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Tragedy still haunts us
Today marks 45 years since Granville Train Disaster claimed 84 lives
NICOLA BARTON
It’s been 45 years since the Granville
Train Disaster rocked the nation, but
for those who lost loved ones, the pain
remains a daily reminder.
On January 18, 1977, a crowded commuter
train derailed when approaching Granville
train station at the Bold Street bridge,
causing the bridge to collapse onto two of
the train’s passenger carriages.
The crash, said to have occurred due to
poor fastening of the track, remains the
worst rail disaster in Australian history.
Today, Parramatta locals will reflect on
the 84 lives lost.
Ross (Rossco) Hutchison’s 21-year-old
sister Cheryl was among those tragically
killed.
Mr Hutchison described her as an
“amazing, wonderful girl with passion for
working with children”.
“She was given awards for her work with
children and youth and was a great inspiration;
she was loved by all,” he said.
Despite the time that has passed, he said
not a day goes by that she doesn’t cross his
mind.
“It’s amazing how often someone will
mention it without knowing that I have a
connection to it; you’d be surprised how
many times trains come up every day,” he
said.
“It had such an effect on me; it took me
a long time before I could ever go near a
train.
“My mum never slept again until she
died, she was always awake all night; it
really cut my dad’s heart out too.”
Mr Hutchison will never forget the day
he found out the shocking news of what
had happened to his beloved sister.
“I had to identify her which was a gruesome
time; I was at the morgue for a couple
of days and could only really identify her
by her rings,” he said.
Whilst the government’s compensation
was scarce, the family decided to put it
towards building a playground at Westmead
Hospital to honour her memory and
love for children.
This was unfortunately ripped down
during hospital upgrades, serving another
devastating blow to the family.
“Every dollar my mum and dad got,
despite being treated horrendously, they
put into that playground. It was there for
Ross (Rossco) Hutchison. Photo: Melissa Stevens.
many years with her name but with the
renovations they threw everything away,”
Mr Hutchison said.
Today Mr Hutchison, alongside other
impacted family, friends and emergency
services workers will attend an annual
memorial service for the lives lost on that
fateful day.
Roses will be thrown off the Bold Street
bridge to pay tribute.
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The other day I bought my first rapid
antigen test kit. “How many would you
like?” asked the shop assistant, as if proffering
packs of chewing gum. The price
was $25 for two tests. Not wanting to
deny others, I suggested one box would
be enough – and walked out feeling a bit
sheepish it had all been so easy.
Rapid test kits have been harder to find
in Sydney this summer than the golden
tickets in Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory’. So, it won’t surprise
anyone that my purchase wasn’t made in
Australia at all – but at a CVS pharmacy in
the seaside town of Monterey on the US
west coast.
I’ve been in California for the past fortnight,
determined to see through the holiday
I’d always planned before Omicron
hit.
Friends had been polite but not exactly
encouraging.
“Well, enjoy yourself, but remember
you’ll be swimming through COVID over
there,” one said.
To even board the plane – and with a
$1,500 ticket riding on the outcome – I
had to record a negative test at Sydney
Airport on the day of departure. The flight
across the Pacific was surreal. I spent
mine breathing into an N95 mask and
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not even daring to use the lavatory. Other
passengers wore shields, like holidaymakers
in the Middle Ages.
Omicron is ripping through the US –
currently averaging roughly one million
new cases and upwards of 2,500 deaths
per day. With its temperate winter climate,
California is a better place to try
and dodge the outbreak than the east
coast. In fact, I cancelled a side trip to
New York, not wanting to worry about
developing a scratchy throat the second I
took the subway or huddled inside a Starbucks
for warmth.
Indoor dining restrictions and a mask
mandate are in place – but being enforced
with varying degrees of vigour. In
liberal left-leaning Oakland, my friend
Tami greeted me with her mask on and a
serious look in her eye. I momentarily imagined
we’d spend the whole afternoon
like that, even though we haven’t seen
each other in years. In San Francisco, I
actually had to fish out my Australian
vaccine certificate.
But Kerry Chant would’ve been horrified
if she’d entered the same dive bar as
me in rural California near Yosemite National
Park. No soap in the bathrooms, no
sanitiser on premises and no bartenders
in masks. Chuffed to meet an actual Australian,
the regulars shook my hand and
slapped me on the back as we watched
college football.
For so long, distance insulated Australians
from the pandemic’s worst effects.
Our lives involved dutifully wearing
masks, swiping QR codes, closing borders
to other states (let alone nations)
and watching the daily 11am press conference.
Cocooned in our bubble, we
became complacent: our vaccine rollout
was late. And we only discovered rapid
antigen tests months after everybody
else.
America’s experience of COVID was
never so neat. Death became normalised.
Vaccine rates were only ever middling.
Public expectations of the health
system were never particularly high. It’s
been survival of the fittest from the very
beginning.
It’s hard to imagine tens of thousands
of cases a day in Sydney – when once we
freaked out when there were 12.
And I’m unsure what society I’ll be returning
to.
Today, I drove down the Californian
coast along fabled Highway 1, misty and
otherworldly in the fading light. It felt
like I was disappearing off the earth itself.
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Lured back to the west
Greater Sydney Commission announces two major executive appointments
NICOLA BARTON
Two female global leaders are set to
spearhead the delivery of the Tech
Central and Westmead Districts.
Following an international search
process, the Greater Sydney Commission
announced the appointment of two exceptional
Executive Directors, Annie Parker
and Liza Noonan to lead the delivery of
the Tech Central and Westmead Districts
respectively.
Ms Parker is a globally recognised startup
ecosystem leader, having built multiple
startup programs around the world for
Microsoft, Telefonica and Telstra.
She is also an advocate for equity and
inclusion, which she led in her most recent
role in the Startups team at Microsoft, and
has built programs that grow the broader
community, teaching technology and
entrepreneurial skills to communities
that need them.
Ms Noonan comes to the Greater Sydney
Commission later this month from CSIRO
where she was Director Company Creation,
Director Global and leader of the ON
Accelerator and Australia’s first national
Liza Noonan.
science and technology accelerator
supporting publicly funded research to
achieve real world impact faster.
She was the founding CEO of Springboard
Enterprises Australia and spent
over 10 years at Alcatel-Lucent (now
Annie Parker.
Nokia) in senior strategy and innovation
management roles spanning UK, European
and Asia-Pacific markets.
Greater Sydney Commission CEO Elizabeth
Mildwater said the appointments
come at a critical time as Greater Sydney
looks to the future away from the COVID
pandemic.
“Knowledge intensive industries will
fuel our future economy, attracting investment
and talent and these industries need
cities that can deliver a concentration of
talent, infrastructure and ideas,” she said.
“Greater Sydney’s innovation precincts
will be home to world-class research and
cutting-edge companies, supporting
outstanding research, innovation and
collaboration.
“Our innovation districts are more than
just places to work, as magnets for talent
and investment, they must be great places
to live, and diverse and vibrant centres of
creativity and culture, leisure and innovation.
“Together with the signature buildings
and vibrant public spaces that come with
them, each centre needs a sense of place,
the right balance of work hubs and housing
outcomes, and the necessary amenities
surrounding them.
“I’m thrilled that this opportunity has
lured two extraordinary women back to
Sydney and look forward to working with
Annie and Liza to realise the enormous
potential of Tech Central and Westmead.”
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Extending their help
Hills Community Aid likely to increase its offerings during 2022
NICOLA BARTON
Baulkham Hills not-forprofit,
Hills Community
Aid (HCA), is looking to
expand, with the possibility of
locating within a new residential
village envisaged for the former
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind
Children site at North Rocks.
Plans for a new residential village
by investor, EG, include a 2,000sqm,
multi-purpose community space in
addition to a library centred around
a new village square.
A Memorandum of Understanding
has been signed between the
charitable group HCA and EG to
pursue a permanent space for a
range of sustainable social, financial
and educational programs.
HCA executive officer and
program director Mici Beer said if
the project is given the green light,
a new centre could open in addition
to their two existing ones at
Baulkham Hills.
“It is a very exciting opportunity
for the Hills Community Aid to be
able to branch out into both the
North Rocks and Parramatta Local
Government Areas and we are
delighted that EG came to us with
this opportunity,” she said.
“We have all learned how
important social contact is after
the last couple of lockdowns and
particularly the need for face-toface
engagement. Our programs
provide everyone with a chance
to meet other locals – neighbours
who live up the street or around the
corner – and from networks form
friendships.”
EG is working in collaboration
with the HCA on how best to use
the proposed community facilities
in accordance with the needs of all
parties, including Parramatta City
Council.
“We’d like EG to be known as a
company who thinks about how we
can make the community better,
rather than bulldozing existing
structures and constructing something
that doesn’t fit in,” Chairman
of EG, Michael Easson said.
HCA was established 52 years ago
initially to welcome those moving to
the Hills region. Over the decades it
has evolved to offer a pivotal range
of programs including job skills,
homelessness prevention, domestic
violence support, leisure learning
and community transport.
While the not-for-profit group’s
branding has ‘Hills’ in its name,
its services – which includes No
Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) and
the Energy Accounts Payment
Assistance (EAPA) – are accessed by
people living in the Parramatta and
Blacktown areas.
HCA has focused on broadening
their delivery and making sure they
reach people who can benefit from
their programs and assistance.
A planning proposal for the North
Rocks Village Residential Precinct
was submitted to Parramatta City
Council in May and is expected to
undergo public exhibition in 2022.
The Royal Institute for Deaf
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A brighter year ahead
Our community leaders look forward to a year of celebration and freedom
NICOLA BARTON
A
new year, a fresh start but most
importantly a perfect time to
reflect on what’s been and to set
goals for what’s next.
It’s no secret the past year has been a
challenging one, with the Parramatta
and Cumberland regions hit hard by the
pandemic, harsh restrictions and lockdowns.
But as we emerge into 2022, there is a
renewed excitement and hope for what
the coming year may bring, and so, we’ve
compiled a list from some of our business
and community leaders as to what their
New Year’s resolutions are for Parramatta
and Cumberland cities.
Parramatta MP Geoff Lee
“I hope Parramatta can have a functioning
Council, one that puts party politics
behind them and actually makes decisions
that are in the best interests of the
residents,” Dr Lee said.
“I hope people shop locally to support
those businesses that have done it really
tough over the last two years. During
the lockdown, we saw a lot more people
Business Western Sydney Executive
Director David Borger.
walking in our beautiful parks and along
the river, and I hope this continues even
though we can now do other indoor
recreational activities.”
Granville MP Julia Finn
“I hope that 2022 will be a much better
year, now that people are vaccinated there
should be fewer disruptions this year as
Australia moves towards a semblance of
normality,” Ms Finn said.
“Going into 2022 we should all take
time to reflect on the past couple of years
and aim to bounce back better than ever
before.”
Parramatta MP Geoff Lee hopes for an
exciting year ahead in 2022.
City of Parramatta Council CEO Brett
Newman
“I’m excited about the positive road
ahead for the City of Parramatta,” Mr
Newman said.
“The recent local government elections
have given us a new-look Council, and a
renewed determination to complete the
projects that will cement our standing as
Sydney’s second CBD.
“In the year ahead, we will see Council’s
long-term vision come to life with the
completion of Parramatta Square and the
opening of Parramatta Hive (Phive).”
Granville MP Julia Finn believes 2022 will
be a much brighter year.
Business Western Sydney Executive
Director, David Borger
“I want to see our streets once again
filled with people coming to the city for
work and fun in 2022,” Mr Borger said.
“The completion of major construction
works and the testing of trams on the
first stage of Parramatta Light Rail will be
exciting and transformative and we’ll also
see the first big construction work starting
on the new metro station.
“A key focus for us has to be to fill in the
missing pieces of our cultural and entertainment
offering.”
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NICOLA BARTON
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Woolworths Westfield Parramatta, Level 5, 1156/159-175 Church St, Parramatta
PEMULWUY
Woolworths Pemulwuy, Greystanes Rd & Butu Wargun Dr, Pemulwuy
PENDLE HILL
Pendle Hill Meat Market, 142 Bungaree Rd, Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill Newsagency, 140 Pendle Way, Pendle Hill
PROSPECT
Fox Hills Golf Club, 55 Fox Hills Crescent, Prospect
Silly Solly’s - Homemaker Prospect, 19 Stoddart Rd, Prospect
REGENTS PARK
Regents Park Library, 1 Amy St, Regents Park
ROSEHILL
Woolworths Rosehill, 28-30 Oak St, Rosehill
RYDALMERE
The FC, Rydalmere Park, 35 South St, Rydalmere
SEVEN HILLS
Seven Hills Plaza, 224 Prospect Hwy, Seven Hills
SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK
DFO, 3-5 Underwood Rd, Homebush
TOONGABBIE
Mint Fresh IGA, 9/4 Claudia Rd, Toongabbie
Portico Shopping Plaza, 17-19 Aurelia St, Toongabbie
Toongabbie Sports Club, 12 Station Rd, Toongabbie
WENTWORTHVILLE
Wentworthville Library, 2 Lane St, Wentworthville
Wentworthville Newsagency, 43 Station St, Wentworthville
Wentworthville Shopping Village, 336 Great Western Hwy, Wentworthville
WESTMEAD
Chemsave Chemist, Coles Centre, 29-33 Darcy Rd, Westmead
Uniting Westmead, 1 Caroline St, Westmead
Westmead Coles, 29-33 Darcy Rd, Westmead
WINSTON HILLS
Winston Hills Mall, 180-190 Caroline Chisholm Dr, Winston Hills
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THE MUSIC
TELLS THE STORY
EMILY FESZCZUK
One of the country’s finest
hip hop acts, Bliss n Eso,
will bring their electric energy
and unmatchable flow to
Penrith this year.
The three-time ARIA award-winning
group will be touring in support of their
seventh studio album, ‘The Sun’.
Founding member Max Mackinnon, or
Eso as he is better known, told Parra News
he was born in Penrith and is ready to return
home.
“COVID has definitely provided challenges
but we are just rolling with the
punches and keen to get back out on
that stage, which is definitely our second
home,” he said.
“This is what we are born to do, what we
love to do… getting to connect with our
fans and bringing our songs to life is probably
one of the coolest parts of the process.”
Bliss n Eso have long juxtaposed light
and dark and as they have grown with their
music, their new album finds hope in sombre
experiences.
“We were lucky to find our passion for
music at a young age, so people have seen
us grow through our albums that were
wild, cheeky and party infused,” Eso said.
“We have gone through different experiences
like my mother passing, or my son
being born, so we now tap into more personal
stuff and hip hop is an amazing tool
that acts as therapy for what we are going
through.”
While they might have matured over the
years, they have not lost the boisterous energy
that they bring to their captivating live
performances.
“People should expect the highest levels
of energy at Panthers because we haven’t
been this hungry for a stage or a performance
in a long time,” Eso said.
“Our music has grown but we still have
the positivity, great messages and of course
the abstractness that makes us original.”
With a die-hard fan base, Eso said they
will be performing all of their classics
along with new music at the February 10
gig.
“People want some of the classic stuff
because they might have listened to the
‘Circus in the Sky’ album while on Schoolies
and have memories associated with it,”
he said.
“We definitely have a good mix of songs
off the new album, but we will always
sprinkle in our older work because it
means more to people.”
Bliss n Eso will be on at the EVAN Theatre
in Penrith on Thursday, February 10
at 8.30pm. Tickets are $69.90. To book or
for more information, call 1800 061 991
or visit penrith.panthers.com.au.
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STAGE SET FOR
MASSIVE SEASON
FEAST ON THE
FUSION AT
EMILY FESZCZUK
Blue Mountains Theatre has
launched its 2022 season that
invites friends and loved ones to
share the thrill of live entertainment,
laugh out loud, and make memories.
With a year full of uplifting experiences
in store, there’s something for everyone
to enjoy: from heart-warming musical
theatre to cabaret; children’s theatre;
comedy; contemporary, jazz and world
music, and more.
Some of the highlights include
acclaimed flamenco guitarist Paco
Lara joined by flamenco dancer Deya
Miranda Giner.
They will transport the audience to
southern Spain, interpreting themes
from Paco’s latest album ‘The Andalusian
Guitar’ and guitar classics from
composers Paco de Lucia, John Williams
and Joaquin Rodrigo.
A must-see for theatre and literature
lovers is the stage adaptation of Joan
Didion’s bestselling memoir The Year of
Magical Thinking, performed by one of
Australia’s finest actors, Jillian Murray.
This powerful, moving and ultimately
joyful play is one woman’s story of the
journey to find acceptance, and the
lessons learnt in letting go.
The Listies’ ‘ROFL’ (Rolling On the
Floor Laughing) is hilarious, joyous and
completely ridiculous. Fun for the whole
family.
Blue Mountains Theatre’s 2022
season is on sale now. To book or for
more information, call 4723 5050 or
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NOTICEBOARD
Rotary Club of Parramatta
City • Fortnightly meetings
parramattacityrotary.org.au
Lions Club of Parramatta
New members welcome
0403 232 101
Parramatta Chamber of
Commerce • Regular events
parramattachamber.com.au
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Pennant Hills VIEW Club
Second Tuesday of each
month • 9873 2402
PARRAmeeters social group
Regular outings and events
meetup.com/PARRAmeeters
The Salvation Army Auburn
Various services available
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PCYC Parramatta
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9635 8242
Boogie the night away at Summer Sundown in Parramatta
Join your friends at Parramatta’s Summer Sundown on January 25 for a big night of indie-pop and electronica with Clypso, Alice Ivy (pictured),
Touch Sensitive and SAFIA. There’ll be a fantastic selection of food and drinks on offer to recharge your energy levels as the night goes on. So,
come on down to The Crescent for a boogie before fireworks light up the sky at the end of the night. Get your tickets through Moshtix.
FOR KIDS
FOR SENIORS
NSW SES Parramatta Unit
24 hour help available
13 25 00
Sydney Broadway Chorus
Music classes and workshops
0434 486 125
Parramatta Park Walking
Group • Saturdays 8am
0487 174 755
Westmead Parramatta Park
Walkers • Saturdays 9am
ruth49@tpg.com.au
See the Wanderers in action
Take the kids to Commbank Stadium and see the Western Sydney
Wanderers take on the Central Coast Mariners on February 5. Tickets
are from $20 for adults and $10 for children. Tickets through Ticketek.
Enjoy a day out at the races
Have a fun day out with friends, or make new ones, at Rosehill
Gardens. Don’t miss the next race day on Saturday, January 29 from
11am. Call 1300 729 668 for tickets.
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6:00 News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 10:00
Nigel Slater’s Middle East 11:00 The
Heights (PG) 12:00 ABC News 1:00 The Big
Blue 1:50 The Larkins (PG) 3:00 ABC News
4:00 Think Tank (PG) 5:00 Restoration
Australia (PG) 6:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home
Delivery (PG) 6:30 Summer Drum 7:00 ABC
News 7:30 7.30 (PG) 8:00 Anh’s Brush With
Fame (PG) 8:30 Old People’s Home For 4
Year Olds (PG) 9:30 Griff’s Great Australian
Rail Trip (PG) 10:20 QI (PG)
2:30 Sons And
Daughters (PG) 4:30
RSPCA Animal Rescue
5:30 Escape To The Country
6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Pie In
The Sky (PG) 8:30 Foyle’s War
(M v) 10:40 Without A Trace
(MA15+) 12:45 Billy Connolly:
Made In Scotland (MA15+)
5:00 Amelia Parker
(PG) 5:25 ITCH (PG)
6:00 Miraculous: Tales
Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:30
Operation Ouch! (PG) 7:00
Horrible Histories (PG) 7:35
The Strange Chores 8:00 The
Penguins Of Madagascar 8:25
Slugterra (PG)
TV Guide: January 18-24
Your guide to the week’s television viewing
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30
Seven Morning News 12:00 Motorbike Cops
(PG) 12:30 Cricket: Pre Game 1:30 Cricket:
The Ashes: Test 5: Day 5: Session 1 *Live*
3:30 Cricket: The Lunch Break 4:10 Cricket:
Session 2 *Live* 6:00 Seven News 7:00
Cricket: Session 3 *Live* 9:00 Cricket: BBL:
Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers *Live*
From The Adelaide Oval 11:00 Born To Kill?
(MA15+) 12:00 Absentia: Me You Him Me
(MA15+) 1:00 Home Shopping
4:30 Down East
Dickering (PG) 5:30
Storage Wars Texas
(PG) 6:00 Cricket: The Ashes:
Test 5 *Live* 7:00 Cricket:
BBL: Adelaide Strikers v
Sydney Sixers *Live* 9:00
Secrets Of The Supercars (PG)
10:00 Counting Cars (PG)
4:30 The Business:
Summer Series 5:30
The Ticket 6:00 ABC
Evening News 6:30 Barrie
Cassidy’s One Plus One 7:00
ABC News 7:30 ABC National
News 8:00 ABC News Tonight
8:30 Summer Drum 9:00 ABC
Nightly News 9:30 7.30
4:00 My Name Is Earl
(PG) 6:00 Modern
Family (PG) 7:00 The
Simpsons (PG) 7:30 Family
Guy (M v) 8:00 American Dad
(M l) 8:30 Movie: “Goodbye
Christopher Robin” (PG) (’17)
10:50 Movie: “Pay It Forward”
(M) (’00)
6:05 Octonauts 6:25
Peter Rabbit 7:00 Dino
Dana 7:30 Spicks And
Specks (PG) 8:00 Would I Lie
To You? (PG) 8:30 Aftertaste
(M l,s) 9:30 Brassic (MA15+)
10:15 Schitt’s Creek (PG)
10:35 Doctor Who (PG) 11:25
The Trip To Greece (M l)
5:30 Today 6:00 Today 10:00 Tennis:
Australian Open Tennis: Pre Show *Live*
11:00 Tennis: Australian Open Tennis: Day
Session *Live* From Melbourne Park 4:00
Tennis Afternoon Session *Live* 6:00 NINE
News 7:00 Tennis: Australian Open Tennis:
Night Session *Live* 11:00 Tennis:
Australian Open Tennis: Late Night Session
*Live* 12:00 New Amsterdam: The Karman
Line (M) 1:00 Bondi Lifeguard World
Adventures (PG) 1:30 Home Shopping
4:00 Aussie Bush Tales
4:35 Mustangs FC 5:00
Our Stories (PG) 5:30
Indian Country Today 6:00
Bamay 6:30 Extreme Africa
7:30 Headdress 7:40 Who
Killed Malcolm X (M) 8:30 I,
Sniper (MA15+) 9:30 The
X-Files (M h,v)
5:30 River Cottage
Australia 6:30 The
Cook And The Chef
7:00 The Cook Up With Adam
Liaw 7:30 Taste Of Italy 8:00
Gamer Snacks 8:30 Weekend
Breaks With Gregg Wallace
9:30 Poh’s Kitchen 10:00 The
Cook Up With Adam Liaw
6:00 The Talk 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) 7:30
The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) 8:00
Studio 10 (PG) 12:00 Dr Phil (M) 1:00 TBA
2:30 Entertainment Tonight 3:00 Judge Judy
(PG) 3:30 Left Off The Map 4:00 Farm To
Fork 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG)
5:00 10 News First 6:30 The Project (PG)
7:30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
(PG) 9:00 NCIS (M v) 10:00 NCIS: Los
Angeles (M v) 11:00 The Project (PG) 12:00
The Late Show (PG) 1:00 Home Shopping
3:30 Jake And The
Fatman (PG) 4:30
Diagnosis Murder (PG)
5:30 JAG (PG) 7:30 NCIS:
After Hours (M) 8:30 Blue
Bloods (M v) 10:25 NCIS: New
Orleans (M v) 12:15 Home
Shopping 2:15 Movie:
“Ocean’s Thirteen” (PG) (’07)
5:15 The Joy Of
Painting With Bob Ross
5:45 Shortland Street
(PG) 6:15 Alone (PG) 7:05
Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV
News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10
Cats Does Countdown (M l,s)
8:20 Roger Waters: Us And
Them (PG)
This week’s TV Guide brought to you by
Sydney Showground
3:00 The King Of
Queens (PG) 4:00
Becker (PG) 5:00
Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG)
6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00
Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big
Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Mom
(M d,s) 12:00 Home Shopping
1:30 The Late Show (PG)
5:30 WIN News 6:00
Tennis: Australian Open
*Live* 7:00 Young
Sheldon (PG) 7:30 RBT (PG)
8:00 Gold Coast Cops (PG)
8:30 Movie: “Beverly Hills Cop
II” (M l,v) (’87) Stars: Eddie
Murphy 10:35 Movie: “Be Cool”
(M) (’05) Stars: John Travolta
5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00
Gourmet Farmer 2:30 Scanning The Nile
3:30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG)
4:00 Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys (PG)
5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And
Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World
News 7:30 Great Continental Railway
Journeys (PG) 8:40 Robson Green -
Walking Hadrian’s Wall 9:35 Australia In
Colour (PG) 10:35 SBS World News 11:10
Man In Room 301 (M l,s) (In Finnish)
3:00 The Block (PG)
4:00 Beach Hunters
4:30 Instant Dream
Home 5:00 100 Day Dream
Home 6:00 House Hunters
International 7:00 House
Hunters USA 7:30 My Big
Italian Adventure 8:30 Your
Home Made Perfect
6:00 Home Shopping
7:00 Religious
Programs 7:30 Home
Shopping 10:00 Tennis:
Australian Open: Pre Show
*Live* 11:00 Tennis: Australian
Open: Day Session *Live*
11:00 House (M) 12:00 The
Equalizer (M d,v)
6:00 News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 10:00
Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip 11:00 The
Heights (PG) 12:00 ABC News 1:00 The
Cook And The Chef 1:30 Maigret In
Montmartre (M d,n,s,v) 3:00 ABC News 4:00
Think Tank (PG) 5:00 Restoration Australia
(PG) 6:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery
(PG) 6:30 Summer Drum 7:00 ABC News
7:30 7.30 (PG) 8:00 Hard Quiz (PG) 8:30
Spicks And Specks (PG) 9:35 Fisk (PG)
10:00 A Very English Scandal (M)
2:30 Sons And
Daughters (PG) 4:30
RSPCA Animal Rescue
5:30 Escape To The Country:
Devon 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30
The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) 8:40
Mrs. Brown’s Boys (M l,s)
10:40 Miranda (PG) 11:20
What A Carry On (PG)
5:00 Amelia Parker
(PG) 5:25 ITCH (PG)
6:00 Miraculous: Tales
Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:30
Operation Ouch! (PG) 7:00
Horrible Histories (PG) 7:35
The Strange Chores 8:00 The
Penguins Of Madagascar 8:25
Slugterra (PG)
12:00 Movie: “What A Girl Wants” (PG) (’03)
Stars: Colin Firth 2:15 Surveillance Oz -
Dashcam (PG) 2:30 Border Security International
(PG) 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) 4:00
Seven News At 4 4:30 Cricket: BBL: Sydney
Thunder v Melbourne Renegades *Live*
6:00 Seven News 7:00 Cricket: BBL:
Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades
*Live* 7:45 Cricket: BBL: Melbourne Stars v
Hobart Hurricanes *Live* 11:30 Autopsy
USA (MA15+) 12:30 Home Shopping
4:30 Down East
Dickering (PG) 5:30
Storage Wars Texas
(PG) 6:00 Cricket: BBL:
Sydney Thunder v Melbourne
Renegades *Live* 7:00 Pawn
Stars (PG) 8:30 Storage Wars
(PG) 9:30 Extreme Unboxing
(PG) 10:00 Desert Collectors
4:30 The Business:
Summer Series 5:30
The Ticket 6:00 ABC
Evening News 6:30 Kurt
Fearnley’s One Plus One 7:00
ABC News 7:30 ABC National
News 8:00 ABC News Tonight
8:30 Summer Drum 9:00 ABC
Nightly News 9:30 7.30
4:00 My Name Is Earl
(PG) 6:00 Modern
Family (PG) 7:00 The
Simpsons (PG) 7:30 Family
Guy (M s,v) 8:00 American
Dad (M) 8:30 Movie: “The Man
From U.N.C.L.E.” (M v) (’15)
Stars: Armie Hammer 10:55
Bridezillas (M l)
6:05 Octonauts 6:25
Peter Rabbit 7:00 Dino
Dana 7:30 Anh’s Brush
With Fame (PG) 8:00 Making
Child Prodigies 8:30 David
Bowie: Finding Fame (M l)
10:00 Tate Britain’s Great
British Walks (PG) 10:50
Doctor Who (PG)
5:30 Today 10:00 Tennis: Australian Open
Tennis: Pre Show *Live* 11:00 Tennis:
Australian Open Tennis: Day Session *Live*
From Melbourne Park 4:00 Tennis:
Afternoon Session *Live* 6:00 NINE News
7:00 Tennis: Australian Open Tennis: Night
Session *Live* 11:00 Tennis: Australian
Open Tennis: Late Night Session *Live*
12:00 New Amsterdam: Righteous Right
Hand (M) 1:00 Bondi Lifeguard World
Adventures (PG) 1:30 Home Shopping
4:00 Aussie Bush Tales
4:35 Mustangs FC 5:00
Our Stories (PG) 5:30
Te Ao With Moana 6:00 Bamay
6:30 NITV News Update 6:40
Extreme Africa 7:30 Who Do
You Think You Are? (PG) 8:30
History Bites Back (MA15+)
9:30 Ten Canoes (M n,v)
5:30 River Cottage
Australia 6:30 The
Cook And The Chef
7:00 The Cook Up With Adam
Liaw 7:30 Restaurants On The
Edge 8:30 James Martin’s
American Adventure 9:30
Poh’s Kitchen 10:00 The Cook
Up With Adam Liaw
6:00 The Talk 7:00 Judge Judy (PG) 7:30
The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) 8:00
Studio 10 (PG) 12:00 Dr Phil (M) 1:00 TBA
2:30 Entertainment Tonight 3:00 Judge Judy
(PG) 3:30 Left Off The Map 4:00 Farm To
Fork 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG)
5:00 10 News First 6:30 The Project (PG)
7:30 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
(PG) 9:00 Bull (PG) 11:00 The Project (PG)
12:00 The Late Show (PG) 1:00 Home
Shopping 4:30 CBS Mornings
3:30 Jake And The
Fatman (PG) 4:30
Diagnosis Murder (PG)
5:30 JAG (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M)
8:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v)
11:15 MacGyver (M v) 12:10
Home Shopping 2:10 48 Hours
(M) 3:10 Seal Team (M) 4:05
Diagnosis Murder (PG)
5:15 The Joy Of
Painting With Bob Ross
5:45 Shortland Street
(PG) 6:15 Alone (PG) 7:05
Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV
News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10
Cats Does Countdown (M l,s)
8:30 Movie: “Shock Wave” (M)
(’17) (In Cantonese/ English)
3:00 The King Of
Queens (PG) 4:00
Becker (PG) 5:00
Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG)
6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00
Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big
Bang Theory (PG) 10:10 Mom
(M s) 11:35 The King Of
Queens (PG)
5:30 WIN News 6:00
Tennis: Australian Open
*Live* 7:00 Young
Sheldon (PG) 7:30 RBT (PG)
8:00 Gold Coast Cops (PG)
8:30 Movie: “Beverly Hills Cop
III” (M l,v) (’94) Stars: Eddie
Murphy 10:35 Movie: “Get
Shorty” (M l,v) (’95)
5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00
Gourmet Farmer 2:30 Scanning The Nile
3:30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG)
4:00 Great Canadian Railroad Journeys
(PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And
Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 6:30 SBS World
News 7:30 Great Australian Railway
Journeys (PG) 8:40 The Royal House Of
Windsor (PG) 9:35 Departure (M) 10:25
SBS World News 10:55 In Therapy (M l,s)
(In French)
2:30 The Block (PG)
4:00 Beach Hunters
4:30 Instant Dream
Home 5:00 My Big Italian
Adventure 6:00 House Hunters
International 7:00 House
Hunters USA 7:30 Masters Of
Flip 8:30 Home Town 9:30
House Hunters Renovation
6:00 Home Shopping
7:00 Religious
Programs 7:30 Home
Shopping 10:00 Tennis:
Australian Open: Pre Show
*Live* 11:00 Tennis: Australian
Open: Day Session *Live* 6:00
Tennis: Australian Open: Night
Session *Live*
6:00 News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 10:00
Back Roads 10:30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat,
Repeat 11:00 The Heights (PG) 12:00 ABC
News 1:00 The War Of The Worlds (M v)
2:00 A Very English Scandal (M l,s,v) 3:00
ABC News 4:00 Think Tank (PG) 5:00
Restoration Australia (PG) 6:00 Julia
Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) 6:30 Summer
Drum 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 (PG) 8:00
Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One (M) 8:30
Miriam & Alan - Lost In Scotland (M l)
2:30 Sons And
Daughters (PG) 4:30
RSPCA Animal Rescue
5:30 Escape To The Country
6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Father
Brown (M v) 8:30 Inspector
George Gently (M) 10:30
Murdoch Mysteries (M) 12:30
The Fine Art Auction (PG)
5:00 Amelia Parker
5:25 ITCH (PG) 6:00
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5. Fleet of warships
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10. Suspicions
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16. Architectural atrocity
19. Soft & limp
21. Shove
24. Waned
25. Airline worker, flight ...
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28. Cleaning (ship’s deck)
29. Wiped (furniture)
30. Hurricanes
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4. ‘Nomadland’
5. Elon Musk
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One day, he crosses paths with
Phileas, a reckless and greedy
frog, eager to take on a bet to
circumnavigate the globe in 80
days and earn 10 million clams in
the process.
Seizing the opportunity of a
lifetime to explore the world,
Passepartout embarks with his
new friend on a crazy and exhilarating
adventure full of twists and
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‘Around The World In 80 Days’
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The Matrix Resurrections
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one, everyday life; the other, what
lies behind it. To find out if his
reality is a construct, to truly know
himself, Mr Anderson will have to
choose to follow the white rabbit
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The new film reunites original
stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-
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Josh’s dream role
NATHAN TAYLOR
If you find it hard keeping
your grass trim and green
over the summer months,
spare a thought for Newington
resident Josh Edwards.
A TAFE NSW qualification has
recently opened the door for
the former Dubbo local to score
his dream job maintaining the
revered turf of Stadium Australia.
The home of the South Sydney
Rabbitohs and Canterbury
Bulldogs, the iconic Sydney
Olympic Park venue hosts some
of the state’s biggest sporting
events and concerts, seating up
to 83,500 spectators, which is
quite a crowd for Mr Edwards to
impress with his greenkeeping
skills.
“Working at Stadium Australia
is a huge honour,” Mr Edwards
said.
“Every day the grounds have to
be absolutely world-class.
“I’ve always had a soft spot for
Stadium Australia because it was
the main stadium for the Sydney
2000 Olympics, so it is the highest
level. This is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity.”
The 35-year-old completed
a Certificate III in Sports Turf
Management at TAFE NSW and
undertook an apprenticeship
through employment services
provider Skillset with Dubbo
Regional Council, before travelling
to Sydney to gain experience
working in elite sporting
complexes.
He took annual leave from his
job to volunteer with the University
of Sydney, helping to tend
their first-grade pitches.
He later volunteered with the
Royal Agricultural Society, who
were so impressed with his initiative
that they employed him on a
full-time basis to maintain the
impressive Sydney Showground
Stadium.
“Most places these days
won’t hire you without a trade
certificate, so TAFE NSW was an
essential stepping stone to learn
the skills I needed and get those
qualifications,” Mr Edwards said.
“I loved going to TAFE NSW and
learning new things, and I still
find those skills helpful today.”
Mr Edwards was head-hunted
for his current role by Stadium
Australia’s Graeme Logan, who
knew he’d give his all for the job
he loved.
Mr Edwards also now works
for its sister ground, CommBank
Stadium in Parramatta.
“Josh had the practical skills
and industry knowledge we were
looking for thanks to his TAFE
NSW qualifications and his work
experience,” Mr Logan said.
“At this top level, we then refine
and polish those skills, because
venues like this are in a whole
league of their own. If you have
passion and love the job, that’s
90 per cent of the battle, and Josh
has that in spades.”
Mr Edwards said anyone with
a career goal should remember
that everything starts with a first
step in the right direction.
For more information, visit
tafensw.edu.au or call 131 601.
Josh Edwards at Stadium Australia.
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