Brisbane News Magazine April 8-15, 2020 ISSUE 1270

APRIL 8-14, 2020 ISSUE 1270

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AMERICAN DREAM The trio taking our cafe culture to California

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Baking day Alastair McLeod’s recipe for family time this Easter

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Social isolation is hard. Doing the right thing often is.

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THE CHAT Hairstylist-to-the-stars Mikki Auld THE LIST What’s on (at home) PEOPLE The band of friends taking Brisbane’s cafe culture to LA LIVING Perfecting your home office

ON THE COVER Alastair McLeod’s McSimnel cake, Recipe, P8 Styling and photography Miranda Porter Design Anne-Maree Lyons

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How are you coping in this strange new world of ours? The last couple of weeks seemed surreal but I suspect they’ll feel like we still had it easy when we’re confronted with what’s yet to come. COVID-19 is changing our lives forever. Community transmission is happening with people we know and love falling ill, some never to recover. Scary stuff.

But freaking out is not an option. Instead, we must stay safe and look after the most vulnerable people in our community. A big part of that comes from knowing how to sort fact from fiction to decide what information to trust. Hint: it’s from the World Health Organization or a government website, not your bestie’s neighbour’s personal trainer’s YouTube channel, even if she does have 80k subscribers and sensational glossy hair.

One of the main reasons I’ve started studying pharmacy after 20 years as a journalist is because I’m deeply worried about misinformation and want to be a better health communicator.

I’d been working as the health editor at two women’s magazines where facts were often flexible – moulded to suit the story and usually sourced from experts who had a new diet, exercise program or book to spruik.

Now I find myself debunking myths about the virus that causes COVID-19 when friends and family text or call. Instead of revisiting some of the stranger ones, let’s focus on what definitely does help: behaving as though you already do have the virus and staying home so you can’t pass it on to anyone else. Social isolation is hard. Doing the right thing often is. But remember the Hippocratic Oath our hardworking doctors take: First, do no harm.

For doctors, that can mean making seemingly impossible decisions. For the rest of us, it just means staying home for a while. We can do that, right?

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THE CHAT

Ahead of the times Why pop stars and influencers are beating a path to hairstylist Mikki Auld

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he hair dryers have been switched off at Mikki Auld’s eponymous West End hair salon but don’t expect them to stay quiet for too long.

“These are unpredictable times but we’ll come back stronger than ever,” the 29year-old says of doing business during a global health crisis.

At the time of going to press, hairdressers were still operating, but Mikki made the tough decision to close her doors to safeguard the health of her seven staff and their guests. “But we’ll keep innovating and remaining positive.

If you let all of this get to you it will consume you,” she says.

It’s a never-say-die attitude that the hairstylist, who grew up on a farm at Roma in Queensland’s south-west, has called on before. She spent her childhood riding horses and dreaming of a career in fashion design in London inspired by the Vogue magazines she would buy with her pocket money. Instead, she found herself cutting hair for £6 an hour in the UK capital at age 25. “I was probably working at least 60-70 hours a week cutting hair in a salon, at home and waiting tables just to survive, and that forced me to innovate,”

she says. Mikki came up with some creative slogans advertising her at-home hairdressing services and stuck them up all over London. She eventually built up a client base that kept her there for nearly a year.

But home was calling, and Mikki figured if she could “make a go of it” in one of the biggest cities in the world, she could do it closer to family too. After a stint in Byron Bay, Mikki arrived in Brisbane in 2016.

She continued working from home, but not serving up the beachy, blonde styles that were all the rage. These were Mikki Auld styles. “In London women would shave their heads and wear no make-up and just be so unashamedly themselves and I loved that,” Mikki says.

Her 70s-inspired cuts – Mikki has always been enamoured by the fashion, film and music of the era – and bold hair colours earned her a strong Instagram following. She got so busy that by 2018 she had hired an assistant and opened her first salon in Woolloongabba. By early 2020, Mikki Auld Hairdressing had outgrown the space and moved into its current home, a sun-drenched warehouse

in West End. A loyal customer base – including Tim Nelson and Sam Netterfield of local band Cub Sport – followed. “We had one of the guys from Grinspoon bring his daughter in a couple of months ago. We’ve also had one of the guys from the band Violent Soho, we do the team from Florence Cafe and Martha Street Kitchen in Camp Hill, and Jacqui Toumbas who owns Miss Bliss. People who are bringing culture to Brisbane.”

Her commitment to sustainability is unwavering. “Growing up on the farm made me conscious that when our earth suffers, we suffer,” Mikki says of her decision to team up with Sustainable Salons to practise green hairdressing.

Trimmed hair is used for hair booms to clean up oil spills on the Great Barrier Reef and ponytails are repurposed into charitable wigs. Used aluminium foil, colour tubes, cardboard, paper, magazines and broken tools are sold for recycling and all profits are donated to OzHarvest which provides meals for the hungry.

“I’ve always wanted my salon to be a safe place for everyone and it’s gone beyond my expectations.”

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Slow dance in the loungeroom, anyone? If you’re looking for some chilled new tunes for your isolation playlist, Brisbane pop outfit Sheppard has you covered. The siblings – Amy, George and Emma (above) – recently unveiled soulful melody Somebody Like You, the second release from their forthcoming album following Don’t Believe in Love.

British fitness guru Joe Wicks (above) is keeping kids active at home with 30-minute classes on YouTube every Monday-Friday.

The free sessions are aimed at helping kids keep healthy, positive and having fun.

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Step away from the fridge and let e’cco bistro do the cooking for lunch or dinner, Wed-Sat. A new takeaway and pick-up menu includes gorgonzola potato gnocchi (above), slow cooked lamb and apple tart.

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erhaps it is the words of Tara Moss fan Kim Brownsey that best sum up the author’s impact on readers. Brownsey’s delight, in a Facebook post about Moss’s latest instalment of the Pandora English series The Cobra Queen is palpable – “I’m SO excited! I’ve never looked forward to a book like I am with this one. I can’t believe it’s been seven years”.

Seven years – ironically seven is a magic number for Moss’s heroine Pandora, who is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter – during which Moss has written the fourth book in the fantasy series, and continued to spread her wings across literary genres and advocacy work.

She published the best-selling nonfiction The Fictional Woman (2014) and Speaking Out (2016), the Sydney-set Billie

Author and human rights advocate Tara Moss is thrilled to combine her passions in her latest novel

Walker crime series Dead Man Switch (2019), and continues to support humanitarian advocacy for UNICEF and the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children while raising her nine-year-old daughter Sapphira with author/ philosopher husband Berndt Sellheim.

Canadian/Australian Moss is just as excited about the latest instalment of Pandora as Brownsey.

She loves her central character, loves what the paranormal genre lets her do with her plucky heroine, who by day works as an assistant at a New York fashion magazine but by night lives with her great-aunt in a rambling, gothic mansion and a host of spectres, while learning to harness her ever-evolving powers.

“This opportunity to have a universe where the central protagonist is a woman, a chosen one, and it’s all up to her, it’s an interesting challenge to write …. to see through the whole series a focus on the women of mythology and old folk tales but then looking at them from a slightly different point of view,” Moss says.

“I think there is merit in this fresh approach and a wonderful sense of discovery. I’ve always been really fascinated by old beliefs, folk tales, myths

and misunderstood histories and found them tantalising and fascinating.”

Her passion for storytelling is matched by her fervour for her causes. “As I mature and as I dive deeper into advocacy work and human rights and women’s rights and looking at how history is told, it has only strengthened my interest in this personal project of centring women’s voices and others who are not always put front and centre,” says the 46 year old. “I think it is incredibly important we see more diverse representation – indigenous people, people of colour, people with disability ...

“If we block out all of those great minds and ideas we have less of an opportunity to solve some of the world’s problems, because great minds and voices aren’t being heard.”

In response to the escalating impacts of the coronavirus, Moss has released her first Pandora book The Blood Countess for free (via echopublishing.com.au).

“Sending love to the world,” she posted.

“Never underestimate the power of books to connect and transport us. We could all use escape right now.”

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PROPOSAL TO UPGRADE A TELSTRA MOBILE PHONE BASE STATION AT ALBION, NEWSTEAD AND ALDERLEY 21 Higgs Street, ALBION QLD 4010 www.rfnsa.com.au/4010003 1. The proposed upgrade consists of reusing existing panel antennas, removing nine (9) existing panel antennas, an installing nine (9) new panel antennas (each not measuring longer than 2.8m) on existing mounts on the existing monopole to improve Telstra’s mobile phone network (including 5G).

42 Newstead Terrace, NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 www.rfnsa.com.au/4006041 The proposed upgrade consists of reusing existing panel antennas and installing three (3) new panel antennas (each not measuring longer than 2.8m) on new mounts at a new centreline elevation of 16.2m on the existing building rooftop to improve Telstra’s mobile phone network (including 5G).

30 South Pine Road, ALDERLEY QLD 4051 www.rfnsa.com.au/4051002 The proposed upgrade consists of swapping out the existing turret mount for a new headframe at the same elevation, reusing existing panel antennas, removing three (3) existing panel antennas, and installing six (6) new panel antennas (each not measuring longer than 2.8m) on new mounts to improve Telstra’s mobile phone network (including 5G).

The proposed installation works will also include the upgrading of equipment within the existing equipment shelter or room, the upgrading of associated equipment (including RRUs and TMAs), cables, and ancillary works necessary for the safe operation of the site.

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3. In accordance with Section 7 of C564:2018 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code, we invite you to provide feedback about the proposal. Further information and/or comments should be directed to: Matt Wood, +61 437 600 895, community.consult@downergroup.com by Friday 24th April 2020.

LIFE

Phil Brown I wonder if you can profile a person’s mental state by their TV viewing? Probably better if I don’t submit …

I have a feeling I might not come out of it too well I’ve always yearned to just stay home and watch TV. Now I can do that to my heart’s content. If there is a silver lining to this cloud we are all living under right now, that’s it, for me at least.

Unfettered viewing. I’m like Chance the Gardener (Peter Sellers) in the 1979 comedy film Being There. His classic line is … “I like to watch”, which has other connotations in the film but I couldn’t explain that without getting into trouble.

Watch the movie if you never have, it’s an existential treat.

Having plenty of time to watch I’m cutting loose a bit. For example, normally I wouldn’t watch Air Crash Investigation even though I love it. But being a nervous

flyer, that show is not a good idea for me when I have a trip coming up, which I usually do.

But hell, I’m not flying anywhere for months so I have watched several episodes with a certain amount of elan.

In one of them, the captain (Kevin Sullivan), who saved a plane load of Qantas passengers on QF72 flying from Singapore to Perth, showed he had a sense of humour when he said to his co-pilot, “Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue”. Which sounds outrageous until you realise it’s a quote from Flying High.

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profiling because I have a feeling I might not come out of it too well.

For example, I watched the 1971 movie Duel on Foxtel the other day. I love movies like that, where things go badly wrong. In this one Dennis Weaver is, you may recall, terrorised by a demon truck driver on the lonely stretch of desert highway. It’s the sort of nutty movie they made back then.

For my money it’s right up there with Falling Down (1993) in which Michael Douglas has a meltdown in traffic and goes on a rampage across Los Angeles. I love this stuff! My wife is less keen.

She’s also not keen on another of my guilty pleasures – Storage Wars, a program about a bunch of second-hand dealers

bidding for the contents of abandoned storage units. Riveting stuff, right?

Ancient Aliens is another fave. This is perhaps the nuttiest show of all featuring a bunch of crazies who insist human civilisation was founded by visitors from outer space. They are frighteningly convincing. I have weeks, perhaps even months of this ahead of me and will be free to watch whatever I like.

This will include endless re-runs of Seinfeld of course, which seems to be on at various times during the day, every day.

“Haven’t you seen that one?” my wife said the other day when I was watching one of my favourite episodes. “Only 97 times,” I said. She shook her head and walked away.

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California dreaming With quality brews and fairy bread on the menu, Roo Coffee in LA was always going to be a hit Hannah Davies

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’day Silver Lake. The sign in the front window of Roo Coffee says it all – it’s the Aussie cafe bringing Down Under delights to a hip neighbourhood in Los Angeles, California. The brainchild of Brisbane friends Elyse Goyen, Tom O’Connor and Kate O’Connor (no relation), the cafe has been open just two years but has quickly captured the hearts of the laidback coffeeloving community. Not bad for a group of public relations professionals with no prior coffee shop experience.

The trio initially moved to LA to set up an outpost of their Fortitude Valley-based creative agency, Future Fantastic, but when they struggled to find a cafe that did good coffee as well as good food, they decided to open one. Now, they have two LA businesses to juggle, but wouldn’t have it any other way.

“It was crazy – one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done,” says Elyse, 30.

“Moving countries is always hard but we also found the US system is very different … and so it was a massive learning curve. Before I moved to LA I’d never even made a coffee before, but learning is not hard – it’s just hard to be good at it.”

And good at it she is, if the happy customers are anything to go by. For young families, budding artists, movie stars, and even dogs, Roo Coffee is the place to be when you’re in Silver Lake – a hipster neighbourhood just around the corner from the bright lights of Hollywood.

As well as barista flat whites and piccolos, diners love the Aussie-inspired avo smash, macadamia granola, lemon myrtle yoghurt and Milo hot chocolate.

There’s even fairy bread on offer – albeit a more gourmet version of the childhood party favourite. It’s made with sourdough and layered with mascarpone cheese, melted butter, and lashings of sprinkles.

“We actually only put fairy bread on the menu as a joke,” laughs Elyse, who used to live in Bulimba. “While it was nostalgic for us we thought, ‘Who’ll pay $6 for sprinkles on toast?’ Hilariously, it actually turned out to be one of our most popular items.”

But it’s not just the food that’s inspired

by Australia. At Roo Coffee the fit out also reflects the beauty of the Aussie beach combined with some cool millennial edge.

Elyse, who has a journalism and business degree (majoring in PR), says they were able to draw on their creative background during the design process.

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TRUE BLUE … Roo Coffee (above) owners Kate O'Connor, Elyse Goyen and Tom O'Connor (main); the taste of Australia even attracts four-legged fans.

“We have a lot of aesthetic experience and a really good understanding of what looks good and what’s on trend,” she says.

“When designing, we wanted the space to feel warm and to reflect elements of Australia. We chose pastel peachy pink, washed denim colours and wood. The flecks of colour through the pinky tables remind me of a beautiful sunset over Burleigh beach and the blues in the concrete are very Australian.

“I think it’s the little touches that bring the Australian-ness to the forefront without it being in-your-face Aussie. I think even the name Roo is subtle. We often find it funny that a lot of our American customers don’t understand that it’s short for kangaroo.”

The trio, who met while studying at QUT, work between the Future Fantastic Silver Lake office and Roo. Tom’s younger sister Eliza, 25, is also on board as marketing manager.

According to Kate, 30, having worked together for a decade they knew they would work well together in a new setting.

“With Roo we’ve been able to build a

little community, and the conversations and interactions we have with our customers regularly make my day,” she says. “Also, we have the sweetest, most interesting and fun staff – it honestly feels like I get to hang out with my friends all day long.”

Working in the cafe is certainly where Elyse is at her happiest.

“We’re there a lot so have built a rapport with the customers. Everyone knows us and it’s almost like being at Central Perk in the TV show Friends. We have a main couch where people sit when they order their drinks,” she says.

“It’s a happy, beautiful place to come and fill up your cup metaphorically and literally. Over two years, I’ve made the most amazing friendships with people who come in and I see and talk to them more

than any of my family. We have customers who met in store who are now producing an album together, others who are writing a movie soundtrack together, and a lot of Aussie expats and tourists who come in for a taste of home.

“Natalie Portman and Rachel McAdams have been in before. They only usually get coffees, but when Margot Robbie paid us a visit she had the avo smash. I think she really wanted the fairy bread, but said she couldn’t eat it until she was done with her current film role.”

But perhaps Elyse’s favourite customer to date has been her dad Steve. Despite also having a son in New York, Elyse says he took a while to visit the US. When he finally made it to Roo, she was over the moon. “Dad was so proud and thought the food was so good. It was really good to hear that from him.”

Elyse tries to come back to Brisbane every four to six months, but with the COVID-19 pandemic prompting a global lockdown, she’s staying put for the time being. Roo Coffee is also closed for now.

The team look forward to reopening again soon and, in the meantime, there is Silver Lake to enjoy.

“LA is a city that can consume you, but Silver Lake is more laidback and enables me to do things to connect with myself,” Elyse says.

“I love to go hiking after the rain. It’s just gorgeous to go up the hill and when all of the smog clears I can sit with a 360 degree view of the city and just read a book.”

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FOOD

Primo al dente Enjoy the flavours of Rome back home as 1889 Enoteca takes takeaway pasta to another level Tony Harper

Spirit of Easter A dash of whisky is just the shot to round out the flavours in an age-old recipe, says Alastair McLeod Simnel cake dates back 1000 years. It’s understood the 11 orbs that decorate the cake represent the 12 apostles less Judas, for understandable reasons.

My incarnation, “McSimnel cake”, is on account of the addition of a generous pour of a peaty, smoky Scottish whisky giving depth and complexity to this light fruit cake.

How this supplement sits with the solemnity of this ancient confectionary, I am unsure.

Mr Iscariot washed his hands literally and figuratively, which is darkly divinatory in this period of habitual hand hygiene.

Bake with your family this Easter, enjoy each other and the simple stuff.

This too shall pass.

Alastair McLeod is chef-owner of Al’Freshco. alfreshco.com.au Styling and photography: Miranda Porter Ceramics: twowarmhands.com; @lunaceramics

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McSIMNEL CAKE Ingredients 325g mixed dried fruit (I used currant, raisins, sultanas and candied peel) Zest of 2 oranges 100ml Laphroaig whisky 500g marzipan 325g butter, softened 260g brown sugar 5 eggs 210g plain flour 130g ground almonds 1½ tsp baking powder Zest of 1 lemon 2½ tsp mixed spice 2 tsp vanilla paste 150g glacé cherries, halved Method Preheat oven to 130C. Line the base and sides of a 23cm springform tin. Place dried fruit in a small pot with the orange zest and whisky, heat gently until the liquid has been absorbed then set aside to cool. Roll out half the marzipan until a few millimetres

thick and use the base of the cake tin as a template to cut out a circle. Wrap any offcuts with the remaining marzipan and set aside for later. Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Add eggs, flour, almonds, baking powder, lemon zest, mixed spice and vanilla and mix until combined.

Mix in the cooled dried fruit and the cherries. Scrape mixture into the lined tin and level with a spatula. Place in preheated oven and bake for 2 hrs. To ensure the cake is cooked, insert a skewer and if any mixture clings, return to the oven for a further 10 mins.

Leave in the tin for 20 mins before turning out on to a wire rack until completely cool. Lay the disc of marzipan over the cake. Roll the remaining marzipan into 11 equal-sized balls and arrange in a circle around the outside of the cake. Wave a blowtorch over each of the balls to gently caramelise. Serves 12

The Rome-centric Italian food at 1889 Enoteca has become an indelible part of Brisbane dining. In fact my wife has had a longlasting affair with its gnocchi: she has a far greater affinity for Italian food than I ever will but, even so, this sits right at the top of her pile.

Enoteca, like so many of the more fortunate and adaptable of our hard-pressed restaurants, has moved to takeaway: food, obviously, but also wines from its expansive, well curated list of Italians. And those wines are at good, generous, retail prices.

So, naturally, I order the gnocchi. And pappardelle, and saltimbocca, and insalata, and (yes, me) pannacotta for dessert.

I’ll begin with dessert, because it’s worth explaining. But first, the ordering process. 1889 Enoteca opens at 5pm, you can order online from 4.30pm, or make a call around the same time after which it’s an easy pick-up. There is no delivery service.

What pops into your head when you think of pannacotta?

For me, it’s a gelatinised, sweetened cream tipped straight out of the mould and on to a plate, sometimes with caramel, other times some berries. The texture, the wobbly-ness of the pannacotta, is what makes it tick.

The Enoteca version is very different: it could be a Roman thing. There’s a base of olive-oil cake (just sweet, nicely crumbly) with pretty pink raspberryinfused pannacotta on top, and a big whirl of meringue crowning the whole affair. It’s made in a log, and cut – like a trifle – into a cross section. It’s a clever, delicious, interesting rendition of a classic that can sometimes teeter on boring.

The pasta dishes are excellent, but oh so rich and filling.

As good as the gnocchi is – nicely fluffy pillows, pork and fennel sausage, truffle tapenade and a Parmesan-rich creamy sauce ($30) – it’s the pappardelle ($30) that really lights my wick.

These are thick, wide, maybe 5cm strips of pasta (and whoever is

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Set in the 1950s and ’60s, it’s the story of an ambitious Texan shoeshine boy who relocates to California with his wife Eunice (Nia Long) and young son to pursue his real estate dreams. With the help of an entrepreneurial nightclub owner, Joe Morris (Jackson), and a savvy, sympathetic Irish American co-investor, Patrick Barker (Colm Meaney), Garrett builds an extensive property portfolio.

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The gallery’s current exhibition, Important Australian Paintings, features works from the stockroom and other sources. It’s an ambitious title but perfectly apt considering what is on show – by appointment only at the moment or you can browse online. If you do spend a bit of time at the gallery virtually, you can get a good idea of its holdings and stroll through Australian art history.

This current show features a classic Jeffrey Smart work on the catalogue cover – The bus depot (Study for “Portrait of David Malouf”). One doesn’t like to talk money but just to let you know that the price of that painting is $250,000 and

the value of the exhibition is in excess of $5 million. This is not surprising in light of the names involved … William Dobell, Ian Fairweather, Sidney Nolan, John Olsen, Charles Blackman, William Robinson, Emily Kame Kngwarreye. The list goes on.

John Olsen’s Frogs 1993 is charming in the extreme and Nolan’s 1956 Kelly, part of his iconic series about the famous bushranger, is fascinating. The Fairweather works are mystical and impressive, masterpieces of world art. And who doesn’t love a Blackman? There are a couple here including the enchanting Christabel’s dream painted in 1966.

Gallery director Philip Bacon says there is something for every taste in this comprehensive look at Australia’s art history, with the earliest work a watercolour by an anonymous colonial artist, a panoramic view from Paddington of the tiny settlement that was Brisbane in 1868. “The most recent is a superb view of the interior of the High Court in Canberra, completed only a few weeks ago by Jude

Rae,” he says. In between there are works from the 1930s, such as William Dobell’s iconic London street scene The dust cart, which is a masterpiece of tone and atmosphere, a rare Roy de Maistre, Lady Ashbourne sketching, and a superb Emanuel Phillips Fox of a Sydney beach, as well as works by Hans Heysen, Hilda Rix Nicholas, Sydney Long and JJ Hilder.

Closer to our own time are paintings by Fred Williams, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Charles Blackman, Margaret Olley and two Ian Fairweathers.

“Altogether this survey of some 50 great Australian artworks is proof, if proof is needed, of the diversity and talent, genius even, that is manifest across 140 years of our art history,” Philip says. “In these troubled times, I am sure art is more important than ever because of the lessons it teaches us and the solace it brings.”

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If it comes to it though, the end of the dining table will work, just ensure it stays clean and organised.

Styling and decorating Start with the big things; your office furniture. If mismatched pieces are collected from around the house, you can always tie them together with a coat of paint or stain. Once the basics are sorted, add colour with inspirational images and art. Contain visual clutter by framing it in.

Gather baskets, boxes, trays and vessels to create storage.

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I understand not everybody has the space to have a full room as an office but in this digital age, that’s okay, I actually prefer working on my laptop while perched on my bed; it’s comfy and I have a view of the park! However, to stay organised, we should try and set up a designated room or nook if we can, so first things first …

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Carving out space As mentioned, carving out space is important. If you can’t manage a full room, a nook will suffice just fine. If nowhere instantly pops to mind, consider currently under-utilised spaces in your home, perhaps under the stairs or in the corner of a quiet room. Anywhere you can fit a small desk and a chair.

Physically declutter your office by going through your paperwork and getting rid of anything you don’t need (I recently found out I don’t need tax invoices under $75 – I could have saved three shoeboxes full).

To further save space, go digital where possible. However, be aware digital clutter can be just as overwhelming as physical, says tech expert Kiah Worling.

“My top tip is to get acquainted with the archive button in your inbox. If your inbox is clear, your mind is clear.”

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Rearrange rooms to suit. It may be quieter to have the children play in the master suite or you may prefer to drag your desk into the garden. Use your time away from the workplace to rethink and reconnect with your home.

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Everything about Hannah Richell’s The River Home stems from a point of jumping into the past and the lengths her characters take in trying to cling to secrets that bubble to the surface. When Margot, Lucy and their eldest sister Eve return to their childhood home for Lucy’s hastily drawn-together wedding, every ripple of love and unrest between them begins to spread out. Evocative and haunting, Richell sets down a narrative that explores the momentum of secret affairs, family connections and unspoken trauma. A richly told tale of the love that binds and secrets that divide families.

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PROPOSAL TO UPGRADE TELSTRA’S MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS at: 171 Merthyr Road, NEW FARM 4005 1 The proposed facilities consist of the addition of new 5G equipment and associated works as follows: installation of three (3) new 5G panel antennas and three (3) new 4G panel antennas to replace existing antennas, installation of ancillary equipment including reuse Remote Radio Units, Interface Boxes, associated cabling, and in shelter works.

2. Telstra regards the proposed installation as a Low-impact Facility under the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 2018 ("The Determination") based on the description above.

3. The proposed infrastructure will comply with the ACMA EME regulatory arrangements. An EME Report can be obtained from www.rfnsa.com. au. Site reference number is 4005004.

4. In accordance with Section 7 of the C564:2018 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code, we invite you to provide feedback about the proposal. Further information and/or comments should be directed to Kristy Zhang of Visionstream Australia at twp_vicplanning@visionstream.com.au or phone 1300 745 210 by Tuesday 28 April 2020.

PROPOSAL TO UPGRADE TWO TELSTRA MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS WITH 5G AT WOOLLOONGABBA & ST LUCIA 1. The proposed works consist of: 248 - 250 IPSWICH RD, WOOLLOONGABBA, 4102 www.rfnsa.com.au/4102001 Install (3) three 5G panel antennas measuring 827mm(h) x 415mm(w) to be wall mounted on new mounts on the building facade. Ancillary works including the installation of (3) three Remote Radio Units, cabling and electrical equipment.

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Even in these hard times, it’s a week to focus on your success. Sure, you may feel like the proverbial wallflower every now and then, but people love you.

Remember this as you step into this week’s hectic whirl. Even if someone’s not playing by the rules, ignore their pettiness and head for safer ground.

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GEMINI Down (May 21 – June 21)

1 Heavy fall horizons (7) through Geminis seek broader knowledge or meditation.

2 Surely (2,5) Ideas become more intense as your spiritual and 3 Immunity intellectual awareness(9) deepens. Others will recognise theseteacher special talents.

4 Private (5) In turn, their assistance boosts a past slump 5 Rifles, pistols etc. (5,4) in confidence and cash flow.

many. If life has become too predictable this week, try something new. Start by making one small change every day.

Initially, the choice may not feel (7) comfortable, but it’s important to realise how long old patterns have been stuck in place. Be bold, Scorpio.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 – December 21) Someone isn’t being entirely straight with you at the moment. What’s questionable is whether they’re being deliberately misleading, or they’re sending mixed messages. Just hold off signing anything until you have all the facts. Keep this week risk-free, especially with regard to your health.

6 Object of historic interest (5) 9 Something left over (7) CAPRICORN 1 It helps a tramp to settle 10 In general (2,5) CANCER 7 Side by side (7) (December 22 – January 20) 1 A self-propelled transport down (7) 11 Chubby (5) (June 22 – July 22) 8 cover (7) As much as you’d like to retain stability, (7) 2 Intricate psychological 12 Unwilling (9) The sunTake gives Cancerians a head start the cosmos seems determined to cause 5TClose of play (7) obsession (7) 13 A gun dog (9) this week by stirring ambition.

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Across: 1 Design, 4 Seasoned, 9 Averse, 10 Occasion, 12 Outsider, 13 Accede, 15 Data, 16 Soft aved, 13 Friend, 15 Teal, 16 Statistics, 19 21 Female impersonators (9) 19 Rile mob, perhaps, and 6 Object of historic interest There’s nothing like an expensive Hard done by, 20 Step, 23 Repeal, 25 Eloquent, 27 Overcome, 28 Orange, 29 Medicine, 30 Edison.

PISCES 28 Fiance, 29 Resident, 30 24 Currently seen in Rome start trouble (7) option, 19 (5) distraction.

(February 19 – March 20) (5) 20 Takes good steps not to 7 Side by side (7) Leeway.

Take the initiative when it comes to 25 Can turn on to have to walk in the streets (7) 8 Take cover (7) VIRGO 7 Range, 8 Reredos, 11speed Gesture, 14 love. A burning attraction could set off make the land more 22 Edit out some of the 14 Offer freely (9) (August 24 – September 22) Down: 1 Diamond, 2 Spectator, 3 Gossip, 5 Each, 6 Seascape, 7 Noise, 8 Dungeon, 11 Recount, 14 22 Adored, 24 Ached, real-life sparks, so why let passion go to productive (7) 26 Anon. camera’s exposures (5) 15 Without precedent (7-2) You can expect too much from Stubble, 1716In the know, 19 Harbour, 24thePress, 26If romance Omen. waste? Enjoy fireworks.

26 A newspaper gives it a 23 A sedentary occupation Indonesian island18 (7) Advanced, relationships and when 21 yourPottery, idealistic 22 Equine, isn’t what’s fuelling current desires, bold presentation (7) (3-2) 17 Presumptuous action (7) requirements are short-changed, make the most of what is, especially in 27 Drop of French perfume 19 To prompt (7) disappointment may follow. Ask creative or artistic matters. There’s (7) QUICK 20 Rushing stream (7) yourself: have I been too demanding or a direct link between at-home activities 28 They have one point Across 22 Respond to stimulus (5) withdrawn? Sometimes, we erect walls and romance. each; one more would be 1 General idea (7) 23 Damp (5) to protect ourselves, but in the process – unnecessary (7) 5 Exceed (7) CRYPTIC CLUES Across

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Solutions to last week’s puzzles

CROSSWORD ANSWERS: CRYPTIC. Across: 1 Bicycle, 5 Curtain, 9 Lambast, 10 Setting, 11 Allow, 12 Retrousse, 13 Taximeter, 15 Cleft, 16 Dylan, 18 Absentees, 21 Actresses, 24 Tiber, 25 Nitrate, 26 Tabloid, 27 Descent, 28 Needles. Down: 1 Ballast, 2 Complex, 3 Charwoman, 4 Enter, 5 Cash terms, 6 Ratio, 7 At issue, 8 Neglect, 14 Transient, 15 Constable, 16 Drained, 17 Litotes, 19 Embroil, 20 Strides, 22 Erase, 23 Sit-in.

QUICK: Across: 1 Concept, 5 Surpass, 9 Oddment, 10 At large, 11 Plump, 12 Reluctant, 13 Retriever, 15 Utter, 16 Colon, 18 Lose heart, 21 Labyrinth, 24 After, 25 Barrage, 26 Mediate, 27 Shyster, 28 Deflect.

Down: 1 Cropper, 2 No doubt, 3 Exemption, 4 Tutor, 5 Small arms, 6 Relic, 7 Abreast, 8 Shelter, 14 Volunteer, 15 Unheard-of, 16 Celebes, 17 Liberty, 19 Actuate, 20 Torrent, 22 React, 23 Humid V1 - BNSE01Z01MA

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