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Tuesday, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2024</strong><br />
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Pages 24-25<br />
PARRAMATTA<br />
BEACH?<br />
A new plan that would deliver 45,000 homes to our city,<br />
along with a man-made beach, is seeking support from the<br />
State Government. Would you back the $25 billion project?<br />
Ellie Busby reports on page 7<br />
An artist’s impression of the proposed man-made beach along the <strong>Parra</strong>matta River in Camellia.<br />
PAGE 3<br />
PCYC SET TO CLOSE<br />
PAGE 10<br />
SWEETEST GIVEAWAY<br />
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Community <strong>News</strong> Update<br />
<strong>12</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
Message from Mayor Lake<br />
International Women’s Day<br />
Council celebrated International Women’s Day with<br />
a series of activities and community events last week.<br />
Two events were held to mark this global day with<br />
the Financial Freedom Workshop for women and an<br />
International Women’s Day brunch with <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
Cumberland Family and Domestic Violence Prevention Committee.<br />
I also attended the Accessible Diversity Services Initiative Limited (ADSI)<br />
International Women’s Day celebrations where long-term female volunteers<br />
from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds were<br />
acknowledged for their contributions. The event also included a range of<br />
guest speakers and Chinese and Indian dance performances.<br />
Your Rates at Work<br />
Road Renewal Works<br />
Council has recently completed road<br />
renewals at Churchill Street in Guildford,<br />
Dawn Crescent in Regents Park and Eve<br />
Street in Guildford, where over 900 metres<br />
of road in each area was resurfaced and<br />
new asphalt was laid.<br />
Churchill Street, Guildford<br />
Let us know of any issues in your area by using the Snap Send Solve<br />
mobile app which can be found on Council’s website:<br />
www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/snapsendsolve<br />
Winter Sports Changeover<br />
Council is gearing up for the Winter Sports changeover from 18 <strong>March</strong> to<br />
5 April. Crews are working hard to prep the fields for the upcoming season<br />
which will include installing goal posts, line markings, covering synthetic wickets,<br />
oversowing, spraying and fertilising the fields!<br />
With <strong>Parra</strong>matta Cumberland Family and Domestic Violence Prevention Committee, Deputy Mayor<br />
Hamed, Clr Colman, Clr Hughes, Clr Christou, State Member for <strong>Parra</strong>matta Donna Davis and State<br />
Member for Granville Julia Finn at the International Women’s Day Brunch<br />
Clean Up Australia Day<br />
Council hosted five community events across Cumberland to mark Clean Up<br />
Australia Day on Sunday 3 <strong>March</strong>. Clean Up Australia Day is one of the largest<br />
community-based environmental events that encourages local communities to<br />
come together to clean up their local area. Thank you to all the volunteers who<br />
rolled up their sleeves and participated in making Cumberland a cleaner and<br />
greener place to live.<br />
To stay in the loop, visit Cumberland Sports Portal:<br />
https://haveyoursay.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/cumberland-sports-clubs<br />
<strong>2024</strong> Cumberland Community<br />
Wellbeing Survey<br />
The <strong>2024</strong> Cumberland Community Wellbeing Survey<br />
is now open! If you live, work or visit the Cumberland<br />
Local Government Area we want to hear from you. Your<br />
feedback will help us understand what has changed for<br />
you and your neighbourhood and how we can better plan<br />
for future improvements. Complete the survey to go in<br />
the draw for a chance to win one of 10 x $100 vouchers.<br />
Complete the survey by scanning the QR code or visit:<br />
https://placescore.org/cumberland-em<br />
With Clr Saha and community members at Lytton Street Park in Wentworthville<br />
‘The Microdot’ Exhibition - The Granville Centre Art Gallery<br />
I recently attended the opening of ‘The Microdot’ exhibition by local talented<br />
artist, Dacchi Dang which is now open at The Granville Centre Art Gallery. This<br />
photography exhibition showcases a range of landscape portraits inspired by<br />
Dacchi Dang’s experiences as he plays the role of an Australian Vietnamese<br />
‘explorer’ investigating the Tasmanian natural landscape. Congratulations to<br />
Dacchi Dang on this solo exhibition. To view the exhibition or find out more<br />
information, visit www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/microdot<br />
The Ramadan Street Festival<br />
The Ramadan Street Festival will be showcasing the diverse cultures and<br />
traditions of Ramadan on Saturday 16 <strong>March</strong>. This annual event held along<br />
Auburn Road pays homage to the traditions of Ramadan, providing an<br />
opportunity for the community to come together in unity and to embrace<br />
Cumberland’s diversity during this holy month. Ramadan is the ninth month in<br />
the Islamic calendar and is observed by people of the Islamic faith worldwide<br />
as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community. For more information<br />
visit www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/ramadan<br />
Proudly funded by the NSW Government in association<br />
with Cumberland City Council.<br />
Mayor Lisa Lake<br />
8757 9856 | Lisa.Lake@cumberland.nsw.gov.au<br />
ClubGRANTS Program<br />
Applications are now open for the <strong>2024</strong> Cumberland ClubGRANTS Program.<br />
This program supports local projects and services that provide assistance<br />
to people in Cumberland and is open to all schools and not-for-profit<br />
organisations. Advisory Desk Sessions and Grant Writing Workshops are also<br />
available. Bookings required.<br />
Applications close: Friday 31 May <strong>2024</strong>.<br />
For more information, or to apply, visit:<br />
www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/clubgrants<br />
Saturday 23 <strong>March</strong>,<br />
7pm to 10pm<br />
Merrylands Road between<br />
Treves Street & Memorial Avenue,<br />
Merrylands<br />
www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/nowruz<br />
Proudly funded by the NSW Government in<br />
association with Cumberland City Council.<br />
Contact Cumberland Council<br />
8757 9000 | council@cumberland.nsw.gov.au | www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au | Cumberland City Council Sydney<br />
16 Memorial Avenue, PO Box 42, Merrylands NSW 2160.<br />
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LOCAL NEWS<br />
“Great loss” for our city<br />
Petition launched after confirmation PCYC is set to depart <strong>Parra</strong>matta in April<br />
ELLIE BUSBY<br />
Locals are rallying around the<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta PCYC after it was<br />
announced the facility is set<br />
to close.<br />
The community were left shocked<br />
after it was recently revealed the<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta PCYC, which has<br />
operated in <strong>Parra</strong>matta for over 60<br />
years, will be shutting the doors of<br />
its George Street address.<br />
Radio 2GB reported the closure<br />
was due to a “difficult financial<br />
situation”, confirming it will close<br />
down in April.<br />
Since then, over 400 concerned<br />
residents have already signed a petition<br />
calling for the facility to remain<br />
open in <strong>Parra</strong>matta.<br />
“<strong>Parra</strong>matta PCYC has been an<br />
integral part of our community for<br />
years, fostering positive relationships<br />
between police and youth<br />
while promoting health and wellbeing,”<br />
the petition said.<br />
“It’s more than just a club; it’s a<br />
place where friendships are formed,<br />
skills are honed, and lives are positively<br />
impacted.<br />
“We urge the relevant authorities<br />
to reconsider this decision. Let us<br />
The community are calling for the <strong>Parra</strong>matta PCYC to remain open.<br />
keep <strong>Parra</strong>matta PCYC open for the<br />
benefit of all current members as<br />
well as future generations who will<br />
undoubtedly reap its rewards too.”<br />
City of <strong>Parra</strong>matta Councillors<br />
have also voiced their frustration at<br />
news of the closure.<br />
“To only be given six weeks to<br />
vacate a premises, I say shame on<br />
you PCYC head office,” Our Local<br />
Community Councillor Michelle<br />
Garrard said.<br />
“The PCYC has served in<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta since 1962 and was<br />
initially at Macquarie Street before<br />
shifting to Hassall Street, its home<br />
for decades, before it was sold<br />
for $31 million to make way for a<br />
multi-storey tower, [which] meant<br />
that headquarters had to relocate to<br />
George Street in 2016.”<br />
Garrard added that with the<br />
current youth crisis, it’s important<br />
that the only primary stakeholder<br />
in <strong>Parra</strong>matta that supports youth<br />
remains open.<br />
“Not in every child’s instance, but<br />
a lot of kids that go through there<br />
have had problems at home and<br />
haven’t had stability. What they get<br />
in relation to leadership, mentoring<br />
and the programs that the PCYC<br />
offer do more than a program,” she<br />
said.<br />
“These kids without the PCYC<br />
could be going into juvenile detention.<br />
PCYC give them a way out and<br />
offer programs to try to get them<br />
back on track.<br />
“This is going to be a great loss to<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta.”<br />
Labor Councillor Sameer Pandey<br />
said <strong>Parra</strong>matta PCYC is “such an<br />
important service.”<br />
“I do want to thank the volunteers<br />
and the board at PCYC <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
for the work that they have been<br />
doing, 5,000 registrations and<br />
subscriptions that they have, 5,000<br />
youths have been registered with<br />
the PCYC <strong>Parra</strong>matta,” he said.<br />
“They have been around for 62<br />
years and for the PCYC head office<br />
to give them six weeks notice to shut<br />
down this operation is appalling.”<br />
The PCYC did not respond to a<br />
request for comment.<br />
The petition can be found at www.<br />
change.org/p/halt-the-imminentshutdown-of-parramatta-pcyc.<br />
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Editor’s Note<br />
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Troy Dodds<br />
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We must always celebrate seniors<br />
As the annual Seniors Festival (previously<br />
Seniors Week) lands in New South Wales, it’s<br />
an important time to reflect on those who<br />
have contributed so much to society throughout<br />
their lives.<br />
Our seniors are such integral members of the<br />
community, and this month’s celebrations are<br />
well deserved.<br />
These are people who have lived through extraordinary<br />
times. They have forgotten more<br />
than most of us have learned, given their<br />
worldly experience and length of life lived.<br />
And they still have so much to offer, whether<br />
that is to the family unit, to the workforce or<br />
as volunteers, which is something I know so<br />
many of them do.<br />
It can be so easy to dismiss older generations;<br />
to consider their opinions and thoughts<br />
out-dated.<br />
But we would be far better off listening and<br />
learning than we would dismissing.<br />
To all the seniors out there, enjoy this month;<br />
which is very much about you, and thank you<br />
for all you have done.<br />
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Is <strong>Parra</strong>matta the roach capital?<br />
The cockroach capital.<br />
At first, they were microscopic – and manageable.<br />
It was usually just one or two per day,<br />
scurrying around the sink as I returned home<br />
in the evenings and switched on the lights. Invariably,<br />
you had to have a thick book or rolled<br />
up newspaper handy.<br />
Then they grew slightly bigger. Feasting on<br />
crumbs along the kitchen benchtop or around<br />
the stove. You might see one in the bathroom<br />
at night, inching up the shower walls or appearing<br />
from behind the cupboard.<br />
A couple of weeks ago, they became more<br />
audacious. No longer limited to the witching<br />
hours, it became common to see a flicker<br />
across the walls as I ate breakfast.<br />
One morning I awoke to find a near-corpse<br />
on the floor, probably reeling from having ingested<br />
the remains of some old poison. It was<br />
jet black, the size of one of those old matchbox<br />
cars, turned on its back with legs writhing. Absent-mindedly<br />
I left it there, thinking it wasn’t<br />
long for this world.<br />
To my horror, upon returning home it had<br />
vanished from the spot entirely, only to suddenly<br />
re-emerge flipped over and reenergised<br />
as I was tucking into dinner. It crawled into a<br />
shoe in the living area. I threw the shoe onto<br />
the balcony and smashed it there.<br />
“Don’t you find there are a lot of cockroaches<br />
inside our building at the moment?” a resident<br />
on the same floor inquired of me casually<br />
in the lift one day. “I find I’m killing them all<br />
the time.”<br />
Ruefully, I had to admit our apartment block<br />
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has a problem. Right now, roaches are all over<br />
the bin room. Back inside the unit, each swish<br />
of my morning toothbrush comes with trepidation.<br />
I don’t dare pull out the dishwasher or<br />
look behind the fridge.<br />
In a way, it’s a peculiarly Sydney curse. A<br />
report in 2020 found Sydney to be the “cockroach<br />
capital” of Australia, with household<br />
incidence more than 19 per cent higher than<br />
the national average. Last year, an inner-city<br />
renter claimed that roaches fell on his face as<br />
he slept.<br />
But if Sydney is the cockroach capital, <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
could be the primary operating headquarters.<br />
Whenever I exit the station at night,<br />
I see ones that are simply enormous on the<br />
ground that would have you tempted to dial<br />
triple-0 if they appeared in your house or<br />
apartment.<br />
It’s not surprising given our city has endured<br />
one of the muggiest summers in living memory.<br />
One of consistently high temperatures,<br />
where clusters of buildings reverberate and<br />
absorb heat during the day, while airborne<br />
moisture provides a perfect breeding ground.<br />
This is particularly so for German cockroaches,<br />
which have a short reproduction cycle,<br />
mating prolifically in a matter of weeks. In fact,<br />
I have read that a single female cockroach can<br />
lay up to one million eggs a year.<br />
The density of apartment living across <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
and Cumberland only accentuates<br />
the problem. Having so many kitchens, bathrooms<br />
and communal waste facilities close<br />
together – moist environments with scraps<br />
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Entertainment................................19-29<br />
Business Directory.....................30-31<br />
of food – promotes proliferation and ensures<br />
that any infestation affects large numbers of<br />
people.<br />
Perhaps the next-door neighbours, or those<br />
in the unit above or below, are not putting the<br />
bins out, or otherwise unhygienic and gross. It<br />
is an externality of apartment life, impossible<br />
to quantify. And obtaining action from landlords<br />
is infinitely tougher for tenants and subtenants,<br />
unsure of their rights.<br />
Cockroaches are adept at hiding in small<br />
cracks and crevices. They are capable of morphing<br />
and resisting against the harshest pesticides.<br />
So, pre-emption is the best defence.<br />
Store food in sealed containers. Avoid leaving<br />
dirty dishes in the sink. Clean homes regularly<br />
and empty rubbish bins. Crack down on<br />
clutter. Seal gaps around sink areas and check<br />
kitchen tiles. Clean underneath the fridge,<br />
stove and toaster.<br />
Try not to leave stacks of paper lying around<br />
like newspapers, boxes and mountains of supermarket<br />
bags.<br />
One other rule of thumb. Seeing one cockroach<br />
always indicates multiple. Seeing multiple<br />
means there are nests to be zapped and an<br />
epic infestation at hand.<br />
The other day I found a small roach resting<br />
among my kitchen plates.<br />
Now I rinse every utensil twice over before<br />
having a meal. With the humidity likely to last<br />
well into autumn I’ve had enough and contacted<br />
strata.<br />
The pest controller is coming Friday. It’s going<br />
to be a long couple of days.<br />
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LOCAL NEWS<br />
Gender equity top priority<br />
Council promises to invest in local women<br />
ELLIE BUSBY<br />
Cumberland Council has<br />
promised to continue<br />
to invest in women, as<br />
it moves to develop a strategy<br />
to achieve gender equity in the<br />
local area.<br />
With International Women’s<br />
Day taking place last week,<br />
Council has reaffirmed its<br />
commitment to “count her<br />
in” after a motion to establish<br />
a gender equity strategy was<br />
supported at the latest meeting.<br />
Labor Councillor Diane<br />
Colman, who put forward the<br />
motion, said there is clearly still<br />
a long way to go in achieving<br />
gender equity in Cumberland.<br />
“For every $1 a man makes,<br />
women earn 78 cents, over the<br />
course of a year that difference<br />
adds up to $26,393,” she said.<br />
“This gender pay gap is having<br />
a long-term, material effect<br />
on women’s lives, women’s<br />
economic safety and security<br />
are intrinsically linked to their<br />
physical safety and security.<br />
“The importance of financial<br />
independence in enabling<br />
women to escape abusive relationships<br />
cannot be overstated.”<br />
The strategy intends to promote<br />
partnership opportunities<br />
within the community and<br />
other levels of Government to<br />
ensure equitable opportunities<br />
regardless of gender, as well as<br />
economic security and building<br />
safety and respect in the community.<br />
It would also focus on making<br />
sure Council as a workplace<br />
provides equitable opportunities<br />
for all employees and maintains<br />
an organisational culture,<br />
which supports gender equity<br />
and respect. The preparation of<br />
the strategy would require an<br />
additional budget allocation of<br />
around $25,000.<br />
Colman added that creating a<br />
gender equity strategy ensures<br />
Council consciously considers its<br />
aims within an equality framework.<br />
“Investing in women isn’t just<br />
the right thing to do, it’s the smart<br />
thing to do,” she said.<br />
Merrylands West resident<br />
Joshika Naidu, who works in the<br />
male-dominated tech industry,<br />
said the motion resonated deeply<br />
with her.<br />
“I’ve experienced first-hand<br />
that true equality stems from<br />
gender equity,” she added.<br />
“From the statistics and<br />
personal experience, I would like<br />
to dispel the misconception that<br />
advocating for gender equity is<br />
an anti-male stance.<br />
“In championing this motion<br />
we embark on a journey with<br />
far-reaching benefit, especially<br />
from an economic stand-point.”<br />
However, some Councillors<br />
said Council already has a strong<br />
gender equity policy, declaring<br />
that an additional strategy was<br />
not needed.<br />
“Here we are six months out<br />
from an election, trying to<br />
create an issue that is not here in<br />
Cumberland City Council,” Our<br />
Local Community Councillor<br />
Steve Christou said.<br />
“We already have an extensive<br />
and exhaustive gender equity<br />
policy, which we already do.<br />
“Nobody wants to see women<br />
in life, especially in Australia, not<br />
get a fair go, but what we won’t<br />
cop is a portrait being displayed<br />
that somehow Cumberland is not<br />
getting a fair go.”<br />
Diane Colman, Dr Chandrika and Deputy Mayor Ola Hamed at Cumberland’s<br />
International Women’s Day event.<br />
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<strong>12</strong> MARCH <strong>2024</strong><br />
YOUR CITY NEWS<br />
FIRST LOOK AT DESIGNS FOR<br />
PARRAMATTA’S GRAND PROMENADE<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta’s Civic Link Project.<br />
Plans for the next stage of <strong>Parra</strong>matta’s<br />
$21 million Civic Link project will go on<br />
exhibition in early <strong>March</strong>. This project will<br />
transform the heart of <strong>Parra</strong>matta, providing<br />
a vibrant spine that connects our community<br />
to transport networks and cycleways<br />
between <strong>Parra</strong>matta Square in our CBD and<br />
the new Powerhouse Museum by the river.<br />
Designs for the city-shaping project include<br />
a green spine of new trees and garden planting<br />
offering shade and pockets of nature to<br />
explore, a ribbon of mixed-use seating and<br />
activations for opportunities to meet, engage<br />
and play, widening the existing pedestrian<br />
ootpaths to create boulevards and establishing<br />
accessible east-west bridges across the<br />
gardens to create an immersive space.<br />
This project received $10.5 million in funding<br />
from the NSW Government as part of the<br />
Accelerated Infrastructure Fund and is<br />
expected to be completed in 2026.<br />
To find out more, please scan the QR code.<br />
Cr Pierre Esber<br />
Lord Mayor<br />
City of <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
<strong>2024</strong> PARRAMATTA<br />
LIGHT RAIL TREE PLANTING<br />
Trees are vital for a cooler, cleaner, and<br />
happier city. Our <strong>Parra</strong>matta Light Rail<br />
Tree Planting Program has flourished,<br />
with more than 1,000 trees.<br />
We’re focusing on Granville, Harris Park,<br />
Northmead, and more in <strong>2024</strong>. Become<br />
a Tree Champion to help our new trees<br />
thrive and receive a $50 e-gift card.<br />
Let’s grow together!<br />
Scan the QR code for more information<br />
<strong>12</strong> NEW ARTISTS CALL<br />
PARRAMATTA ARTISTS<br />
STUDIOS HOME<br />
Twelve talented artists have found a<br />
creative haven at <strong>Parra</strong>matta Artists’<br />
Studios in Granville.<br />
From emerging talents like Bonnie Huang<br />
to established practitioners like Audrey<br />
Newton, this diverse group is set to<br />
shape our cultural landscape. Join us<br />
in welcoming these artists as they<br />
collaborate, inspire, and connect with<br />
our vibrant community.<br />
Scan the QR code for more details.<br />
EMPTY VOICES<br />
Join us on Sunday 24 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2024</strong>,<br />
for a magical musical experience<br />
with Hamed Sadeghi and his talented<br />
ensemble!<br />
Let their enchanting melodies transport<br />
you to a world of love and liberty.<br />
Immerse yourself in the beauty of<br />
Empty Voices and let the music fill<br />
your heart with pure joy.<br />
Scan the QR code for details.<br />
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6 parra news » Tuesday, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2024</strong>
LOCAL NEWS<br />
“Game-changer” for the west<br />
The concept design of the proposed transformation of the Camellia riverside.<br />
ELLIE BUSBY<br />
A<br />
bold new proposal<br />
from landowners<br />
could see Camellia<br />
and the Rosehill Racecourse<br />
site transform into<br />
45,000 new homes and a<br />
man-made beach.<br />
The Rosehill-Camellia<br />
Landowners Alliance<br />
(RCLA) has revealed its<br />
$25 billion vision for a<br />
new community on the<br />
amalgamated 90-hectare<br />
site – calling on the NSW<br />
Government for support.<br />
The RCLA members<br />
include Wentworth Properties,<br />
Billbergia, Abacus and<br />
the Australian Turf Club.<br />
The masterplan intends<br />
to unlock access to the<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta River waterway<br />
with a new ferry wharf, light<br />
rail, and Metro stations, all<br />
by 2050, as part of a renewed<br />
pitch to convert the Rosehill<br />
Racecourse into a new minicity.<br />
The proposed plan will<br />
also see a town centre developed<br />
as the heart of 45,000<br />
“critically-needed” new<br />
homes – including affordable<br />
housing – with retail,<br />
education and commercial<br />
space alongside community<br />
facilities, public open spaces<br />
and new infrastructure.<br />
The new homes would<br />
provide accommodation for<br />
100,000 people and generate<br />
over 15,000 jobs.<br />
Development Director of<br />
Billbergia Rick Graf said<br />
the proposal would enable<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta to “fulfil its<br />
destiny” as a global city<br />
alongside Sydney.<br />
“This is a once-in-a-century<br />
opportunity to plan<br />
strategically for an entire<br />
‘city-within-a-city’, while<br />
also unlocking access to<br />
the riverfront – activating,<br />
remediating and beautifying<br />
what is now a former<br />
industrial wasteland,” he<br />
said about Camellia.<br />
“For scale, the combined<br />
site is four times larger than<br />
Barangaroo and will accommodate<br />
100,000 people,<br />
generating over 15,000 jobs.<br />
“It will be the largest<br />
development in the history<br />
of the Central River City and<br />
is a total game-changer for<br />
western Sydney.”<br />
An artist’s impression of the proposed Camellia-Rosehill<br />
Town Centre.<br />
The proposal also reveals<br />
plans for new public spaces,<br />
including a 350-metre-long<br />
beach, opening up an<br />
additional 1.5 kilometres<br />
of waterfront along the<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta River.<br />
The new metro station<br />
would also “catalyse a<br />
three-minute economic<br />
super-hub in western<br />
Sydney,” enabling residents<br />
to commute within minutes<br />
between Westmead,<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta and Camellia.<br />
RCLA said transport infrastructure<br />
like <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
An artist’s impression of the proposed Camellia-Rosehill<br />
Town Centre.<br />
Light Rail and the Metro<br />
West provides an opportunity<br />
to develop a plan that<br />
considers the site’s strategic<br />
role over the next 50 years.<br />
That includes the longterm<br />
social infrastructure<br />
needed to support major<br />
housing supply and contribute<br />
to the status of the<br />
Central River city.<br />
The Alliance members<br />
are now calling on the State<br />
Government to collaborate<br />
with the Landowners and<br />
Council to develop a “new<br />
and visionary masterplan”<br />
to optimise the site.<br />
“The new Masterplan<br />
needs to be a highest-level<br />
collaboration between<br />
Government and the private<br />
sector investors and must<br />
have the best international<br />
expertise to crystallise<br />
the broader vision,” Graf<br />
added.<br />
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Tuesday, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2024</strong> « parra news 7
LOCAL NEWS<br />
Asbestos-riddled hall set to fall Asbestos investigation rolls on<br />
ELLIE BUSBY<br />
The fire damaged Dundas Scout Hall.<br />
ELLIE BUSBY<br />
The fire damaged Dundas Scout Hall,<br />
which has been confirmed to contain<br />
high risk asbestos, is finally set to be<br />
demolished.<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta Council has granted Scouts<br />
NSW approval to demolish the building,<br />
located at 42A Yates Avenue, Dundas Valley,<br />
at a recent Local Planning Panel meeting.<br />
An Asbestos Material Survey was submitted<br />
with the Development Application,<br />
confirming traces of friable and non-friable<br />
asbestos had been located throughout the<br />
building.<br />
But a <strong>Parra</strong>matta Council report said it<br />
“has not identified any fundamental issues<br />
of concern”.<br />
“The application along with the Detailed<br />
Site Investigation submitted by the applicant<br />
was reviewed by Council’s Environmental<br />
Health Team Leader who determined that<br />
satisfactory evidence has been provided<br />
that the site can be made suitable for the<br />
proposed development, subject to conditions<br />
of consent,” it read.<br />
Following demolition of the hall, further<br />
investigation into the potential contamination<br />
of the soil will be required for any<br />
development on the site.<br />
The Dundas Scout Hall was badly damaged<br />
by fire in December 2022, making it the<br />
second time in one month that the muchloved<br />
facility was targeted by arsonists.<br />
Although the hall hadn’t been used by<br />
an active Scout group for many years, it<br />
was often used for hire. At the time of the<br />
incident, the hall was being utilised by The<br />
Manning Foundation, who was using it as a<br />
space to store items like food and blankets to<br />
give to those in the local area.<br />
The NSW Environment<br />
Protection Authority<br />
(EPA) has reached the<br />
end of the supply chain as<br />
it traces asbestos contaminated<br />
mulch, with a total of<br />
four local sites confirmed to<br />
be positive.<br />
Although the initial phase<br />
of supply chain testing is<br />
complete, the EPA said its<br />
criminal investigation will<br />
continue to explore multiple<br />
lines of inquiry.<br />
Over the past eight weeks,<br />
around 6,500 tonnes of<br />
mulch has been tracked<br />
down, assessed and tested,<br />
with nearly 1,200 samples<br />
taken for analysis.<br />
At this stage, 75 sites have<br />
returned a positive result for<br />
asbestos in mulch, with all<br />
sites found to have low levels<br />
of asbestos contamination.<br />
Locally, the presence of<br />
bonded asbestos has been<br />
found in mulch on the<br />
Carlingford to <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
shared path in Telopea, as<br />
well as in a garden bed of<br />
the <strong>Parra</strong>matta Light Rail<br />
project, also in Telopea.<br />
Four samples taken at two<br />
landscaped sites across the<br />
Prospect Highway Interchange,<br />
between Prospect<br />
NSW EPA is continuing its investigation into traces of<br />
asbestos located in the greater Sydney area.<br />
Photo: Melinda Jane.<br />
and Blacktown, have also<br />
returned positive results for<br />
traces of bonded asbestos.<br />
All sites were fenced off to<br />
prevent any public access<br />
while a remediation plan<br />
was developed.<br />
A construction site at Westmead<br />
Children’s Hospital,<br />
which is not open to the<br />
public, has also tested positive<br />
for asbestos.<br />
The sites have been<br />
inspected by a licensed<br />
asbestos assessor and<br />
samples collected for analysis.<br />
The NSW Asbestos Taskforce<br />
said it will continue<br />
monitoring the situation<br />
while moving to broader<br />
consideration of legacy<br />
asbestos. The NSW Government<br />
has also announced<br />
it will move to tighten<br />
regulations and strengthen<br />
penalties for a range of environmental<br />
crimes.<br />
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8 parra news » Tuesday, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2024</strong>
Retirement living, elevated.<br />
Coming soon to Epping.<br />
Levande announces the launch of The Cambridge, Epping’s newest retirement community. Throughout<br />
<strong>March</strong> we will be hosting a series of Information Sessions for you to learn more about this exciting<br />
new development. Sessions include:<br />
1. An overview of The Cambridge retirement community<br />
2. Learning about the facilities and services available<br />
<br />
4. View samples of 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments<br />
<br />
6. Hearing from current Levande residents on their retirement living experience.<br />
Tuesdays, 5, <strong>12</strong> & 19 <strong>March</strong> & Wednesday 27 <strong>March</strong> at The Epping Club. 10am or 1pm (2-hour duration).<br />
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For more information or to view our display suite, scan the code or call 0421 279 288<br />
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thecambridge.levande.com.au<br />
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Tuesday, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2024</strong> « parra news 9
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The Community Love exhibition can now be seen at PHIVE. Photo: City of <strong>Parra</strong>ma ta.<br />
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Sameer Pandey and Peter Wynn in front of Wynn’s portrait. Photo: City of Pa rama ta. Community Love participant Tahera Nassrat and Lord Mayor Sameer Pandey.<br />
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A<br />
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LOCAL NEWS<br />
Festival returns this Saturday<br />
Sunday, 17th of <strong>March</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
9am - 3pm<br />
Cumberland’s Ramadan Street Festival will return this Saturday.<br />
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ELLIE BUSBY<br />
One of Cumberland Council’s most<br />
popular events, the Ramadan<br />
Street Festival, is set to return to<br />
Auburn this Saturday.<br />
The annual Ramadan Street Festival is<br />
promising to provide locals with an “authentic<br />
outdoor Ramadan dining experience” to<br />
mark the beginning of the holy month.<br />
Closing Auburn’s main street for the night,<br />
the event will feature a lineup of food trucks,<br />
street food stalls and local restaurants for<br />
visitors to enjoy.<br />
Visitors can expect to enjoy diverse food<br />
options from stalls like Dapto Hotdogs, EL’s<br />
Fried Chicken, Sydney Falafels, Lokma-<br />
Nia, Dippin’ Dots Ice cream and charcoal<br />
chicken skewers from Decan Flavours.<br />
Mayor Lisa Lake said the Ramadan Street<br />
Festival brings the community together.<br />
“Ramadan is an important holy month<br />
where our community members come<br />
together to break their fast and share in the<br />
spirit of peace and kindness,” she added.<br />
“The Ramadan Street Festival holds a<br />
special place in Council’s calendar, offering<br />
a unique chance for the community and<br />
visitors to connect, socialise and experience<br />
the magic of Ramadan under the stars<br />
within the streets of Auburn.”<br />
The ninth month of the Islamic lunar<br />
calendar, Ramadan is a sacred and holy<br />
month observed by Muslims around the<br />
world as a period of fasting, prayer, reflection<br />
and community.<br />
During this time, Muslims fast from dawn<br />
until sunset, abstaining from food, drink,<br />
smoking and sinful behaviours. The fast is<br />
broken at sunset with a meal called Iftar,<br />
which sees families and communities come<br />
together to share in the feast.<br />
Encouraging both locals and visitors to<br />
head down to Auburn this Saturday, Lake<br />
said the festival shows the best of the local<br />
multicultural community.<br />
“Auburn is one of the most multicultural<br />
communities in Australia,” she said.<br />
“It’s a melting pot of cultures and<br />
the Ramadan Street Festival showcases<br />
some of the best of our multicultural<br />
community.<br />
“We welcome everyone from across<br />
Sydney to join us in discovering the diverse<br />
food, shops and culture that makes Auburn<br />
special.”<br />
The festival will run from 7pm to midnight<br />
on Saturday, <strong>March</strong> 16. Although limited<br />
street parking will be available, visitors are<br />
being encouraged to catch public transport<br />
to the event.<br />
To find out more go to www.cumberland.<br />
nsw.gov.au/ramadan.<br />
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CHARGES AFTER GUILDFORD STABBING<br />
A 47-year-old man has been charged after a stabbing incident at a home in Guildford on<br />
Sunday. A 46-year-old man was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics for a<br />
wound to his neck, and taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.<br />
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completed works to the cricket nets<br />
at Auburn Park. This included the<br />
installation of a new slab foundation,<br />
works to the sprinkler system<br />
and the framework for the cricket<br />
nets.<br />
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one delicious bite. Now available<br />
nation-wide, Hungry Jack’s Burger<br />
Bites combines juicy beef, cheese,<br />
ketchup in a golden crispy bite.<br />
The new menu item is available<br />
at participating restaurants for a<br />
limited time only.<br />
Δ Mad Bunday: To kick off the<br />
footy season Grill’d has launched<br />
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score free burgers – introducing<br />
Mad Bunday! Open to Relish loyalty<br />
members only, the Mad Bunday 2<br />
for 1 offer runs until the end of the<br />
<strong>2024</strong> AFL and NRL seasons (unless<br />
terminated earlier) to members who<br />
have registered a preferred sporting<br />
code and team in the Relish preference<br />
centre online or in the Grill’d<br />
app. Members must sign up by<br />
11:59pm AEST on the Sunday prior<br />
to the Monday when redemption<br />
takes place to be eligible to receive<br />
the offer. Relish members will<br />
be offered a buy one, get one free<br />
voucher when their registered team<br />
wins a game, limited to one voucher<br />
per Monday – Sunday weekly<br />
period. Relish Members can only<br />
register one sporting code and team<br />
and cannot change their preferred<br />
sporting code and team throughout<br />
the season.<br />
Δ Neighbourhood store gets<br />
approval: Plans for a neighbourhood<br />
shop, consisting solely<br />
of vending and self-service<br />
machines, has received the tick of<br />
approval from City of <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
Council. Located at 1 Broughton<br />
Street, <strong>Parra</strong>matta, the new shop<br />
aims to provide an innovative<br />
contactless shopping experience<br />
for the residents of the locality with<br />
easy and fast access to daily necessity<br />
and convenience items and<br />
services. The shop is anticipated to<br />
operate from 7am to 10pm.<br />
Δ Auburn Park Cricket<br />
Nets: Cumberland Council has<br />
Δ Beer kicks goals for women:<br />
Australia’s largest women majority-owned-and-operated<br />
brewery,<br />
Reckless Brewery, has celebrated<br />
International Women’s Day with<br />
the launch of a brand new beer –<br />
the Matilda XPA! Inspired by the<br />
women’s football team that brought<br />
the country together at last year’s<br />
FIFA Women’s World Cup, the beer<br />
has been decked out in green and<br />
gold, with all proceeds to go<br />
towards the Central West<br />
Women’s Health Centre.<br />
The Matilda XPA is available<br />
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TURNING BACK TIME<br />
This amazing photo<br />
of Church Street in<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta was taken way<br />
back in 1900!<br />
The photo shows the west<br />
side looking north from<br />
Macquarie Street.<br />
The view features storefronts<br />
and public buildings<br />
including the Cumberland<br />
Cafe and sundae shop, S.<br />
J. Perry’s, T. Robinson’s<br />
(tobacconist), Coogan’s,<br />
the Telegraph Office and<br />
the Post Office.<br />
A few vehicles are parked<br />
along the street as a man<br />
steers a horse-drawn cart<br />
down the road.<br />
(Photo courtesy of City of<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta)<br />
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The opening weekend will feature<br />
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This will include the premiere of<br />
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At more than 8,000sqm, Powerhouse<br />
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The building boasts a “visible<br />
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The opening of the building is the<br />
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planted many Eucalypts and<br />
Melaleuca trees in the 1940s. These<br />
trees were used for Eucalyptus oil<br />
experiments and distillation in<br />
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Powerhouse started storing some of<br />
its collection at Castle Hill. In recent<br />
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Discovery Centre for collection<br />
objects from the Powerhouse, the<br />
Australian Museum and Museums<br />
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The expansion of Castle Hill is<br />
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Designed by French-Japanese<br />
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Powerhouse <strong>Parra</strong>matta is the<br />
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CELEBRATING SENIORS<br />
SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
Exciting events right across the west<br />
City of Canterbury Bankstown<br />
is encouraging local<br />
seniors to ‘reach beyond’ as<br />
it hosts a jam-packed program to<br />
celebrate the NSW Seniors Festival<br />
this month.<br />
Locals aged 55 years and over can<br />
take part in more than 50 exciting<br />
events and activities running from<br />
now until <strong>March</strong> 28.<br />
The program caters for the diverse<br />
needs and interests of seniors,<br />
including bus trips to Berry, learn to<br />
line dance workshops, jolly jigsaw<br />
afternoons and so much more.<br />
The popular Canterbury-Bankstown<br />
Seniors Concert will be back<br />
at Bankstown Sports Club on Thursday,<br />
<strong>March</strong> 21 with ‘Back to Tivoli’,<br />
an upbeat line-up of entertainment.<br />
There is also a range of activities<br />
available to help keep seniors<br />
healthy and active, including golf<br />
days, pickleball, laughter yoga and<br />
dance fit sessions.<br />
Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor<br />
Bilal El-Hayek said the NSW Seniors<br />
Festival is the largest gathering of<br />
seniors in CBCity and an important<br />
opportunity to celebrate their<br />
contributions.<br />
“Our senior citizens have played<br />
a crucial role in building the foundations<br />
of our City today,” El-Hayek<br />
said.<br />
“Last year, we saw thousands<br />
come together to celebrate and<br />
connect with our diverse range of<br />
activities.<br />
“And as this year’s theme ‘Reach<br />
Beyond’ points out, I encourage all<br />
seniors in our City to get out of their<br />
comfort zones and try something<br />
new.<br />
“We have some exciting new<br />
offerings this year including fishing,<br />
sustainable jewellery making and<br />
new locations for our bus trips. Take<br />
advantage of the many wonderful<br />
activities, have fun and meet new<br />
people!”<br />
Informative workshops by Seniors<br />
Rights Service will also be available<br />
to offer tips on keeping safe, planning<br />
ahead and managing finances,<br />
along with sessions by Services<br />
NSW to navigate the Savings Finder<br />
website.<br />
Tickets for the bus trips are on<br />
sale at Campsie and Bankstown<br />
Customer Service Centres and<br />
concert tickets are on sale at Bankstown<br />
Sports Club.<br />
See the full program of activities<br />
at cb.city/SeniorsFestival or pick<br />
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CELEBRATING SENIORS<br />
SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta puts on a show for seniors<br />
Local seniors are invited to<br />
enjoy a series of free and low<br />
cost events and activities<br />
this month as part of the <strong>2024</strong> NSW<br />
Seniors Festival.<br />
The Seniors Festival, themed<br />
“Reach Beyond”, will celebrate<br />
the valuable contributions<br />
of local seniors aged 60 and over<br />
with a variety of activities including<br />
Pulitzer Prize winning show Wit<br />
and seven cinema screenings at<br />
Riverside Theatres, plus a range of<br />
live shows, exercise classes, tours<br />
and much more at <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
Aquatic Centre (PAC), <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
Library and PHIVE.<br />
City of <strong>Parra</strong>matta Lord Mayor<br />
Pierre Esber said Council is<br />
committed to supporting seniors<br />
in remaining active and engaged in<br />
their later years.<br />
“Our seniors are important<br />
members of our community who<br />
have contributed to our area for<br />
many years, and this is a chance to<br />
give something back,” Esber said.<br />
“We know how important it is<br />
for our seniors to be able to access<br />
as many activities as possible in<br />
their local community so that they<br />
remain active and connected with<br />
others. I encourage locals to check<br />
out what’s on offer and take the<br />
chance to catch up with old friends<br />
or connect with new ones.”<br />
The festival’s lineup includes the<br />
screenings of ‘Bob Marley: One<br />
Love’, ‘A Star is Born’, ‘My Favourite<br />
Things: Rodgers and Hammerstein<br />
80th Anniversary concert’, ‘The<br />
Mavis Bramston Show’ and Oscar<br />
Nominated Short Films at Riverside<br />
Theatres.<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta Aquatic Centre is<br />
offering a free PAC ‘Walk the Ring’<br />
Facility Tour, as well as free exercise<br />
sessions including Gentle Aqua,<br />
‘Keep Watch’ Water Safety and<br />
Drowning Prevention sessions<br />
and a range of gentle exercise<br />
sessions.<br />
At PHIVE and <strong>Parra</strong>matta Libraries,<br />
indulge in Zumba Gold and<br />
Sound healing using singing bowl<br />
therapy for relaxation and self-care,<br />
alongside classes tailored to assist<br />
local seniors with everyday life,<br />
including Explore Ageing and Brain<br />
Health, managing digital assets,<br />
and a range of tech-savvy sessions<br />
in different languages.<br />
For a full list of free and discounted<br />
activities available for local seniors<br />
during the <strong>2024</strong> festival, please visit<br />
the City of <strong>Parra</strong>matta Council’s<br />
website.<br />
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HOROSCOPES<br />
Relax & Unwind<br />
AQUARIUS<br />
JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19<br />
PISCES<br />
FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20<br />
ARIES<br />
MARCH 21 TO APRIL 20<br />
The Sun, Venus, Saturn and Neptune<br />
are all stimulating your cash zone.<br />
Letting finances take their own course<br />
seems tempting but you need to keep<br />
up to speed with money matters. If you<br />
increase your financial literacy then it<br />
will pay off handsomely further down the<br />
track, as you replace short-term whims<br />
with wise long-term strategies. With<br />
Mars visiting your sign (until <strong>March</strong> 22)<br />
you need to be proactive about personal<br />
projects and future plans.<br />
Perceptive Pisceans have an uncanny<br />
sixth sense. And you’ll be using it in<br />
spades as the Sun, Venus, Saturn and<br />
Neptune all meander through your sign.<br />
You’ll feel increasingly inspired, compassionate<br />
and/or spiritually inclined. So<br />
it’s the perfect time to break out the<br />
paint brushes, dance in the moonlight,<br />
help someone in need or explore a<br />
new spiritual practice. Sunday’s Sun/<br />
Neptune hook-up particularly highlights<br />
romance, creativity and healing.<br />
Are you confused about which path<br />
to follow? Pay close attention to your<br />
nightly dreams. They are full of creative<br />
ideas and symbolic wisdom that can<br />
lead you in the right direction. Painters,<br />
artists, writers, musicians, and performers<br />
will feel particularly inspired as the<br />
Sun, Neptune, Venus and Saturn boost<br />
creativity and productivity. Some Rams<br />
will bump into a lover from the past. But<br />
do you really want to travel down that<br />
rocky road again?<br />
TAURUS<br />
APRIL 21 TO MAY 21<br />
GEMINI<br />
MAY 22 TO JUNE 21<br />
CANCER<br />
JUNE 22 TO JULY 22<br />
JOANNE<br />
MADELINE MOORE<br />
Boho Astro<br />
bohoastro.com<br />
@JoMadelineMoore<br />
© Joanne Madeline Moore <strong>2024</strong><br />
Don’t become so focused on the busyness<br />
and miniature of day-to-day life<br />
that you lose sight of the bigger picture.<br />
Look beyond the horizon Bulls! Being<br />
proactive at work, setting short-term and<br />
long-term goals, dreaming big dreams,<br />
and socialising with your extended peer<br />
group are the secrets to a successful<br />
week. Beyond that, your motto for the<br />
future is from birthday great, singer-songwriter<br />
James Taylor, “The secret<br />
of life is enjoying the passage of time.”<br />
There’s a positive Mercury/Pluto link<br />
and no less than seven planets are activating<br />
your career and aspirations zones.<br />
So it’s time to have ambitious dreams<br />
and set humongous goals. Stop procrastinating<br />
and instead, ask yourself an<br />
important question, “Do I need to tweak<br />
my dreams to make them a more honest<br />
reflection of the real me?” Your motto is<br />
from entertainer (and birthday great)<br />
Liza Minnelli, “Don’t listen to anyone<br />
who doesn’t know how to dream.”<br />
Trusting your intuition and helping<br />
others are the main themes this week.<br />
It’s time to think philosophically and<br />
feel an essential part of a wider international<br />
community. Your thoughts<br />
are important, your words matter, and<br />
your actions can make a real difference.<br />
Draw inspiration from fellow Cancerian,<br />
Princess Diana, “Carry out a random<br />
act of kindness, with no expectation of<br />
reward, safe in the knowledge that one<br />
day someone might do the same for you.”<br />
L E O<br />
JULY 23 TO AUGUST 23<br />
V I R G O<br />
AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 23<br />
L I B R A<br />
SEPTEMBER 24 TO OCTOBER 23<br />
The Sun (your patron planet) links up<br />
with Neptune in the gentle, mystical<br />
sign of Pisces. So slow down and calm<br />
down Cats! Tap into your imaginative,<br />
intuitive, spiritual side. Dream a special<br />
dream that will propel you into a magical<br />
future. And aim to surround yourself<br />
with family and friends who support<br />
your aspirations and encourage your<br />
creativity. Your motto is from birthday<br />
great, Albert Einstein, “Imagination is<br />
more important than knowledge.”<br />
Monday favours study, research,<br />
intense conversations and solving<br />
problems. Attached Virgo – is your<br />
relationship stuck in a time-warp where<br />
it’s been difficult to move forward? This<br />
week’s stars bring a shift in perspective,<br />
as you view your partner in a promising<br />
new light. Single Virgo – are you sick and<br />
tired of looking for love? Your Prince or<br />
Princess is waiting in the wings, but you<br />
may have to kiss a few frogs before you<br />
finally find them!<br />
Venus (your ruling planet) shifts into<br />
Pisces, so you’ll be at your flirtatious best<br />
as you charm the cynics and dazzle the<br />
doubters. If you’re attached, it’s time to<br />
rejuvenate the relationship with some<br />
good old-fashioned romance. Single<br />
Libra – you could meet your soul mate<br />
while you’re doing routine daily chores<br />
like grocery shopping or walking the<br />
dog. But be careful your luxury-loving<br />
urge to splurge doesn’t spin out of control<br />
via a spontaneous spending spree.<br />
SCORPIO<br />
OCTOBER 24 TO NOVEMBER 22<br />
SAGITTARIUS<br />
NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 21<br />
CAPRICORN<br />
DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20<br />
Monday’s Mercury/Pluto link is good<br />
for strategising, organising work projects<br />
and planning the domestic week ahead.<br />
For the rest of the week, you’ll feel more<br />
inspired than usual as four planets<br />
stimulate your self-expression zone. Use<br />
the power of your imagination to solve<br />
problems and soar into higher realms of<br />
creativity. Your motto is from birthday<br />
great Albert Einstein, “Logic will get you<br />
from A to B. Imagination will take you<br />
everywhere.”<br />
Family matters and domestic DIY<br />
projects are favoured this week, as lucky<br />
Venus starts transiting through your<br />
home zone. Can you figure out a problem<br />
that has got loved ones stymied? They’re<br />
expecting you to come up with the goods<br />
so get creative! For many Sagittarians,<br />
good fortune and family are linked.<br />
You’ll also find the more time and effort<br />
you put into local travel, education,<br />
communication, and social media, the<br />
more successful you’ll be.<br />
Financial matters and family conversations<br />
are favoured on Monday, and<br />
Sunday is a great time for a romantic<br />
rendezvous. Venus joins the Sun, Saturn<br />
and Neptune in your neighbourhood<br />
zone on Tuesday, so the rest of the week<br />
is wonderful for fostering positive feelings<br />
within your local community. Your<br />
motto is from fellow Capricorn, Michelle<br />
Obama, “The difference between a<br />
broken community and a thriving one is<br />
the presence of women who are valued.”<br />
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ENTERTAINMENT<br />
MOVIES, TELEVISION, MUSIC AND MORE – PARRAMATTA’S LEADING ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE<br />
CAMPBELL<br />
GOES OLD<br />
SCHOOL<br />
CASSIDY PEARCE<br />
Despite releasing the album<br />
over 15 years ago,<br />
David Campbell has<br />
fallen back in love with<br />
‘Good Lovin’’.<br />
After releasing his most recent album<br />
‘The Saturday Sessions’ in 2021,<br />
Campbell was touring Australia doing<br />
swing shows, keeping his foot in<br />
the touring game primarily for the<br />
sake of promotion.<br />
But, when asked to do a show at<br />
Penrith Panthers in 2022, he made<br />
a game-changing decision to switch<br />
it up by bringing back ‘Good Lovin’’.<br />
“I was speaking to my musical director<br />
who’s been with me for 22<br />
years, and we were going through<br />
stuff and started talking about a oneoff<br />
corporate gig where we did 20<br />
minutes and just pulled out some of<br />
these old songs again, and I was like,<br />
‘That was really fun doing up-tempo,<br />
I really don’t want to just do swing<br />
music again – can we just do something<br />
different?,” he said.<br />
“We pulled out this old setlist and<br />
gave it a bit of a zhuzh, put some<br />
newer stuff in and some stuff that<br />
we’d learned along the way since<br />
we’d done that tour, and then Mahalia<br />
[Barnes] was like, ‘I’m around,<br />
do you want me to jump on in?’, because<br />
she did that show with me at<br />
the time.”<br />
For Campbell, realising he could<br />
tour without the pressure of promotion<br />
made a world of a difference.<br />
“I realised that was why I wanted<br />
to do shows in the first place – it was<br />
all about having fun, getting together<br />
with people, and just doing great<br />
music with great people and the audience<br />
going off,” he said.<br />
For the last two years, Campbell<br />
has been doing a version of the show<br />
he originally toured after the 2008<br />
album’s release, newly titled ‘Good<br />
Lovin’ & More’, though he promises<br />
it isn’t getting stale, having constantly<br />
made changes since.<br />
“It just evolves, it’s constantly moving.<br />
Sometimes going in, I might say<br />
to [my musical director], ‘I don’t<br />
know about that song, let’s try something<br />
else this week’,” he said.<br />
“We can be more organic, whereas<br />
before, we only had that album in<br />
2009, and that was all the songs we<br />
had done. Now, we have another 15<br />
years of songs and touring experience<br />
where we can say, ‘That didn’t<br />
work’, or ‘Maybe that audience<br />
needs this’.”<br />
Having originated the show here,<br />
Campbell said he can’t wait to bring<br />
it back to Penrith in the EVAN Theatre<br />
on <strong>March</strong> 23.<br />
“The audiences there have a real<br />
sense that they are here to go off,<br />
they’re here to listen, they’re here<br />
to laugh, they’re here to cry, they’re<br />
here to party,” he said.<br />
“It always makes me happy<br />
playing that room, and<br />
I know it really, really<br />
well. Sometimes you<br />
have the luxury and<br />
the privilege of playing<br />
somewhere over<br />
and over again, and Panthers<br />
is one of those places.<br />
I really enjoy playing it, and<br />
the audiences never disappoint<br />
me.”<br />
With this show a part of<br />
Great Southern Nights,<br />
Campbell is encouraging<br />
everyone to get out and<br />
about, not just to his show,<br />
but to as many as humanly<br />
possible.<br />
“Go out and see a lot<br />
of bands, go out and see<br />
bands you haven’t seen in<br />
a while, see an artist maybe<br />
like me that you’ve never<br />
seen,” he said.<br />
“That’s what’s been really<br />
fun, and what’s fun about this<br />
[Great Southern Nights] concept<br />
– not only is it great for<br />
Australian music, it’s great for<br />
punters.”<br />
David Campbell’s ‘Good<br />
Lovin’ & More’ will be on at<br />
Penrith Panthers on Saturday,<br />
<strong>March</strong> 23 at 8pm. Tickets are<br />
$74.50. For more information<br />
or to book, visit penrith.panthers.com.au.<br />
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THINGS TO DO<br />
Story Time at <strong>Parra</strong>matta Library<br />
Let little minds marvel as some of their favourite children’s<br />
books are brought to life at Story Time, held on level 1 in the<br />
children’s area of the <strong>Parra</strong>matta Library at PHIVE every day.<br />
Each session runs for 30 minutes. It’s free to join, and no<br />
bookings are needed. Visit cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au for<br />
more information.<br />
Celebrating seniors in <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
Local seniors are invited to enjoy a series of free and low-cost<br />
events this month as part of the <strong>2024</strong> NSW Seniors Festival, on<br />
now in <strong>Parra</strong>matta. Whether you want to enjoy a range of live<br />
shows, exercise classes, or tours across <strong>Parra</strong>matta Aquatic<br />
Centre (PAC), <strong>Parra</strong>matta Library and PHIVE, there is truly<br />
something for everyone. Visit cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au.<br />
Milestone for Men’s Shed<br />
To celebrate 10 years in operation, <strong>Parra</strong>matta District Men’s<br />
Shed will be putting on a garage sale and open day this<br />
Saturday, <strong>March</strong> 16 at 1 Fleet St, North <strong>Parra</strong>matta. Bring your<br />
friends and family along to tour the shed, chat to the members,<br />
and perhaps even join yourself. For more information, visit<br />
parramattadms.org.<br />
BARGAIN BUYS<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta Farmers Market<br />
Held every Wednesday in Centenary<br />
Square, <strong>Parra</strong>matta. For more details<br />
call 9806 5315.<br />
BUSINESS<br />
Merrylands Chamber of Commerce<br />
Regular events.<br />
For more information about<br />
membership and upcoming events,<br />
visit merrylandschamberofcommerce.<br />
com.au or call 1300 404 403.<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta Chamber of Commerce<br />
Regular meetings. 9635 0022.<br />
COMMUNITY GROUPS<br />
Rotary Club of <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
Regular meetings. New members<br />
welcome. For more information, visit<br />
www.parramattacityrotary.org.au.<br />
Lions Club of <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
Board Meeting second Wednesday<br />
of each month. Dinner Social night<br />
fourth Saturday of each month. New<br />
members welcome. Contact Graham<br />
Estreich on 0432 343 677.<br />
Pennant Hills VIEW Club<br />
Pennant Hills VIEW Club meets for<br />
lunch on the second Tuesday of each<br />
month at 11am at Oatlands Golf Club.<br />
Meetings consist of a two course<br />
lunch followed by an interesting guest<br />
speaker. Visitors and new members are<br />
welcome. Call Margaret on 9873 2402.<br />
Greystanes Probus Club<br />
Meetings are held on the 3rd Monday<br />
of the month at Wentworthville<br />
Leagues Club, 10am for 10.30am start.<br />
Visitors and New Members are<br />
welcome. Call Lynette 0403 338 337.<br />
COMMUNITY SERVICES<br />
City of <strong>Parra</strong>matta Food Service<br />
City of <strong>Parra</strong>matta coordinates a<br />
traditional Meals on Wheels service,<br />
the Let’s Dine Out restaurant option<br />
and a Social Lunch Program. For<br />
details, call 9806 5005.<br />
JP Service<br />
Justice of the Peace available at<br />
Carlingford Court Shopping Centre<br />
on Tuesdays from 11 am to 1pm, and<br />
Thursdays 4pm to 6pm.<br />
MUSEUMS & HISTORY<br />
Armory Gallery<br />
Part of the Newington Armory site,<br />
the Armory Gallery is housed in<br />
Building 18, near the <strong>Parra</strong>matta River,<br />
and is one of the largest armament<br />
storehouses constructed prior to<br />
World War II. Open Saturday and<br />
Sunday 10am to 4pm. Call 9714 7888.<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta & District Historical<br />
Society<br />
General Meetings held on the third<br />
Monday of each month at 7.30pm,<br />
Burnside Gardens Community Centre,<br />
Oatlands. Call 9635 6924.<br />
Old Government House<br />
Old Government House is the oldest<br />
surviving public building in Australia<br />
and one of 11 recognised convict sites<br />
that tell the story of Australia’s forced<br />
convict migration. Open Thursday-<br />
Friday 10am-4pm, Saturday-Sunday<br />
11am-4pm. Last entry 3.30pm. Call<br />
9635 8149 for details.<br />
SPORT GROUPS<br />
PCYC <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
Various programs held weekly.<br />
9635 8242.<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta Lions Junior AFL<br />
0401 742 684.<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta District Cricket<br />
pdca@bigpond.com<br />
SUPPORT GROUPS<br />
Gamblers Anonymous<br />
Fridays 7.30pm. 0408 725 955.<br />
Al-Anon meeting<br />
Tuesdays 7.30pm, Westmead Domain<br />
Community Room. 1300 ALANON.<br />
Alcoholics Anonymous<br />
Sundays 10am to 10.30am.<br />
Granville Town Hall.<br />
Head to Health <strong>Parra</strong>matta<br />
Free mental health service for<br />
individuals of all ages. Call 1800 595<br />
2<strong>12</strong> for details.<br />
Relationships Australia<br />
Counselling for individuals, couples<br />
and families. Domestic violence<br />
support group also available. Level 6<br />
/ <strong>12</strong>6 Church Street, <strong>Parra</strong>matta. Call<br />
1300 364 277.<br />
Open Studio<br />
Art-making program designed to<br />
assist with mental health. Sessions<br />
held regularly at Wentworthville. Call<br />
8806 1337 for information.<br />
Lifeline: 13 11 14.<br />
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COUNTRY<br />
CORNER<br />
Ballerini to host CMT Awards<br />
Kelsea Ballerini (pictured below) is back as<br />
host of the CMT Music Awards, which will be<br />
held on Sunday, April 7 in the United States.<br />
The <strong>2024</strong> CMT Music Awards will be held<br />
at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. Unlike<br />
previous years, in <strong>2024</strong>, Ballerini will host<br />
the show alone. She had co-hosts on past<br />
shows, including Kane Brown and Anthony<br />
Mackie.<br />
An Australian airdate is yet to be<br />
announced and a broadcaster has not been<br />
confirmed, though it is expected to air on<br />
Foxtel via the CMT channel.<br />
“I couldn’t be more excited to be back for<br />
my fourth year with my CMT family to host<br />
this year’s CMT Music Awards in Austin,<br />
Texas,” Ballerini said.<br />
“Hosting an awards show that celebrates<br />
the music that the fans love most has been<br />
an honour, and I know this year will be<br />
another unforgettable night.”<br />
Urban releases new music<br />
Aussie country export Keith Urban has<br />
dropped a new track, ‘Messed Up As Me’.<br />
“Most of us have been in dysfunctional<br />
relationships before, where there’s not a lot<br />
of compatibility, except for that one area<br />
where it’s so good you put up with all the<br />
rest. A phone call or a night out and you’re<br />
right back where you shouldn’t be,” Urban<br />
says of the track.<br />
It’s available now on all the usual streaming<br />
services.<br />
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THE BRAND NEW<br />
Bradfield Bulletin<br />
www. bradfieldbulletin.com.au<br />
Ashton excited about new song<br />
She’s been performing it on the road for<br />
a while now, but Kassi Ashton (pictured<br />
above) has finally dropped ‘Called Crazy’ to<br />
the streaming services.<br />
The song has ‘hit’ written all over it – and<br />
is set to build on country radio ahead of the<br />
American summer.<br />
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At the movies...<br />
PREVIEW<br />
PREVIEW<br />
The Great Escaper<br />
Imaginary<br />
1 hour, 36 minutes 1 hour, 45 minutes<br />
In the summer of 2014, Bernard Jordan<br />
(Michael Caine) made global headlines.<br />
He had staged a “great escape” from his<br />
care home to join fellow war veterans on<br />
a beach in Normandy, commemorating<br />
their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings<br />
70th anniversary.<br />
It was a story that captured the imagination<br />
of the world as Bernie embodied the<br />
defiant, “can-do” spirit of a generation<br />
that was fast disappearing. But of course,<br />
it wasn’t the whole story. It was an inspirational<br />
but sanitised retelling of one man’s<br />
need to come to terms with the lasting<br />
trauma of war.<br />
Bernie’s adventure, spanning a mere 48<br />
hours, also marked the culmination of his<br />
60-year marriage to Rene (Glenda Jackson).<br />
‘The Great Escaper’ celebrates their<br />
enduring love.<br />
From Blumhouse, the<br />
genre-defining masterminds<br />
behind ‘Five Nights<br />
At Freddy’s’ and ‘M3GAN’,<br />
comes an original horror<br />
that taps into the innocence<br />
of imaginary friends<br />
– and begs the question:<br />
Are they really figments of<br />
childhood imagination or<br />
is something more terrifying<br />
lying just beneath?<br />
When Jessica (DeWanda<br />
Wise) moves back into<br />
her childhood home with<br />
her family, her youngest<br />
stepdaughter Alice (Pyper<br />
Braun) develops an eerie<br />
attachment to a stuffed<br />
bear named Chauncey she<br />
finds in the basement. Alice<br />
starts playing games with<br />
Chauncey that begin playful<br />
and become increasingly<br />
sinister. As Alice’s behaviour<br />
becomes more and<br />
more concerning, Jessica<br />
intervenes only to realise<br />
Chauncey is much more<br />
than the stuffed toy bear<br />
she believed him to be.<br />
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Nathan Taylor<br />
TV NEWS<br />
Ê Channel Seven comedy special ‘The<br />
Roast of John Cleese’ will air on Tuesday,<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong> at 7.30pm. Roastmaster Shane<br />
Jacobson is joined by Tom Gleeson, Joel<br />
Creasey, Christie Whelan Browne, Steve<br />
Vizard, Lehmo, Alex Lee, Lawrence Mooney,<br />
Damien Power, Stephen Hall and Rhonda<br />
Burchmore, firing good-natured insults and<br />
jokes at the former ‘Fawlty Towers’ star. I<br />
saw a preview of this a few weeks’ back and<br />
it has its moments for sure, but it’s clear the<br />
84-year-old comedy legend is in his twilight<br />
years and it’s quite sad to witness.<br />
Ê Paramount+ has announced a new series<br />
order for the next chapter in the ‘NCIS’<br />
franchise, starring Cote de Pablo and Michael<br />
Weatherly, who will reprise their roles as<br />
fan-favourite characters Ziva David and<br />
Tony DiNozzo. Slated to start production<br />
later this year, the 10-episode order of the<br />
all-new NCIS spinoff reunites de Pablo and<br />
Weatherly on screen for the first time in 10<br />
years. After Ziva’s supposed death, Tony left<br />
the NCIS team to go raise their daughter.<br />
Years later, Ziva was discovered alive, leading<br />
her to complete one final mission with NCIS<br />
NOW<br />
APPLE TV+<br />
THE RELUCTANT TRAVELLER WITH<br />
EUGENE LEVY<br />
MARCH <strong>12</strong> 7.30PM THE ROAST OF JOHN CLEESE, CHANNEL SEVEN<br />
before she was reunited with Tony and their<br />
daughter in Paris. Since then – and where we<br />
find them in the new Paramount+ original<br />
series – Tony and Ziva have been raising their<br />
daughter, Tali, together. When Tony’s security<br />
company is attacked, they must go on<br />
the run across Europe, try to figure out who<br />
is after them and maybe even learn to trust<br />
each other again so that they can finally have<br />
their unconventional happily ever after.<br />
Ê The US version of ‘The Amazing Race’ is<br />
returning to Channel Seven next week. Season<br />
36 of the Emmy Award-winning series<br />
will be fast-tracked to 7Plus on Thursday,<br />
<strong>March</strong> 14. Twins, a pair of Air Force pilots, a<br />
duo of firefighter mums, and a former firstround<br />
NFL draft pick and his wife, will race<br />
across the globe for the $1 million prize.<br />
Ê Following the departure of interior<br />
designer Bobby Berk, Netflix series ‘Queer<br />
Eye has finally found his replacement.<br />
Jeremiah Brent, the founder of Jeremiah<br />
Brent Design and lifestyle brand Atrio, will<br />
join the cast for their upcoming season in Las<br />
Vegas. Brent is no stranger to these types of<br />
programs having appeared on ‘The Rachel<br />
Zoe Project’ and Netflix’s ‘Say I Do’. Filming<br />
on the Vegas ‘Queer Eye’ gets underway in<br />
the coming months.<br />
Ê Great news for fans of FOX One soap ‘The<br />
Young and the Restless’ following its renewal<br />
for another four years. It means our mums<br />
and grandmas can enjoy all the drama of<br />
Genoa City until 2028.<br />
Ê Dreaming of a trip to Europe? The new<br />
season of ‘The Reluctant Traveller with<br />
Eugene Levy’ has landed on Apple TV+. The<br />
seven-part second season of the acclaimed<br />
country-hopping travel series follows Levy<br />
as he makes his way from the very North of<br />
Europe to the very South. Along the way, he<br />
journeys to stunning hidden gems, unearths<br />
his family tree, and attempts to broaden his<br />
taste buds.<br />
HAVE<br />
YOUR SAY<br />
SHAPE OUR CITY’S<br />
GREEN SPINE<br />
CIVIC LINK BLOCK 3<br />
Council, in partnership with the NSW Government, is working<br />
to deliver our aspirational Civic Link, a green pedestrian spine that<br />
links <strong>Parra</strong>matta Square to the <strong>Parra</strong>matta River.<br />
We’ve developed a design for Horwood Place running from George<br />
Street to Phillip Street that incorporates <strong>Parra</strong>matta’s history and<br />
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Tuesday <strong>12</strong> <strong>March</strong><br />
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ANDREW CHARLTON MP<br />
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TV Guide: MARCH <strong>12</strong> – 18 Your guide to the week’s television viewing<br />
6:00 <strong>News</strong> Breakfast 9:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> 10:00<br />
Foreign Correspondent 10:30 Kurt<br />
Fearnley’s One Plus One (PG) 11:00<br />
Antiques Roadshow <strong>12</strong>:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> 1:00<br />
Call The Midwife (PG) 2:00 Anh’s Brush<br />
With Fame (PG) 2:30 Back Roads 3:00 The<br />
Cook And The Chef 3:25 Tenable 4:10<br />
Antiques Roadshow 5:10 Grand Designs<br />
(PG) 6:00 Back Roads 6:30 Hard Quiz (PG)<br />
7:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> 7:30 7.30 8:00 Back Roads<br />
(PG) 8:30 Better Date Than Never (PG)<br />
2:30 Feel Good Road<br />
Trips (PG) 3:00 The<br />
Hotel Inspector (PG)<br />
4:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue<br />
4:30 Better Homes And<br />
Gardens 5:30 Escape To The<br />
Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt<br />
7:30 Call The Midwife (PG)<br />
8:40 A Touch Of Frost (M l,v)<br />
5:00 Hardball 5:25<br />
Miraculous: Tales Of<br />
Ladybug And Cat Noir<br />
(PG) 5:55 So Awkward 6:30<br />
Operation Ouch! 7:00 Horrible<br />
Histories 7:40 The Penguins Of<br />
Madagascar 8:00 Hotel<br />
Transylvania (PG) 8:25 Almost<br />
Naked Animals<br />
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show (PG)<br />
11:30 Seven Morning <strong>News</strong> <strong>12</strong>:00<br />
Australian Idol (PG) 1:10 Surveillance Oz<br />
(PG) 1:30 Coastwatch Oz (PG) 2:00 Psych<br />
(M l,v) 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) 4:00 Seven<br />
<strong>News</strong> At 4 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG)<br />
6:00 Seven <strong>News</strong> 7:00 Home And Away<br />
(PG) 7:30 The Roast Of John Cleese (M)<br />
9:10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA<br />
(MA15+) 10:10 First Dates UK (M) 11:15<br />
Born To Kill? (MA15+)<br />
2:00 Frozen Gold (PG)<br />
3:00 Billy The<br />
Exterminator (PG) 3:30<br />
Cities Of The Underworld (PG)<br />
4:30 Storage Wars (PG) 5:00<br />
American Restoration (PG)<br />
5:30 American Pickers (PG)<br />
6:30 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30<br />
Outback Truckers (PG)<br />
3:00 ABC <strong>News</strong><br />
Afternoons 4:00<br />
Afternoon Briefing 5:00<br />
ABC <strong>News</strong> With Joe O’Brien<br />
6:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> Hour 7:00<br />
ABC National <strong>News</strong> 7:30 ABC<br />
Evening <strong>News</strong> 8:00 ABC <strong>News</strong><br />
Tonight 8:45 The Business<br />
9:00 The World<br />
<strong>12</strong>:00 9-1-1 (M v) 3:00<br />
Modern Family (PG)<br />
3:30 Dr Harry’s Animal<br />
Encounters (PG) 4:30 Bondi<br />
Vet (PG) 6:30 First Dates<br />
Australia (PG) 7:35 First Dates<br />
UK (M s) 8:40 Movie: “Easy<br />
A” (M s) (’10) Stars: Emma<br />
Stone<br />
4:25 Circle Square 5:00<br />
Peppa Pig 5:35 Pop<br />
Paper City 5:55<br />
Fireman Sam 6:30 Peter<br />
Rabbit 7:05 Riley Rocket 7:30<br />
Spicks And Specks 8:00 Would<br />
I Lie To You? (PG) 8:30 Adam<br />
Hills: The Last Leg (M) 9:15<br />
Upstart Crow (M s)<br />
6:00 Today 6:30 Today Extra 11:30 NINE<br />
<strong>News</strong> Morning <strong>12</strong>:00 Married At First Sight<br />
(M l,s) 1:30 Getaway (PG) 2:00 Pointless<br />
(PG) 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) 4:00 NINE<br />
<strong>News</strong> Afternoon 5:00 Tipping Point Australia<br />
(PG) 6:00 NINE <strong>News</strong> 7:00 A Current Affair<br />
(PG) 7:30 Married At First Sight (M l,s) 9:00<br />
The Hundred With Andy Lee (PG) 10:00<br />
NINE <strong>News</strong> Late 10:30 Travel Guides NZ<br />
(PG) 11:30 Family Law (M) <strong>12</strong>:15 Tipping<br />
Point (PG) 1:10 Pointless (PG)<br />
3:35 The Magic Canoe<br />
4:00 Toi Time 4:30<br />
Spartakus And The Sun<br />
Beneath The Sea 5:00 Our<br />
Stories 5:30 Indian Country<br />
6:00 Bamay 6:40 NITV <strong>News</strong><br />
Update 6:50 Coastal Africa<br />
7:45 Wellington Paranormal<br />
(PG) 8:40 Ice Cowboys (M)<br />
5:00 Everyday Gourmet<br />
With Justine Schofield<br />
5:30 Pati’s Mexican<br />
Table 6:00 Luke Nguyen’s<br />
Food Trail 6:30 Mary Makes It<br />
Easy 7:00 The Cook Up With<br />
Adam Liaw 7:30 Mary Berry’s<br />
Love To Cook 8:00 Paula<br />
McIntyre’s Hamely Kitchen<br />
10:00 Farm To Fork 10:30 Judge Judy (PG)<br />
11:00 Dr Phil (M) <strong>12</strong>:00 10 <strong>News</strong> First:<br />
Midday 1:00 Entertainment Tonight (PG)<br />
1:20 Judge Judy (PG) 1:50 Australian<br />
Survivor (PG) 3:00 Farm To Fork 3:30 10<br />
<strong>News</strong> First: Afternoon 4:00 Neighbours (PG)<br />
4:30 The Bold & The Beautiful (PG) 5:00 10<br />
<strong>News</strong> First 6:00 Deal Or No Deal (PG) 6:30<br />
The Project (PG) 7:30 Australian Survivor<br />
(PG) 8:30 NCIS (M v) 10:30 NCIS: Los<br />
Angeles (M v) 11:30 The Project (PG)<br />
8:30 Diagnosis Murder<br />
(PG) 9:30 Jake And<br />
The Fatman (PG) 10:30<br />
JAG (PG) <strong>12</strong>:30 In The Dark<br />
(M) 1:30 NCIS (M) 2:30 Jake<br />
And The Fatman (PG) 3:30<br />
Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:30<br />
JAG (PG) 7:30 Bull (PG) 9:25<br />
FBI (M) <strong>12</strong>:15 Home Shopping<br />
4:05 PBS <strong>News</strong> Hour<br />
5:05 The Joy Of<br />
Painting With Bob Ross<br />
5:35 TVNZ 1<strong>News</strong> At Six 6:15<br />
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (PG) 6:40<br />
Jeopardy! 7:30 NITV <strong>News</strong><br />
Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats<br />
Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30<br />
Vikings: The Rise And Fall (M)<br />
1:00 The King Of<br />
Queens (PG) 2:00 The<br />
Big Bang Theory (PG)<br />
3:00 Rules Of Engagement<br />
(PG) 4:00 Farm To Fork 4:30<br />
Becker (PG) 5:30 Frasier (PG)<br />
6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00<br />
The Big Bang Theory (PG)<br />
8:30 Two And A Half Men (PG)<br />
4:30 The Addams<br />
Family 5:00 Bewitched<br />
5:30 I Dream Of<br />
Jeannie 6:00 Everybody Loves<br />
Raymond (PG) 7:00 The<br />
Nanny (PG) 7:30 Seinfeld (PG)<br />
8:30 Movie: “The Wolf Of Wall<br />
Street” (MA15+) (’13) Stars:<br />
Leonardo DiCaprio<br />
5:00 Worldwatch 9:20 Make Me A Dealer<br />
10:10 Kew Gardens 11:00 Food Markets - In<br />
The Belly Of (PG) (In English/ Finnish) <strong>12</strong>:00<br />
Worldwatch 2:10 The 2010s (PG) 3:00<br />
Mastermind 3:35 The Cook Up With Adam<br />
Liaw (PG) 4:05 The Swap (PG) 5:05<br />
Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers<br />
6:00 Mastermind Australia (PG) 6:30 SBS<br />
World <strong>News</strong> 7:30 Who Do You Think You<br />
Are? (PG) 8:30 Insight (M) 9:30 Dateline (M)<br />
10:00 SBS World <strong>News</strong> Late<br />
2:00 Ugliest House In<br />
America 3:00 The Block<br />
(PG) 4:00 Barnwood<br />
Builders 5:00 Flip Or Flop 6:00<br />
House Hunters International<br />
7:00 House Hunters USA 7:30<br />
Beyond The Farm: Men At<br />
Work 8:30 Holiday Homes In<br />
The Sun<br />
1:50 Dr Quinn Medicine<br />
Woman (PG) 2:50<br />
Antiques Roadshow<br />
3:20 Movie: “The Rebel” (G)<br />
(’61) Stars: George Sanders<br />
5:30 Yorkshire Auction House<br />
6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30<br />
New Tricks (M) 8:40 Agatha<br />
Christie’s Marple (M l,v)<br />
6:00 <strong>News</strong> Breakfast 9:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> 10:00<br />
Four Corners (PG) 10:45 Q+A (PG) <strong>12</strong>:00<br />
ABC <strong>News</strong> <strong>12</strong>:30 National Press Club<br />
Address 1:35 Media Watch 2:00 Anh’s<br />
Brush With Fame (PG) 2:30 Back Roads<br />
3:00 The Cook And The Chef 3:25 Tenable<br />
4:15 Antiques Roadshow 5:15 Grand<br />
Designs (PG) 6:00 Back Roads 6:30 Hard<br />
Quiz (PG) 7:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> 7:30 7.30 8:00<br />
Hard Quiz (PG) 8:30 The Weekly With<br />
Charlie Pickering (PG)<br />
2:00 Sydney<br />
Weekender 2:30 The<br />
Hotel Inspector (PG)<br />
3:30 Harry’s Practice 4:00<br />
RSPCA Animal Rescue 4:30<br />
Better Homes And Gardens<br />
5:30 Escape To The Country<br />
6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30<br />
Heartbeat (PG) 8:45 Lewis (M)<br />
5:00 Hardball 5:25<br />
Miraculous: Tales Of<br />
Ladybug And Cat Noir<br />
(PG) 5:55 Still So Awkward<br />
6:30 Operation Ouch! 7:00<br />
Horrible Histories 7:40 The<br />
Penguins Of Madagascar 8:00<br />
Hotel Transylvania 8:25 Almost<br />
Naked Animals<br />
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show (PG)<br />
11:30 Seven Morning <strong>News</strong> <strong>12</strong>:00 Movie:<br />
“Nightmare Tenant” (M v) (’18) Stars:<br />
Lauralee Bell 2:00 Psych (M l,v) 3:00 The<br />
Chase UK (PG) 4:00 Seven <strong>News</strong> At 4 5:00<br />
The Chase Australia (PG) 6:00 Seven <strong>News</strong><br />
7:00 Home And Away (PG) 7:30 The 1%<br />
Club (PG) 8:30 The Front Bar (M) 9:30<br />
Talking Footy (M) 10:30 Crime Investigation<br />
Australia (PG) <strong>12</strong>:00 Parenthood (PG) 1:00<br />
Travel Oz (PG) 1:30 Harry’s Practice<br />
3:00 Billy The<br />
Exterminator (PG) 3:30<br />
Cities Of The<br />
Underworld (PG) 4:30 Storage<br />
Wars (PG) 5:00 American<br />
Restoration (PG) 5:30<br />
American Pickers (PG) 6:30<br />
Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Highway<br />
Patrol (PG)<br />
3:00 ABC <strong>News</strong><br />
Afternoons 4:00<br />
Afternoon Briefing 5:00<br />
ABC <strong>News</strong> With Joe O’Brien<br />
6:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> Hour 7:00<br />
ABC National <strong>News</strong> 7:30 ABC<br />
Evening <strong>News</strong> 8:00 ABC <strong>News</strong><br />
Tonight 8:45 The Business<br />
9:00 The World<br />
<strong>12</strong>:00 9-1-1 (PG) 3:00<br />
Modern Family (PG)<br />
4:00 The Goldbergs<br />
(PG) 4:30 Bondi Vet (PG) 6:30<br />
First Dates Australia (PG) 7:35<br />
First Dates UK (M s) 8:40<br />
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares<br />
UK (M l) 9:40 Ramsay’s<br />
Kitchen Nightmares USA (M l)<br />
4:25 Circle Square 5:00<br />
Peppa Pig 5:35 Pop<br />
Paper City 5:55<br />
Fireman Sam 6:30 Peter<br />
Rabbit 7:05 Riley Rocket 7:30<br />
Spicks And Specks 8:00 Would<br />
I Lie To You? (PG) 8:30 Death<br />
In Paradise (M v) 9:30 Ragdoll<br />
(MA15+) 10:20 Killing Eve (M)<br />
6:00 Today 6:30 Today Extra 11:30 NINE<br />
<strong>News</strong> Morning <strong>12</strong>:00 Married At First Sight<br />
(M l,s) 1:30 Mr Mayor (PG) 2:00 Pointless<br />
(PG) 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) 4:00 NINE<br />
<strong>News</strong> Afternoon 5:00 Tipping Point Australia<br />
(PG) 6:00 NINE <strong>News</strong> 7:00 A Current Affair<br />
(PG) 7:30 Married At First Sight (M l,s) 9:00<br />
Under Investigation (M) 10:00 NINE <strong>News</strong><br />
Late 11:00 See No Evil (M v) 11:30 The<br />
Equalizer (M v) <strong>12</strong>:20 Tipping Point (PG)<br />
1:10 Pointless (PG) 2:00 Destination WA<br />
3:00 Motown Magic<br />
(PG) 3:35 The Magic<br />
Canoe 4:00 Toi Time<br />
4:30 Spartakus And The Sun<br />
Beneath The Sea 5:00 Our<br />
Stories 5:30 Te Ao With Moana<br />
6:00 Bamay 6:30 NITV <strong>News</strong><br />
Update 6:40 Coastal Africa<br />
7:35 High Arctic Haulers (PG)<br />
5:00 Everyday Gourmet<br />
With Justine Schofield<br />
5:30 Pati’s Mexican<br />
Table 6:00 Luke Nguyen’s<br />
Food Trail 6:30 Mary Makes It<br />
Easy 7:00 The Cook Up With<br />
Adam Liaw 7:30 Adam And<br />
Poh’s Great Australian Bites<br />
8:00 The Chocolate Queen<br />
10:00 Farm To Fork 10:30 Judge Judy (PG)<br />
11:00 Dr Phil (M) <strong>12</strong>:00 10 <strong>News</strong> First:<br />
Midday 1:00 Entertainment Tonight (PG)<br />
1:30 Judge Judy (PG) 2:00 Australian<br />
Survivor (PG) 3:00 Farm To Fork 3:30 10<br />
<strong>News</strong> First: Afternoon 4:00 Neighbours (PG)<br />
4:30 The Bold & The Beautiful (PG) 5:00 10<br />
<strong>News</strong> First 6:00 Deal Or No Deal (PG) 6:30<br />
The Project (PG) 7:30 Ambulance Australia<br />
(PG) 8:30 FBI: International (M v) 11:30 The<br />
Project (PG) <strong>12</strong>:30 The Late Show (PG)<br />
8:30 Diagnosis Murder<br />
(PG) 9:30 Jake And<br />
The Fatman (PG) 10:30<br />
JAG (PG) <strong>12</strong>:30 In The Dark<br />
(M s) 1:30 NCIS (M) 2:30 Jake<br />
And The Fatman (PG) 3:30<br />
Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:30<br />
JAG (PG) 7:30 Bull (PG) 8:30<br />
NCIS (M) 9:25 Hawaii Five-O<br />
4:05 PBS <strong>News</strong> Hour<br />
5:05 The Joy Of<br />
Painting 5:35 TVNZ<br />
1<strong>News</strong> At Six 6:15 Brooklyn<br />
Nine-Nine (PG) 6:40 Jeopardy!<br />
7:30 NITV <strong>News</strong> Update 7:35 8<br />
Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown<br />
(M) 8:30 Jack Nicholson:<br />
The Diabolical Grin (MA15+)<br />
1:00 NBL Slam 1:30<br />
The Big Bang Theory<br />
(PG) 2:00 So Help Me<br />
Todd (PG) 3:00 Rules Of<br />
Engagement (PG) 4:00 Farm<br />
To Fork 4:30 Becker (PG) 5:30<br />
Frasier (PG) 6:30 Neighbours<br />
(PG) 7:00 The Big Bang<br />
Theory (PG)<br />
4:00 Family Ties (PG)<br />
4:30 The Addams<br />
Family 5:00 Bewitched<br />
5:30 I Dream Of Jeannie 6:00<br />
Everybody Loves Raymond<br />
(PG) 7:00 The Nanny (PG)<br />
7:30 Seinfeld (PG) 8:30 Movie:<br />
“Bad Neighbours” (MA15+)<br />
(’14) Stars: Seth Rogen<br />
5:00 Worldwatch 9:20 Make Me A Dealer<br />
10:10 Kew Gardens 11:00 Food Markets - In<br />
The Belly Of (PG) (In English/ Portuguese)<br />
<strong>12</strong>:00 Worldwatch 2:00 Dateline (M) 2:30<br />
Insight (M) 3:30 The Cook Up With Adam<br />
Liaw (PG) 4:00 The Swap (PG) 5:05<br />
Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers<br />
6:00 Mastermind Australia (PG) 6:30 SBS<br />
World <strong>News</strong> 7:30 Australia’s Sleep<br />
Revolution (M l) 8:30 Hidden Volcano (PG)<br />
(In English/ Tongan) 9:30 Kin (MA15+)<br />
2:00 Beyond The Farm:<br />
Men At Work 3:00 The<br />
Block (PG) 4:00<br />
Barnwood Builders 5:00<br />
Holiday Homes In The Sun<br />
6:00 House Hunters<br />
International 7:00 House<br />
Hunters USA 7:30 Home Town<br />
8:30 Good Bones<br />
2:00 Dr Quinn Medicine<br />
Woman (PG) 3:00<br />
Antiques Roadshow<br />
3:30 Movie: “Operation Snafu”<br />
(AKA ‘On The Fiddle’) (G) (’61)<br />
Stars: Sean Connery 5:30<br />
Yorkshire Auction House 6:30<br />
Antiques Roadshow 7:30 As<br />
Time Goes By (M)<br />
6:00 <strong>News</strong> Breakfast 9:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> 10:00<br />
Australian Story (PG) 10:30 Compass 11:00<br />
Antiques Roadshow <strong>12</strong>:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> 1:00<br />
Whale With Steve Backshall 2:00 Anh’s<br />
Brush With Fame (PG) 2:30 Back Roads<br />
3:00 The Cook And The Chef 3:25 Tenable<br />
4:15 Antiques Roadshow 5:10 Grand<br />
Designs (PG) 6:00 Back Roads 6:30 Hard<br />
Quiz (PG) 7:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> 7:30 7.30 8:00<br />
Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Grand Designs<br />
NZ (PG) 9:20 Antiques Roadshow (PG)<br />
2:30 My Greek<br />
Odyssey (PG) 3:30<br />
Harry’s Practice 4:00<br />
RSPCA Animal Rescue 4:30<br />
Better Homes And Gardens<br />
5:30 Escape To The Country<br />
6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:00 Home<br />
And Away (PG) 7:30 Father<br />
Brown (M) 8:30 The Coroner<br />
5:00 Hardball 5:25<br />
Miraculous: Tales Of<br />
Ladybug And Cat Noir<br />
(PG) 5:55 Still So Awkward<br />
6:30 Operation Ouch! 7:00<br />
Horrible Histories 7:40 The<br />
Penguins Of Madagascar 8:00<br />
Hotel Transylvania 8:25 Almost<br />
Naked Animals<br />
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show (PG)<br />
11:30 Seven Morning <strong>News</strong> <strong>12</strong>:00 Movie:<br />
“Deadly Seduction” (M v) (’21) Stars:<br />
Lindsay Hartley 2:00 Your Money & Your<br />
Life 2:30 Border Security International (PG)<br />
3:00 The Chase UK (PG) 4:00 Seven <strong>News</strong><br />
At 4 5:00 The Chase Australia (PG) 6:00<br />
Seven <strong>News</strong> 7:00 Home And Away (PG)<br />
7:30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (PG) 8:30<br />
America’s Got Talent (PG) 10:30 The<br />
Amazing Race (PG) 1:00 Black-ish (PG)<br />
3:00 Billy The<br />
Exterminator (PG) 3:30<br />
Highway Cops (PG)<br />
4:30 Storage Wars (PG) 5:00<br />
American Restoration (PG)<br />
5:30 American Pickers (PG)<br />
6:30 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:00<br />
AFL: Round 1: Carlton v<br />
Richmond *Live*<br />
3:00 ABC <strong>News</strong><br />
Afternoons 4:00<br />
Afternoon Briefing 5:00<br />
ABC <strong>News</strong> With Joe O’Brien<br />
6:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> Hour 7:00<br />
ABC National <strong>News</strong> 7:30 ABC<br />
Evening <strong>News</strong> 8:00 ABC <strong>News</strong><br />
Tonight 8:45 The Business<br />
9:00 The World<br />
<strong>12</strong>:00 9-1-1 (PG) 3:00<br />
Modern Family (PG)<br />
3:30 First Dates<br />
Australia (PG) 4:30 Bondi Vet<br />
(PG) 6:30 10 Years Younger In<br />
10 Days (PG) 7:30 Ramsay’s<br />
Kitchen Nightmares UK (PG)<br />
8:30 Ramsay’s Kitchen<br />
Nightmares USA (M l)<br />
4:25 Circle Square 5:00<br />
Peppa Pig 5:35 Pop<br />
Paper City 5:55<br />
Fireman Sam 6:30 Peter<br />
Rabbit 7:05 Riley Rocket 7:30<br />
Spicks And Specks 8:00 Would<br />
I Lie To You? (PG) 8:30 Hard<br />
Quiz (PG) 9:00 Gruen (MA15+)<br />
9:40 The Weekly (PG)<br />
6:00 Today 6:30 Today Extra 11:30 NINE<br />
<strong>News</strong> Morning <strong>12</strong>:00 Married At First Sight<br />
(M l,s) 1:30 My Way 2:00 Pointless (PG)<br />
3:00 Tipping Point (PG) 4:00 NINE <strong>News</strong><br />
Afternoon 5:00 Tipping Point Australia (PG)<br />
6:00 NINE <strong>News</strong> 7:00 A Current Affair (PG)<br />
7:30 NRL: Broncos v Rabbitohs *Live* 9:55<br />
NRL: Friday Night Knock Off (M) 10:40<br />
NINE <strong>News</strong> Late 11:10 Law & Order:<br />
Organized Crime (M v) <strong>12</strong>:10 A+E After<br />
Dark (M) 1:05 Tipping Point (PG)<br />
3:35 The Magic Canoe<br />
4:00 Toi Time 4:30<br />
Spartakus And The Sun<br />
Beneath The Sea 5:00 Our<br />
Stories 5:30 The 77 Percent<br />
6:00 Bamay 6:30 NITV <strong>News</strong><br />
Update 6:40 Kenya Wildlife<br />
Diaries (PG) 7:35 Going Places<br />
With Ernie Dingo (PG)<br />
5:00 Everyday Gourmet<br />
With Justine Schofield<br />
5:30 Pati’s Mexican<br />
Table 6:00 Luke Nguyen’s<br />
Food Trail 6:30 Mary Makes It<br />
Easy 7:00 The Cook Up With<br />
Adam Liaw 7:30 My Greatest<br />
Dishes 8:30 Rick Stein’s India<br />
9:40 Come Dine With Me UK<br />
10:00 Farm To Fork 10:30 Judge Judy (PG)<br />
11:00 Dr Phil (M) <strong>12</strong>:00 10 <strong>News</strong> First:<br />
Midday 1:00 Entertainment Tonight (PG)<br />
1:30 Judge Judy (PG) 2:00 Dr Phil (M) 3:00<br />
Farm To Fork 3:30 10 <strong>News</strong> First: Afternoon<br />
4:00 Neighbours (PG) 4:30 The Bold & The<br />
Beautiful (PG) 5:00 10 <strong>News</strong> First 6:00 Deal<br />
Or No Deal (PG) 6:30 The Project (PG) 7:30<br />
The Dog House Australia (PG) 8:40<br />
Gogglebox Australia (M) 9:40 Law & Order:<br />
SVU (M v) 10:30 Blue Bloods (M v)<br />
8:30 Diagnosis Murder<br />
(PG) 9:30 Jake And<br />
The Fatman (PG) 10:30<br />
JAG (M) <strong>12</strong>:30 In The Dark (M)<br />
1:30 NCIS (PG) 2:30 Jake And<br />
The Fatman (PG) 3:30<br />
Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:30<br />
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AFL: Round 1: Collingwood v<br />
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Stars: Elisabeth Shue<br />
8:30 Movie: “Total Recall”<br />
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JAG (PG) 7:30 Bull (PG)<br />
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Rick Stein: From Venice To<br />
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(G) (’21) Stars: Coco<br />
Jack Gillies 7:30 Movie: “The<br />
Hobbit: An Unexpected<br />
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<strong>12</strong>:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> <strong>12</strong>:30 Death In Paradise<br />
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Front Line (PG) 7:30 Movie: “Ford v Ferrari”<br />
(M) (’19) Stars: Matt Damon 10:35 Movie:<br />
“Baby Driver” (MA15+) (’17) Stars: Ansel<br />
Elgort <strong>12</strong>:00 The Arrangement (M v)<br />
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Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers (PG) 5:35<br />
WWII Women On The Frontline (PG) 6:30<br />
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Escape To The Country<br />
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A-League: Round 21: Perth<br />
Glory v Western Sydney<br />
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Frasier (PG) 5:00 Deal Or No<br />
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Lake House Rescue<br />
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In The Sun 7:30 Escape To<br />
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Star Wars: Young Jedi<br />
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Panda: Legends Of<br />
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The World This Week<br />
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Peter Rabbit 7:05<br />
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Anthony Bourdain: No<br />
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Six 5:50 The Food That<br />
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(PG) 8:30 Who Is The Zodiac<br />
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5:30 Movie: “Sonic The<br />
Hedgehog” (G) (’20)<br />
Stars: Ben Schwartz<br />
7:30 Movie: “Legally Blonde 2:<br />
Red, White And Blonde” (PG)<br />
(’03) Stars: Reese Witherspoon<br />
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Super W: Waratahs v<br />
Brumbies *Live* 7:00<br />
Rugby Union: Rugby Pacific:<br />
Waratahs v Blues *Live* 9:30<br />
Rugby Union: Post Match<br />
<strong>12</strong>:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> <strong>12</strong>:30 Landline 1:30<br />
Gardening Australia 2:30 Dream Gardens<br />
3:00 Nigella Bites 3:30 The Cook And The<br />
Chef 3:55 Grand Designs NZ 4:40<br />
Extraordinary Escapes (PG) 5:30 The ABC<br />
Of Greig Pickhaver (PG) 6:00 Anh’s Brush<br />
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ABC <strong>News</strong> 7:30 Death In Paradise (PG)<br />
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Australian Idol (PG) 3:30 Border Security -<br />
Australia’s Front Line (PG) 4:00 Better<br />
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<strong>12</strong>:00 Family Law (PG) 1:00 World’s<br />
Greatest Engineering Icons (PG)<br />
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Taste Of Australia 3:30 Farm To Fork 4:00<br />
My Market Kitchen 4:30 Good Chef Bad<br />
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International (M v) 11:30 The Sunday<br />
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Australian Beach Tour *Live* 4:30 Cycling:<br />
Paris-Nice <strong>2024</strong> Highlights 5:30 Lisbon &<br />
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Emerald Isles With Ardal O’Hanlon (PG)<br />
10:30 Pompeii - The Origins (PG) (In<br />
English/ French/ Italian)<br />
3:50 The Yorkshire Vet<br />
(PG) 4:50 I Escaped To<br />
The Country 5:50<br />
Imagine Rail Journeys (PG)<br />
6:20 Escape To The Country<br />
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6:00 Border Security:<br />
International (PG) 7:00<br />
Border Security -<br />
Australia’s Front Line (PG)<br />
8:30 Movie: “Ghostbusters:<br />
Afterlife” (PG) (’21)<br />
3:00 The Amazing<br />
Race (PG) 4:00<br />
Australian Idol (PG)<br />
5:30 Dogs Behaving (Very)<br />
Badly (PG) 7:30 Law & Order:<br />
Criminal Intent (M)<br />
5:40 Talking Language<br />
6:10 NITV <strong>News</strong><br />
Update 6:20 Wild West<br />
(PG) 7:30 Murder In Big Horn<br />
(M l) 8:30 The Song Keepers<br />
(PG)<br />
2:30 Taste Of Australia:<br />
BBQ Special 3:30 All 4<br />
Adventure 4:30 What’s<br />
Up Down Under 5:00 Bondi<br />
Rescue (PG) 5:30 JAG (PG)<br />
7:30 NCIS (M v)<br />
1:30 The Middle (PG)<br />
2:30 So Help Me Todd<br />
(PG) 4:30 Deal Or No<br />
Deal 6:00 The Big Bang<br />
Theory (PG) 8:30 Two And A<br />
Half Men (PG)<br />
4:30 Escape To The<br />
Chateau 5:30 House<br />
Hunters USA 6:30<br />
House Hunters International<br />
7:30 Fixer Upper 8:30 Flipping<br />
101 With Tarek El Moussa<br />
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6:30 Operation Ouch!<br />
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Roux’s French Country<br />
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Week With The Atlantic<br />
6:00 TVNZ 1<strong>News</strong> At<br />
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Abandoned Engineering<br />
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(PG) (’20) Stars: Robert<br />
Downey Jr. 7:30 Movie:<br />
“Jason Bourne” (M v) (’16)<br />
Stars: Matt Damon 10:00<br />
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(G) (’48) Stars: John<br />
Wayne 6:30 M*A*S*H<br />
(PG) 8:30 Movie: “Sudden<br />
Impact” (MA15+) (’93) Stars:<br />
Clint Eastwood<br />
<strong>12</strong>:00 ABC <strong>News</strong> 1:00 Australia Remastered<br />
2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 The<br />
Cook And The Chef 3:25 Tenable 4:10<br />
Antiques Roadshow 5:10 Grand Designs<br />
(PG) 6:00 Back Roads 6:25 Hard Quiz (PG)<br />
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The Chase Australia (PG) 6:00 Seven <strong>News</strong><br />
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Idol: Top 6 (PG) 8:30 The Irrational (M v)<br />
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<strong>12</strong>:00 Married At First Sight (M l,s) 1:30<br />
Getaway (PG) 2:00 Pointless (PG) 3:00<br />
Tipping Point (PG) 4:00 NINE <strong>News</strong><br />
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7:30 Married At First Sight (M l,s) 9:00 TBA<br />
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Chef Bad Chef 3:30 10 <strong>News</strong> First:<br />
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Liaw (PG) 4:15 Worlds Most Scenic Railway<br />
Journeys (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30<br />
Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind<br />
Australia (PG) 6:30 SBS World <strong>News</strong> 7:30<br />
Finding Your Roots (PG) 8:30 The 2010s<br />
(M) 9:20 24 Hours In Emergency (PG)<br />
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Gardens 5:30 Escape<br />
To The Country 6:30<br />
Bargain Hunt 7:30 Doc Martin<br />
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American Pickers (PG)<br />
6:30 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30<br />
Outback Opal Hunters (PG)<br />
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3:30 Dogs Behaving<br />
(Very) Badly (PG) 4:30<br />
Bondi Vet (PG) 6:30 Dr<br />
Harry’s Animal Encounters<br />
(PG) 7:30 Law & Order:<br />
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Karla Grant Presents (PG)<br />
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Jake And The Fatman<br />
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(PG) 5:30 JAG (PG) 7:30 Bull<br />
(PG) 8:30 NCIS (M)<br />
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Becker (PG) 5:30<br />
Frasier (PG) 6:30<br />
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Tuesday, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
Premiers await exciting Eels<br />
NATHAN TAYLOR<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta celebrate Bryce Cartwright crossing the line. Photo: NRL Images.<br />
Are the Eels the real deal in <strong>2024</strong>?<br />
That’s the question being ask around<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta this week after the side<br />
demolished the Canterbury Bulldogs 26-8 in<br />
the opening round of the season.<br />
Played in front of a sold-out crowd at<br />
CommBank Stadium last Saturday, the Eels<br />
ran in four tries to two, with backrower<br />
Bryce Cartwright scoring a double in the<br />
18-point victory.<br />
<strong>Parra</strong>matta were in control for the<br />
entire match, leading 20-0 after 51<br />
minutes before Cameron Ciraldo’s<br />
men crossed for two late<br />
consultation tries.<br />
New Eels centre Morgan<br />
Harper – in his debut match for<br />
the club – opened the scoring in<br />
the <strong>12</strong>th minute, while winger Bailey<br />
Simonsson put the finishing touches on<br />
the game with a try with four minutes to go.<br />
The only downside for Eels fans was a groin<br />
injury to halfback Mitch Moses. The NSW<br />
half was able to play on, and coach Brad<br />
Arthur didn’t appear too concerned when<br />
speaking after the game.<br />
“The doctor said his groin was a bit<br />
sore but he was OK, and not to kick,<br />
that was the feedback,” Arthur<br />
said of Moses’ injury.<br />
The Eels will take on Penrith this<br />
Friday night at BlueBet Stadium.<br />
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