age and multiple comorbidities, there is little doubt these people saved my life. My wife and I are eternally grateful for their professionalism, expertise, service and commitment. Regards, Alph Williams, Red Rock.
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This witty take on the many-murders-in-aquaint-British-village genre stars Timothy Spall (pictured) as John Chapel, a retired actor best known for playing TV detective Inspector Charles Caesar. When one of his neighbours turns up dead, the reclusive star devises a theory that an ulterior motive is at play and gets roped into helping solve the real-life crime. Acting as his perky foil and dragging him into the case is detective Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth), who also happens to be Chapel’s biggest fan. An especially enjoyable entry into the cosy murder genre, this Welsh series bubbles along thanks to a bristling chemistry between its leads, even if the set ups do get a trifle silly at times.
Imagine being able to scan for hundreds of diseases using a single drop of blood, all in the comfort of your own home. Such was the allure of Theranos, the US company that set out to revolutionise medical diagnostics and the lives of billions of people. Based on the podcast of the same name, this eight-part limited series charts the meteoric rise and fall of Theranos and its enigmatic founder, Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried, pictured). To understand how it all went wrong, The Dropout takes us back to the beginning, when Holmes was an optimistic student who left Stanford University in 2004 to pursue her ‘great idea’. Despite a lack of proof, legions of investors bought into Holmes’ claims, charisma and ambition.
MEL GIEDROYC: UNFORGIVABLE SBS2, 9.35pm
Audiences familiar with Mel Giedroyc’s (pictured) sunny and wholesome persona as the original co-host of The Great British Bake Off might be slightly shocked by the comedian’s edgier approach to this panel show. Inviting celebrities to confess their most unforgivable acts, shameful anecdotes and embarrassing moments, Giedroyc sits on a throne and assigns points as her utterly unpredictable sidekick Lou Sanders keeps score. Graham Norton gets the ball rolling in this premiere, revealing a lie to his mother that went too far, while Desiree Burch and Alex Brooker also share mortifying mishaps. It’s essentially just another chat show, but with a silly and saucy twist that makes it worthwhile. 1109
FRIDAY, September 11 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
SEVEN (6)
NINE (8)
TEN (5)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. (R) 10.30 Take 5. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (R) 1.50 The Cage. (M, R) 2.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.10 Vintage Voltage. (R) 11.05 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Bettany Hughes: Treasures of Bulgaria. (PGa, R) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 NFL Pre-Game. 10.00 NFL. Melbourne Game. Los Angeles Rams v San Francisco 49ers. 2.30 Border Security: International. (PGa, 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 MOVIE: Mr Pawsitively Perfect. (2023, G, 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) 10.50 Gogglebox Aust. (PGalns, 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. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Clarence Slockee explores wattles. 8.20 Death Valley. (Premiere, Ma) A detective sergeant teams up with a beloved TV cop to solve a murder. 9.05 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) Nine artists create celebrity portraits. 9.55 Spicks And Specks. (Ml, R) Hosted by comedian Adam Hills. 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) 11.15 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.00 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Good Ship Murder. (Mv) 8.30 WWII With Tom Hanks. (Maw) 10.10 SBS World News Late. 10.40 Spy/Master. (Ma) 11.40 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (MA15+av, R) 1.30 Australia Uncovered: The Department. (MA15+al, R) 3.10 Hitler And The Reichstag Fire. (PGav, R) 4.10 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 7.30 Football. AFL Finals. First semi-final. Fremantle v Geelong. 11.00 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews. 11.45 NFL. Melbourne Game. Los Angeles Rams v San Francisco 49ers. Highlights. 12.45 GetOn Extra. A look at the weekend’s best racing. 1.15 Eyewitness. (MA15+av) Helen learns Philip and Lukas are missing. 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 9News. 7.00 Rugby League. NRL Finals. Second elimination final. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Newcastle Knights. 9.45 NRL Finals Footy PostMatch. Post-match coverage of the second elimination final. 10.45 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon. (1987, Mdlv, R) Two detectives pursue drug traffickers. Mel Gibson. 1.00 Next Stop. (PG, 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) A project manager hunts for a new home. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Featuring celebrity panellists Kitty Flanagan, Nath Valvo, Hayley Sproull, Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang. 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. 2.30pm The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 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! 8.50 Steven Universe. 9.40 BattleBots. 10.25 Merlin. 11.10 Late Programs.
SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Patriot Brains. 2.20 Forged In Fire. 3.05 Stories From The Cities. 3.40 BBC News At Ten. 4.10 France 24. 4.40 PBS News. 5.35 Inside The Huddle. 6.05 Over The Black Dot. 6.35 Jeopardy! 7.30 Celebrity Jeopardy. 8.30 Original Gangsters With Sean Bean. (Premiere) 9.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 19. 1.50am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.
7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Australia’s Deadliest. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 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. 2pm Rugby League. NRL. 2025 First elimination final. Cronulla Sharks v Sydney Roosters. Replay. 3.45 Rugby League. NRL. 2025 Second Elimination Final. Canberra Raiders v Brisbane Broncos. Replay. 5.30 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 11. Wests Tigers v Canberra Raiders. 7.30 Find My Country House Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes. (2009, 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.
NEWS24 (53) 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.
SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Enigma. (1982, PG) 8.00 On Golden Pond. (1981, PG) 10.00 Hundreds Of Beavers. (2022, M) Noon Jules. (2023, M) 1.35 Tokyo Story. (1953, PG, Japanese) 4.05 Marie’s Story. (2014, PG) 5.50 The Magic Of Belle Isle. (2012, PG) 7.50 King Of California. (2007, M) 9.30 Official Secrets. (2019, MA15+) 11.35 5 To 7. (2014, M) 1.25am Truth. (2015, M) 3.45 The Blue Caftan. (2022, M, Arabic)
7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Ice Road Truckers. Noon American Pickers. 1.00 American Resto. 1.30 Storage Wars. 2.00 Pawn Stars. 2.30 Kick Ons. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Deadliest Roads. 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: Downton Abbey: A New Era. (2022, PG) 11.05 Late Programs.
9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 MOVIE: The Legend Of Tarzan. (2016, M) 9.45 MOVIE: Hercules. (2014, M) 11.45 Seinfeld. 12.15am Babies Behind Bars. (Premiere) 1.05 Love Island UK: All Stars. 2.05 Legacies. 2.55 World’s Greatest Animal Encounters. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO City Adventures. 5.10 Late Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: Graffiti Bridge. (1990, PG) 1.35 Stompem Ground 2022: Footprince. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.30 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Great Blue Wild. 7.30 MOVIE: Scrapper. (2023, PG) 9.10 MOVIE: He Got Game. (1998, MA15+) 11.35 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 Please Note: Programs are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by the Networks.
Bowraville Golf Club Results By James MURPHY
A PERFECT spring’s day brought 22 golfers out to the Bowraville Golf Club for September’s Monthly Medal on Saturday. With clear skies and warmer weather, the field could sense the opportunity
to continue their form or seek redemption following the Club Championships last month. Victorious on the day was Robyn McDonald, coming into the Sports Hub to cool off after a blazing 68 net, whilst also snagging a nearest-the-pin in the process. Robyn had all the
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answers, avoiding trouble and keeping it consistent to card the round of the day. This proved to be more than enough cushion, with Leanne Porter firing in a net par 72 to claim the runner’s up prize in a countback over Mike Oldham. Eliza McNally had the
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lowest gross score of the day, shooting an 83 off the stick, snagging the other nearest-thepin in the process. Along with Marilyn McNally’s 73 net, the aforementioned names appeared to have a leg up over the field on the day, with everyone else’s cards coming in several strokes behind, leaving the rest of us wondering where we went wrong.
Next week is a Single Stableford, providing those that donated to the farm with a bit more cushion than they’ve experienced lately, after playing stroke for the past month. If you’re looking for a Saturday morning competitive hit with a laidback nature, look no further than the Bowra Sports Hub.
Friday, 11 September 2026
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SATURDAY, September 12 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. (Ma, R) 1.15 Father Brown. (PGv, R) 2.00 Death Valley. (M, R) 2.50 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip. (PG, R) 3.40 Take 5. (PG, R) 4.10 Tampa: The Turning Point. (PGa, R) 5.00 Aust Story. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.05 Japanese Islands From Above. (R) 11.05 Wonders Of The World I Can’t See. (Mls, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Sailing. Sail Grand Prix Valencia. H’lights. 3.00 Going Places. (PGa, R) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 5.35 War Trains. (PG)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Crown Makybe Diva Stakes Day and The Run To The Rose Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 GolfBarons. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Eels v North Qld Cowboys. 2.00 NRLW Wrap. (PG) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL Finals. Second qualifying final. New Zealand Warriors v Dolphins.
6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 I Fish. (R) 8.30 All 4 Adventure. (PGl, R) 9.30 Frugal Foodie. (R) 10.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 10.30 What’s Up Down Under. (PG) 11.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl, R) 1.00 Pooches At Play. (PG) 1.30 Everyday Gourmet. (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. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 Grantchester. (Mv) Armed robbers storm CeCe’s Boutique. 8.20 Father Brown. (PGv) The owner of the almshouse is killed under suspicious circumstances. 9.05 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) After a cycling competition comes to the village of Burwood Mantle, the race leader is murdered. 10.35 Falling. (Ml, R) 11.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Queen And The Traitor: A Great British Scandal. 8.45 The Airport Chaplain. (Ml, R) 9.50 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. (PGa, R) 10.55 DNA Family Secrets. (PG, R) 12.00 Saving The F*cking Planet. (Mls, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL Finals Series. Second semi-final. Brisbane Lions v Adelaide. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews. 11.00 Kings Of The Big Game: West Coast Eagles: One Point, One Purpose. (Ml) The Eagles fight back after a loss. 12.15 The Midwich Cuckoos. (MA15+av) An English town is changed forever. 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) Information about pet care. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 Rugby League. NRL Finals. First elimination final. Cronulla Sharks v North Queensland Cowboys. 9.50 NRL Finals Footy Post-Match. 10.45 MOVIE: Tango & Cash. (1989, Mlv, R) 12.45 Wild Cards. (Mv, R) 1.35 The Garden Gurus. (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)
6.30 Gogglebox Australia. (PGalns, R) Opinionated viewers discuss TV shows. 7.30 Selling Houses Australia. (Final, PGa) Sandie and Tony built a huge colonial-esque property in 2003 for their family, but it’s time to downsize. 9.30 Love It Or List It UK: Brilliant Builds. (PG) Kirstie and Phil look back on their best land-grabbing renovations to balance home and garden. 10.30 Watson. (Mas, R) A patient arrives at the clinic with a neurological disorder. 11.30 FBI. (Mv, R) A federal whistleblower is murdered. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.35pm Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Guess How Much I Love You. 4.15 Stan & Gran. 5.20 Guess How Much I Love You. 5.45 Iron Man And His Awesome Friends. 6.25 Zog. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 8.00 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 8.40 The Lady Grace Mysteries. 9.30 Merlin. 10.15 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.55 Late Programs.
SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Love In Bright Landscapes. 1.55 Stories From The Cities. 2.25 If You Are The One. 3.35 BBC News At Ten. 4.05 France 24. 4.35 PBS News. 5.35 Mastermind Australia. 6.35 Engineering By Catastrophe. 7.30 History’s Greatest Machines. 8.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 20. 1.50am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.
7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm
Escape To The Country. 2.00 Better Homes. 4.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 5.00 Horse Racing. Crown Makybe Diva Stakes Day and The Run To The Rose Day. 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 Tennis. US Open. Day 13 Late. Men’s semi-final. 1pm Customs. 1.30 My Favorite Martian. 2.00 MOVIE: Trent’s Last Case. (1952) 4.00 Take Me Home. 5.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 11. Cronulla Sharks v St George Illawarra Dragons. 7.00 Getaway. 7.30 MOVIE: The Bodyguard. (1992, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Moonstruck. (1987, PG) Midnight Late Programs.
DRAMA (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 The Traitors Australia. 11.00 Roads Less Travelled. 11.30 Building The Dream. 12.30pm The Living Room. 2.30 JAG. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 JAG. 12.15am Home Shopping.
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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Broken Hill. (2009, PG) 8.00 The Magic Of Belle Isle. (2012, PG) 10.00 Denial. (2016, M) 12.05pm The Man Who Wasn’t There. (2001, M) 2.15 Enigma. (1982, PG) 4.10 Limelight. (1952, PG) 6.40 Paper Planes. (2014) 8.30 The Immigrant. (2014) 10.40 La Maison. (2022, MA15+, German) 12.20am Official Secrets. (2019, MA15+) 2.25 King Of California. (2007, M) 4.05 Aftersun. (2022, M)
7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 The Car Club. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Aussie Truckers. 3.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Krikke Boys Shootout. Replay. 4.00 Deep Water Salvage. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 AFL Pre-Game. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Anger Management. (2003, M) 9.40 MOVIE: Violent Night. (2022, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.
9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Soccer. English Premier League. Everton v Manchester United. 4.30 The Dog House UK. 5.30 MOVIE: Flight Of The Navigator. (1986) 7.30 MOVIE: Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom. (2023, M) 9.50 To Be Advised. 12.30am The Purge. 1.20 Love Island Games. 4.00 Cards And Collectables Australia. 4.30 Barney’s World. 4.50 I Love VIP Pets. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 9.40 Fresh Fairytales. 10.00 MOVIE: Scrapper. (2023, PG) 11.30 Te Puna Ora: The Source Of Life. 1pm Nula. 1.30 Great Blue Wild. 2.20 Over The Black Dot. 2.50 Kindred. 4.30 Anthem Sessions. 5.00 Exile And The Kingdom. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.40 MOVIE: Seeds. (2024, MA15+) 10.10 MOVIE: Saturday Night Fever. (1977, MA15+) 12.20am Late Programs.
6am Fox Sports News. 7.00 Weekend First Edition. 10.00 Weekend Newsday. 11.00 Fox Sports News. Noon Weekend Newsday. 1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Steve Price. 3.00 Weekend Newsday. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Weekend Newsday. 6.00 Opinionated. 6.30 The World According To Rowan Dean. 7.30 Lefties Losing It. 8.00 The Media Show. 8.45 The US Report. 9.45 Late Edition. 11.00 Fox Sports News.
SUNDAY, September 13 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. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.15 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) 3.10 End Game With Tony Armstrong. (Final, PG, R) 4.00 Creative Types. (PG, R) 4.30 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. (R) 5.00 Take 5. (PG, R) 5.30 Back Roads. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.05 UAE From Above. (R) 11.05 Wonders Of The World I Can’t See. (PGls, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Cycling. Tour of Britain. Women’s. H’lights. 4.00 Going Places. (PGa, R) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 5.35 War Trains. (PG)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Obesity Is A Disease. (PGa) 12.30 The Voice. (PGal, R) 2.15 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) 2.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Sydney v GWS Giants. 4.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender.
6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Broncos v NZ Warriors. 1.45 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Knights v Titans. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL Finals. First qualifying final. Penrith Panthers v Roosters.
6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 GCBC. (R) 10.00 Good Food Everyday. (PGa, R) 10.30 Frugal Foodie. (R) 11.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 11.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 12.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 12.30 Gogglebox Aust. (PGalns, R) 1.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl, 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 The Cage. (Ml) Gary forces Leanne to make a difficult decision. Matty buckles under the pressure of Ning’s request. 9.10 Falling. (Ml) David wrestles with his feelings. 9.55 Grantchester. (Mv, R) Armed robbers storm CeCe’s Boutique. 10.40 Father Brown. (PGv, R) 11.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.30 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 9/11: The Unseen Tapes. (Mal) 9.15 Castle Secrets. (Mav, R) 10.10 Kennedy. (PGa, R) 11.00 The Truth About Anxiety With Celia Pacquola. (Mad, R) 12.10 Jonathan Ross’ Myths And Legends. (PGa, R) 3.45 Prince’s Master Crafters Next Generation. (R) 4.35 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. (PGal) 8.40 7NEWS Spotlight. Focuses on major breaking news events and long-form investigations of national significance. 9.40 Poisoned. (MA15+a) The investigation uncovers more deaths. 10.50 24 Hours In Police Custody: Left For Dead. (Madl, R) 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 10. AirTouch 500. Highlights. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.00 NFL. Week 1. 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: Out Of The Darkness. (MA15+av) 11.10 Murder In The 21st. (Mav) 12.00 I Survived A Crime. (MA15+lv) 12.30 Tycoons Down Under. (PGl, 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. (Ma) Watson and the fellows fight to revive a 30-year-old woman after her heart inexplicably stops. 9.00 FBI. (Madv) After the son of a professional basketball team owner is held for ransom, Jubal and the team race to catch the kidnappers before a larger revenge plot unfolds. 12.00 10 News+. (R) Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.35 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 The Smeds And The Smoos. 4.15 Stan & Gran. 5.20 Tiddler. 5.45 Iron Man And His Awesome Friends. 6.25 Zog. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 The Inbestigators. 7.45 The Lady Grace Mysteries. (Final) 8.10 Jaguars Vs Crocs. (Premiere) 8.55 Animal Park. 10.25 Secrets Of The Zoo. 11.05 Late Programs.
SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm MOVIE: Watandar, My Countryman. (2022, PG) 4.25 WorldWatch. 5.50 Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Dropout. (Premiere) 10.30 The UnXplained With William Shatner. 12.10am Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 21. 4.20 Letterkenny. 4.45 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 Malaysia Kitchen. 1.00 Harry’s Practice. 1.30 Better Homes. 2.40 The Yorkshire Vet. 3.40 My Greek Odyssey. 4.40 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 5.40 Escape To The Country. 6.40 Vicar Of Dibley. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Genius: Picasso. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (82) 6am Tennis. US Open. Day 14. Women’s final late. 9.00 My Favorite Martian. 9.30 Getaway. 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. Noon MOVIE: Two Way Stretch. (1960) 1.50 MOVIE: Fear Is The Key. (1972, PG) 4.00 Keeping Up Appearances. 4.30 Poirot. 5.30 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 7.30 To Be Advised. 8.30 Paramedics. 9.30 Emergency. 10.30 Cold Case. 11.30 Poirot. 12.30am My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Late Programs.
DRAMA (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 Building The Dream. 9.00 Roads Less Travelled. 9.30 The Traitors Australia. 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 Limelight. (1952, PG) 8.30 Marie’s Story. (2014, PG) 10.15 5 To 7. (2014, M) 12.05pm King Of California. (2007, M) 1.45 The Magic Of Belle Isle. (2012, PG) 3.45 The Red Shoes. (1948, PG) 6.15 The Last Time I Saw Paris. (1954, PG) 8.30 The Darjeeling Limited. (2007, M) 10.15 The Problem With People. (2023, M) 12.10am Grand Ecole. (2004, MA15+, French) 2.15 Late Programs.
7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Pawn Stars. 11.30 Step Outside. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 5. Richmond v St Kilda. 3.00 Air Crash Inv. 4.00 Deep Water Salvage. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Border Security USA. 6.30 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Jurassic Park III. (2001, M) 10.30 MOVIE: Godzilla. (1998, PG) 1.20am Late Programs.
9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 4pm The Toys That Built The World. 5.00 Cards And Collectables Australia. 5.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s European Vacation. (1985, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Godzilla. (2014, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Kong: Skull Island. (2017, M) 12.25am Bel-Air. 1.20 Love Island Games. 3.55 World’s Greatest Animal Encounters. 4.50 Wild Manes. 5.10 Bubble’s Hotel. 5.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Inside The Huddle. 1.00 Living Black. 1.40 Football. West Kimberley Football League. Grand final. Cable Beach v Peninsula Bombers. Replay. 3.15 Johnny Warren’s Football Mission. 4.15 MOVIE: Gurrumul. (2017, PG) 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Great Blue Wild. 7.30 Extraordinary Animals. 8.30 Like My Brother. 10.15 MOVIE: Million Dollar Baby. (2004, M) 12.35am 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 14 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
SEVEN (6)
ON THE Box NINE (8)
TEN (5)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Joanna Lumley’s Danube. (PG, R) 10.45 Father Brown. (PG, R) 11.30 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 Morning Programs. 10.10 Such Was Life. (PG, R) 10.25 Vintage Voltage. (R) 11.15 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 DNA Family Secrets. (PG, R) 3.05 Going Places. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights.
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. (ls, 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: Battle Of The Fuddy Duds. (PGs, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 ABC National Forum. 9.50 Media Watch. (PG) 10.10 Planet America. 10.45 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 11.15 ABC Late News. 11.30 The Business. (R) 11.45 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 12.35 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.20 Parliament Question Time. 2.20 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 Bill Bailey’s Vietnam Adventure. (PG, R) 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma) 9.30 Alone Australia. (Ml, R) 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Gomorrah: The Origins. (Mlv) 1.10 Fargo. (Malv, R) 2.50 Prince’s Master Crafters Next Generation. (PG, 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. (PGa) 7.30 The Voice. (PG) Artists from Team Melanie C and Team Kate battle. 9.10 The Rookie. (Mav) Nune gets a new role. A ride-along with Nolan goes awry. The team looks to recruit new members. 10.10 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League. (R) 11.10 The Agenda Setters. 12.10 Transplant. (MA15+a, R) 1.10 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) 8.40 100% Footy. (Mal) 9.40 9News Late. 10.10 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGl) 11.10 Footy Classified. (Ml) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 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) 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG) Comedic partners Anne Edmonds and Lloyd Langford are pitted against the miserly banker. 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. (M, R) Charlie’s pick-up lines stop working. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm 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 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. 3pm Over The Black Dot. 3.30 BBC News At Ten. 4.00 France 24. 4.30 PBS News Compass Points. 5.00 Al Jazeera. 5.30 Alone Denmark. (Final) 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Scrabble. (Premiere) 9.20 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. 10.30 The Airport Chaplain. 11.30 The Americans. 1.20am Sex Tape Finland. 3.55 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 Mighty Ships. 11.10 Late Programs.
9GEM (82) 6am Tennis. US Open. Day 15. Men’s final late. 8.00 Thunderbirds. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Rainbow Country. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Poirot. 1.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: I Believe In You. (1952, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 10.40 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 The Last Time I Saw Paris. (1954, PG) 8.15 Paper Planes. (2014) 10.05 The Immigrant. (2014) 12.15pm Aftersun. (2022, M) 2.10 Delfin. (2019, PG, Spanish) 3.50 Lassie: A New Adventure. (2023, PG, German) 5.30 Somewhere In Time. (1980, PG) 7.30 Dangerous Liaisons. (1988, M) 9.45 Funny Games. (1997, MA15+, German) 11.45 Doctor Sleep. (2019, MA15+) 2.30am Late Programs.
7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Rides Down Under: Aussie Truckers. 2.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 10. AirTouch 500. Day 1. Highlights. 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 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Vacation. (2015, MA15+) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Jane The Virgin. 12.20am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.20 Legacies. 2.10 World’s Greatest Animal Encounters. 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. Noon Like My Brother. 1.45 Stompem Ground 2022: TSI Dancers. 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 Great Blue Wild. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 Dream Whisperer. 10.00 MOVIE: Finding Forrester. (2000, M) 12.25am Late Programs.
6am First Edition. 9.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 Fox Sports News. 1pm Paul Murray Live. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 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 15 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
SEVEN (6)
NINE (8)
TEN (5)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Planet America. (R) 11.05 Tampa: The Turning Point. (PGa, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Grantchester. (Mv, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa) 4.45 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. (R) 11.10 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 DNA Family Secrets. (PG, R) 3.05 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.05 Pharaohs Of The Two Lands. (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) 1.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGal, 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. (PG, 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 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Tampa: The Turning Point. (Final, PG) 9.20 I Was Actually There. (PG, R) 9.50 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.35 The Business. (R) 10.50 ABC National Forum. (R) 12.15 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.30 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 1.15 Parliament Question Time. 2.15 Rage. (MA15+dhlnsv) 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. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. (PGad) 8.30 Insight. (R) 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 The Point. (R) 11.30 Mussolini: Son Of The Century. (Malv) 12.30 Atlantic Crossing. (PGa, R) 2.35 The Doll Factory. (MA15+l, 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. (PGa) 7.30 First Dates Australia. (Mls) 8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. (MA15+l) 9.30 House Of Wellness. (Return, PG) Insights and experiences that highlight living well. 10.30 The Agenda Setters. 11.30 Happy’s Place. (PGals) 12.00 The Path. (MA15+adlv) 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 The Block. (PGl) 8.40 Travel Guides. (PGl, R) 10.10 9News Late. 10.40 The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. (Premiere, MA15+alvv) 11.40 Footy Classified. (Ml) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, 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) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Sydney Harbour Cops. (Premiere, Ma) Follows the NSW Police Marine Area Command. 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. (PG, 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 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 10.10 Chopped Junior. 10.50 Late Programs.
SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.20pm Stories From The Cities. 3.15 Inside The Huddle. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.45 Alone Belgium. (Premiere) 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Practical Magic. (1998, M) 10.25 MOVIE: Point Break. (1991, M) 12.35am Icons Unearthed: Tom Cruise. 1.30 Brassic. 3.15 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 Mighty Ships. 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 Death In Paradise. 1.00 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Bridal Path. (1959) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 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 Somewhere In Time. (1980, PG) 8.00 The Red Shoes. (1948, PG) 10.30 The Darjeeling Limited. (2007, M) 12.10pm The Problem With People. (2023, M) 2.05 The Last Time I Saw Paris. (1954, PG) 4.20 The Crow’s Egg. (2014, PG, Tamil) 6.00 Where The Money Is. (2000, PG) 7.35 Risky Business. (1983, M) 9.30 Romper Stomper. (1992, MA15+) 11.15 May December. (2023, MA15+) 1.20am Late Programs.
7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Engineering Disasters. 12.30pm Tougher In Alaska. 1.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 2.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 3.30 Engineering Disasters. 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. (1998, M) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Jane The Virgin. 12.20am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.15 Legacies. 2.05 Baywatch. 3.00 World’s Greatest Animal Encounters. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO City Adventures. 5.10 Barney’s World. 5.30 Late Programs.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Servant Or Slave. 12.35pm Stompem Ground: King Of Hearts. 1.00 Dream Whisperer. 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 Great Blue Wild. 7.30 The Point. 8.00 The First Inventors. 8.55 MOVIE: Waiting To Exhale. (1995, M) 11.05 Late Programs.
6am First Edition. 9.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 Fox Sports News. 1pm Paul Murray Live. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 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.
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat
Sea Eagles break premiership drought FROM Page 20
The Seahorses hit back with their much-needed first try after a line break from Dane O’Hehir. The Sea Eagles responded in kind, Bailey Pickvance crossing out wide
after a great run and ball from Joseph Borg, extending the lead to 14-4 with 10 minutes left in the half. Pierre Monteil then scored off his chip-andchase to give his side a commanding 20-4 lead at the half.
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The Seahorses needed to be the first team to score in the second half, and they did exactly that with Emanuel Sutton barging over in the 49th minute. The comeback was well and truly on when Dane O’Hehir crossed for
his double a few minutes later after a great solo run, cutting the lead to 20-14. The Sea Eagles’ defence was under the pump for the rest of the half, as the Seahorses desperately searched for the crucial try and potential equaliser.
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Like a horror movie villain, the Woolgoolga side kept coming after the Sea Eagles after looking almost dead and buried at halftime. But Macksville’s frantic, scrambling defence remained resolute in
the face of a relentless Seahorses onslaught. Joseph Borg scored the sealer with three minutes to go, sending the Sea Eagles faithful into a frenzy. Sea Eagles coach Aaron Wood praised the performance of his club’s latest premiership winners. “We’ve been close a
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WEDNESDAY, September 16 ABC TV (2)
SBS (3)
SEVEN (6)
ON THE Box NINE (8)
TEN (5)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 ABC National Forum. (R) 11.20 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament. 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (Final, PG, R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.20 Vintage Voltage. (PG, R) 11.10 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (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 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 Rugby League. NRL National Schoolgirl Cup. Grand Final. 1.50 Rugby League. NRL National Schoolboy Cup. Grand Final. 3.30 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 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.
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PGs, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PGa) 8.30 Spicks And Specks. (PGl) 9.00 Small Town Scandal. (Ma, R) 9.50 Planet America. (R) 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.35 The Business. (R) 10.50 The Cage. (Ml, R) 11.40 Murdoch Mysteries. (Ma, R) 12.20 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.05 Parliament Question Time. 2.10 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. 7.30 Dirty Dancing: The Phenomenon. 8.30 The Airport Chaplain. (Ml) 9.35 Apollo Has Fallen. (Premiere) 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 The Congregation. (Final, Malv) 11.55 A Body That Works. (Ml, R) 3.00 Prince’s Master Crafters Next Generation. (PG, 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. (PG, R) 8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Takes a lighter look at all things AFL. 9.30 Unfiltered. (PG) Hosted by Hamish McLachlan. 10.00 The Agenda Setters. 11.00 Stumble. (PGal) 11.30 Happy’s Place. (PGal) 12.00 The Fear Index. (MA15+asv) 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 The Block. (PGl) 8.40 70 Years Of Television. 9.55 9News Late. 10.25 Freddy And The Eighth. (Ml) 11.25 Accused: Guilty Or Innocent? (MA15+av) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Destination WA. 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. (Mav) A shooting at the church pulls Lena and Danny into the past of one of Reverend Peters’ associates. 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. (PGls, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s 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 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.25 The Piano. 10.15 Merlin. 11.00 Late Programs.
SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.50pm Fear Itself With Alex Lee. 3.05 12 Dishes In 12 Hours. 3.45 BBC News At Ten. 4.15 France 24. 4.45 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. 9.35 Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. (Premiere) 10.30 Ramy. 11.30 The Americans. 12.20am 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 New Tricks. 1.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Lady Killers. (1955, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 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 Where The Money Is. Continued. (2000, PG) 6.30 Lassie: A New Adventure. (2023, PG, German) 8.15 Delfin. (2019, PG, Spanish) 9.55 The Crow’s Egg. (2014, PG, Tamil) 11.35 Dangerous Liaisons. (1988, M) 1.50pm Somewhere In Time. (1980, PG) 3.50 Open The Wall. (2014, PG, German) 5.30 The Ipcress File. (1965, PG) 7.30 Argo. (2012, M) 9.50 The Evil Dead. (1981) 11.30 Late Programs.
7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Talking W. 10.30 American Resto. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Engineering Disasters. 12.30pm Tougher In Alaska. 1.30 Outback Truckers. 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. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Jane The Virgin. 12.20am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.15 Legacies. 2.05 Baywatch. 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 Barney’s World. 5.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm Stompem Ground 2022: Karajarri Dancers. 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 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Great Blue Wild. 7.30 Friday Night Thunder. 8.30 Pro Bull Riding Australia. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Inside The Huddle. 10.30 MOVIE: Tzouhalem. (2021) 12.15am Late Programs.
6am First Edition. 9.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 Fox Sports News. 1pm Paul Murray Live. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 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.
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Hard Quiz. (PGa, R) 10.30 Spicks And Specks. (PGl, R) 11.00 Small Town Scandal. (Ma, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Falling. (Ml, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 4.00 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (PG) 4.45 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) 11.05 Wales: Land Of The Wild. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.55 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. (PGad, R) 3.00 The Cook Up. (R) 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, 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) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.30 Destination WA. (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 Building The Dream. (l, 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 Back Roads. 8.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PGa) 9.00 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. 9.30 The Cage. (Ml, R) 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.35 The Business. (R) 10.50 Death Valley. (Ma, R) 11.35 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (PGa, R) 12.25 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.10 Parliament Question Time. 2.10 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. (Premiere) 8.30 9/11: One Day In America. (Ma, R) 9.25 Say Nothing. (MA15+l) 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Reyka. (MA15+a) 11.45 Prisoner. (MA15+av, R) 2.00 Prince’s Master Crafters Next Generation. (R) 3.45 Along Ancient Tracks. (PG, R) 4.35 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) 8.30 Air Crash Investigations: Cabin Chaos. (PGa, R) Investigators leap into action when a Chinese airplane lands at a top-secret US Air Force base. 9.30 Hear The Mighty Roar: Brisbane Lions: The Weight Of Expectation. (Ml) The pressure of greatness mounts. 10.50 Kick Ons. 11.20 To Be Advised. 1.00 Mr Robot. (MA15+adlsv, 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 Tipping Point: 70 Years Of TV. (PG) 8.50 John Farnham: Celebrating 60 Years. (Ml, R) 10.40 9News Late. 11.10 Ski Rescue Down Under. (Ml) 12.00 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, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Glen and Cheri long for love. 8.30 NCIS: Sydney. (Mdv) Mackey investigates her boss’ missing son and girlfriend but soon uncovers a body. 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) Charlie is invited to a business party. 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. 8.40 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.25 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 9.55 72 Cutest Animals. 10.20 Merlin. 11.05 Late Programs.
SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.15pm 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. (Return) 11.30 Alone Australia Reunion. 12.30am The Old Man. 2.50 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 One Road: Great Australian Road Trips. 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. 11.00 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 As Time Goes By. 1.10 Midsomer Murders. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: The Gentle Gunman. (1952) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 The Dog House UK. 8.30 Poirot. 10.30 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.30 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. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.
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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 8.40 Open The Wall. (2014, PG, German) 10.25 Risky Business. (1983, M) 12.15pm Once Upon A Time In China III. (1993, M, Cantonese) 2.20 Where The Money Is. (2000, PG) 3.55 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. (2019, PG) 6.00 What We Did On Our Holiday. (2014, PG) 7.50 Birthday Girl. (2001, M) 9.30 Showgirls. (1995, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.
7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Blokesworld. 10.30 NFL. Melbourne Game. Los Angeles Rams v San Francisco 49ers. Replay. 2.30pm The Force: BTL. 3.00 Talking W. 3.30 Engineering Disasters. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Green Zone. (2010, M) 10.50 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: Den Of Thieves. (2018, MA15+) 11.20 Seinfeld. 11.50 Jane The Virgin. 12.45am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.40 Legacies. 2.30 Baywatch. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO City Adventures. 5.10 Barney’s World. 5.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive.
NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm 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 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Great Blue Wild. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 The End Of The Valley. (Final) 9.05 MOVIE: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. (2000, M) 11.15 Late Programs.
6am First Edition. 9.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 Fox Sports News. 1pm Paul Murray Live. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 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.
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat
couple of times in finals but couldn’t convert, but today we dug deep,” he said. “We showed a lot of heart, we had four blokes that probably shouldn’t have played today, as they were injured last week. “We hung in there with our defence, and the last five weeks that’s what
we've been winning games on.” Having started the year 0-4, the proud coach revealed the turning point of their season. “We had a video session and an honesty session, and I let the players be honest, and they put their hand up,” he said.
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“That was 100 per cent the turning point, and it was tough as people don’t like criticism, but they took it on the chin and turned up the next day and we won, and we kept winning. “We always knew we had a good team, it was just about putting it together, and we did in the end.”
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The Macksville Sea Eagles celebrate their premiership win.
By Aiden BURGESS THE former kings have returned to take the throne. After a 19-year premiership drought, the Macksville Sea Eagles reign once again after winning this year’s Group 2 Rugby League firstgrade premiership. Having enjoyed a period of dominance in the 2000s, which saw them win five premierships in six years, the Sea Eagles broke through to win their first title since 2007. A 24-14 grand final victory against the Woolgoolga Seahorses saw them reclaim the trophy for the first time in nearly 20 years, in front of a frenzied Sea Eagles contingent at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium. Up 20-4 at the half, the Sea Eagles held off a spirited secondhalf fightback from the Seahorses to claim the big prize. Macksville struck first in the season decider with a Brodie Bartlett intercept against the run of play in the 12th minute. The Sea Eagles started to get a roll on and were in again shortly after, with slick ball movement and support play leading to a Frank Winterstein try in the 19th minute. CONTINUED Page 18
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