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Liberal new boy Jeremy Hanson has found his feet quickly in the new Assembly by going on the front foot. JORIAN GARDNER ducks, while Hanson lands a few on the Labor Party.

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quiry into prisons showed that the tender documents and the way that they were framed were always going to cause delays.

He claims that there have been at least six significant delays and there is still a question mark over the security systems.

“Just have a look at the track record of this government on the prison,” Mr Hanson said. “The Government said it was going to be

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aged it (the prison) appallingly since he got the portfolio, and it’s not just the AMC – take the Belconnen Remand Centre where he equated a potential breakout to a ‘bit of a blue’. His credibility meter is down in the red,” said Hanson.

“He also said the AMC opening was akin to a restaurant opening and said that the delays ‘could have happened in a Catholic seminary’. He has negative credibility.

If we do have security problems at the AMC then be it on his head.

“I don’t have a great deal of respect for him. The performance I have seen so far, he’s not doing a good job at all.

“You look at the portfolios he’s got – he’s clearly been demoted [since last year’s election]. When he speaks in the Assembly and gets into his tirades – and he does, you can see his front-bench colleagues grimace a little.

“It’s difficult to see him in any other context than as a liability to the Labor Party. When John Hargreaves is under pressure he reacts badly – simple as that.”

Mr Hanson said that the detail coming out of the Assembly’s en-

THIS edited exchange is taken from the Assembly Hansard of February 10 after Liberal Jeremy Hanson had accused Corrections Minister John Hargreaves of leaving the Attorney General Simon Corbell in the lurch by being overseas at the time of the Belconnen Remand Centre breakout that saw two prisoners stage a sit in on the centre’s roof…

Mr Hargreaves: Right. Gloves off, sunshine.

Gloves off. That was low. It is gloves off from here on. That’s it. That’s it, Jeremy. That’s it. You’re gone.

Mr Hanson: Mr Speaker, he has just used the language “you’re gone”.

Mr Hargreaves: That’s right. You’ve got it in one.

Mr Hanson: Is this threatening?

Mr Hargreaves: No, it’s a promise.

Mr Speaker: Order! Just continue, Mr Hanson.

Mr Hanson: Let us see what else Mr Hargreaves— Mr Hargreaves: It’s a promise. I’m glad you’re here. You reveal yourself. You are a low-life gutless wimp.

Mr Speaker: Mr Hargreaves!

Mr Hargreaves: Hello, Mr Speaker.

Mrs Dunne: On a point of order, Mr Speaker— Mrs Dunne: I think the term “low-life gutless wimp” is unparliamentary and needs to be withdrawn.

Mr Speaker: Mr Hargreaves.

Mr Hargreaves: I withdraw it, Mr Speaker.

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JOHN Hargreaves is “incompetent” and “unfit” to be a minister, Liberal Jeremy Hanson told “CityNews” in a no-holds-barred attack on the ACT Corrections Minister and his handling of the late opening of the new prison.

Hanson, the shadow spokesman for corrections, was sparing no-one in government, as he lambasted the minister formerly in charge, Simon Corbell, for the delays around the prison, but said that it was Hargreaves who had failed to deliver the project “on time and on budget”.

“It was a political stunt by Labor to open the prison – and it has backfired on them,” Hanson said.

“And the community recognises that it was a political stunt. He (Hargreaves) is incompetent – and he has demonstrated his incompetence through this process.”

The prison – The Alexander Maconochie Centre – has been dogged by bad publicity for its continuous security concerns since its “opening” in September. The prison has only started accepting low-security prisoners since the end of March.

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Dreamin’? But trams are worth a shot WHEN it comes to light rail in Canberra it is likely that the Federal Government’s response will be the same as Darryl Kerrigan in “The Castle” – “tell ‘em they’re dreamin’”.

Jon Stanhope is right to apply to the Commonwealth’s Building Australia Fund for a transport backbone for Canberra that is efficient, socially and environmentally friendly and healthy. Taking a visionary approach to providing infrastructure as the city grows is a sensible approach to the issue. At a time when the Federal Government is looking for delivery of infrastructure projects, the ACT Government should be doing what it can to win support for the far-sighted approach.

However, $2 billion is a great deal of money to spend on a future system that will remain incomplete in delivering public transport to all our citizens. It is understandable why the Federal Government asked for a business case and why the ACT Government commissioned Pricewa-

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By Michael Moore terhouseCoopers to prepare one. It should run parallel to an investment into improving our current bus systems.

The Greens’ Amanda Bresnan identified the real problem with light rail when she told ABC Radio: “Even if light rail gets off the ground, the Government will still have to invest more in buses – it won’t reach areas such as Weston Creek, North Gungahlin and South Tuggeranong. We’re still going to need an integrated transport for that”. The Greens have been pushing the Government for an improved bus system with built in guarantees of regularity and reliability. We should be getting the basics of our bus system right, but the opportunity for the infrastructure

money is likely to pass quickly. Now is the time to grasp the opportunity, knowing the stimulus money needs to be spent as quickly as possible.

The proposal to Infrastructure Australia even identifies issues for the Commonwealth: “If Canberra cannot resolve its unsustainable transport problems, the ACT economy and the maintenance of a high-quality Australian public sector to administer a range of key government functions are at risk”.

The submission proposes construction commencing in 2011 and fully completed by 2015 with the first trams operating to Belconnen and Tuggeranong by 2013. It is disappointing that the plan does not include access to the Canberra Airport and the Brindabella Business Park. The big plus in the ACT application is that it will have continuing long-term economic, environmental and social benefits. The evidence is that light rail could decrease congestion on Canberra’s roads and reduce

Meccano bridges learning gaps

By Megan Haggan

WHEN Meccano was invented in 1901, it wasn’t just a toy – it was aimed at helping children learn some of the principles of basic mechanics. At Latham Primary School, its educational values are again piquing the interest of kids, as part of the ACT’s School Volunteer Program.

SVPACT provides trained mentors to work with students, either one-on-one or in a classroom, to help improve their learning skills.

“We started four years ago at Cook Primary, and stayed there until it closed: Latham was the second school we came to,” explained Bob Greeney, co-ordinator for the Meccano program, who is also on the Volunteer Program steering committee. The Meccano program now operates at several schools around the ACT. “Typically, each group operates with four or five students, with the same number of mentors. Each student spends an hour a week with a mentor, working on a Meccano model set.

“When they complete their models, we ask them to demonstrate them at school assembly – typically there’s a race.”

Volunteer Keith Guilliard, 95, told “CityNews” that he had been introduced to the program by a friend who knew of his love for Meccano.

“Being an enthusiast, I came along,” he said.

“I enjoy being able to help some of the young fellows: some of the young chaps aren’t as outgoing as the other pupils, and some find it hard to put things together with their hands.

“It’s amazing what they are eventually able to do though, and to see them express themselves more.”

Mr Guilliard and Latham Primary pupil Jared McKerchar are currently collaborating on a Meccano project.

“It’s a chance to show people the things that I can do,” said Jared, who is particularly proud of his Meccano helicopter.

The School Volunteer Program is about much more than Meccano – volunteers from all walks of life are encouraged to donate an hour a week to pass on some of their life skills.

Mentors have assisted in areas ranging from reading assistance and history to help with maths, and simple skills which are increasingly hard to find in the community, such as cooking and knitting.

Mr Greeney said more volunteers were needed, whatever the skills they have to offer. “You just need an hour a week, a bit of patience and to like kids,” he says.

For more information or to volunteer, call SVPACT president Jenny Muir on 6238 3265, or Bob Greeney on 0407 737 131.

pollution, but cost is a significant hurdle.

A key goal of the light rail system is to reduce Canberra’s reliance on cars. According to the submission 81.1 per cent of people in Canberra use cars to travel to work compared to an Australian average of 76.1 per cent. More importantly, only 7.9 per cent of Canberrans use public transport as their method of commuting against the Australian average of 15.2 per cent.

It is out of the question to go it alone. Jon Stanhope argues that the ACT could not afford to build light rail without Federal Government support.

The ACT Government and the ACT populace might be “dreamin’” – but it is worth the application. After all, Darryl Kerrigan’s challenge was successful when the High Court supported his claim to protect his “castle”.

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THE $15.5 million duplication of Pialligo Avenue between Beltana Road and Brindabella Circuit is open. “The two extra lanes on Pialligo Avenue will ease travel times for more than 30,000 drivers each weekday and improve access to the Canberra International Airport precinct,” said Chief Minister Mr Stanhope. The upgrade is the first of a threestage road works program identified by an ACT Government Taskforce set up to examine traffic congestion in the airport precinct in 2006.

Report remains sealed

THE controversial “Costello Report” will remain confidential after Sir Laurence Street, the independent arbiter appointed to review the ACT Government’s reasons for keeping the Cabinet document confidential, upheld the Government’s claim of executive privilege. He was appointed to evaluate whether the Strategic and Functional Review of the ACT Public Sector and Services should be tabled in the Assembly following calls by the Liberals and the Greens for its release.

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Keith Guilliard, 95, and primary student Jared McKerchar, nine, work on a Meccano set together.

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The RSPCA is being overrun by kittens. CEO Michael Linke says that since November 1, RSPCA ACT had received 1000 of them.

“It seems there is no end in sight, day after day more and more kittens are handed in,” he said.

“It seems irresponsible breeding and unregulated sales of kittens across the capital continue as we work harder and harder every year to find homes for this volume of kittens.

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Ten years bust, but no rush to fix screen

By Jorian Gardner

DESPITE researching clear community benefits, the ACT Government is in no hurry to replace the screen and broken canopy in Garema Place with a digital one.

The original screen was intended also to be used as a canopy, tilting to cover performers using the stage below to allow shade, but the mechanism broke not long after its opening nearly 10 years ago, with repairs resulting in the screen being locked permanently in the upright position.

The ACT Government has dragged its heels on the issue of repairing and replacing the screen for nine years because “costs to reinstate the tilting mechanisms were assessed at the time as prohibitive,” the Chief Minister Jon Stanhope told “CityNews”.

In recent years, the “Groovin’ in Garema” concert

series (developed by the Chief Minister himself), stopped using the stage because it has no shade, instead having concerts in an area under the shade of trees just 25 metres from the exposed screen.

“The new screen would cost up to $3 million to purchase and maintain over a 10-year period,” Mr Stanhope said.

A business case was developed in 2008 to explore the likely feasibility, costs and benefits of different screen options and it concluded that a new one could present benefits including free entertainment for the community and opportunities for local film makers and students to display their work.

“The existing screen is being well used for evening events and its replacement is not an immediate priority for the Government,” the Chief Minister said.

The screen and broken canopy in Garema Place.

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Tangled up in the nostalgic web of progress TEN years ago, I got my first email address. I didn’t quite know why I was getting one, because I couldn’t think of anyone I knew who would email me. I’d just started at Mix 106.3 and Erica Hodge, of Marty and Erica fame, convinced me that it was the “in” thing to do. She showed me how to set up a Hotmail account. I can remember checking it three times a day in the early days, but being disappointed that nobody had sent me anything.

I was reluctant to be sucked into the IT revolution. I held a view that this new fad was for self-important computer geeks and that it would never become genuinely mainstream. I chuckled

Radio personality MARK PARTON got his first Hotmail address a decade ago and wondered if anyone would ever email him. How times change. aloud when some of the big national advertisers started including their website address in their commercials.

It’s hard to believe that was 10 years ago. Back then, we didn’t have PCs on every desk. In 1999, at Canberra FM, the entire programming department of both radio stations shared one internet computer. And the crazy thing is that, as I remember it, for most of the time nobody used it. It just sat there waiting for the 21st century. It was a time when we understood the internet as a

concept, but we didn’t appreciate how powerful it was or could be.

These days, I don’t know how I would cope without the net. In 2009, most of us crave information, instantly. I need to know tomorrow’s weather now. I’m not prepared to wait for the news at 6pm to find out what’s happening in the latest terror attack.

Twitter is the latest information-networking explosion online. I’ve been on it for a month and I’m beginning to understand its power and to uti-

lise my ever-growing network. Every day five to ten thousand people join Twitter. There are more than five million users. Twitter is like a sawn off shotgun version of Facebook. It’s much more powerful, but it can have a scattergun effect in that you end up with many followers who are geographically out of your marketing reach.

Through Twitter I got a blow-by-blow account of the Queensland election on election night… and a bullet-by-bullet account of the terror attack on the police facility in Lahore. I don’t think I could go back to 1999 now. I don’t know how I survived.

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A word to the (water) wise

When mice aren’t so nice

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By Megan Haggan IT’S rodent season again – autumn’s the time when mice and rats start looking for somewhere warm to live, says pest controller Phil Sargent.

“In summer mice feed on grains, seeds and grasses, but when these are no longer available in winter, they seek out alternative food sources, usually indoors,” Phil says.

Phil, Canberra branch manager of Amalgamated Pest Control, told “CityNews” that the worst infestation he had seen was at the home of a man who had used empty egg cartons as insulation in his ceiling.

“It was like providing the mice with thousands of little apartments for them to live in,” Phil says.

“It was pretty scary. The ceiling was just moving with mice when we went in, and the stench in the place was incredible.

“I can’t imagine the cleaning that had to be done – the droppings were an inch thick in the cupboards.”

For most of us, it’s nowhere near that bad, but a rodent infestation is still unsanitary, smelly and possibly even dangerous, as mice can cause damage to buildings, furniture, books, equipment and machinery by gnawing them.

“Rodents can even gnaw electrical cables causing short-circuits and even electrical fires,” says Phil.

“Mice actually keep themselves quite clean, but they do defecate and urinate all over the place, which isn’t nice for the home-owner. If it’s a really bad infestation, you can smell it the minute you walk in the house.”

To avoid having mice move into houses in the first place, Phil suggests precautionary measures such as keeping yards clean and free from rubbish.

Homeowners can also attend to leaking pipes, which provide a water source for rodents; and seal any holes or entry points with small gauge mesh.

Phil advises caution when using baits and other poisonous forms of pest control.

“Many treatments are toxic to domestic pets and native animals when applied in a loose form.

We recommend using an enclosed trap or bait that conceals the active ingredient, to minimise the risk of poisoning.”

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TIM Edmonson, gardening teacher at the Orana school in Weston Creek, boasts the equivalent of 12 years’ growth in his school’s gardens, despite their being only six years old. A fan of natural sequence farming, he’s hoping to show ACTEW Corporation the benefits of the method in a new community reference group.

The ACTEW Corporation Water Wise Garden Community Reference Group, is a group of 12 community members who have an interest in gardening and water conservation. The group will provide ACTEW with important feedback and input into a new community water-wise garden planned for Canberra’s arboretum.

ACTEW put the call out for nominations to the CRG with the aim of bringing together a diverse range of people from the community, and giving them the opportunity of providing their views and feedback.

Conceived in 2004, the Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens was designed by Taylor Cullity Lethlean Landscape Architects, with Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects; their design, called “100 Forests, 100 Gardens”, will feature

Orana school gardening teacher Tim Edmonson… A fan of natural sequence farming.

Photo by Silas. forests and gardens of both natives, and rare and endangered species from around the world.

Some 80 forests have already been planted.

Tim Savage, newly elected chair of the CRG, has been in the horticulture industry for more than 30 years. He thinks the ACTEW garden will be an asset for Canberrans, giving them an accessible garden with lots of ideas and information. He says: “It usually takes people three gardens to get it ‘right’. This gives them the opportunity to get it right first time.”

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Climate brings changes THE Government faces sufficient challenges in the area of climate change to make the creation of such a department necessary, says the ACT’s Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water, and Minister for Energy Simon Corbell.

“These are critical and important times for the Territory. We are facing dramatic changes in our climate.

These are very important challenges for our city,” he told a Property Council lunch on the Territory Government’s strategy “Weathering the Change 2009-2014”.

He said the new department was created to meet these challenges. “Its role, as I see it, is a small but central policy area for the Government.”

Key priorities included the target, by 2050, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 per cent of those of 2000. And this, he said, would not merely involve establishing guidelines. Priorities would be put into legislation, mandated and reported.

And he had no doubt there would be revised targets, which would be stronger and more rigorous than the current ones.

The priority was to secure energy

By Catherine Carter supply and ensure it was sustainable.

This meant thinking of new ways to provide power for the city. The status quo – relying on the existing grid – was not going to be enough.

Industry has been well ahead of government for a number of years in working towards providing a green built environment. But the global financial crisis is a reality that is making green initiatives even more challenging than before. There is sometimes little financial incentive for owners and developers to take advantage of the new green technologies, especially when harsh times make many such technologies more unaffordable.

Minister Corbell is right on one important point. As a community, we must collectively decide what we are willing to pay to be green and the issue must be tackled in partnership with government.

Catherine Carter is the executive director of the ACT Property Council.

Orana since the gardens were completely redesigned and rebuilt after the 2003 bushfires, and replicates the way water circulates in the bush.

The technique uses an artificially perched watertable that collects stormwater off the roof. Harvesting water beneath the surface in this way means plants continue to grow in hot weather instead of closing up. It also means a cooling microenvironment is created and carbon continues to be locked up.

Mr Edmonson is keen to demonstrate this during the consultation process, but moreover, he’s keen to see the garden culminate in offering practical solutions to gardeners who are experiencing a drier capital.

“Although the community reference group has already been formed, other members of the community can still get involved and provide their ideas on what they would like to see in a new water-wise garden,” a spokesperson for ACTEW Corporation says. “To do this, they just need to email their views and ideas to ACTEW’s Water Conservation Office.” (waterconservation@actew.com.au).

Alternatively, to get involved with work at the arboretum contact Friends of the Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens at contact@canberraarboretum.org.au.

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Sunset on Townsville’s jetty… at the very heart of life in the tropics.

CATERING for sophisticated palates and elegant tropical fun, Townville is a flourishing cosmopolitan city boasting an array of cafés, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, a world-class casino and shopping experiences.

However, the city is more than a magnetic destination – it’s the very heart of life in the tropics, with the region extending north to captivating Mission Beach, south to the rustic Burdekin and west to historic Charters Towers.

Surrounded by a rich hinterland of tropical rainforests and waterfalls, Townsville is the gateway to heritage gold-mining towns, the outback, scenic islands and, of course, the Great Barrier Reef.

The city is a good base from which to take a reef cruise. Before you head off, visit The Reef HQ Aquarium. This is the largest living coral reef aquarium and you can learn more about what you are likely to see on your diving trip.

Although the region is characterised by hilly terrain, the city itself is flat apart from a hill in the centre.

The local museum offers an insight into the history and development of the city and is a good place to start for a flavour of Townsville. The city grew from a relatively small settlement in the 1860s to encompass many smaller surrounding areas.

A short ferry ride to Magnetic Island lands you in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, where more than 2000 koalas roam wild and unique bird life inhabits the island. With 23 bays and beaches at various locations across the island, you are free to explore the splendour and beauty

WITH an eclectic mix of rainforest, reef, sandy beaches, outback bush and big city benefits, Townsville has something for every holiday itinerary. the island is renowned for.

Just north of Townsville, the Town Common is birdwatchers’ bliss. Nearly 300 bird species chatter, honk and squawk among the various habitats.

They can be easily seen from special hides.

Near Cardwell, Hinchinbrook Island’s rugged terrain challenges wilderness hikers on the 32km-Thorsborne Trail, which has an international reputation. Hinchinbrook Island is renowned for its habitats. Its extensive mangrove forests are among the richest and most diverse in Australia.

They are important breeding grounds for many marine animals. Other habitats include saltpans, eucalypt forest, rainforest, freshwater melaleuca

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From Townsville airport there are connections to the city centre, as well as scheduled bus services to some of the bigger resorts. You will need to book ahead as they don’t run shuttles to all destinations all the time. The airport is fairly close to the city centre and there are plenty of taxis available.

Bus services are frequent around the city, however, if you’re planning on exploring any further afield, it’s probably a good idea to hire your own vehicle. This gives you far more flexibility and freedom.

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Historic Kingston: where today MEGAN HAGGAN takes a fond wander around one of Canberra’s favourite suburbs…

Fashion with passion

New owner Danielle Neale has been adding her personal touch to Sybil’s Closet by Danielle.

Inside it’s gorgeously girly, with extravagant artwork, a chandelier and black-and-white tiles – not to mention the unique clothes!

“I love funny, quirky little shops where I can pick up something different,” says Danielle.

“Fashion is a passion of mine, and I so I wanted to offer clothes and accessories that aren’t so predictable and safe.”

A trained interior designer and keen shopper, Danielle says she has an eye for helping her customers try on new clothes that suit their

style and shape, but which can add a touch of individuality to their wardrobe.

Brands exclusive to Sybil’s Closet include the Spanish brand Chula (worn by Michelle Obama), as well as Muccia, Ipa-Nima, Jasmine Boutique, Mazi and Gracious Me; other brands include Lisa Ho and Morgan Marks. From cocktail frocks to fun casual daywear, shoes and bags, there’s something for every individual, Danielle says.

For more information call 6162 1185.

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ON Eyre Street is Diana Burns Solicitors, which specialises in property law – particularly relevant given all the development at Kingston.

“We cater for all areas of the market and all stages of the market – from first-home buyers through to investors, from entry-level properties all the way up to $2 million properties,” says office manager Trisha Inder-Bond.

“Because we know the area so well, we act for a lot of people buying into Kingston.

That’s not to say the firm’s business is limited only to the suburb: it does business all over the ACT and in NSW. Diana Burns Solicitors has been in Kingston for more than 10 years, Trisha says.

“I actually really love the vibe of Kingston,” she admits. “I love the fact that it’s a real community, and that when you walk down the street you know the shop owners by name – it’s a lovely place to work.”

For more information call 6295 3763.

ON nearby Leichhardt Street, I found accountants Gail Freeman and Co. who, says Gail, has a wide range of clients, “from investors to professionals, to retailers and restaurants”.

The local family firm, which has eight employees, specialises in tax, she says.

“We like to make things simple for people. It’s our goal to always simplify people’s record-keeping, and try to make it an easy process.

“We want to make record-keeping not too demanding for our clients, because business owners don’t have time to do a lot of paperwork – we like to help them run their business, rather than worry about their books.”

For more information, call 6295 2844.

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BOASTING one of the city’s finest wine and cocktail menus, Canberra’s newest stylish venue is the Supper Club on Jardine Avenue Kingston. The Supper Club menu showcases savoury and sweet cuisine from local leading restaurants.

Co-owner, Michael Harington, of Pangaea fame, says it’s a stylish place to get away from the hustle and bustle of other Canberra night-club venues.

“Our staff have experience from top venues such as Tetsuya’s, Aria and the St Kilda Pelican,” says Michael.

The Supper Club is open Wednesday to Saturday evenings til late and is available for private functions.

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Originally called Eastlake, Kingston is now a vibrant centre that retains its village atmosphere. It’s home to Canberra’s railway station and its Bus Depot markets, thriving night life and a series of boutique Kingston shopping centre in the ‘20s.

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Taste of Jardine has a strong focus on freshness, owner Juliana Genner says: “we get our fish in every day.”

Selling fish and chips and burgers, scones, muffins and cakes, Taste on Jardine provides healthy alternatives.

“The fish is very light, and comes with a serve of salad and chips,” Juliana explains.

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KINGSTON locals generally like the Giles Street IGA for European-style basket shopping, making the shop an essential part of community living, says co-owner Michael Posantzis.

“We tend to see them in buying food for their meal that evening, and then the next day we’ll see them again,” he says.

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The Kingston store also has an impressive range of knitting yarns and supplies.

Vicki’s enthusiastic about Kingston, and it seems we share a similar appreciation for its sense of history and its greenery.

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Next month Canberra will be rocked by a pack of grandfathers! No ordinary ones, either; they’re legends of a glamorous, bygone Cuba. HELEN MUSA reports…

THE celebrated “grandfathers” of Cuban music, who head up the team for “The Bar at Buena Vista,” are coming to town on May 15-16.

Most senior of these elder statesmen of music are the 93-year-old vocalist Reynaldo Creagh, the 85-year-old pianist Rubalcaba and 81-year-old Cuban “tres” guitarist Papi Ovideo. As well, there will be diva Siomara Valdes, dance virtuoso Eric Turro with his sultry dancers, singer Barbara Ferrer Sanchez and Cuban trumpet player Julio Padron.

Translator-narrator Carlos Bustamante tells me by phone from his home in Havana just how exciting and touching it is to work with these recreators of a glamorous bygone era.

“I present all the actors,” he says, “all the old boys… I tell the audience how Cuba used to be in the ‘40s and ‘50s, then I introduce the old boys and I interpret what they say… it’s a beautiful connect.”

In the first part of the show, the subject is Cuban culture in general, while in the second half, the focus is on the phenomenon known as the Buena Vista Social Club. “It was a small place that became great in the ‘40s and ‘50s and eventually the source of all the great art forms we know,” he says.

Bustamante says several times how proud he is to be working with the company, adding that the revival of the endangered traditional Cuban dance styles is enhanced with the great dance star Eric Turro on stage. He doesn’t have anything against salsa, which he describes as a New York phenomenon invented during the ‘60s, “but what we’re seeing in our show is where salsa comes from.”

While the older Cuban musical tradition is unique, “The Bar at Buena Vista” also ventures into contemporary sound using the principal of fusion. But it’s really the old boys who give the flavour of the music.

As for the danger of the art dying with the older generation, Bustamante fears the intimate and ever-varying way of singing could soon be a thing of the past. “The old boys will try and pass on the tradition to a young generation; the real authenticity will go with them.”

During a recent three-month tour of Europe involving a gruelling five-hour journey followed by two straight shows, Creagh’s voice started to falter.

“I said to myself: ‘Carlos, this is over’. But the next day, after a full day’s sleep and no performance until eight pm, Reynaldo’s voice came back with full force… I cried and had to leave the stage.”

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Old boys in the band... From left, 95-year-old vocalist Reynaldo Creagh, 81-year-old guitarist Papi Ovideo and 85-year-old pianist Maestro Rubalcabo.

Age no bar to the Buena Vista boys That’s probably why audiences are packing in. In Germany, Switzerland and Denmark they played in big theatres. And yet, there is still an intimate quality. Bustamante tells how, in Zurich, right in the middle of the show, two people hopped up on stage, went to the “bar” at Buena Vista, ordered drinks and were served by the onstage waitress. “It was very nice,” Bustamante says.

“I think the audience recognises that the show is based in truth.”

“The Bar at Buena Vista,” is at Canberra Theatre Centre on May 15 and 16.

A GOOD friend once said that watching me trying to be angry was a bit like watching a cat coughing up a hairball. It was “sort of interesting, a little disturbing but mostly just somehow not quite natural’’.

I’ve struggled to be more assertive over the years, but I fear my friend’s observation still rings true. I don’t do anger well. I’m an affable person who tries to appear cool, calm and collected. But there are exceptions.

Since becoming a parent, I have discovered hidden emotional depth when it comes to anything or anyone who upsets and, worse still, poses a threat to my children. Indeed, if someone hurt or harmed my children, I think I would seriously lose it, like Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.

Which is why recent reports of attempted child abductions in Canberra set me thinking. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. Just the thought of someone driving around trying to drag children into his car, and I can almost feel myself morphing into something out of “The Howling” – long snout, sharp teeth and all.

I don’t now if this is normal. But I suspect most, if not all, mums have a primal urge to protect their children at all costs. I remember years ago hearing about the Icelandic singer Björk going berserk at an airport when paparazzi photographers started harassing her children. At the time, I thought that was pretty freaky, but now I totally understand.

Having children exposes us. It gives us a point of acute vulnerability we have never had before.

We all deal with it in different ways, but some of us know that if something happened to our child then we would have very little left to lose. And that is something sick people who would hurt children ought to think about.

Canberra is such a wonderful place to bring up children. It is child friendly, populated by open and generous people. It’s certainly a much safer city than Sydney or Melbourne. But at the moment, if I lose sight of one of my children at the shops or park for just a minute I suffer more than my normal degree of angst.

I don’t think we ought to go vigilante and organise lynch mobs but, as a parent, I would urge everyone to be a bit more alert. Let’s all be busy bodies over the school holidays.

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Thumbing their collective noses at Britain’s law limiting the time allowed for broadcasting rock and pop, a bunch of cool dudes set up a radio station broadcasting it 24/7 to a huge and enthusiastic British audience from a psychedelically-decorated old trawler moored in the North Sea. Richard Curtis’s film tells their tale through a superlative core team of actors led by matchless Bill Nighy, splendid Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost a joy to watch as an improbable babe magnet, Ken Branagh and Jack Davenport as bureaucrats conniving to close the ship down, delicious Emma Thomson in all-too-small a role and charming Katherine Parkinson as ship’s chief cook and bottle washer whose firm declaration of sexual preference protects her in an enclosed male environment.

Musically, “The Boat That Rocked” ranges from Elgar to the principal ‘60s pop music-makers. Its 2¼ hours encompass a joyously relaxed mixture of laid-back broadcasting, life aboard a ship going nowhere in any weather, relationships

It’s been a big week for fine movies, but is cinema reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD going soft? We think not, but he did see three great movies and gave each four stars!

flaunting conventional rules and the pointy end of major cultural change in a nation of clearly-defined social strata, driven by musical iconoclasts, social rebels and innovators who took the world by storm and became part of the landscape.

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“Elegy” is unlikely to be a major box-office performer, which is regrettable because it treats sexuality’s role in human interactions with uncompromising credibility.

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“GOOD” is one of several current films examining Hitler’s Third Reich from the THIS perceptive and intelligent romantic inside, telling about the political insanity drama from a story by Philip Roth features and administrative bestiality that, after a three powerful performances. war levying an enormous price in human David, a divorced university lecturer, life and national treasure, left the nation thinks with two organs, one between his that set it off bleeding on the ground.

Viggo Mortensen is excellent playears, the other between his thighs. After enjoying uncommitted occasional sex with ing John, an academic author of a novel Carolyn for two decades, David falls for expressing ideas that have come to Hitler’s Consuela, a Cuban student half his age. attention as meshing with his own. The film David’s inability to deal with difficult refollows John’s frenetic domestic life and his lationships issues is the film’s core. Blessed manipulation by the Party through the book with freedom from clichés, it’s unpredictburnings and Crystallnacht, to his appointable and intellectually challenging, offering ment as an honorary SS officer, promotion much to film-goers for whom others’ ways and assignment to Adolf Eichmann’s new of dealing with problems are more than program for solving the Jewish problem.

From a play by C.P. Taylor, subtle rather merely interesting matters for observation.

In his mid-60s, Ben Kingsley as David than sensational in pulling no punches strips to reveal a hunk to stir any red-blood- about the political adventurism, moral vacuum and vicious racial cruelty of Nazied woman. Penelope Cruz is utterly beautiful as Consuela even before she undresses. ism, “Good” merits being seen.

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LOVE it or hate it, the Belconnen Bus Interchange is about to get knocked down. It’s been there since 1979. So in response, the arts community, through the work of Simone Penkethman and BCS, are asking the public to come celebrate the end of an era with a project called “in2Change”. From April 20-24 there will be artists on site presenting a plethora of visual arts and other activity. It’s open to all ages and is free.

A QUICK reminder – “Shell Shocked: Australia after Armistice”, an exhibition at the National Archives of Australia, has only until April 27 to run.

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Sarah’s bite of televison success FROM a Canberra waitress to presenting Network Ten’s new reality television program, “MasterChef Australia”, is quite a journey – especially considering Sarah Wilson’s years as editor of “Cosmopolitan” magazine in between.

Foodie Sarah began her career in cuisine while studying at Lyneham High, Dickson College and ANU. “My first job was at a gelato shop in Garema Place at 16, and at 18 I went to Café de la Piazza, which was an institution in Canberra. I worked at Fringe Benefits, Tilly’s and Tosolini’s,” she told “CityNews”.

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a farm at Wamboin, growing vegetables and raising goats for milk.

Her mother was a versatile cook; and she has two uncles in the food business, who run Kingston’s The Essential Ingredient and Farrer’s Wilsons Organics.

Her career in journalism began as a restaurant critic in Melbourne; from there she did a cadetship with News Limited, writing on issues affecting young women.

“I did well in a young journalists’ competition, and then, suddenly, I was contacted by ACP Magazines, which publishes ‘Cosmo’.

“I’d never worked on a women’s magazine before, but it was wonderful.

“I believe that if you’re doing what you feel passionate about, job opportunities will come to you. I felt passionate about working with and for women.

“It’s the same with MasterChef: I didn’t set out to be on TV, but I love food and telling real human stories, so here I am.

“It’s essentially a chef’s apprenticeship condensed into a three-month program;

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it’s very much about mentoring,” she says.

“Some people think reality television is all quite snarky and critical, but MasterChef heralds a new push in reality TV: there is constructive criticism, but it’s a positive show.”

Sarah visits the ACT several times a year to catch up with family.

“My family and I are big mountain bike riders, and we grew up riding around Mount Majura and Mount Ainslie – I still like to do a bit of racing!”

staple of items (being adjusted now for autumn/ winter) and a rotating list of specials.

My eye caught the vegetarian spinach and DINING fetta pie, served with a crisp salad and tangy

By Wendy Johnson dressing ($12.50). The pastry was as light as a feather and the pie a good serve. My friend A NEW Canberra café paints a pretty picture just found her cold salad of hokkien noodles with beside Reconciliation Place with views of the chilli-chicken ($14) inspiring and the level of chilli High Court and National Library. But the recipe “just right”. for success at the Portrait Café (National Portrait Creating the menu was challenging given the Gallery) has more than its picturesque position Portrait Café’s prestigious position in a national as an ingredient. Indeed, you can easily get away treasure. The team have to offer dishes to suit with lunch, including a glass of wine and coffee, the tastes and budget of families, local foodies, for just over $20. business people, and busloads of tourists from The recipe for success is no surprise, given the far and wide. So there is a selection of sandwich“dream team” behind the café. Vanessa Broades and toasties (creative ones such as artichoke, foot and Savva Dimarhos, who had Sitting Ducks baby spinach and goat cheese), daily options catering for six years before selling to Canberra’s from the Bain Marie display, salads and more.

Kay and Herman Posthuma, own the café and Kids aren’t left behind either, with menu items are joined in the kitchen by Christine Hearne starting at $4.50. On weekends, the Portrait Café (Sitting Ducks and the Hyatt) and Nick Carter (a also offers brunch dishes such as eggs benedict former partner at Anise Restaurant). and the café is fully licensed with local and other You order at the counter, take a number and wines. are served at the table. The menu includes a Sweets are made by Canberra’s Kiwi Kitchens and the “mini” options suited us to a tee. The petite caramel slice ($2.50) was heavenly with my cappuccino and the dainty chocolate muffin ($3) was of the “melt-in-your-mouth” variety. It was all enjoyed on the sunny terrace.

While at the Portrait Café visit the adjacent Portrait Gallery Bookstore. Owned by Richard Baz (from Manuka’s Paper Chain), this independent bookstore has more than 9000 titles online and in store.

The underground parking is free, but it’s a bit tricky to find and is a voucher system, so remember to have your voucher stamped.

Portrait Café, National Portrait Gallery, King Salad with fresh figs, goat feta and prosciutto. Edward Terrace, Open daily 10am to 5pm. Reser Photo by Silas. vations not accepted.

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‘Classics & Alternatives’ Wine Theatre – informative & entertaining sessions during the day – free to event visitors.

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“It’s very important to care for our skin in the cold, and so we do more facials through winter,” Jelena says.

Beautiful You does a range of facials and stocks the i.d. bare minerals and Dermalogica ranges, including Dermalogica’s recently introduced New Age set of skin care products.

As well as encouraging us to take care of our skin, Jelena says it’s important to keep up with manicures and pedicures even though we’re covered up.

“It’s nice to feel good about yourself even though it’s winter!”

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NEITHER winter nor the global financial crisis should deter us from looking our best, says Sarah Booth, from Bentley’s of Canberra, Garran.

“It’s important to feel good about ourselves, and when we look good on the outside, we feel good on the inside,” Sarah says.

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She suggested Napoleon Blush Patrol, which is a blusher marbled with bronzer, to add a touch of warmth to the cheeks.

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“Cosmetic acupuncture helps to eliminate fine lines and makes the deeper lines look softer,” she says. It can also help minimise dark circles, puffy eyes, double chin, sagging skin, drooping eyelids and skin discoloration, as well as relaxing muscular tension, increasing circulation and oxygenation, increasing collagen production, tightening pores and keeping acne under control.

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prime time television Highlights

30 Rock

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Love is in the air in yet another quality instalment of Tina Fey’s ace behindthe-scenes look at a live sketch-comedy TV show. Not realising it’s going to be the ultimate romantic holiday, lovelorn Liz Lemon (Fey) insists on having her first date with Dr Drew (Jon Hamm) on Valentine’s Day. Meanwhile, Jack (Alec Baldwin) prepares himself for an unconventional celebration with his new girlfriend (guest star Salma Hayek, above).

Monday, Prime, 11.30pm

Sunday, ABC1, 8.30pm

Anzac Day Coverage

Beloved of tabloid newspapers and teenage girls alike, Britain’s current king of comedy, Russell Brand, gets a chance to show Australia his TV hosting skills after a successful stand-up tour here last month. The premise is simple: Brand dispenses anecdotes in between introducing some quite hilarious out-ofcontext clips from 1970s British TV.

An endless conga-line of celebrities seem to be queuing up to dance their way onto the set of Ellen’s ultra-upbeat chat show – even Barack Obama sashayed across the DeGeneres stage on his way to winning the presidential election. Unlike most variety shows, which live or die based on the strength of that day’s guests, this top-notch talk-fest hinges on the power of Ellen’s effortless humour.

One of the things we can rely on the ABC for is spot-on coverage, year after year, of one of the most important, reverential days on the Australian calendar. This year, Message Stick host Miriam Corowa (above) presents the dawn stand-to live from Gallipoli, and the broadcast will also include the dawn stand-to from Villers-Bretonneux in France and the Anzac Day march.

Saturday, ABC1, 9.00am

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6.00 Landline Extra. (R, S) 6.30 Talking Heads. (G, S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30 The 7.30 Report. (S) 8.00 Australian Story. The family of cricketer and war hero Keith Miller speak out about his amazing life. (S) 8.30 Four Corners.

(S) 9.20 Media Watch. (S) 9.35 Spooks. A plane crashes near an American airbase and MI5 fear it may have been shot down by Iranians as a reprisal for the recent rise in tensions. (M, S) 11.05 Lateline Business. (S) 11.35 The Somme. (M, R, S)

6.05 Time Team: Coberley Villa. (G, S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30 The 7.30 Report. (S) 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. Mark Corcoran presents stories from the ABC’s international correspondents. (S) 8.30 Around The World In 80 Gardens: Australia And New Zealand. (G, S) 9.30 Lead Balloon.

Rick hosts an event for a pharmaceutical company. His stand-up routine goes down surprisingly well but some of his ill-advised gags have far-reaching consequences. (G, S) 11.10 Lateline Business. (S) 11.35 Four Corners. (R, S)

6.00 Travel Oz. (G, S) 6.30 The Cook And The Chef. (S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30 The 7.30 Report. (S) 8.00 The New Inventors. (S) 8.30 Spicks And Specks. (S) 9.00 The Gruen Transfer. (S) 9.30 Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure: Be Cool. In an effort to fulfil his childhood dream of being cool, comedian Lawrence Leung learns to breakdance and rap in Los Angeles. (M, S) 10.00 At The Movies. (S) 11.05 Lateline Business. (S) 11.30 Proof. (Final) (M, R, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Sunday Night. (S) 7.30 Border Security USA. (PG, S) 8.00 The Force – Behind The Line. (PG, S) 8.30 Bones. Booth and Brennan investigate the death of a pastor whose breast implants and severed torso lead to some puzzling conclusions about her mysterious past.

(M, S) 9.30 Beyond The Darklands: Camilleri And Beckett.

Takes a look into the minds of one of Australia’s most sadistic killing teams. (M, S) 11.00 24. (M, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Today Tonight. (S) 7.00 Home And Away. (PG, S) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PG, S) 8.00 Scrubs. The hospital interns provide the senior staff with some surprising insights. Dr Cox shows JD some longoverdue respect. (PG, S) 8.30 Desperate Housewives.

Lynette takes extreme steps to protect her son. Bree wants to prove to Andrew that she has accepted him for who he is. Katherine finds happiness. Dave starts to lose his grip.

(M, S) 9.30 Brothers & Sisters. (M, S) 11.30 30 Rock. (PG, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Today Tonight. (S) 7.00 Home And Away. (PG, S) 7.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. (G, S) 8.00 Find My Family. (PG, S) 8.30 All Saints. Claire’s fears about her old boyfriend are realised. A casual affair turns a man’s life upside down after the woman takes drastic action to keep seeing him. (M, S) 9.30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days.

Sonia Kruger and her two competing teams of experts transform the lives of style-deprived couples. (G, S) 11.30 Carpoolers. (M)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Today Tonight. (S) 7.00 Home And Away. (PG, S) 7.30 Australia’s Got Talent. (Final) (G, S) 8.30 Criminal Minds. The unit investigates a series of deaths involving possible exorcisms in the Washington area that appear to be sanctioned by the Vatican. (M, S) 9.30 My Name Is Earl. After Joy attempts to scam the Make-A-Wish Foundation, it prompts Earl to make amends for a wish he stole from a dying child. (PG, S) 10.00 Family Guy. (M, S) 11.00 Lost. (M)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Domestic Blitz. (PG, S) 7.30 60 Minutes. (S) 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. When an FBI agent who was working undercover is found murdered, the team is called in to help the victim’s partner find the killer. (M, S) 9.30 CSI: Miami. The team is faced with one of Miami’s most sadistic crime rings after petrol becomes so expensive that people start killing for it. (M, S) 11.30 Body Of Evidence. (M, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 WIN News. (S) 7.00 A Current Affair.

(S) 7.30 You Saved My Life. (PG, S) 8.00 Missing Pieces.

Follows a diverse range of Australians as they embark on a life-changing journey to find that special someone who is missing from their lives. (PG, S) 8.30 Underbelly: A Tale Of Two Cities. Terry Clark’s drug empire unravels when he is arrested for murder in the UK. Alison is arrested by the FBI and becomes a star witness against organised crime. (M, S) 11.30 Entertainment Tonight. (R, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 WIN News. (S) 7.00 A Current Affair.

(S) 7.30 AFHV: World’s Funniest Videos. (PG, S) 8.00 Commercial Breakdown. (PG, S) 8.30 Two And A Half Men. With Chelsea due to arrive at any minute, Charlie must find a way to get a half-naked woman out of his bedroom. (M, S) 9.00 Two And A Half Men. Charlie uncharacteristically finds himself in a relationship that isn’t based on sex. (M, R, S) 9.30 Hell’s Kitchen. (MA15+, S) 11.30 Entertainment Tonight. (R, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 WIN News. (S) 7.00 A Current Affair.

(S) 7.30 What’s Good For You. (PG, S) 8.00 RPA. (PG, S) 8.30 The Mentalist. The team investigates when the personnel director of a corporation plummets to his death while skydiving during a business retreat. (M, S) 9.30 Cold Case.

Rush and the team investigate the 1960 murder of an air hostess who was attempting to create a stewardess union at the time of her death. (M, S) 11.30 Entertainment Tonight. (R, S)

6.00 Guerrilla Gardeners. (PG, S) 6.30 The Biggest Loser.

(PG, S) 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance Australia.

(PG, S) 9.00 Rove. Celebrity interviews, comedy, music and regular variety segments. Guests include singer Ronan Keating, US comedian Arj Barker and comedy duo Hamish & Andy, and Jason Mraz performs his song I’m Yours. (M, S) 11.15 Motor Racing. FIA Formula One World Championship. Round 3. Chinese Grand Prix. From Shanghai International Circuit.

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, S) 7.00 The Biggest Loser. (PG, S) 7.30 Celebrity Plastic Surgery: The Good, The Bags And The Ugly. (PG, S) 8.30 Good News Week. (M, S) 9.30 NCIS. McGee risks his job to help his sister who shows up disoriented and bloodied.

While he tries to find out what happened to her, the team investigates the case of a navy sailor who is somehow connected to McGee’s sister. (M, R, S) 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG)

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, S) 7.00 The Biggest Loser. (PG, S) 8.00 Bondi Rescue. Follows the work of elite lifeguards in charge of safety at one of the world’s busiest beaches. (PG, S) 8.30 NCIS. After the burnt and mummified body of a missing person is found in a furnace on a Marine base, the team must work with the FBI to solve the puzzle of how it got there. (M, R, S) 9.30 Lie To Me. (M, S) 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG)

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, S) 7.00 The Biggest Loser. (PG, S) 8.00 The Simpsons. Lisa and her new friend, Juliet, create a fantasy world that gives them a break from reality. (PG, S) 8.30 House. After months of caring for her dying husband, a woman collapses from an unknown disease. While her condition rapidly deteriorates, her husband’s health mysteriously improves.

(M, S) 9.30 Life. (M, S) 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG)

6.00 Thalassa: Green Gold Fever. (G, R, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 Lost Worlds: Secret Files Of The Inquisition – Root Out Heretics. (PG, R, S) 8.30 Dateline. (S) 9.30 Movie: Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005) George Clooney. Journalists defy corporate and sponsorship pressures when they try to discredit the tactics used by Senator Joseph McCarthy during his crusade to root out communist elements in 1950s America. (B&W, PG, R, S) 11.10 Movie: Spasm. (2003) (MA15+, R)

6.00 Living Black. (S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 Top Gear. (PG, S) 8.30 Swift And Shift Couriers. (M, R, S) 9.00 Bogan Pride. Desperate for money, Jennie and her friends decide to enter a dance competition with a first prize of $10,000. (M, R, S) 9.30 World News Australia. (S) 9.55 Market Update. 10.00 Shameless. The Maguires are outraged after they discover that the grave of son Fergal has been desecrated. (MA15+, S) 11.50 Movie: Killing Cabos. (2004) (MA15+)

6.00 Global Village: Campania. (G, R, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 Insight. (S) 8.30 Cutting Edge: Red Oil. (PG, S) 9.30 World News Australia. (S) 9.55 Market Update.

10.00 Hot Docs: The Hugo Chavez Show. Chronicles outspoken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s rise to power, his media-savvy use of propaganda and goals on the world stage. It features interviews with former government officials, Chavez’s associates and ordinary Venezuelans. (PG, S) 11.30 Movie: 4. (2005) (MA15+)

6.00 Global Village: The Dragon Legacy. (G, R, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 Food Safari. (G, R, S) 8.00 Trawlermen. (G, S) 8.35 Long Way Round. After passing through a small portion of Russia, Ewan and Charley cross the border into Mongolia. (PG, R, S) 9.30 World News Australia. (S) 9.55 Market Update. 10.00 Movie: Izzat.

(2005) Emil Marwa, Assad Siddique, Khawar Gomi Sadiq.

(MA15+) 11.50 Black Soldier Blues. (M, R, S)

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6.00 At The Movies. (R, S) 6.30 The Einstein Factor. (G, S) 7.00 News. (S) 7.30 The Story Of India: Ages Of Gold.

(G, S) 8.25 News. (S) 8.30 Dirt Game. A UK executive is appointed CEO of a struggling Australian mining company. With the help of a company geologist and her crack crisis-management team he hopes to change the fortunes of the business before the parent company shuts it down. (M, S) 9.30 Compass: Windows To Sandakan. (G, S) 11.20 Movie: Sinbad The Sailor. (1947) (G, R, S)

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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From the dusty deserts of outback Australia to the boardrooms of the London, Dirt Game is a big-budget miniseries that drills into one of the toughest businesses on the planet. Brian Jardine (Gerald Lepkowski) is a UK executive given the task of saving an Australian mining company. Also stars Joel Edgerton (above), Shane Connor, Freya Stafford and Katie Wall.

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TransTV highlights

Movies

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The Last Templar

Good Night, And Good Luck

Rusian director Ilya Khrjanovsky’s debut is experimental and is for lovers of the abstract and avant-garde only. It begins when three strangers (Marina Vovchenko, Sergey Shnurov and Yuri Laguta) meet in a bar and tell boozy, fictional tales of their lives. The film then follows them into reality, enacted in a desolate, futuristic wasteland that is contradicted by an evocation of haunting beauty.

On the heels of mega-hit The Da Vinci Code comes this made-for-TV poorman’s cousin that will nonetheless please fans. Mira Sorvino (Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion) is the spunky archeologist who teams up with FBI agent Scott Foley (Felicity) on an epic adventure to investigate lost secrets of the Knights Templar. Mixing mystery with history, exotic location shots and high production values the result is an enjoyable Indiana Jones-style romp.

Sunday, SBS, 9.30pm

Filmed in black-and-white, George Clooney’s second feature as director tells the real-life story of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow (brilliantly personified by David Strathairn), who in the early ’50s stood up to the bullying communist witch-hunts of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Clooney also co-stars as Murrow’s producer Fred Friendly.

Tuesday, SBS, 11.30pm

Friday, Prime, 8.30pm

6.00 Totally Frank. (PG, R, S) 6.25 Minuscule: The Last Supper. (G) 6.30 Gardening Australia. (G, S) 7.00 News.

(S) 7.30 New Tricks. (PG, R, S) 8.25 News. (S) 8.30 The Bill.

While clearing out an alley full of homeless people, PCs Stamp and Brown discover an unconscious young woman.

DI Nixon investigates the abduction of a baby who was in the care of a nanny. The first clue comes from a neighbour who claims she saw a man walking up the street with a carryall. (PG, S) 10.00 News. (S) 11.45 Rage. (M)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Today Tonight. (S) 7.00 Home And Away. (PG, S) 7.30 Ghost Whisperer. (PG, S) 8.30 Grey’s Anatomy. Bailey teams with Seattle Grace’s new paediatric surgeon, Dr Arizona Robbins, to save the life of a young patient. The admittance of a death-row inmate stirs anger in Derek. (M, S) 9.30 Private Practice. As Addison struggles in her relationship with Kevin, she finds herself attracted to a cocky doctor from rival practice, Pacific Wellcare. (M, S) 11.30 Beauty And The Geek. (PG)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Today Tonight. (S) 7.00 Home And Away. (PG, S) 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens. (G, S) 8.30 Heartbeat. Mrs Barton finds her husband dead at the top of the fields, tangled in a fence. At first it looks like an accident but Walker soon begins to suspect a poacher is involved. Elsewhere, David and Vernon are worrying about getting their taxi licence revoked. (PG, S) 9.30 Football. AFL. Round 5. Port Adelaide v St Kilda. From AAMI Stadium. (S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Billy Connolly: Journey To The Edge Of The World. (PG, S) 7.30 Kath & Kim. (PG, R, S) 8.00 The Vicar Of Dibley. Geraldine finds herself in the spotlight when her role as vicar becomes a hot topic for the press.

(PG, R, S) 8.40 Movie: Independence Day. (1996) Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch. A giant spacecraft piloted by a mysterious alien species heads for Earth to attack major sites. (PG, R, S) 11.50 Ripping Yarns. (PG, R)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 WIN News. (S) 7.00 A Current Affair. (S) 7.30 Getaway. (PG, S) 8.30 20 To 01. Bert Newton counts down celebrity relationships that descended into drugs, divorce and even death. From relationships that seemed perfect on the surface to those that were doomed from the start, these are the liaisons that made headlines for all the wrong reasons. (M, S) 9.30 The Footy Show. NRL. (M, S) 11.00 WIN News. (S) 11.30 The Footy Show. AFL. (M, S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 WIN News. (S) 7.00 A Current Affair.

(S) 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 7. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Cronulla Sharks. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

(S) 9.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 7. Brisbane Broncos v Parramatta Eels. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. (S) 11.30 WIN News. (S)

6.00 News. (S) 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos.

(G, S) 7.30 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets Of The Furious Five.

(G, S) 8.00 Movie: Monster House. (2006) A young boy is convinced that there is something strange about his neighbour’s spooky house and decides to investigate as Halloween approaches. (PG, R, S) 9.55 Movie: Charlie’s Angels. (2000) Cameron Diaz. Three female detectives are assigned to retrieve a stolen top-secret computer program by their mysterious boss. (M, R, S)

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, S) 7.00 The Biggest Loser. (PG, S) 8.00 Bondi Vet. (PG, S) 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. Benson and Stabler investigate after a girl who vanished as a teenager reappears claiming she had been held prisoner and sexually abused for the past four years. (M, S) 9.30 Life On Mars. Joey Conway, a bigname newspaper columnist, turns up dead in 1973 and Detective Tyler is certain he knows the killer. (M, S) 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman. (PG)

6.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, S) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, S) 7.00 The Biggest Loser. (PG, S) 7.30 The Simpsons. (PG, R, S) 8.30 Medium. What seems like a standard missingperson’s case becomes more and more complicated as Allison begins to suspect that the missing mother may have fallen victim to her peculiar children. (M, S) 9.30 Law & Order. A woman’s body is found in a city garden. Cutter’s case is jeopardised by a law clerk with a crush. (M, S) 11.20 News. (S) 11.50 Sports Tonight. (S)

6.00 Futurama. (PG, R, S) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG, R, S) 8.30 Football. AFL. Round 5. Fremantle v Sydney. From Subiaco Oval, Perth. (S) 11.30 Good News Week. (M, R, S)

6.00 Global Village: Emilia. (G, R, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.35 Inspector Rex. (PG, R, S) 8.30 Mad Men. Don continues to conceal his increasingly complicated personal life. (PG, S) 9.30 World News Australia. (S) 9.55 Market Update. 10.00 Movie: Allegro. (2005) Helena Christensen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas. A famous pianist returns home to his native Denmark to give a gala concert, only to be haunted by his memories of past loves gone wrong. (M) 11.35 Oz. (MA15+, R, S)

6.00 Global Village: Thonon. (G, R, S) 6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 Paper Dolls: Australian Pinups Of World War 2. (PG, S) 8.35 As It Happened: Guests Of The Ayatollah – Captivity. Part 2 of 4. (PG, S) 9.30 World News Australia. (S) 9.55 Market Update. 10.00 The Sexual Life Of Us. Part 1 of 2. Attitudes towards sex have changed through generations of “sexual awakening”. (M, R, S) 11.00 Movie: You Bet Your Life. (2005) (M, R)

6.30 World News Australia. (S) 7.30 MythBusters. (G, S) 8.30 Iron Chef. (G, S) 9.20 RocKwiz. Music quiz show.

Guests include Canadian-American folk musician Martha Wainwright and American guitarist Adrian Belew. Each celebrity performs one of their songs backed by the RocKwiz Orkestra and combine for a duet at the end of the night. Hosted by Julia Zemiro. (PG, R, S)

7.30PM – Playhouse Disney (202)

Pooh and his friends Roo and Lumpy find a pirate treasure map.

Gone Baby Gone 8.30PM – MOVIE ONE (411)

In his directorial debut, Ben Affleck brings his hometown of Boston to the screen in the story of two private detectives who are hired to investigate the disappearance of a little girl. Starring Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman.

MONDAY, APRIL 20 Standard Snowboard Show 6.30PM – Nat Geo Adventure (302)

Johan Olofsson could be the best snow boarder ever to ride the big mountains. Seeing will be believing.

Sunday Night Baseball 7.30PM – ESPN (351)

Catch the action from the US Major League baseball when the Saint Louis Cardinals take on the Chicago Cubs from Wrigley Field in Chicago.

When a Man Loves a Woman 10.15PM – Movie Greats (415)

A picture-perfect family is shattered when the mother’s hidden drinking problem is discovered. Starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia.

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general knowledge crossword ACROSS 1 In legend, the sun melted the wax holding the wings of whom, sending him to his death?

8 Which metallic element has the symbol Ti? 9 Name a large marine fish with an enormous gape.

10 In the US, what do they call a locomotive driver?

11 What is the circle of light seen round the sun or moon?

12 What is a small congenital blemish on the human skin?

13 Which early preparation of powdered 1 2 tobacco was inhaled?

16 Name another term for examinations.

19 What do we call the sister of one's mother or father?

21 In astrology, what are the 12 divisions of 9 the heavens called?

22 Which term describes a recognition of merit?

11 23 What do we call a native of the Sub-Continent?

24 What are often ascribed to supernatural agencies?

13 25 Name the term which describes the unlawful killing of a human being.

6 What are picture theatres?

7 A female sovereign is referred to as a what?

13 Which greetings are exchanged between Muslims?

14 Name the mythological animal with a single long horn.

15 What describes a false notion?

17 Quito is the capital of which S American republic?

18 Which years are perhaps a little "difficult"?

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L A G G A R D S M S Each number can only appear once in each Solution Sudoku row, column and medium No. 004 in the nine 3x3 7 8 4 9 1 3 5 2 6 blocks. You can 3 9 5 2 6 4 1 7 8 successfully solve 6 2 1 8 5 7 9 4 3 the puzzle just by 4 3 2 1 9 5 8 6 7 using logic and 9 6 8 3 7 2 4 5 1 the process of 1 5 7 6 4 8 3 9 2 elimination.

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GEMINI (May 21 – June 21) Your mastery of the unexpected strikes again. Just when everybody was getting used to your flightiness, you hit the ground with force, sensuality, grunt and power. The beauty of being mercurial is that you have access to a vast array of costume changes.

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With Sudhir (M.J.Dean) April 18 – April 25 LIBRA (Sept 23 – Oct 23) Contrary to popular belief, the world hasn’t come to an end. Look at what’s right before your eyes for the most substantive evidence. Sifting reality from illusion is no mean feat when the illusion is a collective one. You might have to go against the crowd to stay true.

SCORPIO (Oct 24 – Nov 21) Though it might appear as though there are forces at work going against love, look again. Be prepared to own up to not knowing what love is, in order to remain open to what you don’t know. It is your interpretation that will transform you. Get it right.

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Who would have guessed that you would be the one to baulk at change. It doesn’t seem to be your character – but here you are having all sorts of conniptions. Once you get over being surprised by your own reactions, you will see reality, relax and adjust.

Perhaps you aren’t taking the situation you are in quite as seriously as you might – but you can’t resist a dance. Or maybe playfulness is the most appropriate response and seriousness leads to moroseness and inflexibility. It’s for you to work out – and you will.

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Which term describes an expression of censure?

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In choosing to take an unorthodox option, you throw all those around you who were sleepily expecting everything to remain the same, into a great tizz. If you could do anything different than follow your feelings, you would – but you can’t. Play with change.

LEO (July 23 – Aug 22) That which is quirky and different is driving you to distraction. You had your path set. To have to readjust seems like a major inconvenience. Though your patience is sorely tested, it will eventually dawn on you that this change of tack is indeed appropriate.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sept 22) Taking a hard line and trying to cut through resistance with the force of bombastic will, comes to nothing. The harder you do it, the more solidly you find yourself stuck in the mud. A scalpel will work better than a cross-saw. Softness leads to a different kind of victory.

You have more time than you think.

That doesn’t mean you can go to sleep.

It means you can relax enough to make decisions that work. To move out of panic caused by an illusory sense of danger, will put you in a worse position. This one is a healing move.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19) There really is no option but a new one.

Repetition is not going to deliver the goods. Consider stepping out of the whole dichotomy of difference that is actually nothing but more of the same. Understanding is needed before any solutions can be found.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18) There is a lot on your plate. There is no point in trying to imagine otherwise. Once you accept and name the fact, it will be possible to move forwards. To do so means ceasing to be dominated by other people’s interests and starting to honour your own.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20) To fly high with your feet firmly planted on the ground is without doubt a serious challenge. Blind and wild enthusiasm, mixed with a good solid dosage of raw optimism will help. Existence has a sense of humour.

Celebrate it by saying yes without reason.

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O’Connor oasis near the city SITED amidst an easy-care botanical wonderland of mature exotic and native plants, this immaculately presented O’Connor home exudes character, charm and style with its timeless appeal, says selling agent Aniko Carey.

“The ‘farm house’ feel provides a sense of detachment, a haven from busy city life, yet in close proximity to the city centre,” she says.

The light-filled living areas flow seamlessly to outdoor spaces that include a wrap-around deck, barbecue area and “magnificent” swimming pool.

There is a unit attached to the brick double

garage, which was originally approved as a home office/workshop/studio/hobby-room and has potential for dual occupancy or habitable suite.

The block is 1172 sqm.

Address; 48 Cockle Street, O’Connor.

Price: $750,000+.

Inspection: Saturday, April 18, 11am-11.45am.

Agent: Aniko Carey, Richard Luton Properties Dickson, 0429 487939 or 6230 0005.

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Owners Are Heading North!

A wonderful opportunity to secure an established four bedroom ensuite family home with double garage, and a highly desirable single level oor plan offering formal lounge, dining and family room, and segregated master bedroom.

The kitchen and family room overlook a secure backyard providing a safe and private play area. Pleasant rural vistas from the heights of Jerrabomberra combined with high vaulted ceilings that allow natural light to ow through the home, are sure to entice. Ducted gas heating and reverse cycle air conditioning provide year-round comfort. Central position close to local shops and with easy access through North Terrace to Queanbeyan and Canberra.

Address: 9 Pepper Place, Jerrabomberra Inspect: Saturday 18th of April 9.30am - 10am Auction: Saturday, 18th of April at 10.00am, on site Contact: Will Hampson of LJ Hooker Tuggeranong on 0410 689 729

The owners are moving to pursue a business venture and require a genuine sale on their much-loved family home, so move quickly to inspect. UCV $300,000.

Lifestyle, Location and Luxury One of the most desirable offerings within O’Connor is now available. This custombuilt home was the winner of the 2008 ACT Master Builders Excellence In Building Awards.

The design is practical, livable and superbly nished. The open spaces promote sustainable living, whilst privacy is established with strategically positioned windows and doors.

The formal lounge and dining areas make a striking rst impression and ow through to the main living area with high vaulted ceilings, sleek contemporary kitchen handy to the meals area and opening out through glass doors to the outdoor entertaining area. The rumpus could act as a secondary living room for the three secondary bedrooms.

Address: 39 Boronia Drive, O’Connor Inspect: Saturday 18th of April 3:15 - 4pm, Wednesday 22nd of April 6:30 - 7:15pm Auction: Saturday, 9th of May at 11.00am, on site Contact: Will Hampson of LJ Hooker Tuggeranong on 0410 689 729

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The upstairs master suite with private balcony, walk in robe, ensuite and study, overlooks tennis courts and parkland. Triple lock up garage, side access for a boat or trailer, and room for a pool. EER 4.

Will Hampson LJ Hooker Tuggeranong

Mob. 0410 689 729 Ph. 6293 7335 E. whampson.tuggeranong@ljh.com.au • Licensed Real Estate Agent in ACT and NSW since 1998 • Licensed Auctioneer in ACT and NSW • Winner of LJ Hooker’s Best Business Growth Award for ACT and NSW in 2008 • Silver Medalist - recognizing the top 2% of LJ Hooker sales agents internationally

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Your Very Own Display Home You can rely on the highest quality construction and nishings when you purchase a display home. This contemporary four bedroom ensuite home is the pick of the crop. With segregated master bedroom boasting walk in robe and spacious ensuite with his and hers vanity, the home offers privacy for the grown-ups, while the teenager’s retreat adjacent to the three bedrooms upstairs gives the kids a place to relax - when they’re not watching movies in their very own home theatre room!

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Stunning New Residence Of Grand Proportions Breathtaking views across Jerrabomberra Park, the lake and through to Canberra are some of the many exceptional attributes of this massive contemporary home. Situated in a prestigious elevated location on the high side of the street is this home of approximately 470.5 m2 on a block of 1,172 m2. The home consists of ve bedrooms, three bathrooms, a rumpus with bar and is a standout property.

The quality of nish and inclusions is of the highest standard and this home is one that is sure to impress on inspection as it is a builders own home and the attention to detail and building has been completed with style.

Address: 20 Woodhill Link, Jerrabomberra Inspect: Wednesday 22nd of April 12.00 - 12.45pm Price: $920,000 Contact: Will Hampson of LJ Hooker Tuggeranong on 0410 689 729

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A wonderful opportunity to reside in this prime location and with a home of this calibre you are sure to be the envy of others. Entertaining family and friends will be easy with so much size and space on offer.

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developers - opportunity knocks One of the few commercial/residential blocks left with the potential to be economically developed (subject to council approval). On a large 1897m2 (approx) block in the centre of the village, only 25 minutes out from Canberra on the main coastal route. This 2 bedroom cottage with modern kitchen & bathroom is a great opportunity for first home buyers to live in now and invest in the future. Rare offering.

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Superbly presented single level 4 bedroom home set on a level block backing parkland. Offering

Stylish spacious & saturated with an abundance of natural light, this executive home is set on a 1075 m2

formal & informal living areas, sun drenched family room & rumpus room. Features gourmet

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A large double garage provides the car accommodation plus additional off street parking for work

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Heart of Forrest, an exquisite Terry Ring designed town residence. Formal lounge and dining room, 3 bedrooms and study, media room & 3 MMM designed bathrooms. Gourmet kitchen with enviable storage, bi-fold timber doors that bring the outdoor entertainment area indoors. Family room with floor to wall north facing windows & gas fireplace.

Magnificent master bedroom suite with huge dressing room & stunning ensuite. Sunny balcony with views to Parliament House. Secure 4 car garage, cellar & storage. A lift takes you to the basement or upper floor & a huge garage with automated turntable. Level stroll to Manuka. EER 5 Auction on site 11am Saturday 18th April

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• Two Dining rooms licensed for a total of 46 • One of only two restaurants in Braidwood with this type of liquor license • Magnicent antique bar • 3 bedroom residence • Dormer bedrooms with attic windows • Open replaces with cedar mantelpieces • Glazed windows • Lovely rear courtyard

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Elmslea Home + Land Packages

Chelsea 24

19 squares living

• Land size: over 1,200m2 • 4 bedrooms + ensuite • Floor coverings included • Driveways & Fencing incl.

Sirocco 7

22.5 Squares Living

• Land size: over 1,200m2 • 4 beds + ensuite • Reverse cycle air cond.

• Large ‘great’ room

$451,300

• Reverse cycle air cond.

• Choose your own colours • Dbl garage + int access • Optional alfresco area

$465,200

• Dbl garage + int access • Floor coverings incl.

• Driveway & Fencing incl.

• Rumpus room

Allenby

12.5 Squares Living

• Land size: 1,260m2 • 3 bedrooms + 2 way bath • Dirveway & Fencing incl.

• Floor coverings included

Accent

21 Squares Living

• 4 bedrooms + ensuite • Bonus ‘common’ room • Dbl garage + int access • Rumpus & family room

$424,250

• Choose your own colours • Single lock-up gar + int access • Reverse cycle air cond.

• Large open plan living area

$496,500

• Reverse cycle air cond.

• Modern Knebel kitchen • Quality floor coverings • Driveway & Fencing incl.

Attention: 1st Homebuyers are eligible for $24,000 government grant + another $6,000 developers discount.

Royalla Home + Land Packages

Chelsea 24

19 squares living

• Land size: 6.5 acres • 4 bedrooms + ensuite • Open plan living • Floor coverings included

$678,300

• Reverse cycle air cond.

• Dbl garage + int access • Optional alfresco area • Choose your own colours

Sirocco 7

22.5 Squares Living

• Land size: over 6 acres • 4 beds + ensuite • Reverse cycle air cond.

• Large ‘great’ room

$696,500

• Dbl garage + int access • Floor coverings incl.

• Rumpus room • A great family home

Heritage Estate 24.6 Squares Living $724,700

Chisolm Lodge 30 Squares Living $761,300

• Land size: 6.4 acres • 4 bedrooms + ensuite • Huge master bedroom • Dbl garage + int access

• Land size: 6.5 acres • 4 bedrooms + ensuite • Huge master bedroom • Dbl garage + workshop

• Rumpus & family room • Reverse cycle air cond.

• Quality floor coverings • Attractive rural home

• Rumpus & conservatory • Reverse cycle air cond.

• Modern Knebel kitchen • Quality floor coverings

All Royalla packages include a $20,000 allowance for water tank & septic system.

All packages are subject to site costs.

• Freehold Land — NO time limit to build and NO Government housing • 15mins to Queanbeyan, 20minutes to Fyshwick, 30minutes to the City centre • Close to shops, child care centre, schools, local cafes, restaurants, wineries & antique stores • Either choose from our great range of 3, 4 or 5 bedroom Home + Land packages or choose your own builder

All packages are subject to site costs.

50% • FREEHOLD LAND — No time limit to build and NO community title already • Final Stage Now Selling! — Only 38 blocks ranging from 5 to 30 acres sold • Only 10 minutes to Calwell, 15 minutes to the Tuggeranong Town Centre, 30 minutes to the City • Either choose from our great range of 3,4 or 5 bedroom Home + Land packages or choose your own builder • Fully sealed roads, fully fenced, underground electricity, bus services, water bore or dam & ADSL2 Broadband

Visit Elmslea Estate Sunday only 12pm — 4pm Cnr McCusker & McMahon Dr, Bungendore

Call today to arrange your personal on-site inspection or email royallaestate@bigpond.com

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ISABELLA PLAINS

NEW LISTING

$555 000 - $595 000

So Much Space – So many choices!!

You will be amazed at the amount of space on offer in this fabulous family home. It has 4 bedrooms, ensuite, huge parents retreat or work from home office, separate dining room currently used as a clinic, separate lounge & family rooms, huge rumpus/sunroom with a servery from the kitchen. Sliding doors lead you out from the sunroom to a beautifully landscaped rear yard with a sale covered, solar heated inground pool. Beside the brick double garage you will also find double gates leading to a secure area great for extra parking for caravan, trailer & cars. EER 3

CONDER

NEW TO MARKET

Quality Free-Standing Townhouse with Beautiful Views

Kate Williams 0408 186 532 $390 000 - $430 000

A Great Place to Invest Your First Home Owner’s Grant.

With time possibly running out for first time buyers and the number of suitable homes reducing as more time passes, this 3 bedroom home could be just what the doctor ordered. In a quiet, kid-friendly crescent, within easy access of primary (state and church) and high schools, the Hyperdome, Plaza and associated government offices, this home offers ducted gas heating, garage, carport and a back yard made for entertaining with magnificent shade trees. So, if you want your weekends back, rather than looking at more houses, see this one now.

EER 1.5

BANKS

$459 000

What a Fabulous Spot to Call Home!!

This is a perfectly presented 4 bedroom ensuite family home with spacious separate living areas including a formal lounge, separate dining room & plenty of space for a meals area as well as couches & a TV in the family room. With ample storage space, including a pantry & plenty of food preparation space including a breakfast bar, the kitchen is equipped with gas appliances & a dishwasher. Ducted cooling, gas heating, double garage with internal access, rear roller door & glass sliding doors, covered pergola, private secure easy care gardens & much more!!

EER 4

Andrew York 0418 624 411 GORDON

Betty 0408 166 833 $659 000

Quality & Style in a Spacious Family Home!!

If you are looking for a fabulous, spacious family home with quality inclusions throughout, you cannot go past this 4 bedroom,ensuite family home which also has the convenience of a rumpus room & powder room together with a laundry with a built in sewing room with work benches & storage space. 230sqm ( approx 25square) of living plus a remote controlled double garage with internal access all set on a 1078sqm block in a quiet culdesac in the sought after suburb of Gordon Stage One. EER 4

BONYTHON

$449 000

Fabulous Home with A Great Deckl!!

CHISHOLM

$390 000 - $430 000

‘Mews’ Aren’t Just Kitten Sounds.

They’re also small, select developments of stylish, spacious, upmarket town houses – possibly just like this one. This generously proportioned 2 storey home offers a sunny kitchen and meals area, formal lounge, powder room, internal access to the double garage, MASSIVE main bedroom with ensuite, walk-in robe and north facing, covered terrace, spa and 2 secondary bedrooms. As the end unit of a development of only 5, it has more yard space than might have been expected and is within very easy access of the Hyperdome and surrounding government offices. EER 4

Betty Wark 0408 166 833 BANKS

$390 000 - $440 000

Free-standing from the others, located in a small complex, is this 123sqm (approx) 3 bedroom, ensuite townhouse. All bedrooms have mirror sliding door built-in robes & the main bedroom is segregated for your privacy. A functional kitchen with gas cook-top & a dishwasher looks out over the backyard & valley. The spacious open plan living can be warmed by the ducted gas heating when the cooler days set in. A double garage with internal access means no more running to the car when the frost returns & a rear deck is great for admiring the beautiful views of the valley. EER 4

Betty Wark 0408 166 833 WANNIASSA

NEW TO MARKET

Andrew York 0418 624 411 $640 000

When quality means everything

Fantastic 4 bedroom ensuite family home with gas heating & cooking. 2 x RCAC. Sep lounge, dining & family rooms plus a large covered rear deck leading to a private, secure rear yard & a full length covered front verandah. Double car accom & storage add to the appeal.EER 4

This is a spectacular home with quality living and entertaining areas. Large formal lounge & dining with solid hardwood floors, huge kitchen, great family room, purpose built office, 5 bedrooms, ensuite, dramatic pergola covered deck, landscaped grounds, 4 car garage.

EER 1

Betty Wark 0408 166 833

Paula Guy 0418 285 737

BONYTHON

$499 000

185 sqm – 20 Square of Living!! * Excellent location – Walk to the Hyperdome. * 4 Brms, ensuite, WIR, Sep Formal & Informal areas. * Even 3 toilets, 2 courtyards, inslab heating & RCAC. * Double Garage with internal access & Remotes * No Body Corp Fees–Just easy care living!! EER 4

Betty Wark 0408 166 833

CLEAR RANGE

$380 000 - $420 000

Rare River Frontage Land

Freehold elevated land with Murrumbidgee River frontage, 18ha (44 acres) not far from from Lanyon.

Approved building envelope with several house sites all with river views in unspoiled native forest, all this and the privacy of country life just a short drive from the ACT. Build your dream home!!

Wayne Kennedy 0414 622 926

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