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Held once a month, on a Saturday, in a purpose-built shed out the back of the Rutledge Street church, those who pick up an item are helping to support the“Thecommunity.money raised goes back into church or community projects,” says Merran Toone, a retired teacher who volunteers at the jumble sale. “We’ve helped HOME in Quean beyan, and lots of different missions jumblers from Canberra crossing the border to snag a bargain. “We’ve always had a huge demand for our goods,” Merran says. “We get a lot of regulars who come through each month and lots of people are coming from Canberra.” grew and grew!” Up until 2001, the jumble sale was held in the church hall, but when space became a problem, a purposebuilt shed out the back of the church became its new home. Volunteers, such as Greg Toone, ever since I was a kid, and now my boys come to help us set up on sale day.”
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The Queanbeyan Uniting Church Jumble Sale is a bargain hunter’s paradise, selling everything from vin tage teaspoons to pre-loved clothing and porcelain dolls. “There’s all sorts of things to rum mage through,” jumble sale co-ordina tor Val Hudd says. “Bed linen, shoes, underwear, bean ies, scarves, socks, belts, coats, and kitchenware.“Weevenhad a wedding dress that someone bought, altered and took to Fiji to get married in.”
For many, the jumble sale is a social outing, says Greg, and a meeting place for“Notlocals.only can you grab a bargain but you can have a cup of tea or cof fee, some slice or cake and a good chat with someone,” he says. “It’s a fantas tic community event. “We were closed through covid, for months and months, and coming back our takings were down considerably.
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“People missed having the jumble sale and we really missed catching up with the Volunteersregulars.”meet once a week to re ceive, sort and display donated goods ready for sale. “We are here at the shed on a Tues day between 9ish to 10.30am,” Hudd “People can drop things off, but not junk or rubbish. The quality of goods on sale is high. If you wouldn’t give it to your best friend, why give it to us?” For new volunteer Olwyn-Anne Cook, working at the jumble sale has given her a sense of connection with her“Icommunity.don’tliketo sit in my flat and do nothing when I’ve got two good hands and two good legs. I want to be out working for the people,” Cook says. A sentiment shared by jumble-sale volunteer of 10 years Judy Griffiths. “It’s such good fun, I’ve made a lot of friends, and I feel as if I’m doing something for my community,” says Griffiths.
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Up on the ridge, residents wanted to show local pollies first hand the dense undergrowth they say will fuel the next Canberra bushfire.
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LIBERAL MLA Nicole Lawder was the only one of the 25-member ACT Legislative Assembly interested to turn up to a Saturday public gathering on Farrer Ridge recently. But her presence was enough to convince former president of the Canberra Branch of the ALP Ian MacDougall to give Lawder his “full political support from here on in ACT Assembly elections”.
Moreover, he says he’s sure the accident rate would reduce substantially if the As sembly legislated to waive all obligations for all insurance companies to pay for repairs to cars damaged in collisions with kangaroos. “I am also sure [it] would lift the local standard of Airresponsibleclearenormouslydrivingandhelpourroadsofhoons.”win-win,really! festers in city’s small-corner campaigns
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In March last year the residents went to see City Services Minister Chris Steel about the “black spot” intersection. “There was lots of nodding and writing notes, but no action. We followed up with letters. No action. We pulled together a video and sent it to them. No action,” exasperated group member Timothy DeWan told “Seven Days” in early June. “We are all just neighbours in our commu nity who have come together to address this awful situation. We want the crashes to stop. We don’t want anyone to die. We thought this was the role of government.” Earlier this month, Roads ACT engineers finally, finally faced the neighbourhood to share their plans in what Tim calls a “good turn out at the wet and cloudy intersec tion… our residents engaging with and providing frank (and sometimes forthright) feedback to the proposed remediations. Great to be part of a community that pushes for change. Very proud of my neighbours.” Given the grinding size of our rates contributions, why do neighbours constantly have to fight so hard for so long to impose common sense on the government? Here’s someone in another small corner; Rob May says he’s campaigned for more than four years to get a zebra crossing at Nipperville Early Learning Centre in Watson. “Even with broad support from the com munity and from the centre management, ACT Roads are unwilling to provide a safe crossing at the location, because, as they say, no-one has been hit yet at that location (apparently a death there would be really useful in justifying it),” he laments. “We, including centre management, have witnessed numerous near misses. It is a miracle a kid and/or parent hasn’t been knocked down, injured or killed by the idiots who like to fly through Gwynne Street as fast as possible.” Rob battles on into his fifth year. And so to the Downer neighbours. They’ve been trying to engage the Heritage Council and government ministers in an is sue they believe ignores climate change and contravenes the government’s own Design Standards for Urban Infrastructure. “In a nutshell, we are arguing for deciduous trees, planted in the windbreak pattern of the original (now heritage) evergreen pines around the former CS&IR Experiment Station and, subsequently, the Downer primary school,” says spokesman John Godwin “Why? Because in an urban environment, in close proximity to the north-facing wall of a three-storey building, the Heritage Council decided that new evergreen pine trees had to be “Theseplanted.pines will eventually deny solar ac cess for residents and increase their heating costs. Tall pines will also have the potential to reduce the efficiency of rooftop solar.” He says, despite follow-ups, the council hasn’t responded to “respectful correspond ence” dating back to February. “Residents have no right of appeal; it is an issue that covers several portfolios and ministers argue that once the Heritage Council has made a decision, they cannot intervene,” says John. “Climate crisis doesn’t get a look in, government standards don’t get a look in and common sense comes a distant last.”
Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee is the sponsoring member of an e-petition that asks the Assembly to seek the removal of the new pine trees and replace them with deciduous trees for the front of all north-facing buildings in the developments of “The Bradfield” stages 1 and 2 and the yet to be approved Goodwin Village on Bradfield Street, Downer. Join the cause via epetitions.act.gov.au
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In Downer there is a group of citizens of all political persuasions, they say, banging their heads against the brick wall of bureaucracy over trees. Not about having them pulled down, but getting the right ones planted. Why is common sense such a struggle? I’ll come back to Downer because, in another small corner, the residents around a Narrabundah intersection have been campaigning for at least 18 months for Roads ACT to wake up to the dangers that daily await pedestrians young and old, and motorists where La Perouse Street and Carnegie Crescent intersect. Late last month there was another three-car prang.
In an open letter to Legislative Assembly members, MacDougall reprises the human cost of the 2002-3 fires in which four people died, more than 435 injured and there were 5000 evacuations. Plus 488 houses destroyed. “We now have the fuel build up, thanks in great part to the lack of kangaroos eating it down, for a full repeat of that 2002-3 disaster,” he warns. “I put it to you that the cost of this brainless and myopic policy is likely to be a major bushfire event in the coming summer, resulting in far, far greater financial losses as well as of lives and property. “A more sensible policy would be to end the culls totally, and to let nature do what ever culling she found both necessary and sufficient. I speak here as a neo-Darwinist and a former teacher of biology.”
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“He’d call me and I’d be standing at the shops and I’d be asking is eve rything okay? Okay, I can’t talk for long. I’ll miss voters but if you need anything let me know. “The time when it was really hard was when there was a death. They nev er announce the name until they’ve told the family. Each time your heart would go into your throat until you knew.”Jones credits her marriage as one of the reasons she made it in politics, calling her husband one of the “great est things” of her life. “He’s been the guy up at 5am fold ing laundry in our house so I could pursue the things I was passionate about,” she says. “I never saw myself as tied to my family as some kind of weight, it’s been an anchor. I feel like my husband and children made me who I am to a large extent because of their concerns.”
Now a mother of six and the CEO of Painaustralia, Jones is advocating for those who live with chronic pain, a cause she was inspired to take up during her stint as shadow health minister.Herpolitical know-how, it seems, is more than coming in handy. In one of her first moves as CEO, she slammed national opium reforms, writing to Health Minister Mark Butler that they have “failed Austral ians”.“People who genuinely need opioids are being deprived of the medication they need and have been left suffer ing,” she “Painaustraliasays. has become con vinced a formal review is needed after a survey of its own highlighted serious flaws in the new regulations.”
IT’S been a couple of months since Giulia Jones left ACT politics, but the former deputy opposition leader isn’t missing the antics of the Legislative Assembly. “I loved my job and then suddenly I didn’t any more, and that’s okay,” Mrs Jones says from her new office in Deakin, where she’s taken on the role of CEO of Painaustralia. “I love to go home at the end of the day and hug my family. I can say to people ‘come over for dinner tomorrow night’. My neighbours drop in and I’m there on an evening or on a weekend. I love that I don’t have to check my di ary to even see someone.”
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From her new office in Deakin, the Legislative Assembly is well out of sight, separated by the ANU and a size able stretch of Lake Burley Griffin. Even then, it seems Mrs Jones has still got an eye on politics, saying she’s “not ruling out” returning one day. Capital Hill is just down the road, after all.
The staunch Liberal member for Murrumbidgee resigned In June, say ing she wanted to dedicate more time to her Sincefamily.first elected to the Assembly 10 years ago, Jones cites her advocacy for women among her proudest politi cal achievements, including one initia tive that saw locks installed on several breastfeeding rooms throughout gov ernmentDuringbuildings.herdecade in the chamber, Emergency Services, Early Childhood Education, Women and Multicultural Affairs.Butshe didn’t leave before tying off her tenure with one last call to arms on an issue she’s been passionate about since the start of her political career. In her valedictory speech, Jones put forward a Bill calling for better treat ment of frontline emergency service ers “unfinished business”. “When one of our ambos or firies is seeking recognition of the mental inju ries they’ve sustained protecting and serving our community, they are often told to prove their mental injuries are caused by their work,” she says. “We all know they have been hurt on the job, and they should not have to prove that again and again.” She says her Italian grandparents facing discrimination after their im migration to Australia was a key force in motivating her to take up the fight againstJones’xenophobia.tiltatpolitics was also in spired by her experiences as an army reservist, as well as in a number of advisory roles, including for Tony Ab bott while he was leader of the federal When Jones did step up to the plate in 2008, she managed to run a campaign during her husband’s deployment with the Army in the Middle East, all while looking after four children. “It might sound strange, but it was good for me in a way, because instead of spending all day worrying about him I was really busy,” she says.
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A PART of Manuka’s retail history is coming to an end with the closing of shoe shop Escala. The luxury shoe boutique that has traded in Canberra at various loca tions for more than three decades has shut its doors this week. Recognised for its selection of im ported European shoes, Escala has oc cupied its current Bougainville Street premises for 15 years. Gail Lubbock, who took over the shop in 1998, is proud of the business she has built up over two decades. “It’s been a wonderful journey,” said Lubbock. “I don’t think there’s been a day when I’ve been unhappy to get out of bed and come to work.” Lubbock said the shoe store re mained strong in the face of the global financial crisis, and more recently the pandemic.Butthe 76-year-old has decided to call it a day, citing an “it’s-time” factor among the reasons for closing her doors. “It’s got nothing to do with covid, nothing to do with anything except that it’s time,” said Lubbock. “This is a good business, and it’s still very buoyant, but I’m old, tired, and it’s time to go.”
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However, unlike Price, Calma sees this diversity as being a strength: “It is not about usurping the role of any existing organisation. It would be about partnership, it’s about capacity development, it’s about inclusion.” It is an argument that ought to win support for the referendum.
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There are now 11 indigenous members of the federal parliament providing a unique contribution. However, this voice does not have to rule out a separate ‘Voice to Parliament’ as outlined by the prime minister.
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POLITICS / ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’ “COMMON decency” was the term used by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in attempting to secure support for his approach to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander “Voice to Parliament”. His approach implies that op ponents will be lacking in decency. Although the chances of success are improved by his own commitment and leadership, there is a bumpy road ahead for the referendum. One of the key issues that the prime minister will have to deal with is the range of views within the indigenous community. There are notable indigenous Australians who provide an alternative view to the majority view in favour of the “Uluru State ment from the Heart” and a formal voice to parliament. A Liberal-Country Party senator from the NT brought this message home clearly in her first speech to the Senate. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is a Warlpiri woman who has pointed out that, along with 10 other indigenous parliamentarians, she already provides a voice to the parliament. She also emphasised that not all indigenous people support the “Uluru Statement from the Heart”. Her approach illustrates some of the “It would be far more dignifying if we were recognised and respected as individuals in our own right who are not simply defined by our racial heritage but by the content of our character”. Powerful, important and influential words. Since the election there are now 11 indigenous members of the federal parliament providing a unique contri bution. However, this voice does not have to rule out a separate “Voice to Parliament” as outlined by the prime Although Senator Price seems to consider the two mutually exclusive, and has argued accordingly, there are certainly many other views within the indigenous and non-indigenous com munities who think both have a place. The design of the “Voice” and how it is communicated will be critical and must go beyond the basics revealed recently by Albanese. The chancellor of the University of Canberra, Prof Tom Calma was the co-chair of a design panel for a “Voice” with Marcia Langton. They were appointed by former Indig enous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt. These three indigenous leaders are long-term, strong supporters of the concept. Calma had originally hoped for a “Voice” to be legislated rather than taken to a referendum as he saw this as the swiftest way to implement the intention of the “Uluru Statement from the FormerHeart”.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commis sioner Mick Gooda, who was on the same advisory panel, is also a strong supporter. He has argued that a posi tive result from the referendum would “change the conversation”. He pointed out that “the conversation changes when we are in the room” and added that the “Voice” will “change the conversation because we are there”. However, Calma also has concerns about the format of the “Voice”. He pointed out in an interview with po litical columnist Michelle Grattan re cently that the consultation process revealed the importance of a voice at “local and regional level, because that is where the action takes place”. He added that the referendum “is only about Commonwealth legisla tion and not about state and territory legislation”.TheCalma interview emphasises that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders “don’t always speak with the same voice and we have different experiences, we represent different demographics and so forth”.
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By making his “gentle urbanism” announcement, maybe Barr has seen the errors of his ways and has realised how awful his urban development is and may be condemned in coming years as being almost unliveable.
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AMID Andrew Barr’s recent typical grandiose announcement about how his government was going to aim for an increase in housing and other related urban development he used the phrase “gentle urbanism”. This term was probably supplied by a minder as a worthy sounding phrase that would sound appealing. No explanation was provided as to what “gentle urbanism” actually meant. Gentle or dense urbanism is about the increasing density using basic principles such as the use of beauti ful design, making areas attractive and walkable, not adding to traffic problems and parking issues and maximising environmentally sustain able design. It includes the commitment to carry out densification while ensur ing it is embraced by the residents of the suburbs affected. The evidence of the last decade points to Barr and his planning directorate working purposely against such principles. What Barr announced would have sounded reasonable to anyone who has not experienced how such worthy words were used over the last decade by this Greenslabor government and its planning chiefs to justify their version of urban development across and redevelopment has had little to do with good design, good architecture, landscape architecture and enhancing biodiversity and green infrastructure. By making his “gentle urbanism” announcement, maybe Barr has seen the errors of his ways and has realised how awful his urban development is and may be condemned in coming years as being almost unliveable. Maybe by using the term “gentle urbanism” he has matured as a per son (he is 50 next year) and is about to ensure that the principles above are to be incorporated into the planning reform that he is overseeing through his planning directorate. The planning chief has failed to sup ply any such 21st century principles in the consultation documents released ment’s planning reforms. Maybe they will be priorities within the drafts of the new territory plan due out soon. We continue to see developments happening as if good design is a totally unknown concept within the planning directorate. For instance, take the drawings produced by a developer for what could be built as a “gateway” set of buildings on the main corner of Northbourne and Antill in Dickson. Their “gateway” set of buildings have the look of a modern version of Stalin ist cheap apartment towers. These should be signature architectural buildings that take pride of place while introducing the city’s visitors to an avenue of great design along Northbourne Avenue. Instead, what has been built recently along Northbourne is very ordinary at best. All this blandness illustrates that there is no politician or senior bureaucrat who understands how using good design can lead to a worldclass, built environment that builds on the internationally recognised heritage of the city. When ACT Arts Minister Tara Cheyne released her wordy and not very innovative arts policies in late July, she was correctly criticised by the “CityNews” arts editor for how much was missing from the set of documents. Minister Cheyne was criticised for claiming that Canberra was to be the art and design capital for Australia. On page 24 she stated that: “Being a city of design would be an acknowledgement of Canberra’s leading design practice in its built environment (its planning and architecture).”Obviously,Cheyne avoids driving down Northbourne Avenue, going to the new suburbs of grey and white with very little greenery, has not no ticed the lack of good design in most redevelopments and apartment tow ers, and manages to ignore the town cramming in Woden. The reality is that a city known for its former worldleading planning is now infamous for its lack of real urban planning and for the absence of aesthetics in what is new within the city. Something seriously needs to change within this ACT Greens/ Labor government. It should not be a choice between affordable housing, good design and biodiversity. Good “gentle urbanism” delivers all of this and more. The chief minister needs to make it real and deliver on the highest principles of “gentle urbanism” so that future genera tions will enjoy life in this bush capital.
Developer drawings for what could be built as a “gateway” set of buildings on the main corner of Northbourne and Antill in Dickson.
Promise is ‘gentle urbanism’, but can Barr do it?
THE Growing Friends, a group of the Friends of the Australian National Bo tanic Gardens, will hold its “Get Ready for Spring” native plant sale at the Banksia Building car park. 8.30am-11am (unless sold out earlier) on Saturday, August 27. The plants have been propagated from material sourced from the gardens and all proceeds go to the Botanic Gardens. A plant list will be available a week before the sale at anbg.gov.au/friends
CONCESSION card holders will be able to collect free rapid antigen tests (RATs) from ACT libraries as the federal free RATs for pensioners scheme finished on July 31. The ACT government will supply up to three tests to any card holder not displaying symptoms of COVID-19 at public libraries. People with symptoms are advised to collect tests from the Garran Surge Centre or get a PCR test at an ACT government testing clinic. Light rail gets ready
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Berry then advised that the PHRP leveraged off the Commonwealth Gov ernment’s Asset Recycling Initiative under which the ACT government, by selling off public housing or other assets, received a 15 per cent bonus from the Commonwealth on top of the sale price and then reinvested both the money from the sales and the bonus payment into the construction and purchase of new public housing. We all understand that Ms Berry’s response was driven by politics, but it nevertheless leaves unanswered the question at the heart of the imbroglio – namely what precisely is the current status of the promised $700 million investment in public housing, as well as begging other questions. If, for example, the renewal program is based on selling public housing land and reinvesting the money accrued into new public housing stock, it raises a serious question about the veracity of assertions the government has made about its commitment to investment in public housing, which have led the community and members of the Leg islative Assembly to believe that new money would be appropriated for that purpose.Thefact is money was not directly appropriated to HACT, but dwellings were transferred to it over successive years as equity injections totalling $457 million, with money for the procure ment of these properties being provided to other government directorates. The Minister has, unfortunately, not provided sufficient information about the Asset Recycling Initiative (ARI) to enable a full understanding of the level and source of investment in new housing. A major omission is advice on the value of the public housing land transferred to the Land Development Agency (LDA) and its successor, the Suburban Land Agency (SLA). The redevelopment of the sites transferred to LDA/SLA resulted in a loss of 1288 dwellings for HACT, while 1094 dwellings were returned – a net loss of 194 dwellings through the PHRP.While the government returned $457 million worth of assets to HACT, it took from it land with a book value of $222 million, with the consequence that the net return to HACT was $235 million, a far cry from the $608 million the government had claimed. A further important question is how much money has the government made through the sale of the land tak en from HACT and how was it spent? Media reporting from those years clearly indicates that the multi-unit housing sites generated much higher revenue than their reserve prices, which in any case would have been far higher than the book value. One would expect that HACT would receive the full benefits derived from the sale and development of public housing land and the incentive pay ments. This is surely what the community would expect and is in fact also reflec tive of long-standing agreements with the Commonwealth that prevent state/ territory governments from “raiding” their public housing authorities to prop up their budgets. By creating the “illusion” of a mas sive investment of more than $600 million, the government has not only distorted the community’s under standing of the program but achieved tacit approval for the dislocation of more than 1000 households from their neighbourhoods and support net works without any serious objection or Thequestioning.“unspoken” narrative was: “How could anyone object to such an investment in public housing?” The unanswered question is: “Why would the Greens with their professed com mitment to public housing be a party to this charade? Two questions the minister should respond to are: • where is the $700 million? and • how much money has the govern ment made from the sale of public housing land? Jon Stanhope is a former chief minister of the ACT and Dr Khalid Ahmed a former senior ACT Treasury official. There is a more detailed version of this article at citynews.com.au
HOUSING Minister Yvette Berry has been in the public domain accusing the Canberra Liberals of inaccuracies in their claims that the bulk of the public housing funding promised by Labor and the Greens in successive Budgets between 2015 and 2018 was neverThedelivered.alleged clash was report edly started by claims by Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee and shadow housing minister Mark Parton that the government promised $700 million for public housing, but in fact only $81 million was spent. An examination of the relevant Budget papers reveals that the claims made by Ms Lee and Mr Parton are ostensibly correct. The audited financial statements of Housing ACT (HACT) for the years 2015-16 to 2019-20, reveal that capital appropriations during that period totalled $80.9 million. The Budget papers from 2015-16 to 2017-18 refer to the government’s investments in the Public Housing Renewal Program (PHRP). Unfortu nately, there are inconsistencies in the amounts stated – even within the Budget papers for the same year. For example, the 2016-17 Budget Paper No. 2, Page 32, declares that the govern ment is “investing more than half a billion dollars over four years” (in the PHRP), while Budget Paper No. 3 for that year variously asserts it is invest ing $357 million and $393 million. Notwithstanding these discrep ancies, the total of the investment claimed is up to $699 million. The government has provided a total fig ure in the 2017-18 Budget Paper No. 3, Page 188, where it states: “The govern ment’s total investment in the Public Housing Renewal Program will be $608 million”. In response to the Liberals’ asser tions, Berry is reported to have said that the Liberals aren’t doing the maths properly and that “this has to be one of the worst examples of inepti tude we have seen. It’s an embarrass ing display of their understanding of how government works”.
Where has the ACT government’s much touted $699 million worth of budget promises to public housing gone? JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED can account for $81 million of it, after that, it’s a question the Housing Minister won’t answer…
Two lawyers walk into a pub. They order a couple of drinks and take their sandwiches out of their briefcases and begin to eat them. Seeing this, the irritated publican exclaims: “Excuse me, but you can’t eat your own sandwiches in here!” The two lawyers look at each other, shrug their shoulders, and exchange sandwiches.Amangoes into a bar with his pet newt named Tiny. “A pint for me and a half for Tiny, please,” he says to the landlord. The landlord asks: “Why did you name him Tiny?” The man replies, “Because he’s my newt”. Hugo works in a pub next to a hospital. One day a patient comes in wearing a hospital gown and holding a drip on a stand still connected to his veins. Hugo asks him how he can help and bizarrely the patient says, “Can I have two pints of lager, two pints of Guinness, and six shots of tequila?” Hugo prepares the drinks and puts them on the bar. The patient downs them in order, finishing with the shots of tequila. He then looks at Hugo sadly and says: “I really shouldn’t have drunk all that with what I’ve got.” Concerned, Hugo says, “Why what have you got?” The patient says: “About three dollars fifty.” A penguin walks into a bar and asks the barman: “Has my brother been in for a drink today?” The bar man looks at the penguin and says: “I’m not sure. What’s he look like?” Ed is in a pub when a bogan calls him a cheapskate. So Ed throws the bogan’s drink in his face. A polar bear shuffles into a pub and orders a pint of beer. The barman says: “That’ll be 10 dollars, please.” The bear pays and takes a seat. Bemused, the barman ap proaches and says, “This is amazing, we don’t get many polar bears in here!” The bear replies: “I’m not surprised – at 10 dollars a beer”.
A polar bear walks into a pub and orders a pint…
The room goes quiet and no one takes up the Texan’s offer. One Irishman even leaves. Fifteen minutes later the Irishman returns and taps the Texan on the shoulder. “Is your offer still on?” asks the Irishman. The Texan says: “You bet” and tells the bartender to line up 10 pints of Guinness. The Irishman downs all 10 of the pint glasses back-to-back. The pub patrons cheer as the Texan rocks back in amaze ment. The Texan gives the Irishman the money and says: “If yuh don’t mind me asking, where did you go for the 15 minutes you were gone?” The Irishman replies, “Ah well… I had to go to another pub to see if I could do it”. Clive Williams is a columnist.Canberra
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A bar or pub joke is a very common type of joke cycle – that being a collection of jokes about a single situation that display consistent narrative structure, says “Whimsy”
Cartoon: Paul Dorin
columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
A Texan swaggers into a pub in Ireland, addresses the regular drinkers and says: “I hear you Irish are great drinkers. I’ll give 500 American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back-to-back.”
THE call by Douglas Mackenzie to plant billions of trees (Letters, CN August 4) is laudable, however Australia needs the income from our quality fossil resources to make it happen and, in doing so, bring electricity to the hundreds of millions of the world’s poor, who have none. We also don’t need to buy Chinese tur bines, pv panels, batteries and cars whose toxic ingredients, mining and manufacture are poisoning the northern hemisphere atmosphere and may contribute to the disasters listed by Mackenzie. These toxic ingredients, eg: 30 tonnes of carbon fibre in a set of turbine blades, will choke our landscape and dumps for short-term gains provided their whole-oflife consequences are ignored. The energy footprint of the average turbine is not recovered until 12 years of service is achieved. We need to break the Australian renew able powerhouse fantasy and get back to the irrefutable logic of nuclear power, which had us ahead when Jervis Bay Plant construction was halted in 1970. We are going to need a nuclear industry to service AUKUSAustralianssubmarines.should count on our engineers to deliver what the Soviets or politicians cannot conceive, a logical approach to energy generation by small modular reactors, perfect for this wide brown land. The wait will be worthwhile. Ken Murtagh, Hughes ‘Tardy party’ should start training now ANY voter with a conscience who is thinking about standing as an ACT candidate for the Liberal Party at the next federal election should start practising now the ways in which their body language – like squirming, shuffling, mumbling and poor eye contact – can be minimised and obscured on the campaignSupportingtrail.the party’s voting record and its so-called policies on climate change and emissions reduction (“Climate win leaves opposition looking like a stranded asset”, citynews.com.au, August 5) will be a spotlit pursuit for them, as would facing up to loyally supporting in public the Opposition’s new leader, and the intransigence and authoritari anism that he has shown already on matters that impact our liveability and survival. By 2025 this tardy party will have assidu ously accumulated an even bigger mountain of off-putting political baggage at the local and federal levels.
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Ross Kelly, Monash Money grubbing made the problem THE irresponsible, money grubbing decision
Sue Dyer, Downer Hold the photo and list the exceptions HAVING received the August 22 letterbox stuffer of “Our Canberra – Belconnen”, may I offer a few observations? On top of a beaming photograph of our Chief Minister is a catching headline: “Delivering for Canberra’s future”, below which sits a colour photograph of two kids in the grass enjoying their little puppy. It would have been better to exclude the photograph and boldly print the following exceptions under the headline:
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Praise the minister who stops the shootings TO the minister that finally stands up for the kangaroo families and puts a stop to the shootings. You will be remembered in history as a heroic figure. You will be remembered andTherejoiced.people that allow the killing to continue should hang their heads in shame. The numbers of kangaroos has declined, the mobs are greatly affected by the deaths of their family members. Killing is wrong.
The ‘roos are well fed and out bush
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JULIE asks where have all the kangaroos gone? (Letters, CN August 4). Julie, the kanga roos are well fed out bush and, unlike during a drought or long summer, they don’t need to wander into town to munch on our green lawns/verges, parks and sports grounds. Secondly the kangaroo-proof fence along the Tuggeranong Parkway has stopped them getting hit by cars. Well done, ACT government.Sousnotseeing kangaroos is a sign they are both safe and quite content out bush where they belong.
• IF you’re a souped up drug user, IF you have criminal tendencies looking for a free-kick,
ACT Liberal Senate and MP candidates would need to draw on a barrow load of intestinal for titude and credible creativity while campaign ing, because easy weasel words, cut-and-paste party propaganda and fear-mongering proved to be unacceptable to ACT voters in 2022.
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Michael Collins, Banks When the brickies took off their bras IN response to Vesna Striker’s comments about females in the construction industry (Letters, CN August 4), I was told the follow ing apocryphal story by a site manager who was there and swears it is true. Working on the construction of the DFAT building in Barton (late ‘80s, completed in early ‘90s) was an all-female team of bricklayers – tough, extremely competent and admired and respected by the other workers on site. One blazingly hot summer morning, the
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The irony of Michael’s swipe THE irony in Michael Moore’s swipe at Christianity (“It’ll take more than God to fix the environment”, CN July 28) and Dr Douglas Mackenzie’s reference (Letters, August 4) is that it is the leader of the Christian world (Pope Francis) who has given the most complete analysis and guidelines for addressing environmental degradation in the document “Laudato Si”, which is easily accessed on the internet. There is an implicit assumption in the community that if carbon emissions are reduced to near zero by use of new technology in the electricity and transport sectors then it can be business as usual. The fact is that carbon emissions are just one symptom of the lifestyle of the consumer society with its attitude that everything should serve its immediate interests, regardless of the amount of waste and irresponsible development. The earth is a shared inheritance and while its resources are immeasurable, it is fragile. There has been a disproportionate use of resources over a long period of time. Meanwhile, entire populations, and especially children get sick and die because of contaminated water or malnourishment. Without a prevailing sense for the common good there may not even be sufficient resolve for a reduction in carbon emissions, once the full costs of renewable energy begin to be felt.
HAVING lived in Canberra for 30 years, I have seen many earthworms. But a few weeks ago I found myself oddly repulsed by the way some skinny, agile worms on my doorstep looked and moved about. Slightly more tapered to a point and with an uncanny ability to climb steps, they still generally resembled a smallish, dark brown earthworm; but from time to time they would stop and rear-up a bit, swaying from side to side – as if seeking something. They gave me the creeps, but I let them be. Later, I found two inside my house – in cluding one half-way up a door! Earthworms don’t climb steps, and certainly can’t slither up vertical surfaces! Yikes! Now I was killing these things on sight, and determined that I would hit the internet to see if my hunch was right; that these unsettling little creatures could be leeches. Bingo! I hadn’t even finished typing into Google when it completed my question unbidden: “Leeches... in Canberra”! I’m sure an ecologist would reply that leeches aren’t anything new in these parts. But apparently an awful lot of people are now for the first time finding these little horrors on their grass and pavers, and in their gardens. And in my case in the house! It seems the recent wet spell – which is beginning to feel like a new climate – has created permanently damp ground that has allowed leeches to migrate hundreds of metres from creeks and storm drains, right to our Perhapsdoorsteps.justan irksome annoyance for humans, this development is a real cause of concern, though, for parents of very young children and pet owners. Canberra vets have seen an influx of cats and dogs with leeches in their eyes and noses. In the eyes, they can be inconspicu ous; looking rather like a swollen eyelid. Vets say it is a professional job to remove leeches from a pet’s eye, as eye damage is a real risk in the process of removal. I urge pet owners to check their furry buddies on a daily basis. And – regrettably –this may be our “new normal”.
John L Smith, Farrer by the ACT government to allow replace ment dual occupancies on “Mr Fluffy” blocks in the RZ1 (single residence per block) suburban zones, has caused redevelop ments like that described in “Unbelievable, go see planning failure for yourself” (Paul Costigan, CN July Redevelopment21).controls clearly need to be tightened up in such cases to preserve time-honoured suburban privacy and amenity, especially the cooling green swathe of interconnecting backyards. Mandating basement garages in these cases (they’re currently only permitted if the block street frontage is 30 metres or more), and including their floor space in “plot ratio” (maximum floor space: land area) calculations, could generally result in about 30-40 square metres of additional open space per dwelling when compared to normal garaging. That open space should be primarily located at the rear of the block, and given over to “soft” landscaping including trees and shrubs. Jack Kershaw, Kambah
male workers on site, who were usually dressed in Stubbies and T-shirts, got rid of their shirts. Some of the women tried to cool off by removing their bras from underneath their shirts. When this did not seem to be effective enough, their shirts came off. A union representative approached the head brickie and challenged her: “You can’t do Thethat!”worker stared the union rep in the eye and lifted him up by the front of his shirt. “Oh, can’t we?” she said – at which point all of the workers on site were asked if anyone objected to the women having the right to remove their shirts, the same as the men. No one did. Apparently there were no more challenges from the union, and the female brickies carried on.
Karina Morris, Weetangera
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SOUTHLANDS Quality Meats has been serving “fresh and quality” products to the Canberra com munity for 26 years, says owner Reece Travers. “What we offer is fresh meat. A lot of other butcher shops do cooked meat. We do cooked meat, too, but we pride ourselves on fresh quality meat,” he says. “We also have a smoke oven where we do all our smoking of our own fish and bacon. As well, we won best bacon in Australia twice, which is pretty good so bacon is a huge one for us, and we do all our own hams and smallgoods which we pride ourselves on, too.” Reece says customers who shop at Southlands Quality Meats will get an experience they won’t get in a supermarket or anywhere else. “They are going to get awesome customer service, we’re going to be able to help you find the cut that suits your needs, help you learn how to cook it, and you’re also going to get a better experi ence when you eat it because it’s going to be full of flavour and it’s going to be fresh,” says Reece. Southlands will also be offering some Father’s Day specials that will be announced shortly. “Dads know what they want. They want good meat, and they just want to BBQ, so we will be getting plenty of dads in for sure.”
SOUTH Pacific Hemp, Canberra’s first all-hemp shop, has plenty of gifts to surprise dad with this Father’s Day, says manager Sue Booth. “Our clothing is designed for wearability and versatility, is breathable, natural and easy to care for,” she “Hempsays.protects your skin by naturally filtering UV light. It also resists bacterial growth and breathes excellently, preventing odours, has four times the strength of cotton and it won’t weaken when washed.”
Sue says the store sells delicious salad dressings and a range of hemp flour, hemp protein and hulled hemp seeds that contain the highest quality ingredients and are certified organic, vegan-friendly, gluten and GMO“Wefree.see the shop as an alterna tive to mass-produced, quick-fix shopping,” she says. “All of our hemp oils, food items, balms and creams are carefully sourced and selected from small businesses and producers in Tasmania, SA, WA and NSW. “In terms of fabric, there’s everything from belts, bags and bedding to scarves and the kitchen is covered, too, with tea towels, totes, sponges and cookie cutters.”
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PLONK is a family-owned specialised beer, wine and spirit store that opened 15 years ago, says Plonk owner Anthony Young. “We have two locations, one in the Fyshwick markets and one in the Belconnen markets,” he says. “There’s a Father’s Day homepage pop-up on the website for people to see the options available, we’re developing a Father’s Day beer box. We also have gift cards and gift packs.” Anthony says Plonk is generally regarded as one of the best bottle shops in “We’veAustralia.wonafew awards, and we’ve also got such a varied selec tion. You often won’t find the things we’ve got anywhere else. While Anthony says they do sell a lot of beer, they also sell a lot of wine, whiskey and rum for dads with varying tastes. “Because we’re located in food markets, our staff are well versed on matching the product we sell, the alcohol we have, to the entertaining ideas of our customers. “People come into Plonk after doing their food shopping and tell us what they’ve bought, and we’ll pair it with an appropriate product.” Plonk, Shop 17 Fyshwick Markets, Cnr Nyrang and Mildura Streets, Fyshwick and Shop 27 Belconnen Markets, 10 Lathlain Street, Belconnen. Call 6260 6336 (Fyshwick) or 6253 5507 (Belconnen), or visit plonk.net.au
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JET Flight Simulator Canberra is a one-of-a-kind present for dads this Father’s Day, says owner Trevor Vickers. He says it provides the everyday person with the opportunity to sit in the most used plane in the world. “Visitors get to operate a full-size replica of a Boeing 737-800 cockpit and can choose from 24,000 airports around the world to fly in or out of,” he “There’llsays. be an instructor who’s there to point out what all the buttons and levers do and when to use them, but it’ll be you that’s doing the flying. Trevor says sometimes people want to fly over where they’ve been on holiday, others want to do things like fly under the Sydney Harbour Bridge – and it’s all possible. “Lots of dads have always wanted to fly a large commercial plane. It’s a very memorable gift because it’s very unusual,” he says. But that’s not the only experience they’re offering, says Trevor. Visitors also have the opportunity for a more fast-paced, virtual reality experience called “ICAROS” which he describes as a “completely different way to “Thefly”.way it works is that you lie on a frame and just by shifting your body weight it steers you in the virtual world,” says Trevor. “The sensation is more like flying with a wingsuit or like you’re Superman.”
CHARLIE & Chums has everything sorted for dad and his pet best friend this Father’s Day, says owner Sandy Borgo. The store has a new range of hand creams specially designed for men named “Aussie Man Hands” that Sandy says dads will love. “A lot of gentlemen who have come into the store have tried it and have found it great,” she says.“I’ve got some tradies who have said it’s made a big difference for them and a gardener who says it halves the dirt he gets on his hands.” Sandy says it was a woman in Queanbeyan who created the cream after her plumber son had to deal with inflammation of a hand. “She’s created a tough container with aluminum lids so the guys can throw it in their toolbox as well,” says Sandy. “The range also includes a lip balm that’s opaque and SPF 15 and we also have an all-in-one cleaning hair and body wash.” For man’s best friend (whether dog or cat) Sandy says the store also always has plenty of unique gifts. “We’ve got pet collars, leads, toys, stuff they can play with and heaps more,” she says. “We’ve also got really high-quality car seats for pets. I’ve had mine since 2016 and it’s still going strong.”
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JOEL Horwood, acting marketing officer at the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre (The Q), says experiences are better when they’re shared. “And who better to share the experience of music and joy with than your dad.” Joel says The Q has a few shows around Father’s Day to appeal to dad’s and family groups. “The major show for dads is called ‘Good Morning Vietnam’,” he says, which will be running on September 3. “It’s music from the Vietnam War era, including music from bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival, Buffalo Springfield, Steppenwolf, The Beatles, Nancy Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, The Animals, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye. “It’s a real mix of some of the most iconic pop, folk, soul and rock songs of all time.” On September 7, Joel says The Q has John Paul Young coming, which some dads will be interested in, and some dads might even be interested in the Abba show on September 24. “As a day out for families, we’ve got a ‘My Fair Lady’ musical, which would be a good one for the whole fam ily, and it’s playing right through until September 25. “The other one that could be fun for the family –maybe not super young kids – is ‘HMS Pinafore’, which is in October so people can buy in advance,” says Joel.
A taste of India with a modern twist
THIS Father’s Day, Blu Ginger Indian Restaurant will help you spoil your dad, says owner Reddy Manne. “Blu Ginger consistently uses the age-old recipes with a modern twist,” he says. “The restaurant covers all regions of ethnic India, all meals are cooked fresh with local and imported ingredients and all spices are ground in store.”
First established in 2000, Reddy says the restaurant has become renowned in Canberra for its butter chicken, jhangiri and shahi gosht, among other choices.“Weserve gluten-free meals and accommodate any dietary requirements,” he says. “Blu Ginger caters fresh made to order with affordable prices.” Blu Ginger Indian Restaurant, 2/5-21 Genge Street, Civic. Call 6247 2228 or visit bluginger.com.au Blu Ginger Indian Restaurant.
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Quality legal advice secures peace of mind
Daryn says it’s also incredibly important to pre-inspect commercial property as there are even fewer protections in place for a purchase. He also says that it can be greatly beneficial for older residents look ing to move into a retirement home to get some quality advice before any commitment is made. “Every contract is a little bit different. We can go through the contract together and if there’s things you need to take into account we can put that in place,” he says.
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IT’S important to get legal ad vice before committing to the sale or purchase of property, says Capon & Hubert property and commercial solicitor Daryn Griffiths.Daryn says the ACT and NSW are unique in that they don’t offer cooling off periods to the same extent as other states and territories.“IntheACT and NSW our cooling off period is much shorter, generally seven days or five business days. We have a system here where you really can’t do much in that period of time so we need to make sure your ducks are in a row before you commit to that transaction.”
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Davey says the camps, held in October and March, will be taking a “whole family approach” that aims to bring families together. “We’ve got our exercise physiologists coming along who are going to teach the family unit as a group exercise for these kids,” says Rebecca. “We’re also going to have some demonstrations of practical skills and some work with a dietitian, talking about food and using food to manage pain and fatigue. “It’s actually really hard being a parent and being a sibling of an unwell child, so we’ve also got our art therapist and counsellor delivering education and support sessions and we also have some fun activities families will be able to do together.”
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Whether someone wants to walk up and down the stairs without pain or to be able to run up and down Mount Ainslie, Janet says the Higher Function team takes the time to learn the goals of each individual. “We try to empower people by educating them. In our classes we talk about why we’re doing a certain exercise,” she says. “We help our patients perform better physically, reducing pain and stiffness, by giving them the science behind their exercise, specific physio and exercise physiology treatment, and ongoing support and care.”
Janet, who’s been in the industry for more than 35 years, says she still finds it incredibly rewarding to see people make progress and reach their goals. “Things won’t happen overnight, consistency is key, but really seeing people improve over time is wonderful.”
Jen says she’s also proud that all the brands stocked in store come from Australian businesses. “Some of the brands we stock are unique to us, you’ll only find them here in Lellow,” she says. “A lot of people shop here for gifts because we’ve got something that’s that little bit extra special.”
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Rebecca says the team of specialists at Arthritis ACT are also excited to be working with researchers at the University of Canberra on new research around the management of osteoarthritis. “We’ve got studies on hand arthritis and knee arthritis, and we’re looking for people who would like to participate in those of a client’s participation. The knee study includes being involved in the Good Life with Arthritis: Denmark (GLA:D) program, so not only will they get to be part of the study but they will also be able to hopefully fix up their knee osteoarthritis and make their knee feel better.”
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FAMILY favourite store Lellow Kids has recently moved to a new location on Lonsdale Street, says owner Jen Takiari. Now in its new location, Jen says they’ve got more gift ideas than ever before, from clothing and footwear to swaddles, towels, teethers, toys and more for newborns up to eight-year-olds. “Because it’s a small business you really get to know the customers and experience all the different life stages with them,” says Jen. “You’ll get parents coming in who are expecting, then they’ll come in with their baby, then they’ll come in and get their first shoes and then they’re getting things to start school. “I just love getting to know people here, it’s a really fun place.”
THE highly trained team of physiothera pists and scientificuseHigherphysiologistsexerciseatFunctionthelatestresearch their experience in musculoskeletal sports inju ries and neurological conditions, we understand the physiology of the body, biomechanics and how the body moves,” says Janet. “We’re the best place for helping people reach their higher functioning goals.”
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Gwen has a four-year degree as well as extensive industry experience working with people with chronic pain conditions.
• Physiotherapy – including the GLAD program for knee and hip osteoarthritis, sports injury prevention and rehabilitation, and pain condition support.
Gwen instructs Tai Chi for our Falls Prevention program and also supports people to meet their exercise goals within our gym or hydrotherapy program. Gwen works with individuals, groups, and also leads our LGBTI program.
Jacqui has a particular interest in hip and knee osteoarthritis.
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• Exercise Physiology – Individual exercise prescriptions, small group classes to increase strength and improve rehabilitation, strength and balance classes, hydrotherapy support.
Jacqui delivers the GLAD program designed to reduce the need for joint replacements, or if a joint replacement is unavoidable, to prepare you thoroughly for surgery and recovery for day to day tasks. Jacqui is studying towards a PhD in the outcomes of the GLAD program.
• Occupational Therapy – Assistance with the planning and modification of your home, workplace or car. Applications for NDIS, the Disability and Housing Support Pension, and also driving assessments.
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Blake has expertise in improving clients mobility and decreasing their pain through appropriate exercise. Blake delivers our ‘My Exercise’ program, targeting the relief of lower back and sciatic pain, shoulder and upper body concerns as well as leg, hip and and ankle interventions – for those who do not qualify for physiotherapy-led GLAD programs.
• Dietetics – meal planning, weight management support, food intolerance support.
Sophie Bullock – Exercise Physiologist Sophie has post graduate qualifications in hydrotherapy, and as a non-sports centred Exercise Physiologist, helps clients who struggle with engaging in exercise due to a lack of sports participation. Sophie’s goal is to improve clients health via our hydrotherapy program, gym instruction and in-home visits. Sophie also is known for her passion for working with children.
Blake provides individual & group exercise for younger people with a disability. Blake treats clients in-clinic or via our hydrotherapy program as well as attending your gym with you.
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Holly is a former sports journalist who believed so strongly in the power of exercise to heal and nurture that she undertook her 4 year degree in Exercise Physiology. Holly is be able to work with people directly to support them through their pain journey and regain independence and a joy for living again.
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Tash takes a wholistic view of all her clients, considering their mental wellbeing as much as their physical needs. Tash delivers our Nordic Walking, Pilates and Tai Chi programs, all of which have a mental as well as physical component. Tash also leads our strength and balance program, supporting those with lower levels of mobility or have concerns over falls to regain their confidence, whilst also meeting a great bunch of fellow exercise class participants.
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Bronwen says she always wanted the school to be a place where families felt like part of a community, and where her son could sit and do homework while waiting for his own music lesson. “It was important to me that we welcome not only our students’ families, but also the families of our teachers and staff,” she says. “This skill and passion is evident in the sound of laughter and learning which spills out of the rooms.”
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Owner Bronwen Mackenzie and assistant director Dr Rachel Campbell. Photo: Paul Bissett
“FAMILY is at the heart of BMS Academy,” says owner BronwenOriginallyMackenzie.founded in 1982 by Jill Bellchambers (as Bellchambers Music School), Bronwen bought the business in 2016, which today teaches music to people of any age who want to pick up an instrument.
It’s never too early to start learning music at BMS Academy, says Bronwen. The academy welcomes its tiniest musicians from the age of one, and the current oldest student is Barry who, at 84, has been learning piano for more than 10 years. “Learning music at any age is so beneficial not just for the brain, but for the soul, too”, Bronwen says. “We’re known for our group classes for one to sevenyear-olds, but it’s so lovely to see adults returning to lessons in retirement, or parents having a bit of ‘me time’ each week in their lessons. “We don’t teach the bagpipes,but we teach pretty much everything else!” BMS Academy, 38 Colbee Court, Phillip. Call 6281 6270, visit bmsacademy.com.au or email hello@bmsacademy.com.au
By Helen Musa Elijah Williams as Joe in “Girl from the North Country”... “It’s an actor’s dream to play a character that has so much depth and cultural nuance.”
Elijah’s no ordinary Joe in the Dylan musical
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NIDA-trained Chemon Theys, who has transferred from the ensemble to play Marianne, was not a Dylan fan either, but now she loves performing the tight harmonies in the show and told us earlier in the year: “I love the fact that this is a play with music, you don’t need all the glitz… it’s like a straight play, it’s so beautiful… I guess the show brought out my appreciation”. Unlike Theys, Williams is self-trained, so the role represents a big opportunity for him. He migrated to Australia as a refugee from Sierra Leone aged four and was later schooled at the elite Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview, in Sydney, where both music and drama are Williamsstrong.gotasolid classical music grounding at school, but was already “doing drama, jumping into characters developing a taste for it – I wasn’t trained, but I figured out all you had to do was be truthful to the writing.”Success followed school and now he’s hot theatrical property in Sydney. “I just got jobs. I was fortunate to be surrounded at an early stage of my career by well-trained actors who pulled me aside and gave me advice,” he says. “I also spent a lot of my time watching people like director Mitchell Butel, and that’s how I developed myOfcareer.”hisbig break in “Girl from the North Country” Williams says: “It’s certainly an actor’s dream to play a character that has so much depth and cultural nuance.” In the show, he believes, the wrongly convicted Joe stands for a lot of AfricanAmericans who were in the wrong place at the wrong time and asked to take the rap. Dylan’s “Hurricane” argues that we should right the wrongs. “Girl from the North Country”, Canberra Theatre, August 25-September 3.
The action is set up by Terence Crawford as Dr Walker, who introduces characters, nar rates the show and explains what eventually happened to various characters.
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The focus is on the boarding house individuals but, as with the famous Dylan number, “Hurricane” (which details the wrongful conviction of former middleweight boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter), the songs reflect the characters in the moment.
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WHEN Elijah Williams was offered the featured role of Joe Scott in the Bob Dylan musical “Girl from the North Country” he wasn’t a Bob Dylan fan at all, but he is now. Williams, who stepped into the role at the end of the Sydney season, coming straight from a Sydney Theatre Company production, tells me: “I was aware of Dylan, but had no understanding of his music… once I immersed myself in the score, it opened my eyes to the lyricism and the poetry. I fell in love with the nuance of his writing.” Joe, he explains, is the catalyst of the things that happen in the play, which is set in a boarding house in Depression-era Duluth, Minnesota, the city of Dylan’s birth. “It’s like an Irish play with American songs,” another cast member says of the text by the Irish playwright Conor McPherson, who also directed the show. It’s not like a conventional musical at all, but is rather a series of encounters and inter nal reflections, backlit with atmospheric stage pictures, “creating the feeling of an on-going epic saga, rather than a musical”, “CityNews” Train Coming’’, “Forever Young” and the 2012
Williams’ character, Joe, loosely based on Carter, is an ex-con, a runaway wrongly accused of a crime and defacto, the pivotal role in the show. “Joe is the reason for what’s happening in the house and it’s his relationship with Marianne that is the central point as the characters try to look at life for what it is, so fickle and turbulent,” he says. As well, between Marianne and Joe there’s what he calls “a little bit of Romeo and Juliet dream world” as they talk of marrying – “the play has its dark moments but that’s the romantic aspect to it”.
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land and sea creatures, including dinosaurs, together in one show. The Playhouse, August 26-27.
CANBERRA Youth Theatre has is taking over Exhibition Park August 27-28 with a showcase of everything pop culture, including celebrity guests, a gaming zone, cosplay, panels and “Artist Alley,” a creative district filled with original and fan art.
Robert Mitchum in John Farrow’s “Where Danger Lives” (1950).
By Helen CANBERRAMusaseems to be awash with film festivals, but the oldest one of them, the Canberra International Film Festival, is determined to stake out its territory as the one that truly looks at what cinema is. I catch up with veteran producer and festival director Andrew Pike as he prepares for an intense three-day event that will focus on the dark, brooding “noir” movement in film, one that can be traced back much further than the popular Scandi movies running on SBS. This year Pike and his team of dedicated film lovers, film buffs Isabelle Faure, Gino Moliterno and Russell Smith, are looking primarily at outstanding Australian talents who made it overseas. “Most of our festivals have themes and this year one of our themes is a celebration of Judith Anderson as an Oscar-nominated Australian in Hollywood with a powerful career in the ‘40s and ‘50s, so we are opening with ‘Rebecca’,” Pike says. I confess to Pike that 1940 Hitchcock film also starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine is my all-time favourite movie. Judith (Dame Judith) Anderson plays the terrifying housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, a role to which she added sexual overtones, horrifying the prudish Hollywood censors of the time but ensuring her legendary status among LGBTQI filmgoers. Although the Adelaide-born actress was already famous on stage, the role of Danvers gave Anderson a chance to stride the international film screens. She went on to win two Emmy Awards and, for playing the title role of Euripides’ “Medea”, a Tony. Later in the festival, Anderson also surfaces alongside Robert Mitchum in Raoul Walsh’s 1947 film, “Pursued”, where she plays the matriarch on a rural estate trying to keep a functional family in order to Mitchum’s vulner able character, haunted by childhood trauma. Pike says Australian sociologist and historian, Prof Desley Deacon, author of “Judith Anderson – Australian Star, First Lady of the American Stage”, will introduce the two films in which Anderson appears and will do a Q&A about her, too. Four sessions in the Canberra International Film Festival will celebrate the work of another Australian, the director of some 50 Hollywood films yet long-forgotten, unless you count the fact that he fathered Mia Farrow.
John Farrow, Oscar-winning master of the noir, is celebrated in the festival through the documentary “John Farrow: Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows”, a title with a double meaning, since, as master of noir, he used shadows and darkness as his cinematic tools.
BRINDABELLA Orchestra is at last able to perform “The Old Man Who Loved to Sing”, commissioned from AFTER covid-induced postpone ments, the 22nd Manning Clark Lecture will now be delivered by Prof Ross Garnaut via Zoom from 6pm-7.30pm, August 30.
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Joan Fontaine in the title role, left, and Judith Anderson as the terrifying housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, in “Rebecca” (1940).
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Canberra International Film Festival, Arc Cinema, NFSA, Acton, August 26-28.
“His specialty was film noir so we decided to settle on three of the very best noir film classics,” Pike says – “The Big Clock”, Beal” and “Where Danger Lives”. Though one of the greatest cinematogra phers of all time, he left Australia very early, Pike says, so many people don’t even realise If it sounds like an overload of noir, the team has programmed Ernst Lubitsch’s 1946 American romantic comedy, “Trou Paradise”, once described by “The Village Voice” as “insouciantly amoral”, along with Lubitsch’s “Cluny Brown”, where Jennifer Jones plays a plumber. Unlike the new Capital Film Festival, the Canberra International Film Festival is aiming at a demography of 45 and over, Pike says, but he is definite that they would like to increase interest among younger filmmakers who could, he feels sure, benefit from the For one thing, most young filmmakers have no idea about films made before digital effects came in, understanding little about the potential of darkness and shadows used so masterfully by people such as Farrow. “Apart from the Hitchcock, everything else in the festival is low budget, made very economically but looking spectacular on the big screen,” Pike says. “You don’t need big budgets or digital technology. “I worry that for many people, cinema is an art form that has no past, because the critical domain is obsessed with the present.” And he bets none of these films will be on Netflix. I checked, and he’s quite right.
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For the love of Jason’s dying mum “Everybody’s Oma” (G) THIS Australian documentary is a gentle message film observing a family dealing with a tension that its members neither expected or deserved. “Oma” is Dutch for “Mum”. Filmmaker Jason van Genderen wants you to enjoy watching his affectionate memorial to his mother Hendrika, who died early this year, her 90th. Apparently Jason shot much of the film on his iPhone, which allowed him to capture moments that deserved the kind of treatment he sought to provide during her last four years when she was beset with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (the film also contains a goodly amount of foot age of her during years before that began). Aren’t those two unwellness conditions the same thing? Not exactly. Dementia is a group of symptoms that negatively impact memory. Alzheimer’s is a progressive brain disease that slowly causes impairment in memory and cognitive function. Either of them is nasty. Both at the same time is more so. The film’s genesis began when Hendrika started to fall occasionally. Jason and wife Meghan brought her to live in a granny flat where the film spends a fair proportion of its 93 minutes.Thefilm is an assurance to its audiences that even when dementia and Alzheimer’s over whelm the sufferer’s existence, the carer’s most significant acts are patience and understanding. Jason van Genderen puts his iPhone down to say some final words: “I hope ‘Everybody’s Oma’ will create meaningful change about how we care for our elders whilst encouraging everyone to reconnect with what’s really most important in their lives.” That’s a lesson for us all. At Dendy “Die Wannseekonferenz” (M) ON January 20, 1942, in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel (SS) leaders gathered to determine the “Final Solution to the JewishWhatquestion”.happened that morning set in motion the machinations that culminated in the Holocaust that killed six million Jewish people across Europe by the war’s end in 1945. “Die Wannseekonferenz” portrays this key event with a cold soberness, perfectly capturing the brutal logic of a fascist bureaucracy, where law is weaponised and everyone and everything subordinated to the doctrine of war and genocide. It’s been described as a modern masterwork and one of the most important films of 2022. It’s not the first film that has tried to capture the bureaucratic processes that formalised and, in a Nazi way, gave an air of legality to the Holocaust. But it is the first to follow the minutes of the meeting as recorded by Adolf Eichmann, a key document pertaining to the Holocaust, of which only that copy remains. We don’t really know how the meeting took place, how the participants behaved, what they talked about apart from what’s on the record. All of that has to be “invented” by means of film dramaturgy and historical knowledge about the people involved. The film’s basis is a play by Paul Mommertz, which has received both criticism and praise since its premiere. The criticism has mostly been for its depiction of a variety of people, especially Eichmann and Heydrich. Movies tend to lend Nazi characters like that a demon-like aura, a natural self-explaining evil. The more frightening reality is that the participants were human beings following an extreme ideology; believing in a “cause” that had already led to millions of deaths. Their job was to design a regime for killing millions more. They truly believed that what they did was right – and that they had a natural right to do it. After 84 minutes of discussion, the real conference wound up with no clear resolution. In a moment of mordant humour, the film saves that for last – an al fresco decision, taken as the participants depart. There has been no decision about what kind of gas. Carbon monoxide? That uses petroleum fuel – needed for the war. The prussic acid pesticide called Zyklon B? Why not? Dendy and Palace Electric
A MONUMENTAL weight lies on the shoulders of “House of the Dragon” – the much anticipated spin-off to “Game of Thrones” that finally hits streaming this week. Two-hundred million dollars in the making, this prequel series, set to be one of 2022’s flag ship television events, must restore the faith of fans left crushed by the “Game of Thrones” finale three years ago. Heavy on spectacle but light on substance, the show’s infamous ending was disappointing, to say the least. On IMDb it holds a meagre 4.1 out of 10 as an average score from audience members, a stark contrast compared to the episodes of the show’s height such as “The Rains of Castamere” or “Battle of the Bastards”, both of which hold an almost unseen 9.9 out of 10. Some fans are still so let down by the botched conclusion that the thought of revisiting Wes teros is just not interesting enough to warrant committing to a new series. But cautious hype is still in the air. “House of the Dragon” has the potential to make “Game of Thrones” the king of television once again. So what’s it all about? The story winds the clock back 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones”, in an era of Westeros that looks very different from what viewers saw in the original series. The Targaryen family are at the height of their power and sit on the Iron Throne, but trouble brews as King Viserys I must choose who is to be hisInheir.very “Game of Thrones” fashion, a war of succession breaks out, turning into what’s described as “the beginning of the end of the House Targaryen.”
STREAMING Making ‘Thrones’ king again?
Former time lord Matt Smith is the big name on the cast. He takes on the role of Daemon Targaryen, the younger brother of the king and heirHe’spresumptive.joinedbyEmma D’Arcy playing Rhaenyra Targaryen, who although the eldest of Viserys and hungry for her seat on the throne, is unable to take power because she’s a woman. See where this is headed? To what will no doubt be the joy of many fans, George RR Martin, the writer of the “Song of Ice and Fire” books that served as the basis of “Game of Thrones” universe, has had a heavy hand in theManyproject.argue that the original series declined in quality only after the plot overtook Martin’s books, which he’s known to write notoriously slowly. (It’s been more than 11 years since his last book was published in the “Game of Thrones” Thankfully, “House of the Dragon” promises that it used the pages of his “Fire and Blood” prequel novel as its inspiration, but only The series has vowed to bring back all the things that made “Game of Thrones’” a sensation; breath taking battles, ruthless politicking and, of course, would it even be “Game of Thrones” without a boundary-pushing amount of graphic sex? Apparently there’s so much of it in “House of the Dragon” that it had star Matt Smith himself questioning the necessity. “You do find yourself asking, do we need another sex scene?” Smith remarked in an interview with “Rolling Stone” magazine. “Slightly too much, if you ask me” Despite the tarnished legacy of “Game of Thrones”, there’s no doubt it remains something of television royalty. Even amidst its contentious final season, the show brought in almost 20 million viewers each week, and set a new, cinematic standard for the blockbuster on the small screen. “House of the Dragon” now has a chance to recapture that legacy, and restore “Thrones” to the higher echelons of popular-culture that it once so steadfastly held. Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Streaming on Binge from August 22.
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Time to seize the energy, will and enthusiasm LETTER Tara Cheyne.
Central to the article is that if our policy is successfully realised, it could have an even bigger impact on the arts scene than the redevelopment of the Canberra Theatre Centre – but that it will be difficult. She says the ACT has historically missed out on national funding oppor tunities and projects, and that for all our will, there needs to be more engagement from higher powers; that without it, we will never succeed. I agree. But it doesn’t mean we should shy away. In fact, it’s exactly why we have been so clear about our ambition to be recognised as Australia’s arts capital and how we will get there. Our policy brings together our aims and intentions, and makes the strongest case possible for the growth of our sector. Together with a new federal government that has put the arts back on the agenda, if this isn’t one of the best op portunities we have ever had, then what is? If we don’t start talking like a serious city now, why should anyone listen? As we work to elevate the sector as a whole, the op portunities, projects, attention and engagement will come. Rather than being cynical or thinking it’s too hard, now is the time for us all to seize the energy, will, enthusiasm and potential of our sector and join this exciting journey. Ms Musa concluded that she might be the grinch who stole my vision, but I warmly suggest she revisits the original story’s ending. (Hint: he’s not successful.)
THE diversity of Indian cuisine is mind-blowing. The colours are vibrant, spices exotic and smells sensational. At 7 by the lake, Kingston Foreshore, you can explore dishes from seven regions of India, while taking in views of the water. It was our first time ordering 7 by The Lake’s chilli chicken (gluten free, $14.90) and we thought the dish rocked. Chicken pieces are lightly battered and then fried until crispy on the outside, but moist on the inside. They’re tossed with capsicum and onions and a special sauce, which translates into loads of flavour. The chilli had a definite presence but nothing to be afraid of. My friend and I love butter chicken, in all its variations. With 7 by the lake’s North Indian classic, the chicken is slowly simmered in an aromatic, buttery and creamy tomato sauce. The chicken was super tender, and we used our fresh naan, cooked in the tandoor, to soak up the flavours. Lip smacking good, but perhaps a tad sweet? The two of us are also fans of Saag Paneer ($21.90), one of the most popular dishes in India. The spinach gravy was thick, rich and smokey, and the cubes of cheese soft. More naan (and fluffy Fry with chicken, lamb, beef and goat as options ($23.90 to $27.90). Meat pieces are coated with a blend of desiccated coconut and spices and cooked on a slow fire. The Kolambi Masala sounds amazing ($28.90) – baby prawns simmered in a special ground-masala paste.Wines at 7 by the lake are very reasonably priced for the Foreshore area, including our The Inventor 2019 Shiraz Rosé, at first. It then slo-o-o-wed down. In all fairness, we have to be somewhat patient these days with so many hos pitality venues not able to consistently get staff on deck. Some are even forced to stick a sign on the door apologising for unexpectedly not opening at certain dining area, with a décor colour palette reflective of exotic spices. The outdoor area is right on the water. Some of the tables outside look a little worse for wear and the exterior lacks the warmth and charm of the interior. A bit of attention here wouldn’t go astray.
Exotic Indian down by the lake DINING / 7 by the lake, Kingston Foreshore
Tara Cheyne, ACT Arts Minister
ACKNOWLEDGING Helen Musa’s strong and longstanding support and advocacy for arts in the ACT region, I read her analysis of our ACT arts policy with great interest (“Why Tara’s awfully big arts policy won’t work”, CN August 4).
Moss… grows where there is moisture and the sun has not dried the area. Pieris japonica… perfect plant for a cottage garden. Jackie Warburton
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FRUIT trees can still have a treatment of copper for peach leaf curl and are nearly ready to show early signs of spring. Almond trees grow well in Canberra and I have had success with Prunus amygdalus, which is a dwarf, self-pollinating variety. Almonds are early flowering in our region and may need a little protection from frost. Apart from initial training of a small tree they seldom need pruning. If there’s more space in the garden, a pecan tree can be grown in our region as well, but needs space to Pecansgrow.(Carya illinoinensis) flower late spring when last frosts have passed, but the tree itself survives frost quite well and needs deep soil for its tap root to access good ground water. It will produce nuts better with another tree close by, but pecan “Cherokee” can be self-pollinating if space is limited in theSEEDgarden.potatoes are available in the nurseries but wait at least four to six weeks until planting as the soil starts to warm and big frosts haveTheypassed.liketo be planted in full sun. Potatoes are of the solanaceae family, so don’t plant them where you have had tomatoes, eggplants or capsicums last season. However, they can be planted where the garlic, onions or vegeta bles of the allium family have been planted to prevent diseases in the soil and maximise crop rotation. A PERFECT plant for a cottage garden or a shady spot on the southern side of the house, Pieris japonica is in flower now. Also known as lily of the valley, they are a slow-growing evergreen (to two metres), suited to a Japanese and Chinese-style garden and available with a variegated leaf. Keep the soil acidic, moist and well drained. IF there are any perennials in the garden such as winter Iris, daylilies, native grasses or any clumping perennials, they can be divided now before spring growth starts. Use a fork to dig clumps out and divide with a sharp spade or broken into smaller pieces and replanted. jackwar@home.netspeed.com.au
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MOSS can be a hazard in the garden and should be scraped away from paths to prevent the area becoming slippery. Moss on paving grows where there is moisture and the sun has not dried the area and so it grows on itself. There are moss-remover products, but if you want a home remedy use equal parts vinegar and water in a spray bottle, spray the paving area, let it sit for around 20 minutes and wash off. If there is moss in the lawn, aerate the area with a garden fork to allow better drainage or dig moss out gently and place on some rocks or somewhere you want it to grow. Keep it moist and it should stick and grow if the conditions are right.
CAMELLIAS will still be coming into flower and now the japonica camellias will be joining them. They are the larger leaf, larger flowers and grow up to five metres. Japonica camellias can cope with more shade, whereas sasanqua camellias have a smaller leaf and like full sun and flower in Camelliasautumn.likeshelter from the hot winds and prefer morning sun and dappled shade in the afternoon. The lighter the flower, the better it copes with the shade. White-flowering camellias should be planted with as much protection from the frost.
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WHAT’S the right way to eat? Six small meals a day or three and avoid snacking? Some people even fast through the day and only have one meal. So, should we be snacking or should we be avoiding snacks at all costs?The answer for this and many nutrition questions is: “It depends”. Whether trying to eat well for general health or trying to achieve a particular Snacksismanagingcompositionbodygoal,appetiteakeychallenge.areonetool to manage appetite. For instance, in trying to gain muscle mass people need to ensure they get enough energy and protein. If finding it hard to have large meals to meet those needs, eating something small in between meals can help reach nutrient goals. Alternatively, anyone trying to lose weight may need to manage portions with meals. The tricky thing about snacking is that it can be more ad hoc outside the routine of breakfast and planned lunches and dinners. The result of these unplanned or mindless eating occasions is that we can easily over consume energy from snack foods and overindulge on foods that are high in salt, sugar andForfat.this reason, many people choose to avoid snacking so they don’t have to think about what and how much to have. There is nothing wrong with going without snacks and unless you have an underlying health condition, the body is more than capable of going several hours withoutAnyoneeating.who finds it hard to control their appetite without a snack, it’s perfectly okay to eat between meals. To avoid the drawbacks of snacks, build snacks out of wholefoods. This not only ensures that a snack has valuable nutrients, but wholefoods tend to be lower in energy density and more filling. Try these: • A punnet of strawber ries and a row of dark chocolate • Cherry tomatoes with basil pesto dip • A small salad of watermelon, feta cheese and mint
LIBRA (Sept 24 – Oct 23) With the New Moon stimulating your self-sabotage zone, are you being your own worst enemy? Is the only person undermining your efforts actually you? Stop being an over-accommodating Libra who’s trying to please everyone and, instead, start focusing on your future health, wealth and happiness. So your mantra for the week is from birthday great, singer-songwriter Florence Welch: “You should have high expectations for yourself, and others should come second.”
Across 1 What are North American Indian warriors called? (6) 8 Which person works for a business for pay? (8) 9 Name an energetic dance originating in Parisian burlesque shows. (6) 10 Which term describes that which is volatile or lively? (8) 11 Which expression suggests something ethnic or tribal? (6) 12 What is a contrivance for joining a pair of draught animals, especially oxen? (4) 13 What is frozen or partly frozen rain? (5) 16 Name council charges. (5) 19 What are sticks, wands, staffs, shafts, or their like? (4) 21 Which term describes that which is derived from vinegar? (6) 22 Name an expression meaning very rigid or strict. (8) 23 What do we call utterly foolish people? (6) 24 To divide something into three parts, one does what? (8) 25 Name an alternative term for vestiges. (6) ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) New Moon week is the ideal time to ditch bad daily habits and start afresh. It’s a jug gle to get everything done but keep calm and don’t lose your cool! You’re unusually focused, but are you focusing on the right things? Work, health, wellbeing, diet and/ or fitness are the main areas where you need to make some long-overdue changes and adjustments. But – if you are too hasty, hot-headed and impetuous – you could find yourself in the middle of an argument or accident. So pace yourself.
TAURUS (Apr 21 – May 21) This week the New Moon’s in fellow earth sign Virgo, so it’s time to be the practical and productive Taurus you were born to be. But don’t just focus on facts, figures, inputs, outcomes and the minutiae of daily life. Mercury and Pluto encourage you to expand your creative horizons, as you strive to make the world a better and more beautiful place. Be inspired by birthday great and humanitarian Mother Teresa: “The world is hungry not only for food, but also for beauty.”
CANCER (June 22 – July 23) Get creative and put on your problem-solving hat, Crabs! This week, the New Moon activates your desire to assist a friend, neighbour or family member in a practical and hands-on way. Plus Mercury and Pluto help you resolve an issue (at home or within your local community) in a strategic and satisfying way. So your motto for the moment is from birthday great Mother Teresa (who was born on August 26, 1910): “Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.”
CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 20) Pluto is still transiting slowly through your sign, which boosts your drive and amplifies your ambition. But this powerful planet also cranks up your controlling side, which can alienate you from others. This week the Pluto/Mercury trine helps you balance steely determination with a more strategic and diplomatic approach. Saturday’s earthy New Moon is the perfect time to tweak your holiday dates and travel plans for the coming year. Adventure and exploration are on the horizon!
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GEMINI (May 22 – June 21) The New Moon promises a fresh start on the domestic front, as you entertain at home or tackle a DIY project. Plus Mercury (your patron planet) activates your entertainment and creativity zone. Sharing a sport or hobby with a loved one will bring mutual benefits (but don’t promise more time and effort than you can actu ally deliver). Attached Twins – plan a romantic rendezvous with your sweetheart. For some singles, a platonic relationship could lead to long-term love.
AQUARIUS (Jan 21 – Feb 19) Each New Moon indicates a shift of gear in a particular area of life. This week, the heavens highlight a fresh start involving money, an intimate relationship or trust issues. And you’ll be extra curious mid-week as you dig up gossip, uncover a secret or study up a storm. Writer Dorothy Parker (born on August 22, 1893) reminds us: “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” Saturday’s impulsive stars could lead to an argument or accident so slow down.
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• Rice cakes with ricotta and blueberries Many of these wholefood snacks require some planning and preparation. By waiting to feel REALLY hungry, you’re far less likely to take the time to make a wholefood snack. That’s why planning and preparing a snack that includes wholefood (and is something to look forward to and enjoy) is essential to good snacking habits. Clare Wolski is a dietitian at The EatingHealthyClinic.
VIRGO (Aug 24 – Sept 23) The silvery New Moon lights up your sign. So it’s the best week of the year to update your wardrobe, change your appearance, launch a project, apply for a job or start a new phase of your life. Not sure where to begin? Powerful Pluto trines your ruling planet Mercury on Monday and Tuesday. So research, study, strategic planning, deep concentration and focused communication will get you where you want to go. Personal projects and creative pursuits are also favoured.
Solution next editionDown 2 Name the Italian artist, considered to be one of the greatest painters of the High Renaissance. (7) 3 What is a modified virus of a disease, used for preventive inoculation? (7) 4 To be of a pleasing appearance, is to be what? (6) 5 Name an extended mass of ice that moves very slowly. (7) 6 Which upright street pipe is used for drawing water from a main? (7) 7 What do we call those who practise the art of sword fighting? (7) 13 Name a body of individuals living as members of a community. (7) 14 What are large stores that sell great varieties of articles? (7) 15 Name another term for the windpipe. (7) 17 Which country was named after Amerigo Vespucci? (7) 18 What is a less familiar term for a letter? (7) 20 What do we call a very cruel person? (6)
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LEO (July 24 – Aug 23) The New Moon and Mercury shift the focus to financial matters. Lions are drawn to luxury living and you’re inclined to buy expensive things that you don’t really need. This week, do your best to avoid being an impulsive binge shopper. The more creatively and proactively you nurture your nest egg, the more it will gradu ally grow. The Mercury/Pluto trine encourages you to sparkle and shine in your own unique way. Open the doors of perception and let the sunshine in!
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SCORPIO (Oct 24 – Nov 22) Education, joint ventures and group projects are favoured this week, as you display your leadership skills for all to see. There are opportunities for advancement via connections within your local community, but it will take creative teamwork and sustained effort to turn a lucky break into long-term success. It’s also time to get some firm direction, as you formulate and articulate your personal goals and dreams for the future. Remember, you can’t hit a target if you haven’t got one.
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PISCES (Feb 20 – Mar 20) The New Moon encourages you to get a romance, business partnership or joint venture moving ASAP. Time to heed the wise words of birthday great, Mother Teresa: “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” But do you have ridiculously unrealistic expectations about a close relationship? It may be time for a reality check. Are you unhappily single and searching for love? Be on the lookout for a creative thinker who is a good talker.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23 – Dec 21) This week, revisit your career goals and take steps to make them a reality. But, when it comes to close relationships, keep your cool and avoid the temptation to over-talk and overreact. You can’t control what others say but you can control your response. There could also be some tension between shining brightly at work and fulfilling your responsibilities to family and friends. Remember, if anyone can juggle, multi-task and have fun, it’s a versatile and humorous Sagittarius.
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