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Federal Parramatta MP Julie Owens (right) 

with Wanda Whittaker and her son Blake. 

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LORD 

MAYOR’S 

MESSAGE 

CR BOB 

DWYER 

New Street Names for Melrose Park 

Melrose Park is undergoing a massive 

transformation, with around 5,000 new homes 

being built over the next 10 years. Council 

recently endorsed a selection of proposed 

names for five new roads and a park in this 

growing precinct. 

The names were chosen to honour the area’s 

historic past, including: Appleroth Street, a 

tribute to Adolphus Herbert Frederick Norman 

Appleroth, the creator of Aeroplane Jelly which 

had a factory in the area; Bundil Boulevard, in 

remembrance of Sally Bundil, a local Aboriginal 

woman born in the early 1800s; and Putt Putt 

Park, in recognition of the much-loved mini-golf 

course that was formerly located at the site 

between 1969 and 2016. 

By naming Melrose Park’s new roads and open 

spaces after the people and businesses that 

once called this place home, we are keeping the 

area’s unique and fascinating history alive. 

Parramatta welcomes new NSW Civil 

and Administrative Tribunal 

On Monday 15 February, I attended the opening 

of the new state-of-the-art NSW Civil and 

Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) registry and 

hearing rooms in Parramatta, alongside 

Attorney-General Mark Speakman and 

President of the NCAT Justice Lea Armstrong. 

This is a huge win for the people of Western 

Sydney, providing our community with specialist 

tribunal services on their doorstep to help 

resolve a wide range of civil matters. 

Council has long been advocating for 

Parramatta’s highly-valued Justice Precinct 

to be expanded and as our City continues to 

grow, we look forward to more critical services 

like NCAT being located in the centre of global 

Sydney. 

City of Parramatta Lord Mayor Cr Bob Dwyer (left) 

with NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman at the 

NCAT opening event in Parramatta. 

Powerhouse Parramatta receives 

approval 

This new museum will make a significant 

contribution to our City and its culture, now and 

into the future. 

Artist’s impression of the Powerhouse Parramatta. 

Summer Where It’s AT 

I encourgae you to enter Council’s Summer 

Where It’s AT competition as we enjoy the final 

weeks of summer in our beautiful City. You have 

until 28 February to go into the draw to win one 

of our summer prize packs, including a $100 AT 

PARRAMATTA Gift Card. 

To enter, follow these simple steps: 

1. Share a photo or a video of what ‘That 

Summer Feeling’ at Parramatta means to you 

on Instagram or Facebook. 

2. Tag @atparramatta or #summerwhereitsat. 

3. You will receive a notification if you’ve won. 

Keep an eye on our @atparramatta social 

channels as we’ll be sharing the winners. 

For full terms and conditions, visit: 

atparramatta.com/summer 

I was excited to hear that the NSW Government 

has received approval to proceed with the 

delivery of the Powerhouse Parramatta. 

Artist’s impression of Melrose Park. 

As the centre of global Sydney, Parramatta 

has long awaited an iconic cultural institution 

that will educate and inspire the people of 

Western Sydney and beyond. The Powerhouse 

Parramatta will be a game-changer for our City 

– not only will it create more than 4,000 jobs, 

but it will attract up to two million visitors a year 

and inject millions of dollars into the economy. 

Enter Council’s Summer Where It’s AT competition 

for your chance to win. 

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Please note: Since printed copies of many of our local newspapers are no longer available, 

all Development Applications (DAs), items on exhibition, and public notices will now be 

available via Council’s website: cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au 

Council Meetings are typically held on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 6.30pm. 

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For more information and to access the live link, visit cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/councilmeetings 

You can also find my Lord Mayor’s Message 

online on the City of Parramatta website: 

cityofparramatta.co/lord-mayor-message 

Lord Mayor, Cr Bob Dwyer | Chief Executive Officer, Brett Newman | To contact the Lord Mayor follow the link at cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au 

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LOCAL NEWS 

“Not very significant” 

As the Willow Grove saga rolls on, Don Harwin makes one final pot shot 

NICOLA BARTON 

A 

number of questions surrounding 

the Powerhouse Parramatta 

project remain unanswered, as 

preliminary works on the budgeted $840 

million project commenced last week. 

On Monday, Arts Minister Don Harwin 

fronted a Parliamentary Inquiry into the 

project, revealing several uncertainties, 

particularly regarding the project’s delivery 

timeline and budget. 

Documentation also revealed that the 

State Government has 12 months following 

the deconstruction of Willow Grove to 

supply the Planning Secretary with details 

of the new location, the relocation process, 

a commitment delivery date for its new 

location and its potential future uses. 

Those in opposition of the move are 

concerned that this is not a concrete 

guarantee of its relocation and believe 

something so old and fragile should not be 

put in storage for years. 

Mr Harwin appeared on 2GB Radio on 

Tuesday morning to discuss the project. 

Host Ben Fordham asked the Minister 

to guarantee that Willow Grove will be 

Willow Grove in Parramatta. 

rebuilt, to which he gave his word. 

During the segment, Mr Harwin referred 

to the 19th century historic building as 

“dilapidated” and said “it is not a very 

significant building at all”. 

“While Willow Grove has some sentimental 

attachment… it’s frankly not a very 

significant building at all,” he said. 

“But as a measure of goodwill for the 

local people, we are prepared to keep it.” 

Mr Harwin denied the move was a waste 

of taxpayers’ money, although he was 

unable to confirm the updated cost of the 

rebuild. 

Previously the State Government had 

announced it would cost $10 million, 

however architects have since criticised 

this figure, claiming it would be more so 

towards the $20 million mark. 

The inquiry heard that not a single 

philanthropic donation has been made 

towards the Parramatta Powerhouse’s 

construction. 

The State Government has previously 

confirmed the development would rely on 

a projected $75 million in donations. 

Despite these revelations, Mr Harwin 

told Mr Fordham that the philanthropy 

target was “going really well”. 

Outrage has flooded social media from 

passionate community members who 

have fought hard for the preservation of 

Willow Grove, criticising the unanswered 

questions highlighted during the hearing. 

Despite the loud efforts of those opposed 

to the plans, Mr Harwin insists there’s 

plenty of residents in favour of the development. 

“There are a lot of fans,” he said. 

“The silent majority in western Sydney 

are overwhelmingly in favour of it.” 

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Epping offers cautionary tale 

Epping has always been a pleasant 

pocket of Sydney. Even today, much of 

that character lingers in fragrant, treelined 

parades. Tranquil parks. Rows of 

cottages and Victorian-era homes with 

generous verandas that recall a simpler 

time. 

A diverse, migrant population has 

moved in since I used to catch the train 

through here as a schoolboy in the 1980s 

and 1990s. Today, the area is a mix of established 

residents, educated professionals 

and growing young people. Parents 

are ambitious for their children. But most 

of all they just want a nice place to live. 

Of course, change was always inevitable. 

The Metro that opened in 2019 cemented 

Epping’s status as a major transport junction. 

However, the State Government’s 

rezoning of Epping as an “Urban Activation 

Precinct” in 2014 was definitely the 

point of no return. 

Tall unedifying unit blocks now gang up 

on the railway line that divides the town 

centre in half. Particularly apocalyptic are 

the three half-finished “Langston Towers” 

of 19, 24 and 29 storeys, which loom 

over invariably congested Epping Bridge. 

To make matters worse, prime government 

land is being sold to create another 

442 apartments. 

Index 

News..............................................1-18 

Entertainment ....................19-27 

Business Directory ......28-30 

Auto....................................................31 

The tragedy is that Epping was once 

home to big employers like Unilever, 

the Department of Family and Community 

Services and Westpac. But now, 

apartments have gobbled up Epping’s 

commercial footprint. The town centre 

is largely deserted during the day, as 

residents stay home or leave for jobs elsewhere. 

At its February 8 meeting, the City of 

Parramatta voted to try and change this 

situation. In a well-reasoned submission, 

Epping Ward councillor Bill Tyrrell 

acknowledged that action was necessary 

“to address the mistakes of the past, not 

by council but by the State Government”. 

But he and the council majority have 

chosen a Faustian bargain: mandating 

two floors of commercial space in new 

developments in return for raising maximum 

building heights from as low as 48 

metres to 80 or 90 metres (28 storeys) in 

different parts of central Epping. 

The tallest of the Langston Towers won’t 

just be an anomaly; it will become the 

norm. 

The bid by fellow Epping Ward councillor 

Donna Davis to reverse the decision 

– mandating more commercial space in 

buildings without raising height limits – 

reflects community feeling that the pendulum 

towards developers has swung too 

far. 

But the wider issue remains: what is the 

future for places like Epping all over Sydney? 

A vision that reimagines Sydney as 

three “30-minute cities” from the harbour 

to Parramatta to the western aerotropolis 

sounds catchy. However, what about all 

the places in between where people actually 

live? Smaller centres like Epping, 

Carlingford, Northmead and Wentworthville 

shouldn’t just be targets for soulless 

residential towers with a smattering of 

ground-level retail. 

They should also be communities 

where people meet, shop, study and 

spend time. Providing accountants, lawyers, 

architects and public servants with 

either a place of employment or co-working 

space to dock. 

So let’s not give developers free rein 

anymore to create gazillion-storey units. 

Let’s enforce commercial space requirements 

to support jobs and vibrant communities. 

Epping offers a cautionary tale that towers 

are not enough. A strong daytime office 

worker presence is necessary to keep 

shops in business and restore pride to a 

suburb whose lovely pockets are being let 

down by a tattered centre of town. 

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LOCAL NEWS 

Stuck in web of trouble 

Families say they’re frustrated by slow NBN speeds across the local area 

NICOLA BARTON 

Fed-up Parramatta residents say 

more needs to be done to address 

the issue of slow NBN, as some 

experience download speeds five times 

below the legal minimum standard. 

For some areas around the region, the 

wait for NBN connection was a long one, 

with parts of the Parramatta CBD, Harris 

Park and Rosehill still remaining unconnected 

until 2022. 

Dundas Valley resident Wanda Whittaker 

said her family were thrilled to 

finally receive the NBN last year. 

However, since being connected, her 

speeds have ranged anywhere from five 

megabits per second (mbps) to 15. 

A requirement of both the Australian 

Law and NBN Co’s Statement of Expectations 

is that the minimum standard 

download speed is 25mbps. 

For residents like Ms Whittaker, the 

issue of slow speeds lies within the type of 

connection. 

Parra News spoke with three different 

households experiencing issues, all of 

which were connected to the NBN with 

Federal Parramatta MP Julie Owens with Wanda Whittaker and her son Blake. 

old copper technology. Technicians have 

informed these residents their wires are 

too old or they are too far away from the 

node. 

Ms Whittaker said it has been really 

stressful for her family and she and her 

husband work from home and her son is 

studying remotely at TAFE NSW. 

“Everyone trying to use it at once is 

impossible so we’ve had to use our phone 

plans and we’ve been out of pocket paying 

for extra data,” she said. 

FTTN cabinets are typically located 

between five and 500 metres from a premise, 

with some exceptions seeing a node 

cabinet located up to 900 metres. 

Parramatta resident Akhilesh Tripathi 

lives in an apartment block, 1200 metres 

away from the node and said it is impossible 

for his young family to watch videos or 

streaming services like Netflix or Amazon 

Prime. 

Federal Parramatta MP, Julie Owens said 

her office has been flooded with similar 

stories. 

“The Coalition Government promised 

we’d all have NBN with speeds of at least 

25mbps by 2016; then it was 2018, then 

2020,” she told Parra News. 

“Locals who are ‘fortunate’ enough to 

be connected are struggling with below 

minimum speeds.” 

An NBN Co spokesperson said they are 

aware of a “small number” of customers 

experiencing issues with speeds and 

“understands that this can be frustrating”. 

“The team is investigating and will work 

to identify a solution as quickly as possible 

to ensure we provide these residents 

with a great experience on the NBN,” the 

spokesperson said. 

Last year the Federal Government 

announced it would spend $3.5 billion to 

rebuild the mixed-technology NBN with 

fibre for millions of homes and businesses 

across the country, following criticism of 

the copper network. 

Over 200,000 Australians remain without 

minimum download speed. 


PROPOSED TRAFFIC FACILITIES IN TOONGABBIE, PENDLE HILL & NEWINGTON 

City of Parramatta is proposing to install the following traffic facilities in Toongabbie, Pendle Hill & Newington: 

1. Installation of ’60 Slow Down’ Vehicle Activated Signs (VAS) in Wentworth Avenue between Budgeree 

Road, Toongabbie and Binalong Road, Pendle Hill (Ref no. TS 2021 08) 

2. Installation of ‘40km/h High Pedestrian Activity Area (HPAA)’ restrictions in Newington retail precinct 

(Ref no. TS 2021 06) 

These projects are 100% funded by the Federal and State Governments (50% each) 

through their stimulus commitments towards Road Safety Programs. 

Council invites written submissions from residents, businesses and relevant authorities. Submissions must be 

provided to Council by Tuesday, 23 March 2021 by mail to Traffic and Transport Services, City of Parramatta 

Council at PO Box 32 Parramatta NSW 2124, by email to traffic@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au, or via Council’s 

Exhibition page at cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/on-exhibition. Please include your street address and reference 

number for the traffic project in any response you provide. 

If you have any comments or enquiries regarding the proposals, or would like a copy of the proposed plan, please 

email the address above or contact Council's Traffic and Transport Services on 9806 8479. 

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CUMBERLAND 

CITY COUNCIL 

A Message from 

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If you have any issues you’d like 

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DAs available online 

Anyone lodging a planning application 

is required to upload their application 

electronically through the Planning Portal 

that is managed by the NSW Government. 

As a result of these changes, applications 

can no longer be submitted to Council 

over the counter or by email. 

Further information on how to lodge 

applications on the portal is available on 

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For submissions on current 

development applications visit 

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or visit 

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to check the status 

of specific developments. 

Mayor Steve Christou, Deputy Mayor Eddy Sarkis, Councillor Paul Garrard 

and Clean Up Australia Chairman, Pip Kiernan at last year’s Clean Up event. 

Lend a hand for Clean Up Australia Day 2021 

Cumberland City Council is gearing up to get 

into the spirit of Clean Up Australia Day on 

Sunday 7 March. 

As a Council who has been named one of the 

state’s most ‘Sustainable Cities’ in recent years, 

we work all year round to create a cleaner and 

greener Cumberland. 

Clean Up Australia Day is an event that 

Cumberland City Council supports every year 

and we encourage residents to participate too. 

Grant given to support migrant women 

Rosemary Kariuki was awarded the Mayoral Community 

Fund Grant on behalf of Cumberland City Council. 

Local residents meet with Mayor Steve Christou to discuss topics of concern. 

Meet Your Mayor 

I make it a priority to be readily available to 

Cumberland City residents. 

If you have some feedback on how we’re 

performing as a Council, or have an issue you 

would like assistance with please visit me at a 

Meet Your Mayor session, which takes place 

every Thursday at Stockland Merrylands from 

10am to 1pm. 

Join us at our official site in Holroyd Gardens, 

Merrylands, where we’ll clean up litter and then 

thank you with a free BBQ (halal and vegetarian 

options available). 

- Clean up 8.30am-11am 

- BBQ from 10.30am-12pm 

To get involved and for more details, visit 

cumberland.nsw.gov.au/event/clean-australiacua-day, 

or register for an event near you at 

cleanupaustraliaday.org.au 

It was an honour to meet Rosemary Kariuki, 

Australia Day NSW Local Hero 2021 and 

approve her program with a $5000 Mayoral 

Community Fund grant (the maximum 

grant allowance). 

The project connects families in regional NSW 

with migrant women in Sydney. The initiative 

sees migrant women experience Australian 

hospitality and share cultural stories with 

their hosts. 

Many of these women reside in the 

Cumberland City LGA and I’m delighted the 

project has given them the confidence to 

seek work, make friendships and establish 

their identities. 

It’s great that we can make all groups in our 

community feel empowered. Cumberland City 

Council has a diverse community and I am 

happy to support such a worthy cause. It was a 

pleasure to award her the grant. 

The next session will take place on Thursday 

February 25 and will have a particular focus on 

Customer Service. 

At our Council, we place a huge emphasis on 

doing the basics well and this includes being 

responsive to ratepayers about our services and 

projects. I encourage you to drop in and share 

your thoughts and let me know if there’s a matter 

I can assist you with. 

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Time to correct 

errors of the past 

NICOLA BARTON 

A 

motion has been moved for a 

planning proposal aimed at 

combatting commercial floor 

space shortages in Epping’s Town Centre; 

but some Councillors aren’t convinced it 

won’t mean more density for the alreadycongested 

suburb. 

It is an issue that dates back to 2014, when 

the Epping Urban Activation Precinct 

rezoning was implemented by the State 

Government, without any mandate of 

minimum commercial floor space, leading 

to the overdevelopment of high density 

housing. 

It was a move that City of Parramatta 

Councillors from both sides of politics 

agree was a mistake, as they look for ways 

to reactivate the suburb. 

Presented to Councillors was three 

options to amend the Parramatta Local 

Environmental Plan 2011 and Hornsby 

Local Environmental Plan 2013, which 

applies to most of the land in the B2 Local 

Centre zone in the Epping Town Centre. 

The chamber was split in their support 

for Option 2 and 3. 

Option 3, which was the motion recommendation, 

would mandate a minimum 

amount of non-residential floor space in 

addition to the current permitted maximum 

floor space ratio and height controls. 

It states the clause shall also indicate 

that the Floor Space Ratio (FSR) of residential 

development permitted on the 

site should not increase as a result of this 

requirement. 

Option 2 would also mandate a minimum 

amount of non-residential floor 

space but would have to be within the 

current FSR and height controls. 

Option 3 was passed with the casting 

vote of Deputy Lord Mayor Michelle 

Garrard, with support from Councillors 

Bob Dwyer, Bill Tyrrell, Steve Issa, Martin 

Zaitor, Andrew Jefferies and Lorraine 

Wearne. 

Epping Ward Councillor Donna Davis, 

who pushed for Option 2, fears Option 

3 will only worsen density issues and 

believes the current LEP is already too 

dense for the suburb. 

“Traffic lights at Carlingford, Rawson 

and Ray Road intersections will see a two 

minute increase per cycle with the added 

density of Option 3,” she said. 

“Option 3 is going to provide density 

that is way beyond what that town centre 

LOCAL NEWS 

Residents Cameron MacLean and Joanne Paul with City of Parramatta Councillor 

Donna Davis, Vice President Epping Civic Trust Mike Moffatt and his wife Nowell. 

should be expecting to have to put up 

with.” 

The Epping Civic Trust also supported 

Option 2. 

Epping Ward Councillor Bill Tyrrell, 

who advocated for Option 3 disagreed, 

stating there would not be an increase in 

residential and that the increased times 

highlighted in the traffic report were “not 

excessive”. 

“One thing we need to aim for and get 

right in Epping is a balance of commercial 

residential and retail,” he said. 

“[Option 3] is making sure that we get 

commercial floor space within each and 

every site that is left to be developed.” 

The Council recommendation of Option 

3 was based on the market’s likely response 

to the proposed planning controls to meet 

the forecasted, additional demand for 

commercial floorspace. 

A rescinded motion on the matter has 

been submitted. 

If that is voted down, the Council CEO 

will forward a Planning Proposal for 

Option 3 to the Department of Planning, 

Industry and Environment with a request 

for a Gateway Determination. 


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Auburn: Nurse injured following 

worrying shooting near hospital 

Police are investigating a possible 

gang-related shooting that saw a nurse 

at Auburn Hospital injured by a stray 

bullet. 

Shortly before 8pm on Monday, February 

15, police were called to a townhouse 

complex on Auburn Road, Auburn, 

following reports of a shooting. 

On arrival, officers from Auburn Police 

Area Command established a crime 

scene after locating a number of bullet 

holes in the front of a townhouse. 

Residents who were inside at the time 

were not injured. 

Police were told at least two men, 

dressed in black, were seen getting out of 

a vehicle near the driveway of the townhouse 

and fired a number of rounds. 

Shortly after, police were notified by 

staff at Auburn Hospital that a stray 

bullet, fired at the townhouse, had 

penetrated through a window at the rear 

of Auburn Hospital, clipping a nurse. 

She suffered a minor injury to her leg 

and was treated. 

Police are investigating all lines of 

inquiry, including whether the shooting 

was gang-related. 

Superintendent Adam Johnson said it 

was “too early to say” who was behind 

the attack just yet. 

“It’s a very serious incident; this behaviour 

won’t be tolerated,” he said. 

“Auburn detectives in consultation 

with the State Crime Command are 

currently conducting a thorough investigation.” 

Auburn detectives, together with 

the State Crime Command’s Criminal 

Groups Squad are investigating the 

incident and are calling for anyone who 

may have information that can assist to 

contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. 

Wentworthville: 70-year-old man 

arrested following alleged assault 

A man has been charged following 

investigations into the alleged sexual 

assault of a young boy at Wentworthville. 

About 1.15pm on Monday, February 

15, it is alleged a 13-year-old boy entered 

the public toilets at The Kingsway, Wentworthville. 

While inside the facility he was sexually 

assaulted by a 70-year-old man. 

ERIN CHRISTIE 

Local communities in western 

Sydney are expected to feel the 

loss of international students this 

year, with COVID-19 restrictions not 

allowing their entry into the country. 

As of November, Premier Gladys 

Berejiklian had plans to begin bringing 

in 1000 international students to Sydney 

each week. However, this plan was 

shelved in January with caps introduced 

on how many returned travellers NSW 

could take. 

“Normally, we have at any one time 

in Australia around 700,000 full-fee 

paying international students,” said Phil 

Honeywood, CEO of the International 

Education Association of Australia. 

POLICE SNAPSHOT 

Compiled by Nicola Barton 

The man left the toilets and was chased 

by the boy down the road where he was 

arrested by officers from Cumberland 

Police Area Command. 

He was taken to Granville Police 

Station where he was charged with 

sexual assault of a child aged between 10 

and 14-years-old. 

Toongabbie: Police on hunt for red 

Honda Accord related to stabbing 

Homicide Squad detectives have 

released CCTV vision of a vehicle of 

interest and are appealing for public 

assistance as they continue to investigate 

the suspicious death of a man in 

Toongabbie last year. 

Just before 10.30pm on Sunday, 

November 15, emergency services were 

called to Budgeree Road, Toongabbie, 

and found a man on the footpath suffering 

multiple stab wounds. 

Despite the efforts of emergency 

services and members of the public, the 

man died at the scene. 

He has since been formally identified 

as 49-year-old Warwick Hunter. 

Officers from Parramatta Police Area 

Command established a crime scene and 

commenced inquiries into the incident, 

before detectives from the Homicide 

Squad took carriage of the investigation 

under Strike Force Burranjurra. 

As part of ongoing inquiries, detectives 

have released CCTV vision of a vehicle 

seen travelling on Wentworth Avenue, 

Toongabbie, prior to the fatal stabbing. 

The vehicle depicted in the CCTV is 

described as being a red Honda Accord 

Euro sedan with distinctive black rims 

on the rear wheels and silver rims on the 

front wheels. 

Parramatta: Man, 41, stabbed at 

train station in broad daylight 

A man has faced court after being 

charged following the stabbing of a man 

in Parramatta last week. 

About 1pm on Wednesday, February 

17, emergency services were called to 

Parramatta Railway Station where they 

found a 41-year-old man suffering multiple 

stab wounds to his abdomen. 

He was taken to Westmead Hospital in 

a serious condition. 

Police have since arrested and charged 

a man in connection with the stabbing. 

LOCAL NEWS 

Students leave $40b hole 

This number has fallen significantly 

throughout 2020, with a reported 99.7 

per cent drop in how many students 

entered the country between October 

2019 and October 2020. 

“According to the ABS, international 

education is worth $40 billion a year to 

our national economy,” Mr Honeywood 

said. 

“The way the ABS carves up that $40 

billion is 60 per cent they estimate is 

spent on living costs – rent through to 

entertainment, and 40 per cent spent on 

tuition fees.” 

While some of these students attended 

the Parramatta and Penrith campuses 

of Western Sydney University, others 

also attend city-based universities 

and commute, also adding to the local 

economy.

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New laws will lead to pay cuts 

For the last few months, the Morrison Government has 

been trying to get it’s ‘Fair Work Amendment 2020’ 

through the Parliament. 

It’s a nice title, but actually 

it will make it easier to cut 

pay and will undermine 

job security. Workers in 

Parramatta who were hardest 

hit in the pandemic like those 

in the retail and hospitality 

sector will be among those 

worse off. 

Fortunately the Government 

realised they faced a backlash 

and scrapped one of the worst 

changes last week – a twoyear 

suspension of the Better 

Off Overall Test, or BOOT. 

While I’m glad the Government 

has scrapped this temporary 

change, I’m worried they will 

try to push through the many 

permanent changes in this 

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income and job security. These 

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‘Flexible’ part time 

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Rosemary Kariuki has been one 

of our local heroes for years – so 

I was delighted to see her named 

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her incredible work with migrant 

and refugee women. If you don’t 

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really missing out! 

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If you’ve been following the Aged Care Royal 

Commission over the past two years, you’ll know it’s 

uncovered a system in crisis. 

Its final report, due this Friday, 

will make recommendations on 

how the Morrison Government 

can address the disgraceful 

neglect of older Australians in 

residential aged care – residents 

found with maggots in open 

wounds, being restrained and 

over medicated, forced to sit 

in soiled incontinence pads for 

long periods, and up to half of 

aged care residents suffering 

malnourishment. 

This is made all the more tragic 

by the fact that the Coalition 

Government has received 21 

major reports since 2013 which 

identified similar issues - but 

failed to act, while cutting 

funding. 

You may not know just how much 

of an impact aged care has on 

our society. You may be living in 

aged care or have a loved one 

who does, but most people I 

speak to don’t think they will end 

up in aged care themselves. 

The fact is, more than half of all 

Australian women and about a 

third of Australian men will end 

up in residential aged care, where 

the average length of stay is 2-3 

years. That means in your lifetime 

you will either live in aged care or 

love someone who does. 

I’m committed to raising voices 

in our community on this issue 

and will keep pressuring the 

government to act. I’ll be hosting 

a seniors forum so you can tell 

what matters to you – call my 

office on 9689 1455 or sign up 

at julieowens.com.au/seniors 

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LOCAL NEWS 

School upgrade nears 

Pendle Hill High School upgrade one step closer with tender to be chosen 

NICOLA BARTON 

Upgrades slated for Pendle Hill 

High School are one step closer to 

being realised, with construction 

tenders to close by the end of the month. 

This marks the next step in the project’s 

delivery which will see the construction 

of a new three-storey building with 14 

modern classrooms, a range of new core 

facilities and student amenities, as well as 

a new lecture theatre, library spaces and 

staff development space. 

The project will also include a new main 

entry to the school on Binalong Road, 

Toongabbie. 

The community will be invited to have 

their say on the proposal when a State 

Significant Development Application 

(SSDA) is lodged in the coming months. 

Seven Hills MP Mark Taylor said the 

upgrade will support the needs of students 

from Constitution Hill, Girraween, Old 

Toongabbie, Pendle Hill, Toongabbie, 

Wentworthville and Westmead. 

“This upgrade will provide the local 

community with the high-quality education 

facilities our students and teachers 

Gladys Berejiklian and Seven Hills MP Mark Taylor. 

deserve,” he said. 

Funding for the upgrade has been allocated 

to proceed, with the next step being 

to lodge the SSDA. 

As part of this process, the Department 

of Education has engaged a consultant to 

conduct a Social Impact Assessment (SIA) 

for the proposed upgrades. 

Community and stakeholders will be 

able to comment on the plans. 

Pending Development Application 

approval, construction works will start. 

Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell 

said she was pleased the State Government 

is delivering this important upgrade 

for the local community. 

“This is an incredible time for public 

education in NSW,” she said. 

“We are building more schools than ever 

before and making generational reforms 

Seven Hills MP Mark Taylor chatting with students. 

inside the classroom.” 

The tender for the project is expected to 

be awarded next month, with the upgrade 

anticipated for completion in late next 

year. 

The project is part of the State Government’s 

$7 billion school delivery program 

which is set to deliver more than 200 new 

and upgraded schools over a four-year 

period. 

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Auburn Service Centre, 1 Susan St, Auburn 

Primewest Megamall, 265 Parramatta Rd, Auburn 

BAULKHAM HILLS 

Baulkham Hills Shopping Centre, 375-383 Windsor Rd, Baulkham Hills 

CAMELLIA 

Camellia Fusion Café, 21 Grand Ave, Camellia 

CARLINGFORD 

Carlingford Court, 220 Carlingford Rd, Carlingford 

Carlingford Fruit World, 220 Carlingford Rd, Carlingford 

Carlingford Library, Lloyds Ave, Carlingford 

Carlingford Village, 372 Pennant Hills Rd, Carlingford 

CONSTITUTION HILL 

Constitution Hill Branch Library, 20 Hollis St, Constitution Hill 

DUNDAS 

Dundas Sports, 9 Elder Road, Dundas 

DUNDAS VALLEY 

Dundas Valley Library, 21 Sturt St, Dundas Valley 

EASTWOOD 

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ERMINGTON 

Ermington Woolworths, 30 Betty Cuthbert Ave, Ermington 

Steven Street Corner Store, 10 Stevens St, Ermington 

GRANVILLE 

Granville Library, 1 Memorial Dr, Granville 

GREYSTANES 

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Greystanes Shopping Centre, 655 Merrylands Rd, Greystanes 

GUILDFORD 

Guildford Library, Railway Ter, Guildford 

Supa IGA Guildford, 291 Guildford Rd, Guildford 

GUILDFORD WEST 

Guildford Leagues Club, 25-55 Tamplin Rd, Guildford West 

HARRIS PARK 

Harris Park Community Centre, 11 Albion St, Harris Park 

Harris Park Food Store, 50 Marion St, Harris Park 

HOMEBUSH WEST 

Sydney Markets, Level 3 Sydney Markets Plaza, 250-318 Parramatta Rd 

LIDCOMBE 

Lidcombe Library, 3 Bridge St, Lidcombe 

Lynda Voltz, MP’s office, Mezzanine Level Lidcombe Centre, 

92 Parramatta Rd, Lidcombe 

MERRYLANDS 

Coolibah Hotel, 15-25 Sherwood Rd, Merrylands 

Merrylands Library, Corner of Miller St & Newman St, Merrylands 

Merrylands RSL, 8/12 Miller St, Merrylands 

Merrylands Service Centre, 16 Memorial Ave, Merrylands 

Sergio’s Cake Shop, Stockland Mall, Merrylands 

MERRYLANDS WEST 

R & R Supa IGA, 7/530 Merrylands Rd, Merrylands West 

NORTH PARRAMATTA 

North Parramatta Coles, 20 Victoria Rd, cnr Church St, Parramatta 

North Parramatta Supermarket, 9 Iron St, North Parramatta 

Spar North Parramatta, Cr Albert & Buller St, North Parramatta 

NORTH ROCKS 

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North Rocks Shopping Centre, 328–336 North Rocks Rd, North Rocks 

NORTHMEAD 

NBC Sports Club, 166 Windsor Rd, Northmead 

Northmead Shopping Village, 37 Windsor Rd, Northmead 

OATLANDS 

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OLD TOONGABBIE 

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PARRAMATTA 

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Hoops Coffee Shop, Bankwest Stadium, 1-13 O’Connell St, Parramatta 

Parramatta Heritage and Information Centre, 346A Church St, Parramatta 

Peter Wynn Store, 197 Church St, Parramatta 

Westfield Concierge Desk Level 2, 4 and 5, 159-175 Church St, Parramatta 

Woolworths Westfield Parramatta, Level 5, 1156/159-175 Church St, Parramatta 

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Woolworths Pemulway, Greystanes Rd & Butu Wargun Dr, Pemulwuy 

PENDLE HILL 

Pendle Hill Meat Market, 142 Bungaree Rd, Pendle Hill 

REGENTS PARK 

Regents Park Library, 1 Amy St, Regents Park 

ROSEHILL 

Woolworths Rosehill, 28-30 Oak St, Rosehill 

RYDALMERE 

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SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK 

DFO, 3-5 Underwood Rd, Homebush 

TOONGABBIE 

Mint Fresh IGA, 9/4 Claudia Rd, Toongabbie 

Portico Shopping Plaza, 17-19 Aurelia St, Toongabbie 

Toongabbie Sports Club, 12 Station Rd, Toongabbie 

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Wentworthville Newsagency, 43 Station St, Wentworthville 

Wentworthville Shopping Village, 336 Great Western Hwy, Wentworthville 

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LOCAL NEWS 

Push for safer delivery 

State Government releases new guidelines to protect food delivery drivers 

NICOLA BARTON 

The safety of food delivery drivers 

is at the forefront of new draft 

guidelines released by the State 

Government recently. 

The guidelines have been put forward for 

industry consultation, following a string of 

food delivery rider fatalities last year. 

Minister for Better Regulation Kevin 

Anderson said the new guide is part of 

the State Government’s commitment to 

ensuring the health and safety of all food 

delivery workers. 

“We’ve developed these strategies in 

partnership with industry to help food 

delivery operators, drivers and restaurants 

understand their obligations under 

NSW Work Health and Safety Legislation,” 

he said. 

“The fast growth of the gig economy has 

created uncertainty and confusion in the 

sector about what each party should be 

doing to comply with the law and what 

protections should be in place, particularly 

when it comes to food delivery riders 

who are independently contracting to the 

big platforms.” 

Delivery rider Amit Kumar and City of Parramatta Councillor Sameer Pandey. 

The guidelines outline existing hazards 

in the industry, such as poorly maintained 

bikes, fatigue and extreme weather conditions, 

and the actions that must be taken 

by delivery platforms, drivers and restaurants 

to mitigate these risks. 

“Safety is everyone’s responsibility and 

this guide clarifies the role of the platform 

operator, the rider and the restaurant to 

ultimately make the gig economy a safer 

workplace and to save lives,” Mr Anderson 

said. 

“The guidelines are about making sure 

that industry participants understand 

how the legislation we have in place 

applies to them, to ensure that our laws 

protect every worker in this state.” 

Last year City of Parramatta Councillor 

Sameer Pandey put forward a motion that 

received unanimous support, seeking the 

Council to implement safety and awareness 

measures to improve the safety of 

riders and pedestrians. 

A report is currently being drafted to 

be put forward at the March 22 Council 

meeting. Cr Pandey welcomed the release 

of the draft guidelines but said we need to 

make sure providers are held accountable. 

“There are a number of issues that need 

to be addressed and there has to be a 

collaborative approach with onus of safety 

on the delivery platform providers such as 

UberEats and Deliveroo,” he said. 

“We need to make significant reforms 

in the regulations, policies and practices 

of delivery platforms and the government 

should be at the forefront of this intervention 

and not leave it just with the providers 

to self-regulate. 

“The platform providers must take full 

legal and moral responsibility to provide a 

safe workplace.” 

The draft guidelines are projected to be 

finalised as released as an Industry Safety 

Action Plan in April. 

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New principal joins St Paul’s 

Catholic College Greystanes 

NICOLA BARTON 

St Paul’s Catholic College Greystanes 

is welcoming a new face to its 

campus with the appointment of 

Principal, Paul Finneran. 

Mr Finneran has now officially 

commenced his role after moving back to 

Sydney from Melbourne, where he served 

as Deputy Principal at the Academy of 

Mary Immaculate College in Fitzroy. 

Mr Finneran has big plans for the school 

and described himself as a “change 

agent”. 

“We are moving into a space where we 

are co-learners with our students and 

with our families,” he said. 

“The remote learning experience last 

year during the COVID-19 lockdown, 

particularly in Melbourne where it was 

a significant part of the year, showed me 

that there is going to be a real blended 

learning environment moving forward. 

“That challenges us to be adaptable and 

flexible in our delivery and in the modes 

of learning and teaching that we offer.” 

Mr Finneran is familiar with the 

Diocese of Parramatta having worked at 

St Patrick’s Marist College Dundas early 

in his career. 

He also spent time as the former 

Campus Director of Trinity Catholic 

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St Paul’s Catholic College Greystanes 

new Principal, Paul Finneran. 

College Auburn. 

This is his first time in the role of Principal, 

to which he brings 27 years’ teaching 

and leadership experience. 

“A great principal has a vision of where 

they want the school to go and they are 

able to articulate that vision really clearly 

and give others a voice in that vision in 

how we enable it,” he said. 

“We have so much potential for growth 

at St Paul’s and I hope to continue to 

develop a culture of learning and teaching 

that offers a broader educational 

experience for our boys and challenges 

them to reach their full potential.” 

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EXPLORING PARRAMATTA 

Take a stroll through 

Parramatta’s proud history: The incredible sites across our local area that 

GRACE O’HEARN 

When you live close by, it’s easy to 

forget that Parramatta is one of 

the most historically rich cities 

in Australia. Before European settlement, 

Parramatta was home to the Darug 

people who flourished with the area’s 

plentiful food supplies from the river and 

bush. When the Europeans arrived in 

Parramatta, it became the oldest inland 

European Settlement in Australia. Today, 

there are many sites that are significant 

for both the European and Indigenous 

history of Parramatta, here are six of the 

best. 

Riverside Walk 

Starting near the Parramatta Visitor 

Centre is a walk beside Parramatta River, 

where artwork on the paths depict the 

Indigenous history of Parramatta. This is a 

great place to take your kids to introduce 

them to Indigenous history. The art shows 

the timeline from the beginnings of Indigenous 

history in the area, to what happened 

to the Indigenous population when the 

Europeans arrived in Parramatta. 

Riverside Walk. 

Female Factory Precinct 

Located in the Cumberland Hospital 

Precinct is what remains of the Female 

Factory, which originally housed female 

convicts from as early as 1821. The women 

held at the factory were made to do long 

work hours; some of this work was very 

physically challenging, such as stone 

breaking. Today, one in 10 Australians are 

believed to be descended from a Female 

The Female Factory Precinct. 

Factory woman. The precinct is open for 

the public to stroll around the precinct 

grounds and admire the architecture 

from the outside, or alternatively you can 

book a tour. Other points of interest in the 

precinct include the Orphanage and the 

Lunatic and Invalid Asylum. 

Old Government House 

Found within the grounds of Parramatta 

Park is the grand building of Old Government 

House that overlooks Parramatta 

River and is the oldest surviving public 

building in Australia. The UNESCO World 

Heritage Site housed the first decisionmaking 

governors of the colony. Scars on 

trees close to Old Government House are 

records of the ‘firestick’ land management 

practice that the Darug people used. 

Old Government House is open from 

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Parramatta’s rich past 

you need to see, and what makes them a special part of our region’s story 

truly able to immerse yourself in the 

history of Elizabeth Farm, as it is an ‘access 

all areas’ museum with no barriers. 

Elizabeth Farm is open from Wednesday 

to Saturday from 10am-4pm. Tickets for 

adults cost $15, concession and family 

rates are also available. 


Old Government House. 

Thursday to Sunday, 10am-4pm, tickets 

are timed and cost $15 for adults. Concession 

and child tickets also available. 

Elizabeth Farm 

Located in Rosehill, and run by Sydney 

Living Museums, who bring their museums 

to life, is Elizabeth Farm. The Farm 

was home to the family of Elizabeth and 

John Macarthur, a military couple who 

became pastoralists and pioneers of the 

Australian wool industry. The house was 

built in 1793 and is now one of the oldest 

standing homes in Australia. Here, you’re 

Elizabeth Farm. 

Parramatta Gaol. 

Hambledon Cottage. 

Parramatta Gaol 

Parramatta Gaol is Australia’s oldest 

standing gaol, built in 1842 and found in 

North Parramatta. Over more than 150 

years of operation, the Gaol housed some 

of the worst criminals in NSW within its 

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holds regular events such as ghost tours. 

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Recreating a 

Parisian icon 

NICOLA BARTON 

Love is still in the air at The Children’s 

Hospital, Westmead, as they 

begin to wrap up their February 

‘love month’ activities. 

This year, hospital staff wanted to put 

a smile on the faces of the children and 

families in the Oncology Treatment 

Centre (OTC) by bringing a slice of Paris to 

the ward. 

The Child Life Therapy team set up an 

installation to recreate the Pont des Arts, 

otherwise known as ‘love lock’ bridge. 

Here, families are able to leave their own 

love locks where they are encouraged to 

share their feelings or a message for others 

in the same situation as them. 

Many uplifting messages have flooded 

the wall over the course of the month, 

from uplifting and inspirational quotes to 

wishes of health and happiness, to even 

thanking the doctors and nurses who 

work so hard to care for their patients. 

Child Life and Music Therapy Assistant, 

Angelica Torrijos, said with current 

international travel restrictions due to the 

pandemic, they wanted to introduce the 

theme of Paris as a fun way for the families 

to get away from their realities and share 

positive messages with one another. 

“We want to promote family involvement, 

so we are always coming up with 

activities that help to lift everyone’s spirits 

in their difficult times,” she told Parra 

News. 

“I’ve been at the hospital for three years 

and the first year we got them to write on 

hearts, the second we had a love wall and 

this year we thought it would be fun to 

recreate the Paris love lock bridge, especially 

given we can’t travel. 

“Everything we do is for the children and 

the families; we just want to help them 

forget and provide uplifting and inspiring 

activities.” 

The installation is set up in the OTC, 

where patients and families come, often 

multiple times a week, for chemo and 

other cancer-related appointments. 

Hospital volunteers spent hours cutting 

out the elements for the installation, proving 

to be a mammoth joint effort by teams 

across the hospital. 

Ms Torrijos said it was heartening to read 

the encouraging words written on the 

padlock cut outs and even more so to see 

how the families reacted to reading them. 

“They loved reading all of the messages,” 

LOCAL NEWS 

Some of the messages of support at The Children’s Hospital, Westmead. 

she said. 

“Some of the messages said to keep 

strong or keep fighting, some thanked the 

doctors or shared inspirational quotes; 

they are all really special. 

“If we can do something that will make 

the family’s day a little more bright or positive 

then we want to do that.” 

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ENTERTAINMENT 

MOVIES, TELEVISION, MUSIC AND MORE – PARRAMATTA’S LEADING ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE 


HAVING THE TIME 

OF THEIR LIVES 

ERIN CHRISTIE 

Flipping the chaos of 2020, Sydney 

band The Rubens are back 

with their long-awaited fourth 

studio album, ‘0202’. 

It was a particularly backward 

year for the band, which had to postpone a 

planned tour, which will now kick-off this 

April instead. However, the new album has 

been in the works for much longer, with 

the band beginning the songwriting process 

in 2018. 

“I think it’s a pretty broad album in its 

sound and its influence,” Elliot Margin, 

who plays keys for The Rubens, told Parra 

News. 

“There’s been a lot of experimenting … 

we’re four albums in and we want to keep 

things interesting. 

“As long as we keep experimenting, we’ll 

gain new fans and keep old ones along for 

the ride.” 

The album, released last Friday, was 

teased through several singles that were 

released early. ‘Time of my Life’, the third 

single released from the album, carried a 

particularly timely message. 

“It’s about not being able to enjoy something 

that should be a good time for you,” 

Elliot explained. 

“We were getting a lot of messages from 

students and teachers, especially HSC 

students … explaining their experience 

through COVID and not being able to do 

all the fun things they should be able to do 

at that time in their life.” 

These messages inspired the band’s 

choice to feature a number of HSC students 

in the music video for ‘Time of my 

Life’. 

“It’s funny, I think a lot of the time music 

that was written during a different time, released 

now, you take it in a different context 

and see it as almost prophetic,” Elliot 

said. 

Currently rehearsing for their upcoming 

shows, Elliot said it had been exciting to be 

performing once more. 

“It’s been kind of really surreal to come 

back together, us boys, and be in a rehearsal 

room and dust off the cobwebs,” he said. 

It’s been over a year since they last performed 

together. Currently, they are rehearsing 

album launch shows, but will 

soon be working on their shows for 2021. 

Their original 2020 ‘Live in Life’ tour was 

postponed due to COVID-19. Their rescheduled 

dates for September 2020 were 

pushed back once more, to what is now the 

‘0202’ album tour. 

The Rubens’ latest album, ‘0202’, is 

available now. 

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Like every other reality show this 

year, ‘Australian Survivor’ will film its 

upcoming season domestically. With Fiji 

and Samoa out of action for the foreseeable 

future, the next season of 10’s 

mega hit show will film in Queensland. 

‘Australian Survivor’ will ditch the island 

theme for the first time and film inland, 

in the outback country town of Cloncurry. 

To help with the move, the Jonathan 

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‘Australian Survivor’ will get underway in 

the coming months. 

Good news for fans of the 7mate 

series ‘Housos’, with the network greenlighting 

another season in 2021. 

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TV NEWS 

A new pet series narrated by Dr Chris 

Brown is coming to 10. Based on the popular 

UK show, ‘The Dog House Australia’ 

will follow the dedicated carers at the 

Animal Welfare League, as they undertake 

a thorough match-making process 

between ‘pawtential’ pooches and Aussie 

families, couples and individuals looking 

for a new four-legged friend. To be part 

of the series, you can register at www. 

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If you love ‘Australia Ninja Warrior’, 

you’re going to love this news. The 

upcoming fifth season will be filmed at 

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New Channel Nine lifestyle series 

‘Space Invaders’ will premiere this Saturday, 

February 27 at 7.30pm. The series 

will feature declutter guru Peter Walsh, 

renovation queen Cherie Barber (both 

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hunter Lucas Callaghan (‘Aussie Pickers’). 

Each week the Space Invaders will transform 

the homes and lives of those who, 

for whatever reason, have found themselves 

drowning in mess and clutter. 

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Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on 

Saturday, March 6. In a first, this year’s 

event will skip Oxford Street and be held 

safely at the Sydney Cricket Ground. 

The new season of ‘Territory Cops’ 

will premiere on 10 this Thursday, February 

25 at 8pm. From drunken misadventure 

to serious assault, drug trafficking, 

driving offences, property theft and a 

whole lot of public nuisance, 10’s cameras 

have unrestricted access to the dangerous, 

bizarre, heart-breaking, and hilarious 

moments that these cops face on a 

day-to-day basis. After spending some 

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 

10:00 Four Corners [s] 11:00 Antiques 

Roadshow [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Call 

The Midwife (M) [s] 2:00 Parliament 

Question Time [s] 3:15 ABC News [s] 4:05 

The Heights (PG) [s] 4:30 Silvia’s Italian 

Table (PG) [s] 5:00 Restoration Australia 

(PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News 

[s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 8:00 Foreign 

Correspondent [s] 8:30 Catalyst (PG) [s] 

9:30 Australia Remastered (PG) [s] 

4:00 Better Homes And 

Gardens 5:30 Escape 

To The Country 6:30 

Bargain Hunt 7:30 Pie In The 

Sky (PG) 8:30 Inspector 

George Gently (M v) 10:30 

Jonathan Creek (M v,s) 1:00 

Pie In The Sky (PG) 2:00 

Escape To The Country 

5:20 Dogstar 6:00 Spirit 

Riding Free (PG) 6:30 

Operation Ouch! 7:00 

Deadly 60 7:30 Shaun The 

Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are 

Go 8:35 Camp Lakebottom 

8:55 Total DramaRama 9:10 

All Hail King Julien (PG) 9:30 

The Legend Of Korra (PG) 

TV Guide: February 23 – March 1 

Your guide to the week’s television viewing 

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show 

(PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 

12:00 Movie: “A Killer Among Us” (M v) (’12) 

Stars: Jasmine Guy 2:00 Gold Coast 

Medical (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 

4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase 

Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 

Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Highway 

Patrol Special (PG) [s] 8:30 The Good 

Doctor (M) [s] 9:30 The Resident (M) [s] 

10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 

4:00 Al McGlashan’s 

Fish’n With Mates (PG) 

4:30 Pawnography 

(PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 

6:00 American Pickers (PG) 

7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 

Aussie Salvage Yard (PG) 8:30 

Outback Opal Hunters (PG) 

10:30 Yukon Gold (M l) 

2:00 Parliament 

Question Time 3:15 

ABC News 4:00 Afternoon 

Briefing 5:00 ABC News 

Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 

7:00 ABC National News 8:00 

ABC News Tonight 8:45 The 

Business 9:00 ABC Nightly 

News 9:30 7.30 

4:30 Futurama (PG) 

5:00 The Simpsons 

(PG) 6:00 Futurama 

(PG) 6:30 The Simpsons (PG) 

7:30 Modern Family (PG) 8:30 

Movie: “The Twilight Saga: 

Breaking Dawn - Part 1” (M) 

(’11) Stars: Billy Burke 10:50 

90210 (M) 

4:35 Thomas And 

Friends 5:10 Luo Bao 

Bei 5:25 Fireman Sam 

5:55 Ben And Holly’s Little 

Kingdom 6:30 Kiri And Lou 

7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks 

And Specks (PG) 8:00 Doctor 

Who (PG) 8:45 Why Are You 

Like This (MA15+) 9:10 TBA 

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 

NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) 

[s] 1:00 9Honey - He Said, She Said [s] 1:10 

Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping 

Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 

5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE 

News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 

Married At First Sight (M) [s] 9:15 Botched 

(M) [s] 10:15 Labour Of Love (M) [s] 11:15 

NINE News Late [s] 11:45 Law & Order: 

Criminal Intent (PG) [s] 12:35 Tipping Point 

5:00 Fraggle Rock 6:00 

Karena And Kasey’s 

Foreign Flavours 6:30 

Pete And Pio’s Kai Safari (PG) 

7:00 Our Stories 7:20 NITV 

News Update 7:30 African 

Americans: Many Rivers To 

Cross (M) 8:30 Superstition 

(MA15+) 

4:00 Sarah Graham: 

Food Safari 4:30 The 

Cook And The Chef 

5:30 Come Dine With Me UK 

6:30 Tales From River Cottage 

7:30 Food Safari 8:00 Indian 

Food Made Easy 8:30 Rick 

Stein’s Fruits Of The Sea 9:05 

Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail 

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6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) 

[s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 TBA 2:00 

Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 My Market 

Kitchen [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 

Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 

4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 

5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 

6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Amazing 

Race Australia (M) [s] 8:30 NCIS (M v) [s] 

9:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) [s] 10:30 The 

Project (PG) [s] 

3:00 Bondi Rescue 

(PG) 3:30 Diagnosis 

Murder (PG) 4:30 Star 

Trek: The Next Generation 

(PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Enterprise 

(PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 

7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 CSI: 

Crime Scene Investigation (M) 

10:25 CSI: Miami (M v) 

5:40 Shortland Street 

(PG) 6:10 Abandoned 

(PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! 

(PG) 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats 

Does Countdown (PG) 8:30 

The X-Files (M h,v) 10:30 The 

Salisbury Poisonings (M l) 

11:25 Vice News Tonight 11:50 

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (PG) 

2:00 Two And A Half 

Men (PG) 3:00 Everybody 

Loves Raymond 

(PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 

Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 

6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 

Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big 

Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Mom 

(M) 12:00 Home Shopping 

3:00 Malcolm In The 

Middle (M) 4:00 The A- 

Team (PG) 5:00 Knight 

Rider (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In 

The Middle (M) 7:00 The 

Nanny (PG) 7:30 Movie: “Safe 

House” (M v,l) (’14) Stars: 

Denzel Washington 9:45 

Movie: “Fargo” (MA15+) (’96) 

1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Destination 

Flavour China (In English/ Mandarin) 2:05 

Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam (PG) 2:35 

Egypt’s Lost Princess (PG) 3:30 Who Do 

You Think You Are? (PG) 4:30 Great British 

Railway Journeys 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:35 

Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 

Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great 

Continental Railway Journeys 8:40 24 Hours 

In Emergency (M) 9:30 Michael Portillo’s 

Abandoned Britain (PG) 

5:00 Celebrity IOU (PG) 

6:00 House Hunters 

International 7:00 

House Hunters USA 7:30 

Escape To The Farm With Kate 

Humble 8:30 Restoration Man 

(M) 9:30 Building Off The Grid 

(PG) 10:30 Maine Cabin 

Masters (PG) 

3:35 Movie: “The Man 

In The White Suit” (G) 

(’51) Stars: Alec 

Guinness 5:20 Heartbeat (PG) 

6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 

New Tricks (M s) 8:40 The 

Closer (M) 9:40 Rizzoli & Isles 

(M v) 10:40 Shades Of Blue 

(MA15+) 

10:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 10:30 Stan 

Grant’s One Plus One [s] 11:00 Running 

Wild (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 

National Press Club Address [s] 1:35 Media 

Watch [s] 2:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 

3:15 ABC News [s] 4:00 The Heights (PG) 

[s] 4:30 Silvia’s Italian Table (PG) [s] 5:00 

Restoration Australia [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 

7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 8:00 

Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 8:30 The Weekly (PG) [s] 

9:00 Aftertaste [s] 

3:30 Make It Yours 



To The Country 6:30 Bargain 

Hunt (PG) 7:30 Frankie Drake 

Mysteries (M v) 8:30 A Touch 

Of Frost (M v) 10:50 Jonathan 

Creek (M) 1:15 ICU (M) 2:00 

Home Shopping 








Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 

(PG) 

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 

11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: 

“Nanny Killer” (M v) (’18) Stars: Morgan 

Obenreder 2:00 Gold Coast Medical (PG) [s] 

3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 

4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 

Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) 

[s] 7:30 Ambulance - Code Red (PG) [s] 

8:30 The Bay (M v,l) [s] 9:30 The Latest 

Seven News [s] 11:00 Criminal Confessions 

(MA15+) [s] 12:00 Code Black Home (M) [s] 







The Simpsons (PG) 9:00 

Family Guy (M) 9:30 American 

Dad (M) 10:30 Family Guy (M) 













(PG) 6:30 The Simpsons: The 

Incredible Lightness Of Being 

A Baby/ Warrin’ Priests (PG) 

7:30 Modern Family (PG) 8:30 

Movie: “Kingdom Of Heaven” 

(MA15+) (’05) 








Who (PG) 8:45 No Time For 

Quiet (M l) 



[s] 1:00 Explore [s] 1:15 Married At First 

Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 

NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire 

Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A 

Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Married At First 

Sight (M) [s] 9:15 The Equalizer (M v) [s] 

10:15 Chicago Med (M mp) [s] 11:15 NINE 

News Late [s] 11:45 New Amsterdam (M) [s] 

12:35 Tipping Point [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 




Off The Grid With Pio 7:00 Our 

Stories 7:20 NITV News 

Update 7:30 First Australians 

(PG) 8:30 The Dome (M) 9:30 

Anote’s Ark 10:40 Red Earth 

Uncovered (PG) 





6:30 Tales From River Cottage 

7:30 Island Feast With Peter 

Kuruvita 8:00 Italian Food 

Safari 8:30 Let’s Brunch 9:00 

Rachel Khoo’s Cosmopolitan 


[s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Jamie’s Easy 

Meals For Every Day [s] 2:00 Entertainment 

Tonight [s] 2:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 3:00 

Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet 

[s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And 

The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 

6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 

7:30 The Cube (PG) [s] 8:30 Bull (M) [s] 

10:30 The Project (PG) [s] 11:30 WIN’s All 

Australian News [s] 







7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 NCIS: 

Los Angeles (M v) 10:20 NCIS 

(M v) 12:10 Home Shopping 

5:10 The Joy Of 

Painting (PG) 5:40 

Shortland Street (PG) 

6:10 Abandoned (PG) 7:05 

Jeopardy! (PG) 7:35 8 Out Of 

10 Cats Does Countdown (PG) 

8:30 Wellington Paranormal 

(M) 8:55 Movie: “Time Bandits” 

(PG) (’81) Stars: Sean Connery 



Loves Raymond 

(PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 




Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 2 

Broke Girls (M s) 


Middle (M) 4:00 Baywatch 

(PG) 5:00 Knight 



Nanny (PG) 7:30 Paranormal 

Caught On Camera (M) 8:30 

Movie: “Indiana Jones And The 

Temple Of Doom” (M v) (’84) 




Grave Of The Vikings (PG) 3:30 Who Do 


Railway Journeys 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:35 


Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 

Britain’s Most Historic Towns (PG) 8:30 

Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime (PG) 

9:20 Vikings: (MA15+) 

5:00 Restoration Man 

(M) 6:00 House 

Hunters International 

7:00 House Hunters USA 7:30 

Barnwood Builders 8:30 Good 

Bones (PG) 9:30 Beachfront 

Bargain Hunt 10:30 How Close 

Can I Beach? 11:30 House 


3:30 Movie: “Golden 

Ivory” (PG) (’54) Stars: 

John Bentley 5:20 

Heartbeat (PG) 6:30 Antiques 

Roadshow 7:30 As Time Goes 

By (PG) 8:30 The Healthy 

Cooks 9:00 Planet Earth II 

(PG) 10:00 Grantchester (M v) 

10:50 Silent Witness (MA15+) 

10:00 Australian Story [s] 10:30 How Deadly 

World (PG) [s] 11:00 Australia Remastered 

[s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Hard Quiz (PG) 

[s] 1:30 The Weekly (PG) [s] 2:00 Parliament 

Question Time [s] 3:15 ABC News [s] 

4:00 The Heights (PG) [s] 4:30 Silvia’s 

Italian Table (PG) [s] 5:00 Restoration 

Australia [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 6:55 Sammy 

J [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 

8:00 Back Roads [s] 8:30 Q&A [s] 9:30 

Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 

3:30 Creek To Coast 




Hunt (PG) 7:30 Father Brown: 

The Three Tools Of Death (PG) 

8:30 Murdoch Mysteries (M) 

11:30 Andrew Denton’s Interview 

(MA15+) 








All Hail King Julien (PG) 9:30 

The Legend Of Korra (PG) 

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 

11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: 

“Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs” (M s,v) (’14) 

Stars: Tony Goldwyn 2:00 Gold Coast 

Medical (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 

4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase 

Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 

Home And Away (PG) [s] 8:30 Wife Swap 

Australia (PG) [s] 9:45 Busted In Bangkok 

(MA15+) [s] 10:45 The Latest Seven News 

[s] 11:15 Celebrity Obsessed (MA15+) [s] 







Movie: “Fantastic Beasts And 

Where To Find Them” (PG) 

(’16) Stars: Eddie Redmayne 













(PG) 6:30 The Simpsons (PG) 

7:30 Cold Case: The Runner 

(M v) 8:30 The Mentalist (M 

d,v) 10:30 Numb3rs (M d) 

11:30 Bones (M v) 2:30 How I 

Met Your Mother (PG) 








Who (PG) 8:45 Penn And 

Teller: Fool Us (M l) 



[s] 1:00 Explore [s] 1:15 Married At First 

Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 

NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire 

Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A 

Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Married At First 

Sight (M) [s] 9:00 The Equalizer (M) [s] 

10:00 Murder For Hire (M l) [s] 11:00 NINE 

News Late [s] 11:30 The Horn (M l,mp) [s] 

12:30 Tipping Point [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 




Off The Grid With Pio (PG) 

7:00 Our Stories 7:30 Going 

Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 

8:30 Movie: “Vai” (PG) (’19) (In 

English/ Samoan/ Tongan/ 

Maori/ Fijian) 





6:30 View From River Cottage 

7:30 The Incredible Spice Men 

8:00 Asia Unplated With Diana 

Chan 8:30 Palisa Anderson’s 

Water Heart Food 


[s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Bondi Rescue 

(PG) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 

My Market Kitchen [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) 

[s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:00 Farm To 

Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful 

(PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:30 The 

Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 

8:00 Territory Cops (PG) [s] 8:30 Gogglebox 

(M) [s] 9:30 Law & Order: SVU (M) [s] 10:30 

This Is Us (M) [s] 







7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 Hawaii 

Five-O (M v) 9:30 LA’s Finest 

(M v,s) 

5:40 Shortland Street 


(PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! 

(PG) 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats 


The Curse Of Oak Island (PG) 

9:20 Time Warp: The Greatest 

Cult Films (M) 10:35 Vice 

News Tonight 



Loves Raymond 

(PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 




Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Friends 

(PG) 12:00 Home Shopping 


Middle (M) 4:00 Baywatch 

(PG) 5:00 Knight 



Nanny (PG) 7:30 Young 

Sheldon (PG) 8:30 Movie: 

“Atomic Blonde” (MA15+) (’17) 

Stars: Charlize Theron 




King Solomon’s Mines (PG) 3:30 Who Do 


Railway Journeys (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 

5:35 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind 

Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 The 

World’s Greatest Palaces (PG) 8:30 Michael 

Mosley: Trust Me, I’m A Doctor (M) 9:25 

Cornwall With Simon Reeve (PG) 

5:00 Beachfront 

Bargain Hunt 6:00 

House Hunters International 


USA 7:30 House Hunters 

International 8:30 Fixer Upper 

(PG) 9:30 TBA 10:30 Raising 

House (PG) 11:30 House 


3:30 Movie: “The 

Gentle Gunman” (G) 

(’52) Stars: Robert 

Beatty 5:20 Heartbeat (PG) 

6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 

Call The Midwife (PG) 8:30 

Explore 8:40 Poirot (M v) 10:40 

See No Evil (M v) 11:40 The 

Disappearance (M v,l) 

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Consumer Advice: (d) drug references, (s) sexual references or sex scenes (h) horror, (l) language, (mp) medical procedures, (n) nudity, (v) violence

Monday 1 March 

Friday 26 February 

Saturday 27 February 

Sunday 28 February 

12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Back Roads (PG) 

[s] 1:30 Outback Ringer (PG) [s] 2:00 Rake 

(M l) [s] 3:00 ABC News [s] 4:00 The 

Heights (PG) [s] 4:30 Silvia’s Italian Table 

(PG) [s] 5:00 Restoration Australia [s] 6:00 

The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 

Gardening Australia [s] 8:30 Vera (M v) [s] 

10:00 Mum (M) [s] 

3:30 Weekender 4:00 

Better Homes And 



Hunt 7:30 Highway Cops (PG) 

8:30 Escape To The Country 

12:00 Movie: “My Father Must Die” (aka 

Killing Daddy) (M v) (’14) Stars: Elizabeth 

Gillies 2:00 House Of Wellness [s] 3:00 The 

Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 

The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News 

[s] 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 8:30 

Movie: “John Wick: Chapter 3” (MA15+) (’19) 

Stars: Keanu Reeves 

6:00 American Pickers 

(PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars 

(PG) 7:30 Movie: “Men 

In Black” (PG) (’97) Stars: Will 

Smith 9:30 Movie: “Predator” 

(M v,l) (’87) 

6:30 Movie: “Finding 

Dory” (G) (’16) Stars: 

Albert Brooks 8:30 

Movie: “Crazy Rich Asians” (M) 

(’18) Stars: Constance Wu 

11:00 Movie: “Fallen” (M l) (’98) 

12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Driving Test (PG) 

[s] 1:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 

Tipping Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon 

News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 

NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 

7:30 Escape To The Chateau (PG) [s] 8:30 

Movie: “Notting Hill” (M) (’99) 11:00 Movie: 

“In Good Company” (PG) (’04) 

6:00 Karena And 

Kasey’s Foreign 

Flavours 6:30 Off The 

Grid With Pio 7:00 NITV News: 

Nula 7:30 Movie: “Mosley” 

(PG) (’19) Stars: Kirby Atkins 

www.sydneyshowground.com.au/events 

1:00 TBA 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 

2:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 3:00 Judge Judy 

(PG) [s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:00 

Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The Bold And The 

Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 

6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 

7:30 The Living Room [s] 8:30 The Graham 

Norton Show (M) [s] 9:30 TBA 

4:30 Star Trek: The 

Next Generation (PG) 

5:30 Star Trek: 

Enterprise (PG) 6:30 Bondi 

Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 

8:30 Law & Order: SVU (M v) 

6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 

Neighbours (PG) 7:00 

Friends (PG) 8:00 The 

Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 

Movie: “Sliding Doors” (PG) 

(’98) Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow 

2:05 Beasts And The Pharaohs (PG) 3:00 

NITV News: Nula 3:30 Who Do You Think 

You Are? (PG) 4:30 Great British Railway 

Journeys (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:35 


Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Who 

Do You Think You Are UK? (PG) 9:35 My 

Grandparents War (PG) 


USA 7:30 Hidden 

Potential 8:30 Lake Life 

9:30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt 

10:30 Pool Kings (PG) 11:30 



6:30 Operation Ouch! 

7:00 Grandpa’s Great 

Escape (PG) 8:10 

Horrible Histories 8:40 Good 

Game Spawn Point 9:00 

Voltron: Legendary Defender 

6:00 ABC Evening 

News 7:00 ABC 

National News 7:45 

The Vaccine 8:00 Planet 

America 9:00 ABC Nightly 

News 9:30 Close Of Business 

5:55 Ben And Holly’s 

Little Kingdom 6:30 Kiri 

And Lou 7:00 Dino 

Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks 

(PG) 8:00 Doctor Who (PG) 

8:45 The Merry Widow 

6:30 View From River 

Cottage 7:30 Weekend 

Breaks With Gregg 

Wallace 8:30 Heston’s Recipe 

For Romance 9:30 View From 

River Cottage 

6:10 Abandoned (PG) 

7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 

7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats 


Hoarders (M) 9:20 City Porn 

(M) 10:10 Housos (MA15+) 

6:00 The Nanny (PG) 

6:30 Movie: “Lemony 

Snicket’s A Series Of 

Unfortunate Events” (M) (’04) 

Stars: Jim Carrey 8:40 Movie: 

“Mortal Engines” (M) (’19) 

6:30 Antiques Roadshow 

7:30 David 

Attenborough Seven 

Worlds, One Planet (PG) 8:40 

Movie: “Escape From Alcatraz” 

(PG) (’79) 

12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 Sleeping Beauty 

[s] 2:40 Royal Wives Of Windsor: A Royal 

Marriage [s] 3:30 Dream Gardens [s] 4:00 

Ask The Doctor (PG) [s] 4:30 Landline [s] 

5:00 Football: A-League: Western Sydney 

Wanderers v Adelaide United *Live* [s] 7:00 

ABC News [s] 7:30 Death In Paradise (PG) 

[s] 8:30 Call The Midwife (PG) [s] 

12:00 Motor Racing: 2021 Repco Supercars 

Championship: Mt Panorama 500 - Day 1 

*Live* [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 

Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 

[s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Border 

Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) [s] 

7:30 Movie: “Guardians Of The Galaxy” 

(PG) (’14) Stars: James Gunn 

2:00 My Way [s] 2:30 Witness To Disaster 

(PG) [s] 3:30 Serengeti (PG) [s] 4:30 The 

Garden Gurus [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At 

Five [s] 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE 

News Saturday [s] 7:00 A Current Affair 

(PG) [s] 7:30 Space Invaders (PG) [s] 8:30 

Movie: “Yesterday” (M l) (’19) 10:50 Movie: 

“Taking Woodstock” (MA15+) (’09) 

1:00 10 Minute Kitchen [s] 1:30 Places We 

Go [s] 2:00 Three Blue Ducks [s] 2:30 

Australia By Design [s] 3:00 What’s Up 

Down Under [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 

4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 Farm To 

Fork [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 TBA 

6:30 TBA 7:00 Three Blue Ducks [s] 7:30 

TBA 8:30 Ambulance UK (M) [s] 

2:00 Figure Skating: ISU European Figure 

Skating Austria 3:30 Black Hole: Universe’s 

Greatest Mystery Black Hole Hunters 4:40 

Lost Viking Army (PG) 5:35 Hitler Youth 

(PG) (In English/ German) 6:30 SBS World 

News 7:30 Going Places (PG) 8:00 King 

Arthur’s Britain (M) 9:10 Movie: “Monty 

Python And The Holy Grail” (PG) (’75) 

Seven’s Horse Racing: 

Flemington 6:30 The 

Yorkshire Vet (PG) 8:30 

Escape To The Country 11:30 

The Great Outdoors (PG) 

12:30 The Fine Art Auction 

6:00 Megastructures 

(PG) 7:00 AFL: 

Women’s: Round 5: 

Geelong v Collingwood *Live* 

9:00 The Thrill Of The Chase 

(PG) 10:00 Mighty Ships (PG) 

7:00 Movie: “Home 

Alone 2: Lost In New 

York” (PG) (’92) Stars: 

Macaulay Culkin 9:30 Movie: 

“Beaches” (PG) (’88) Stars: 

Barbara Hershey 

6:00 Going Places With 

Ernie Dingo (PG) 7:00 

Everyday Brave (PG) 

7:30 NITV News Update 7:40 

Through The Wormhole (PG) 

8:30 The Tall Man (M l) 

4:30 Mighty Machines 

5:00 Escape Fishing 

With ET (PG) 5:30 

Scorpion (M v) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 

8:30 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 

10:20 TBA 11:20 LA’s Finest 

6:00 The Big Bang 

Theory (PG) 10:30 The 

Middle (PG) 12:00 

Home Shopping 1:30 2 Broke 

Girls (M v) 4:00 Mom (M s) 

4:30 Home Shopping 

7:30 Country House 

Hunter 8:30 House 

Hunters USA 9:30 


10:30 House Hunters Renovation 


6:30 Robot Wars 7:30 

Shaun The Sheep 8:00 

Thunderbirds Are Go 

8:35 Camp Lakebottom 8:55 

Total DramaRama 9:10 All Hail 

King Julien (PG) 


News 6:30 Australian 

Story 7:00 ABC 

National News 7:30 Back 

Roads 8:00 ABC News Tonight 

8:10 Four Corners 

5:55 Ben And Holly’s 

Little Kingdom 6:30 Kiri 

And Lou 7:00 Catie’s 

Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks 

And Specks (PG) 8:00 QI (M) 

8:30 TBA 

5:30 Cheese Slices 

6:30 The Big Family 

Cooking Showdown 

7:35 Pacific Island Food 

Revolution 8:35 Ainsley’s 

Mediterranean Cookbook 

7:55 8 Out Of 10 Cats 

Does Countdown (M 

d,l,s) 8:35 The X-Files 

(M h,v) 11:05 The Sunny Side 

Of Sex (MA15+) (In English/ 

Spanish/ Swahili/ Urdu) 

7:00 Movie: “Despicable 

Me” (PG) (’10) Stars: 

Kristen Wiig 8:50 Movie: 

“Anchorman: The Legend Of 

Ron Burgundy” (M s,v,l) (’04) 

Stars: Will Ferrell 

5:00 Movie: “McLintock!” 

(PG) (’63) Stars: 

John Wayne 7:30 

Rugby Union: Brumbies v 

Waratahs *Live* 10:00 Movie: 

“Major League" (M l) (’89) 

12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 Landline [s] 1:30 

Gardening Australia [s] 2:30 Australia 

Remastered (PG) [s] 3:30 The Mix [s] 4:00 

Football: W-League: Round 10: Melbourne 

Victory v Canberra United *Live* [s] 6:00 

Antiques Roadshow [s] 7:00 ABC News 

Sunday [s] 7:40 Grand Designs NZ [s] 8:30 

Harrow (M v) [s] 9:25 Silent Witness (M) [s] 

12:00 Motor Racing: 2021 Repco Supercars 

Championship: Mt Panorama 500 - Day 2 

*Live* [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 

Sydney Weekender (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven 

News [s] 7:00 TBA 8:30 TBA 11:00 World’s 

Deadliest (PG) [s] 11:45 Surveillance Oz: 

Dashcam (PG) [s] 12:15 Motor Racing: 2021 

Repco Supercars Championship Highlights 

12:00 Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman & 

Ironwoman Series (PG) [s] 2:00 Movie: 

“Zeus And Roxanne” (G) (’97) Stars: Steve 

Guttenberg 4:00 David Attenborough’s 

Dynasties (PG) [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At 

Five [s] 5:30 Territory Cops (PG) [s] 6:00 

NINE News Sunday [s] 7:00 Married At First 

Sight (M) [s] 8:40 60 Minutes (PG) [s] 

1:00 The Offroad Adventure Show [s] 2:00 

Three Blue Ducks [s] 2:30 Freshly Picked [s] 

3:00 Farm To Fork [s] 3:30 Roads Less 

Travelled (PG) [s] 4:00 TBA 5:00 10 News 

First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Sunday 

Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Amazing Race 

Australia (M) [s] 9:00 FBI: Most Wanted (M) 

[s] 11:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 

3:00 Bushfire Animal Rescue (PG) 4:00 

Great British Railway Journeys: Faversham 

To Dorking (PG) 4:35 Sportswoman 4:35 

Hitler Youth (PG) (In English/ German) 6:30 

SBS World News 7:30 Searching For 

Cleopatra (PG) 9:10 The Queen And The 

Coup (PG) 10:05 Country Town Pride: 

Untold Australia (M l) 

2:00 The Vendee Globe 

3:15 Escape To The 

Country 6:15 M*A*S*H 

(PG) 8:30 Wild Bill (MA15+) 

9:30 Bodyguard (MA15+) 

11:30 TBA 

6:00 Last Car Garage 

(PG) 6:30 Border Patrol 

(PG) 7:00 Border 

Security - Australia’s Front Line 

(PG) 8:30 Movie: “The 

Hangover Part II” (M) (’11) 

5:30 TBA 7:00 Modern 

Family (PG) 7:30 Say 

Yes To The Dress 

Atlanta (M) 8:30 First Dates 

Australia (M) 10:50 Bridezillas 

(M) 11:50 Splitting Up Together 

6:00 APTN National 

News 6:30 Artefact 

7:30 NITV News 

Update 7:40 Going Places 

With Ernie Dingo (PG) 8:40 

Killing Patient Zero (M d,l,s) 

4:30 What’s Up Down 

Under 5:00 I Fish 5:30 

Star Trek: Enterprise 


7:30 NCIS (M v) 9:25 NCIS: 

Los Angeles (M v) 

6:00 The Big Bang 

Theory (PG) 9:00 

Friends (PG) 10:30 2 

Broke Girls (M s) 12:00 Home 

Shopping 1:30 Mom (M s) 3:30 

The Neighbourhood (PG) 



Restored By The Fords 

8:30 Scott’s Vacation House 

Rules 9:30 My Lottery Dream 

Home 10:30 Flip Or Flop 

6:30 Robot Wars 7:35 

All Hail King Julien 

(PG) 8:00 Thunderbirds 

Are Go 8:35 Camp Lakebottom 

8:55 The Rubbish World Of 

Dave Spud 


News 6:30 Foreign 

Correspondent 7:00 

ABC News Sunday 7:40 Drum 

Beat 8:00 Insiders 9:00 ABC 

Nightly News 

6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 

Catie’s Amazing 

Machines 7:30 Spicks 

And Specks (PG) 8:00 

Compass (PG) 8:30 Louis 

Theroux: Behind Bars (M l) 

6:00 In Search Of 

Umami 6:30 Bill’s 

Kitchen: Notting Hill 

Street Food 7:00 Asia 

Unplated With Diana Chan 

7:30 Wok Vs Pot 

6:30 Brooklyn Nine- 

Nine (PG) 7:00 Monty 

Python’s Flying Circus 


Engineering (PG) 8:30 Why 

Women Kill (MA15+) 

5:40 Movie: “Alvin And 

The Chipmunks: The 

Squeakquel” (G) (’09) 

Stars: Jason Lee 7:30 Movie: 

“The Matrix Reloaded” (M) (’03) 

Stars: Keanu Reeves 

5:15 Movie: “Rio 

Grande” (G) (’50) Stars: 

John Wayne 7:30 

Death In Paradise (PG) 8:40 

Chicago PD (MA15+) 9:40 

Chicago Fire (MA15+) 

12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Death In Paradise 

(M v) [s] 2:00 Rake (M l,v) [s] 3:00 ABC 

News [s] 4:00 The Heights (PG) [s] 4:30 

Silvia’s Italian Table (PG) [s] 5:00 Restoration 

Australia (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 

7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 8:00 

Australian Story [s] 8:30 Four Corners [s] 

9:15 Media Watch [s] 9:35 The Pacific (PG) 

12:00 Movie: “Romeo Killer: The Chris 

Porco Story” (M v) (’13) Stars: Eric 

McCormack 2:00 Gold Coast Medical (PG) 

[s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News 

At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 

Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) 

[s] 7:30 TBA 9:00 9-1-1 (M) [s] 10:00 The 

Rookie (M) [s] 11:00 Seven News [s] 

12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Getaway [s] 1:30 

Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping 

Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 

5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE 

News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 

Married At First Sight (M) [s] 9:00 Under 

Investigation (PG) [s] 10:00 Australian Crime 

Stories (M) [s] 11:00 NINE News Late [s] 

1:00 TBA 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 

3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Everyday 

Gourmet [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 The 

Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 

News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The 

Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Amazing Race 

Australia (M) [s] 8:30 Hughesy, We Have A 

Problem (M) [s] 

2:50 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 

3:25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 4:30 

Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 5:05 

Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 

6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World 

News 7:35 The Architecture The Railways 

Built (PG) 8:30 24 Hours In Emergency: (M) 

9:25 The Story Of The Songs (M) 

2:30 Million Dollar 

Minute 3:30 M*A*S*H 

(PG) 5:30 Escape To 

The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 

7:30 Doc Martin (PG) 8:30 

Foyle’s War (M) 

6:00 American Pickers 

(PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars 

(PG) 7:30 Restoration 

Workshop (PG) 8:30 Movie: 

“Aquaman” (M) (’18) Stars: 

Jason Momoa 



(PG) 7:30 Modern 

Family (PG) 8:30 Ramsay’s 

Kitchen Nightmares (M l) 10:30 

Ramsay’s Hotel Hell (M l) 

6:00 Karena And 

Kasey’s Foreign 

Flavours 6:30 Off The 

Grid With Pio 7:00 Our Stories 

7:20 NITV News Update 7:30 

Faboriginal (PG) 

4:30 Star Trek: The 

Next Generation (PG) 

5:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 

Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS 

(M v) 10:20 TBA 11:15 TBA 

12:10 Home Shopping 

6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 

Neighbours (PG) 7:00 

Friends (PG) 8:00 The 

Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 

Two And A Half Men (PG) 

11:00 The Middle (PG) 



House Hunters USA 

8:30 Fixer Upper (PG) 9:30 

Celebrity IOU (PG) 10:30 

Flipping Virgins (M) 

6:30 Operation Ouch! 

7:00 Deadly 60 7:30 

Shaun The Sheep 8:00 

Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 

Camp Lakebottom 8:55 The 

Rubbish World Of Dave Spud 


News 7:00 ABC 

National News 8:00 




6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 

Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks 

And Specks (PG) 8:00 

Doctor Who (PG) 9:10 David 

Attenborough’s Kingdom Of 

Plants (PG) 

6:30 Come Dine With 

Me UK 7:30 Anthony 

Bourdain: Parts 

Unknown 8:30 Gordon Ramsay 

Unchartered 9:30 Mystery 

Diners 

7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 

7:30 NITV News 

Update 7:35 8 Out Of 

10 Cats Does Countdown 

(M l,s) 8:30 Taskmaster (M) 

9:25 RocKwiz (M l) 


Middle (M) 7:00 The 

Nanny (PG) 7:30 RBT 

(PG) 8:30 Movie: “American 

Made” (M) (’17) Stars: Tom 

Cruise 

5:20 Heartbeat (PG) 

6:30 Antiques Roadshow 

7:30 London Kills 

(M v,s,d) 8:40 DCI Banks 

(MA15+) 10:40 Three Days To 

Live (M v) 

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ACROSS 

1. Girls’ short haircuts 

4. Betrothed men 

8. Non-coms (1,1,2) 

11. Clothing tag 

13. More charming 

15. Censure 

17. Select, ... for 

18. Talented 

20. Crack army force 

(1,1,1) 

21. From Lone Star state 

24. Candle 

27. Blunder, faux ... 

28. Touchy 

30. Joint, mortise & ... 

31. Catwalk beauty 

33. Gripes 

34. Drug (racehorse) 

35. Jeans pioneer, ... 

Strauss 

36. Scathing put-down 

39. Incurs (debt) (4,2) 

42. Lurid 

44. Knock loudly 

45. Show gratitude to 

46. Wise person 

48. Suppress (riot) 

49. Ronald Reagan’s 

widow 

50. Unchanged (2,2) 

52. Quietens 

54. Slip sideways 

55. Of oceanic flow 

56. Most senior 

57. In proportion, pro ... 

60. Walk off stage 

62. Drank slowly 

65. Of length 

67. Banded gemstone 

69. Reorganise 

70. Subterfuges 

72. Respectful address 

73. Cosmetic lotion 

75. Tea-shipping box 

77. Sheltered side 

79. Confrontation 

81. Acorn bearer 

82. Skips 

84. Wage recipient 

85. Readjust 

86. Assemble 

87. Lodges 

88. Impose (tax) 

Last week’s solution 

DOWN 

1. Baby’s aprons 

2. Lacking enthusiasm 

3. USA nickname, Uncle 

... 

4. Tighten (muscle) 

5. Makes reparations 

6. Natural fibre 

7. Scissor-cut 

8. Bushranger, ... Kelly 

9. Thin pancake 

10. Complete collections 

12. Actress, ... Davis 

14. Silent Night is one 

16. Wood-turning 

machine 

19. Whiter 

22. Viewing suspiciously 

23. Dined at bistro (3,3) 

25. Parka 

26. Entrenches 

29. Coils 

32. Presentation ball 

entrant 

35. Hairspray 

37. Alter (rules) 

38. Resilient 

40. Dim 

41. Tiny bottle 

42. Garden figurine 

43. Pulls with a jerk 

44. Creature 

47. Leggings 

51. Smile coyly 

52. Lights, ..., action! 

53. Snow vehicle 

54. Embroiderers 

58. In vain, to no ... 

59. Dead ... dodo (2,1) 

61. Fabric insert 

63. Irritating 

64. Disbands (troops) 

65. Kissed (of dog) 

66. Cars 

68. Vine fruit 

71. Privileged few 

72. Fraud 

74. Happily ... after 

76. Miscalculates 

78. Detect 

80. Took (exam) 

83. Actors 

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Emotional journey through time 

LONG STORY SHORT 

 

1 hour, 30 minutes 

ERIN CHRISTIE 

Josh Lawson achieves a lot with 

‘Long Story Short’, which manages to 

be an anxiety-inducing, yet funny and 

romantic reminder about the shrinking 

nature of time. 

Teddy, a classic procrastinator stuck 

in a job he can’t make sense of, is 

handed a ‘gift’ by a wise old lady in a 

cemetery right before his wedding; a 

gift that shows him his next 10 wedding 

anniversaries in quick succession, 

reminiscent of both ‘Groundhog 

Day’ and ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’. 

Unable to escape the rapid passage 

of time, in which he experiences 

heartbreak, divorce, fatherhood, and 

most importantly, the realisation that 

his time is precious – Teddy comes to 

realise what is truly important. 

Rafe Spall as Teddy brings dry and 

sarcastic humour to the film, while 

also displaying brilliant chemistry 

with his co-star, Zahra Newman, who 

portrays his vulnerable – yet fiercely 

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They are joined by Ronny Chieng as 

Sam, Teddy’s well-meaning and funny 

best friend, and Noni Hazelhurst as 

the nameless ‘witch’ who gifts Teddy 

with the wake-up call of passing time. 

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• Installation of twelve (12) new panel antennas (not more than 2.8m 

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Volkswagen’s best-selling model gets major update for Australian market 

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Volkswagen Australia’s best-selling 

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major update that enters showrooms 

from next month. 

With a range of equipment shared with 

the Mark 8 Golf, the 110TSI variants of 

the new Tiguan range are on sale from 

mid-March. The best-selling 162TSI and 

the new 147TDI variants arrive in late May 

followed in June by the 132TSI. 

Adopting the latest Volkswagen design 

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distinct model grades: Life; Elegance; and 

the fully-loaded sport-themed R-Line. 

The Life grade can be configured as 

either a 1.4-litre 110kW/250Nm with frontwheel 

drive and six-speed DSG transmission; 

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seven-speed DSG and 4MOTION. 

The Volkswagen Tiguan SUV. 

“With the introduction of new technology 

from the new Mark 8 Golf, the 2021 

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Volkswagen Group Australia Managing 

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SPORT 

Tuesday, February 23 2021 

Eels look sharp ahead of season 

NATHAN TAYLOR 

Parramatta will field a near fullstrength 

side when they face-off 

against old foes Penrith this Saturday 

night at Panthers Stadium. 

The two teams, who both finished in the 

top four last season, will go head-to-head 

in their final trial match before the 2021 

NRL season gets underway in just over a 

fortnight’s time. 

The Battle of the West trial is always a 

blockbuster, with both sides unable to be 

separated in the corresponding fixture last 

year in Bega. 

Parramatta began their pre-season 

campaign in emphatic fashion last week, 

dominating their trial against St George 

Illawarra with a 28-6 victory. 

There was a handful of NRL talent on show 

for both sides with the Eels running out most 

of their new recruits in Keegan Hipgrave, 

Isaiah Papali’i, Tom Opacic and Michael 

Oldfield, while the Dragons unveiled former 

Broncos teammates Jack Bird and Andrew 

McCullough for the first time. 

Veteran playmakers Will Smith and Jordan 

Rankin steered the ship for Parramatta 

while some of their rookie backs – Haze 

Dunster, Will Penisini and Sean O’Sullivan 

– all looked dangerous throughout the 

match. 

While newcomer Papali’i was close to best 

on ground, it was the experienced Smith 

who had his hand in just about everything 

for the Eels. 

Unfortunately, Parramatta’s 22-point 

hammering of Anthony Griffin’s men 

was soured by the loss of recruit Michael 

Oldfield, who suffered a knee injury. 

The Eels later reported that the 30-yearold 

winger suffered an MCL sprain and 

would be unavailable for the first month of 

the season. 

Parramatta are expected to name their big 

guns for this Saturday night’s trial against 

last year’s Grand Finalists with captain 

Clint Gutherson, halves Dylan Brown and 

Mitchell Moses, and hooker Reed Mahoney 

all set to feature. 

For Penrith, it will be their first major trial 

game of the pre-season with new captains 

Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo, along with 

Viliame Kikau and Dylan Edwards, playing 

their first games for the club since October’s 

Grand Final defeat. 

Penrith and Parramatta will do battle at 

Panthers Stadium this Saturday, February 

27 at 7.30pm. 

Oregon Kaufusi in action for the Eels against the Dragons. Photo: NRL Images. 

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