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Yes and No go head to head

BY ALEC SMART A rally to promote the Yes vote for the plebiscite on marriage equality is planned in Sydney for this Sunday, 10 September. The rally comes at a time when each side is stepping up their campaigns, with increasing acrimony between various factions, amidst accusations that the No vote is underpinned by homophobia and the Yes vote by bullies.

Although the No vote lobbying is primarily targeted at conservative Christians, and the subtext of their campaign is the erosion of supposedly ‘traditional’ family values, most have been careful not to criticize homosexuality, only homosexuals legally cohabiting.

A television advert promoting the No cause, funded by the Coalition for Marriage and backed by the Australian Christian Lobby, was widely lambasted and ridiculed. In it mother Celia White is featured complaining that her son was told at the end of 2015 that he could wear a dress to his school – Frankston High in Melbourne – for the following year.

However, the principal of Frankston High School, John Albiston, told The Age newspaper this week, “We checked with all the teachers – it never happened. I have never had any complaints that we advised the boys they could wear dresses. We didn’t offer the option.”

Unrepentant, the Coalition for Marriage stated, “This ad will play an important role in helping Australians understand that saying ‘yes’ to gay marriage would mean saying ‘yes’ to radical gay sex education in schools.”

“The people behind this ad know that Australians believe everyone should have the same opportunity to

The plebiscite on same-sex marriages is stirring up differences. Image: AlecSmart

marry,” said Tiernan Brady, Executive Director of The Equality Campaign that promotes the Yes argument, “so they are deliberately resorting to misleading people.”

Doctor Pansy Lai, a Sydney GP and founder of the Australian Chinese for Families Association (ACF), also appears in the Coalition For Marriage advert claiming, “Kids in year 7 are being asked to role-play being in a same-sex relationship.”

The ACF’s website states: “Our concerns surround issues that are a threat to families and our next generations, including the Safe Schools Coalition program and same-sex marriage.”

When it was revealed the ACF provided links to a newsletter promoting treatment for homosexuals who wanted to undergo conversion therapy to become heterosexual, Dr. Lai claimed, “Some people have undergone these treatments and it has the results [and] there is no harm or distress.”

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willfully spread misinformation and nonscientific evidence in order to promote the discrimination of LGBTIQ people in Australia,” it declared.

Conservative columnist Andrew Bolt retaliated in Rupert Murdoch’s HeraldSun newspaper, accusing Yes campaigners of ‘fascism’ and insisting the Coalition for Marriage advert is accurate.

“Frankston High is part of the controversial Safe Schools program, which indeed has produced material telling boys they should be able to wear dresses.

“The women in the ad were right. So why were many in the media so quick to brand them ‘dishonest’?”

Using the ‘slippery slope’ argument, Bolt simultaneously argued that allowing abortion leads to babies being murdered after death, “for reasons as trivial as the expense of raising them”, and legalising euthanasia results in healthy elderly people being put down like unwanted dogs.

The Yes campaigners point out that the ‘slippery slope’ argument is commonly used by reactionaries and bigots who claim that once homosexuals are allowed to marry, it’s only a matter of time before bestiality and pedophilia are tolerated,

with people marrying family pets, and children routinely sexually molested.

Over the past month Australian Traditional Nationalist, aka Austranati, a white supremacist organization with a cross logo not unlike the Ku Klux Klan, fly-posted walls in Melbourne and Brisbane with several different posters condemning non ‘traditional’ marriages.

One claimed, “92% of children raised by gay parents are abused, and 51% have depression, 72% are obese.”

In March this year Bolt launched himself into the equal marriage debate when he condemned licensed venues that were boycotting Coopers Brewery.

Coopers allowed one of their beers to feature in an advert sponsored by the Bible Society, which devoutly opposes gay marriage.

“I hate to break it to the rainbow fascists, but the cause of diversity is poorly served by quashing dissent and publicly humiliating anyone who dares to stand in your way,” Bolt said at the time.

The advert, called ‘Keeping It Light’ and promoting a limited edition batch of Coopers Premium Light beer, featured two Liberal Party politicians in debate, Andrew Hastie, a conservative heterosexual that opposes same-sex marriage and Tim Wilson, a homosexual supporter of equal marriage rights. 10,000 cases of the beer were printed with a Happy Birthday message from Coopers to the Bible Society to commemorate its 200th birthday, plus 20 different verses from the Bible.

When the boycott gained momentum, Coopers hastily cancelled its new range of commemorative cans just three days after the video provoked controversy, and issued an apology, stating, “Our company supports marriage equality.

“Offence has been taken by our recent involvement, for which we are deeply sorry…

“We have consequently cancelled the release of our Bible Society commemorative cans and will be taking steps to show further support for our community, including joining Australian Marriage Equality.”

Former tennis champion Margaret Court, 74, also caused controversy in May this year when she wrote a letter to the West Australian newspaper excoriating Qantas Airlines for its stance on gay marriage.

“I am disappointed that Qantas has become an active promoter for same sex marriage,” she wrote. “I believe in marriage as a union between a man and a woman as stated in the Bible. Your statement leaves me no option but to use other airlines where possible for my extensive travelling.”

Amidst calls led by former world tennis number one Martina Navratilova, herself in a same-sex relationship, to rename Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena tennis stadium, Court remained unrepentant.

Court, now a Christian pastor at the Victory Life Centre in Perth, claimed homosexuality was an ungodly ‘lust for flesh’ led by the Devil.

Reacting to polls suggesting 65 per cent of Australians support gay marriage, Court argued: “We know the statistics are very, very wrong. They’re after our young ones, that’s what they’re after.”

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will run the postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage, which will be sent to every Australian enrolled to vote from next month, to be returned by 7 November.

A result is expected on 25 November.

Calls for update of the inner west light rail line

BY JOSEPH FENAUGHTY NSW MP for Leichardt Jamie Parker is calling for an upgrade of the current inner west light rail line. MP Parker believes that the line needs upgrading to make the carriages compatible with the CBD and South East Light Rail line, which is currently under construction.

As it stands at the moment, tram carriages on the new line will not be compatible with the existing Inner West Light Rail and Dulwich Hill Line extension.

However expensive the new light rail upgrade might be, it is essential, according to MP Parker, who says that the government needs to invest more in the inner west line.

“We’re calling on the government to take urgent steps to fix the unacceptable overcrowding on our light rail lines. From this week, our community volunteers will be out and about at the light rail stations asking commuters to sign our letter to the Transport Minister, demanding he take action before the overcrowding gets any worse.”

The Inner West Line has been much more successful than anticipated. When it was first installed there were concerns that it would not be used. However the number of journeys on the light rail service has grown 148% from 2014-2016,

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jumping from 3.9 million to 9.7 million trips.

With the population of the area continuing to grow, so do concerns that the over-crowding on the already busy line will get worse.

To try and ease congestion, the existing 12 trams now run for longer throughout the day, when previously at least two would be removed during off-peak times.

Former Leichardt mayor Maire Sheehan agrees that something should be done to fix the overcrowding of the line although admits that “they already have all 12 vehicles running at peak times there so they can’t put any more on because there are no more to be put on.

“The way it works is that they have 12 cars and they already have them all running at peak times.”

The inner west line also runs at full capacity on weekends. Erika Campbell of Dulwich Hill uses the inner west service frequently to get two and from work. She says, “It was mostly reliable but on some days it was shockingly bad. I would say it’s more reliable than the bus though.”

There are obvious advantages with light rail even though it has its critics, as it bypasses traffic jams, which slow down buses, making them unreliable in peak periods.

MP Parker agrees, “Compared with a general traffic lane, which carries fewer than 2,000 people per hour, light rail carriages can carry up to 7,500 people per hour. Every light rail vehicle can carry 200 passengers, which is equivalent to a single lane of traffic two kilometres long.” city hub 7 SEPTEMBER 2017

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King St clearways moves trade away

BY WENDY BACON The NSW Government has backed down on its promise not to introduce clearways along Newtown’s King Street.

Last week’s announcement by the government that weekend clearways would be introduced in King Street has upset many in the community. Clearways are designed to remove parking whilst speeding up traffic, but are known to kill street life and small businesses along the route.

WestConnex CEO Dennis Cliche assured residents in 2015 that there would be no King Street clearways.

Community campaigning group Save Newtown evidently did not believe him at the time as its stickers appeared on hundreds of local businesses.

When WestConnex brings its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) roadshow to Newtown on Tuesday, September 12, it will be the first time it has visited the heart of Newtown since it received a unanimous and hostile reception at a packed Enmore Theatre meeting, nearly two and half years ago.

Its reception is not likely to be any warmer this time as WestConnex Stage 3 EIS includes a tunnel from St Peters to Haberfield under hundreds of Newtown’s oldest homes including heritage-listed buildings.

Thousands of school children and Inner West residents will be affected by noise and dust during its five-year construction period, which even WestConnex’s own EIS finds will have a negative socio-economic impact across the region.

The end result is likely to be more, not less traffic.

The first Enmore Theatre meeting was held in Feburary 2015, just a few weeks after 3000 people marched down King Street, Newtown, demanding a stop to WestConnex. The imminent destruction of scores of St Peters homes, thousands of Sydney Park trees and the introduction of clearways on King Street were incendiary issues for protesters.

Two and half years later, the trees and homes are gone but the community is still fighting.

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Campaigners oppose Newtown’s King Street turned into a clearway. Credit: Lorrie Graham

opposing WestConnex’s Stage 3 which depends on the revived road toll on the widened M4 from Parramatta to Strathfield for funding, also proving very unpopular.

In December 2015 while the local campaign against the New M5 EIS was in full swing and a Federal election looming, Federal MP Anthony Albanese arranged a meeting between himself, the then Minister for Roads Duncan Gay, and the Newtown Business Precinct Association.

After that meeting, Mr Albanese issued a press release stating the “Minister gave an absolute commitment that there would be no extension of clearways on King Street, Newtown.

Consideration is also being given to altering the intersection of the Princes Highway and King Street, near St Peters’ Station, to encourage traffic away from using King Street as a thoroughfare.”

This idea became known as the King Street Gateway.

Consistent with Labor’s WestConnex policy, Mr Albanese did not oppose Westconnex but said he would continue to work to mitigate its worst aspects.

Many campaigners remained skeptical, claiming it was hard to see how thousands more cars can pour out of the St Peters Interchange without flooding the Inner West with traffic. They questioned whether it was feasible to steer even more traffic a block east to where 60,000 extra vehicles were already predicted to travel.

Save Newtown continued its campaign against WestConnex and clearways, anticipating that the clearways promise could not be trusted. Thousands of New M5 submissions including ones from the City of Sydney and Marrickville Council raised complaints about the clearway threat.

The WestConnex EIS was prepared by AECOM,

a global engineering firm, which City Hub has previously reported has a commercial stake in the design and building of WestConnex.

In its Response to Submissions report published in March 2016, AECOM was clear on King Street clearways. It stated: “The NSW Government has made clear public statements that there is no intention to extend clearway hours through King Street. The NSW Government position remains unchanged…”

The report was less certain about the Gateway, stating that NSW Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) was committed to working with Councils on the King St Gateway, but that as a separate project it would have to be assessed on its own merits. This includes undertaking traffic modelling and a full analysis of access and parking implications, as well as liaison with all relevant stakeholders and a detailed cost benefit analysis.

Since it is clear that WestConnex will have impacts on traffic in the Inner West, City Hub wonders why AECOM had not done traffic modelling for King Street during its own EIS process.

It seems apparent that the politically convenient ‘no clearways’ promise was designed to reduce the temperature of the Stop WestConnex campaign.

Duncan Gay, who promised King Street would be a ‘nirvana’ if Westconnex went ahead, cannot be held accountable because he retired three months ago.

The Newtown Business Precinct have predicted ‘instant death’ for King Street if the clearways go head.

Despite their criticisms of WestConnex, neither the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and local MP Anthony Albanese nor NSW Labor Leader Luke Foley have ever called for a stop to the project. Nor have they told the public how they will deal with the mess of WestConnex if they are elected to government in the next two years.

There will be a rally at 5.30 pm outside the EIS session at the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre on Tuesday, September 12.

Wendy Bacon is a supporter of Save Newtown

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Museum move might damage artifacts

BY ALEC SMART Confusion surrounds the NSW Government’s plan to relocate the Powerhouse Museum from Ultimo to Parramatta, with concern that priceless exhibits will be irreparably damaged in transit. Meanwhile the public remains unaware of who will finance the estimated $1.5 billion costs.

Last week the Upper House held another hearing into the NSW Government’s plan to relocate the museum. The hearing studied an Economic Impact Assessment submitted by Deloitte Economics and commissioned by Parramatta Council, which drew attention to the shortfall in major cultural institutions in Western Sydney, the principal motivation for relocating the Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta.

“Western Sydney has approximately 35 major competitive cultural arts venues (including performance venues, galleries, museums and heritage attractions), compared to more than 140 in Eastern Sydney. Outside of the two state significant historic homes operating in Western Sydney [Rouse Hill House and Farm and Elizabeth Farm], no major state cultural institution is located in the region.”

However, while the Deloitte report recommends the relocation of the Powerhouse to Parramatta, it warned that if international and domestic visitors did not attend the new museum in significant numbers, its importance as a cultural attraction would be diminished.

Opponents of the museum’s move seized on this, claiming it would not deliver the financial returns that justify investment in the project.

Greens MP and inquiry member David Shoebridge MLC said, “Parramatta Council has had a close look at this project and their consultants say there is a real risk the museum might not be ‘world class, architecturally beautiful or suitable for the current location.’

“The closer you look at this the more you realise it’s far more about getting development on prime land at Ultimo, rather than building a world class museum at Parramatta.”

The decision to move the Powerhouse to Parramatta was made by former Premier Mike Baird. It is generally accepted the NSW Government believed they could raise up to $300 million by selling the existing site to pay for the project.

However, the NSW Government has yet to present a preliminary business plan explaining how they would fund the relocation, which detractors claim might cost up to $1.5 billion, and the government has now declared the documents to be ‘cabinet in confidence’.

“The cost of the project is being determined by the extended business

Powerhouse Museum faces relocation to Parramatta, the existing site developed for high-rise. Photo: Alec Smart

case process and will be considered by the NSW Government later this year,” a spokesperson told City Hub. The Powerhouse Museum, originally known as the Technological Museum, is the primary showcase of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, and it has been in existence for over 125 years.

On 10 March 1988 the museum reopened in a disused former electric tram power station – from whence it derived its new name - at 500 Harris Street, which was adapted and upgraded to house the museum’s estimated 400,000 artifacts. Many of these remain in storage in the adjacent Harwood Building, former garages to 108 trams.

Critics argue that the size and brittle condition of some of their artifacts, especially the large iron locomotives, make them almost impossible to move, with insurers unlikely to warrant against damage.

Chief among those critics is world-renowned museum expert Dr. Lindsay Sharp, the founding director of the Powerhouse Museum, who oversaw the move of the Technological Museum to its current former tram powerhouse site.

Dr. Sharp, who has consulted on the construction of major museums around the world, questions the entire process of relocating the Powerhouse to Parramatta, from the secrecy of its funding to the vulnerability of the new site to flooding, to the practical logistics of transferring the exhibits.

“The Powerhouse Museum buildings are wonderfully robust and

they can be upgraded, as they have been continuously,” he told City Hub. “It’s a complete furphy that the Powerhouse Museum is not fit for purpose, can’t be upgraded, hasn’t been upgraded and they need to move it.

“It’s a very complicated issue moving the large objects, and indeed any kind of object that’s delicate and sensitive. People think because objects are large they are inherently robust and strong. In the case of the Bolton Watt steam engine, which is the Mona Lisa of the Industrial Revolution, it’s old cast iron and it’s very fragile. Taking it to pieces is very risky. Transporting it is very risky. If it’s dropped or hit inadvertently by something hard in the wrong spot it could shatter. It would be one of the great heritage demolition tragedies in the world.

“If they do get the old steam engines out, they have to be set 20-30 metres above the current river level to take into account potential flooding. How do you put a locomotive 30 metres up a building? That engineering would be heroic and very costly.”

The NSW Govt. countered, “The collections at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences continue to be expertly protected during any relocation by the skilled staff at the museum. The museum regularly sends objects from the collection regionally, nationally and internationally.”

However, Dr. Sharp is highly skeptical.

“It would be exceptionally time-consuming and expensive to move the exhibits. They have to be completely studied, recorded, and any damage that exists has to be fully recorded. They have to be specially handled and packed, which in some cases is incredibly complicated.

For example, a significant piece of Roman glass from the 1st Century CE to record and pack that would probably take someone at least a day, and there’s no guarantee that it will make it intact to the next destination – they have a habit of breaking even if you pack and handle them carefully.

“It is arguable that there aren’t enough conservators [specialists who professionally handle museum artifacts] in Australia to handle all this work. We’ll have to bring dozens of them in from overseas. And the government has not yet completed a comprehensive collections’ assessment move cost risk report. We know that factually.

“If the government decides to build units on the Powerhouse site, particularly the Harwood storage building, they’ll have to remove all of those collections from a beautiful purpose-built, safe environment. It will cost tens, if not hundreds of millions.”

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All Betts are off for Waverley election

BY ANITA SENARATNA Liberal councillors, including current mayor Sally Betts, currently dominate the beachside council of Waverley. But the failed merger with neighbouring councils of Randwick and Woollahra and the controversial Bondi Pavilion upgrade could see the tides change for the Liberal Party at the upcoming local government election on September 9.

The State Liberal Government’s attempt to merge Waverley, Randwick and Woollahra into one large ‘Eastern Beaches Council’, attracted criticism from residents and councillors alike, in all three councils. But despite the residents’ concerns, Mayor Betts was one of the merger’s strongest supporters, describing it as a “really good fit” between the councils.

Mayor Betts has since voiced her support for the State Government’s decision to call off the merger, saying that the council now needs “to move forward and continue working for [their] residents.”

However, according to Greens MP David Shoebridge, there could still be a possibility that the merger could go ahead against the public’s wishes if the Liberal Party retains its majority in Waverley Council after the election.

“The Liberal Party are trying to entrench a fresh majority of Liberal councillors who, if they get elected will vote for what they’ll call a voluntary merger with their neighbouring council,” he said.

Relations between Mr. Shoebridge and Mayor Betts have been strained following a council meeting to discuss the Bondi Pavillion upgrade, which she adjourned without the required majority. A Liberal councilor, Joy Clayton, crossed party lines, voting to continue the meeting.

Mr. Shoebridge said Mayor Betts “has a history of just crashing through, ignoring her critics, ignoring the community when they disagree with her and this is just another example.”

“From beginning to end, that whole sorry saga was an abuse of process,” said Mr. Shoebridge. “I believe the Mayor owes both her councillors and the community an apology,” he said.

However, Mayor Betts rejected his criticism.

“We had three huge consultations and many, many smaller ones.

Throughout the process the plans changed dramatically as we listened to the community. Because of community concerns - that we got through the communication process - we decided to build a new pottery room, an additional music room, more toilets, and an additional gallery/museum space. We even went to a phased approach because of community concerns about the whole Pavilion being closed at the same time.”

Labor councillor John Wakefield is also critical of the Liberal

Bondi Pavillion. Photo: Anita Seranatna

Party and Mayor Betts, and describes their handling of the forced amalgamation issue as distinctly ‘anti-community’.

“The Liberals on Waverley Council did nothing to try and stop the merger … nor was Mayor Betts prepared to take the issue of the merger to residents in a referendum,” he said.

“It’s time for a better Council, one that listens and believes in open, transparent processes. A Council that respects our diverse community, promotes harmony and gets the basic jobs done.”

“I would suggest that Cr. Wakefield is anti anything and everything, Mayor Betts retaliated. “He even criticised Council when Labor was in power.

“Council did an extensive community consultation for the merger process. We did not just ask them if they would like to be merged or not, we gave them a complete financial breakdown of Waverley’s financial position for six different options.

“The whole Liberal team have been door knocking and holding street stalls in all four Wards and asking residents what their main issues are,” she said. “The thread that comes through clearly is that they want Council to look after their rates and use our financial resources wisely.

The general feeling is that Council has improved over the years and listens to the community.”

Eliane Morel, musician and actor, is deputy convenor of Friends of Bondi Pavilion, a group of concerned residents campaigning against the pavilion’s upgrade. The group is currently encouraging Waverley

residents to ‘Put The Liberals last’ via their ‘Save Bondi Pavilion’ Facebook page, and sharing video endorsements of Labor, Greens and Independent councillors who have pledged not to proceed with the planned upgrade if elected.

“Our argument is we have lots of cafes and function centres in Bondi,” said Ms. Morel. “Why do we need to turn what is our community space into yet another restaurant or function centre?”

The proposed Bondi Pavilion upgrade was set to cost close to $38 million, and would have seen most of the community space on the building’s top floor replaced with a kitchen and what Ms. Morel calls ‘a big glass box’. The Council has not yet revealed what they plan to do with this space, which has led to speculation amongst residents.

“They’ve essentially made it an electoral issue. If they could promise the community that they weren’t going to go ahead with the privatisation of the top floor, and they were open and honest and upfront about it, then there wouldn’t be a fight,” said Ms. Morel.

“Our feeling… is that the mayor or the Liberal Party has done some sort of deal with some sort of developer or nightclub owner. We don’t know, but their refusal to accept the community’s concerns means that everyone has become incredibly suspicious of their motives and of what they would do if they regained power.”

The first stage of the upgrade will commence next year. It will restore the building’s heritage aspects and double the number of female public toilets, but will leave out the controversial top floor renovation. However, the council has not yet revealed what Stage 2 will consist of and there are still concerns they could privatise the space.

According to David Shoebridge, the clashes with the community over the merger and Bondi Pavilion are symbolic of a greater struggle.

“I think the fight for the Bondi Pavilion is really a fight for the heart and soul of Sydney. It is a truly unique community asset in one of the most highly prized positions not just in the city, but anywhere on the globe,” he said.

Ms. Morel says the Save Bondi Pavilion campaign has attracted a lot of community support, and they will continue to encourage residents to speak out against Stage 2 of the upgrade. She says that even though they are actively campaigning against the Liberal Party, their campaign is ultimately a positive one.

“The only way to energise and enliven the Bondi Pavilion is through our wonderful community, through our artists, through our surf culture.

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Independents Day in the Inner West

BY TOMMY BOUTROUS On Saturday, September 9, residents of the former Leichhardt, Marrickille and Ashfield Councils will elect councilors for the new Inner West Council. In 2016 the amalgamation of these three separate inner west councils more than halved the number of local representatives in the area from 36 to 15. On Saturday voters in five new wards will elect three councilors each.

The redrawn boundaries are projected to favour major party candidates who have greater resources to mount a campaign in a large area. Labor, Liberals and Greens are expected to benefit from the expanded ward boundaries. Independents may struggle to compete.

Despite the challenges of running a campaign in a much larger area, a number of independents candidates are on the ballot this weekend. John Stamolis is standing as an Independent for the Balmain Ward. He served on Leichhardt council twice and has been involved in local community groups for over 20 years. His long standing commitment to the community provides local residents with a strong advocate. He is running for Council in the hope of continuing his service to the community.

Pauline Lockie is standing as independent for the Stanmore ward of the Inner West Council.

A copywriter and communications consultant by trade, she is a founding member of the WestCONnex Action Group (WAG). She lives with her husband and daughter in Newtown.

Pauline stands for ‘opposing WestConnex without being compromised by party policy, delivering better and more accessible public transport services and fighting for urgently needed childcare and school places’.

As a spokesperson for the WestCONnex Action Group, she has made countless appearances in the media, at public events, and in meetings with politicians and officials at all levels of government

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Inner West Councillor Pauline Lockie and family

to campaign for an end to this destructive project, as well as better outcomes for people across the Inner West who are now enduring the worst impacts of its construction.

As a community activist, before her candidacy, Pauline has seen ‘how the major parties have brought compromise to issues affecting the Inner West in order to win votes elsewhere or satisfy party donors. I want to end that kind of politics. As an independent her priority would be to represent residents’ needs – and make sure community voices dictate what happens in the Inner West, not party strategists” Independent candidate Victoria Pye is also standing as an independent in the Marrickville ward in this Saturday’s election. Victoria firmly believes ‘that Marrickville deserves a council that is as diverse as the Community that it represents’.

Her main interests are ensuring that she keeps ‘Marrickville vibrant and safe for everyone.

According to Victoria, “Marrickville was the first place that I felt comfortable to hold my girlfriend’s hand, and I want everyone to feel as comfortable in Marrickville as I do.”

She strongly opposes Westconnex, which has been extremely controversial. Since its inception, plans have been abandoned and amendments are continually being brought forward. Victoria would like residents to be ‘able to trust the council to act on behalf of them, not developers. According to Victoria, “If I was able to have people consider me a trustworthy councillor who tried to do the right then that would be a win for me, and I think for politics.’

John Lozano, is another independent candidate who is strongly opposed to Westconnex. Standing in the Leichhardt ward, he describes himself as being a ‘passionate advocate against a project that is ill-conceived, mismanaged, will not deliver its stated benefits and continues to have devastating impacts on our community.’ He would also like

to force a “re-establishment of the previous community precincts and other community forums to feed grass roots ideas into council policies and initiatives.”

John believes that the Leichhardt has not been served by party politics and collusion between the political parties over the years.

‘Parties that are ideologically opposed have joined forces previously and brought upon community initiatives that where not in our best interest.’ He has been ‘totally dissatisfied with the performance and representation of at all levels of Government for quite some time. Party politics are getting in the way of delivering to our community the services we desperately need.’

Independent candidate Morris Mansour has ‘always puts residents first.’ He has had a long association across all areas of the Ashfield Ward having been first elected as a Councillor on Ashfield Council in the 1990s. He served as both Mayor and Deputy Mayor during that time and was the chairperson of many committees such as the traffic committee, seniors committee and library committee.

His main priority on the new enlarged council would be ‘to maintain basic services which are often forgotten by politicians such as regular street cleaning and graffiti removal, repairing broken footpaths and potholes, and garbage collection including free pick-ups, while keeping rates as low as possible and maintaining high-quality facilities including libraries, parks and pools which the whole community can enjoy.’

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“It’s very strange. You wouldn’t expect this in today’s society,” said Karen, another.

Sales and Marketing Director of ESET, Edmund Li claimed the company was environmentally responsible.

“We are fully aware of our corporate responsibilities and [have an] ongoing commitment to environmental and other charities,” he told City Hub. “ESET’s goal is to educate and inform every one of the potential risks they can get themselves into if they are not properly protected when surfing online.”

But Mr Li would not confirm whether the company had sought council permission to leave the cards in the area, or how the move fitted in with their “environmental commitments.”

Greens NSW MP and Environment Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC said: “It’s pretty disappointing to see a company apparently using littering as a

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BY JADE MORELLINI The Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre celebrated its 10th birthday on Sunday 27 August, with a day of fun for regulars and visitors to enjoy. Marking the milestone, the Aquatic Centre had free entry all day, attracting around 2000 people.

A range of free activities were also available, from a giant pool inflatable obstacle course, AquaPhysical demonstrations, face painting for the young and the brave, fitness classes, and to top it all, a barbeque on the balcony. Musicians performed to keep up the festive vibe, with an appearance from the Lord Mayor, Clover Moore and Olympians Geoff Huegill and the Aquatic Centre’s namesake, multiple gold medalwinning swimmer, Ian Thorpe.

The Aquatic Centre has a variety of programs on offer for all levels of swimmers. With three pools to choose from, they include a program pool dedicated to swimming lessons and a 50-metre pool for lap swimmers.

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The Kikuchi family celebrates as the Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre turned 10.

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For those wishing for some time out, the perfect place for relaxation is the spa, sauna and steam room, posing many benefits to the mind and body, and great for post-workouts too.

In addition to the pools, the centre has a modern gym, offering a selection of workout equipment - over 130 exercise machines - and programs, including personal trainers, for members. There is also a fitness and wellness program, catering to individuals’ needs and goals.

The centre hosts group fitness classes, aqua classes and small training classes for those who enjoy exercise with others. These classes comprise of intense workouts, such as Body Pump, Boxing, Zumba and Indoor Boot Camp, while also providing more relaxed, strength-building classes, such as Yoga and Deep Aqua which is low impact.

Memberships are simple and cost-

effective, allowing everyone to keep fit while having fun.

The Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre is community-based, with an enjoyable, recreational space for members and visitors to indulge. Accommodating for young families and people with disabilities, the centre provides family change rooms and disability parking, with ramps and aqua wheelchairs available for use.

They don’t only provide entertainment for the whole family, but they also help their members achieve their fitness goals. A café is available for snacks and drinks with healthy options provided.

The pools are open between 6am – 9pm, Monday to Friday, and 6am to 8pm on Saturday and Sunday, with the gym open until 10pm on weekdays.

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FEATURE

By Rita Bratovich

Now in its twelfth year, the Sydney Latin American Film Festival (SLAFF) has grown from a handful of screenings on a weekend to a five-day cultural festival that showcases the best Latin America has to offer.

“We want to give people the experience of being in Latin America … for us everything is important. Food is important, dancing is important, connections to people are important… all of your senses are being delighted!” explains Lidia Luna, Festival Programmer.

Luna has been involved with the festival for ten years and has seen it grow steadily along with the film industry itself. Columbia and Mexico have a thriving film scene, while Peru and Bolivia are showing promising beginnings. SLAFF curates with the goal of including as diverse and expansive a collection of themes, genres and nationalities as possible. Their focus is on representation: “We want to portray all of the stories and the diversities of these countries on screen,” explains Luna. “Many [films] involve stories of human resilience because with Latin America there’s bound to be political turmoil. And obviously redemption - which are stories that are general to all of us - but they’re a little bit different, put in a different context.”

This year the Caribbean is being spotlighted and the Dominican Republic will be represented for the first time. Not all films are in Spanish either; one film is in Creole and another comes from the Mapuche indigenous community in Chile.

A significant development for the festival is the establishment of the Addison Road Picture House in Marrickville which will not only allow SLAFF to hold events throughout the year, but

On the Roof. Image provided by SLAFF

also enable them to feature food, music and dancing during screenings, which they could not have done in a conventional cinema. The Picture House should augment their fundraising activities. SLAFF is a not-for-profit that donates money from the festival to selected organisations each year.

“So far we’ve donated over $120,000. And many of these organisations come from different parts in Latin America,” explains Luna. Charities that work with children, education, arts and community have all benefited from donations since SLAFF began.

A quick scan over the festival program yields an interesting fact: half the directors are women.

This is a natural result of SLAFF’s agenda to aim

It represents a metaphor of opportunity - a visible horizon - as well as limitation through its physical lack of space and mobility. The unique setting offers the film visual distinctness with glimpses into this rare lifestyle and the Havana skyline as a backdrop.

In a very different film, documentary film maker Natalia Almada turns her hand to fiction with the poignant, intense, keenly observed Everything Else (Todo Lo Demas). In it, Adriana Barazza plays Dona Flor, a lonely middle-aged woman whose beloved cat dies, breaking a routine that had to that point protected Dona Flor from desire and a haunting memory.

“I was intrigued by the possibility of a wound from a trauma long past being opened by a seemingly unrelated event,” explains Almada. In this case, the death of a pet.

With regard to the significance of a director’s gender, Almada does believe it can inform a film: “I do think of my film as a feminist film and I can’t imagine a man would make the same film and I have noticed that men and women view and appreciate the film differently.” She does for diversity and the tendency for female qualify this remark as a generalisation but insists directors to tackle new subject matter or styles. that there needs to be more diversity in cinema.

Patricia Ramos is a Cuban director whose To that end, Almada recognises the importance debut feature, On The Roof (El Techo) is the of festivals such as SLAFF: opening night film for the festival. The story “The festivals are an antidote to commercial revolves around three disenfranchised cinema.They are a space in which films can be teenagers living on the rooftops of Havana, who appreciated for something other than their market decide to open a sky high pizzeria with little value.They are also a space where audiences go to more than youthful ambition. Ramos had always view films which are more challenging and require been fascinated by the elevated metropolis atop that they engage with them.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Feathered and Fierce

Feathered and Fierce is showing at the Sydney Fringe Festival - it’s a dance show, but not as it’s ever been seen before.

Mixing dance and physical theatre, the show is taking audiences behind the glamour and the glitz of dance. It shares the intense training and all the sweat that goes into it, inviting audiences to see the lives of the dancers outside the spotlight. Producer, Lauren Eisinger said: “We do this through dance, through theatre, through the conventions of a performance…

So, it’s lifting the veil on the regular glitz and glamour of performing, allowing you to see the world that’s behind it.”

The music is a significant aspect of the show, using a mix of Latin rhythms and modern tunes that audiences will recognise, prompting them to get involved in the show.

“It’s a really immersive experience… audiences are going to have a fantastic time, just a really joyful time... We have eight lovely dancers on stage and it’s really personal so you’ll feel like you’ve made eight best friends and that we are sharing something special with them,” Eisinger said.

With a diversity of dancers from difference backgrounds, they’ve encouraged them to bring their history to the performance, with inclusions of some ballet and hip hop.

“There’s not a lot of places where you can find true examples of Latin culture; as a community, it’s really strong in Sydney but it’s not something that people outside of the community might have experienced so I’m really excited to bring that kind of a world, the Latin world, to the Sydney art scene in a way that lots of theatre goers might not have experienced…” Eisinger concluded. (JM) Until Sep 9. HPG Festival Hub Stage One, 225 Euston Rd, Alexandria, Sydney.

Tickets $22-$25.Tickets & info: www.sydneyfringe.com.au

My Favorite Murder It’s hard to make murder funny yet Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark are bringing the laughs to the Enmore for their tour based on their comedy podcast, My Favorite Murder.

Since its inception in 2016, the podcast has achieved mass fame despite its prima facie dark stimulus. Conversational and comedic, Kilgariff and Hardstark recount their favourite murders in both recent and ancient history while maintaining the appropriate sensitivity for the victims.

By day, Kilgariff is a veteran standup comic, television writer and actress while Hardstark is

The Dapto Chaser

The Dapto Chaser is an Australian dramatic comedy, written by playwright Mary Rachel Brown. The play follows the Sinclair family who raise greyhounds for a living, illustrating the strong

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relationship between men and animals.

At the core of the play, it examines the modern family struggles which many people may face. Specifically, the show touches

on a gambling addiction for the Sinclair family, so when things don’t unfold how they expected, their relationships are put on the line.

Director, Glynn Nicholas said: “It’s to do with the family relationships - what love means within the paradigm of family and the strong relationship between the men and their animal within the play.”

Showing as part of Glen Street Theatre’s 2017 season, Nicholas wants the audiences to unwrap the important message of the play, while also being amused.

“I’d like audiences to be highly entertained and to laugh and to cry and to be moved…and to recognise

that people within the industry are not all bad as it tends to be painted by the media… there are some good people in that industry.”

With a few twists and turns to keep the audience hooked, the unexpected narrative is one which will excite audiences.

“I think the playwright Mary Rachel Brown has done a great job… It’s a really worthwhile piece of theatre to come along and have a look at,” Nicholas concluded. (JM) Until Sep 10. Glen Street Theatre, Corner Glen Street and Blackbutts Road, Belrose.

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What I’ll Never Say Often reality and truth are stranger than fiction, especially when it comes to the world of politics. So it was only fitting for Stuart Englund to draw upon his decade embedded within the political world for his new Sydney Fringe Festival performance What I’ll Never Say. Stuart Englund has spent the last 10 years consulting with almost every member of senior Parliament, first as a commercial lawyer, then a political staffer in the early days of the Carr Labor Government in NSW, and now as a Canberra lobbyist.

“The show is based on working daily with the very people that are trying to make politics function,” says Englund, “Our

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best known for her show, Drinks with Alie and Georgia, on the Cooking Channel. But it is their podcast that has earned them a legion of fans who have dubbed themselves ‘murderinos’. The podcast has particularly resonated with women, in part, due to its emphasis on vigilance and selfdefence over being polite. With a tagline like “stay sexy, don’t get murdered” - this is not a show to be missed. (ES) Sep 11, 8pm. Enmore Theatre, 118-132 Enmore Road, Newtown. $66.20+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.enmoretheatre.com.au

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politics is deep in a rough patch and it can be incredibly frustrating, but it isn’t broken.

Almost all of our politicians are women and men with the best of intentions. They aren’t devils and they aren’t saints, they’re just human. When we’re under pressure it isn’t the time to give up on politics; if we want something different, it’s time to get involved.”

This show will give audiences a look behind the veil of modern day politics, and may even have you sympathising with politicians in ways you never thought possible. (JA) Until Sep 9. Erskineville Town Hall, 104 Erskineville Road, Erskineville. $15-$25.

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The Squeal In The Pen It’s a short black comedy, 35 minutes of experimental, psychological fun, a type of Gestalt therapy; pure craziness with a twist of devotion and cruelty.

The Squeal In The Pen is part of the New Fitz New Writers Program, one of ten new works commissioned exclusively for the Old Fitz Theatre.

The Squeal In The Pen shows first and then at 8.15pm, the very bleak play 4:48 Psychosis. Both plays centre around the theme of mental illness.

The Squeal In The Pen is a wonderful reinterpretation of the madness of 4:48 Psychosis

and shows us the humorous side to psychiatry and losing your mind.

There is softly spoken, love sick Charlie, in a white disposable dust suit, raving about his latest infatuation.

There’s tension among the audience as this is beginning to look like a night of audience participation and a weird, (ego and super ego) relationship is forming between actor and the observers.

A repetitive loud pinging sound; Karly and Charlie kneel, hands behind their heads. Both are prisoners who submit to an unseen force.

Although they are locked up they are happy.

Even though they’ve forgotten where they come

THE NAKED CITY

CASPER THE UNFRIENDLY POST With Coffin Ed As a schoolboy in suburban Sydney during the 1960s, one of the highlights of the year was a school excursion, either to somewhere like the Port Kembla steel works or the Museum Of Applied Arts & Sciences in Harris Street, Ultimo.The latter was always a much anticipated experience if only for one particular exhibit – the anatomical marvel of the amazing transparent woman.

The prospect of viewing a totally naked woman, albeit one made of plastic with the internal skeleton and organs revealed, brought many a guffaw from the bus loads of school boys as they trekked into the city.These days it would hardly raise a post pubescent eyebrow but in the 1960s it was tantamount to an act of voyeurism. One however that had its share of youthful disappointment with the transparent model exhibiting no visible signs of genitalia.

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remains a prized exhibit at the current Powerhouse Museum, has a fascinating history which dates right back to the 1930s in Germany and the Museum of Hygiene in Dresden. Based on the supposed ‘perfect forms’ of men and women, they were promoted as both teaching aids and as examples of healthy living for the public at large.There was even the suggestion that they reinforced the concept of the master race during Nazi Germany.

When in 1954 the Museum Of Applied Arts & Sciences acquired their own transparent woman, the model’s arrival was not without a degree of controversy, with one rather prudish customs official attempting to block the import.

As the Powerhouse Museum’s current website recalls: “To cover some of the huge cost involved in obtaining the model, she was put on displayed in the State Theatre and the public were charged 2 shillings per adult and 9 pence per child to see her.The viewing sessions

were segregated by gender and a trained nurse was on standby to assist if anyone was overcome by the experience.To add to the sensationalism she was marketed using images depicting a dark and shadowy ‘sex siren’ type of woman.”

After this initial sideshow like exposure the model was moved to the Museum, to promote health and hygiene and later as a part of sex education programs, despite the absence of some essential body parts. Surprisingly I can find no public record of the Museum assigning the woman an identity in the form of an actual name, although I am sure she is referred to by some kind of nickname within the inner circle of curators and techs that keep her ticking. Could we have a public competition to finally christen her – perhaps with a mythological name like Venus, Electra or Aphrodite?

As an afterthought there is definitely a scenario here for an Australian sci-fi movie – a kind of Night At the Museum meets the The Amazing Colossal Woman.

The Powerhouse Museum is finally about to be moved to Parramatta but the transparent woman will have none of it.The night before the move begins she miraculously springs to life, escaping into the Sydney CBD to fight crime and corruption.A Spiderman like cult figure amongst the adoring populous, she eventually stands for Parliament and is elected Premier of the State.

She reveals everything, past and present, regarding the possibility of moving the Powerhouse to Parra, including the enormous cost of transporting the collection. Public opinion gets right behind her and the honesty of her disclosure convinces all and sundry that the Museum should not be moved.You can beat ‘transparency’!

from, they both know one thing, they are in love with a tea cup pig…. Then Harold in a dinner suit puts a whole new perspective on true love.

We struggle to make sense of it all and then give in to an absurdity where the actors have clearly lost their grip within a psychodrama.

It’s not clear what is happening in this play, it’s not meant to be a defined narrative, but rather a surreal, evolving imaginative force that gets you caught up in its flow. Playwright Benedict Hardie’s words are well crafted, concise and chosen carefully. (MS) Until Sep 9. Old Fitz Theatre, 129 Dowling St (Cnr Cathedral St), Woolloomooloo. $25. Tickets & info: www.redlineproductions.com.au

St Albans Writers’ Festival

As the number of great Australian authors is increasing and our cultural landscape diversifies, festivals in this country are becoming an annual occurrence. With allegiant followers attending each year and crowds packing out small to medium size venues to listen to some of our finest commentators and critics. The Sydney Writers’ Festival already attracts thousands of people each year but many regional centers are starting their own intimate writer’s festivals such as the village of St Albans with a population of 158 people deep in the Hawkesbury heartland.

The St Albans Writers’ Festival is in its third year and it will have an impressive lineup of Australian guest writers and speakers. City Hub spoke to the artistic director of the festival, Catherine Du Peloux Menage about how she chose the artists and writers for this years lineup.

“We tend to look for particular types of writers, so we look for new novelists, crime fiction writers, historians and people who have something to say about indigenous Australian history and we always look for something to do with art.”

At a time when important dialogue and ideas are needed more than ever, writer’s festivals are

Tom Keneally

the catalyst for healthy debate on issues that matter to all of us. The St Albans Writers’ Festival’s theme this year is “Escape and Explore” and the festival’s motto is about big thinking on a small scale. It’s a three day festival with rich discussions and time for relaxing and socialising so don’t miss out on this wonderful weekend getaway. (DJ) Sep 8-10. St Albums Village, Central McDonald.

Info: www.stalbanswritersfestival.com.au

Damien Drew - Wabi-Sabi

The Japanese concept of WabiSabi is an appreciation of a transient and understated beauty in the modest, imperfect, ephemeral or decayed. Damien Drew’s exhibition expresses this notion through his perspective of modern day Japan.

With his history working on films such as Alien Covenant, Superman Returns, Star Wars,The Great Gatsby and The Matrix.

Drew has an incredibly keen eye and sense for storytelling through the visual medium.As such WabiSabi is unique in that rather than telling a story within an individual image he instead pairs images together thus inviting the viewer to consider the details and qualities in the paired scenes that otherwise may have been inconspicuous, congruent or contrasting.

Whilst the pairing of images together ask the viewer to consider them together each individual image is still captivating and conveys its own message. (JA) Until Sep 24, 10am-6pm. Black Eye Gallery, 3/138 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst. Info: www.blackeyegallery.com.au city hub 7 SEPTEMBER 2017

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Live Music Guide LIVE WIRE Sydney

AFI

By Jamie Apps

Mew. Photo supplied by Mew management Client Liaison: Celebrating the international release of their critically acclaimed debut album, Diplomatic Immunity, and their collaboration with Tina Arena, Client Liaison will bring their biggest ever production to Sydney tonight.

Thu, Sep 7, Enmore Theatre City Calm Down: Set to perform their first headline show in Sydney in almost a year tomorrow night. The group are bringing the first taste of their anticipated second album so get out and hear it live first.

Fri, Sep 8, Metro Theatre Topology: Celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, ARIA Award Nominated classical quintet Topology have recently released a brand new album, Tortured Remixes, and are heading for Randwick to play at the Randwick Twilight Series.

Fri, Sep 8, Prince Henry Centre James Reyne: Three years ago, James Reyne delivered the closest thing fans will ever get to an Australian Crawl reunion, assembling an exceptional band to play the songbook of Australian Crawl in a completely sold out national tour. This weekend he plays these much loved songs again.

Sat, Sep 9, Enmore Theatre As Paradise Falls: To celebrate the release of their new record, Digital Ritual, Brisbane’s As Paradise Falls make the journey down the coast to Sydney this weekend. With the record tackling the consumption of media in

a digital age it seems incredibly fitting to have the opportunity to detach from your phone and experience the music live.

Sat, Sep 9, Bald Faced Stag The Beatles’ First Five: Five of Australia’s finest musicians; Kevin Mitchell, Jack Jones, Wes Carr, Paul Gray and Ciaran Gribbin, will perform 40 songs from the Beatles first five albums in one hit-packed night of backbeat, ringing guitars and mind-blowing vocal harmony.

Sun, Sep 10, Sydney Opera House Danny Howells: With a reputation as a “DJ’s DJ”, with an uncompromising style that he has maintained through the ever-shifting face of global dance music. His impeccable selection, distinctive style and silky mixing have made him a mainstay in the global consciousness since his breakthrough in the late 90s.

Sun, Sep 10,The Greenwood Mew: A much celebrated and loved experimental rock outfit with a career spanning more than 20 years, across six acclaimed studio albums, with fans the world over - and yet, they have only graced Australia’s shores once. That changes this week! MEW’s latest album and the reason for this new tour, Visuals was recorded and self-produced in Copenhagen, completed in under a year and sees Mew at their most concise, each song representing its own little chapter and narrative.

Mon, Sep 11, Manning Bar Mark Olsen: Kaleidoscope Music presents Mark Olson (ex-Jayhawks/Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers) and Ingunn Ringvold in support of their new album Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun. Tue, Sep 12, Leadbelly Roadhouses: A Sydney based three-piece that plays sedated rock n roll. Their sound is brooding, moody and cinematic; anti-love songs on half speed. Join them mid-week to celebrate their forthcoming self-titled album.

Wed, Sep 13,The Lansdowne

By Jamie Apps As AFI approach three decades together you might think they may have become stale but after speaking with bass player Hunter Burgan the City Hub has learned that is far from the case.

Whilst speaking with us about the band’s tenth studio album, The Blood Album, Burgan explained that the group had written close to 60 songs for the record before distilling that list down for the studio sessions.

“We’ve tried to be more economical with the last couple of records and not record more songs than we need. I think we recorded 15 and our goal was to get it down to 12 but we simply couldn’t cut that many songs.”

By simply looking at the sheer volume of songs the group wrote for this record it is clear to see that this was a special record for the band and as such they wanted to ensure it captured the publics attention. In order to do this they chose to implement a marketing strategy which saw them blacking out all of the bands social media accounts, which generated quite the buzz.

Photo: Jiro Schneider

“There is so much information bombarding people on a daily basis so it’s tough to make a real impression on people,” explained Burgan, “I can’t tell you how many times my phone is telling me about news, sport scores or different things. The vast amount of information hitting people everyday is making each little piece less significant, so it takes ideas like we used to get people’s attention.”

Over the years AFI have not only captured fans attention with their records but also with their spectacular

live shows, which often go slightly off script thanks in large part to frontman Davey Havok’s antics.

“He [Davey] does a lot of things that surprise me, like climbing on things or going into the crowd,” explained Burgan, “I don’t think even he knows what he’s going to do, it’s just a spontaneous kind of thing.”

This spontaneous attitude can occasionally lead to tricky moments for the other members of the band.

“During one particular show in LA there was a specific moment where musically Davey cues us for timing but we

couldn’t see him in the crowd so we had to tune into each other to make sure it worked...” reflected Burgan, “That’s part of the fun though. I like the fact that every audience is going to be different and thus in turn we’re going to play off the energy in the room and have a fun time.”

If moments like this are anything to go by fans of AFI should expect the unexpected at the show this weekend.

Sep 9, 7pm.

The Big Top, Luna Park Sydney, 1 Olympic Dr, Sydney. $95.70+b.f.

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Mikhael Paskalev - Heavy

Lizzie Flynn - You and The Open Sky

The second album from Norwegian indie rock maestro Mikhael Paskalev continues to explore a wide array of musical styles, blending them together much more smoothly than expected.

Throughout the 11 track offering Paskalev blends 80s pop with new disco and electro-pop elements. With so many varied styles this record could very easily have become a convoluted mess but Paskalev has done a

Lizzie Flynn’s LP is a beautiful nuanced portrait of the country town her lyrics provoke. Her voice weaves a story with clarity, with feathery depth and with a quirky rhythmic backing.

Flynn’s vocals are spellbinding making the listener follow it as it rises and falls in its delicate emotional range. Her backing follows her too filling space as she leaves it, egging her on.

phenomenal job blending them together into one relatively seamless and catchy mix.

Opening track, Jet Plane, sets the record up as an easy listening fun one, but as it progresses Paskalev begins to explore deeper themes. The transition occurs gradually through the introduction of dark 80s-esque synths to accompany the change in lyrical theme.

This is an enjoyable offering but one which ultimately doesn’t

The Dinner

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have a standout track that will stand the test of time. (JA) WWW

This is a case of style over substance. The cinematography is rich and architectural; the music has been mindfully chosen to provide subtle counterpoint; the performances are all exceptional, but the script, alas, disappoints. The Dinner, the latest film from director Oren Moverman, is just like the extravagant meal at the centre of the plot - audacious and showy, but leaving you feeling unsatisfied.

Stan Lohman (Richard Gere)

The listener drinks in the symbiotic relationship, delights at her sly references that never tell the whole story.

You and the Open Sky is filled with the energy generated by the artists own passion, it sparkles gently in the night sky of musical constellations.

This album encourages secret smiles between couples, wistful eyes and a full heart in the listener. Easy to listen to and easy to connect with, this

is a congressman on the brink of becoming governor. His second wife, Katelyn (Rebecca Hall), suffers his disruptive political life begrudgingly yet devotedly, accepting his two now teenage boys as her own.

Paul Lohman (Steve Coogan), is Stan’s caustic, misanthropic brother, a history teacher with a mental illness. His wife Claire (Laura Linney) is his stabilising force. They too have a teenage son.

On Stan’s invitation, they all meet for dinner at a

album is a joy in the listener, it is a cheeky smile. (SP) WWW

very ostentatious, exclusive restaurant. What’s on the table, apart from absurdly pretentious menu items, is a very serious issue involving all their children about which they need to agree on a course of action. And they can’t.

The scenes in the restaurant are riveting, but repeatedly and unnecessarily interrupted with flashbacks and asides. The ending will divide people.

Nice presentation but not enough meat. (RB) WWW

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Chris Evans hangs up his This Australian comedy Grace’s performance as the with lackluster assumed Captain America costume to vibrant young maths prodigy surrounds Polly, a wannabee identity sub-plots. star in this pint-sized drama steals the show, her attitude actress who simply can’t Alice Foulcher who plays the Contrary to initial instincts, where he portrays Frank make it in the industry as explored as the Captain of and constant bombardment roles of Polly and Amy is a movie-goers don’t have to have The Royal and Ancient Golf Adler, an ordinary man she’s overshadowed by Amy, delight, but can only do so of wisecracks evoking a deep love for the sport of who has lovingly raised his her identical twin sister who much to carry a film which is Club of St Andrews (Sam Neill) laughter. golf to enjoy this film, which seven-year-old niece after ironically is a successful and stale and barely raises a few ultimately tells young Tommy Adversely, the romantic predominantly surrounds the the death of his sister. in-demand actress. Tired Morris, “You may be a hero to storyline surrounding Frank chuckles. relationship between pioneering the town, but you will never be Mary (McKenna Grace) is of being mistaken as Amy, and his niece’s school Hollywood starlet Isabel Lucas and legendary Scottish golfing an intellectually gifted child, teacher is clichéd and the Polly ultimately assumes her plays a supporting role and may a gentleman!”. champion “Old Tom Morris” possessing mathematical identity with varying results. allure young movie-goers into The story also delves into the court battle to gain custody (Peter Mullan) and his son intellect beyond her years This film basically exemplifies cinemas, but only manages to passionate love Tommy had of Mary seems drawn out Tommy Morris (Jack Lowden). for an older woman with a who states that “people my and vastly overshadows the difficulty in writing deliver an average performance This stylish film offers an insight questionable reputation, their age are boring.” Frank wants the principle storyline. The comedic feature films and the in a forgettable role. into Tommy’s rapid rise as her to be a normal child, ongoing problem Australian marriage and the tragedies emotional value of many of On a high note the film the first young prodigy in golf have friends, to play and be the scenes are also deflated writers have in this genre. which bestowed their lives. does offer an insight history, where he was known happy. Is he gambling with What should have been a Exquisitely filmed in the by the intermittent jerking into the world of show from London to Calcutta and her future, depriving her of camerawork. hilarious and thoroughly mesmerizing landscapes of business – the meetings who still holds the record nurturing an extraordinary Regardless of these flaws, entertaining film Scotland, the incomprehensibly with casting agents, the TO UPGRADE A MOBILE STATION PROPOSAL A MOBILE STATION AT as being the onlyAT player to mind and PROPOSAL should he listen unfortunately fails toPHONE ignite, BASE strong Scottish accents of TO UPGRADE audiences should warm toPHONE BASE auditions and predominantly win four consecutive open to the girl’s1 grandmother owing Junction to a script which selected actors1may be a this Bondi story about the special disappointments and Newland Street, Junction NSW 2022 (1/DP776871).

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