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Operation Art brings joy to children in hospital By Pauline CAIN

q Jill Wong, Chief Executive MNC Local Health District, with student artists from the Mid North Coast and New England regions.

CELEBRATING its 30th anniversary this year, Operation Art is an annual exhibition showcasing artworks created by students from across New South Wales. The exhibition opened at Port Macquarie’s Glasshouse Regional Gallery on Saturday 8 August, with student artists and their families in attendance. Operation Art is an initiative of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in partnership with The NSW Department of Education. Each year regional schools have the opportunity to submit six artworks.

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MP Pat Conaghan says no to watered-down gambling legislation

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COWPER MP Pat Conaghan crossed the floor in the Federal House of

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Mr Conaghan said he did not believe the legislation adequately considered

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Operation Art brings joy to children in hospital FROM Page 1 Acting Curator Emma Dupaquier spoke about installing the bright, joyful paintings by talented young artists. ”The artworks have brought us so much happiness, and I know they are going to continue to bring joy to members of our community,” Ms Dupaquier said. Operation Art is a long-standing partnership between the NSW Department and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Heidi Windeisin, Operation Art Project Officer with The Arts Unit, NSW Department of Education, said 48 artworks had been

submitted from the Mid North Coast and New England regions this year. Children from Kindergarten to Year 10 submitted their work, with Operation Art receiving around 700 artworks each year, to be framed and displayed in galleries across NSW. Each year, 50 artworks are selected for The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, creating a bright and cheerful environment for the young patients and their families. Six have been selected to be gifted to the hospital at Westmead at the close of this year’s exhibition. One of the most striking selected works is from Penny Bouwer, a kindergarten student at

Port Macquarie Public School. Her enthusiasm and passion was obvious as she posed for her photo and spoke to News Of The Area about how she created her artwork, “Chip the Seagull”. Edie Treacy, a Year 6 student from Port Macquarie Public School, had her work “Tools of Creativity” selected. Alex McGufficke, Andrew Morris and Harley Ruttley Puckeridge from Port Macquarie Public School and Ella Hamilton and Olive Martin from Tacking Point Public School also have artworks in the exhibition. The exhibition continues at The Glasshouse Regional Gallery until 4 October.

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q Operation Art Committee Chair Chris Avent, acting gallery curator Emma Dupaquier, Uncle Bill O’Brien, Chief Executive MNC Local Health District, Jill Wong, Operation Art Project Officer with The Arts Unit, NSW and Department of Education, Heidi Windeisin, and District Director of Clinical Acute Services with MNC Local Health District, Joshua Freeman. Photo: Pauline Cain.

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q Penny Bouwer, a kindergarten student from Port Macquarie Public School, with her artwork, “Chip the Seagull”.

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Keeping family stories alive for generations to come By Sis HIGGINS

FAMILY stories passed down around kitchen tables and through the generations could be preserved on paper through a new national writing competition launched by Port Macquarie and District’s Family History Society. The Society is encouraging people to record stories of their ancestors before valuable memories and connections to the past are lost. Society member Wendy Haynes believes putting these stories into writing gives them a life well beyond the generations who first shared them. “It’s encouraging people to write their family stories and just make sure there’s longevity of those oral stories that, in years gone by, would have been spoken,” she said. “Now we can do it in a form of writing to help people explore their ancestors’ lives in years to come.” The competition is the first offered by Port Macquarie and Districts Family History Society and is open nationally. Entrants can submit up to 2500 words exploring the theme of ‘belonging’. Ms Hayes said belonging could be interpreted in different ways, including a family's connection to a particular place, or the memories and characteristics of a town associated with earlier generations. Entries close on 31 August, with prizes for first, second and third place. A local judging panel will assess the submissions and the winner will be announced during the Society’s family history conference in September. The competition adds another chapter to the work of the volunteer-run Society, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year. More than 20 volunteers contribute their time through the Society, including helping in the local studies room at the library, running support groups, and organising activities. Members share an interest in discovering, researching and preserving family history. The Society meets on the second Saturday of each month at the CC MacAdams Music Centre from 1-4 pm.

Its September conference will run from 18 -20 September, beginning with a free family history fair open to the public on the Friday. For Ms Hayes and the Society, the writing competition is another way of ensuring the stories people know today remain available to descendants searching for their family's past tomorrow.

q Members use a ground penetration radar to look for historical graves. Photo: Rex Toomey.

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Discover the joy of singing By Pauline CAIN LOVE to sing? Here’s your chance. ‘Try a Choir Week’ is a national campaign that encourages more Australians to discover the joy of singing with others. Running from 24-30 August, the week is about encouraging people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to join a community choir and experience the joy and many benefits of singing.

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Creativity Australia staged ‘Try a Choir Week’ for the first time last year and it was so successful it’s being held again. Creativity Australia’s One Voice Program surveyed 600 members in 2024. 97% of respondents said they felt better after attending choir than before. 84% said choir had a positive effect on their mental health. 88% said that their sense of community had improved since joining a choir.

68% felt less lonely than they did before joining a choir. Leanne Johnson runs a number of local choirs. ”In our local area, Port Macquarie, Wauchope and Laurieton have a wide range of different choirs for people to get along to and try,” she said. “In addition to many school choirs, our area has numerous places where people can try a community choir.” Leanne put this great list together.

Monday Mosaic Choir - 6-8pm 41Hastings St Wauchope mardeb@gmail.com Sea Song Choir - 5-6pm Bonny Hills Community Centre cassierosemusic@yahoo.com. au Sing Australia Port 5pm7pm St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Murray St Port Macquarie info@singaustralia. com.au Tuesday. Hastings Choristers - 6.45pm MacKillop Senior College hastingschoristers@gmail.com

Kwyre - 6.30pm 1 Sherwood Rd Port Macquarie kwyre.choir@ gmail.com Wednesday Cantabile (audition only ) hastingschoristers@gmail. com Hastings Youth Choir - 4.30pm - 6pm 33 Lord St Port Macquarie hastingsyouthchoirinc@ gmail.com OK Chorale - (audition only) Bonny Hills jimnewman11@bigpond. com

Kwyre - a community acapella choir that loves to sing soprano and alto. Photo: Supplied.

Rock and Soul choir - Wednesday 7pm-8.30pm Westport Club candiceloh. studio@gmail.com Thursday Blokes Notes 6.30pm8pm 33 Lord St Mac Adams Port Macquarie realmensinging@gmail.com Sing Australia Hastings - 10:30am 18 McIntyre Cl Port Macquarie info@ singaustralia.com.au Sing Australia Wauchope - 4pm Wauchope RSL Club info@ singaustralia.com.au Song Circle 10am Senior Citizens Hall Munster St Gail.s.perkins@gmail.com Friday Laurieton Voices Laurieton School of Arts camdenhavenband@gmail. com So if you want to give it a try, contact one of our local choirs and find your voice. It is free to visit a choir as part of Try a Choir Week. Choirs may ask for a contribution in the form of a donation or fees if you choose to keep attending. With a mission of amplifying joy and connection, Creativity Australia is providing an interactive map of where ‘choirs to try’ can be found across Australia. https:// www.creativityaustralia. org.au/tryachoirweek/

q Pop-up choir at The Glasshouse in March this year. Photo: Pauline Cain.

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Conaghan stands firm on gambling inquiry findings FROM Page 1

the findings of the ‘You win some, you lose more’ parliamentary inquiry, of which he was deputy chair with the late Peta Murphy. Mr Conaghan told Patricia Karvelas on the ABC that the inquiry was one of the most collegiate, productive inquiries with which he had been involved. The inquiry released 31 unanimous recommendations and it was hoped that the Government would adopt them in full in its Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026. “On Tuesday, I crossed the floor and did not vote with Labor, the Liberals and the Nationals on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026,” Mr Conaghan said. “As a National Party member outside of the Shadow Cabinet, I am absolutely free to do so.” Mr Conaghan said he believed that the legislation did not go far enough. “I don’t believe that it truly considered the unanimous ‘You Win Some, You Lose More’ parliamentary inquiry and subsequent report.

“As the deputy Chair of that inquiry three long years ago, I heard first-hand the testimony from all sides of the equation. “I worked hard with the inquiry Chair, the late

Peta Murphy MP, to get the settings right and as a result we received no dissenting reports and presented a fully supported bi-partisan set of recommendations. “Many of the key

components of these have since been discarded and, in my view, still allow predatory practices to occur.” “The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has justified watering down the

q Nationals Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan sits with members of the crossbench as he crosses the floor during a division on the Gambling Reform Bill 2026 in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: Lukas Coch, AAP Image.

recommendations because media organisations and sporting codes need to be considered, to the dismay of many commentators and community members.” Mr Conaghan said, While

I agree that the legislation that has now passed is a marginal improvement and, I am disappointed that we as representatives missed the opportunity to truly get it right.”

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‘The Armed Man’ concert a triumph By Pauline CAIN

Heather Moen-Boyd, a renowned organist from Sydney, pulled out all the THOSE who gathered in St stops on the digital pipe Agnes’ Catholic Church in Port organ. Macquarie for Sir Karl Jenkins’ The orchestral ensemble “The Armed Man - a Concert for Peace” on Sunday 9 August were was mostly locals, adding dramatic colour and energy treated to a glorious vocal and to the performance. instrumental spectacle. Jason Heise, Peter Gott Robyn Ryan, OAM, and Jeff Barnsley were coordinated and conducted triumphant on trumpet, the performance, leading Michaeli Whitney’s cello was the 80-strong choir with evocative, and Samantha brass, woodwind, strings Barnsley’s piccolo and flute and percussion in a moving 90-minute reflection on war and were delightful. Simeon Broadbent peace. and Sharon Green on The church, including the percussion and Carol Irving choir loft, was packed to the with additional woodwind rafters.

completed the orchestra. All were warmly applauded. There were some spectacular solo voices - bass Joshua Salter, tenor John Thompson, contralto Evelyn Geh and sopranos Elizabeth Ryrie and Deidre Sutherland. The performance was a triumph for musicians and singers alike. Anne O’Brien, Deputy CEO of St Agnes’ Parish said the parish was deeply grateful to Ms Ryan for sharing her extraordinary musical gift. “To every singer and musician who gave so generously of their time and

talent, thank you for creating an afternoon our community will long remember,” she said. The concert was a wonderful event, bringing the parish community together in friendship and shared q

celebration, while also raising valuable funds for the St Agnes' Foundation. Jenkins’ stirring message of peace was woven throughout the concert, beginning with the beautifully

Robyn Ryan conducting the choir and orchestral ensemble.

stirring “L’Homme Armé.” The final moments highlighted the hope for a future without war. The moving lyrics of “Better is Peace” and “God Shall Wipe Away all Tears” reminded us of the importance of peace. “Better is peace than evermore war.”

Putting Port Macquarie on the map By Sis HIGGINS

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PORT Macquarie’s tourism credentials have received another boost, with local operator Peta Alexopoulos recognised among the State’s leading tour guides. Ms Alexopoulos, cofounder of Positive Energy Adventures & Retreats with Belinda Johnson, was a finalist in the 2026 NSW Top Tour Guide Awards. The recognition puts Port Macquarie on the map alongside the State’s leading destinations and nationally accredited sustainable tourism operators. Ms Alexopoulos personally designs and guides small-group, eco-conscious retreats, combining hiking, ocean immersion, movement, yoga and sound. For her, the finalist recognition also reflected the partnership behind Positive Energy Adventures & Retreats.

“For Belinda and I, everything we do is a team effort,” Ms Alexopoulos told News Of The Area. “As co-founders and guides, we have built these experiences together, so it was difficult knowing that only one of us could be nominated.” Ms Alexopoulos said progressing from the initial nomination through the awards submission and finalist interview had allowed her to reflect on her role. “One of the questions from that interview has stayed with me. I was asked, ‘What makes you a tour guide?’” “My response was, ‘I think I’ve been one my whole life.’” Ms Alexopoulos said guiding was fundamentally about creating connections between visitors and the places they experience. “For me, being a tour guide has always been about connection: connecting

people with places, nature, stories, experiences and moments they will carry with them long after the tour or retreat is over,” she said. “Creating those connections is something I genuinely love. I think it’s been part of who I am for much longer than I ever realised.” NSW Tourism Association CEO Natalie Godward said tour guides were at the heart of the visitor experience. “Tour guides do so much more than guide visitors,” she said. “They bring our destinations to life through their knowledge, storytelling, personality, passion and connection to place.” For Ms Alexopoulos, the Awards process reinforced why she continues to showcase Port Macquarie and its natural environment to visitors. “Connecting people with meaningful experiences is my passion.”

Support Local. Shop Local. WIN Local! q Tour guide Peta Alexopoulos announced as a finalist at the 2026 NSW Top Tour Guide Awards in Sydney on 12 August. Photo: Supplied.

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Blockheads packed to the rafters By Sis HIGGINS

ABBY Koch turned months of planning, determination and a deeply personal connection to cancer into a fundraising event that raised more than $50,000 for Cancer Council of NSW in a single night. The Port Macquarie real estate agent created the Blockheads Fundraiser as part of her role in this year's Stars of Hastings campaign, wanting to do something different from the traditional charity gala. Inspired by the region's strong building industry, Ms Koch invited four local building teams to design and construct cubby houses that were auctioned on the night, alongside donations from local businesses. The event attracted around 230 people to Port Macquarie Race Club, with all proceeds going to the Cancer Council. For Ms Koch, the event was more than just a fundraiser: cancer has touched almost every branch of her family. "My dad's had prostate cancer, mum's had three melanomas now,

basically all of my aunts and uncles, and then two weeks into the Stars of Hastings campaign my pop found out he has cancer for the third time," Ms Koch said. "I'm really lucky because everyone is still here today and I know that's a lot to do with how far we've come with research, prevention and treatment." She said that her personal experience made supporting the Cancer Council an easy decision. "The biggest thing with the Cancer Council is they put a lot of their funds towards research, education and helping us get to the end goal of getting rid of cancer,” Ms Koch said. Pulling the event together took months of preparation, largely with the help of her immediate family. "My mum played a massive part in pulling it together, along with my sister, brother-in-law and dad," she said. "There was so much behind the scenes that people didn't see." Ms Koch said the local community embraced the concept, with builders donating their time and materials

q Blockheads was packed to the rafters with tradies and the local community to raise more than $50k for cancer research. Photo: Lindsay Moller. and businesses contributing prizes and auction items. "The community couldn't have been more amazing,” she added. "We basically had everything donated." The highest-selling cubby house fetched $8000, with the winning builders also volunteering to build a second cubby for the runner-up

bidder, effectively doubling their fundraising contribution. Looking back, Ms Koch said she was overwhelmed by the generosity shown throughout the campaign. "When there's a personal connection, it obviously makes a big difference," she said. "And events like this only

happen because a community gets behind them." Ms Koch's fundraising efforts are not over. A contestant in this year’s Stars of Hastings at Panthers on 11 September, her focus has now shifted to rehearsals as she continues raising funds for the fight against cancer.

Young leaders have their say at NSW Parliament roadshow STUDENTS from across the Mid North Coast had the chance to engage directly with state politicians and

government officials at the third annual NSW Parliament Regional Roadshow held recently in Macksville.

q Participants at the youth forum. Photo: Dave Smith, NSW Parliament.

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The event brought together 24 senior students for a public speaking competition and 47 student

leaders for a youth forum to discuss the issues affecting their communities. Sienna McGinty, from Toormina High School, won the speaking competition with her address titled “Tick, Tick… Boom!”, which impressed adjudicator and President of the Legislative Council, Ben Franklin MLC. “She painted one of the most vivid, thoughtful, and enduring word-pictures I have heard – that will stay with me for a long time,” Mr Franklin said. Ms McGinty will now compete in the State Final at Parliament House in December. Ruby Almond from Manning Valley Anglican College and Hunter Davis from MacKillop College were joint runners-up, speaking on “Unread” and “The Edges” respectively. The Youth Forum gave students the opportunity

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to raise issues directly with Members of Parliament and senior government figures on issues including the cost of living, mental health, housing affordability, inclusion, and access to higher education. “One of the best parts of this program is that those young people are able to talk directly to Members of Parliament,” Mr Franklin said. “To give us their views. To advocate for the world they want to see in the future. That’s what they did today, and they were incredibly successful.” Mannat Dhariwal, a student from Coffs Harbour Senior College, said it was encouraging to see Parliamentarians willing to listen and “hear these opinions in an era of autocracy”. “I think people know what the issues are in a lot of cases, and I think we know what needs to be done. It is

just a matter of using our democratic power and our grassroots opposition to get those things done. I think this is definitely a mechanism of that,” Ms Dhariwal said. Ashton Angus, also a student at Coffs Harbour Senior College, made a speech about taxing megacorporations and how that could lower the cost of living. “It was one of the best community conversations I have ever been a part of.,” Mr Angus said. “They allowed students to talk about what they really felt, even if it was controversial or contradicted the government’s opinions, and that was amazing.” Harper Dent, a student from Coffs Harbour Senior College, said the event offered a genuine dialogue between young people and politicians. “I really enjoyed the transparency. I thought it was really nice to not just be able to give our opinions but hear back from actual politicians and hear what they have to say as well,” Ms Dent said.

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Heart of the Haven - Patrick Austin By Chan ANSELL BEHIND every inspiring story is often someone who is incredibly proud to tell it. When I spoke with Patrick Austin's wife, it was clear just how much admiration she has for her husband. She couldn't speak highly enough of him and what he’s achieved over the years. Born in Molong, NSW, in 1939, Patrick's childhood was spent moving from place to place as his parents bought and sold shops. By the time he’d grown up, he had lived in 13 different places. But, Patrick didn't discover his passion for running until he was working as a Biomedical Engineer in the Intensive Care Unit at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. It was there that he met the Camperdown Postmaster. A keen runner himself, he suggested Patrick spend his

lunch breaks jogging around the University Oval. That simple suggestion sparked what would become a lifelong love of running. Patrick soon joined the Western Districts Joggers and Harriers, where he regularly competed in 10km events. Before long, he began wondering just how far he could push himself. His first ultra-marathon was a 24-hour event: rather than intimidating him, it left him wanting more. "I was hooked," Patrick said. Over the years, Patrick went on to complete more than 34 marathons and ultramarathons, with races taking him around Australia and overseas. His favourite was the Los Angeles Marathon, which became even more memorable thanks to an extreme winter cold blast during the event.

After moving to Laurieton from Sydney, Patrick continued his commitment to staying active by joining Steve Bellamy's Active Discovery Program (ADP), where he still exercises three times a week. While he no longer runs, he enjoys walking and keeping fit. "As I've gotten older, I've realised that to maintain my fitness I need to keep exercising," Patrick said. “I enjoy it, and it's also a great way to socialise.” Staying active has helped him remain healthy throughout his life. "I've had no major operations or illnesses, and I believe keeping physically and mentally strong has certainly paid dividends." Patrick's advice is simple. "No matter how old you are, it's important to keep fit and do as much as you're able."

These days, while the marathons and ultramarathons are wonderful memories, Patrick says family and friends now take priority, and the challenges of overseas travel make competing much more difficult. When speaking with Patrick's wife, one could hear her pride in her husband in every word. She spoke so fondly of his determination, his achievements, and his commitment to staying active. It's easy to see why she is so proud. Patrick's story is a wonderful reminder that it's never too late to discover a passion, and that staying active doesn't have to be about breaking records. It's about looking after yourself, enjoying life and making the most of every day. At 87, Patrick is still doing exactly that. Something we can all admire.

Marina proprietors Kristy and Malcolm Bell are now paying more than $15,000 each year to have the property’s septic system emptied. The increase follows a change to Port MacquarieHastings Council’s waste disposal charges. The separate effluent

disposal rate has been removed and combined with the higher septic waste disposal fees, significantly increasing the cost incurred when waste is taken to the council facility. The Bells stressed that their concerns were not directed at council or the

local business responsible for emptying their septic system. They understand council must responsibly manage its facilities and finances, while the septic service provider must pass on the disposal costs it incurs. However, the situation demonstrates how decisions made throughout the supply chain can ultimately create significant financial pressure for small businesses. “We have no problem with the Council or our collector; they are doing what they need to do,” Mrs Bell said. “But this is just the latest in what has been a challenging year for small businesses.” While the Boatshed’s toilet facilities were provided for customers, passers-by enjoying the popular Beach to Beach Shared Pathway were not discouraged from using them. However, with the annual cost of maintaining the septic system now exceeding $15,000, the owners have

q Patrick Austin, whose passion for running fuelled decades of enjoyment and fitness.

As expenses rise, small businesses hurt too

By Luke HADFIELD

THE ongoing cost of living crisis is not only affecting household budgets. Small businesses are also facing difficult decisions as operating expenses continue to rise. Dunbogan Boatshed and

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made the difficult decision to lock the toilets and reserve their use for patrons only. It is not a decision they have taken lightly, particularly given the Boatshed’s location beside one of the Camden Haven’s most popular recreational areas. The change highlights the less visible costs involved in operating a small business. In addition to wages, insurance, electricity, stock, transport, and general maintenance, businesses can face substantial expenses for essential services that customers may never see. The Bells hope the situation encourages the community to consider the pressures facing local operators and the importance of continuing to support them. “Small businesses often provide more than the goods and services they sell,” Mrs Bell said. “They contribute to local employment, tourism,

New bowling green for Club North Haven By Shalise LEESFIELD

CLUB North Haven recently opened a new green, with 28 of the club’s regular social bowlers taking to its seven rinks for the first time. Last year, the Club’s Board of Directors agreed to a proposal by Bowls Coordinator Glen Dickson to replace its two decades-old green, which was showing its age. The new green is a sandfilled synthetic surface, giving members a quality modern surface to play on. Club North Haven has

approximately 220 bowling members, known as the North Haven Hornets - or more affectionately as ‘The Hive’. In 2024, the women’s division of the Hornets made it to State finals, as did the Open Grade 4s side in 2025. Additionally, the Open Grade 1 of the Men’s division will soon represent North Haven at the State Finals in Yamba,. “We’re very proud of what the Hornets have achieved,” Mr Dickson said. “By having three quality greens, Club North Haven

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can continue to attract major events to the area, bringing more visitors to the town.” Mr Dickson revealed that the club will host a major event in 2028 that will require eight greens – the club’s three, alongside another five between Club Lake Cathie and Kew Country Club. “For me, replacing the green wasn’t just about replacing an old surface,” Mr Dickson added. “It was about looking at where we want Club North Haven to be in the future.”

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community events and the overall character of the region. “Many also provide informal conveniences and assistance that extend beyond their direct commercial responsibilities.” As household budgets tighten, it is understandable that people are becoming more cautious about where they spend their money. However, even small purchases can make a meaningful difference to a locally owned business facing rising operating costs. For the Bells, limiting access to the toilets is a necessary response to a growing expense. More broadly, it is a reminder that local businesses are navigating many of the same cost pressures as the wider community, often while working hard to continue providing the services and hospitality their customers have come to value.

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What’s on this week

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Friday, 21 August Australian Rules Football AFL North Coast season – Preliminary Final. Under 18s. Coffs Harbour Breakers/ Nambucca Valley vs Sawtell/ Toormina Saints at Fitzroy Oval. 6.30pm. Football North Coast Football’s Women’s Premier League season - Round 20. Northern Storm vs Coffs City United Lionesses at York Street Oval. 6.45pm. Motorsport 2026 AUS PEV Nationals at Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club. Saturday, 22 August Australian Rules Football AFL North Coast season – Preliminary Finals at Wayne Richards Park, Port Macquarie. Senior men’s: Coffs Harbour Breakers vs Sawtell/Toormina Saints. Reserves: Port Macquarie Magpies vs Sawtell/Toormina Saints. Women’s: Coffs Harbour Breakers vs Port Macquarie Magpies. Baseball Coffs Harbour Baseball Association’s season at Coffs Coast Sport and Leisure Park. Football North Coast Football’s Men’s Premier League season - Round 18. Northern Storm vs Woolgoolga

Wolves at Korora Oval. 2.30pm. Coffs Coast Tigers vs Maclean Bobcats at Polwarth Drive Fields. 5pm. Bellingen FC vs Coffs City United Lions at Connell Park. 5pm. Yamba Breakers vs Sawtell Scorpions at Yamba Sports Complex. 5pm. North Coast Football’s Women’s Premier League season - Round 20. Urunga Raiders vs Woolgoolga Wildcats at Urunga Recreation Reserve. 3pm. Motorsport 2026 AUS PEV Nationals at Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club. Netball Coffs Harbour Netball Association’s junior season at Vost Park. Rugby League Group 2 Rugby League season – Minor Semi-Finals at Allan Gillett Oval, Macksville. First grade: Macksville Sea Eagles vs Coffs Harbour Comets. Reserve grade: Woolgoolga Seahorses vs Grafton Ghosts. Women’s Grafton Ghosts vs Woolgoolga Seahorses. Under 18s: Nambucca Roosters vs Coffs Harbour Comets. Group 2 Junior Rugby League Finals series. Major Semi-Finals at Geoff King Motors Oval. Rugby Union Mid North Coast Rugby Union Northern Division season – Round 15. Port Macquarie Pirates vs Coffs

Sporting stars STORY STARTS on BACK COVER, Page 20 Magnussen and Ryley Batt OAM. During his swimming

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career, Magnussen won a total of sixteen medals in major international competitions. Batt is an Australian wheelchair rugby player

q The second week of the Group 2 Rugby League finals series is set to be played this weekend, with matches in Macksville and Toormina.

Harbour Snappers at Stuart Park. 3.15pm. Hastings Valley Vikings vs SCU Marlins at Oxley Oval. 1.55pm. Kempsey Cannonballs vs Grafton Redmen at Ian Walton Rugby Park. 3.15pm. Sunday, 23 August Australian Rules Football AFL North Coast’s junior season – Semi-finals at Sawtell and Port Macquarie. Motorsport 2026 AUS PEV Nationals at Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club. Rugby League Group 2 Rugby League

who has won four medals across six Paralympic Games. Rotarians and local sponsors gathered at the launch where they were joined by past winners who spoke of the immense support they had received

season – Major Semi-Finals at Rex Hardaker Oval. First grade: Sawtell Panthers vs Woolgoolga Seahorses. Reserve grade: Sawtell Panthers vs Macksville Sea Eagles. Women’s: Nambucca Roosters vs Coffs Harbour Comets. Under 18s: Macksville Sea Eagles vs Sawtell Panthers. Monday, 24 August Basketball Coffs Harbour Basketball Association’s men’s winter season at Sportz Central. Touch Football Coffs Harbour Touch

from their families and the local community during their sporting endeavours. Among those present was Molly Currie, Sportsperson of the Year in 2025, who was recognised for exceptional all‑round athletic talent, record‑breaking

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Association’s winter competition at Sawtell Toormina Sport and Recreation Club. From 6.10pm. Tuesday, 25 August Basketball Coffs Harbour Basketball Association’s women’s winter season at Sportz Central. Oztag Coffs Harbour Oztag’s mixed winter season at Coffs Harbour Leagues Club. From 5.50pm. Wednesday, 26 August Oztag Coffs Harbour Oztag’s men’s winter season at Coffs Harbour Leagues Club. From 5.50pm.

performances, and the character and commitment Sunrise Rotary aims to celebrate. One of our region’s standout young athletes, Currie was the second‑fastest 10‑year‑old in Australia over 800 metres, with three school records and four regional gold medals this season. She’s a genuine multi‑sport talent across cross country, netball and touch football, and a member of the SCAS Junior Girls 4×100m relay team that won gold at the NSW Track and Field Championships and was named Hastings Junior Team of the Year. There are ten award categories, including the Intersport Port Macquarie Coach of the Year, a new category introduced for 2026 to recognise coaches who ‘demonstrate excellence in athlete development, leadership, communication, and commitment to coaching practice’. This award sits alongside the Sporting Volunteer of the Year as a key service-based category, acknowledging the people who make sport possible behind the scenes. “Sport is one of the great connectors in our

community, said Stewart Dowrick, Sunrise Hastings Sports Award Committee chair. “These Awards celebrate the people who bring us together — the athletes, the volunteers, the coaches, and the families who support them. “Every nomination reflects the pride, commitment, and community spirit that make the Hastings such a special place to live.” Each recipient receives a $500 cash prize, with Sportsperson of the Year receiving $1000/ The recipients are selected by an independent panel of community members, who apply a merit-based criteria. Sporting achievements from 1 October 2025 until the time of nomination are considered across all categories, with 60-80 nominations expected. The closing date for nominations is 16 October and the presentation evening will be held on 17 November at St Columba Anglican School Performing Arts Centre. Submit applications to https://sunriser o t a r y. o r g . a u / s p o r t s _ form_2026/

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Hypothetical, Legal Eye

OPINION & LETTERS On the Couch Dorin's Drawings By Paul DORIN

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Weddings, a funeral and a probate problem

BEATRICE passes away, appointing her children Prudence, Bernie and Rupert as joint executors and equal beneficiaries. She said they balanced each other out. In practice, they did this by disagreeing in equal proportions. The estate’s main asset was Cupid’s Castle, a wedding venue with a heart shaped lake, gazebo and nine peacocks with a reputation for interrupting vows and pursuing photographers. Prudence and Bernie wanted to sell. Rupert insisted a wedding season would increase value. Without consulting them, Rupert accepted bookings 18 months ahead, bought 200 gold chaircovers and advertised a “Peacock Premium Package”. The package promised a peacock procession. The peacocks promised nothing. Prudence appointed an agent. Rupert cancelled the inspection because it clashed with a rehearsal. At the rescheduled inspection, the peacocks chased the agent into the heart-shaped lake. Rupert blamed the agent for overreacting, dismissed him and appointed a replacement. Prudence refused to instruct the replacement agent and Cupid’s Castle remained no closer to being sold. The siblings agreed to accept no further bookings and Rupert honoured that agreement until the next inquiry arrived. Considering it poor business practice to turn away a deposit, he continued accepting bookings from anyone who inquired, attended a wedding or exchanged romantic looks across the gazebo. Rupert began converting the shed into a honeymoon suite. Prudence told the builder to stop. Rupert told him to continue. Bernie demanded quotes. The builder stopped answering any of them. Prudence changed the locks. Rupert changed them back. Bernie refused to reimburse the locksmith. They argued over sale price, chairs and whether the peacocks were assets, employees or Rupert’s responsibility. Prudence and Bernie applied to revoke the grant of probate. With Rupert and the chaircover supplier being the only functioning partnership, the Court found administration had stalled, revoked the grant and appointed an independent administrator to sell Cupid’s Castle. The peacocks remained uncooperative under new management. Thank you to Ellysha Laklem for her assistance with this column. 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.

DEAR Jasminda, MY friend often takes plant cuttings from other people's homes on our walks. Is this acceptable behaviour, or should she seek permission? Betty G. DEAR Betty,

Verse of the week By Lynne MILES Romans 4: 18 "Against all hope, Abraham in HOPE believed God and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be.""

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Canada, a great experience

HAVING spent 40 years in business with an economic background, that is the way my thinking is wired. When taking these extended overseas journeys many people just go to a travel agent so that their transport and accommodation needs are provided to them, packaged to their needs.

For me, it is part of the experience to do the research myself in order to select airlines and the accommodation options that I require. Real value is out there but you need to think it out before booking. The interesting factor at present is the Japanese economy and how that presents an excellent opportunity for the canny traveler. Japan is the nation with the highest government borrowing, but its people are amongst the most sophisticated and disciplined in the world. The currency advantage for Australians to go there for snow skiing trips or simply to have a ride on their Shinkansen Bullet trains or to experience their traditional lifestyles, is compelling. But what if your desire is to go somewhere else but not miss the economic opportunity?

THE gardens of our parents and grandparents were often planted with cuttings from neighbours, and the reverse also applied. There is a wonderful communal sensibility from this era that we could all benefit from, and our gardens and the environment would certainly benefit as well. I can't see any issue with taking a sprig of lavender or a stem of hydrangea as you wander past the fences of your neighbourhood. It would, of course, be unacceptable to wander through your neighbours' gardens with a pair of I did this by choosing a Japanese airline and, just by luck, the one I booked with was granted the title of the world’s best airline for this year. I like to fly long distances at nighttime with the benefit of having a flat bed seat, by going business class. I was able to achieve this & paid only 40 per cent of the A$ cost being charged by our well-known carriers, whose ratings are only just inside the top 10 airlines. With Canada co-hosting the

secateurs in one hand and a basket in the other. Propagating by stealth could result in you ending up captured by a security camera and then posted on a community page with the message: 'Does anyone know this woman? She was armed with a weapon, creeping around my begonias at sunrise.' Betty, I think it is wonderful that your friend is growing plants, improving the habitat for insects, birds and other wildlife, improving her health and wellbeing, and providing a colourful sanctuary for everyone to enjoy. This makes much more sense to me than the many people who remove trees to build bigger houses and rip out native plants, replacing them with synthetic grass that can heat up to 80 degrees, decrease biodiversity, and ultimately end up in landfill. In terms of crimes against humanity, I'd say your friend is in fact engaging in far more acceptable behaviour than those who aren't thinking of the longterm environmental impacts of their decisions. In the words of Audrey Hepburn, 'To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.' Carpe diem, Jasminda. World Cup soccer fixtures, their accommodation hit eye-watering levels in Vancouver which no one really wanted to entertain, so it was prudent not to be there when the football was in full cry. I really enjoyed Canada on its commercial east side and its scenic west. The trick is to look for economic opportunities before spending the amount required in order to enjoy a cost-effective international experience.

Late-diagnosis Autism dredges up big feelings DEAR News Of The Area,

I WRITE in response to Calvin Bartlett's letter about Autism, which appeared in News Of The Area on Friday, 7 August, 2026. I, too, got a late diagnosis (61). My heart went out to you, Calvin, as I have experienced the same feelings. First the grief - who I could have become, or what I could have

achieved, if only I was diagnosed younger. Life circumstances also left me financially insecure. I have ADHD as well as Autism. The upside is that we have 'superpowers' - this means we have a skill or talent nobody else has! My superpower enabled me to be the founder of The Orphans Christmas (which is still going) and Oz Harvest Coffs Harbour (still

going). But, that's only half the picture. The other side is full of inabilities that are a daily struggle. Inability to communicate sufficiently so people don't think you are weird (some still do). The inability to look after ourselves and our homes - this is not laziness! This is exhaustion from having to mask to fit in. This is also being overwhelmed by the given task. Despite how others perceive us, we are extremely intelligent and we hyper-focus on things that bring us

AFL North Coast junior minor premiers

By Aiden BURGESS

THE AFL North Coast junior finals series gets under way this weekend, with teams having had outstanding seasons to finish as minor premiers. The Port Macquarie Magpies went through their season undefeated to finish

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on top of the Youth Girls 17s ladder. The Port Macquarie Magpies Under 16s Boys lost just once on their way to winning the minor premiership. The Northern Beaches Blues Youth Girls 15s side also lost just once to finish on top of the ladder.

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The Port Macquarie Swoopers finished undefeated in the Under 14s Mixed competition. The Northern Beaches Blues Youth Girls 13s also had a perfect home and away season. Sawtell/Toormina Saints Black went through undefeated to win the Under 12s Mixed minor premiership. The Bellingen Bulldogs (Youth Girls 17s), Sawtell/ Toormina Saints (Under 16s

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I hope you have found your superpower! As your new life starts now! With the right people around you, the sky is the limit! I have left my details with News Of The Area. There is a support group called Adulting on the Spectrum and a walking group called Walking on the Spectrum, which I have formed with support from others. Regards, Your fellow survivor, Julie Ferguson.

SPORT Boys), Sawtell/Toormina Saints (Youth Girls 15s), Lower Clarence Suns (Under 14s Mixed), Port Macquarie Magpies (Youth Girls 13s), and Northern Beaches Blues White (Under 12s Mixed) finished second in their respective competitions. The junior semi-finals are set for Sunday, 23 August, in Port Macquarie and Sawtell, with the grand finals to be decided on Sunday, 30 August, at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium.

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Stargazing

By Dave RENEKE

Imagine a million satellites overhead IMAGINE looking up at the night sky and seeing not stars, but thousands of moving lights crossing overhead. Now imagine that number growing into the millions. It sounds like science fiction, yet that's the scale of a proposal now being fiercely debated by scientists around the world. SpaceX has filed plans that could eventually see up to one million orbiting satellites supporting space-based artificial intelligence data centres. The idea is bold: move the enormous power demands of AI computing into space, where the Sun shines continuously and solar energy is abundant. Supporters argue it could reduce pressure on Earth's electrical grids and create an entirely new era of computing.

But critics warn the environmental cost could be staggering. Every satellite has a limited lifespan. When it reaches the end of its mission, it burns up during reentry, releasing aluminium oxides and other metallic particles high in the atmosphere. Scientists fear that if hundreds of thousands, or even a million satellites are continually replaced, the cumulative effect could transform the upper atmosphere into what one researcher described as a "fire pit." The concern isn't simply the fiery spectacle of re-entry; it's the longterm build-up of pollutants that may damage the ozone layer and alter Earth's climate in ways we barely understand. Astronomers have another reason to be worried. Today's Starlink network already numbers more than 10,000 operational satellites, and bright satellite trails routinely interfere with astronomical observations. A constellation hundreds of times larger could permanently change the appearance of the night sky, making it increasingly difficult for professional observatories to study distant galaxies, detect hazardous asteroids, or discover new worlds. Some researchers believe the impact on astronomy would be devastating. The proposal has also reignited criticism of how commercial space projects are regulated. Environmental organisations argue that licensing for enormous satellite constellations is moving

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Ocean pool’s a great idea

DEAR News Of The Area,

I LOVE the idea of an ocean pool in Port Macquarie. It's fun, it's free. ahead without the kind of comprehensive environmental assessments expected for major developments on Earth. They say humanity is turning near-Earth space into an industrial zone before fully understanding the consequences. That criticism deserves serious consideration. Space exploration has always inspired wonder. Satellites connect remote communities, assist emergency services and expand scientific knowledge. SpaceX, in particular, has revolutionised launch technology and dramatically lowered the cost of reaching orbit. Yet progress without adequate oversight carries risks. The night sky is one of humanity's oldest shared treasures. Once altered on a global scale, it cannot easily be restored. Whether a million orbiting AI satellites are technically or economically achievable remains uncertain. Many engineers question the enormous challenges of cooling data centres in space, maintaining them, and launching them in such vast numbers. Even so, scientists

Considering the loss of tourist attractions, this is a great option for locals and tourism. Very indulgent.

Regards, Roslyn Sharpham, Port Macquarie.

argue that the debate must happen before the launches, not after. The race to dominate artificial intelligence could become the next great space race. The question is whether humanity can embrace that future without sacrificing the pristine skies and fragile atmosphere that have protected and inspired us for millennia. Why not join me for an unforgettable Norfolk Island ‘STARGAZING’ adventure in April

next year. Enjoy exceptionally dark skies, spectacular stars, planets and deep-sky wonders, with expert guidance, fascinating stories and relaxed evenings under the stars. Discover the universe from one of Australia’s most beautiful and naturally dark-sky destinations and have a holiday that’s ‘Outta This World.’ Go to my website for details www.davidreneke.com or phone for a brochure 0400 636 363.

Electric racing national titles

come down because it’s something most people simply haven’t seen before,” he said. By Aiden BURGESS “We’ll have some of the fastest electric skateboard and electric AUSTRALIA’s premier electric racing unicycle racers in Australia — along event is being held in Coffs Harbour this weekend. The 2026 AUS PEV Nationals is being held over three big days of racing, from Friday, 21 August, to Sunday, 23 August and will attract people from all over. The event is Australia’s national championship for personal electric vehicle (PEV) racing, featuring Electric skateboards (Esk8), and Electric unicycles (EUC). The event includes national championship racing for multiple rider classes, a three-heat championship format, a new Novice class for first-time racers, and a team championship alongside the individual national titles. The 2026 Nationals will also feature a structured championship format using an evolving grid system, where each heat shapes the next. This format rewards consistency, progression, and racecraft. Qualifying sessions will be held on Friday, 21 August, with the first two championship heats held on Saturday, 22 August. The third championship heats and podium and national championship presentations will be held on Sunday, 23 August. Electric Sports Racing Association’s Tas Ventouras encouraged Coffs Coast residents to come and check out the electric racing. “I think the community should

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with international competitors — racing wheel-to-wheel on a proper kart circuit. “These machines are capable of incredible acceleration and speeds, but what really surprises people is

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how physical and competitive the racing is, it’s very much motorsport, just in a completely different form. “It’s also a chance to see a rapidly growing sport at its highest level in Australia.

“Whether you’re into motorsport, technology, action sports or you’re just looking for something different to watch with the family, I think there’ll be plenty to see.”

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Marlins and Snappers face off in local derbies By Aiden BURGESS THE Coffs Harbour Snappers and SCU Marlins have faced off in their local derbies, during the penultimate round of Mid North Coast Rugby Union’s Northern Division season. The Coffs Harbour Snappers reserves continued their stellar season, remaining undefeated with a 29-12 win against the SCU Marlins at Coffs Rugby Park. The Coffs Harbour Snappers women edged out the SCU Marlins, 15-12.

The Port Macquarie Pirates consolidated second spot on the first-grade ladder, finishing 61-19 winners against the Kempsey Cannonballs in Crescent Head.

The Grafton Redmen had a 34-10 win against the Hastings Valley Vikings in Port Macquarie. Final round The Mid North Coast Rugby Union Northern Division season concludes with the final round this weekend. The Port Macquarie Pirates host the Coffs Harbour Snappers in their top-of-theladder clash, with the minor premiership up for grabs for the winner. The SCU Marlins travel to Port Macquarie to take on the Hastings Valley Vikings, and the Kempsey Cannonballs host the Grafton Redmen. First grade ladder 1.Coffs Harbour Snappers. 43 points. 8 wins. 1 draw. 2 losses. Points differential (p.d): 193. 2.Port Macquarie Pirates. 41 points. 8 wins. 3 losses. (p.d): 174. 3.Grafton Redmen. 37 points. 6 wins. 1 draw. 4 losses. (p.d): 138. 4.Hastings Valley Vikings. 25 points. 4 wins. 8 losses. (p.d): -171. 5.Kempsey Cannonballs. 10 points. 1 win. 10 losses. (p.d): -334.

q The Port Macquarie Pirates take on the Coffs Harbour Snappers at home this Saturday, 33 August. The clash is 'SHAKA ROUND'; a round dedicated to raising awareness and funds for 'The Shaka Project' - a registered Mental Health and Suicide Prevention charity. Players will wear one-off jerseys on the day and these will be auctioned off, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going directly to the Shaka Project.

AFL North Coast finals series, under way By Aiden BURGESS

THE AFL North Coast finals series got underway last weekend, as teams tried to earn grand final spots or keep their season alive. The Port Macquarie Magpies earned a grand final spot with a 10.17 (77) to 8.5 (53) victory against the Coffs Harbour Breakers, in their Qualifying Final at Fitzroy Oval.

MNC Cross Country By Peter BERRINGTON 16 AUGUST 2026 at Botanic Gardens RESULTS: 2km (Male) Archer Jordan 7:38, 1; Patrick Brennan 7:52, 2; Sam Ewart 8:01, 3; Hugh Morgan 8:15, 4; Angus Morgan 8:20, 5; Dylan Hannaford 8:23, 6; Harrison Jordan 8:27, 7; Edison Happ 8:36, 8; Ziggy Walker 9:20, 9; John Philip 9:30, 10; Astin Nuttall 9:36, 11; Alexander Jacquin 9:55, 12; Darcy Kelly 9:56, 13; Bryson Kelly 10:04, 14; Harvey Griffin 10:21, 15; Thomas Feain 10:25, 16;

The Sawtell/Toormina Saints kept their season alive in emphatic style, crushing the Northern Beaches Blues 19.13 (127) to 5.5 (35) in their Elimination Final at Richardson Park. Reserves The Coffs Harbour Breakers took their place in the season decider after a 10.4 (64) to 5.7 (37) win against the Port Macquarie Magpies. The Sawtell/Toormina Saints

Jonathan Ewart 10:30, 17; Ben Jacquin 10:41, 18; Marcel Philip 10:54, 19; Matthew McAleer 11:01, 20; Archie Feain 11:15, 21; Iggi Nuttall 11:23, 22; Max Kelly 11:46, 23; Leon Petrohelos 11:49, 24; Andrew Wong 12:02, 25; Andrew Martin 12:50, 26; Oaklei Nuttall 13:15, 27; Patrick Happ 13:38, 28; Paul Rider 13:55, 29; Daniel Bowker 17:51, 30; Steel Beveridge 34:12, 31. RESULTS: 2km (Female) - Emma Sandes 8:44, 1; Summer Bates 9:22, 2; Anika Bates 9:26, 3; Clara Philip 9:29, 4; Elize Strydom 9:45, 5; Willow Nuttall 10:08,

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moved into the second week of finals, triumphing 6.7 (43) to 4.3 (27) against the Northern Beaches Blues. Women’s The Sawtell/Toormina Saints earned their place in the grand final, after a comprehensive 10.4 (64) to 1.0 (6) victory against the Coffs Harbour Breakers. The Port Macquarie Magpies kept their season alive with a 3.4

6; Alison Neal 10:16, 7; Ciara Hannaford 10:25, 8; Amy Hannaford 10:26, 9; Ella Petrohelos 10:31, 10; Sarah Morgan 10:32, 11; Elka Bowker 10:37, 12; Mila Blanshard 10:39, 13; Katarina Neal 10:43, 14; Felicity Bates 10:47, 15; Anthea Martin 11:04, 16; Nicole Feain 11:16, 17; Tegan Van Hoeck 11:19, 18; Eadie Blanshard 11:43, 19; Violet Wong 12:01, 20; Kate Marsden 12:13, 21; Janie Mahoney 12:34, 22; Zara Pearson 12:37, 23; Jess Dougherty 12:40, 24; Barbara Ewart 12:52, 25; Sara Bergen 13:26, 26; Wendy Maley 13:45, 27; Toni Berrington

(22) to 0.3 (3) win against the Northern Beaches Blues. Under 18s The Sawtell/Toormina Saints broke through for their first win of the season, downing Coffs Harbour Breakers/Nambucca Valley 11.6 (72) to 5.4 (34) in the final round of the Under 18s season. Preliminary Finals Teams will try to earn a grand final berth with victory in this

14:07, 28; Billie Hankinson 14:15, 29; Vicky McClure 14:47, 30; Charlie Law 15:09, 31; Rhea Nuttall 15:48, 32. RESULTS: 5km (Male) - Kyle McIntosh 17:49, 1; Nathan Beal 20:05, 2; Daniel Bowker 20:40, 3; Oliver Philip 21:15, 4; James Karrasch 22:13, 5; Edward Neal 23:30, 6; Andrew Wong 23:51, 7; Ben Happ 24:33, 8; Kweller Happ 24:34, 9; Matt Evans 24:46, 10; Marcel Philip 28:07, 11; John Philip 28:08, 12; Jack Brennan 30:28, 13; Patrick Brennan 30:29, 14; Matthew McAleer 30:48, 15; Tim Karrasch 41:44, 16.

weekend’s Preliminary Finals in Port Macquarie. The Coffs Harbour Breakers and Sawtell/Toormina Saints play off for a grand final spot in the senior men’s. The Port Macquarie Magpies and Sawtell/Toormina Saints reserves clash, and the Coffs Harbour Breakers and Port Macquarie Magpies face off in the women’s.

SPORTS RESULTS RESULTS: 5km (Female) - Alison Neal 21:27, 1; Madeline Ham 21:40, 2; Corrine Happ 23:05, 3; Skyla Petersen 23:43, 4; Jess Dougherty 24:05, 5; Sarah Morgan 24:37, 6; Sara Evans 24:44, 7; Clara Philip 25:58, 8; Ella Petrohelos 26:38, 9; Summer Bates 27:09, 10; Anika Bates 27:14, 11; Felicity Bates 27:18, 12; Lara Karrasch 27:39, 13; Anthea Martin 28:17, 14; Rachel Brennan 30:30, 15; Gabriella Ammann 31:22, 16; Wendy Maley 34:34, 17; Lisa Ussher 36:44, 18; Rebecca Cornelius 40:20, 19.

RESULTS: 10km (Male) - Thomas Burridge 40:01, 1; Chris Giffin 40:32, 2; Nick Murray 42:36, 3; Sam Van Gastel 45:44, 4; Leon Petrohelos 49:58, 5; Bruce Meder 52:47, 6; Kieren Ward 54:58, 7; Carl Marsden 56:59, 8. RESULTS: 10km (Female) - Megan Ussher 40:26, 1; Elize Strydom 49:25, 2; Kate Marsden 56:58, 3; Janie Mahoney 58:58, 4. This was the last round of the regular series. Next week we are at the Woolgoolga Beach Reserve for relays and end of season presentations.

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BED - QB base and pillowtop mattress limited use stored for years, VGC. $60 ono Ph 0405 292 205

CONCRETE mixer Kelso 2.2cu/ft electric LD good cond. SO $90. North Haven. 0407 007 500

KING single bed base - two available. $30 each Pick up Port Mac. Ph 0435 641 556

OYSTER ceiling lights 300mm, 18 watt x 4 dimmable, 6mths old, as new. $80. Laurieton. Ph 0438 211 147.

QUILT cover, King size w/2 pillowcases, cotton good condition. $15 ono Ph 0467 655 663

TWO Queen Anne rival style arm chairs. $25 for the pair. Ph 6581 1590

BEDSTICK $40. Ph 0427 951 211

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BOOK - birds of North America, Golden Field Guide. Ph 0447 445 319

FURNITURE - lounge suite 3 seater + 2 x 1 seater, stone-washed leather; Dining suite w/6 stone-washed leather chairs, ‘‘Post & Rail’ brand, and coffee table ‘Post & Rail’ brand. $600 separately or $1100 the lot. Ph 0408 664 581

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CORELLE Stoneware Baking Dish, 22cm x 33cm $40. 6584 4954

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BOAT rod, 9” Alvey Reel and 7ft 2” penn rod $100. 6582 1019 F240426

BOWLS set, Henselite Dreamtime Size 3 heavy, black. $25. 0401 031 833 F210826

BRADEX collectors plate, good cond. Alan Border. SN600G. $20 Ph 6582 1019 F050626

BREWING kit including heating band plus bottle capper etc., $60. Ph 0409 481 035

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BUFFET, cream $45 Ph 0422 179 343

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CAMP Ovens - 30cm and 25cm both with LD lids. Great SOused cond $50 Pick up Crescent Head. 0425 322 890

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3 boat fuel tanks, 25ltrs $50 the lot. Ph 0408 994 486

ADJUSTABLE mobility chair, padded with armrests. $90. 0459 597 012 F270226

30FT fold-out container home, 2 bdr, bathroom kitchen, brand new $50,000 ono. Ph 0401 035 674 NHPMRUS51126

4WD tyre side step Solid and heavy. $50 Ph 0458 659 427.

AIR fryer, hardly used $45. Ph 0488 116 002 F210826

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CLIMBINGgear,various hardware, helmet and harnesses. Make an offer. Ph 0447 610 321

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COCA-COLA Memorabilia Collection $95. 0409 863 898 F270625ALL

COLLECTION of 1981 Australian stamps. $50 Ph 0401 226 410 F210826

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COMPUTER desk with keyboard drawer and storage shelf on top $50. 0459 597 012 F270226

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PATIO chairs x 6 grey steel/black mesh LD pads high-back Ochair included.S$15 each. Ph 0417 087 033 F310726

LARGE cream buffet $25. 0402 164 639 LATEX mattress topper K/S 8cm almost new not suitable. Half price $250 Ph 0488 979 484

P E N TA X E S P 1 0 vintage camera w-case & manual - top cond $200. 0481 046 477 F300126

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RADIATOR, 10 fin $20. 0402 164 639 F240426

ROHO Quadtro wheelchair cushion select HP for 59x50cm as new. $99. Ph 0412 310 475 F190626

ROTARY Slide magazines, 13 used exc cond. $75 as one lot Ph 0404 428 738 F290526

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DOLL’S house, wooden with furniture. $50. Ph 0403 809 250 F070826

DOULTON Ware planter pots with saucers large - $35, small - $25 Ph 0401 226 410 F070526

DRUM kit, 8 piece Tama ‘80s, great rock kit, fair cond. $750. Ph 0428 585 549 RUSe121226

ELECTRIC fold-up wheelchair. VGC. $700 ono. Ph 0411 097 500

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LOUNGE chair, brown leather, vintage glider rocker. $45. Ph 6581 1590 F140826

MAKITA garden grass trimmer, 2 stroke, 21cc electric ignigition, exc cond. $99. Ph 0403 800 775 F080526

PARKER 6 piece corner lounge immac cond, freshly reupholstered, this beautiful Parker LD modular lounge has SO been well cared for exc cond. perfect for family living or entertaining. Smoke free home. $1,800 ono. 0402 836 837 e280826

MASPORT garden gobbler for shredding and chipping. 3.02hp 240v, $90. Ph 6582 0179

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MITSUBISHI Outlander cargo blind, brand new purchased in 2022. $50 Ph 0458659 427

PET crate collapsible suitable for small dog 61 x 46 x 48cm, holds 5-11kg. Exc. cond $20. Ph 0402 586 877

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FISHING rod and reel classic 3.2m beach. $80 Ph 0457 259 169 F070826

FLURO light, 60cm wide w/ 2 globes. $20 Ph 0412 004 970 F200326CH

GINGER, homegrown fresh. $6 for 250g. Ph 0418 664 677 F140826

GOLF balls, exc cond Callaway, Titleist, Taylor Made, from $1. Phone 0402 586 877

MOBILITY Scooter suitable for all terrains hardly used, ex cond $7,500 ono. Ph 0419 224 403. e280826PMCHNVCC

MOUNTAIN bike Dunlop Hi Country 26” 18speed, LD works, VGC, everything SO ready to go. $69. Ph 0438 211 147 Laurieton F310726

NESPRESSO coffee capsule machine with Podista milk frother as new cond. $99 Ph 0481 046 477 F220526

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GOLF clubs. 4 x Drivers No’s 1,1, 3 & 4, 1 x 4 Iron & 2 Putters. $10 ea or $50 the lot. Ph 02 6584 9884 F080526

HOME leg press, great for a home gym, can load up to 200kgs, takes Olympic size plates good cond. $600 buyer needs ute or tailer PM based. Ph 0439 438 554. e280826

JIGSAW - electric, Black & Decker 7504, single speed, free hand cutting cuts metal sheeting, exc cond. $25. 0401 031 833 F210826

OCCASIONAL side table w/glass top, cream $30. 0402 164 639 F170426

OFFICE desk, wooden 2 shelves w/pull out slide drawer section as new cond. $99. Ph 0412 321 092 F240726

OLD fashioned desk, 6 drawers large, GC. $40 Ph 0459 365 025

PETWAY pet door for small to med sized pet up to 10kg, good cond ext dim 33cm H x 28cm W, int dim 24cm H x 19cm W. $25ono. Ph 0428 559 572 F100726

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SCANNER, Canon 5600F. $25. Ph 0428 653 278 F310726CHPM

SCROLL saw, new Ryobi. $90. Ph 0405 016 445 F210826

SOLID pine timber TV cabinet. GC. $50. Ph 0400 779 531

SURFBOARD McTavish, 8’1” x 22 x 2 7/8, VGC. $450. Ph 0490 494 249 F070826

SWIVEL chair, leather cream w/black frame $25. Ph 0402 164 639

WINE decanter jugs collection of 15-20 $100 ono. Ph 0414 719 471 F170726

WOOD turning 4 chisels, new set. $80. Ph 0415858981 WOOL blanket queen size, caramel colour ribbon binding. $80 0418 650 443 F170426

YAMAHA RXV493 surround sound LD system SO $90. 0428 585 549 F050626

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SWIVEL chair, reclining black padded leatherette very comfy, good cond $68. Ph 0448 142 260 F240726

TOASTER, Kambrook model LTA620BSS brand new. $60. Ph 0488 429 163 F010526

TOTE bags, handmade 5 available. $6 each. Ph 0467 655 663

PICNIC 3pce aluminum folding setting exc cond $30. Ph 0481 046 477

TREADMILL, Avanti AT380, good cond owner’s manual. Pick up PM. $250 neg. Cash only. Ph 0413 889 231

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PIERRE Trudeau biography by George Radwanski. $5. Ph 0447 445 319 F160126

POLY tarps, grey 1800mm x 2400mm top cond. 3 for $25 or $10 each. 0481 046 477 F200326

POWER inverter 300watt, 12v 240v new $50. Ph 0415 858 981 F240726ALL

PRINTER, Epson XP220. $25. Ph 0428 653 278 F310726

QB bed frame, grey fabric, less than 1 yr old. $100. 0414 719 471

Caravans 1993 Roadstar caravan 16ft, 2 berth, many extras reg ‘til 12/11 G96521 $11,500 ono. Phone Graham on 6581 0810 RUSe080127

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PIANOLA and stool in GC, over 50 player rolls $1,800 ono. 0498 176 876

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OMEGA microwave oven, 34L, 595 x 407 Brand new, never used. $100. Ph 0410 801 415

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FISHING rod and reel $90. Ph 0428 489 689

WHITE lacquered Nick Scali King size bed head and base w/ storage $150. Ph 0407 439 003

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PET carrier on wheels suitable for cats and small dogs, VGC. $100 ono. 0418 446 064

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SUITCASE, large. $10 Ph 0402 835 950

MEGABLOCKS racing car set. 180 blocks, 13 cars. $40 Ph 0458 659 427 F260626

FISHING Rod - 3 piece Jarvis Walker Surf Rock 15 foot. Exc Cond. $40 ono. Pick up Crescent Head. 0425 322 890

SANLI GMC garden blower vac, 2 stroke 26cc in exc. cond. $79 0403 800 775

WHEELCHAIR - Aspire Aerolite carbon fibre power chair, 2 batteries exc cond. $1,500. Ph Lesley 0429 692 845.

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FILING cabinet, good cond 1.35m H x 47cm W. $100. Ph 0415 858 981

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DINING table, cream w/ dark pink chairs $95 Ph 0422 179 343

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80L Travelmate Glacier series portable fridge/ freezer, 80x50cx50cm ideal second fridge. $300 Ph 0407 295 290.

CAMPER trailer tent (tent only), ex cond, to fit 2.1m x 1.7m trailer. $95 Ph 0412 004 970

LADIES W/P green jacket, 3/4Llength, size D O warm, as 10/12, Svery new. $25. Ph 0402 835 950

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DELONGHI EC235 BK espresso coffee machine. Great coffee $100. Ph 0417 574 180

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CRYSTAL vase, 30cm high, $25. Ph 0401 226 410

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PAVERS, 9”x 4.5”x1.5” reddish colour. Approx 4m² Ph 0447 118 596

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2004 Evernew 16.6ft pop up, well maintained, kitchen 2 single beds, gas hot plate, fridge roof mounted air LD conditioning, SO plenty of storage space complete with roll out canopy, mattresses & electric blankets also included. Reg Q61612 exp July ‘27 $13,000 ono Ph 0402 836 837 e280826

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TUPPERWARE round cake container, 15cm H x 24cm Dia, VGC, rarely used. $35. Ph 0405 292 205 F310726

TV cabinet, black $20 Ph 0402 164 639

2011 VW Crafter, LWB reg Nov 26 DJ67WL solar w/batteries, diesel 6 speed shiftmatic, shower and toilet, double bed or 2 single. $70,000 ono Laurieton. 0458 940 570 e210826ALL

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TV cabinet, solid pine with cupboards and D drawersS2m OLw x 1.4m h x 55cm d. $50. 0408 229 600 F100726

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MERCEDES Jayco Conquest 2023 MS24-4 come down bed, large fridge/freezer separate toilet & shower, gas hot water stove & oven, m’wave air con 50,000km. FCH48T $130,000 Ph 0401 035 674 RUSe220127CCNVPM

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An isolated setting, a gruesome murder and a town whose entire population could be suspects – this six-part series shares its key ingredients with any number of recent outback-noir thrillers. But nothing is what it seems in Nulla, and the same is true of this strikingly cinematic, Twin Peaks-esque drama, which seems devised to make its viewers almost as uncomfortable as its characters. This firstseason finale begins with a sudden death, a secret tunnel and suspicions galore. But detectives Lucic (Michael Dorman) and Nell (Liv Hewson, above right with Dorman) don’t have long to join the dots – he has been summoned to the Iron Ring to pay his debts, while she must confront Jonas’ killer.

A viral moment at the 2024 AACTA Awards saw The Cheap Seats co-host Tim McDonald struggle to open an envelope, and it’s been a running joke for his colleagues Melanie Bracewell and Mel Tracina ever since. From tearing lolly packets to unfolding letters or extending an umbrella, no task is too small for the comedian to fumble. But how will he go when tasked with unlocking one of Deal or No Deal’s iconic gold briefcases? Tune in to find out as McDonald and Bracewell (above right with host Grant Denyer) team up to take on TV’s ultimate game of chance, hoping to win up to $200,000 on behalf of Learning for Life Autism Centre, and make Denyer giggle along the way.

Working as a conduit between check-in staff, cleaners, baggage handlers and passengers at one of the country’s biggest airports, there’s not a problem that Tobias Wallace (Hugo Weaving, right) can’t fix. Inspired by an encounter with Melbourne Airport’s real-life chaplain, this big-hearted drama delves into the human moments hidden in the chaos of travel operations. Focused on helping people wherever he can, Tobias takes an unconventional approach to pastoral care.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.50 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Mad, R) 3.00 Nula. 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Beautiful Lakes Of Northern Italy. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Fallen Angels Murder Club: Friends To Die For. (2022, Mav, 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: A Machu Picchu Proposal. (2025, G) 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. 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.50 Attenborough’s Parenthood. (PGa, 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.

6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. The team focuses on food growing. 8.20 Saint-Pierre. (PG) Fitz and Arch’s investigation of a severed finger turns into a case of vigilante justice. 9.05 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) Nine artists create portraits of celebrities. 9.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) Hosted by comedian Adam Hills. 10.25 ABC Late News. 10.45 New Zealand Spy. (Mv, R) 11.10 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 11.55 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. (PGv) 8.30 WWII With Tom Hanks. (Maw) 10.10 SBS World News Late. 10.40 The King. (Mal) 11.35 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (Malv, R) 1.20 World On Fire. (Malv, R) 3.25 Isle Of Wight: Jewel Of The South. (R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (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. 8.00 MOVIE: The Help. (2011, Ma, R) An author writes a book detailing the African-American maids’ point of view on the families they work for. Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer. 11.00 The Voice. (PGal, R) Five more artists prepare to audition. 12.15 Eyewitness. (MA15+adv, R) Ryan is forced to interfere with an autopsy. 1.15 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 25. Dolphins v Parramatta Eels. 9.55 NRL Friday Night Footy Post-Match. Post-match coverage of the NRL game. 10.45 MOVIE: Into The Blue 2: The Reef. (2009, MA15+sv, R) Two divers go on an extreme adventure. Chris Carmack. 12.35 Resident Alien. (Malv, 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 couple know it’s time to make a decision. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, 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 Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 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. 2.45pm BBC News At Ten. 3.15 France 24. 3.45 PBS News. 4.45 Inside The Huddle. 5.15 Over The Black Dot. 5.45 Jeopardy! 6.35 Celebrity Jeopardy. (Premiere) 8.30 The Vampire Lestat. (Return) 10.20 MOVIE: Interview With The Vampire. (1994, MA15+) 12.35am The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 1.35 Sex Tape Italy. 3.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Under The Hammer. 3.00 Feel Good Road Trips. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Americas. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 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 Poirot. 1.00 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Night Boat To Dublin. (1946, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Find My Country House Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Ocean’s Thirteen. (2007, PG) 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. Noon 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. 2am The Bond Report. 3.00 Steve Price. 4.00 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Efficiency Expert. (1991, PG) 7.45 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 10.05 The Movie Teller. (2023, M, Spanish) 12.15pm Year Of The Dog. (2007, M) 2.00 The Orator. (2011, PG, Samoan) 4.10 Poms. (2019, PG) 5.50 We Think The World Of You. (1988, PG) 7.40 Hampstead. (2017, PG) 9.35 The Teacher Who Promised The Sea. (2023, Spanish) 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Hockey. Men’s FIH World Cup. Australia v Spain. 12.30pm American Pickers. 1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.30 Kick Ons. 3.00 Timbersports. STIHL Series. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 24. Collingwood v Brisbane Lions. 10.30 AFL Post-Game. 11.15 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. (2018, M) 10.10 MOVIE: A Simple Favour. (2018, M) 12.30am Legacies. 1.20 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.15 The Summit. 3.30 Surfing Aust. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Bubble’s Hotel. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Mia & Codie. 5.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. Noon Sing About This Country. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.30 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Nula. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 MOVIE: Happy Feet. (2006, PG) 9.40 MOVIE: Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny. (2006, MA15+) 11.20 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.

Friday Afternoon Golfer Results By Colin EVERINGHAM WEATHER: A Fine Cool Winters Day 19oC. Number of Players: 23 playing on the Front 9 holes. Winner: Bernard Blacklea Nett 31 was on 14 now on 6 2nd: Colin Blott Nett 33 again

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4th: Nigel Sellers Nett 38 5th: Dennis Leembruggen Nett 39 6th: Robert Toone Nett 39 NTP 4th Hole Second Shot: Glenn Holt NTP 9th Hole Second Shot: Ken Gallie Raffle Winner: Mike Luschwitz

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Bogie Bandits Social Golf Club By Colin EVERINGHAM TUESDAY 11/08/2026 Number of Players – 20 Game Played – Team Event -Canadian Foursomes Winners- Luke Ackroyd/ Peter Mansfield- Net 69.25 2nd John

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SPORTS RESULTS Gillard/ Ray Marsh Net 73.5 3rd Don Gilson/ Steve Vickers Net 77.25 4th Col Everingham/George Evans Net 77.75 5th Glenn Holt/ Ted Ball Net 78

NTP 4 Luke Ackroyd/ Peter Mansfield NTP 9 Don Gilson/ Steve Vickers NTP 11 Glenn Holt/Ted ball NTP 15 Don Gilson/ Steve Vickers - SENSATIONAL “Hole in one “ to Don Gilson –Well Done Don- BIG CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

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SATURDAY, August 22 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. (PGa, R) 1.15 Father Brown. (Ma, R) 2.00 Saint-Pierre. (PGa, R) 2.45 Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip. (Final, R) 3.30 Kumi’s Japan. (R) 4.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (R) 5.05 Aust Story. (R) 5.35 Landline. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Finland From Above. (R) 11.00 Ireland’s Secrets From Above. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Maven. (Ml) 2.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.20 Lisbon & WWII: Spies, Gold And Diplomacy. (PGa, R) 5.25 Dad’s Secret War: France 1944. (PGav)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Morning. 12.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 12.40 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Arvo. 2.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Late arvo. 5.30 Border Security. (PG, R)

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Knights v Tigers. 2.30 NRLW Wrap. (PG) 3.15 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Canterbury Bulldogs v Canberra Raiders. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 I Fish. (R) 8.30 All 4 Adventure. (R) 9.30 Frugal Foodie. (R) 10.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 10.30 What’s Up Down Under. (Return, PG) 11.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl, R) 1.00 Pooches At Play. (PG) 1.30 Country House Facelift. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG, R) 3.00 The Finish Line. (R) 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 News.

6.05 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Grantchester. (PGa) Alphy is caught in a train murder-mystery. 8.20 Father Brown. (PGv) Father Brown investigates when a murder derails the live broadcast of a radio drama. 9.05 Doc Martin. (Final, Ma, R) As the village prepares to throw a farewell party for the Ellinghams, Ruth helps Mrs Tishell deal with the news. 9.50 Falling. (Ml, R) Follows the relationship between a nun and a priest. 10.40 Little Disasters. (Mal, R) 11.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century. (PG) 8.35 The Assassinations Of Queen Victoria. 9.55 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. (Ms, R) 10.55 DNA Family Secrets. (PG, R) 12.00 Daddy Issues. (Return, Mls) 3.00 Those Who Stayed. (Mal, R) 3.45 Jersey And Guernsey. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 8.00 The Great Outdoors. (PG) The team explores prehistoric caves. 8.30 MOVIE: Jurassic World Dominion. (2022, Mav, R) Two generations of heroes attempt to shape the destiny of humans and dinosaurs. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard. 11.30 The Voice. (PGal, R) 1.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 9. Ipswich Super440. Day 1. Highlights. 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. Round 25. St George Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury Bulldogs. 9.25 NRL Saturday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.00 MOVIE: Training Day. (2001, MA15+dlv, R) 12.25 Wild Cards. (Mv, R) 1.15 Next Stop. (R) 1.45 My Way. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGw) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. Neale is determined to make his new design and plans transform Nicola and Richard’s tired Gold Coast home. 9.40 Love It Or List It UK: Brilliant Builds. (PG) Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer look back on their best layout transformations and extensions. 10.40 Watson. (Mm, R) The team helps Laila’s son. 11.40 FBI. (Mav, R) The team races to stop a murderer’s plan. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3.25pm MOVIE: Tummy Tom 2: A New Friend For Tummy Tom. (2024) 4.25 Children’s Programs. 5.40 Super Monsters. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.45 Rocket Club. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 8.00 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 8.45 The Lady Grace Mysteries. 9.55 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.40 Merlin. 11.25 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 3.50pm WorldWatch. 5.45 Mastermind Aust. 6.45 Engineering By Catastrophe. (Premiere) 7.40 History’s Greatest Machines. (Premiere) 8.30 The Vampire Lestat. 9.30 Couples Therapy. (Return) 10.40 Icons Unearthed: Harrison Ford. 11.35 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 12.05am Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 1. 3.50 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm Rugby Union. Shute Shield. Quarter-final. Eastern Suburbs v Eastwood. 5.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 8. St George Illawarra Dragons v North Queensland Cowboys. 7.00 Customs. 7.30 MOVIE: The Shawshank Redemption. (1994, M) 10.25 MOVIE: Fargo. (1996, MA15+) 12.25am Late Programs.

DRAMA (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 The Traitors Australia. 11.00 Bondi Rescue. 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 We Think The World Of You. Continued. (1988, PG) 6.50 Tokyo Story. (1953, PG, Japanese) 9.20 Princess Caraboo. (1994, PG) 11.10 The Lost King. (2022, M) 1.10pm Solitary Man. (2009) 2.50 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 5.10 Delfin. (2019, PG, Spanish) 6.50 Horrible Histories: The Movie. (2019, PG) 8.30 John Wick. (2014, MA15+) 10.25 Erotica 2022. (2022, MA15+, Polish) 1am Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Timbersports. STIHL Series. Replay. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 The Car Club. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Aussie Truckers. 3.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Australian Nationals. Replay. 4.00 Deep Water Salvage. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 8.00 Football. AFL. Round 24. Adelaide v GWS Giants. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 4.45pm The Dog House UK. 5.45 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo. (2002, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore. (2022, M) 10.20 The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power. 11.45 The Purge. 1.25am MOVIE: Girl In The Basement. (2020, MA15+) 3.05 The Dog House UK. 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. 12.10pm Paid In Full: The Battle For Black Music. 1.15 Nula. 1.45 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 2.40 The Drover’s Boy. 2.55 Over The Black Dot. 3.25 Homesteads. 4.00 Stompem Ground 2022: Blekbala Mujik. 4.50 Our Medicine. 6.00 Home, Land & Sea. 6.40 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.40 MOVIE: Lake Placid. (1999, M) 10.05 MOVIE: Krush Groove. (1985, M) 11.45 Late Programs.

6am Weekend First Edition. 10.00 Weekend Newsday. 11.00 The Bond Report. Noon Weekend Newsday. 2.00 Steve Price. 3.00 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. 2am The World According To Rowan Dean. 3.00 Lefties Losing It. 3.30 Opinionated. 4.00 Late Programs.

Better Homes And Gardens. 10.30 Auction Squad. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon Horse Racing. Winx Stakes Day and Mekka Raceday. 5.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 6.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 2. Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne. 9.15 Lewis. 11.15 Escape To The Country. 12.15am Bondi Vet. 1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, August 23 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NINE (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (Final, R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.15 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) 3.10 The Assembly. (PG, R) 4.00 Creative Types. (PGl, R) 4.30 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. (R) 5.00 Take 5. (R) 5.30 Back Roads. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Georgia From Above. (PG, R) 11.00 Ireland’s Secrets From Above. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Going Places. (R) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 5.30 The Exiles: Secretly Deported. (Premiere, PGa)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 9.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Morning. 12.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 12.40 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Arvo. 2.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Late arvo. 5.30 Weekender.

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 11.45 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Titans v Broncos. 1.30 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Roosters v NZ Warriors. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL. Roosters v Tigers.

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. (PGlmnsv, 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. The team returns to Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Portrait Artist Of The Year. Nine artists create portraits of celebrities. 8.20 Treasure & Dirt. (Final, Malv) Nell closes in on Jonas’ killer. 9.20 Falling. (Ml) Anna attempts to adjust to her new life. 10.05 Grantchester. (PGa, R) 10.50 Father Brown. (PGv, R) 11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.45 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.15 Doc Martin. (Final, Ma, R) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Days That Shocked The World: September 11. (Mal) 9.25 Castle Secrets. (Mav, R) 10.20 Kennedy. (PG, R) 11.05 Queens That Changed The World. (Ms, R) 1.55 David Baddiel: Jews Don’t Count. (MA15+l, R) 2.55 A Hollywood Spy Against The Nazis. (PGa, R) 4.00 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The 1% Club. (PGls, R) 8.00 7NEWS Spotlight. 9.00 Body In The Snow: The Murder Of Joanna Yeates. (Mav, R) 11.30 The Suspects: True Australian Thrillers. (Mav, R) 12.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 9. Ipswich Super440. Day 2. Highlights. 1.30 Curfew. (MA15+av) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 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: Unforgotten – Crystal Pt 1. (MA15+av) 11.20 Murder In The 21st. (MA15+sv) 12.10 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 12.40 Iconic Australia. (PGa, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Destination WA. (PG, R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 Gogglebox Australia. (Return) TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows. 8.00 Watson. (PGm) Watson’s biohacker friend returns when he rushes his new girlfriend to the Holmes Clinic after a gene-editing experiment goes wrong. 9.00 FBI. (Mav) Chaos erupts in the city when an attack disrupts cell, internet and emergency services. 12.00 10 News+. (R) Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 12.30pm Ben And Holly. 12.55 Talking Tom Heroes. 1.20 PJ Masks. 1.50 Kangaroo Beach. 2.35 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Zog. 4.15 Stan & Gran. 5.20 The Gruffalo. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 The Inbestigators. 7.45 The Lady Grace Mysteries. 8.10 Secrets Of The Penguins. 8.55 Animal Park. 10.25 Secrets Of The Zoo. 11.10 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.35pm Salt Joy. 3.10 Jeopardy! 4.25 France 24. 4.55 PBS Washington Week. 5.20 PBS News Compass Points. 5.50 Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Vampire Lestat. 9.30 The Mystery Of Monster Waves. 10.30 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 2. 1.50am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00

Feel Good Road Trips. 11.30 Escape To The Country. 12.30pm The Master. 1.30 Harry’s Practice. 2.00 Jabba’s Movies. 2.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 2. Melbourne v GWS Giants. 4.30 My Greek Odyssey. 5.30 The Great Outdoors. 6.00 Escape To The Country. 7.00 Vicar Of Dibley. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. Noon Getaway. 12.30 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 MOVIE: Eight O’Clock Walk. (1954, PG) 2.50 Poirot. 4.00 Midsomer Murders. 6.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 8. Cronulla Sharks v Parramatta Eels. 8.00 David Attenborough’s Asia. 9.10 Paramedics. 10.10 Emergency. 11.10 Late Programs.

DRAMA (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 Building The Dream. 9.00 IFISH. 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 The Living Room. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Boston Blue. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

NEWS24 (53) 6am Weekend First Edition. 8.00 Sunday Agenda. 9.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend With Ross Greenwood. Noon Weekend Newsday. 3.00 Business Weekend With Ross Greenwood. 4.00 Weekend Newsday. 6.00 Sunday Agenda. 7.00 The Jaimee Rogers Show. 8.00 The Macpherson Angle. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Late Edition. 2am Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.25 Delfin. (2019, PG, Spanish) 9.05 The Orator. (2011, PG, Samoan) 11.10 Sasquatch Sunset. (2024, M) 12.45pm The Teacher Who Promised The Sea. (2023, M, Spanish) 2.40 We Think The World Of You. (1988, PG) 4.30 Hampstead. (2017, PG) 6.25 Treasure Of The Yankee Zephyr. (1981, PG) 8.30 Sympathy For The Devil. (2023, MA15+) 10.10 Fargo. (1996, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am The Fishing Show. 7.00 My Fishing Place. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 America’s Game. 9.00 Deep Water Salvage. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 12.30pm Football. AFL Women’s. Round 2. Sydney v Essendon. 2.30 Fish’n Mates. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 24. Sydney v North Melbourne. 6.00 Border Security USA. 7.00 Border Security. 7.30 MOVIE: Ford V Ferrari. (2019, M) 10.40 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Morning Programs. 3.40pm The Toys That Built The World. 4.40 Cards And Collectables Australia. 5.10 MOVIE: The Addams Family 2. (2021, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone. (2001, PG) 10.15 MOVIE: Shazam! (2019, M) 12.50am Bel-Air. 1.45 Love Island Games. 4.30 LEGO DreamZzz. 5.10 Barney’s World: I Love Me Too. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 3.05pm Football. West Kimberley Football League. Women’s. Grand Final. Replay. 4.30 Soh Presents: Generations And Dynasties. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 Earth Oven. 8.30 MOVIE: Finke: There And Back. (2018, M) 10.15 MOVIE: Mad Max. (1979, MA15+) 11.55 Late Programs.

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MONDAY, August 24 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

ON THE Box NINE (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.45 Father Brown. (PG, R) 11.30 Nigella At My Table. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.55 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.05 WorldWatch. 2.00 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Ma, R) 2.55 Going Places. (R) 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. 9.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Morning. 12.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 12.40 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Arvo. 2.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Late arvo. 5.30 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.30 Find My Country House Australia. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 NBN News.

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

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.20 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Planet America. 10.05 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 11.55 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 12.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.45 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) 9.25 Alone Australia. (Ml, R) 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Gomorrah. (MA15+av, R) 12.45 Fargo. (Mlv, R) 2.40 Jersey And Guernsey. (R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Singapore Bitesize. (PGa, R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 The Voice. (PGal) 8.40 The Rookie. (Mav) A routine check takes a sudden turn. 9.40 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest rugby league topics. 10.40 The Agenda Setters. 11.40 Happy’s Place. (PGas) 12.10 New Amsterdam. (MA15+av, 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) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PGs, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 4.05pm Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 10.00 Mr Bean: The Animated Series. 10.25 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.45 Merlin. 11.30 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm Over The Black Dot. 3.30 WorldWatch. 4.25 PBS News Compass Points. 4.55 Al Jazeera. 5.25 Alone Germany. 6.35 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Vampire Lestat. 9.30 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. 10.25 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 3. 1.50am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 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 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.15 Mighty Ships. 11.15 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Rainbow Country. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon David Attenborough’s Asia. 1.10 Midsomer Murders. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Tonight’s The Night. (1954) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Agatha Raisin. 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 Movie Show. 6.30 Princess Caraboo. (1994, PG) 8.20 Treasure Of The Yankee Zephyr. (1981, PG) 10.25 We Are Still Here. (2022, M) 12.05pm Moving. (1993, M, Japanese) 2.20 Delfin. (2019, PG, Spanish) 4.00 Horrible Histories: The Movie. (2019, PG) 5.45 Kindred. 7.30 Inshallah A Boy. (2023, M, Arabic) 9.40 The Piano Teacher. (2001, MA15+, French) 12.10am Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 9. Ipswich Super440. Day 2. 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: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. (2002, PG) 11.45 Seinfeld. 12.45am Legacies. 1.35 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.30 Baywatch. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Bubble’s Hotel. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Barney’s World. 5.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 12.05pm MOVIE: Finke: There And Back. (2018, M) 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.30 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 The 77 Percent. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 MOVIE: Finding Dawn. (2006, M) 10.25 MOVIE: Stand By Me. (1986, M) Midnight Late Programs.

6am First Edition. 9.00 AM Agenda. Noon NewsDay. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Politics Now. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 The Kenny Report. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 Sharri. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 11.00 The Rita Panahi Show. Midnight Late Edition. 1.00 Credlin. 2.00 Bolt Report. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 The Late Debate. 5.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, August 25 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NINE (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (R) 11.00 Planet America. (R) 11.30 Take 5. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Grantchester. (PGa, R) 2.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.50 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Ma, R) 2.55 Living Black. (R) 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 Morning Programs. 10.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Morning. (Alt schedule may be shown). 12.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 12.40 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Arvo. 2.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Aust v Bangladesh. Late arvo. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Aust.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (Ml, 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. (PG, 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 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (Final) 9.00 The Assembly. (Final, PGa, R) 9.45 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (R) 10.15 ABC Late News. 10.30 The Business. (R) 10.50 Four Corners. (R) 11.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 11.50 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.35 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.45 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. (PGs) 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy. (R) 11.20 Mozart/Mozart. (Mas) 1.10 Blackwater. (Malsv, R) 3.20 Jersey And Guernsey. (PGaw, R) 4.10 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 The Voice. (PGal) There are five spots left. 9.05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. (MA15+l) Gordon Ramsay helps Leo, whose passion for his Italian restaurant faded after losing his son. 10.05 The Agenda Setters. An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics. 11.05 Happy’s Place. (PGad) 12.05 New Amsterdam. (MA15+av, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Block. (PGl) 8.45 Trigger Point. (MA15+alv) 9.45 9News Late. 10.15 The Teacher: Body In The Lake. (Mal) 11.15 Footy Classified. (Ml) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 GolfBarons. (PGl, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Explore TV. (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) Contestants compete in a high-stakes game where they must beat The Banker to win a cash prize. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl) An unexpected success buoys the players as they face another day in the manor. 9.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 10.00 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. (Ms, R) Penny tries to sabotage Leonard’s plan. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.35 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 10.15 Chopped Junior. 10.55 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Viking Quest: America. 2.55 Inside The Huddle. 3.30 BBC News At Ten. 4.00 France 24. 4.30 PBS News. 5.30 Alone Germany. 6.45 Jeopardy! 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.35 The Vampire Lestat. 9.35 MOVIE: Thelma And Louise: Born To Live. (2025, M) 10.35 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 4. 1.50am Travel Man. 2.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (62) 6am Surf Patrol. 6.30 The Amazing Homemakers. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 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 Animal Rescue. 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 Agatha Raisin. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Carry On Jack. (1964, PG) 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. 1.00 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 The Traitors Australia. 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 Crow’s Egg. Continued. (2014, PG, Tamil) 6.40 Vai. (2019, PG) 8.20 The Bookshop. (2017, PG) 10.25 In A Land That No Longer Exists. (2022, M, German) 12.20pm Oliver’s Universe. (2022, M, Spanish) 2.25 Treasure Of The Yankee Zephyr. (1981, PG) 4.30 The Bridge On The River Kwai. (1957, PG) 7.30 J. Edgar. (2011, M) 10.00 Disobedience. (2018, MA15+) 12.10am Dead Again. (1991, M) 2.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Australia ReDiscovered. 10.30 Hockey. Men’s FIH World Cup. Australia v South Africa. 12.30pm Storage Wars. 1.00 Ice Road Truckers. 4.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 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: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban. (2004, PG) 11.15 Seinfeld. 12.15am Legacies. 1.55 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.50 Jeopardy! Australia. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Barney’s World. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.35 MOVIE: Finding Dawn. (2006, M) 1pm The Panther Within. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.30 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Indian Country Today News. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 The Point. 8.00 Murder In Big Horn. 9.00 MOVIE: Antwone Fisher. (2002, MA15+) 11.10 Late Programs.

6am First Edition. 9.00 AM Agenda. Noon NewsDay. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Politics Now. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 The Kenny Report. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 The Fight For The Right. 8.00 Sharri. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 11.00 The Rita Panahi Show. Midnight Late Edition. 1.00 Credlin. 2.00 Bolt Report. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 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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WEDNESDAY, August 26 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

NEWS OF THE AREA

SEVEN (6)

ON THE Box NINE (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.45 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 11.15 Back Roads. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Back Roads. (R) 2.30 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.50 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 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 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.15 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.45 My Way. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 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 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl, 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. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PGa) 8.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 9.00 New Zealand Spy. (Final, PG) 9.25 QI. (Final, Ml) 9.55 Planet America. (R) 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Treasure & Dirt. (Final, Malv, R) 12.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 12.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.40 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Alone Australia. (Ml) 8.35 The Airport Chaplain. (Premiere, Ml) 9.35 James May: Our Man In India. (Ml, R) 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 The Congregation. (MA15+s) 11.55 Crime. (MA15+av, R) 2.50 Jersey And Guernsey. (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 1% Club UK. (PG, R) 8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Takes a lighter look at all things AFL. 9.30 Miss Universe Australia 2026. (PG) Looks at the Miss Universe Australia contest. 11.30 The Agenda Setters. 12.30 Everything I Know About Love. (Mals) 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Block. (PGl) 8.45 Banjo And Ro’s Grand Island Hotel. (PG) 10.00 9News Late. 10.30 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. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl) Fresh certainty manufactures a manor-wide mystery. 9.00 Boston Blue. (Mv) Jonah struggles with anger and grief, confronting the killer and testing family bonds. Mae and Sarah face painful truths. 10.00 10’s Late News. 11.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.35 The Piano. 10.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.55 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.55pm 12 Dishes In 12 Hours. 3.35 BBC News At Ten. 4.05 France 24. 4.35 PBS News. 5.30 Alone Germany. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Vampire Lestat. 9.30 The Future With Hannah Fry. (Return) 10.30 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 5. 1.50am 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 Animal Rescue. 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 Animal Rescue. 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. 1.10 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: The Sleeping Tiger. (1954, 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. 7.30 Days Of Our Lives. 8.30 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. 1.00 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 The Traitors Australia. 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 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. Continued. (2019, PG) 7.05 Kindred. 8.55 The Crow’s Egg. (2014, PG, Tamil) 10.35 Inshallah A Boy. (2023, M, Arabic) 12.40pm Corsage. (2022, M) 2.45 The Bookshop. (2017, PG) 4.50 Thirteen Days. (2000, PG) 7.30 Absolute Power. (1997, M) 9.45 Body Heat. (1981, M) 11.50 Dicks: The Musical. (2023, MA15+) 1.30am Late Programs. 5.40 The Bookshop. (2017, PG)

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 12.40pm Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 5. Afternoon session. 2.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 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 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. (2005, M) 11.35 Seinfeld. 12.35am Baywatch. 2.20 My Way. 2.35 Jeopardy! Australia. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Barney’s World. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.30 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 News. 5.55 Bamay. 6.30 Wildest Places: Great Barrier Reef. 7.25 Skin In The Game. 8.35 Pro Bull Riding: USA. 9.35 Over The Black Dot. 10.05 Inside The Huddle. 10.35 MOVIE: Aitamaako’Tamisskapi Natosi: Before The Sun. (2023) 12.15am Late Programs.

6am First Edition. 9.00 AM Agenda. Noon NewsDay. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Politics Now. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 The Kenny Report. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 Sharri. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 11.00 The Rita Panahi Show. Midnight Late Edition. 1.00 Credlin. 2.00 Bolt Report. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 The Late Debate. 5.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 11.00 New Zealand Spy. (Final, PG, R) 11.25 QI. (Final, Ml, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Falling. (Ml, R) 1.55 Back Roads. (R) 2.25 Home Delivery. (R) 2.55 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.55 Frankie Drake. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.05 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.55 Canal Boat Diaries. 11.30 One For The Road. (Ml, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. (PGs, R) 3.00 The Cook Up. (R) 3.35 Jeopardy! 4.00 Letters And Numbers. (R) 4.30 Plating Locally. (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 Time Is Money. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.15 Banjo And Ro’s Grand Island Hotel. (PG, 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. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl, 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 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. (n) 8.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG) 9.00 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. 9.30 Treasure & Dirt. (Final, Malv, R) 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (PGv, R) 11.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 12.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.40 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Spain With Michael Portillo. (PG) 8.20 Jewels Of The Mediterranean. (PGa) 9.15 Say Nothing. (MA15+lv) 10.05 SBS World News Late. 10.35 Reyka. (Masv) 11.35 Saving The F*cking Planet. (Premiere, Mls) 1.50 Children Of Chaos: What Became Of WWII Orphans. (PGa, R) 3.30 999 The Forgotten Girls Of The Holocaust. (PGanv, 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) 8.30 Air Crash Investigations: Power Struggle. (PGa, R) Looks at the crash of a Boeing 737 in Indonesia. 9.30 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop: Michelle Buckingham. (Malsv, R) Ron Iddles revisits notable cases. 10.30 Australia’s Most Dangerous Prisoners. (MA15+av, R) 11.30 To Be Advised. 12.40 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 Rugby League. NRL. Round 26. Brisbane Broncos v Melbourne Storm. 9.55 NRL Thursday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.40 9News Late. 11.10 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGam) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Next Stop. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith. 8.40 NCIS: Sydney. (Mv) A US naval officer is arrested for murder while trying to destroy a treasure map. 9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PGs, R) 11.35 Two And A Half Men. (PGas, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 4.05pm Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 10.00 72 Cutest Animals. 10.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.50 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Holy Marvels. 2.00 The Swiping Game. 2.20 Insight. 3.25 BBC News At Ten. 3.55 France 24. 4.25 PBS News. 5.30 Alone Germany. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Will AI Take My Job? 9.25 Alone Australia. 10.30 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 6. 1.50am 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 Australia’s Deadliest. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Coastwatch Oz. 2.30 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Australia’s Deadliest. 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. 1.00 Midsomer Murders. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Up The Chastity Belt. (1971, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 A+E After Dark. 10.30 Chicago Med. 11.30 Late Programs.

DRAMA (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Days Of Our Lives. 8.30 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 The Bookshop. Continued. (2017, PG) 7.45 The Bridge On The River Kwai. (1957, PG) 10.45 J. Edgar. (2011, M) 1.15pm Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG) 3.15 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. (2019, PG) 5.20 The China Syndrome. (1979, PG) 7.35 How To Blow Up A Pipeline. (2022, M) 9.30 Love Lies Bleeding. (2024, MA15+) 11.30 The Handmaid’s Tale. (1990, MA15+) 1.30am Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Deadliest Roads. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 The Force: BTL. 3.00 Talking W. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL. Legends Game For Prostate Cancer. Victoria v The All-Stars. 10.00 Kick Ons. 10.30 Hear The Mighty Roar: Brisbane Lions. (Premiere) 11.45 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: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. (2007, M) 11.15 Seinfeld. 12.15am Rugby Heaven. 1.15 Legacies. 2.05 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 3.00 Surfing Aust. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.45pm Stompem Ground 2022: Karajarri Dancers. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Spartakus. 3.30 Cities Of Gold. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Te Ao With Moana. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Wildest Places: Great Barrier Reef. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 The End Of The Valley. 9.00 MOVIE: Jackie Chan’s First Strike. (1996, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

6am First Edition. 9.00 AM Agenda. Noon NewsDay. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Politics Now. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 The Kenny Report. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 Sharri. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 11.00 The Rita Panahi Show. Midnight Late Edition. 1.00 Credlin. 2.00 Bolt Report. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 The Late Debate. 5.00 Late Programs.

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