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Make over, don’t take over the Pavilion

By CHARLOTTE GRIEVE On Sunday June 6, hundreds of people gathered for a concert to save the Bondi Pavilion. It was a free event featuring headline acts by Dave Faulkner from the Hoodoo Gurus, Reg Mombassa’s Dog Trumpet and award-winning band Haze Trio.

“Today is a great opportunity for us to showcase the fabulous talent that Bondi has produced. All acts have either learnt through or lived in Bondi,” said Kilty O’Brien, conveyor for Save Bondi Pavilion.

Australian television personality and activist Michael Caton was the MC for the day introducing local acts from the Bondi Dance Company, Tango and Capoeria, of which all run classes in the historic Pavilion Building.

“Under the proposed plans, these groups will lose the space. It’s not a case of moving to another community centre, this is the only centre we’ve got,” said Mrs O’Brien.

The concert was part of the wider Save Bondi Pavilion campaign spearheaded by a community group aiming to stop the privatisation of the heritage-listed building. The group is calling for a “makeover not takeover,” advocating for the restoration of the Bondi Pavilion as a community cultural centre.

“The building has been left to be run down.

Everyone in Bondi agrees we need an upgrade, but we don’t need a total takeover and privatisation,” said Mrs O’Brien.

They claim the $38 million plan removes public space and does not respect the heritage of the building. Speaking at the event, Councilor Ingrid Strewe, argued that the Council has failed to conduct a “cultural analysis” of the site.

“What they have done here is use an economic analysis to decide what they should do with your pavilion rather than a cultural analysis. The scales are weighted” she said.

Mrs O’Brien has called the Council’s consultation with the community a “disgrace.” Recent developments have shown that there are two alternate plans that are less expensive and more focused on community needs.

“It’s now on the public record that the architects drew up three plans and she [Sally Betts] only made available to her fellow Councillors one plan. So in

Dancers at the Pavilion last Sunday. Source: supplied.

consultation with senior staff, she’s decided to keep it secret the other two plans which are in line with what the community want to see in the development of the Pavilion” Mrs O’Brien told City Hub. Late last month, residents, politicians and union members announced a ‘green ban’ on the site.

Speaking at the event, CFMEU State President, Rita Mallia, congratulated the crowd on their efforts and commented on the success of the Green Ban. “We are very proud to have launched a Green Ban on this building. The development of this ban has showed how powerful the combination of the trade union movement and the community can be” she said.

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Also speaking at the event, Greens MP David Shoebridge, stressed the importance of the public benefit in Crown Land developments.

“What we’re on is actually crown land, it’s public land. And we don’t think it should be handed over to the best connected developer” he said.

Mr Schoebridge sees the planned redevelopment of the Bondi Pavilion as being part of larger government plan to monetise Crown land across New South Wales.

“This is just part of a bigger story about efforts from both this state government and the

Art school merger condemned by stakeholders

BY LUCAS BAIRD The local and arts communities have rallied to condemn a decision

by NSW’s top universities to combine their art schools next year.

The University of Sydney will dissolve its Sydney College of the Arts campus at Callan Park and will give students the option of either continuing with their current degree at UNSW’s Paddington campus or transfer to a course offered in UNSW’s Art and Design faculty.

The two universities are also in discussion with the National Arts School in Darlinghurst to include it in the merger. The State government has recently transferred control of this facility to Property NSW, raising the possibility that the former site of the Darlinghurst Gaol, containing Sydney’s oldest and best preserved examples of colonial sandstone architecture could be sold to developers.

State MP for Balmain, Jamie Parker lamented that the three different approaches by the schools would become homogenised and diluted. He said that the the Sydney College of the Arts focused on a studio based practice with an emphasis on theoretical and academic work, which does not gel with UNSW’s and the National Arts School’s traditional lecture hall approach.

The founder and leader of the Arts Party, PJ Collins, supported Mr Parker and said he “completely disagreed” with the decision to merge the schools.

“The arts students of NSW should have the option of three quite distinct approaches to the study of fine arts… It is a very worrying development,” Mr Collins told City Hub. Mr Collins said that a merger would result in less equipment and staff, calling the plan “cruel” to students who would no longer be getting the education they signed up for.

pervious one to basically hunt around, look for any community asset that they think can be sold, privatised, leased or developed and basically allow it to happen” said Mr Shoebridge.

Greens Candidate for Wentworth, Deejay Toborek, told City Hub he remains confident for the future of the community centre. He said opposition to the development is getting stronger.

“Sally Betts wants to create a Customs House for Bondi. It’s not going to happen on our watch.

It’s not even just a Greens thing. It’s a Labor issue too and even one of the Liberals has stepped up” Mr Toborek said.

Sydney College of the arts in Rozelle. Photo: Andy Mitchell

Mr Collins also believes that these cutbacks will result in less opportunities for the next generation of artists, ultimately reducing the variety of art created in the future.

“We don’t want to see less access to arts, that is the opposite of what we want.”

Despite these concerns, a UNSW spokesperson told City Hub that they believe the combination of these schools will build on the strengths of both institutions.

However, Mr Parker’s concern was not only with education. He believes that the state government will opt to sell off the newly available land in Callan Park and that an independent trust must be established to protect the park.

“We have learnt from both Liberal and Labor governments that as soon as you leave a piece of public land available, governments are set to try and sell it,” Mr Parker said.

“Without a properly funded, independent trust, temptation from Government would be to sell the land and we need the land of Callan Park - not just for the people of the Inner West - for all the people of Sydney.”

Friends of Callan Park President, Hall Greenland, said that a Callan Park Trust would be “ideal” and that any privatisation or leasing of Callan Park would be a “tragedy”.

But he said that if there was any move to do this there would be a “mighty” resistance from the community.

“This is an active, well informed, determined community and any attempt to ruin Callan Park would be met with fierce resistance,” he told City Hub. The University of Sydney did not respond to City Hub’s request for comment. city hub 30 JUNE 2016

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Upper House inquiry for Ultimo Public School

BY JORDAN FERMANIS UPECC has been adamant that the The long-running campaign to save proposed transfer of the school to a site in Ultimo Primary School will be taken to Wentworth Park will be catastrophic. the Legistlative Council with an inquiry “What the department is proposing headed by Greens MP David Shoebridge. to do is a wicked waste of public money The announcement of the Upper and will not achieve the result that the House inquiry is the latest in a string of community and the area need,” Ms events that have pitted the community and Mortimer said. the council against the NSW Government.

UPECC said it is attempting Mr Shoebridge told City Hub that the to negotiate a deal with a group of inquiry was long overdue and sought to developers that may be able to buy the ensure that an appropriate school facility site with the intent of reselling it to the be built to replace Ultimo Public School.

NSW government.

“We’ve been approached by parents “A group of developers may buy the and the school community who are deeply site and build the school and sell it to the distressed at the prospect of many of their Department of Education for the same kids spending their entire time in primary kind of cost,” said Ms Mortimer. school in a ramshackle, demountable A life member of the Ultimo School facility. There clearly are far superior P&C, Bill d’Anthes said that the The school. Photo: Alex Lewis. options,” Mr Shoebridge said. government has been slow to act on Mr Shoebridge said that the inquiry has received support from a considering different options to the proposed demolition and that a major party and was hopeful of a positive outcome. brokering a deal with developers might be the only way forward.

“We’ve managed to bring Labor on board and we are having very “The government is concentrating on other areas, because they fruitful discussions with the cross bench which we are going to progress don’t seem to be doing anything,” he said. between now and August when Parliament returns,” Mr Shoebridge “They’ve been so short sighted, there probably wouldn’t be enough said. money to educate the kids.”

After the government broke its promise to construct a school large Data from the 2016-17 Education Budget indicate that $1.6 million enough for one thousand students, teachers and residents have been will be spent on the redevelopment of the school until the end of this left feeling duped by the education department. financial year. The budget also indicates that no further funding will Convenor of Ultimo Pyrmont Education Campaign Committee be provided to the Ultimo Public School project due for completion in (UPECC), Mary Mortimer, said she hoped that the upper house 2019. inquiry will delay the demolition of Ultimo Primary School.

The Upper House inquiry is set to make land available for the “We understand it has the support of enough Upper House construction of a new site. Mr Shoebridge told City Hub that a school that meets the needs of the community is essential. members, the motion was certainly moved last week.”

“Public land needs to be made available for the best public “At the moment we are hoping that will stall the proceeds,” Ms outcome,” Mr Shoebridge said.

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City shuts down Darlo gym

BY CHRISTOPHER HARRIS A Darlinghurst gym that started out as a 24/7 operation closed its doors last week following council imposed restrictions that meant it couldn’t trade as promised.

Last Thursday June 23, franchisees of Plus Fitness Darlinghurst closed down the gym after the council had restricted its trading hours from 24 hours to 6am to 10pm daily, following noise complaints from residents.

City Hub believes the closure of the gym was a direct result of the decrease in members who found the gym was not able to deliver on being a 24/7 gym.

The gym at 172 Riley Street in Darlinghurst was located next to a gay sex on premises venue called Signal that operates at all hours.

A City spokesperson told City Hub that the gym was only ever on a 24 hour trading trial, and that an extension of hours following the trial was refused due to noise complaints from nearby residents.

But in an email to members, Plus Fitness denied that the gym would be restricted for much longer: “We can categorically confirm that the 24 hour trading has NOT been refused and it is only temporarily restricted whilst under review by Sydney City Council.”

According to the City of Sydney website, the late time economy is encouraged by the council. It states: “We’re encouraging a larger variety of retailers and attractions to stay open late, to broaden people’s choices of things to do after dark. Small businesses interested in opening later can attend free workshops to discuss ideas and register their comments.”

For Fitness Plus Darlinghurst, the trading hour restriction was the death of the business.

The franchisees of the gym, Wesley and Amy Brinckley, are now in a legal tussle with the Plus Fitness brand after it sought a court injunction on the owners selling off the gym equipment and speaking with the members of the gym.

“We’re very sad to say that due to some recent events that severely impacted our business, we had to close our doors permanently tonight.

We are in a legal dispute with Plus Fitness head office in relation to this, unfortunately that’s all I can say for now,” a post last Thursday on their Facebook page entitled, “Not Quite 24/7,” read.

“A massive thank you to our members for all the fun times over the last couple of years, the supportive messages, the stories shared and the

The gym in Darlinghurst. Source: Google streetview.

friendships built - with us and amongst yourselves, even a few romances.”

City Hub contacted Ms Brinckley for further comment, but she declined citing legal advice she had received.

Liberal Councillor Christine Foster said that the closure of a business in the City was never good news.

“It is terrible to see any City of Sydney business close, particularly if that has been the result of a council decision,” she told City Hub. “Obviously the residents need to be considered. I would say there would be a balance of the needs of business and amenity for residents. It is terrible to see a 24 hour business close, especially one that is not related to selling alcohol or gambling.

We want to be a 24 hour city.”

President of the Darlinghurst Business Partnership told City Hub there was no encompassing plan for late night businesses in the City, but just a series of “ad hoc rules.”

He said it was possible to find a way for residents and visitors to coexist with an overarching plan. He cited the global trend of cities to be operating 24 hours a day and the changing behaviour of millennials.

“The city doesn’t have a plan for a 24 economy, and with millennials, the whole idea of working nine to five is gone, it is a dead paradigm.”

He said businesses need to be protected from residents who move into an area and decide they want to change it.

“This is a symptom of the fact that we have not planned what a City should be. Unless we protect the parts of the culture that made it cool, they will all go. The Council has it within their power to protect Oxford St, from complaints like that, but its policy is only piecemeal,” he said.

“Any new developments, they could insist on soundproofing. This City is geared up for the residents. The residents moved here because of the hustle and bustle, and we have to maintain that.”

A Council spokesperson said the 24 hour trading license was for a twelve month trial which was cancelled because the weights and associated gym music were too noisy.

“The City granted a 12-month trial of extended hours from 10pm to 6am last year.”

“Following the trial period, the City did not extend the hours further due to late-night noise from weights and music affecting residents in the building.

“City staff later investigated complaints that the gym was continuing to operate outside of approved hours. A warning was issued and a recent inspection confirmed the gym was closed after 10pm.

“There is currently an application being assessed by the City to review the extended Ms Brinckley. operating hour refusal decision.”

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Who’s been sleeping in my (Upper) House?

BY MICHAEL FORNO As the July 2 election approaches the new Senate election rules will at last be put to the test. These changes mean that voters will exert greater control over their vote and party preference deals are less effectual than in previous elections.

These changes will make it more difficult for independent or micro-party members to be elected to the Senate. There are 40 parties running candidates for NSW in the Senate. The number of actual candidates, both partied and independent exceeds 150.

Knowing each candidate of the major parties or what the micro parties stand for can be exceedingly difficult. So here is a brief overview of the NSW candidates for the Senate.

The Coalition’s main candidates and sitting Senators include Arthur Sinodinos, a former investment banker and chief of staff to John Howard who was subsequently embroiled in corruption allegations over political donations made to the Liberal Party from Australian Water Holdings whilst simultaneously being a director of the of the company and honorary treasure to the Liberal Party.

Marise Payne, former minister for human services in the Abbott Government, now the Defence Minister. She has overseen the final stages of the competitive tender process for the $50bn contracts to build 12 submarines in Adelaide.

Fiona Nash is Deputy Leader of the National Party. In 2008 she was sacked, by then opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull, for crossing the floor of the upper house and siding with the Greens in a vote for a bill granting a tax break for carbon sinks. Her opposition to the bill was on the grounds that such a tax break would encourage big business to dominate agricultural land with plantations designed for carbon offsetting. In 6

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2014 the senate censured her for failing to provide documents regarding her then chief of staff’s conflict of interest, as his wife owned a lobby company which represented fast food corporations.

The Labor Party’s main candidates and sitting Senators include Sam Dastyari, a young and ambitious trade unionist and former NSW secretary of the Labor Party. One of the “faceless men” who rolled Kevin Rudd, he entered the Senate in 2013, filling the casual vacancy left by Matt Thistlewaite, with the backing of the right wing faction of the Labor Party.

Doug Cameron is the current shadow Minister for Human Services. He was a strong supporter of Kevin Rudd during the ongoing leadership tension with Julia Gillard. He is the former secretary to the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and has close connection with the union movement, himself a former fitter and machinist.

Deborah O’Neill is a former lecturer in

Education and was the MP for Robertson before filling the senate vacancy left by the resignation of Bob Carr.

Lee Rhiannon is the only Greens Senator from NSW and entered the Senate following the 2010 election. She has a long held stance against live animal exports, the greyhound racing industry and the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

The Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm is also looking to keep his place in the Upper House. His election victory in 2013 is attributed to voter confusion over his party’s name resembling the Liberal Party’s, and to a large proportion of donkey votes. His tenure has been notable-- following the Martin Place Siege he proposed there be greater access to guns, he is open to free trade and the genetic modification of food. He supports same sex marriage, legalising medicinal marijuana, and euthanasia. He is a self described libertarian and is influenced by the writings of economist and advisor to Ronald Reagan, Milton Friedman.

There are numerous personality parties including Jaqui Lambie Network whose policies include better veteran welfare, government regulation of halal certification, and limiting access to negative gearing tax concession.

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party whose policies include legalising euthanasia and medicinal marijuana, a zero net immigration and a range of anti-islamic policies.

Nick Xenophon Team’s major policy platform is anti-gambling. Other personality parties include Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party, Katter’s Australia Party and Palmer United Party.

There are also numerous single platform parties including the Health Australia Party, the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party, the Veteran’s Party, the Animal Justice Party, and the Renewable Energy Party.

“Cultural vandalism” of Powerhouse to be investigated

BY JORDAN FERMANIS & CHARLOTTE GRIEVE A NSW Upper House Inquiry has been called to examine the proposed transfer of the Powerhouse Museum from its existing location to a Parramatta site.

In what Greens MP David Shoebridge has called an act of “cultural vandalism,” the inquiry looks to analyse the state government’s policy funding and support for museums and galleries in NSW. Labor party Senator and inquiry committee member, Lynda Voltz said the continued investment in museums and galleries was important, despite the proposed move.

“We need to ensure that if the Powerhouse Museum is going to Parramatta, it’s accessible to everyone in NSW and that he has the same investment that it currently has in the CBD,” Ms Voltz said.

Mr Shoebridge said he was concerned that the impending transfer is typical of a Baird government which is lacking proper community consultation.

“The Baird government’s strategy on shutting and selling the Powerhouse to provide for a cultural institution in Parramatta is deeply and worryingly divisive. It pits one community at loggerheads with the other and that’s not good government,” Mr Shoebridge said.

Patricia Johnson from ‘Save the Powerhouse Museum’ welcomed the announcement as an “important step forward” against the Baird government’s cultural policies.

“The Upper House Inquiry is a major step forward and should help to explain much of the mystery that has surrounded the proposal to move the Powerhouse to Parramatta. Let’s not forget we have won a battle, not the war. The fight will go on more strongly than ever,” she said.

The inquiry will be an extensive examination of the budget treatment museums and galleries have had over the last decade, including how that compares with other states. The inquiry report is due on November 24 of this year.

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Privacy: the latest Kings Cross casuality

BY CHRISTOPHER HARRIS A review into mandatory ID scanners for Kings Cross nightclubs has found that some venues find the financial imposition of the scanners crushing, while others want access to more of the personal information to conduct marketing and promotional activities.

The collection and use of the data has drawn the ire of Australian Privacy Foundation.

In submissions to the Office of Liquor and Gaming draft report leaked to the City Hub, some commentators said that the imposition of the price of scanner equipment as well as the cost of staffing the machines was significant.

Businesses also said the scanners had resulted in a loss of trade because less entrances and exits were open, and patrons chose to go somewhere else because they did not carry a valid identification with them.

Kings Cross. Photo: Luke Reynolds.

In one submission to the report, the Kings Cross Liquor Accord. it was suggested that the scanner be club. The review considered whether or not expired IDs configured to support the marketing activities of venues were invalid, as they often clearly proved somebody’s to monitor the spending behaviour of VIP customers. identity. There were 373 incidents of people trying to Demographic trends, such as the age of patrons and scan fake IDs since June 2015. what sex the majority of patrons are, are currently used Venues for which the scanners are mandatory are by establishments in their marketing and promotional those which are open past 12am, serve alcohol and have activity. a capacity for more than 120 people.

The report said the possibility of using personal Some stakeholders argued that Kings Cross had details was dangerous: “The mere precedent of a been singled out for the ID scanners while other more Government mandated ID scanner system being violent venues in the Central Business District were not used by venues to market products and services to required to have them. individuals creates significant risk in terms of overall Licensed venues must pay $495 per month for one community confidence in privacy controls, and scanner and $220 for every subsequent scanner. potential doubts about the harm minimisation principles The Kings Cross Liquor Accord estimated that underpinning the mandatory nature of the system.” including additional staffing costs, the scanners cost NSW Police wanted to remove the limitation on the all 23 venues in Kings Cross that have to use them a search ability that records the names of everyone in an combined $2.4 million. online portal. Rather than having to search the names Venues that match the criteria for the scanners of people who entered a particular venue, it wanted to but do not believe they require one may request an search the entire Kings Cross precinct to see where a exemption by writing a letter and paying $500 to the suspect was or had been. government.

The report noted that there were 38,537 incidents of David Vaile, a Vice-Chair of the Australian people trying to scan an expired ID to gain access to a Privacy Foundation, said that the idea that patrons

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were tracked or trackable was disturbing.

“We’ve been concerned about these scanners at clubs for some time,” Mr Vaile said.

Mr Vaile said that the right to privacy Australia was under threat as “Big Data” and global organisations compiled patterns of behaviour.

“On the global scale, we have marketing companies and software development capabilities with ambitions and well developed plans for large scale, life-long dossiers on people – psychographic profiles which enable them to ‘slip under your radar’ and present things to you that you somehow just automatically choose.”

“In a free and open democracy, you would have enforceable rights to privacy, confidentiality, data protection, you wouldn’t have to beg for them, or have them constantly sidelined in favour of the interests of powerful entities, and those collecting information on you would be exposed to maximum Freedom of Information, transparency and accountability. In a scary authoritarian regime, it’s reversed: the snoopers can work in secret, while you have no right to privacy, confidentiality or personal

information security. Those are the two poles, and the more we head toward the one with no rights and no protection of our data, the more vulnerable you are. The reality in Australia is that we are a lot closer to the middle, further down toward the dangerous end of the spectrum than most of us realise.”

In the draft report, it said some businesses had complained because it was unfair Kings Cross had scanners but some more violent venues in the CBD were not required to have them.

Mr Vaile said the scanners could be the first step in a growing trend.

“I’m not suggesting that every club or pub would end up with one of these straight away. But once you set up these things, local councils have a fondness for surveillance tools, and clubs in the Cross disadvantaged by them are tempted to push for others to get them, rather than questioning their proportionality and justification. The UK for instance has oppressive levels of cameras, but there is research suggesting that often the technology just displaces the behaviour onto other communities rather than preventing it.”

“Where is this heading? What are the real risks projected onto people, and any real benefits? Do we actually get these benefits? Where is the data and where is the independent, credible evidence? Is it possible to assess the level of effectiveness, or, as in many cases, are politicians tempted to run on the PR benefit they get from making wildly exaggerated claims while ignoring the erosion of our hard won democratic rights and freedoms?”

Mr Vaile said the fact that clubs had to pay for the scanners may mean they were seeking a ‘return on investment’ by accessing and exploiting demographic information the scanners provide.

“As soon as dollars are spent it is a question of how can we get a return on investment? How can I get value back either through promotions and marketing?”

Information obtained by the scanners expires after 30 days.

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The graffitti at the PM’s electorate office in Edgecliff. Source: Facebook.

BY JORDAN FERMANIS Paddington resident Stephen Langford appeared at Waverley Local Court on Wednesday 29th June after being charged for allegedly chalking and spray painting ‘OMID R.I.P.’ on the Edgecliff office of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The case was adjourned until July 27.

Mr Langford’s politically charged vandalism was in reference to the self-immolation of Iranian refugee Omid Masoumali, who after setting himself on fire on Nauru, died in a Brisbane hospital on 27th April.

Mr Langford said he would be “pleading guilty to two of the five charges of reckless or intentional damage but contesting three of them when only chalk was used.”

Speaking to City Hub, Mr Langford said that he is ready to go to prison, which would be part of “life’s rich tapestry.”

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“People in detention don’t have the rights of prisoners and they don’t know when they’re coming out, so it’s real and I’m prepared to go to prison,” Mr Langford said.

Mr Langford says he has received tremendous support from the Greens, Social Alliance, Refugee Action Coalition and People Just like Us who were at his court hearing on Wednesday June 29.

As his court decision hangs in the balance, he said he was certain his publicity for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island would continue.

“I will be asking for a prison sentence but they won’t give it to me. A bit of theatre I guess.”

“I feel the point of it is to get publicity for what is happening to refugees because there seems like there’s been a cut off in talking about refugees during this election.” Mr Langford said.

The spectacular bar is the first thing you will notice when you walk into Bluestone Chinese Restaurant on Crown Street Darlinghurst.

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While the restaurant may give the appearance of being expensive, it is high quality Asian food that doesn’t come at a huge cost—prepared by a chef with extensive experience in top restaurants in Asia and around the world.

The $12 lunch special will have you going back for more. There are heaps of different options on the menu. House favourites include Nyonya Chicken Curry, as well as all your Chinese Favourites like Mongolian Lamb and barbequed pork in XO sauce.

Serving sizes are generous as well as delicious.

All the dishes at Bluestone Chinese & Malaysian Restaurant draw on the deep history of Chinese cuisine. The renowned chef promises to bring you authentic flavours that satisfy even the most discerning critics.

The menu offers Chinese and Malaysian dishes in addition to Yum Cha. All the food is available to eat in the fantastic environment of the restaurant, or also available for take away, home delivery, or via Menulog.

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rental accommodation without any of the protection and the security that you get when you own your home, and our laws have not kept up to protect that, and that puts people at a lot of risks. That’s one of the main reasons why we’re campaigning for renter’s rights,” said Ellsmore.

Many political experts expect Labor’s campaign to falter on two issues: the Refugee policy and WestConnex. Commenting on the latter,

Plibersek was especially critical of the ambiguity with the project, but could not offer a solution to it should her party win the election: “Labor has been consistently critical of the process and lack of transparency around the WestConnex project. Like other infrastructure projects, including the East West Link in Melbourne, the Liberal Government broke its policy by making advance payments prior to the business cases being finalised,” Plibersek said.

“Of the funding for WestConnex, the $2 billion loan has been finalised, and nearly all of the $1.5 billion grant has already been paid. Labor has not provided for the allocation of any additional money beyond that provided by the Liberal Government.”

While political analysts are critical of Labor’s refugee policy, Plibersek (whose parents were migrants from Slovenia), holds the policy close to heart.

“We don’t want boats coming; we don’t want people drowning at sea... We don’t want vulnerable people ripped off, exploited by criminals who don’t care whether their clients make it to Australia alive or not. They don’t care whether this dangerous journey ends the life of an asylum seeker,” she said.

“Migration has made this country great. We should never forget the debt we owe to generations of migrants and refugees who, in seeking a better life, have made Australia a better place for all of us.”

Labor’s potential weak points were possibly heightened by Liberal Treasurer Scott Morrison’s “war on everything” claim, in which he declared that Labor was waging “war on business” with “toxic taxes” and a “war on growth” using tax as its “bullets”.

Plibersek met Morrison’s claims with a typically dogged response: “Scott Morrison’s legacy speaks for itself – cuts to health, cuts to education, cuts to the arts, cuts to the ABC and SBS, and no action on climate change. Under Scott Morrison and the Liberals, the deficit has tripled, net debt has blown out by $100 billion, taxes are up, and living standards are going backwards. He’s been a disaster for our country – Australia can’t afford another three years of Scott Morrison and the Liberals.”

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BY Andrew Hodgson With the election only a few days away, Opposition Deputy Leader Tanya Plibersek spoke to City Hub on the issues that have dominated in the lead up to it, and there was no subtlety in her party’s objective – “Our complete focus is on defeating Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberals on July 2.”

Housing affordability, or lack thereof, has of course been one of the hottest topics of this election, particularly on the question of negative gearing. Labor’s plan as listed on their website states: ‘Labor will reform negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount to ensure that our tax system is fair, sustainable and targets jobs and growth.’

“If Malcolm Turnbull is genuinely worried about housing affordability, then he should also support our plan to address the issue. Most people that have negatively geared property have looked at our plan in detail and realised they won’t be affected because they’re already doing it.”

“I’ve had almost entirely positive feedback on the negative gearing proposal because people who own their homes more often than not have kids or think they might have one day. While they’re happy for their property to increase in a reasonable way over time, if they believe that the housing market is becoming unaffordable, they worry for their children.”

Marrickville councillor and Greens candidate for Sydney Sylvie Ellsmore, who is running against Plibersek for the seat (hoping to continue the trend of inner city seats going Green), worries that Australia is becoming a nation of landlords and renters, particularly in Sydney: “We have suburbs of 60 per cent renters or more. Traditionally in Australia, most people own their homes, and it was normal for a young person to own their home within the first five years of leaving university.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Back at the Dojo

GODFACE

For the past decade, Lally Katz has been writing various mash-ups of her life into quirky and theatrically gorgeous plays. She has the happy knack of merging the gentle and everyday while darker, more surreal realities bubble along underneath. Her collaborators have been many, though none more prominent than with Chris Kohn, who directs her latest show, Back at the Dojo, for Belvoir Street Theatre.

“It’s a lovely homage to the time and place that Lally’s parents met,” explained Kohn.“It’s like a creation story with classic romantic comedy elements.”

After nearly losing his mind from the psychedelic drug-induced excesses of the sixties, a young Danny (Harry Greenwood) gets his life back on track through a karate dojo in New Jersey. Here, amongst other things, he meets the interesting and attractive Lois (Catherine Davies). Meanwhile in present-day Australia, a much older Danny (Brian

If you’ve been paying an ounce of attention to this year’s election campaign, you’ll understand how politics can yo-yo between normal and absolutely bonkers.

In their original production GODFACE, Matriark Theatre group have based the writing off the mad world of Australian politics from the past couple of years. Instead of using plain old humans to portray their story, they have adapted the art of puppetry.

Director Scott Parker says it is a satire and critique of the election circus. “[It] really asks the age old question of power and corruption. Is it possible to hold onto your true and pure ideals without compromise in our current representative democracy?” he explained.

“GODFACE is an allegorical, social commentary – but it isn’t protest theatre. It’s a collective groan about the state of this country and a spark of hope that maybe it is actually possible to change these systems that oppress us.”

However it’s not all serious, there is some fun involved. Parker says it’s like “House of

Lipson) keeps vigil at his beloved Lois’ bedside. Danny’s recollections throw back to the past as he recalls his life leading up to meeting and falling in love with Lois.

The time shift provides some production challenges, but also moves the audience between the bright idealism of the past and the much more

everyday present.

Central to the play is the enigmatic sensei (Natsuko Mineghishi).“We were very lucky to find Natsuko,” said Kohn.“Not only has she become an ensemble player but has also been instrumental in creating the karate sequences as well as training the cast in martial arts.”

Yet Kohn is quick to underline that this is a conventional play with karate there just to help tell the story. (GW) Until Jul 17 (Tue 6:30pm,Wed–Fri 8pm, Sat 2pm + 8pm, Sun 5pm). Belvoir St Theatre, 25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills. $49-$72.Tickets & info: belvoir.com.au or 02 9699 3444

Alaska Thunderf*ck

RuPaul’s Drag Race Battle of the Seasons

The world’s biggest touring drag stars are on their way to Australia.

With an all-star cast of previous winners, finalists and fan favourites from all seven seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the Battle of the Seasons tour will see drag performers bring out the claws and the glamour live on stage, hosted by series judge Michelle Visage.

Season 5 star Alaska Thunderf*ck brings her unique performance style.

“It’s basically like RuPaul’s Drag Race – Live and in Concert,” said Alaska. “You can expect to see mothers who have brought their kids, kids who have brought their grandmothers, and

everyone in between – all getting their life from the stars of the best TV show on television.”

When asked about which signature acts fans can expect to see, she can’t help but retain some mystery – “It’s a surprise!” – but she can confirm that she will be performing songs from her recent album, Anus.

“I’m so excited to hang out with Jinkx [Monsoon] and Sharon [Needles],” she said when asked about the co-stars she is most looking forward to working with again. “But really any time I get to spend with my sisters is time that I treasure. We all speak each others’ language and we laugh constantly.”

“I was attracted to drag as a young artist because there are no rules. There aren’t the strict limitations you have on radio-friendly music or TV-friendly content,” said Alaska.

“Drag is a response to and a commentary on the absurdity of the mainstream.” “[BOTS is] going to be a great show. But on top of that, it’s a space of inclusivity and safety and open mindedness, which the world needs now more than ever. Come be a part of it.”

(AM) Jul 2, 7pm. The Big Top, Sydney Luna Park. $89-$200+bf. Tickets & info: rupaulbots.com or oztix.com.au

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Cards meets Adventure Time and the Mighty Boosh”. He and his company have been working on a play like this for some time now and he is really proud of what they have achieved.

“The designs are nothing short of stunning, the actors are brilliant, the writing is quirky and bold. As far as I know there’s nothing else like it going on. We also somehow coincidently ended up with our season smack bang in the middle of the election! Perfect timing.” (AMal) Until Jul 10 (Thu-Sat 7pm, 2pm Sat, 5pm Sun). 107 Projects, 107 Redfern St, Redfern. $25-$30. Tickets & info: matriarktheatre. com/godface

Cinderella After the runaway success of Snow White Winter Family Musical and Aladdin and His Wondrous Lamp, Bonnie Lythgoe Productions (the producers of Australia’s biggest family musical pantomimes) bring Cinderella to the stage.

A fine cast headed by Gina Liano (The Real Housewives Of Melbourne) as the wicked stepmother, Jimmy Rees (Giggle and Hoot) as Dandini and Jaime Hadwen (Xanadu) as Cinderella should ensure this is another great treat for the whole family.

After auditioning, Liano was offered the roles of the fairy godmother and the wicked stepmother, but decided on the latter as this character wasn’t required to sing.

“The wicked stepmother is a great role, sazzy and funny. There have been different adaptations to this role in films and past stage productions and I have put my own spin to the character,” explained Liano. “She is very manipulative and controlling and her only redeeming quality is that she has raised two daughters and is very protective of them.

Because this is my first stage show it took me a while to figure out how best to represent the character.”

Liano who is also a barrister, author and television personality, says she is not apprehensive about appearing on stage for the first time.

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“Being a barrister is like being on stage so this won’t be a problem. What might be slightly daunting is the booing and hissing my character receives when I come on stage. This is a pantomime and audience participation is expected.”

“This is a humorously scripted pantomime performed by a wonderful and talented cast.

Aimed at family audiences, this is also suitable for anybody who loves wit and comedic theatre.”

With season four of The Real Housewives of Melbourne on the horizon and a new fragrance to promote, can fans also expect to see Liano on I’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out Of Here?

“Definitely not. I was approached for this.

Horses for courses, but it’s not something I would do,” concluded Liano. (MMo) Jul 1–17. State Theatre, 49 Market Street, Sydney. $50-$90. Tickets & info: ticketmaster.com.au or 1300 139 588

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Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark

Audrey of the Outback Eaton Gorge Theatre Company and EMU Productions will be showcasing their next children’s show Audrey of the Outback just in time for school holidays.

A timeless Australian tale of growing up, the play is adapted from Christine Harris’ awardwinning book and will run for almost two weeks at the King Street Theatre.

Play director Julie Scrine said that although the play is set in the 1930s it has a lot of residence today.

The story is based on the adventures of 9-year-old Audrey, a girl who has the world’s biggest backyard, the Australian outback.

“It’s a differently paced play to what you would expect in children’s theatre. Because it is set in the outback it has a kind of slow and relaxed style, we find that kids relate to it very well,” Julie said.

“We love the character of Audrey, she is

very independent and energetic and questions everything. She is someone that little girls and even boys can identify with.”

The play will feature Audrey being played by 15-year-old Darcy Scrine, and 16-year-old Edward Atkinson as her brother Price. Susan Kennedy will play Audrey’s mother and Ben Verdon will be playing a number of roles including Audrey’s father.

Julie said that when Eaton Gorge Theatre Company approached Christine Harris asking if they could turn her book into a children’s play she was very excited about it. She added: “It’s a lovely experience that I think people will really enjoy.” (TF) Jun 27–Jul 16. King Street Theatre, Level 1, 644 King Street, Newtown. $20-$25 (discounts available). Tickets & info: kingstreettheatre.com.au or 0423 082 015

“Idea: towel with two different colours so when you’re drying yourself, your ass and face don’t collide.”

Meet comedian Becky Lucas, she tweets good ideas and will be giving a one night encore performance of her show Baby at the Comedy Store, following sold out shows at The Sydney Comedy Festival earlier this year.

“I talk about what I’ve been up to in the past year and the little thoughts I’ve had. The show’s about a breakup, I sort of have a pregnancy scare – it’s mostly made up of bits,” Lucas explained.

“I think I’m pretty honest in my stand up, I try not to make it too much like an act, it’s just how I’m feeling at the time.”

Blazing through the comedy scene, Lucas has written for Josh Thomas’ hit show Please like Me, has a weekly segment called ‘What’s Cool’ on Triple J’s Drive with Veronica & Lucas, and made a debut at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival last year.

“I get a lot of messages from people, strangers and stuff, saying ‘oh your comedy’s really weird’. It’s not really an insult, they’re compelled to write that to me…privately.”

FLAME TREES This new Australian play is about one woman’s fight for redemption. Ten years ago Tess confessed to lighting a bushfire that destroyed part of the town and killed her best friend. She’s been to jail, she’s out, and now she’s coming home to face the music. Flame Trees examines small town mentality. It’s about strength, family and determination – and about fire and the fear that it brings. (MS) Until Jul 2.The Depot Theatre, 142 Addison St, Marrickville. $22-$32.

Tickets & info: thedepottheatre.com TRIBES An emotionally gripping play about the human condition and an insight into how people who are hearing impaired connect with others, within and outside the deaf community. Director Susanna

When you think of Hamlet, one of Shakespeare’s most revered plays, children’s comedy probably doesn’t come to mind.

Children’s theatre duo The Listies have teamed up with the Sydney Theatre Company to do a ‘badaptation’ (bad adaptation) of Hamlet.

One half of The Listies and Co-creator of this production, Richard Higgins says they normally create cabaret style sketch comedy, but they’ve switched it up and are using a playwright this time. The comedy duo doesn’t normally do ‘actual’ plays, so this will be something different.

Higgins explains the show as “two guys... battling the odds to try and do a four hour show with 30 characters in an hour”.

“We chose Hamlet because most of our shows have alien attacks, ninja nans and are very low brow, 10-30 undies get thrown into the audience,” he explained. “We thought it would be funny having two idiots trying to do the hardest play that there is – Hamlet.”

“The STC wanted him (playwright Declan Greene) to do a kids show, and he approached us, and they said they wanted us to do an adaptation. We thought ‘why don’t we do the grandest, most famous play there is and fail spectacularly?’”

One of the reasons Higgins began creating children’s comedy is because they interact way better with the cast than adults. The kids want to get up and participate, unlike their grown-up counterparts.

Becky Lucas – Baby

Dowling has seamlessly adapted Nina Raine’s play for local audiences, interweaving Australian nuances and humour into the story of a seemingly normal family, who believe they are being more inclusive by not ever communicating in sign language the only deaf family member, young Billy.

(ASim) Until Jul 2. Ensemble Theatre, 78 McDougall Street, Kirribilli. $66$73.Tickets & info: ensemble.com. au or 02 9929 0644 THE BIG DRY Inspired by the American Dust Bowl of the 1930’s, this play follows two boys waiting for their father to return, the world is getting increasingly more difficult for them when a young girl enters their life.A beautifully written and suspenseful drama with an evocative soundtrack.

This co-production with the Australian Theatre for Young People and Ensemble Theatre is a rare chance to see young actors in such a sophisticated piece of theatre. (MS) Until Jul 2. Ensemble Theatre, 78 McDougall St, Kirribilli. $66-$73.

Tickets & info: ensemble.com.au or 02 9929 0644 AUSTRALIA VOTES 2016 – THE POLITICAL YEAR IN REVIEW A show that dissects the most unedifying moments of our current crop of politicians, examining their performances of the last three years.

It is also somewhat of a tribute, featuring guest appearances from some of our favourite past politicians.

A “tapestry of bizarre and eccentric characters” that provides an “affectionate look at the eccentrics

and crazies that dominate Australian politics”. (RP) Jul 1 & 8, 8.30pm.The Harold Park Hotel, 70A Ross Street, Glebe. $14$18.Tickets & info: gottazip.com THE HEIDI CHRONICLES A chronological timeline spanning three decades, 1968 to 1985, and set in middle class white America. Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles was prompted by her own personal experiences. The play features a heroine for her times, a woman who succeeds professionally but flounders personally, who “wants it all – motherhood, sisterhood, love and boardroom respect”. We witness the idealism of the 60’s, the battles fought, the placard waving and the bra burning in a convincingly woven narrative. (MS)

“When you ask a crowd of adults for a volunteer everyone tries to retreat their heads into their bodies like a tortoise.”

(AMal) Until Jul 17. Wharf 1, Sydney Theatre Company, Pier 4/5 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay. $25-$64. Tickets & info: sydneytheatre.com.au

Lucas was a RAW comedy grand finalist and has opened for Wil Anderson and Joel Creasy. Baby is her second solo show.

“The first time you do a show you don’t know what to expect, whereas the second time you do – you’re just a bit more confident and things don’t throw you as much. It’s a funny thing because you’re developing in front of people.

With comedy you’ve got to fail, you have to try and fail in front of groups of people for years.”

“It’s a cool thing to sit in a room full of strangers and for you all to agree, or identify with a stupid thought,” she added.

As for advice on mastering the art of Twitter?

“You can’t think about it too much. You’ve just got to write from the heart – I’m half joking and half serious. Usually your first draft is your best one.”

(SH) July 1, 7pm. The Comedy Store, 207/122 Lang Rd, Moore Park. $20-$27.

Tickets & info: comedystore.com.au

Until Jul 9 (Thu–Sat 7.30pm, Sun 5pm). New Theatre, 542 King Street, Newtown. $17-$32.Tickets & info: newtheatre.org.au ALL MY SONS Written almost 70 years ago, Arthur Miller’s great postwar play could not be more topical.

Joe Keller (John Howard) is the selfmade businessman who embodies the American dream. Keller’s wife Kate (Robin Nevin) refuses to give up hope that her son, a pilot missing in action, will one day return. Chris (Chris Ryan), the other son, has safely returned from the war but his inner demons lie closely below the surface.

He has fallen in love with his brother’s fiancée, but their marriage will spell the end of his mother’s forlorn hopes. (GW) Until Jul 9. Roslyn Packer Theatre,

22 Hickson Rd, Walsh Bay. $76$104.Tickets & info: sydneytheatre. com.au or 02 9250 1777 THE LITERATI Bell Shakespeare and Griffin Theatre Company are bringing a 350-year-old French play kicking and screaming into the 21st century. The Literati, penned by acclaimed Australian playwright Justin Fleming, draws inspiration from Molière’s Les Femmes Savantes. The play follows lovers Juliet and Clinton as they attempt to overcome the strong, highbrow disapproval of Juliet’s mother and sister. It is injected with enough sassiness and silliness to feel right at home on a Sydney stage. (CB) Until Jul 16. SBW Stables Theatre, 10 Nimrod Street, Kings Cross. $38-$60.Tickets & info: griffintheatre.com.au city hub 30 JUNE 2016

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ROCKS IN THEIR HEAD!

With Coffin Ed, Jay Katz and Miss Death You might have seen a recent news item about the world’s first music festival held inside the magma chamber of an actual volcano.The much publicised event took place in Iceland with a select group of punters shelling out around nearly $2,000 (US) to be lowered some 140 metres into the bowels of a supposedly still active volcano – albeit one that had not blown its top for over 4,000 years.

No sniffer dogs, no portaloos and no mung bean smoothies – the festival, despite its hefty admission price, was very much a low key affair, almost bordering on the austere. Unfortunately it was also drastically short lived when the event was abandoned due to a sudden change in Iceland’s notoriously bad weather. Australia of course will not be imitating our Icelandic friends any time soon, even though we do have some volcanoes, the majority of course regarded as well and truly extinct.

However that’s not to say we should be looking far and wide at our own abundant natural and not so natural attractions for the staging of our own Icelandic style “rock” concerts. Going on the success of some recent events it’s already starting to happen, as promoters search far and wide for the most unique venues. So far this year the massive Grand Arch at the Jenolan Caves has hosted Melbourne’s twenty odd piece Ska Orchestra with the stalactites reverberating to their groovy Jamaican beat. And what about the disco style dance floor positioned right on top JO DAVENPORT – MAPPING HILL END What is a map anyway? Mapping Hill End explores cartography as an open-ended process. Completed over the course of a 2015 residency, each painting is a map of Hill End in the NSW countryside. It was an encounter with indigenous cartography that sparked Jo Davenport’s interest in maps as documents that mediate space.Working with oil on linen canvas, Davenport melds topography with representations of the

of the Sydney harbour Bridge during vivid – yeah what about it?

Outdoor music festivals in remote and scenic locations are nothing new with semi-legal bush “doofs” setting the standard in recent years, but surely now is the time to push the al fresco boundaries if we are to upstage those nutty Icelanders. The concerts need to be eco-friendly with a strong respect for cultural traditions, so forget about a mosh pit on top of Uluru or acid dub dj’s doof doofing in the Bungle Bungles.

sensory or ambient character of Hill End. (ZS) Until Jul 9,Tues-Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sat 10am5pm. Arthouse gallery, 66 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay. Free. Tickets & info: arthousegallery.com.au HOSSIEN VALAMANESH – CHAR SOO This video installation places the viewer at the centre of a four-way intersection in an Iranian Bazaar. Filmed with stationary cameras placed at eye level, the viewer stands at the centre of a

crossroad, passively observing. Char Soo, translated as “four sides”, provides a nexus for Valamanesh – literally, in terms of being the main intersection in the bazaar, but also to anchor Valamanesh’s thought as he explores themes of boundary and translocality.This work is presented at Carriageworks in collaboration with the Sydney Film Festival. (ZS) Until Jul 17, 10am–6pm. Carriageworks, 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh. Free. Info: carriageworks.com.au/events/char-soo/

Bondi Winter Magic Bondi Beach’s iconic ocean views will be the backdrop to a spectacular festival of art, music, iceskating and beach camel rides this winter as Australia’s favourite beachside suburb transforms into a winter playground.

Bondi Winter Magic is a six-week festival held in June and July, bringing together artists and musicians and for a magical winter spectacle, all set alongside Australia’s only beachside ice rink. For the first time ever this year camel rides will also be held on Bondi Beach on weekends in July, offering a rare experience to enjoy the view from a completely different perspective.

As well as enjoying the highlights of the festival, visitors can take the opportunity to discover Bondi’s many hidden treasures including a wealth of “special offers” from the area’s cosy cafes, restaurants and bars.

BONDI WINTER MAGIC Multiple events and festivals in Bondi throughout July 2016.

Events, tickets & info: bondiwintermagic.com.au BONDI ICE RINK Until July 17. Bondi Pavilion Forecourt, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Bondi Beach.

Daily, 10am-9pm. $10-$22.

Vintage Month at Rozelle Collectors Markets

23 and Kid’s Day on Jul 31 (with a Punch and Judy show).

Ross Alexander, the Rozelle Collectors Market Operator, explained the purpose of Vintage Month is “to celebrate the very best elements of the markets”.

“People travel from across the country for our vintage offerings and we wanted to recognise everything that the markets are renowned for throughout the month of July.”

Visitors can expect stalls featuring collectables ranging from vintage clothes, antiques, artworks and rare books to traditional furniture pieces, retro jewellery and pre-loved records.

July is Vintage Month at Rozelle Collectors Market.

So if you’re keen for a vintage bargain, some In addition to all the retro and pre-loved items that regularly attract bargain hunters from far and wide, each entertainment, or a morning outing, why not head on out to the Rozelle Public School during the weekend throughout the month of July, the market will month of July. (RP) host vintage-themed events.There will be the Rozelle Every Saturday and Sunday in July, 9am-3pm.

Roadshow on Jul 2 (valuation of your hidden gems), the Vinyl Record Spin on Jul 9, the Rozelle Rack Sale on Jul 16 Rozelle Public School, 663 Darling Street, (sell your vintage clothes), a Vintage Fashion Parade on Jul Rozelle. Info: rozellecollectorsmarket.com.au 12

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Why not go underground at Coober Pedy or Lightning Ridge? At least the noise complaints would be kept to a minimum. The Wolfe Creek crater in WA might have some unfortunate cinematic associations and would need the permission of the traditional indigenous owners, but what a site for a festival of peace and love with John Jarratt definitely on the exclusion list.

Whilst we might not have a potentially erupting volcano here on the mainland, we could easily build one for a special one-off fest. Remember those model volcanoes you might have constructed at a science class in school or for a bit of backyard fun? A monster version of the same positioned in Sydney’s Domain, could be just the thing for next year’s Vivid Festival. Everybody loves a disaster movie so let’s go all the way with a theatrical recreation of the destruction of Pompei, “Carry On” style.

Imagine a hundred thousand sweaty punters, all clad in togas, bopping around a huge papier mache volcano to the sounds of some has-been English rock band. Right on the stroke of midnight the massive mountain would begin to spew a stream of warm (but by no means boiling) mud.

The has-been English rockers would be symbolically washed away in a sloppy but non-lethal lava flow as thousands wallowed in the world’s biggest mud bath. Sure beats a disco dancefloor atop the old coathanger!

HEAVY ARTILLERY Prominent themes in this group show are identity and tradition and the modernist impact on both. Furthermore (with all artists hailing from China and Taiwan) the restrictive atmosphere in which Chinese artists live results in work which is subtly subversive and intricately planned. For example: He Xiangyu’s contribution, ‘Tank Project’ (2011–2013), is a life sized leather replica of a Chinese tank – the creator

sneaked into an army base to obtain accurate dimensions. Heavy Artillery showcases the craft, the cunning and the imagination of artists who need to navigate the perils of political indoctrination and censorship.

(LR) Until Aug 7 (10am-5pm, Wed-Sun).

White Rabbit Gallery, 30 Balfour Street, Chippendale. Admission Free.

Info: whiterabbitcollection.org

Sydney Live Music Guide LIVE WIRE

By Jamie Apps Miles De Carteret: A collaborative venture between singer/songwriter Miles de Carteret and producer/ drummer Danny Barwick which was formed this year due to a shared vision of creating evocative music blending electronic elements with live performance.

Thu, Jun 30, Marly Bar Abbe May: Back bigger and better than ever after a tumultuous few years,Abbe May says she has channeled her “inner bitch” and urges everyone else to do so also. For Abbe she says the title “bitch” givers her power rather than degrades her, because it gives her a sense of freedom from others opinions and limitations.

Fri, Jul 1, Newtown Social Club L D R U: Hot off a platinum record and the number 22 slot on Triple J’s Hottest 100 with his single ‘Keeping Score’, L D R U returns with his biggest Australian tour to date. Known for his innovative future bass sound, this one is guaranteed to be a fun party atmosphere.

Sat, Jul 2, Oxford Arts Factory Nadya & Zoran’s 101 Candles Orkestra: Why not get off the couch and enjoy a night out this election?

Either celebrating or commiserating the result, with some gypsy jazz, French chanson and Eastern European music thanks to the father and son team of Zoran and Sasa Toderovic followed by the 101 Candles Orkestra.

Sat, Jul 2, Camelot Lounge Tracy McNeil & The Good Life: Fresh off the release of her fourth studio

album,Thieves, the travelling countryrock musician and her band are set to hit the stage to celebrate.

Sun, Jul 3,The Marrickville Bowling Club Lah-Lah: One for the kids this weekend as the award winning ABC show jumps off the television screen and onto the live stage. Not only will this show entertain kids during the school holidays, it will also be an educational journey into music and musical instruments.

Sun, Jul 3,The Juniors Mister Maker: Another one for the little ones as yet another ABC childrens program makes its way to the stage and encourages audience members of all ages to sing-a-long and break out the arts, crafts and paints for a fun Monday event.

Mon, Jul 4, Opera House Concert Hall Okenyo: Taking a break away from a wild national tour with Urthboy and L-Fresh The Lion to launch her new single in a incredibly intimate live performance.

Wed, Jul 6, Oxford Circus Phantastic Ferniture: Four best mates who booked their first show before even writing their first song have since gone on to become the indie-rock darlings of Sydney.Their infectious hooks, big harmonies and deep grooves have seen them rapidly ascend the ladder of the industry and are now in the midst of their first headline tour.

Wed, Jul 6, Newtown Social Club

The Kite Machine

By Jamie Apps Since forming in 2011, Geelong trio The Kite Machine have established themselves as the area’s premier funk rock export, and now they continue to see exponential growth on a national scale. Earlier this month the group embarked on a mini tour which hits Sydney tonight, to celebrate the release of their latest single ‘Charlotte’.

For frontman Levi Anderson, tonights show in Sydney carries an added level of significance.

“I’m pretty keen to get up to Sydney because I spent a few of my childhood years growing up in Sydney. I’m hoping to get a few of my friends along that haven’t seen the band yet because we haven’t performed in Sydney before,” said Levi.

The show at Frankie’s will be the third stop on the tour, which Levi hopes will continue the run of fantastic crowd turnouts. “We had a whole lot of people rock up that we’ve

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never seen before and they were all singing and dancing along, which was a great feeling.

We’ve never played Frankie’s before but we’ve heard really good things about the place and can’t wait to see what the vibe is.”

As The Kite Machine have yet to play in Sydney, the trio will be relying on the success of their recent single, which rapidly rose to the number one spot on Triple J’s Unearthed charts. “We got to number one in like two or three days and managed to sit there for a few weeks,” reflected Levi. “We got the word out and told everyone we knew plus our Facebook fans to jump on to give it a like and review, but it shot a lot higher than we thought.”

Following on from the success of both the single and this current tour, Levi hinted to City Hub that an album was the next target in their sights, and is currently “in the pipeline but we can’t promise anything yet”. The trio’s

Blink-182‘s 16-track new album is a wonderful reminder of the sound of 90’s – and this best feature of the album is also its downfall. California perhaps would have been a top 90’s album, but now it just seems too dated and drags it’s musical self with an attitude of ‘been there, done that’.

The already released ‘Bored To Death’ is a catchy tune and one of the band’s best works. Ironically, half way through the album one ends up feeling the much the same. California has one wonderful sound, in fact it’s great – but it’s repeated 16 times.

To give credit where it’s due, the ONE sound they have produced is frankly beautiful: a foot-tapping and melodious number.‘Left Alone’ and ‘She’s Out Of Her Mind’ are other tracks worth listening to. In terms of song material, the album sticks true to its title and is a pretty apt and honest interpretation of California. (JR) WWW

plan is to “hopefully get back in the studio later this year to finish off enough tunes for an album, which will hopefully be out next year”.

While Levi usually writes his songs from a fictional perspective – because as he coyly said, “I can come up with stories that are more entertaining than my real life experiences” – it wouldn’t come as a great shock if that were to change in the future, with the success and touring that the group is currently experiencing.

Jun 30, 9pm. Frankie’s Pizza, 50 Hunter Street, Sydney. FREE. Info: frankiespizzabytheslice.com

With Confidence – Better Weather

Sometimes when listening to albums for review purposes, it can feel like a chore – but with Sydney band With Confidence’s debut time simply flew by, and the record was over before I even realised.Their 10-track, 34 minute offering is the ultimate example of leaving the listener wanting more, especially as it finishes on a crescendo with the track ‘Waterfall’.

Better Weather is packed with modern takes on pop-rock, all of which are extremely mature in terms of the songwriting and musical progression. For a band that has only been together for less than five years this came as a pleasant surprise.

This is a record which I highly recommend listening to in its entirety, but if you were to choose just three songs I would suggest the aforementioned ‘Waterfall’ as well as ‘Higher’ and ‘Keeper’, which are cheesy love songs but incredibly satisfying. WWWW

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Scandinavian Film Festival This popular film festival returns to Sydney for its third year, showcasing 22 exhilarating films from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland.

Festival-goers have a wide selection of films to choose from – romantic comedies, thrillers, historical dramas and documentaries which are inadvertently travel brochures for these Nordic countries.

“The landscapes are breathtaking and it’s hard to watch these films and not want to go there! Scandinavians also seem quite outdoorsy and have a real connection to nature and water so we have that in common,” explained festival director Elysia Zeccola.

“I think the quality of filmmaking and the ability to tell a story really stands out. Characters are developed, scripts are sophisticated and the acting is subtle. These films are multi-award winning and feature some of Europe’s biggest stars.”

Norway has produced its first disaster film entitled The Wave, and it seems Scandinavian filmmakers are diversifying to fulfil movie-goer’s ever-changing expectations.

“This is a terrific disaster film, set in a stunning Northern fjord where a devastating tsunami is a real threat. There might be a perception that Scandis only make gritty crime dramas, but this line-up has everything

Everybody Wants Some!!

Everybody Wants Some!! is an American college based romp. The movie opens with freshman baseball player Jake, driving to his new frat house to the strains of ‘My Sharona’ and steadily descends into a self-indulgent, supposedly funny look at male bonding and team building.

With a cast that looks like they are several years too old for their adventures, the protagonists experience every trope of the genre.

They indulge in partying; at their own home, with punks, in the country and western ME BEFORE YOU A romantic drama that paves a light-heartedness throughout a confronting, profound context. Luisa (Emilia Clarke) is breathtakingly charming as caretaker for a recently paralysed Will (Sam Claflin). While the story has its predictabilities, it also has surprises within them. Some are calling this film controversial in regards to the underlying topic of euthanasia¬ – but if you’re open to characters making their own decisions in a film, you’ll find that Me Before You, puts you first. (RM) WWW MUSTANG Set in a small village in Turkey, five orphaned sisters are wrongfully accused of 14

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scene and at a disco. Their sole aim, of course, ‘to get some’.

Setting the action in the 1980’s means that the characters can expound a sexist rhetoric and excuse it as being reflective of the era.

If you are young, aren’t getting any, really want some, and you’re male, you will probably enjoy this cliché-riddled ride through moustaches, tight jeans, big breasts, mud wrestling, drinking and drugs.

If you’re not, don’t waste your money. (LR) WW inappropriate behaviour with boys and are transformed into house prisoners by their grandmother and watchful uncle. They must learn to cook and sew in what can aptly be described as a “wife factory” as their marriages are arranged. Effectively scripted with high production values and fine performances from a predominantly young cast. (MMo) WWWW FINDING DORY Picking up a year after the original aquatic adventures of everybody’s favourite clown fish Nemo, audiences will be swept away on yet another trek across the oceans. Early on this story feels familiar and verges on becoming repetitive, catching

A Man Called Ove

from hilarious box office hits like A Holy Mess and A Man called Ove from Sweden, to contemporary relationship dramas Reykjavik and the slightly surreal Parents. Scandinavians are known for their droll humour

Coming soon: The Flipside of Flamboyance

The Measure of a Man

Iconic French actor Vincent Lindon stars in an understated yet moving social drama that explores the degrading process of being unemployed and living off meagre state benefits.

Lindon’s performance, with which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2015, is stunningly poignant as he is subjected to the humiliation of pointless job interviews and slow-

moving bureaucracy.

Acclaimed director Stéphane Brizé adds to the film’s realism with his ensemble cast of non-professional actors, who together depict the economically marginalised.

Lindon’s greatest achievement is his successful realisation of the struggle for dignity in a world where a job not only pays, it costs.

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undersea currents with sea turtles and fending off much larger predators. Thankfully though it quickly accelerates and along the way we’re introduced to some great new characters.Visually, Pixar also raise the bar yet again. (JA) WWW1/2 KIKI Swedish documentary filmmaker Sara Jordenö brings us this doco on New York City’s ‘Kiki’ sub-culture, a LGBTQ community who gather to perform elaborate vogue dance routines. Kiki shows the underbelly of this flamboyant subculture, how it offers the new queer youth a chance of love and stability, with many having been bullied out of their homes of origin

too, and the comedies can be pretty black, like opening night film Welcome To Norway. I think Australians appreciate this sense of humour.”

This film festival had a great reaction in its first year, with a 20% increase last year to over 26,000 admissions. Elysia attends the prestigious Berlin and Cannes film festivals every year in February and May to select films, meeting with sales agents and making contacts for the stars they would like to attend the festival (this year it’s Norwegian actor Jakob Oftebro).

As to which are her top two films screening at the festival? An enthused Zeccola replied, “Land Of Mine – this is the best film I’ve seen all year, it is an absolutely stunning festival highlight, and Nice People – When I saw this in Berlin I ran out and tracked down the sales agent because I had to have it. It’s funny, touching and has a huge heart.”

“Escape winter with a glass of red and an excellent film – you can’t go wrong with this line-up, the films are all top-notch,” concluded Zeccola.

(MMo) Jul 5–27. Palace Norton St, Palace Verona & Palace Chauvel. $19-$130 (10 films).

Tickets & info: scandinavianfilmfestival.com

motivation The Flipside of behind the film:“I Flamboyance is a wanted to defiantly queer present a picture film coming to a of mental illness screen near you. that looked at Developed by the political side, local independent and wasn’t ‘wellfilmmaker Barbara meaning’ and Karpinski, the Barbara Karpinski and Johnnie Cass. made by people documentary Photo: Wade Laube who have not explores the lived it, like a lot of material on mental reasons why the mental health of the health.”

GLBTIQ community is amongst the A self-described “insider” on mental poorest in Australia. health issues, Karpinski explained the This film celebrates the resilience of the process of making a documentary with people behind the GLBTIQ movement’s subjects who are suffering from glamorous parades.The lives, loves and depression and anxiety as a challenging losses of a community long persecuted but rewarding experience, jokingly yet flamboyantly defiant. Karpinski is adding:“I think I prefer making films seeking to provide a deeper about children and animals, though last understanding of the concept that social time I had a dog in a film it nearly justice could be the antidote to electrocuted us by weeing on some depression. power chords.”

The documentary features a wide range The Flipside of Flamboyance needs some interviews including transgender rights help to get off the ground, however. activist Norrie May-Welby, indigenous Karpinski is currently seeking to raise writer and Stonewall survivor Noel $20,000 to fund post-production, music Tovey, pole dancer and human rights and sound design. activist Zahra Stardust, creative To make a tax-deductible donation and entrepreneur Johnnie Cass, and a small to find out more about the film, go to group of 78ers including journalist Peter documentaryaustralia.com.au and search Murphy and Karpinski herself.

‘Flipside of Flamboyance’. (AM) Karpinski spoke to City Hub about the

due to homophobia or transphobia.

The class differences between these marginalised players and whiteAnglo gays are strongly presented.

(BK) WWWW THE CONJURING 2 This horror has real life paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorrain Warren (Vera Farmiga) return to the big screen with another of the “true stories” which brought them to prominence in the 1970’s. They head across the pond to investigate the Enfield Poltergeist, which saw single mother Peggy Hodgson (Frances O’Conner) and her four children tormented by something unseen. Overall this is a nice

haunted house flick, although it does somewhat overstay it’s welcome at a lengthy 133 minutes. (JA) WWW

wall paintings and magnificent floorings which adorn these buildings. (MMo) WWW1/2

ST PETERS AND THE PAPAL BASCILICAS OF ROME 3D This documentary takes audiences on a mesmerising journey through time and space in the four Papal Basilicas in Rome. Narrated by an art historian, this insightful documentary delivers an abundance of information about the evolution of the Basilicas over the centuries and the lives and stories of the popes and artists including Michelangelo and Bernini.

Showcased are the astounding beauty of the sculptures, mosaics,

LAND OF MINE In the aftermath of WWII, German soldiers are ordered to clear the Danish coast of two million land mines laid by their countrymen. With little training, a group of young prisoners are placed under the command of a Danish sergeant (Roland Møller) and sent to locate and disarm some 42,000 mines on a remote beach. Director Martin Zandvliet delivers a powerful and suspenseful film that examines the brutality of vengefulness and the power of forgiveness. (CCov) WWWW

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Most of us who live in Sydney share common values about the type of city we want to live in and the communities we are a part of.

OUR VISION FOR SYDNEY

Inclusive, vibrant, sustainable and affordable—these are more than words, they are pillars on which the shared vision of our city is built.

Despite these common values, successive state and federal governments, backed by corporate donors and driven by party machines, have systemically undermined our potential to be the best city we can be.

Only by standing together can our many voices demand a better future.

Elections should be about a vision for the future. This is ours, we hope you share it.

The Rocks

PROTECT PUBLIC HOUSING Despite a 16 year wait-list for public housing, residents at Millers Point, Waterloo and Glebe are being forced from their homes.

Millers Point

Across the city, precious public land is being handed over to private developers for little or no public benefit, including the planned new casino at Barangaroo.

SUPPORT ACTIVE TRANSPORT

Wynyard

Parliament House

Sydney

Town Hall

Glebe

REVERSE THE ARTS CUTS!

Kings Cross

Darlinghurst Museum

St Vincent’s Hospital

VIBRANT, DIVERSE AND CARING COMMUNITIES

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STAND UP FOR FREE EDUCATION

UTS

Chronic underfunding of education—childcare, private schools, TAFE and universities—means school shortages, over-crowding and fewer opportunities for all.

KEEP SYDNEY DIVERSE & VIBRANT

Central Station

Chippendale

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QUICK, CHEAP AND EASY TO GET AROUND

Potts Point

Woolloomooloo

St James

Chinatown

Sydney Uni

Art Gallery of NSW

Martin Place

Pyrmont

SAVE THE POWERHOUSE!

RPA Hospital

The sacking of Inner West councils and granting of double voting for businesses in the City of Sydney is an attack on residents’ rights to control the future of their community, and have a real say about local development.

Circular Quay

A sustainable city means more cycling, walking and public transport—not private tollways and congestion.

Forest Lodge

SUPPORT LOCAL DEMOCRACY

MCA

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STOP THE PUBLIC LAND SELL-OFF

Opera House

Surry Hills

Darlington

INDIGENOUS JUSTICE TREATIES NOW! Newtown

AFFORDABLE & SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Redfern Redfern

OPPOSE PRIVATISATION & OVERDEVELOPMENT The sell-off of public housing in Waterloo and building of a privately owned metro line go against our valued principles of public housing and transport.

IMPROVE RENTERS RIGHTS

Many of us rent, but rentNewtown Erskineville increases have far outstripped wage rises. Too many people live under housing stress, in bad conditions, and without Erskineville security of tenure.

The NSW Liberal Government’s lockout laws, anti-protest laws and other punitive measures threaten the type of collaborative and open-minded communities we want to live in.

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A HUB OF CULTURE, INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY

NO WATERLOO SELL-OFF! SAVE OUR TREES!

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SAVE OUR SUBURBS: STOP WESTCONNEX!

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A GROWING POPULATION REQUIRES IMPROVED PUBLIC SERVICES Zetland

Whether it’s more public schools in the inner city, increased nurse-topatient ratios, mental health funding or better public transport, a growing city needs more direct investment in public infrastructure, not less.

The WestConnex tollroad is an infrastructure white elephant: unnecessary, unwanted, and being forced on the community against fierce opposition.

GREENSFORSYDNEY.ORG Authorised by Chris Kerle for the Greens NSW, 1/275 Broadway Glebe NSW 2037.

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