Canberra CityNews July 2-8, 2009

July 2-8, 2009

All about Canberra

ROBERT MACKLIN

WHY WE HATE TO LOVE GORDON RAMSAY

MICHAEL MOORE

HOW MUD TURNED INTO HUMBLE PIE

TALENTED! YOUNG MIKAELA’s GIFT OF THE GARB

DOUGAL MACDONALD

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Mikaela’s sew talented!

MEGAN HAGGAN talks to an astonishing young woman with the gift of the garb.

YEAR 12 student Mikaela Hiew has turned her dining room at home into a chaotic creative centre for her upcoming fashion show, “Muse ‘09”, which will showcase 100 original designs inspired by styles past.

But it’s not part of her studies.

Undaunted by the pressures of Year 12, the 17-year-old is raising funds for the Australian Cancer Research Foundation while exploring her creativity and honouring the memory of her maternal grandmother, Marie, who taught her the basics of sewing.

“It’s on top of my Year 12 work, which surprises a lot of people,” Mikaela told “CityNews”.

“My grandmother passed away in November 2007 from pancreatic cancer, which was very aggressive.

It happened quite quickly.

“She was a great sewer, and taught me how to sew seams and buttons. When I was about eight, I informed her that we would make a dress for my mother’s birthday – that’s my earliest memory of us sewing together, but I didn’t sew on my own for a while.

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FRONT COVER: Dedicated follower of fashion Mikaela Hiew, story this page, photo by Silas.

Budding fashionista Mikaela Hiew… “I’m fascinated with the idea of expressing yourself through clothes.”

Photo by Silas.

“When I was about 12, I suddenly got really interested – I think perhaps the sewing machine got left out and I just attacked it!”

Building on the foundation her grandmother had given her, Mikaela soon taught herself to perform more complex operations such as hand-beading and pleating. She hopes to study fashion at TAFE in Sydney in the future.

In the meantime, she’s putting together her first major show sin-

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gle-handed, creating a wide range of garments for the parade.

“The garments are inspired by the decades my grandmother lived in, so they’re from the 1930s to now,” she says.

“The ‘50s have been a big inspiration for me, as that’s when my grandmother was married.

“I have three wedding dresses in my ‘50s section, and one’s my standout piece, made from vintage fabric and with hand-sewn pleats.”

There’s also a Bollywood dress with origami squares hand-sewn on to Vietnamese silk, and several more avant-garde couture pieces which Mikaela describes as “dramatic and even wacky”.

Mikaela has mum Annette’s full support, despite the state of the dining room.

“I have clothes racks all along one side, mannequins down the other and on the table there’s the sewing machine, overlocker and material everywhere!” says Mikaela.

“I’m fascinated with the idea of expressing yourself through clothes, and that if you change a garment’s cut by only a couple of millimetres, it becomes completely different.

“Creating clothes has become something I really, really love, and never get tired of – it’s something I’ll be doing for the rest of my life. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stop.”

Mikaela’s show, “Muse ‘09”, is sponsored by the Southern Cross Club, Woden, and will be held at 7pm, Friday, July 31. Tickets are available from Canberra Cancerians on 6230 5999 or from Annette on 0417 236959. All proceeds will be donated to the Australian Cancer Research Foundation.

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Lachlan kicks a goal POLITICAL reporter Lachlan Kennedy (pictured) says he’s excited to be taking over from Phil Small as the full time sports presenter for WIN News. “Politics is sport as well – so it’s a natural fit!” Kennedy said. He will continue to report on ACT politics. Lachlan joined the Canberra WIN newsroom last June.

Software winners

A software program that tracks the total impact of everyday items on the environment has led to three University of Canberra IT students to win the 2009 Microsoft Imagine Cup. Xharmagne Carandang, James Thompson and Donovan Ryan will represent Australia at the international finals in Egypt later this year.

The university has won the Imagine Cup three out of the past four years.

Upgrading plantation

The NCA has begun upgrading at the York Park Oak Plantation, located at the corner of Kings Avenue and State Circle. Its first oak was planted by the Duke of York the day after the provisional Parliament House was opened in 1927. Low-height perimeter walls, paths and associated landscape works will be built to protect the heritage-listed plantation.

New Calvary CEO

RAY Dennis, new CEO of Calvary Public Hospital, has previously worked in public health in NSW and Queensland. He has experience in the area of clinical service redesign and operational management of hospitals and health services.

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The Gadfly

Hating to love Gordon MY wife Wendy – whose opinions on such matters I accept unreservedly – reckons he’s “an ugly coot”. Certainly, he has a personality to match. Yet the egregious Gordon Ramsay commands a massive television audience and thousands flock to his live performances. So, how is it so?

Partly, of course, it’s the very fact that his initial television program had a clever formula.

A restaurant is in trouble; white knight Gordon arrives and puts everything right. His cursing, if a little shocking, was acceptable because it flowed from righteous indignation and was effective in changing the attitudes of the recalcitrant ding-a-lings who were running their businesses into the ground.

But then came “Hell’s Kitchen” which quickly descended into an exercise in serial humiliation for the dummkopfs whose ambition to be chefs (or rich) like Gordon exceeded their puny reach.

In fact, at our place it became one of those programs that bring a heartfelt thrill to hit the off button on the remote. (Perhaps it’s a sign of age, but I’m finding more of them each year, beginning with any that contains Jennifer Byrne).

But I digress. What is fascinating about Ramsay’s success is that it comes despite himself and the recent kerfuffle with Tracy Grimshaw simply underlines the dichotomy. We forgive the horrible cook because we love cooking food. However, I didn’t realise just how deeply ingrained this connection is until I came upon “Catching Fire: How cooking made us human”, by the zoologist Richard Wrangham recently reviewed in “New Scientist”. It turns out that it’s practically built into our DNA. According to Dr Wrangham it is cooking that provided the fork in the road to Homo sapiens

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By Robert Macklin from our primitive ancestry. It seems that Homo erectus conquered fire about 800,000 years ago and this dramatically changed our potential.

Raw meat had been difficult to digest; cooking helped break food down so that we used much less energy eating and digesting it; this meant we had more left over for hunting. Cooking also allowed us to absorb more energy from food by breaking down indigestible carbohydrates such as cellulose into more digestible pieces.

So our appreciation of cooks goes very deep indeed… right to the heart of motherhood, perhaps. Not surprising then that the Gordon Ramsays of the world are able to cash in on it.

No wonder we let them get away with all sorts of unpleasantness. It’s only when they show that they’re simply using cooking for self-aggrandisement that we retaliate; and then, well, hold on to your hat.

On the flip side, there’s a group that do deserve our appreciation – Jamie Oliver, Maggie Beer and their ilk – who put their skills to some social use. Indeed, in California there’s a group of top chefs who volunteer their services at soup kitchens, turning cheap tucker into tasty fare.

Wouldn’t it be great if some of our own masters of the gas range took time out to spread their expertise among those who need it most in the far flung suburbs and among the ACT’s rural poor. It would certainly make a nice change from cluttering up the bookshelves with food porn.

Any volunteers? robert@robertmacklin.com

Wasting time

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FEDERAL Parliament has wasted some 36 hours on a forged email and the alleged preferential treatment afforded

by Treasurer Wayne Swan to the Queensland car dealer John Grant at the behest of the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and/or his office.

As I understand, there has been no crime committed by the Prime Minister or Treasurer and they are free to talk to each other regularly without emails or intermediaries. Malcolm Turnbull has naively relied too heavily on emails and intermediaries in his latest attempt to discredit Rudd and Swan.

John Keen, Page

Impact ahead NATIONAL accounts figures usually don’t attract much attention, but the triumphalism of Rudd seems pretty overdone considering the cost of the Rudd retail surge has been high and so will the debt that will trail off for years to come. The one positive figure of GDP growth exists in a sea of negative figures. Sure, the March quarter showed huge rural exports (it usually does), but vehicle and household equipment were down as was the wholesale trade sector, along with most sectors, average earnings and the number of wage and salary

earners. The one sector that really bucked the trend was the 1.3 per cent (of GDP) positive contribution of the “statistical discrepancy”, which is hardly comforting, as most of the real impact of the recession will be expected in 2009-10.

M. Gordon, Flynn

Serious stuff

THIS is serious. I have just received an e-mail from a senior public servant that says: “The Federal Government, supported by the Opposition, has decided to lay pipelines from the Kimberley and North Queensland to Southern Queensland, NSW and Victoria without delay.” Then I woke up.

Harold Grant, Campbell

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How Malcolm turned mud into humble pie WHEN you throw mud it sticks to your hands.

Sometimes people get dirty up to the armpits. So it was for Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull when he took on Kevin Rudd over the “Ute-gate affair”.

No doubt Turnbull saw the opportunity, had a rush of blood to the head and took the opportunity to be seen as a decisive leader. Oops! It is not a mistake that would have been made by his predecessor Brendan Nelson. It is rare for political leaders to be the one to throw the mud, which is why most keep a pack of political Rottweilers.

It seems that Malcolm’s personal antipathy for Kevin Rudd may have spurred his enthusiasm.

Why did he not pass the email and the whole is-

By Michael Moore sue to Liberal colleague Tony Abbott?

The trouble for Malcolm Turnbull is that his opponents have been spreading doubts about his lack of good judgement and now these very doubts have been reinforced. None of this was helped by the email being a fake – something that he could not have been expected to realise.

However, before throwing mud at this level and intensity, most would check that there was more than one source.

There is a second issue for Turnbull in this quagmire. The naivety in the way he approached this issue reflects his lack of practice at opposition politics. The opportunity was there to build a dossier of concern by sowing the seeds of doubt and sustaining a long-term campaign against both the Prime Minister and the Treasurer. The sitting period provided the opportunity for other members of the Opposition to raise questions about “looking after your mates”. For the longterm approach, the Senate hearings were used well by Liberal Senator Eric Abetz as questions were raised, smoke created and the spectre of the likelihood of something untoward was thrust into the limelight.

Tony Abbott has been there at his leader’s side, courageously attempting to shift the mudslinging across to Treasurer Wayne Swan. The impression is that had the strategy been handed over to Abbott there would have been a carefully orchestrated approach with a back-up strategy.

If the Prime Minister was not to be caught up in it, at least they would have a good chance of sullying the reputation of Swan.

By taking the issue on himself and launching so directly at the Prime Minister, Turnbull made this a battle primarily about personality politics.

It is a shame; there are questions that should be answered and issues of accountability that need to be examined.

Vicki claims victory LIBERAL Arts shadow Vicki Dunne is claiming a victory for arts organisations after the Assembly’s select committee on estimates recommended that Arts ACT review its policy regarding structures for arts organisations.

The policy precludes anyone who receives remuneration from an organisation from membership of its board.

“The Government’s decision has caused considerable disruption and uncertainty among Canberra’s creative organisations,” Mrs Dunne said.

“The Government believed

they would get away with a new policy, quietly slipped into the system, explaining that they had consulted with the arts organisations, but really the consultation amounted to telling the organisations of the Government’s new policy.”

Many community organisations rely on their active members, who may from time to time be renumerated in some way for their services, to act as board members. Arts ACT had argued that the new rule was to minimise conflicts of interest.

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Angie gets a good feeling

Feeding into the future

By Catherine Carter

MEGAN HAGGAN gets in touch with Angie Clairvoyant, who says these days people are asking her if their jobs are going to be safe.

NOT every psychic would feel comfortable starting a new job just across the road from a cemetery, but Angie Clairvoyant says she has a good feeling about her new “Cosmic Conversations” show on 1053 2CA Canberra.

“When I went to 2CA to have a look around, I saw straight away that we’re opposite a cemetery – so there should be a lot of spiritual energy out there!” Angie says.

“I thought, ‘this is going to be fun!’”

Angie has just begun her partnership with morning personality Larry Appley to present an hour of “Cosmic Conversations“ on Wednesday mornings, from 11am to midday. Previously it was broadcast as an evening program on another station.

“My co-host, Larry, isn’t entirely sure if he’s into this spiritual stuff, but my last co-host started off like that, too,” says Angie.

“He saw too many things to stay completely sceptical – like when we were talking about his grandfather, and the lights began to flicker.”

Angie specialises in reading photographs, but says her gift still works well over the radio.

“I hear as well as see the answers to questions, though I do often close my eyes when I’m speaking to somebody on the phone – which can be quite interesting when my co-host is trying to motion to me that we’re going to a break!

“I talk to people from all different walks of life: Some want direction in their love lives, and want to know if they’re going to meet their soul mate.

“A lot of people want to know if their Government job is secure at the moment. Work and career are always frequent questions, but more so at the moment.

Angie Clairvoyant… “I hear as well as see the answers to questions, though I do often close my eyes when I’m speaking to somebody on the phone.”

Photo by Silas.

“I believe a clairvoyant is someone who gives spiritual guidance and direction to others – a lot of people are seeking comfort or reassurance, and some guidance, or maybe a message from a loved one who has crossed over, can do that.”

Although she says she had some childhood experiences with clairvoyance, it wasn’t until Angie had a near-death experience in 1983 that she began to understand her gift.

Anaesthetic administered for a routine operation caused her to have three heart attacks – “I was that one in a million who has a

reaction to it, I guess,” she says.

“Eventually I went back to work, developing photographs.

People came in to pick them up and I’d be doing readings from them.

“I wasn’t really aware that I was doing it and assumed it was fairly normal, but people were amazed at what I said, and came back to tell me how accurate I was. One day a friend said I should start doing readings professionally.

“I have a good feeling about the new job – and I’m excited that it’s a daytime show! – and about reaching out and helping people.”

CANBERRA’S homes produce the highest emissions in the country, according to the ACT Government’s most recent “State of the Environment Report”.

It says Canberra’s residential electricity consumption is, at 8.7 MWh, is higher than the national average and second only to Tasmania (which, because of its hydroelectricity, actually produces less greenhouse gas per capita).

We have started to increase our use of green power but, overall, renewable energy still remains at less than two per cent of the ACT’s total electricity use.

The ACT Government has introduced a feed-in tariff scheme designed to reward households, schools and businesses that install renewable energy generation technology in the form of a premium price for electricity generated by methods such as solar collection, wind power, geothermal or bio-generation. This tariff is the most generous in Australia.

Stage one, which started in March, is aimed at householders and small businesses, and stage two is expected to start this month and will include larger commercial properties.

The system is complex and the Property Council has organised a feed-in tariff forum to explain how it will work at the Barton offices of Minter Ellison Lawyers on July 15. Government representatives and private industry experts in environmental sustainability will give presentations about the process and contracts involved, approvals, technology and systems available, feasibility and pay back.

Registration via the Property Council is essential.

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More for our Melissa

By Helen Musa

WHEN former Lake Ginninderra College student Melissa Georgiou enrolled in the year-long Open Program at the National Institute of Dramatic Art last year, she got more than she bargained for.

For one thing, there was a lot of hard work, involving weekly trips down to Sydney and heavy-duty studies of accents, movement, voice and all the other things that go up to make a performer. For another, one of her tutors introduced her to a role in John Patrick Shanley’s play “Women in Manhattan”.

"He said, I’d be fantastic for the part,” Georgiou told me as she prepared to produce, direct and star in the play she sees as Australia's answer to “Sex and the City”.

Billed as a one-act play about three Aussie women making it in New York, “Women in Manhattan” was written in 1986 by American playwright Shanley, better known for the script of the film “Doubt” starring Meryl Streep. “Women” was described by a critic in 1999 as "universal without being timeless”, but nonetheless Georgiou and

and the City” love one another.

Shanley’s play revolves around the lives of three women who are living in Manhattan and whose emotional lives are a mess.

But their situations change for the better.

Georgiou has done a few commercials and played in G-String Productions show "Rent" in 2005. These days an entrepreneurial streak is coming out in her, and she tells me “I love making Canberra work for me". She gets to play the part of Judy, who, like Carrie in “Sex and the City,” loves clothes and shoes, but who has other strings to her bow. She starts off as a cynic, but grows. “She's tough, but transformed into a soft woman”. The other characters are Billie, “a 30-year-old very dramatic person” played by Melissa Twidale, RhondaLouise, played by Nicole Nesbitt-Allen. And there are two blokes, too.

“This is a one-act play that runs for 120 minutes with no interval,” she says, “but it's different… each scene is an insight into each girl’s life.”

Melissa Georgiou… “I love making Canberra work for me". her team have adapted the characters to “Women of Manhattan”, Canberra become Australian, who, like the girls in “Sex Theatre’s Courtyard Studio, July 8-12.

Eye-opening look at convict women

By Helen Musa ONE of the favourite myths of Australian history is that the women of early Australia were either damned whores or God's police.

This exhibition puts paid to that idea through a fascinating set of stories represented visually by photographs, convict shirt remnants, letters, bookmarks and a christening gown, as well as by paintings by colonial artists Augustus Earle and John Skinner Prout.

The focus is on a selection from the 9000 to 10,000 convict women transported to Australia who were forced to work in convict female factories – as dairymaids, housemates, handloom weavers, fishing net makers, seamstresses and even teachers.

The chief theme developed by curator A watercolour miniature on ivory, by an Gay Hendriksen, from the Parramatta unknown artist, of Sarah Lawson, who was Heritage Centre, is that these women had tried in the Essex assizes in 1814 and sen- an identity, that most survived the harsh tenced to transportation for seven years. circumstances and went on to become She later married explorer and pastoralist mothers, pioneers, businesswomen William Lawson. (State Library of NSW) and farmers who helped to define the

EXHIBITION

"Women Transported – Life in Australia's Convict Female Factories" At the National Archives until July 19.

Reviewed by Helen Musa Australian character. Hendriksen has summarised them as "mothers of the nation."

While this is an eye-opening exhibition, it grapples with the familiar problem for the National Archives of how to tell stories and histories in a visual way.

Undoubtedly, the stories themselves are more fascinating than the convict shirt remnants. The solution has been to select a number of key survivors and to match blown-up photos of them with stories in large print.

"Women Transported" succeeds in making the point that the much-maligned Australian convict women were not lazy, illiterate or genetically flawed, but were pretty much like you and me, in different circumstances.

A cutdown version of this exhibition will tour nationally after leaving Canberra.

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Up close to Coco “Coco Avant Chanel” (pg) ANNE Fontaine’s biopic of the woman whose designs replaced the decorative excesses and physical discomforts of early 20th century fashion with style, expressing her view that women should dress for themselves not for their men’s pleasure, covers her life from leaving an orphanage in 1901 aged 18 until the first showing of her designs.

The progress of Coco’s life engages our compassion and admiration from the moment we see her and her sister working as seamstresses by day and singing by night before sleeping top to tail in one bed in a tattered apartment.

Millionaire playboy Balsan (Benoit Poelvoorde) found her in a pub singing the music hall song from which he conferred the nickname on her.

While his mistress, she began designing hats as a hobby. At 30, she went independent in Paris designing rainwear. About this time, she met with Balsan’s friend Arthur “Boy” Capel (Allessandro Nivola) who became her great love until his death in 1919.

From those three characters, Fontaine has fashioned a romantic drama offering substance without pressure. The staging is splendid in a sense less of opulence (although the action unfolds among the ennui of those with more money than they know what to do with) than of uncritical nostalgia for an age that World War I swept away. The cinematography is never less than admirable, particularly two breathtaking motionless zoom shots to make any photographer envious.

Audrey Tautou’s portrayal of Coco is pure delight, full of determination and sensitivity,

CINEMA

By Dougal Macdonald suppressing vulnerability in the face of calamity, passionate about Boy, grateful for Balsan’s support, a performance satisfying high expectations.

At Dendy and Greater Union

“Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen” (m) BUILT from violence and destruction wrapped around an armature of comedy, its enthusiastic cynicism hanging right out, especially in depicting Uncle Sam’s military toys and military doctrine, the silly premise of the Transformers oeuvre demands, and here gets, silly treatment.

Robots from another universe have an ability to morph from mechanical monsters into recognisable 21st century objects and back.

Relatively benign-looking good guys and really ugly bad guys, capable of human emotions, resembling something a frenetic sculptor might create from machinery parts from a wrecker’s yard, they have been on earth for about 17,000 years without our having been aware of them.

Bot-savvy Sam (Shia LaBeouf) gets called to battle against the bad monsters. It’s a tedious task until he locates Agent Simmons (John Turturro) who brings much-needed performance values.

The film expends about 80 of its 150 minutes on mechanised madness. This gets boring quite quickly.

At all Canberra cinemas!

Stanhope says no to Nolan call ARTS IN THE CITY

By Jorian Gardner ARTS Minister Jon Stanhope has rejected a recommendation by the Budget estimates committee that he reconsider the Government’s position on the future of the Nolan Gallery. A 2004 study had recommended that the collection be retained at Lanyon at an expanded Nolan Gallery, combined with a visitor/orientation centre. Mr Stanhope says the recommended approach does not resolve issues of access, physical security and opportunities for interpretation of the collection.

QUANTUM Leap youth dance ensemble has teamed with choreographers Brian Lucas (Queensland), Liz Lea (London), Marko Panzic (“So You Think You Can Dance”) and Reed Luplau (Sydney Dance Company) with artistic director Ruth Osborne, to develop a new, two-act, dance work called “Select Option” which will play July 29-August 1 at the Playhouse. More info from Canberra Ticketing on 6275 2700.

FULLY restored by the National Film and Sound Archive, the Australian cinematic classic “Wake in Fright” (1971), which was screened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, will have an exclusive Canberra season in the Arc Cinema from July 2-12. Based on Kenneth Cook's novel, it stars Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty and a young Jack Thompson.

FORMER Icehouse bassist Guy Pratt takes his audience through hilarious stories of his fascinating 28-year career as a professional bass player in the stage show “Breakfast of Idiots”. It’s the sequel to his earlier show and book “My Bass and Other Animals”.

“Breakfast of Idiots” plays for one-night at the Playhouse on July 23.

JULY 25 sees comedian Peter Berner, known to many as host of the “Einstein Factor” on ABC TV, hit the Canberra Theatre with his new show “Binge Thinking”. Over 20 years Berner has developed a reputation as one of the sharpest and original standup comics in Australia. More info from Canberra Ticketing on 6275 2700.

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Bling for mums WANTING to look good, but frustrated with jewellery that fell apart or leaked dye when handled by her toddler children, Canberran Kylie Watson decided to create her own baby-resistant necklaces and bracelets.

“The first time I took my three-year-old, Lakeisha, on a plane, I thought maybe a necklace would double as something to keep her amused,” Kylie told “CityNews”.

“It was durable enough, but she sucked the wooden beads and got the red dye all over her mouth, and it wouldn’t wipe off. I thought: ‘Oh my God, I’ve poisoned my child!’”

Fortunately the dye was non-toxic, but when another accident sent beads from a broken necklace flying all over the road – “The postie came round the corner and skidded on them,” says Kylie – she decided that everyday costume jewellery wasn’t up to the job of withstanding a busy life with toddlers.

Child proof… a toddler puts Kylie’s jewellery to the test.

“I love jewellery, but I must have 10 or 12 broken necklaces at home, from the baby tugging on them.”

Breastfeeding babies in particular like to pull on shiny objects such as necklaces, so new mums often find it easier (and safer) to just stop wearing jewellery, she says.

“But it can get a bit depressing. You can feel a bit dowdy

when you’re breastfeeding as it is, so if you can put on something that makes you feel pretty, it helps.”

Kylie has given up her career as an executive public servant to create the La Bella range, which includes necklaces and bracelets made from semi-precious gemstone beads, wood, resin or kukui nuts.

Necklaces are adjustable to keep them out of breastfeeding babies’ reach, and all the jewellery is wipeable and designed to be durable as well as beautiful.

Mentored by lipstick guru Poppy King and with “help” from Lakeisha and one-yearold Keirabella, Kylie has just launched a winter range online and is hard at work on another collection for this summer.

She designs each piece herself and has them manufactured internationally.

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When left holding the baby ONE way or another, working parents rely on childcare, parents, grandparents, sometimes friends, maybe nannies, as they juggle work and family responsibilities – and most of the time everything goes okay.

But there are times when things just fall apart – your child might be banned from childcare under the three-bites-and-she’s-out rule, the nanny abandons you for a more relaxed and better-paid, public service job, or maybe grandma runs off to Europe with her dance instructor. Inevitably, working life and family collide and you’re left holding the baby.

This seems to have happened to Australian Greens Senator and working mother Sarah Hanson-Young recently in the “baby in the chamber incident”. Senator Hanson-Young took her two-year-old daughter into the Senate chamber during a vote. The Senate President promptly ordered the removal of the child from the floor of the chamber with the predictable result of a distressed child and stressed mum.

In today’s world, working parents are very

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much the norm – 62.8 per cent of households with children under 15 years have both parents employed and half of mothers with children under five are in the paid workforce. A growing number of employers have recognised the need for family friendly policies and arrangements.

However, some jobs just aren’t and being a pollie is high up on the list.

As a working mum, I reckon we need young mums (and older mums) in parliament. And what’s the problem with a mum, in an emergency, grabbing her bub and heading into the chamber? Maybe the Speaker and the President of the Senate ought to have the discretion to use commonsense about this. To me, parliament is about representing Australian people and working parents and their children represent a significant proportion of the population.

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It’s a big month for Bubs JULY is “mother and child month” at City Market Chemist in the Canberra Centre, says pharmacist and owner Cathy McLean.

“We’ll have lots of special offers for women as well as children and babies,” she says.

One promotion is the Organic Bubs Superfoods giveaway, which offers a free, full-size pack of Superfoods when

customers spend $10 or more on any products for children.

The product is based around the idea of nutritional “superfoods” such as blueberries, quinoa, pomegranate, fig and chia, and is allergy-friendly and certified kosher and halal.

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City Market Chemist has also introduced Glimmo, from Magic Light, a range of creature nightlights, each with their own personality.

Rose the Cat Glimmo, from From the cheerful Bebe the City Market Chemist.

Penguin to adventurous Richie the Squirrel and sweet Rose the bathroom, childcare or when Cat, the lights are rechargeable visiting relatives. and portable, which means For more information call children can bring them to the 6257 7998.

Watch your language

Heads up for kids

BY the time most children start receiving language lessons in school, their best chance of becoming bilingual is already behind them, says Judy Kuzma, director of the Chinese Australian Early Childhood Centre in Mawson.

Early childhood is when “language pathways” are laid down in the brain: because young children’s minds are so adaptable and they are already still learning their first language, a second comes more readily.

“An early start in another language, when children are very, very young, means that even though they may not continue studying it at school, the foundation work has been done,” Judy says.

“We follow all the requirements set out by the national framework and accreditation for early childhood centres, but on top of that we also offer the opportunity for children to pick up

YOUNG children need a foundation for learning and social development, says Sally Gibson, owner and founder of Kidstart Education and Activity Centres.

She says that Kidstart is unusual in that it’s not child care and it’s not playgroup: it’s a “structured learning environment” that also gives parents a chance to participate in activities.

“It’s just fun from the children’s perspective – we have arts and crafts activities, puzzles and lots of play equipment – but it’s structured fun, which parents look for,” Sally says.

There are three programs: parent/carer and child classes for under-threes, where parents participate in fun learning with their child; independent prepreschool classes, which aim to prepare children for preschool and formal schooling without parent involvement; and a program designed to complement those run by government preschools.

Kidstart is located in Nicholls and Wanniassa.

For more information call 6230 9191 (northside) and 0422 406622 (southside) or visit www.kidstart. com.au.

Teacher Boshu (Laura) with (from left) Felix, Angela, Lily, Eve, Poppy and Noah. another language.

“The majority of Australian children have just one language spoken at home, so we have a lot of parents come to us wanting their children to have that early opportunity.”

The bilingual centre communicates with children in English and Mandarin, providing not only a grounding in English for children with Mandarinspeaking parents, but also a Mandarin background for children whose parents speak only English.

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all about babies (and mums) An early peep at baby MANY mums-to-be go to their 18-to-20week diagnostic ultrasound hoping for a bonding experience with their child, but leave disappointed, says Jeanette Dyer, business manager and owner of Bundles Baby Ultrasound.

“They have an expectation that there’s lots of time to bond, but the reality is they’re not allowed to record the sessions,

and they’re likely to end up with only a couple of 2D photos or a 3D one from their obstetrician if they’re lucky,” Jeanette says.

Bundles Baby Ultrasound offers parentsto-be time with a qualified sonographer that’s specifically just to peek at baby.

“We’re not taking away from the medical ultrasound, which is still very important for diagnostic purposes,” Jeanette says.

“We’re providing an extra opportunity for parents to see baby on a big plasma

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and spend some time watching it yawn and wriggle about in real time.”

The service provides photographs, video and other keepsakes depending on the package chosen, and also allows other family members (such as grandparents) to take part.

It’s a great bonding experience for dads in particular, Jeanette says.

For more information call 6282 4321 or visit www.bundlesbaby.com.au.

Love and education

Style for boys LITTLE boys are often ignored by clothing designers, says Kylie-Ann Petroni, founder of Cackleberry Kids – so she set out to create her own miniature menswear.

“It was frustrating not being able to buy stylish, funky clothing for my little boy when he was born, and I didn’t want him to wear the same thing as everybody else – hence the birth of our label, Cackleberry Kids,” she says.

Cackleberry Kids began as an online retailer, and has just opened its first Australian concept store in Fyshwick. It caters for boys aged three months to six years.

Everything is designed and made in Australia, and Kylie-Ann says she spends a great deal of time researching fabrics, colours and trends in men’s fashion.

“We understand the importance of comfort along with easy care for mums, and feel confident in incorporating those factors

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“Little boys needed to be dressed well, too!” says KylieAnn Petroni. into a range that offers style and sophistication.”

Cackleberry is about to introduce an organic range for its spring/summer season.

For more information call 6239 2484 or visit www.cackleberrykids.com.

PROVIDING all nappies, morning and afternoon tea, sunscreen, formula and (at Barton and Bruce) hot lunches is an important part of The Little Nest’s service, says Marilyn Rowland, director of The Little Nest Barton, but it’s only part of fulfilling its concept of “love and education”.

Owned by Universal Childcare, which also runs The Little Lodge in Yarralumla and several centres in Sydney, The Little Nest child care centres are in Barton, Bruce and Kaleen.

“It’s a complete service, with long hours of 7.30am till 6pm, and all parents really need to bring is a change of clothes and a hat,” says Marilyn.

“We’ve started supplying formula and bottles, but we’re still absolutely supportive of any of the mums breastfeed-

ing on the premises – they can express or come in as often as they like.”

It’s part of The Little Nest’s “open door” policy, she says, which encourages parents (and grandparents) to come and spend time, or share lunch breaks, with their children.

The Barton centre is undergoing upgrading everything from its outdoor playground to its décor, puzzles and toys and, Marilyn says, it’s important that the children feel included.

“Across the three centres, we have qualified staff who really care and are passionate about the children, and there’s a strong educational focus – sometimes little kids are with us more waking hours than they are at home, so they have to count!” says Marilyn.

For more information call 6251 6565 or visit www. universalchildcare.com.au.

your week in the stars With Joanne Madeline Moore July 6-12 ARIES Mar 21 – Apr 20 Rams rush in where angels fear to tread – that’s you this week Aries!

With the Lunar Eclipse falling in your career zone, you’ll be amped up over some work problem and won’t rest until it’s fixed. Take your time – not everyone is in as much of a hurry as you. You’ll need the cooperation of others to get back on track again.

TAURUS (Apr 21 – May 20) Are you in the process of upsizing your lifestyle? With a bigger this, and a more expensive that? The Lunar Eclipse is stimulating your aspirations zone, so make sure you have the cold, hard cash to finance these super-sized dreams! In the current climate, small and sustainable is the sensible way to go.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 21) Issues involving your finances could surface over the coming week. If your money is tied up with someone else [either personally or professionally] then make sure you keep the lines of communication open. And don’t lend money to others without a formal written agreement.

CANCER (June 22 – July 22) This week’s Lunar Eclipse urges you to take the time to nurture your partner. Mr or Ms Cancer will be thrilled to be the recipient of some extra attention and TLC. Are you sick of being single? Have you been looking for love in all the obvious places? Perhaps it’s time to crawl out of your Crab cave and be a little more adventurous?

LEO (July 23 – Aug 22) Don’t barge in with guns blazing this week Leo – especially at work.

The Lunar Eclipse is urging you to focus on practical matters and finish details properly before you embark on new projects. Your quote for the week is from birthday great, Henry David Thoreau: “Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.”

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sept 22) Calling all Virgo parents – with the Lunar Eclipse stimulating your kids’ zone, be prepared for post-dinner hyperactivity and expect a few late nights. If you don’t have children, you may surprise yourself [and others] by just how childish you can be! Yes, even super sensible Virgos can have their moments of madness!

LIBRA (Sept 23 – Oct 23) It’s easy for tempers to fray and patience to wear thin around the time of the Full Moon. This week’s Lunar Eclipse falls in your home zone, so it’s not a good time to get the long lost relatives together or to bring up sensitive issues with fractious family members. Try meditating [alone in your room] instead!

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7 Which angle lies between 90 and 180 degrees?

8 Name a dressed salad of finely sliced white cabbage.

9 What is the more common name for the legendary twins, Castor and Pollux?

10 What is one of the supports of a stair rail?

11 Which grain preparation is eaten mainly as a breakfast food?

14 What do we call the plastic tubes used in drinking some beverages?

17 Which nightclubs provide alcoholic drinks, food, entertainment and the like?

18 The roof of the mouth is known as the what?

19 When something is cooked too much, it is said to be what?

20 Name a well-known yellow cagebird.

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Separated under the one roof When spouses separate, it is not always financially viable for them to live apart. Some continue ‘living together’. Here we talk about being ‘separated under the one roof’.

How is ‘being separated’ defined?

Under family law, spouses are separated if at least one party has formed the intention to separate, has acted on that intention and has communicated this to the other party. This is so even if the husband or wife misunderstands or ignores the communication.

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This phrase is used to describe a separated couple continuing to live in the one home.

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Your charm meter is stuck on high this week, as Venus boosts your charisma and people skills. You’ll be at your persuasive best as you charm the birds out of the trees and inspire others with your passion and enthusiasm. Use it to your advantage – but don’t abuse it. A little Sagittarian charm goes a long way!

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19) The Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn can bring out the best – and worst – in Goats. So what’s it going to be this week? Patient and responsible, with a wickedly dry sense of humour? Or overworked and super stressed, with a pessimistic approach to life? The choice is yours.

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Aquarians are masters of avoidance. The nutty professor or blonde bimbo routine usually fools no-one, as your intelligence is hard to hide.

Avoiding responsibilities won’t work this week. If you want to stay out of trouble, just do what you’re supposed to do – and keep your controversial opinions to yourself!

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2 Name another term for the epidermis.

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4 A pharmacist is also known as a what?

5 Which body of citizen soldiers can be called up in an emergency?

6 What are the sums of money offered for information leading to the capture of criminals?

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However, the Family Law Act makes it clear that couples may have separated even if they have continued to live under the same roof. In such a case, the person applying for a divorce must confirm that the couple has lived separately under the one roof.

Can we still finalise property and parenting matters?

Yes. You do not have to be divorced to do this— these matters can be dealt with after you separate.

However, it is important to remember that time limits apply for property settlements after divorce.

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$499,000

GORDON STAGE ONE

Embrace the LocaƟon & Lifestyle!!

Don’t Drive By–HEAPS bigger than it looks 185sqm (20 square) in Great LocaƟon 4 Bedrooms, ensuite, + sep Powder Rm Big Kitchen, Sep Living Areas, No Body Corp Fees!! EER 4

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BeƩy Wark 0408 166 833

CONDER

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$359,950

$344,000

Perfect from Front to Back!!

Separate Living Areas 2 Way Bathroom with Corner Spa All Bedrooms Segregated Single Garage with Internal Access Easy Care Rear Courtyard!! EER 3.5 BeƩy Wark 0408 166 833

$375,000 - $405,000

BONYTHON

$390,000 - $430,000

Ray White enters the Tuggeranong Valley The highly regarded Lanyon Real Estate Group has joined the Ray White Group.

3 Bedrooms, Double Garage….

This property boasts 3 bedrooms, generous lounge & dining areas, funcƟonal kitchen, paved entertaining area with covered pergola & a good size backyard. Gas cook-top & electric wall oven, gas hot water, 3 x RC/AC units, 2-way bathroom, back to base alarm, double garage with rear roller door. EER 4

“Lanyon Real Estate is one of the best real estate businesses in Canberra with an excellent market share in the Tuggeranong Valley.

They are well known for their professional service coupled with honesty and integrity which ts perfectly with Ray White’s culture and values.

We are delighted to join forces and look forward to growing and building a great partnership” Doug O’Mara explained.

Kate Williams 0408 186 532

BRADDON

A Fast Disappearing Species Quality 2 storey, 3 bedroom townhouse in small development within walking distance of the Hyperdome.

End unit so extra yard space, huge main bedroom with W/I robe and ensuite, spa, powder room, sunny meals area and kitchen and double garage with int/acc.

Rented at $360pw. EER 4.

Andrew York 0418 624 411

$149,500 BRADDON

$136,500 WANNIASSA

$435,000 CLEAR RANGE

$380,000 - $420,000

In-$1182pm Out-$512pm Return-$670pm Brilliant investment. Fully serviced apartment just minutes walk from Civic with constant occupancy from the business and tourist sectors. The original ‘Set and Forget’ investment. NaƟonal and internaƟonal marketing ensures high occupancy. Magic superannuaƟon supplement. EER 6

A Sibling to the One Next Door In - $1084pm. Out - $476pm. Return - $608pm. Also a fully serviced apartment in the same hotel, with award winning Italian restaurant, gym, spa and sauna, and with the same stress-free administraƟon. Both have an ensuite bathroom and kitcheneƩe. Figures are current year. EER 5

Excellent Family Home!

This quality 3 bedroom Family home has been lovingly nurtured by the original owners! It features an updated kitchen, bathroom & laundry. The large back verandah oīers secure space for children, pets and addiƟonal area for outdoor living. EvaporaƟve cooling, large garage, close to schools and shops. EER 1

Rare River Frontage Land Freehold elevated land with Murrumbidgee River frontage, 18ha (44 acres) not far from Lanyon. Approved building envelope with several house sites all with river views in unspoiled naƟve forest with abundant wildlife, all this and the privacy of country life just a short drive from the ACT. Build your dream home in paradise!!!!

Andrew York 0418 624 411

Andrew York 0418 624 411

Ewa Skoczek 0414 665 626

Wayne Kennedy 0414 622 926

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