Tweed Echo – Issue 1.23 – 12/02/2009

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THE TWEED SHIRE Volume 1 #23 Thursday, February 12, 2009 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 Fax: (02) 6672 4933 editor@tweedecho.com.au adcopy@tweedecho.com.au www.tweedecho.com.au

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Another stoush Save me! at Hastings Point

Ken Sapwell

World War Two Bomber Command survivor Vic Brill (above) stood his ground when a truck began nudging into a group of fellow protestors at Hastings Point. The 90-year-old former navigator with the famous 463 Lancaster squadron, which suffered the highest losses of any in RAF command, showed time had not diminished the bravery needed to fly the flakfilled skies over Germany. Mr Brill, who was finally pulled aside by others worried about his safety, says he feels he’s been pitched into a new war – one to save his peaceful village lifestyle from developers apparently intent on trying to beat tough new planning laws before they’re implemented. ‘I spent four year fighting

to preserve democracy but I believe our democratic rights are being whittled away,’ he said of the latest front in the ongoing war to save the fragile Cudgera Creek from overdevelopment. It involves a seven hectare area on the northern side of the creek where developer, Walter Elliott Holdings (WEH), wants to build a resort and 57 houses. A development application has been in the hands of the NSW Planning Department for nearly two years awaiting a decision after the Minister usurped planning controls from the council because of the sensitive nature of the site. But residents claim the developer is trying to start the proposed subdivision by stealth by trucking in thousands of tonnes of fill to create an extensive access road

after somehow winning Tweed council approval to build a single dwelling on the site. WEH director, Scott Elliott, has denied the claim, saying he is simply building a holiday house which he and his family may use. Tweed Village Alliance president Julie Boyd says the area where the fill is being dumped was illegally filled by a former owner and was responsible for worsening flooding problems in a caravan park and homes in Creek Street. She said residents were unaware that council’s building staff had approved the house until trucks began rumbling through their village last week. ‘The first we knew anything about this was when convoys of up to 62 trucks a day started bringing in huge amounts of fill,’ she said. ‘The council’s building unit claims it was unaware of the site’s contentious history when it gave approval, apparently without the full knowledge of senior planning staff. ‘Strangely enough the access road the developer is creating is the same as that for the huge resort and housing development now under consideration by the NSW Planning department.’ The residents won a minor victory when council staff Jenny Hayes cuddles a cute koala at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary last week. Ms Hayes says ordered the developer to these iconic creatures are threatened by the planned 4,500-home Kings Forest subdivision remove most of the fill from the southwest of Kingscliff and she has embarked on a campaign to protect them. Photo Jeff Dawson continued on page 2 See full story, page 2.

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Piano nut Jake Durrington belts out a tune to the delight of his great grandmother Melva Hewish, mum Cheryl Durrington and grandma Pam Darby.

He kicked it off with an energetic rendition of ‘Chopsticks’, made all the more challenging for its dramatic rises and crashing falls. ‘I try to make it fun,

not boring, and play songs the (residents) like,’ he said. Jake learned 10 new songs for the performance – no mean feat since he plays solely from

memory. Jake said his lifetime dream was to play in New York but he would settle for a scholarship to the Conservatorium of Music.

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Tweed koala activist Jenny Hayes has known the fear of animals, having once been been chased up a tree in Africa by a black rhinoceros when working for Earthwatch, but her fear for the future of the shire’s diminishing koala colonies is much more immediate. The 43-year-old Ms Hayes, born and bred in the Tweed Valley, has put her own money into a personal advertising campaign urging people to stand up for the Tweed’s remaining few hundred koalas threatened to extinction by encroaching development. Her advertisements tell people the massive Kings Forest residential subdivision plan now being considered by the state government is ‘a final blow to Tweed Coast koalas’ and she wants people to voice their objections by noon this Monday, February 16. ‘It’s the koalas’ last stand’, she told The Echo, saying the habi-

tat loss and fragmentation from the 4,500-home subdivision as well as the dogs and vehicles would spell disaster for not only the koalas on the 1,100-hectare site but other colonies which use it as a corridor. ‘It’s not just that population at Kings Forest, there’s only about 15 in there, but it’s quadruple that number that move through this corridor, where a major four-lane access road is to go.’ Ms Hayes, supported in her quest by Friends of the Koala, Northern Rivers, said ‘Dwellings on this scale and koalas can’t live together‌ look at Koala Beach near Pottsville, they’ve had problems there, and at Chinderah, the bypass there wiped the koalas out. ‘So to put a four-lane access road through this corridor is putting the last nail in the coffin of these koalas.’ She said koala populations on the Tweed were contracting, with only around 200 known left, living in pockets. A

Fears raised over townships Greens councillor Katie Milne suspects many Tweed residents are unaware of the impacts the two proposed massive subdivisions of Kings Forest and Cobaki will have on the shire. Cr Milne, who unsuccessfully sought an extension to the public submission period for the two $7 billion township projects by Leda Developments, told The Echo the developer would ‘move mountains’ – around several millions of cubic metres of soil – at the sites and that wetlands, heathlands and koala populations would be irrreparably affected. ‘There are very significant koala habitat areas in Kings Forest,’ said Cr Milne, ‘and there doesn’t appear to be a koala management plan for the Cobaki site.’ Council’s planning director Vince Connell said council wrote to the planning department on December 11 last year asking for the exhibition of both projects be delayed until after the Christmas/New Year period, pointing out the public would get a limited chance to review and comment on the concept plans. But the request was rejected with the department saying the exhibition period had already been extended to take the holiday period into account.

planning department spokesperson said that several areas of known koala habitat on the Kings Forest site were zoned for environmental protection three years ago. Ms Hayes has worked extensively for Earthwatch and the BBC in Africa, researching wildlife such as the rhinoceros. She said submissions should be sent to Coastal Assessments, Department of Planning, GPO Box 39, Sydney 2001 or faxed to 02 9228 6540 before noon on February 16. The proposal can be viewed at www.majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au.

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metre-high access road after agreeing that it would create a dam-effect and a potential flood risk. Up to 300 residents who gathered at the site on Friday voted to seek a court injunction to stop construction, bringing to four the number of legal challenges to various developments which they have initiated. Mr Elliott said he expected to win government approval for the remaining 56 two-storey houses and a two-storey resort on the site in the ‘near future.’ ‘We have come up with a design which we think will make everyone happy,’ he said, noting that his company had scaled down original plans which envisaged 150 tourist units and 100 homes after talks with council staff. ■Meanwhile developer PDK began work this week to restore a development site at Young Street after residents were successful in a court challenge to approval of a multiunit development. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Shire rallies round bushfire victims Roxanne Millar

Tweed residents have rallied to support the victims of the horrific bushfires in Victoria, donating blood and cash to help the worst affected. A record number of Tweed Shire Council staff have put their arms up to donate blood, required by the Red Cross to treat serious burns victims. But the council is one of the few major employers in Tweed that has no plans to make a lump sum donation to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund.

The Gold Coast City Council has pledged $200,000 towards the fund, Sunshine Coast Council $80,000 and Clubs NSW $250,000. A Tweed council spokeswoman said such a gesture would have to be approved by council at its meeting on Tuesday – but the issue is not on the council agenda. Meanwhile, local businesses have rallied to contribute to the fund, with the Tweed Heads Bowls Club to donate at least $10,000 to match staff contributions.

Organisers of the Pottsville Beach Market have pledged to donate all profits made on Sunday, February 15 to bushfire victims. Coles will also donate all profits on Friday, February 13 to the fund and Kingscliff ’s Eagle Boys will donate $1 from every pizza sold from Friday to Sunday. The Red Cross will collect non-monetary donations such as bedding and toiletries at the Tweed Heads Civic Centre and Tweed MP Geoff Provest’s Minjungbal Drive office from 9am Thursday, February 12.

Salvation Army stores are also taking donations of goods. And a team of 60 local Rural Fire Service volunteers are on standby to fly immediately to Victoria to provide relief for fire crews in the affected areas. Officials have told Tweed firefighters to ‘sit tight’ until they are required down south. Donations for the Bushfire Relief Fund can be made by calling 1800 811 700, online at www.redcross.org.au or at any NAB, Westpac, Commonwealth or ANZ branch.

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Tweed councillors risk digging a deep financial hole that will be hard to climb out of if they dump the seven-year plan, warns deputy mayor, Barry Longland. Cr Longland, the first to publicly defend the seven-year series of compounding rate hikes introduced by administrators three years ago, says the plan’s demise would have serious implications for future communities. He says it’s raising some $118 million so the council can undertake community-backed projects which were forced on to the backburner because of a funding crisis arising from toosmall rate rises in the past. ‘The plan is a blueprint for improving basic services and community facilities by providing staff with a solid framework and timetable as well as the funding to achieve what the community has indicated it wants,’ he said. He says last year the CPI increase raised an extra $1.2 million, while increases in recurrent costs for items like fuel, power and salaries was $1.8 million. ‘The $600,000 shortfall had to be met from productivity gains so it’s a myth that the council is awash with money. Major projects will have to be axed,’ said the Uki-based community councillor, noting that staffing levels had been unchanged since 2006. ‘Some of the big ticket items like the Murwillumbah aquatic centre and carpark are out of the way and now we’re implementing some long overdue projects in other parts of the shire and the Tweed Heads area.’ They included park improvements, road and footpath building programs, better youth services and staged implementation of coastline

and vegetation management plans. A Murwillumbah museum upgrade and a start on the Tweed River Regional Museum at Tweed Heads were also due to start. ‘If spending is cut to the bone it will hurt local tradies and businesses relying on council contracts – there’s a definite link between council expenditure and local employment,’ he said. The former Commonwealth government accountant also warned it could lead to staff sackings, risk amalgamation and a failure to provide for the replacement of assets, all creating a ‘recipe for disaster.’ ‘Cancelling much needed infrastructure and services proj-

ects and the possible sacking of trained council staff for short term populist reasons does not serve the longterm interests of residents and ratepayers… ‘The rise might seem a lot but we are simply catching up with the rates paid by residents in comparable coastal shires.’ However, former Mayor Warren Polglase disagrees and suggests that it’s time for the council to apply the brakes and limit the increase to the 3.5 per cent inflation rate. He says times are tough for many people, including selffunded retirees who’ve seen their nest eggs evaporate, and the organisation needs to tighten its own belt by reining in spending and finding cost savings.

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Tweed still compares well on rates Tweed Shire Council’s rates remain among the lowest of other comparable local government areas despite three years of substantial rate rises under the seven year plan. Tweed’s average residential rate of $715 is higher than Shoalhaven Council but lower than the other three councils in the same grouping, according to an official comparative performance chart. Other councils in the group – Lake Macquarie, Newcastle and Wollongong – had average rates of $726, $722 and $839 respectively, while Shoalhaven’s rate was $623. Tweed farmers continue to pay the lowest farmland rate of any in the group while business owners are paying the second lowest business rate ahead of only Shoalhaven.

The Department of Local Government’s annual report, which ranks council performances across the state, also found the Tweed generated less income from rates and charges than others in its group. The Tweed also continues to achieve a higher income from interest on its investments than others in the group with a return of 6.71 per cent – 30 per cent higher than the statewide average. But it was short-changed by federal and state governments who handed out 25 per cent less in grants than last year. It made up some ground by raising 2.3 times more revenue from developer contributions than the NSW average, making it the highest earner from this source by 95 per cent in its group.

The report also shows that that the council’s employee costs fell by six per cent on the previous year but operating costs per capita of $931.60 were higher than the group average, which was $903.60. Although Tweed Council decreased its borrowings costs by 31 per cent from the previous year, it was still 21 per cent higher than the group average and 38 per cent higher than the NSW average. Depreciation expenses for the Tweed increased by 37 per cent on the previous year and are 72 per cent higher than the State average. The groupings in the Local Government Department’s report are based on a range of factors, including its geographic size, population and growth rates. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Switch to solar and save, says Lisa Roxanne Millar

Tweed residents are switching on to solar power in their droves thanks to a bulk buying scheme that could eventually earn them money. Murwillumbah resident Lisa Blackwell has had almost 100 responses to her appeal for participants in the scheme that installs solar panels on local roofs. ‘The response has been overwhelming and I’ve had 30 people sign up from all over the area,’ she said. ‘What I really love is that there have been a lot of pensioners doing it who can see the benefits and the money they will save in the longterm.’ Participants in the bulk buy initiative offered through Aussie Solar are able to purchase solar panels and an inverter for their home for just $990. The initial cost is $9,000 but the Federal Government provides a rebate of up to $8,000. The scheme will close on 30 June when the Federal Gov-

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Councillors reject new ‘branding’ Ken Sapwell

Tweed councillors have torpedoed moves by general manager Mike Rayner to implement a corporate relations strategy which included improved ‘branding’ of the council’s image and a one-stop shop for council inquiries. Details of the costs and some key aspects of the strategy, which has the stated aims of building trust, respect and transparency with the community, were contained in a

briefing paper to councillors but omitted from the council agenda available to the public. Cr van Lieshout led the attack on the strategy, saying the council needed to win community respect rather than adopt a strategy to burnish its image. She was also concerned that council’s administrative hierarchy was becoming an ‘entity apart from the elected councillors.’ Greens councillor Katie Milne also joined in, questioning the rebranding’s $40,000

Improving communications Tweed councillors are examining a range of options – including a citizens’ panel of up to 800 ratepayers – for improving the way it consults with the community. The move follows criticism by Maurice Daly of the council’s community consultation process in his landmark investigation into the council’s affairs – which led to its sacking in 2005. The council’s corporate relations director, Troy Green, said a range of options were being put forward in a bid to get better community input. They included the citizens’ panel comprising up to 800 ratepayers from various parts of the shire and registering community groups so they can be notified of major developments or modifications. The options are included in a corporate relations strategy commissioned by the administrators in 2007 after the council was sacked, leaving its image in tatters. Prof Daly was scathing of the council’s level of community consultation, saying it had ‘made no real effort’ to enter into process, and that documents sent to the public were ‘highly legalistic and over-burdened with complexities.’ Where there had been major issues attracting wide community interest it had been community groups rather than the council which called public meetings to examine them, he said. ‘The ability of citizens to unravel what just might be proposed in a development or its modifications or what they can do to express their attitudes and participate in the decisionmaking process is quite difficult,’ Prof Daly concluded. Its community consultation processes also came under fire earlier this year from a judge who found that in the case of the seven-year plan it was flawed and misleading. Community groups have echoed similar concerns about the consultation process involved in controversial plans to close and sell off part of Bay Street to a development consortium.

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price tag and asking why local artists had not been asked to design a new logo to replace one which has been in use for about 10 years. Mr Rayner indicated he didn’t foresee the opposition to the strategy when he revealed he had already prepared a brief to Brisbane consultants for a new design pending a decision. The 28-page report, prepared by media consultant and former council staffer, Mary Krinberg, talks of the importance of the council’s ‘brand and market position’ and managing the brand ‘closely and consistently.’ In the end Warren Polglase joined Crs Milne, van Lieshout and Kevin Skinner to dump the strategy. It was supported by deputy mayor Barry Longland, Phil Youngblutt and Dot Holdom, with Cr Longland saying the strategy included plans to set up a customer contact centre which would ‘manage’ most customer interactions and transactions. According to details contained in the briefing paper the strategy would cost around $450,000 to implement, with most of the money being used to establish a contact centre able to handle at least 70 per cent of inquiries without having to transfer calls. The strategy also contains a range of options to improve its community consultation process following criticism of the way the council went about informing residents of major projects by Maurice Daly during his landmark investigation into the council’s affairs in 2005. ■ See story, left

good and that there are things we can do to lessen our impact,’ said Ms Blackwell. Ms Blackwell is not affiliated with Aussie Solar and has organised the local bulk buy program because she wants to make a difference. To take part in Ms Blackwell’s bulk buy scheme, email bluellama@westnet.com by Friday, 13 February. Find out more on rebates at www.aussiesolar.com.au. A second scheme is offered through Sunbeam Solar. Call 6679 7228 for details.

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Touching letters by a bushranger sentenced to death, a book printed in 1493 and botanical specimens from the 1700s will all be on display at the Tweed Regional River Art Gallery’s most exciting exhibition yet. For the first time in history, curators have dug out some of the oldest artifacts surviving in NSW collections to tour them to the public as part of a landmark showcase. ‘Great Collections’ features documents and curiosities dating from before Captain James Cook chartered the Australian coastline in 1770 to more modern times. It includes a Dutch atlas from 1666 that charts threequarters of Australia, death masks of outlaws sentenced to hang in colonial times and prints by Pablo Picasso. Tweed assistant art gallery director Anne Schardin said some of the items were surprisingly moving. ‘There are some amazing letters by the bushranger Captain Moonlight, written to his

family before he was hanged,’ she said. ‘They are very articulate, which may come as a surprise to some who would assume bushrangers were illiterate or poorly-educated people.’ Among the oldest items on display is the Nuremburg Chronicle from 1493, one of the first printed books and a type of encyclopedia of the world back then. Exhibition-goers hoping for a deeper understanding of the collection can borrow an iPod from the gallery that contains tracks detailing the history and importance of each item. ‘This is an incredible collection bringing us a piece of history that is unlikely to be seen again,’ Ms Schardin said. ‘We’ve never had anything of this historic nature here before.’ The exhibition runs until March 15 and will be officially launched by Sydney Morning Herald art critic John McDonald on Friday February 13 from 6.30pm for 7pm. For more information go to www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/artgallery

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Tweed River Regional Art Gallery’s public programs curator, Anouk Beck with Captain Moonlight’s death mask (white) and gang member Thomas Rogan’s black death mask from their hanging in 1880.

Tweed Council will overhaul its media policy following claims by Mayor Joan van Lieshout that it gags councillors from speaking to the media. A council spokesman confirmed this week that the policy, adopted in 2007 by the council’s three administrators, would be reviewed to take into account the role played by elected councillors. The policy came under fire when council staff attempted to include it in a new code of conduct at the last council meeting. ‘We are literally being gagged,’ Cr van Lieshout complained to the meeting. ‘We are coming under a dictatorship.’ Under the policy, only council’s media unit, mayor, general manager and directors can speak directly to the media, and if they’re in doubt about what they can say they must get authorisation from the general manager, Mike Rayner. The spokesman said a revised media policy would make it clear that councillors were free to speak to the media and instead of needing authorisation from Mr Rayner they would only be required to consult with him.

He said the media policy was mainly applied to staff and was not intended to inhibit what councillors could tell the media. In fact, it specifically stated that the mayor was free to issue press releases on a mayoral letterhead ‘as desired.’ The council voted four to three to put the code of conduct on the backburner after other aspects also came under attack. A requirement that ‘councillors record details of all meetings, phone calls and other correspondence with developers, objectors or their agents’ within five days of contact were described by both Cr van Lieshout and Greens councillor Katie Milne as too onerous. Cr Milne said she was lobbied ‘24/7’ in public places like supermarkets and ‘it’s going to be rather awkward if we have to keep a record.’ Councillors have been told that the new reporting requirements arise from the recommendations of the Daly inquiry which led to the sacking of the council in 2005 after uncovering evidence of overly cosy relations between some councillors and developers.

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Students at Stokers Siding have that something extra in Principal Margaret Eaton (right) who last year was one of only a handful of primary school principals state wide to receive the Frank Farrell Award. The award includes a grant from the New South Wales government for school principals to research and submit a proposal that will enhance the role of the primary principal and improve learning outcomes for primary school children. Margaret said, ‘The focus of my research was to explore and analyse strategies we can use as leaders to effectively manage behaviour in our schools.’ Margaret spent several days in high performance schools interviewing other principals and teaching staff about leadership methods. ‘My research project focused on how leaders in high performing schools have used methods based on early intervention practices and strong leadership to improve learning outcomes for students with behaviour issues.’ Margaret says she looked for approaches and innovations that would lead to positive changes for the future. She visited classrooms to get a feel

of the school and spoke with many of the staff, the principal and a parent or member of the community. ‘I feel happy with the results,’

said Margaret last week as the new school year began. ‘It certainly has developed my leadership qualities. Principals are the guiding force in

building a whole school supportive community. We must strive for excellence in our own performance and in the performance of those we lead.’

MP convenes forum on homeless Young homeless people in the Tweed could get their own emergency safety house as community representatives ramp up their efforts to reduce the number of children sleeping rough. Tweed MP Geoff Provest convened a forum on Tuesday to bring together representatives from local agencies, community groups and charities to

work towards reducing homelessness. He said his ultimate goal was to establish a safety house in the area for the youths sleeping in local parks and under Tweed bridges. Last week he travelled to Sydney to meet and seek advice from Father Chris Riley, founder of the Youth off the Streets program.

Mr Provest said getting representatives together to talk about solutions was the first step towards finding a solution. ‘I’ve seen a rise in the negativity of youth and I believe that children are our future so we must invest in them now or we will find the future might not be too bright for us,’ he said.

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Resignations throw hospital into crisis Luis Feliu

It was a week Murwillumbah Hospital’s administrators would rather forget with the resignations of its executive officer followed by three of its top four obstetricians, throwing the embattled hospital into crisis. The week included yet another protest rally by hundreds of locals at the hospital grounds last Saturday upset at the continuing downgrade of maternity and other services at the hospital. Both the resignations and the protest rally hit national media. The North Coast Area Health Service (NCAHS) last week announced the resignation of Ian Murray as executive officer at the hospital, a position he had held since 1997, after local media were alerted at a business breakfast last week. NCAHS chief executive Chris Crawford told The Echo that Mr Murray, who was seriously ill and had been on leave for some time, had done ‘a fantastic job’ at the hospital and extended his best wishes to him. His position is being filled on an acting basis by Ms Anne Coccetti, the integrated care coordinator for Tweed Community and Allied Health.

Several days after that announcement, three GP obstetricians at Murwillumbah tendered their resignations, barely weeks after two senior obstetricians also quit because they felt the NCAHS had left them in limbo. The obstetricians are angry that fulltime (24-hour, seven days a week) maternity services at the hospital have not been restored as promised by the state government. Their resignations will leave Murwillumbah’s 10,000 residents with no obstetrics cover and any urgent cases would have to be diverted to Tweed Hospital. One of those who quit, Murwillumbah medical staff council chairman Doug Warne, told media that the doctors wanted to keep doing their job and were committed to the local community but the current situation with maternity services and a lack of backup nursing was unsafe for the community. ‘If this unit is downgraded there will be mishaps on the way [to Tweed], there will be babies born in ambulances,’ Dr Warne said. Mr Crawford said this week he had not received written resignations from the doctors, but they would be required to give three months’ notice.

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Rally route laid out Organisers of the controversial Repco Rally Australia have met with concerned Tweed residents to defend their plans for the event. Rally organisers toured Kingscliff, Murwillumbah and Kyogle on Saturday to outline the preferred route covering 350km of ‘lightly used’ roads in the Tweed and Kyogle shires. Rally Organising Committee chairman Garry Connelly said less than 10km of the distance would pass through national parks. ‘We have sought out the best professional advice both locally and elsewhere to run the event in harmony with its surroundings,’ he said. The proposed event schedwww.tweedecho.com.au

uled for September 3-6 comprises 34 stages between Burringbar and Bonalbo, southwest of Kyogle. The highlight is to be a modified 2km version of Murwillumbah’s Speed on Tweed track. Kingscliff residents are concerned at the potential noise levels and damage the pit lane might cause to the beach foreshore during the event. A Kingscliff business owner said the extra money the event would bring into the town far outweighed any inconveniences. Another resident called for Rally Australia to scale down the development application from 10 years to 12 months before it is lodged next month.

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Censorship sucks Senator Stephen Conroy is the Telecommunications Minister in the Rudd government. He has not been a success in the portfolio. There are longstanding problems with the licensing of broadcast television and with Telstra’s intransigence over broadband access, which remain as intractable now as they were under the Liberal government’s various ineffectual ministers. But Senator Conroy has more in common with the most prominent of Howard’s buffoons, Richard Alston, than mere incompetence. Both ministers – along with moral campaigners like Julian McGauran, Brian Harradine and Fred Nile – fervently believe that the internet should be censored by the government. Their initial pretext for tampering with the web (along similar lines to the notorious Chinese firewall) was protecting children. Naturally, paedophilia was cited as the main danger from the internet and, just like Alston, Conroy uses the perversion to smear his critics. When announcing the plan he argued defensively, ‘If people equate freedom of speech with watching child pornography, then the Rudd Labor Government is going to disagree.’ Web experts argue that the censoring filters will degrade internet performance and be easily countered by those determined to do so. Civil libertarians point out that parents, not the state, should be deciding what children may watch; attempting to control every citizen’s web use is technically difficult and does, indeed, raise legitimate questions of freedom of speech. Nobody is arguing for child pornography, but Conroy wants to ban much more, and not just pictures of explicit adult sex. He proposes to ban all ‘illegal’ sites without even specifying the criteria for judging them so. What is more, even the list of such sites will itself be subject to censorship – for security reasons. In the bad old days of censorship enforced by customs officers, we did at least know which books were on the proscribed list. Now anonymous political functionaries are to compile a secret index of prohibited information. A little thought suffices to show that the twin obsessions of terrorism and paedophilia are being used to bring in oppressive legislation that has no place in a free society. Fear of terrorism has led to show trials, secret trials, imprisonment without trial, and torture. Moral panic whipped up over paedophilia has seen policemen invading art galleries and adult males hesitating even to smile in public at children not their own. Terrorism and child pornography are despicable crimes but they are not as common as censorship enthusiasts pretend, and we should not give up our freedoms to appease them. Senator Conroy’s plan is a bad one and is driven by minority interests. Only extremists in the Christian lobby defend it (probably because they initiated it in the first place); most people realise it is unworkable and inequitable. For more information, and to help oppose censorship, visit www.getup.org.au. – David Lovejoy, Echo publisher

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hat makes Malcolm Turnbull’s unqualified opposition to Kevin Rudd’s $42 billion package more than usually perverse is that almost everything in the package is undeniably good policy. Refurbishing schools, insulating homes and updating moribund infrastructure would be worthwhile at any time, not just when the economy is in desperate need of stimulus. Indeed these are among the many things that should have been done in the boom years, when the government was awash with money. Instead of course, Turnbull’s old mob decided that there were more votes to be gained in handouts to the middle class and in tax cuts. Incredibly, Turnbull believes that tax cuts are also the answer to a looming recession. Obviously they are the answer to everything. Douglas Adams and Kevin Rudd, both of whom believe the answer is in fact 42, are clearly mistaken. Turnbull does, however, have a minor problem of consistency. He purports to be concerned about the projected deficits, or as he prefers to call them, the crushing debts we will leave to our children. But at least Rudd’s lump sum payments, expensive as they may be, are one-off costs. Tax cuts are permanent; they are locked into the economic structure as a reduction of revenue year after year. They would make escaping the deficits far more difficult than anything Rudd has proposed. But, Turnbull responds, he wouldn’t spend anything like as much as Rudd is suggesting – barely half that, in fact. Why? So he could come back for seconds and spend the rest later. Exactly how that would ease the crushing debt on our

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children is not explained. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that Turnbull is merely posturing; that he does not really want to substitute a program of his own (indeed, apart from the chant of tax cuts he does not appear to have one) and he does not really want to stop Rudd’s from being implemented. Chris Evans, the government leader in the Senate, was quite right when he

he was looking pretty seedy before he came up with this courageous (as Sir Humphrey Appleby would certainly describe it) approach. The doubters in his own party must now admit that he has taken a stand in firm opposition to the government, and this in itself is a welcome change. The question to be answered is whether it turns out to be the stand of a bril-

Turnbull’s real hope is that Rudd’s package is seen to fail; that the recession grabs Australia as relentlessly as it will the rest of the world. by Mungo MacCallum said that the Libs were wetting their pants at the idea that one of the independents might actually join them and vote the bills down. Turnbull’s real hope is that Rudd’s package goes through and is seen to fail; that the recession grabs Australia as relentlessly as it will the rest of the world. He could then claim vindication: under his policies we would still have had the recession, but we would have saved all that money. And of course we would still have had run-down schools, decrepit infrastructure, and houses totally unsuited to the threat of climate change, not to mention a $950 hole in the household budgets of the needy, but that’s what we call responsible economic management. However if, as most economists, the business community and Colin Barnett, the only Liberal premier, all believe, Rudd’s policies actually succeed to a worthwhile extent, Turnbull will be left looking very politically seedy. But then,

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liant politician or the last twitch of an unreconstructed merchant banker. And let’s not forget that it was mainly the merchant bankers who got us into this mess in the first place. Wouldn’t it be a bit naïve to trust one to get us out again? peaking of the unreconstructed, Peter Howson is dead. We learn this from a rather confused piece in last Tuesday’s Australian by Caroline Overington, who described him as Australia’s first Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. Of course he wasn’t; that honour belongs to William Charles Wentworth, a committed fighter for the cause who was appointed by John Gorton in 1968. At the time Howson was part of a clique undermining Gorton on behalf of William McMahon. When McMahon finally got the job in 1971, Howson lined up for his reward; having held down a junior ministry during the Menzies, Holt and

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even Gorton years he thought he was in line for promotion. But it was not to be. As he left the new prime minister’s office, a colleague asked him what he had got. Howson snarled back: ‘The little bastard gave me trees, boongs and poofters.’ He was referring to the admittedly incongruous grab-bag of Environment, Aborigines and The Arts, three areas in which the McMahon government had not the slightest interest. And in that sense, Howson was the ideal choice. His ignorance of the environment led me to christen him Peter Howson-Garden. His disdain for matters aesthetic resulted in Phillip Adams describing him as a pain in the arts. And on Aborigines, he was a dedicated Hasluckian: they could assimilate or die out and he didn’t really care which. Howson lost his seat in 1972 and left Canberra unmourned and unmissed. But some 30 years later the culture-history wars saw him resurrected by Quadrant. Along with another political nonentity of similar paternalistic views, Labor’s Gary Johns, he became one of editor P P McGuinness’s resident authorities on the subject. He outlived his editor and survived to hear Kevin Rudd’s long overdue apology to the stolen generations, which he had derided as a silly fairy tale. He had, Overington informs us, a lifelong commitment to the deaf. That figures. On which happy note I’m taking off for a month in India a country which, with all its extremes and contradictions, I find strange and challenging. I shall get my personal stimulus there, without resort to Rudd’s package or to Swami Makya Chunda of the Snatchyahandbag Ashram.

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Who are the ‘spiv’? So Premier Rees thinks the National Party supports spivs. The only spivs in NSW are the current NSW Labor Party and Messrs Carr and Rees, who have driven this once prosperous state into economic chaos. Transport, water, power, the ethanol farce, are a few of the political travesties vested on us by state government and appointed administrators in collusion with these Macquarie Street thugs, as they now manipulate the stripping of our local assets. Current councillors are locked into the Bay Street situation into virtually giving the land away in a severely depressed market. For what? So that Centro, who has no planning, development application (DA) or building application (BA) in place for the parcel of land, obtains a massive asset to the detriment of the people of the Tweed. Centro – the beneficiary of large parcels of state government ministers’ superfunds. Centro – who recently obtained a two billion dollar loan from the Commonwealth Bank

to plug a hole in Centro’s own six billion dollar deficit, and is still bleeding. Centro – who through state government appointed administrators thwart the development of any new shopping centres that might compete with Centro! How convenient! Now council bureaucrats want to gag our councillors. The sale of this land would see the state government finding a way to strip the money in any event. I ask the current councillors to put their political and personal differences aside on this issue (although my political direction is right of Genghis Khan) and back Katie Milne and Barry Longland. Direct GM Michael Rayner to poleaxe the very idea of closing even a portion of Bay Street. PS Katie, I still won’t be voting Green! Stuart Cahill

Burringbar

Learning from mistakes The revelations resulting from the ICAC inquiry into the intimate and corrupt nexus between developers, the State Government and Wollongong Council last year were both fascinating and shocking. But were these findings that different from those coming out of government inquiries into Tweed Shire Council over the past two decades? The ugly multi-storey continued overleaf

The rally argument rumbles on ■ I am writing to express my concern at the attempt to hold a speed race in our shire. I have just attended Rally Australia’s information session at Murwillumbah and, despite many questions, could not be told what criteria was used to decide that this area would be used for car racing. I understand that the organisers state their intention is to ‘accept the need to be environmentally responsible in all our actions’, but the very act of performing high speed races in this area negates this intention. Cleaning up damage to the environment after the fact and planting trees to offset carbon emissions is not being proactive. It sets the agenda that we do not have to change behaviour but are merely forced to pay the cost for that behaviour. The courses for these races will be well known to locals and could become regular speedtracks, and how could this be prevented? Increased police presence on country lanes? Roadkill is unavoidable in this area and it can only increase with this type of sport. There can be no ‘zero net harm to the environment’ as espoused in your policy statement. There are many other ways to generate money and it is disheartening to find we might host such

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an environmentally insensitive industry. There are naturally many people in Tweed who love a good scream around the countryside but actually hosting an internationally ‘famous’ car rally based on the thrills and spills of speed sends out a message to people and particularly youth that speed is fun and sexy. We are going to lobby hard and create as much public awareness of this event as we can. Events NSW, who are indeed intending to fund this event without any public consultation and supposedly to the tune of millions of dollars, will also discover that Tweed residents are extremely concerned about where NSW taxpayers’ money is being spent at a time where judicious spending is at a premium.

ment of the significant economic and tourism benefits the event would bring to the area and the proposed manner in which we would deal with environmental and other issues. Through your publication, I would like to express our appreciation to those who attended these meetings and particularly those who expressed their opinions and asked questions. I would also like to thank all parties, whether they were supporting the event or not, for the courteous manner in which they made their points to their fellow community members and to us. We received a great deal of feedback, much of it extremely constructive, and are currently considering all the information passed on to us.

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of Repco Rally Australia, the Australian round of the FIA World Rally Championship, conducted community consultation meetings in Kingscliff, Murwillumbah and Kyogle. At those meetings I had the privilege of addressing members of the local community and presenting to them our plans for the event, our assess-

■ The one fact to emerge from Saturday’s World Rally briefing in Kingscliff is that either the rally organisers have no idea of the scope of noise and inconvenience residents of Marine Parade and those who use the beachfront parkland for exercise and recreation will suffer; or if they have, they are failing to make a full disclosure. The briefing was full of ‘we will try to’ and ‘it would be

our intention to’ and glaringly short on specific detail. Yet these are the vague meanderings on which World Rally Australia, the State Government and Tweed Council expects residents to approve a DA for the use of foreshore land for a pits and maintenance area, not for a single event but for the next ten years. There will be no second chances, no room to correct or curtail after the first rally this year. The inconsistencies exposed are too numerous to mention, but residents should carefully consider the following. The Tweed promotes tourism on its clean, green credentials, as a haven from the hustle and bustle of city traffic, noise and fumes. Why should we encourage an event which is the very antithesis of all we stand for? In these times of recession, high fuel prices, a scarcity of fossil fuel and the necessity of developing alternative energy sources for our very survival, can Kingscliff residents morally defend the promotion of such rampant, fossil-fuel guzzling excess? And before my usual critics poke their heads out, I plead mea culpa as a fan of motor racing, having driven both open wheelers and sedans in competition. Jeremy Cornford

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aberration known as ‘Seascape’ at Tweed Heads arose from a similar corrupt nexus between developers, the Tom Hogan-era Council and the Unsworth Labour Government. Barrie Unsworth was allegedly offered a very favourable deal on an apartment for his cooperation. The current fiasco next door in Bay Street seems to be the result of yet another cosy deal between large development corporations, Tweed Shire Council and the State Government’s Urban Task Force and Lands Department. Where is the transparency recommended by the Bulford and Daly Inquiries? Why is the General Manager so enthusiastic about development which costs the earth and shrinks the park? Green open space is finite and cannot be manufactured at will. We should hold on to what we’ve got, Dot. Scarce resources should go into needy services like sewage treatment to deal with the fundamental problems of the lower estuary not into unnecessary and unwanted tizzying-up and trivial pursuits around the Jack Evans boat harbour. Why should our roads and green open space be surrendered to help balance the books of an inept and incompetent state government? Who benefits?

While some of us deal with friends losing everything including their lives, in floods and fires in other parts of the country this month, and the rest of the world flounders in a greed-created financial crisis, it’s truly bizarre that our time up here is still taken up dealing with dangerous stupidity in all parts of the Tweed Shire. Did the Tweed secede from the rest of the planet and no one noticed? If Mrs Sterne (The Echo, February 5, page 2) wants helpers to drive the wrecking ball I’m sure there will be no shortage of offers from people fed up to the back teeth with what is nothing short of community abuse. Councillors need to stop the abuse of s96 and demand immediate restitution or pass legislation that enables them to seize properties of developers who fail to comply. We need to stop the culture of Greed and Speed on the Tweed. Julie Boyd

Hastings Point

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What a pity that Michael McDonald’s thoughtful article about Australia Day (February 5) was marred by talk of ‘brutish colonisation’ and ‘180 years of murder of local tribes’. These extreme and distorted E Hopkins Tyalgum views of Australia’s history,

propounded by propagandist writers such as Henry Reynolds, do not help reconciliation. Fortunately, Reynolds was rebutted and discredited long ago by reputable historians such as Keith Windschuttle. At the same time, the tired views of Mick Dodson are more than counterbalanced by the outstanding contribution of other Aboriginal leaders such as Noel Pearson. Gerry Worsell

Tweed Heads South ■ That Keith Windschuttle is a ‘reputable’ historian is of course widely disputed – Ed.

Wetlands destroyed While huge amounts of money are spent to create unpopular and unscientific marine parks, whose sanctuary zoning locks out recreational fishers from their favourite fishing grounds in the name of conservation, governments and councils allow the destruction of fish nurseries in the name of development. The latest and most devastating is that of Lot 156, Creek Street, Hastings Point. As a twelve-year-old kid (1952) I regularly visited the area to replenish the larder. The area now being developed was, and should remain, a coastal tidal wetland, covered in sea grass and flooded each and every high tide. Mud crabs were abundant and shallow channels provided

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A war on the war on drugs on Drugs’ is obsolete, the ‘war’ does not work and has never worked, we (society) need to change our outdated thinking in order to overcome this global tragedy. Drug addicts belong in the health system, this is a start to changing our thinking. The next step after decriminalising drug use and treating addicts in the health system is considered to be radical; however, it makes sense to me and many others – decriminalise drug supply and treat drug taking like our other legalised drugs: alcohol, tobacco and prescription drugs. This will take the criminal element out of the ‘war’ as evidenced by the reversal of prohibition of alcohol in the US the 1930s. Alcoholics, smokers and prescription drug addicts all come under the auspices of the health Edward Blatt service, why do we treat drug Pottsville addicts using (currently) illegal drugs differently? Christina Franklin Doug Ogilvie ■ I refer to the Echo editorial Murwillumbah Bilambil (February 5). The term ‘War

■ May we anarchists add to David Lovejoy’s thesis on legitimacy and the law (Echo editorial, February 5)? Unless he/she is declared incompetent, and made somebody else’s ward, sovereignty resides with the adult individual. Sovereignty does not reside with a reified abstraction, such as a nation, or a legalised authority, such as a king, patriarch or premier. Good laws defend this right to personal autonomy against bullies who would violate it. Bad laws allow the right to be violated, legally, by selfrighteous hypocrites. Bad laws must be, and are, resisted, and may be broken by men and women of good will such as Jesus was – no matter what the cost. I’ll explain this to the magistrate when they next lumber me, as they lumbered him, selfrighteously but unjustifiably.

■ At last, an editorial highlighting how the war on drugs is a failure and how making drugtaking a criminal act (rather than a health issue) will only continue to line the pockets of drug lords and corrupt public servants. Congratulations to The Echo, I rejoiced when you ventured into Tweed Shire last year and do so even more now. Let’s hope the death of that young girl in Perth will not be in vain and that our laws on prohibiting drugs for private use will be repealed. Given the power of those espousing religious dogma to control and manipulate intelligent dialogue on the matter, and the subservient nature of most media outlets, I will not be holding my breath. Let’s get in on the act and start a war on the war on drugs.

a safe haven for immature luderick, whiting, brim, flathead and several other unidentified fish species. The illegal pumping of sand, filling and the creation of a huge pond in the late fifties and early sixties drained this area of its natural resources: tidal water, and during times of heavy rain, runoff water. There are now plans afoot to further fill this area and develop it. Might I suggest that an infinitely better alternative would be for council to purchase the land and return it to its former environmental status, a coastal tidal wetland. This would solve the extreme flooding, created by landfill, in the area as happened during the last heavy downpour, and would placate the extremely stressed resident owners of Creek Street and the adjacent caravan park who are rightly concerned about flooding. It would also give the shire’s residents faith that this council will oppose over-development which costs us the environment and open space. The re-creation of the wetlands would cost little compared to marine parks and their policing and would give greater return to the environment.

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I know there have been shark attacks lately and that’s the risk us humans take each time we swim in the ocean. The Gold Coast’s idea of public safety is to place shark nets at beaches, which don’t really work. What they do well is catch and kill other sea creatures such as turtles, whales and dolphins. If you are concerned as I

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Green power again In response to the letter from Warren James on February 5, the writer states that green power works, a sentiment I am in 100 per cent agreement with. I believe in climate change, and I believe that Australia could easily be powered by 100 per cent renewables, despite the faff put forward about base load (long ago accounted for). Just two points. 1. Six solar panels will typically comprise a 1-kilowatt size system. To get the average daily energy production, you multiply the kilowatt size of your system by the number of peak sun hours (on the BOM website). In northern NSW, you would be doing well to get a total of five kilowatt hours per day from a system of this size. This doesn’t crunch out quite as well, Warren, but the cost of electricity is set to suffer ongoing massive rises, so a great investment still. 2. Solar power system owners need to be aware that with the proposed carbon trading scheme, installing panels on your roof doesn’t reduce the number of credits in the system, it simply frees up that number for polluters to purchase so they do not need to reduce emissions so much. The new scheme coming into effect in the next financial year ramps up the value of these points on paper by

five times their current value. Please all, keep aware of the policy as it emerges (it changes every day), and we can try to make sure we are not just making life easier for big polluters by trying to do the right thing and put solar on our roofs to reduce reliance on fossil fuel use. Much to my disappointment, the Rudd government has as much ‘green credential’ as a chainsaw. We need to keep track of the reality of these proposals as they affect us all. Adam Russell

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DA in question Methinks that Hel-a-va Jet Boats protest too much about their intended slow scenic cruises on their twin 700hp turbocharged jet. Not only that, but director Anne Marie Russell was at the least misinformed when she wrote to you. She said that the Tweed cruises are not for seven mornings a week, but for two to four, and that we should check our facts. So we did. The DA applied for is for seven days a week, 365 days a year, and, as demand arises, for bucks/hens parties, corporate functions, team bonding, and parties. Should we trust a company whose unsupervised activities could impact on our unique Tweed River, with its dolphin and turtle habitat and migratory bird areas? Should we trust a company whose directors don’t know their own DA? We researched this environment and we are worried. What do you think? Fran Rabbitts

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Experts set for world sea turtle meeting in Brisbane An annual international conference on the threatened sea turtles will be held for the first time in Australia, in Brisbane, over the weekend of February 17-19. The Echo’s Jann Gilbert looks at the world of this iconic creature and the work local people do for its conservation.

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urtles hold an iconic place in Australian Aboriginal and European culture. Historically, many coastal communities have depended on sea turtles as a source of protein, and they feature in the mythology of many coastal tribes. Marine habitats in Australia are a sea turtle hot zone. Six of the world’s seven species including Flatback, Leatherback, Loggerhead, Hawksbill, Green, and Olive Ridley turtles occur in Australian waters. They occupy near shore habitats as well as open ocean habitats around the continent. All species are threatened – being listed from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘critically endangered’. Marine turtles are actually reptiles that have lived in the ocean for over 100 million years and they have changed little in that time. Once abundant in numbers, by the late

1970s the widespread decline of sea turtle populations began to alarm biologists. In response an international conference was set up in 1980 to promote the exchange of information on sea turtle biology and conservation. Now in its 29th year, the symposium has been held annually ever since, and continues to grow in diversity and numbers of delegates attending. This year is the first time the symposium has been held in Australia, and indeed the southern hemisphere, and Australian Seabird Rescue (ASR) turtle specialists are excited at the prospect of showcasing their activities to such a large and significant sea turtle meeting. ‘This is a unique opportunity for us to meet and exchange information with interstate research teams and rehabilitators as well as experts from the international turtle conservation community,’ says ASR North Coast Coordinator, Rochelle Ferris. ‘ASR is also planning to host a number of delegates to tour the WildlifeLink turtle hospital in Ballina and is looking forward to showing off the Far North Coast during their visit.’ The 2009 symposium in Brisbane will explore themes such as building communication, and networking on local,

Organisers of next month’s international sea turtle symposium in Brisbane handed out hundreds of koala mascots like these to last year’s dispersing delegates issuing a challenge for them to photograph as many turtles as possible. From Panama to Peru and Africa to Asia, delegates snapped little ‘Brissie’ koalas as they went about their turtle work and what began as a fun reminder has now become a part of the symposium. The amazing array of photos submitted so far can be seen on the website at www.turtlesbrisbane2009.org.

regional, and global scales. Its aim is to create links between communities and to connect policy makers at all levels with the latest information coming from sea turtle research and conservation programs. A number of associated meetings are to be held in the days preceding the main symposium and many of these are regionally focused including an Australian sea turtle mini symposium. The conditions that make Australia an epicentre of sea

turtle activity also promote the existence of recreational and industrial fishing that, coupled with coastal and industrial development and turtle use by communities in some regions, has lead to concern about stocks of several species of turtle. In Australia (and the South Pacific generally) the main human-associated threats come from drowning (in fishing nets, crab pots float lines and shark nets); longlines (for carnivorous species such as Logger-

heads); pollution (plastic bags resemble jelly fish and cause float syndrome or choking); boat strikes; habitat degradation; over-harvesting of turtles and eggs; and predation of eggs and hatchlings by foxes, feral pigs, dogs and goannas. The mini symposium aims to get a jumpstart on learning about the local sea turtle populations and the people that are working to protect them. The symposium proper also offers training workshops, and oral and poster presentations on subjects as diverse as conservation though social, economic, cultural and legal pathways; breeding biology; bycatch and other mortality factors; genetics and stock recognition; and health, physiology and toxicology. In the leadup to the symposium ASR is encouraging anyone with an interest in turtles to register and hook up with turtle experts in their area and from all over the world. Given that it’s also ‘turtle season’ ASR is keen to recruit extra volunteers in the Tweed area (particularly Wooyung Beach) and to remind locals and visitors of a few turtle do’s and don’ts. ‘There are a few simple things that people can do to help,’ says Rochelle. ‘Most importantly, they can program the ASR rescue hotline numbers into their

mobile phone (02 6686 2852 and/or 0428 862 852) so they can immediately report any stranded turtle, hatchlings or turtle tracks on the beach. ‘Equally important – never put a stranded turtle back in the water. Move it into the shade, cover it with a wet towel or shade it with your body. If you can, stay with the turtle until a rescuer arrives. This protects it from others putting it back in the water or an attack by dogs or seabirds, and makes it easier for the rescuer to find it. If you can’t stay with the turtle try tying a ribbon or something around the nearest tree to establish a location. ‘Never interfere with hatchlings walking to the sea, simply stand by and guard them from dogs, four wheel drive vehicles, seabirds and children (who can’t seem to resist picking them up). ‘Never dig up a turtle nest or “help” hatchlings out of a nest or stick a pole in the ground anywhere near a nest, and never leave a fire burning on the beach, ensure it is completely obliterated, because hatchlings are attracted by light and will walk into a fire.’ Tweed residents interested in volunteering should contact ASR on 02 6686 2852. For further information on the symposium go to www.turtlesbrisbane2009.org.

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first he thought he wouldn’t follow in the family business – he studied economics and worked as a newspaper reporter until his mid-20s – but ink runs in the blood, and since taking over from his father he has steered the business in new directions. One of these is a brand-new, purpose-built newspaper press in Australia, and this venture has already exceeded initial projections.

The production process After the eight hour production shift on Wednesday, the final PDFs of the Echo pages are sent via FTP (an internet-based transfer) to Horton Media, just north of Brisbane. There the files are double-checked before being burned on to aluminium printing plates using computer-to-plate laser technology. The process takes an hour, and the actual printing takes around the same time. Completed papers are trucked down in the wee hours for a Thursday home delivery. Much like all the best auto garages, the floors at Horton Media are spotless. Creating a purpose-built factory has enabled Matthew and his staff to design an area that will not only accommodate future growth but will take into account the latest in practical environmental processes. One example is the extraction of water from the air compression process, necessary for running all of the company’s production equipment. Up to 200 litres per day can be extracted from Brisbane’s humidity and this is fed into the fresh water process, also critical for the lithographic web offset printing process. The rest of the water is supplied from two 3,000 litre rainwater tanks. The plant is also plumbed for grey water use. Grey water supplies non-potable uses such as

toilets and the irrigation system threaded throughout the plant’s landscaped garden. These innovations build on a ten-year campaign by Horton Media to take its environmental responsibilities seriously. According to Matthew, ‘Right from the start, the company demanded printers swap their aromatic cleaning chemicals for eucalyptus-based fluids. Then management committed

based inks over vegetable inks. The combination of the carbon inputs required to produce vegetable-based inks (from agricultural production and manufacturing) are actually greater than those required to produce mineral inks. Moreover, they perform poorly and create greater printed waste than their mineral alternatives. ‘Printed matter is the world’s biggest landfill element and, as

‘The printing industry has minimised its environmental footprint by 95 per cent since 1990. A newspaper now produces one-fifth of the carbon dioxide emitted by the production of a single CD or DVD.’ to a longterm program of environmental improvement as measured and recognised by New Zealand’s foremost environmental watchdog, Landcare Research.’ Matthew says that under the program Horton Media overhauled its recycling practices to include all paper roll waste. ‘This meant that plastic and kraft wrapping as well as reel cores joined white paper and printed waste in the recycling stream. High-grade aluminium printing plates had always been recycled but were now sent directly to the smelter.’ Lighting was also replaced for lower energy consumption, he says. ‘These and various other improvements have helped the company attain Landcare’s Gold Enviromark standard.’

Better practices These same practices have been adopted in Australia. The introduction of paper made from recycled Australian newsprint has been well received among local publishers, says Matthew. Not everything seems as green as it sometimes appears, however. Matthew explained, ‘We chose to prefer mineral-

such, its producers and users must be conscious of their responsibilities. However, the printing industry has minimised its environmental footprint by 95 per cent since 1990. A newspaper now produces one-fifth of the carbon dioxide emitted by the production of a single CD or DVD. And, in contrast to computers or the power stations required to run them, newspapers are readily recycled.’ And we might add that, unlike newspapers printed on gloss or semigloss stock, the Tweed Shire Echo makes an excellent mulch! There’s a serious issue involved too, as gloss paper requires heat-set presses which consume much more energy than the cold-set web press that prints this newspaper. This is an environmentally conscious area, where many people are aware of sustainable practices and are passionate about it. Horton Media is proactive in the way it operates, and as a result, has raised the bar amongst its peers. Without question, it matters to us that our print partner understands that everything has consequences ‌and has implemented processes to minimise those consequences. www.tweedecho.com.au

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from as far as Moree, Bundaberg and Goondawindi to compete. ‘Some people come every year and each time they come back they bring some Since 1985, keen friends who return the fishermen clad in following year,’ he said. fishing vests and ‘It is great for the town armed with rods have and great for our local been pouring into the emergency services town every Queen’s birthday long weekend who we donate all of the proceeds to.’ for the annual Lions Greenback Tailor Fishing The biggest drawcard of the competition Competition. are the lucrative prizes It is Cabarita’s premier supplied by local event and attracted almost 1,000 entrants in businesses - particularly the grand prize in the 2008 - causing caused biggest tailor category. quite a stir when they all converged on the town’s surf life saving club to register. This year the competition will take place on 6-7 June with registration at 12pm Saturday and weigh in at 9am Sunday. Cabarita businesses have already started to prepare for the busy time when they like Hooking this fish can to show off just what makes the coastal town make a fisherman $1,500 richer and win so special. him $500 worth of Bevan Wise, chairman of the Lions Greenback white goods supplied organising committee, by the Good Guys. The second biggest said people come

tailor is worth $1,000 and $500 worth of Good Guys white goods. ‘We’ve had a tailor weight in at 6.39kg, which was caught in 2000 - and that’s what everyone is going to try and beat,’ said Mr Wise. ‘But in 1990 the biggest tailor weighed only 400g and was the only one for the day. ‘We should get some weighing three to four kilos this year - the competition has no boundaries so if you think you can get a big tailor out in whoopwhoop they if you can

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WE ARE SURROUNDED by it, we grow up near it and everyone flocks to it, but what do we know about it? Why are people so passionate about the coast and what stories do they have to share? Have you ever wondered why a surfer is so passionate about surfing that they surf in the rain? Have you ever wanted to know the basic sustainable rules to fishing? What species of fish pass us by and what species live with us all year round? Our first articles share the coastal experiences of two of our locals and we put out a call out to locals who love and know their coast to share their experiences and stories with tens of thousands of Echo readers. To have your story heard contact julie@ echo.net.au.

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Surfing in the rain O

ne of the most memorable surfing experiences I have ever had, occurred on a dark and stormy afternoon at Broken Head in mid March last year. We had been getting a run of stinking hot sunny days and were becoming a little weathered. But the waves had been so damn good it was hard to stay out of the water. While surfing with a few mates we watched a big dark ominous cloud approach from out at sea. What little breeze we did previously have suddenly stopped and an eerie calm came over the water. The sky became instantly darker and large heavy drops of rain began to fall. You could look back to the beach and watch all the people gather up their towels and kids and head back to the carpark to make a quick getaway before the inevitable storm. But for us surfers in the water it was just getting better, the waves became smooth and glassy and

we had the whole place to ourselves. Then it started bucketing down, it was raining so hard that it was splashing back up in your face from the water’s surface as you paddled for each wave. It was unreal surfing almost perfect Broken Head and getting nice long rides to ourselves. And it was getting even better, the only others to join us in the lineup were a pod of bottlenose dolphins, who were happily

playing, jumping out of and surfing the waves with us while rounding up their fish for dinner. I was lucky enough to paddle onto a whole bunch of great waves that day, but the most memorable one was when I had two dolphins riding along in front of me and sharing my wave, it was like they were mirroring my every move, as I would cut back across the face, the

dolphins would turn back in the same direction, then as I would turn back, they would go further away from me again. They stayed on the wave with me for almost the whole ride, it was unreal! It was definitely a great way to spend a wet and gloomy autumn afternoon. And my mates and I will still be talking about it for years to come I’m sure. Peace a.b. www.tweedecho.com.au

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y name is Joshua Slabb. I am from Fingal Head in Northern New South Wales. I grew up in the house that my grandfather built – the same house in which my father and his seven siblings were raised. There are many exciting aspects to my life but none as exciting as the ocean or as my people know it ‘Boorragar’. To grasp the full association that my people, people of the Bundjalung Nation have for the ocean we have to start in the beginning. Bundjalung people and most coastal Indigenous tribes in Australian gain their nourishment and some their existence from the sea. Since the beginning of time the sea has provided my people with the riches that it has to offer in the sense of food, story and limitless knowledge of the Tweed-Byron region we call home. My people the Goodjingburra people of Fingal Head are people that have relied on the ocean and its resources for many www.tweedecho.com.au

years: oysters, pipis, mud crabs and fish to name a few. These resources have not only sustained my people for many years but have provided neighbouring and visiting tribes with plenty. Much cultural lore is

to come. Most of these resources are under threat of being wiped out. As a boy my family gathered and hunted for me, now as a man I continue to hunt and gather for my young family, community and elders. I feel it is very

Since the beginning of time the sea has provided my people with the riches that it has to offer… in place when it comes to dealing with our land and sea and this must be adhered adhered to so that land, sea and resources are sustained. It is very hard to continue to live the way that my ancestors have lived for so many years because of overfishing and harvesting of the resource that we traditionally used. There are also many regulations we continue to work within, and at times try to negotiate different outcomes so that our culture can also remain in place for generations

important that Aboriginal people are allowed to continue to rely on the resource that the oceans and rivers of this beautiful region offer because intertwined in our hunting and gathering practices is extensive cultural ecological knowledge. This cultural ecological knowledge and intimate connection Aboriginal people have with the land and sea is represented in our everyday lives. We know when the Bilungu (Paper bark tree) is in flower and when the Jullum (fish –

in particular the Sea Mullet) are fat. There are many applications of this cultural ecological knowledge still obtained and practiced in the Tweed-Byron area today by local Aboriginal people. In 2006 I was given an opportunity to undergo a cadetship at the Cape Byron Marine Park, which has led me to complete a degree in Environmental Science and Management (Coastal Management), and to gain full time

work as a marine ranger at the Cape Byron Marine Park. This has placed me in a position where I can give back in the form of conservation to the ocean and I am. Not only am I able to practice a significant lore of my people, which is ‘Always look after the land and sea, because the land and sea looks after you’. The position will also help me communicate me to translate to others in authority just how important hunting, fishing and gathering is to my people and how important it is to the preservation of our culture.

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Television Guide

FRIDAY 13

1. Patricia Arquette and Tim Robbins star in the highly recommended cult comedy Human Nature (SBS, Saturday 10pm). 2. There’s a very droll comedy series on SBS called Corner Gas. But it’s wasted in the 5.30pm slot on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 3. Old episodes of Dr Who are getting another airing on ABC1 (Tuesday, 8.30pm).

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4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 I Can Jump Puddles (PG) Repeat. 1.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 2.00 Monarch Of The Glen (G) Repeat. 3.00 Golf: Australian Women’s Open 2009. Live AEDT. 6.00 Message Stick (G) Repeat. 6.30 Can We Help? (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stateline 8.00 Collectors 8.30 Trial And Retribution (M,v,l,a) Crime series. 9.40 The Complete Guide To Parenting (M,l) Final. 10.05 Lateline 10.40 triple j tv With The Doctor Repeat 11.10 Good Game Repeat. 11.40 rage (M) goes on until 5am Saturday.

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5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 6.00 Sunrise 1.00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.00 Morning Show (PG) Australia (G) Repeat. 9.30 Business Today 11.00 Raggs (G) pre-schoolers show. 1.30 Museum Of The World (PG) Repeat. 11.30 Seven Morning News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 2.30 Louis Xvii: Unsolved Enigma (PG) 12.00 Movie: Miracle In The Woods (M,a 4.30 The New Inventors Repeat. Repeat. 5.00 7.30 Select 1997) Stars Meredith Baxter, Della 3.30 Blaktrax (G) music series. Repeat. 5.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat. Reese, Patricia Heaton. 4.00 The Journal 6.00 Compass: Tony Blair’s Leap Of 2.00 Shark (M) Legal drama. 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer Faith (G) Repeat. 3.00 Auction House (G) 5.30 The Clipperton Expedition: Sharks 3.30 Demons To Darlings (PG) 6.35 Scrapheap Challenge: Dune In Danger (G) Bashers (G) 4.00 Go Go Stop kids’ game show. 6.00 Global Village: Exccentriiiks (G) 7.30 Something In the Air (G) Repeat. 4.30 Seven News 6.30 World News Australia 8.00 Basketball: WNBL 2008/09: 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 7.30 River Of No Return (PG) Sydney University v Bendigo 5.30 Deal Or No Deal Live AEDT. 8.35 Churchill’s Bodyguard (G) Repeat. 6.00 Seven and Prime News 10.00 Soundtrack To My Life: 9.30 World News Australia 7.00 Home And Away (PG) Peter Noone (G) 10.00 The First Zionist Bunny (M,l,a,n,s) 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens 10.30 Planet Rock Profiles: Doco from Israel. 8.30 Movie: The Holiday (M 2006) Stars Ricky Martin (G) 11.25 Movie: Cold Shower (MA,s,a,n 2005) Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet 10.55 Freshmen On Campus (PG) Repeat. Tragi-comedy from France. 11.15 TBA 11.20 London Live (PG) Repeat. 2.10 Movie: Consequences Of Love 12.15 In The Footsteps Of The Pharaohs 11.50 Close (MA,v,a,d, 2004) Drama from Italy. (G) 2.25 WeatherWatch Overnight 1.15 Danoz And Guthy-Renker

5.30 Today 6.00 Ten Early News 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs Summer Series (PG) 9.00 9am With David And & Kim (PG) 10.30 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Ten News 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker 12.00 The Doctors (PG) 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 1.00 One Day Cricket Series – Australia 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) vs New Zealand Live. 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 5.00 Evening News 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 5.30 A Current Affair 4.00 Every Loves Raymond (G) 6.00 One Day Cricket Series – Australia 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) vs New Zealand Live. 5.00 Ten News 9.00 King Of Queens 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 10.00 Movie: The Madallion (M) 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. 12.00 Movie: Rock Star (M) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 2.05 Mad TV (M) 7.30 The All New Simpsons (PG) 3.05 Guthy Renker Australia (G) 8.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 4.30 Good Morning America 8.30 Medium (M) Season return. 9.30 Law & Order (M) 10.30 Women’s Murder Club (M) 11.20 Late News With Sports Tonight 12.20 Late Show with David Letterman (PG) 1.20 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (PG) 5.00 Religion to 6am (PG).

SUNDAY 15

SATURDAY 14

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 This Rugged Coast 1.00 Movie: The Bridge Over The River Kwai (PG 1957) 3.30 Powerpuff Girls 4.00 Yin Yang Yo! 11.15 Movie: Full Frontal (M,a,l 2002) 1.00 Movie: Crazy/Beautiful (M,s,l,a 2001)

5.00 rage (PG) 6.00 rage (G) 10.00 rage: Guest Programmer Mark Ronson (G) 11.00 Executive Stress (G) Repeat. 11.30 The Cook And The Chef Repeat. 12.00 Stateline Repeat. 12.30 Australian Story Repeat. 1.00 Basketball: WNBL 2008/09: Sydney University v Bendigo highlights. 2.00 Golf: Australian Women’s Open 2009 Live AEDT. 5.55 ABC News Up-Date 6.00 Totally Frank (PG) Repeat. eat. 6.25 Minuscule: The Dung g Beetle e Battle (G) 6.30 Gardening Australia alia (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 New Tricks (PG,sr) G,sr) Repeat. 8.25 ABC News 8.30 The Bill (M,v) v) 10.05 ABC Newss 10.10 Last Detective ctive (M,v,s) Repeat. 11.20 rage (M)

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7.00 Kids’ Programs 5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 1.00 The Trojans (G) Opera from France. 12.00 Britannia High (PG) double episode. 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 3.00 rage (G) Repeat. 5.00 rage: Guest Programmer Mark Repeat. 2.00 Movie: Gotta Kick It Up (G, 2003) 11.00 Video Hits Presents: NERD And Ron Ronson Repeat. 3.50 Tim Marlow on Henry Moore at Stars Camille Guaty, America Ferrera. Future Music (PG) 6.05 Kew (G) UK. .05 The New Inventors Repeat. 3.50 According To Jim (PG) 12.00 Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PG) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 4.20 Seconds From Disaster: Asian 6.35 Robin Hood (PG) Repeat. 12.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures (G) (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Singles Club (PG) 5-part doco. 7.20 Rex The Runt (P Tsunami (PG) 1.00 Animal Lifeline: Koala Crisis (G) Repeat. 7.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 5.30 Sydney Weekender (PG) 2.00 The Family (G) Double episodes. 6.00 Classic Destinations (G) London and 6.00 Seven News 8.00 At The Movies Repeat. 4.00 Escape With ET (G) Final. Season: Cheltenham. 6.30 In The Bush With Malcolm Douglas 5.00 Ten News With Sports Tonight 8.30 Movie: The Academy Seaso Stars 6.30 World News Australia The Way We Were (PG, 1972) Sta Series on Australian outback (G) 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.30 Mythbusters (PG) doco series. Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford. 7.30 Kath And Kim (PG) 6.30 Movie: Mean Girls (PG 2004) Stars 8.30 Iron Chef (G) Series return. 10.45 Movie: Arch Of Triumph (PG, 1948) 8. 8.00 Fawlty Towers (PG) Lindsay Lohan Stars Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer. 9.20 RocKwiz (PG) entertainment. 8.40 The Vicar of Dibley 8.30 Movie: Out of Sight (M 1998) Stars Movie: Human Nature (MA,l,s, 11.55 Close 10.00 Mov 9.20 Not Going Out George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez Comedy from US. 11.00 AFL Pre-Season Brisbane v St.Kilda 2002) Co 10.00 Gavin & Stacey 11.40 SOS (M) Repeat. Repe 10.40 What a Carry On! from Gold Coast Stadium. 12.40 Bro’ Town: Touched by a teacher 11.20 Movie; Jay and Silent Bob Strike T T Touch 1.00 Rush (M) Repeat. (PG) Comedy series. NZ. N Repeat. 2.00 Infomercials Back (MA 2001) 1.05 Nighty Night (M,l,n,s) Co Comedy from 1.25 Danoz Direct 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) UK. Repeat. 2.05 Guthy Renker 1...4 1.4 1 40 Weatherwatch Overnight Overnig 1.40 1.05 Danoz Direct 2.05 Guthy Renker Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Toons At Noon 1.50 Movie: Project: ALF (G, 1996) 3.00 Gear 3.30 Movie: GI Blues (G 1960) 5.00 TBA 6.30 Movie: Smart House (G 1999) 8.00 Scrubs (PG) 8.30 This Is Your Laugh 9.30 The Knights Of Prosperity 10.00 Movie: The Gods Must Be Crazy (PG 1980) 11.00 Final 24 12.30 Bruce Springsteen Special

5.00 rage (PG) 7.00 00 The Unforgetab Unforgetable able le N Nat at K at Kin King i g Cole in ing C 6.25 World News N in various languages. 6.30 Kids’ Programs (G) (PG) Repeat. G) Repeat. 10.00 Mythbusters Mythb 9.00 Insiders And Inside Business (G) Repeat. 8.00 Genesis: esis: Songbook (G) Repeat. 11.00 Iron Chef C 10.30 Offsiders Moonshine: Samagon (G) short. 9.00 Charles Mingus: Live At Montreux 11.45 Mo 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 12.00 Cy Cycling: Australian Track (G) Repeat. 11.30 Songs Of Praise (G) Championships. Adelaide. 10.00 Lou Reed: Live Att Montreux 2000 12.00 Landline (G) (G) Repeat. 1.00 Speedweek 3.00 Football Asia 1.00 Golf: Australian Women’s Open 10.55 Beck: Permanent Mutations ons (G) 3. 2009 Live AEDT. 3.30 UEFA Champions League Repeat. 3 6.00 At The Movies (PG) Repeat. Magazine 11.55 London Live (PG) Music. Repeat. 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 6.30 The Einstein Factor Quiz show. 12.30 Red Dwarf (G) double episode. 5.00 The World Game football. 7.00 ABC News 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles: KT Tunstall 6.00 Thalassa – Grey Nomads in Morocco 7.30 Wild Caribbean: Reefs And (PG) Repeat. 6.30 World News Australia Wrecks (G) 1.55 Pop[b]sessions: Ebony And Ivory 7.30 Lost Worlds: Darwin’s Lost 8.25 ABC News Up-Date (G) Repeat. Paradise Commemorates 200 years 8.30 Cranford: November 1842 (G) 3.00 Nelly Furtado: Loose, The Tour (G) since the birth of Charles Darwin. 9.25 Compass (G) Billy Graham Down Repeat. Under. 3.55 The Diary Of Alicia Keys (G) Repeat. 8.30 Dateline current affairs. 9.55 Roberto Giordano: From One 4.55 A Little Later: Stereophonics (G) Rpt. 9.35 Movie: Ship Of No Return – The World To Another (G) Repeat. Last Voyage of The Gustloff Part 2 5.10 Classic Albums: Iron Maiden – The 10.50 Order In The House parliament (M,v, 2008) drama from Germany. Number Of The Beast (G) Repeat. 11.50 Movie: Carrington VC (PG 1954) 6.00 21 Years Of Compass: Tomorrow’s 11.10 Movie: Salamina Soldiers (M,a,v,s) Stars David Niven, Margaret Leighton. Islam (G) Repeat. Drama from Spain. 7.05 Artscape: Dame Murdoch (G) 1.15 Autopsy: Life And Death – Cancer 1.35 Movie: Call Out The Marines (G (MA,a,n) Doco series from the UK. 1942) Cast Victor McLaglen, Edmund 7.35 Wild At Heart (PG) Repeat. 8.30 The Da Vinci Detective (G) Repeat. Lowe, Binnie Barnes, Paul Kelly. 2.50 Weatherwatch Overnight 10.10 Conversations With Australian 2.40 Movie: Guns Of Hate (PG 1948) Artists: Ken Unsworth (G) Stars Tim Holt, Nan Leslie. 10.30 Captain Cook (PG) Repeat. 2.40 Eagle And Evans (M) Comedy. 11.25 Close

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6.00 Religion 6.30 Creflo A Dollar 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Kochie’s Business Builders (G) 10.30 According To Jim (PG) 11.00 The Most Extreme (G) 12.00 2009 Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Iron Man Series Round 4. Sunshine Coast. 2.00 Movie: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (PG) Stars Suzanne Pleshette, Ian McShane,. 4.00 Special: The Island At The End Of The World – Shackleton’s Triumph (G) 5.00 The Rich List (G) Final. 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Sunday Night Live 7.30 Border Security 8.00 Triple Zero Heroes (PG) 8.30 City Homicide (M,v,s) 9.30 Bones 10.30 24 11.30 Air Crash Investigators (PG) 12.30 Home Shopping 5.30 Seven Early News Prime HD program same as above except: 10.00 Dateline 11.00 Weekend Sunrise 2.00 Movie: Alexander The Great (PG,v, 1956) 4.00 Movie: Dr Dolittle 2 (PG,cl,s, 2001) 5.30 Harry’s Practice 7.30 The All In Call – Live 8.00 Simulcast

6.00 Infomercials 7.30 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Streetsmartz Repeat. 11.00 TBA 12.30 The Hills (PG) 1.00 Movie: Oceans Eleven (PG 1960) Stars Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford and Angie Dickinson. 3.30 Wipeout Australia (PG) 4.30 Australia’s Greatest Athlete 5.30 Antique Roadshow (G) 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Funniest Home Video Show (G) 7.30 Movie: Raise Your Voice (PG) 8.40 Saturday Lotto 9.45 Movie: Miss Congeniality 2 (M) Stars Sandra Bullock 12.10 Late Movie: Ballistic (M) 2.00 Late Late Movie: Spring And Port Wine (PG,s, 1970) Stars James Mason & Susan George 4.00 Danoz 4.30 Guthy Renker

6.00 Religion 6.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker 7.00 Totally Wild (G) Repeat. 7.30 Today On Sunday 7.30 Animalia 10.00 Biomagnetics (G) 8.00 Meet The Press series return. 10.30 Going Places (PG) Final. 8.30 State Focus 11.00 A1GP World Cup Of Motor Sport 9.00 Video Hits First (PG) from Jakarta 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 12.00 Speed Machine New Series 11.30 Video Hits Presents: ABBA (PG) 12.30 Jack Of All Trades (G) 1.00 WWE Afterburn Live. 12.00 Infomercials 1.00 Animal Lifeline: Koala Crisis (G) 2.00 Super League Helens v Warrington 2.00 River To Reef (G) Wolves. 2.30 The Family (PG) 4.00 Wipeout Australia (PG) 5.00 The Gurus Explore Thailand (G) 3.30 Meerkat Manor (G) 5.30 Antique Roadshow (G) 4.00 In Memory O Maia (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Evening News 5.30 Out Of The Blue (PG) double episode 6.30 Domestic Blitz (PG) 6.30 The Biggest Loser (G) new series. 7.30 20/20 Cricket Australia v New Zealand 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance Australia (PG) 10.30 Underbelly: A tale of two cities (M, v,l,s.d,n) Anti drugs campaigner 9.30 Rove (M) season premier 10.40 Movie: Airplane 1 (AKA Flying Donald Mackay makes deadly High) (M) Stars Lloyd Bridges, Leslie enemies with Griffith, the mafia and Nielson, Julie Hagerty. Peter Graves corrupt NSW police. 12.40 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart – 12.30 Super League Salford City Reds v Global Edition (MA15+) final. Celtic Crusaders 12.15 The Office (PG) 2.30 Guthy Renker Australia 12.45 Taken Out 3.30 Religion 3.10 Infomercials 4.00 Good Morning America 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 5.00 Early Morning News All cricket on NBN this summer will be broadcast in HD

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MONDAY 16

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Landline Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Poirot (PG) 1.25 The Cook And The Chef (G) Repeat. 1.55 Parkinson (G) Repeat. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Landline Extra (G) Repeat. 6.30 Talking Heads: Tina Arena 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Australian Story (PG) 8.30 Four Corners 9.20 Media Watch 9.35 Stephen Fry: The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive (MA,vcl) Final. 10.30 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.35 Death Of A Nation (M,l) 12.25 MDA: Break It Gently (M,l,v) drama. Repeat. 1.20 Movie: Storm Over The Nile (PG, 1955) Stars Anthony Steel. Director Terence Young & Zoltan Korda. 3.25 Movie: The Lost Patrol (G 1934) Stars Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff. Director John Ford.

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Gardening Australia (G) Rpt 5.00 Message Stick (G) Repeat. 5.30 Can We Help? (G) Repeat. 6.00 Collectors (G) Repeat. 6.35 Scrapheap Challenge: Powerboats (G) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 8.00 Red Dwarf (PG) Repeat. 8.30 Good Game (PG) Repeat. 9.00 triple j tv With The Doctor (PG) 9.30 Code Geass (PG) 10.00 T Rex: Born To Boogie Evening Concert (G) Repeat. 11.05 jtv Live: Behind Crimson Eyes’ One NIght Stand (M,l) Repeat. 11.35 Cowboy Bebop (M,v) Repeat. 12.00 Close

5.30 Today 5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.00 Larry 6.00 Ten Early News 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia (G) The Lawnmower 11.30 Seven News 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 11.00 Time/Life (G) Repeat. 9.00 9am With David And & Kim (PG) 12.00 Movie: Dear Prudence (PG 2008) 11.30 Danoz (G) 1.30 The Choice (PG) Abortion in 11.00 Ten News Stars Jane Seymour, Tantoo Cardinal. 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) Australia Repeat. 12.00 The Doctors (PG) 2.00 Shark (M) legal drama. 1.00 The View (PG) talk show. 2.30 Dateline (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Auction House (G) new series premier. 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 3.30 Independent America (G) Doco 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.30 Demons To Darlings (PG) 3.00 Fresh Cooking (G) Repeat. from US. Repeat. 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 4.00 Go Go Stop 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 The Journal 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Crew (G) student video production 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) Rpt. 4.30 Afternoon News 5.30 Corner Gas (G) comedy series. 5.00 Bargain Hunt 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) series return. 6.00 Global Village: Exccentriiiks (G) 5.30 Antique Roadshow (G) Llanelli. 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Seven and Prime News 6.30 World News Australia 6.00 Evening News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Top Gear (PG) UK. 7.00 A Current Affair 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. 7.30 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 8.30 South Park (M,a) 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 8.30 Desperate Housewives (M) 9.00 Drawn Together (MA,v,a) animated 9.30 Brothers And Sisters (M) 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance 8.00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) comedy series. Australia (PG) 8.30 Underbelly: A tale of two cities (M, 10.25 Boston Legal (M) 9.30 World News Australia 8.30 Good News Week (M) v,l,s.d,n) 11.20 30 Rock (PG) 10.00 The Mighty Boosh: Call Of The Yeti 11.45 Last Comic Standing (M) 9.30 Dexter (AV15+) 8.45 Lotto (PG) UK comedy series. 9.30 Aussie Ladette To Lady (M) Repeat. 10.35 Late News With Sports Tonight 12.50 Home Shopping 10.35 Skins (M,l,a,s) repeat drama series. 11.20 Late Show with David Letterman (PG) 10.30 The Mentalist (M) Repeat. 5.30 Seven Early News 11.25 Movie: Nicotina D (MA,l,v,a 2003) 12.20 Taken Out (PG) 11.30 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) Action drama from Mexico. 12.50 Army Wives (M) 12.30 Australia’s Greatest Athlete Guest Prime HD program same as above except: 1.00 Movie: The Triad Zone (M,s,v, 2004) 12.00 This Rugged Coast 1.00 Deal Or No Deal 1.50 Video Hits Up-Late (PG) host Ricky Ponting 1.30 Blue Heelers 2.30 My Restaurant Rules 3.00 Drama from Hong Kong. 2.00 Infomercials (PG) 1.30 Enterteinment Tonight Power Rangers 3.30 Powerpuff Girls 4.00 Yin Yang 2.35 WeatherWatch Overnight 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG). 2.00 Guthy Renker Australia Yo! 10.30 Final 24: Nicole Brown Simpson 10.25 3.00 Religion Final 24: David Koresh 11.30 Urban Legends 3.30 Good Morning America 12.00 Bruce Sprinsteen Special 12.30 Dr Danger 5.00 Early Morning News 1.00 30 Rock 12.30 Australia’s Strangest Home

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5.20 World News in various languages 6.00 Sunrise 6.00 Ten Early News 5.30 Today 1.00 The Storm Rages Twice (G) Repeat 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) drama from Lebanon. 11.00 Larry The Lawnmower 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 11.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker (G) 2.00 Don Matteo (PG) Drama series from 11.30 Seven News 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) Italy. Repeat. 12.00 TBA 12.00 The Doctors (PG) 1.00 The View (PG) talk show. 3.00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood 2.00 Shark (M) Legal series. 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) (G) Repeat. 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.00 Auction House (G) 3.00 Fresh Cooking (PG) 3.30 Everybody Loves A Wedding (G) Rpt 3.30 Demons To Darlings (PG) parenting. 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 3.30 Kids Programs 4.00 The Journal 4.00 Go Go Stop kids’ show. 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.30 Afternoon News 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 4.30 Seven and Prime News 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) Rpt. 5.00 Bargain Hunt 5.30 Corner Gas (G) comedy series. 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.30 Antique Roadshow (G) Llanelli. 6.00 The World Game Football news 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show. 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Evening News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. program. 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 A Current Affair 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. 6.30 World News Australia 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Wipeout Australia 7.30 How Does Your Memory Work? 7.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue (G) 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) (PG) doco from the UK. 8.00 Find My Family (PG) 8.00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 9.00 Two And A Half Men (M) Repeat. 8.30 India Reborn: India On The Move 8.30 Packed To The Rafters (PG) 9.30 Aussie Ladette to Lady (M) 8.30 NCIS (M) (PG) Part 2 of 4. 9.30 All Saints (M,v,d) 10.30 Secret Diary Of A Call Girl 9.30 Lie To Me (M) Crime series. 9.30 World News 10.30 Eli Stone (M) legal drama. (MA,a,d,s,l) Series return with Billie 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 10.00 Hot Docs (M,v,a) Favela Rising. 11.30 Dirty Sexy Money (M) Piper 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 11.30 Movie: Secuestro Express (MA,v,d,s, 12.30 Home Shopping 12.00 Taken Out (G) entertainment. 11.30 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 2005) Action drama from Venezuela. 5.30 Seven Early News 12.30 Army Wives (M) Repeat. 12.30 The Dead Zone (M) 1.00 Three Of Hearts: A post-modern 1.30 Guthy Renker 1.30 Infomercials (PG) family (M,a,s) Doco from US. 3.00 Religion 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 2.45 WeatherWatch Overnight 3.30 Good Morning America Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 This Rugged Coast 1.00 Deal Or No Deal 5.00 Early Morning News

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Program 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address Mick Dodson: Reconciliation Australia 1.30 Talking Heads (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parkinson (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 The Queen’s Cavalry (G) Repeat. 6.30 The Cook and the Chef (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 The New Inventors (G) 8.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 9.00 Chandon Pictures (M,l,s) comedy series. 9.35 Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul (M,l,s) Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse 10.05 At the Movies 10.35 Lateline And Lateline Business 11.35 Midsomer Murders (M) Repeat. 1.10 Movie: The Silver Cord (PG 1930) Stars Irene Dunne, Joel McRae 2.25 The Fisherman: A Journey Into The Mind Of A Killer (PG) Repeat 3.25 National Press Club Address Repeat.

5.20 World News in various languages. 1.00 Movie: Festival In Cannes (M) US 2001 Stars Jenny Gabrielle, Greta Scacchi 2.40 Mars (G) Repeat 3.00 Salam Cafe (PG) Repeat. 3.30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy. 6.00 Global Village: Exccentriiiks 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Feast India (G) Part 2 of 8 8.00 Tales From The Palaces (G) doco series on palaces of the UK. Repeat. 8.30 Tribe: Matis, Western Amazon, Brazil (PG) Doco from UK. 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Movie: King’s Game (M,a,l) 2004 Thriller from Denmark. 11.55 Movie: Who Knows? (PG) 2001 Comedy from France. 2.30 Weatherwatch Overnight

1.30 Blue Heelers 2.30 My Restaurant Rules 3.00 Power Rangers 3.30 Powerpuff Girls 4.00 Yin Yang Yo! 10.30 Lost 11.30 Louis Theroux: Under The Knife 12.30 The Need For Speed – Bikes 1.30 Australia’s Strangest Home Improvements

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 A Place in Greece (G) Repeat. 4.55 Speed Machines (G) Repeat. 5.45 Time Team (G) Repeat. 6.35 Scrapheap Challenge: Fire Engines (G) 7.00 Zoo Days (G) Britain’s largest zoos 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 8.00 Body Hits: On The Lash (PG) 8.30 Eataholics: Addicted To Potatoes (G) 9.30 Chimpanzees: Out Of The Shadows (PG) 10.30 My Teen’s A Nightmare: I’m Moving Out: Cieran Bamford 11.20 Plumpton High Babies: Decisions...Decisions (PG) repeat 11.45 Close

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.30 Business Today 11.00 The War 10.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 4.35 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 12.30 National Press Club Address 5.05 The Cook and the Chef (G) Repeat. Peter Anderson: Australian Chamber 5.40 Naked Science (G) Repeat. Of Commerce & Industry 6.35 Scrapheap Chalenge (G) 1.30 Collectors (G) Repeat. 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parkinson (G) 8.00 Spicks And Specks (PG) Final. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 8.30 Chandon Pictures (M,cl,at) comedy 6.10 Grand Designs: Sussex (G) 9.00 Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul 7.00 ABC News (M,s,l) Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse 7.30 The 7.30 Report 9.30 Roman’s Empire (M,s,l) family drama. 8.00 Catalyst 10.00 Headcases (M,l) satirical look at the worlds celebrity and politics. 8.30 Bringing Up Baby (PG) 9.30 Q&A With Tony Jones 10.25 The Peter Serafinowicz Show (M,s,l) 10.25 Lateline And Lateline Business Repeat. 11.30 Live From Abbey Road with Bryan 10.55 Spaced (M,l,a) Stars Simon Pegg Adams, Ben Harper, Justin Currie (PG) 11.20 The Book Group (M,l,s) Repeat. 12.20 Wildside (PG) Repeat. 11.45 Close 1.10 Movie: Sword Of Monte Cristo (PG 1951) Stars George Montgomery [s] = Sex [cl] = Coarse language 2.20 Movie: The Life Of The Party (G, [a] = Adult themes [sr] = Sexual references 1937) Stars Joe Penner, Gene Raymond [n] = Nudity [mp] = Medical 3.55 The Glass House (M,sr,cl) [du] = Drug use procedures Programs are correct at the time of going to press but beware – all stations like tinkering with things at the last minute.

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5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 Sunrise 5.30 Today 6.00 Ten Early News 1.00 TV Around The World: Russia (M,l,n) 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs Doco series from France. 11.00 Larry The Lawnmower kids’ show. 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker (G) 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 1.30 Blizzard: Race To The Pole (PG) UK 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 11.00 Ten News Documentary. 12.00 Movie: Daniel’s Daughter (G) 2008 12.00 The Doctors (PG) 1.00 The View (PG) talk show. 2.30 Dateline (PG) Repeat. Stars Laura Leighton, Sepastian Spence 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 3.30 Alain Ducasse at the Plaza Athenee 2.00 Shark (M) Legal series. 3.00 Fresh Cooking (G) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Repeat. (G) France. 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.00 Auction House (G) 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 4.00 The Journal 4.30 NBN News 3.30 Demons to Darlings (PG) 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 5.00 Bargain Hunt (G) 4.00 Go Go Stop kids’ show. 4.00 Everyone Loves Raymond (G) 5.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 4.30 Seven and Prime News 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 6.00 Global Village: Exccentriiiks 6.00 NBN News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.30 World News Australia 7.00 A Current Affair 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show. 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat 7.35 Inspector Rex (PG) Austria Repeat. 7.30 Celebrity Singing Bee (PG) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 6.30 Neighbours (G) 8.30 Tibet: Murder In The Snow (M,l) 8.30 Adults Only 20 To 1 (M) 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) SBS documentary. 9.30 RPA (M) 7.30 Ghost Whisperer (PG) 8.00 Bondi Vet (PG) 9.30 World News Australia 10.30 Amazing Medical Stories (M) 8.30 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 8.30 Law & Order: S.V.U. (M) 10.00 Movie: 13 Tzameti (M,l,v,a) 2005 11.30 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 9.30 Private Practice (M) 9.30 Life On Mars (M) Thriller from France. 12.30 The Baron (PG) 10.30 Scrubs (PG) 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 11.40 Queer As Folk (MA,s,l,a) Repeat. 11.00 Beauty And The Geek (PG) new 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 12.35 Movie: El Nonaerense (MA,l,s,v) 2.00 Guthy Renker Australia series. 12.00 Taken Out (G) 2002 Drama from Argentina. 3.30 Good Morning America 12.00 Australia’s Strangest Home 12.30 Orange Roughies (M) 2.20 Weatherwatch Overnight 5.00 Early Morning News Improvements (G) 1.30 Infomercials (PG) 12.30 Danoz & Guthy-Renker 4.00 Religion to 6am. 5.30 Seven Early News

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feelings – to forgive the past, drop the burden and move forward free at last. TAURUS: If the full moon sparks flare ups in your domestic sector, be the voice of reason even if others are unreasonable. Channel as much tolerance as you can, and if you can’t find common ground agree to disagree – by the end of the week tempers will settle. GEMINI: With the future rushing towards the present so quickly, it’s worthwhile overlooking cranky attitudes or remarks this week and choosing your own words carefully. Ask yourself how much are your own judgments and expectations contributing to the situation. You might be surprised.

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WHILE THIS WEEK’S DRAMATIC FULL MOON AND LUNAR ECLIPSE SUGGEST TEMPERAMENTAL INTERACTIONS, HEALING CHIRON PROVIDES HELPFUL ASPECTS TO MOVE THROUGH THEM. AND BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CONTRADICTORY AQUARIUS, FRIDAY 13TH STARS ARE UNEXPECTEDLY HARMONIOUS…

CANCER: With present circumstances offering the odd challenge, relaxed rather than reactive is your best operating mode. That said, this is a brilliant week for dealing honestly with financial fears or subconscious sabotage programs that may have been holding you back from economic equanimity.

ARIES: Present energies bring a fabulous chance to heal an old pattern that’s been operating for most of your life. To realize how different things are now that you’re the one in charge of your

LEO: Leos, as we well know, don’t like being eclipsed by anything, even a planet, and Leo full moon’s no exception. But forget regal

egospeak or royal decrees – Leo rules the heart and this week’s for obeying the heart’s demands and demonstrating your true worth. VIRGO: Restraining sharp remarks and critical observations mightn’t be all that easy this week, but with others so touchy and easily offended it’s worth it. If someone’s unkind, remember that says more about them than you. On the brighter side, finances look like taking a promising upswing… LIBRA: This week’s Aquarian variations could make life seem like it’s extravagantly unravelling, but take it as just another challenge to your balance. During late week Libra moon, new people have a big impact on your thinking, but you’ll still need second opinions and objective reality checks. SCORPIO: If this week stimulates shakeups or clashes of wills, be advised that they’re also accompanied by a huge creative surge – using these situations and this beneficial energy to alter your mindset could actually activate a life changing breakthrough in your habitual thinking. SAGITTARIUS: This week’s fiery full moon could evoke

intense emotions – yours or other peoples’. If exchanges get heated, be easy on yourself and then you’ll be easier with others. Whatever’s looking shaky will right itself by the end of the week if you’re patient and respectful. CAPRICORN: Capricorns thrive on order, but the agents of change are giving you a makeover this week whether you want one or not. As the structure-loving part of your nature gets a jackhammering, going with it is your best option – because it’s your only one. AQUARIUS: This week brings challenges to peace and invitations to argument, along with strong support for healing hurts and differences. Take advantage of them to negotiate a truce where it’s needed – with your knack for negotiation and invention you could come up with something wonderful. PISCES: This week’s astral waters are hot, so you might want to find somewhere cool to take care of business and do some creative thinking with minimum outside interference. The heat’s off by Friday the 13th, which (surprise!) could be the week’s most tranquil and fortunate day.

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With one round to play in the elite Wijk aan Zee tournament, which concluded in the Netherlands last week, six of the fourteen players were tied for first place. A dramatic final round saw the favourite Magnus Carlsen lose and left another teenager Sergey Karjakin alone at the top of the crosstable, capturing the 10,000 Euro first prize as well as an invitation to September’s lucrative Grand Slam Cup in Bilbao. The Ukrainian attributed his victory to maintaining a cool head in difficult positions and to the fact that ‘my level of prepara-

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CHESS by Ian Rogers Play at Seagulls Club, Thursdays 6–10pm tion for this tournament was very Kasimdzhanov lost in the final high’. round, enabling Caruana to leap‘I was not favourite but I came frog both and earn entry to the A here to take first place,’ he contin- group in 2010. ued. ‘For me this result is equal The Wijk aan Zee C group, a to winning the World Junior category 11 Grandmaster tourChampionships or becoming the nament, stronger than any GM world’s youngest grandmaster.’ event ever held in Australia, was If Karjakin’s comments appear even more youth-dominated. youth-centred – comparing a 15-year-old Filipino GM Wesley super-tournament with a junior So – amazingly the top seed championship – it should be – outdistanced big names like remembered that the Ukrainian, Tiger Hillarp Persson and Oleg just turned 19, was the oldest Romanishin to take first place by group winner at the 71st edi- a point ahead of Anish Giri. tion of the famous Dutch tournaGiri? Anish Giri is a 14-yearment! old Nepali-Russian, currently livThe powerful B group ended ing in the Netherlands. His Wijk in a surprise triumph for Italian aan Zee result was good enough 16-year-old Fabiano Caruana. to earn him the grandmaster The group had been led through- title, thereby becoming the 12th out by former world title chal- youngest GM in history. Giri may lenger Nigel Short but he slowed be two years older than Karjakin down and entered the final round when he established the existing tied with a fast-finishing Rustam record, but his is a name you will Kasimdzhanov. likely also be seeing in top tourAmazingly, both Short and naments before long.

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A L L Talking to Ben Harper is always a little nervewracking. It’s impossible to be unaware of his celebrity, his infamous cool, those incredible arms, and his unstoppable talent that is unmarred by commercialism or the whims of record company marketing demands. Mr Harper is a true artist. He has just finished recording his soon to be released album White Lies for Dark Times. So I can’t talk about that, because it’s not released. Last time I interviewed him we talked about his last album, Both Sides of The Gun, probably the album I play the most. Ben Harper creates unpredictable music. He doesn’t contrive it. He just goes with what is happening at the time. He is a man in the moment. So how do you maintain the creative flow and the intensity in the studio? ‘There are times and places when you have to retreat, or if not retreat, then severley redirect your trajectory. You have to do it to get your focus because we are not cookie cutters, don’t try and fit into someone else’s box. You don’t want to become part of the machine, as an artist you have to stay above the fray.’ So where does Ben Harper find his inspiration? ‘It happens every day of my life. Every day is pre-production for the next song I write. I spend my days with music. I have songs ringing in my head. People think I am crazy! It’s a curse but it’s my life… it’s a place to hide.’ Success hasn’t weighed down the creative journey of Ben Harper. He is unaware, and unconcerned with the trappings of being a musician. He is all about making the music, and drawing on his world to weave

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his song. ‘I find ideas in every conversation Ii have, everything I read, every insane perspective I want to write, the songs aren’t about me, they become about you by proxy, it’s about every waking moment and sleeping moment – it’s what writing music is about. I would be too boring to write about.’ That is one of the major keys for Ben. Music is not autobiographical. As a creator you become an empathetic channel for a story or an idea that has the power to connect with the listener. ‘I think that is the key: to make a song feel like it had to be about you, so when they listen to it, it feels like it’s about them. ‘It’s finding the connect point – you have to know what you are doing, but it needs to be completely unconscious. The odd equation that equals wood on the drum, the steel strings with the tube: this amalgum of variables that go into making music. But it’s not enough. Imagine how much great music would never get heard. It’s not enough to be a kid in your room with a pen and a song, it takes a huge machine to get your music out there. I really appreciate promoters like Peter Noble, and my record company – it’s emblematic of a large group working in an effective way. It gets music to the listener.’ I ask Ben to talk me through the new album. He won’t do it. But he defers very politely. ‘It’s almost like me telling you about sunset before it

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happens; basically we go in and we plug in and we make music the way it is supposed to be made: it’s raw and visceral and as improvised as anything I have ever done.’ Ben has also been given the role of guest programmer for the MOJO Stage on the Sunday night of Bluesfest. ‘It’s a huge honour, it’s not surgery, but it’s exciting as hell. I am so confident of the music that I am putting on, I would do that for Peter every year because I love him and I love the festival. One of my favourite up and coming singer and songwriters that I’ve programmed is Grace Woodruff, and a friend of mine called Tom Freund from Venice Beach.’ Ben Harper is a headline performer at Bluesfest this year. For ticket and program enquiries go to www. bluesfest.com.au

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If you want to drive a pregnant woman mad, ask her what she’s going to call her unborn child. It’s like torture. Just last week I googled 5,000 names for girls (yes I am the maker of women, difficult ones of course!) and I only liked about three. Then I ran them by my partner and we were back to about none. I am not into unusual names that sound like they were made up after a few cones. I like names that sound like names. I like them to be a little old fashioned but not overly common. No offence to the Crystal Moonbeam Sunshines of this world: I pay respect to their hippy heritage, but have no need to inflict such freerange cruelty on my kid. Although I suspect being named Tony is far more bizarre in a North Coast classroom. I don’t need a trendy original name. Having me as a mother will surely be punishment enough. I decided I liked Anais. Anais Nin is one of my favourite writers and such a free spirit. A name like Anais is almost a DOCS-worthy offence. One moment of pregnant hormone charged fantasy could inflict with a lifetime of being called Anus on my unborn daughter. As a comedian, have to admit I am almost tempted. Anais Rose has a certain ring. A word of advice to other breeders currently gestating the next generation. When people request that you reveal the name that you have pondered and pained over for months on end, that treasured short-list of possible identities for the mysterious foetus within, do not cave. Withhold. Your friends will then perform a name audit: turns out my favourite name thus far, Evangeline, was the name of a girl one of my

friends knew who ended up a heroin addict and a hooker. Now there’s a role model. A career girl. I love Audrey. But my mother called her small white fluffy Paris Hilton-esque dog Audrey. Unless I ‘accidentally’ back over it in my seven seater people mover (which can be arranged by the way) that classic name is destined to be the moniker for a flea ridden pooch. My partner and I have tried trawling family names. There’s my dear grandmother, well into her nineties, a woman with a big heart and little tact (known to give you a bear hug and exclaim ‘shit you’re ugly’), the baby girl would be Ivy. Apart from the odd feeling of a new spirit wearing an old name, Ivy is also the alterego of a friend of mine who had a sex change and now moonlights as a Gold Coast call girl. My partner’s grandmother’s name was suggested next. Bertha. Hmm, not bad. I have a teenage daughter, I know the worry ahead of me. A name like that would be like cosmic contraception. The most important factor in selecting a name is: can you yell it out from the back step? It’s the best way to test run a name that you will be shouting for almost two decades. Even the most beautiful names don’t make this test. ‘Aurora’ is a classic example. Try shouting it. Sounds like a labrador eating a sausage. The only problem with this method is names like ‘shithead’ come out on top. Then it happened. Last night, when I was sleeping. The name floated into the room like a feather and landed on my pillow. I know who my baby girl is. I have the perfect name… well I’m not telling you, you’ll just have to wait!

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Celebrating the release of his much-anticipated Portrait of a Man, the gorgeous counwith Hans Lovejoy try swooner is joined by the talented Peter Denahy and the voice of McLeod’s Daughters, Jam Nights and Bec LaVelle. Open Mics Two decades, nine albums, A reminder you can find a country fame, pop hits, a jam night at the Coolangatta national top five album and Hotel every Wednesday with ones that came nowhere near, house band Remedy. The nine Golden Guitars, an ARIA Sands Hotel Coolangatta also Award – the list goes on. He has a jam night on Thursday also spent years as a bona-fide from 8pm. Mullumbimby RSL Queensland cattleman and has has a jam night from 7.30pm toured with Kris Kristofferson on Thursdays. The Buddha and chin-wagged with Johnny Bar, Byron Bay from 7.30pm Cash. Throughout, his curioshas an open mike night also ity, intuition, good humour on Thursdays. South Tweed and dogged determination Sports Club holds a jazz jam is still intact. As the Grateful from 3pm-6.30pm every Satur- Dead once sang: ‘What a long day afternoon. Brackets and strange trip it’s been.’ Jam happens at the BangaJames Blundell has also low Pub on Tuesdays. Other recently released The Definitive regular weekly gigs Collection 1988-2008, which include the Downbeat Jazz features hits including Way Out Band at the Greenmount West, Postcards From Saigon Beach Club on Wednesdays and Ring Around The Moon. See from 7pm, and the The Harry him at Seagulls Club, SaturLynn Jazz Quartet at The day February 14, tickets $22. Gold Coast Arts Centre from For more info visit 7pm Saturdays. jamesblundell.com.au

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late. Entry is a mere $5 on the NRSO – Save The door. www.myspace.com/ Orchestra Concert is riverpeppermint sold out Circle of Rhythm Due to popular demand, the NRSO (Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra) will be performing a second concert on Sunday March 1, 3pm (DST). Adults $40, concession $35, high school students $22, primary school students free. See them at Seagulls Club Sunday March 1, 3pm.

Heralded as Australia’s most exciting rhythm trio, Greg Sheehan, Bobby Singh and Ben Walsh have between them changed the face of percussion in Australia. After ten years defining and redefining what Australian drumming can offer the world, they have formed a percussion trio with a difference, rich in culture from the various styles all three dynamic performers have spent their lives exploring. The result of years of collaboration through many different groups such as Pablo Percusso, Utungan Percussion, Skin, Dha, The Bird and Taal Vadya to name a few, Circle of Rhythm exhibits a masterful skill in Big Joke Comedy drumming as an ensemble, Festival comes to but doesn’t shy away from melodic percussion, creating a Currumbin varied and accessible listening The Big Joke Comedy Festival experience. has a treat in store for comedy Circle of Rhythm will make lovers in the Currumbin area: you laugh, share their stories, a free comedy show! The Big and most definitely leave you Joke Festival was one of the breathless. Expect nothing events funded by NSW Tourism less than standing ovations. this year with the aim to proFriday February 13 at the mote the event, held in BanSoundlounge in Currumbin at galow, into nearby areas. Part 8.30pm. of the funding was allocated There will also be an afternoon to provide comedy launches, workshop with the ensemble where comics travel to comat 6pm. Take the chance to munities and put on a show. engage with rhythm yourself in Appearing at the Currumbin a rare workshop preceding the RSL on Wednesday March 4 show – no drums necessary, are Mandy Nolan, Nick Penn and suitable to all levels. If the and Ellen Briggs. show is not sold out beforetickets will be available at Jam Factory Sunday hand, the door for $25. This Sunday the Jam Factory have a wicked lineup once again – it’s gonna be funky and fun. River Peppermint are coming all the way from Brisbane to entertain with their progressive live drum and bass styles. This instrumental fourpiece, formed in the middle of Sheoak Shack, Fingal Head, 7pm see Mescalito Blues 2008 consists of two guitars, on Valentine’s Day, Saturday a bass, drums, and a whole February 14. heap of effects. The music created is a blend of engaging Cabarita Beach Sports Club, on Friday at 8pm it’s The Real guitar melodies, warm bass Deal and Saturday Purple lines, and funk rhythms, with Stone. the band trying to achieve short, memorable, and fun Murwillumbah Services jam-based compositions. River Memorial Club has Stir Crazy Peppermint often incorporate Friday and Trevor Rix on Satguest musicians into their set, urday, both at 6.30pm. so don’t be surprised to hear At the Coolangatta Hotel the occasional trumpet solo, 8pm Friday is British India female vocal, or djembe hit. then politically charged punk Also supporting is Uncle Jnr, rock band Propagandhi on a dynamic three-piece outfit Saturday. from Byron Bay, born from colKingscliff Beach Club has lective experience and varied Cargo on Friday, Street Cafe styles, resulting in an original powerful sound assault on the Saturday and Dave Clayton from 12pm on Monday. senses. Blues, punk, folk and Pottsville Beach Sports Club rock are the areas these three has Greg Bankx Friday night young musicians come from and Syd Wilson from 5pm and it shows in their excepSunday. tional live performances. Jam Factory is held at the supreme- Cabarita Beach Bar & Grill has ly sexy new venue Neverland RMG on Friday, BJ Gannon on which is located at 23 McLean Saturday and Matt Buggy and St, Coolangatta. The event Carly from 2pm on Sunday. occurs every Sunday, doors Imperial Hotel Murwillumopen at 5pm, the music kicks bah on Friday at 8pm serves off around 6pm and is open till up a Matt Seaberg.

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degree, success and recognition has already begun for Ryan, being requested to perform on the ‘Fretfest’ stage at the renowned Woodford Folk Festival 2008. Doors, food and bar open at 7:30pm with DVD screenings. Bands start at 8:15pm. Thursday at the Gold Coast Arts Centre.

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darren sanders at the gc arts centre on friday lumbah. Cost $49 per person, for bookings call (02) 6672 8590 or email info@luffleycafe. com

Comedian Darren Sanders

play with bobby singh and ben walsh greg sheehan at the soundlounge currumbin friday 13

In the nineties, Darren broke into the US comedy market with background appearances in many popular films, where he became known as the ‘Where’s Wally’ of the movie world. His touring saw him perform at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, The Improv in Irvine as well as feature in Chicago and Idaho comedy venues. Darren has appeared on Spin, Rove, In Melbourne Tonight and The Russell Gilbert Show. Support is from Stephen Head and MC Mike Bennett Friday Feb 13, 8pm at the Gold Coast Arts Centre.

The Kransky Sisters ryan murphy at unplugged thursday

the big joke mandy nolan at comedy festival at currumbin rsl march 4

The Buddy Holly Show

Live Jazz

Paul and Debbie Lindenburg perform at South Tweed On Saturday February 14 The Sports Club 7.30pm Saturday Buddy Holly Show is at the Don’t forget the free jazz jam Twin Towns Services Club. from 3pm- 6.30pm (weekly free Divine Intervention gig) on Saturdays too.

Venturing out from the intensely private world of their old family home in rural Queensland, the Kransky Sisters arrive on The Gold Coast, with stories of their travels and unique homespun renditions of popular tunes. With tambourines, tuba, musical saw, an old 1960’s reed keyboard and a clatter of kitchen pots, these oddball sisters, Mourne, Eve and their reclusive, somewhat peculiar sister, Dawn Kransky, offer their offbeat illuminations on what they hear on their wireless and see in the magazines. Gold Coast Arts Centre on Friday February 20. Tickets adult $34.90, concession.

Ryan Murphy and Paul O’Rourke

Unplugged in the Basement has returned and this week you can see top quality performers Ryan Murphy and Paul O’Rourke this Thursday. Originally from Murwillumbah, If you like to dance to deep Ryan’s discovery of music in The Jazz Music of grooves, interwoven with his teenage years came via his Mish keyboards, percussion, wind father and the family piano. instruments and free-form Come and celebrate Valentine’s Ryan’s immediate connecvocals then come check out Day at the Luffley ‘Water Cult’ tion with music and its ability Divine Intervention. Members Cafe. Three course dinner with to allow him to temporarily of Sai Masil combine with a complimentary champagne escape reality saw him natuspecial guest from California, on arrival. Be swooned and rally progress from musician Roger, who will be sharing his mesmerised by the delightto songwriter. His passion and ful Jazz music of Mish from awesome live beats. Roger his natural ability became 6:30pm – you never know, you more evident with a transition has a decade of experience playing around the world. This could be inducted into the cult! from piano to guitar. Now at (under 20’s females only apply) 22, a graduate of the exclusive gig is a one-off performance. Saturday February 14, Luffley Queensland Conservatorium’s Sphinx Rock Cafe, Mt Burrell, Cafe, 2 Wharf Street, Murwil1- 4.30pm Sunday. bachelor of popular music

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Brandon Hawkins – Jazz Singer This Valentine’s Day Jazz singer Brandon Hawkins is set to croon for you at Jazz in the Basement, Gold Coast Arts Centre.

‘First Caba off the rank’ is opening 2pm, February 14, at How Great Thou Art Gallery 40 Tamarind Avenue, Cabarita Beach. Born in Sheffield, England, Wendy immigrated to Australia in 1969, with two young children, raising them on her own. Wendy’s parent’s were very Victorian and would not allow her to go to art school. Two years ago, Wendy tried her hand at drawing and painting with acrylic medium and thanks to her devoted husband David, and a very kind art teacher, Lis Tanke, the floodgate was open, and now Wendy is having her first exhibition. Contact 66 76 2009 for more information.

The Art of Printing The fun and art of printing on fabric is the focus of the first group exhibition this year by members of the artist-run cooperative, Community Printmakers Murwillumbah (CPM), D’Alliance festival at their community workshop D’Alliance is a carnivale that gallery in Bray Park just south will transform Currumbin Creek of Murwillumbah on Kyogle into a merry path of delight. Road. It’s aptly called Soft LandThe festival is a celebration ing and opens this Saturday, of the arts including theatre, February 14, at 3pm continuperformance, comedy, music ing till April 5. It features attracand visual arts. Coming soon: tive printed fabrics, unusual Saturday May 9. wall hangings, tote bags and How Great Thou Art other unique pieces. The gallery is open Friday-Sunday Gallery 11am-3pm. For info visit www. Art Exhibition by Wendy Mar- cpmprintstudio.com or call 02 shall, curated by Cath Grant. 6672 8276.

Thank Goodness You‘re Here If laughter is the best medicine, the Murwillumbah Theatre Company looks sure to administer some curing alms to audiences on the weekend. The talented thespians have planned a hilarious improvisational comedy night at the Murwillumbah Civic Centre Auditorium on Saturday February 14. Inspired by hit Channel 10 show Thank God You’re Here, the theatre company is putting on Thank Goodness You Are Here. But the added benefit of this local version is that it might just burn off a Tim Tam. ‘Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee have found that 10 to 15 minutes of raucous laughter increases energy expenditure and heart rate by 10 to 20 per cent,’ a theatre spokeswoman said. ‘Let’s face it, there hasn’t been much to laugh about recently, so if you are out of practice, we recommend a prior laughter exercise regime before attending this performance!’ This is a one night only show commencing at 7.30pm. The audience is invited to bring their own drinks and nibbles. Tables for more than six people can be booked by calling Rosemary on 6672 1520. Admission is $7 or $5 conces-

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Australian poet known worldwide for her best-selling verse novels which broke through the glass ceiling for Poetry in Motion poetry. Mandy Morris and members of the Love Handles Dangerously Poetic are back will provide steamy music with a passion! On Sunday they will feature contemporary to add to the ambience. For the open reading, audience Aussie poetry that is steamy, sexy and romantic. This will be members are invited to seduce at a new time this year from 2 – us with their own or a famous 4 pm at the Yogalates Studio, love poem. Homemade refreshments will be available 72 Byron St. Bangalow. Local for purchase. Admission actress Susan Hayward will still a bargain at $5/4 for read selections of love poetry by wellknown Australian poets. Dangerously Poetic members. soft landing, Laura Jan Shore and Kathryn cpm’s new group Boorman will offer a tribute to Throbbing Hearts This is your last chance to exhibition at their the most dangerous poet of all – Dorothy Porter (1954get tickets to the Byron hop works bray park 2008). She was a flamboyant Bay Blushing Hearts Ball: opens sat 14 a spectacular, star-studded Valentines Day party for everyone – gay, lesbian, transgender and straight! Happening at Byron Community Centre on Saturday from 8pm.The Blushing Hearts Ball is a concert and dance party guaranteed to thrill anyone with an open heart and mind. Headline act, acclaimed Electro Pop trio The Blush Foundation playing a set of their hit songs including Designer Vagina. These girls will leave you ‘startled, awestruck, and strangely compelled to aerobicise’! Come and swoon at their virgin performance on the North Coast, fresh from sell-out gigs in Sydney and Melbourne. Host and guest DJ for this night of nights is Mr Tobin Saunders. Internationally known for his cross-dressed creation Vanessa Wagner, m dru an mel now meet the man behind colin elliott (left) and bri thanks the lord robin crossen the mascara – ‘unfrocked has turned up for thank goodness and unflappable’. In a lastminute coup the organisors you’re here on saturday are thrilled to announce a special performer on the night – Morganics – acclaimed pioneer of Australian hip hop, break-dance and rap. The Blushing Hearts Ball is raising funds for Byron Community and Cultural Centre. It will be unlike anything ever previously staged in the area – a Valentines Day party you will not forget. Entry is strictly for the over 18s. Tickets are limited and on sale now from BCCC or phone 6685 6807. Prices $55/ $45 conc or $100 a double and includes a complimentary drink upon arrival. MONDAY 6-9PM FRIDAY 5.30PM - 7.30PM sion. For more information call Bryanne on 6672 5554 or Rosemary.

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with John Campbell Changeling Besides death and taxes, all you can be certain of in this world is that, somewhere on the covers of those tizzy rags that clutter the supermarket checkout, you’ll daily see the latest snaps of luscious-lipped Angelina Jolie, accompanied by breathless headlines about her life – a life that is infinitely more fantabulous than your paltry existence. (Quick, buy it!) She’ll either have had a tiff with Brad or put on weight, be sharing the pain of an emaciated Sudanese peasant or struggling to decide which of Prada’s bambini outfits best suit the twins’ unique auras. As a celebrity, her omnipresence has begun to severely nobble her effectiveness as an actress. Changeling is an outstanding film, but it could have been even better with a less identifiable woman as the protagonist – you might as well have had Warnie play one of the detectives. It is Los Angeles, 1927, and Christine Collins (Ange) is a hard working, single mother whose little boy Walter has disappeared. Anxious for some good press after years of scandal, the LAPD finds a boy whom they insist is Walter. Christine knows he is not and takes on the City’s administration to vindicate herself and get the search for the real Walter resumed. The first half of the movie, in which Christine is psychologically brutalised by unscrupulous opponents, is an engrossing but hardly remarkable David and Goliath story, serving to remind us (for it is all based on actual events) that power tends to corrupt those who hold it. Your sympathies are with Christine, your contempt is for officialdom and you have a vague idea of the eventual resolution. Enter the unexpected, horrific element that rams you into a different nightmare altogether.

A brief but shocking scene of surreal violence (my unsqueamish companion looked away) and a later unsettling walk to the gallows (unsettling for its ambivalence– is it Hang ‘Em High or In Cold Blood?) are far more than you bargain for. Excepting Jolie (nominated for an Oscar), the casting is perfect – from good cop to bad cop, from John Malkovich’s tenacious priest to the blonde Nurse Ratchett type who does the electric shock treatment at the mental asylum. Clint Eastwood’s direction is precise and without flourish and, as a moralist, he is unafraid to deal with the unfashionable concept of responsibility. He plays his hand for maximum impact, never giving anything away until exactly the right moment and, as he always manages to do, he finds an emotional ace at the end. Doubt ‘Give me the boy, I’ll show you the man.’ The Jesuits’ boast has become a hollow one in recent times, what with the torrent of testimony from psychologically scarred men who, as adolescents, were buggered by the very priests into whose hands their welfare had been entrusted. This is set in 1964, the year after the assassination of the idolised Catholic President Kennedy (‘with Franklin D Roosevelt, America’s greatest’, Sister James tells her class), and long before the outrages committed in the Boston diocese came to light. In an Irish/Italian neighbourhood of tenements and council trees, the nuns, whose bonnets and habits immediately bring Salem to mind, see to the children’s educational needs and the priests see to the parishioners’ spiritual ones. The hegemony of the patriarchy is wonderfully illustrated by contrasting shots of the fathers and sisters at

dinner, with the guffawing blokes hoeing into rare steaks, smoking and swilling grog, while the women, in separate quarters, are sedately nibbling their vegies and drinking milk. The image is not subtle but its veracity is unlikely to be questioned. The drama begins when Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) calls Dennis, the school’s only black student, into his office. For what purpose the boy was summoned we can never be certain, but the unspoken sub-text emerges that Dennis is probably gay and is being beaten at home by his father. Sister James (Amy Adams) notes afterwards that there is alcohol on the boy’s breath, so she cautiously brings to the attention of Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) the ‘interest’ that Flynn has taken in Dennis. The older woman assumes the worst. A stern traditionalist who cannot even abide the advent of ballpoint pens in the school, she instinctively loathes the more progressive Flynn – and his long fingernails – and makes it her mission to have him gone. The antagonists’ moral certainties ensure that only one of them will survive the spiteful conflict. Director John Patrick Shanley (who wrote the play), by boldly arguing against the knee-jerk hysteria with which so many of us delight in condemning the sins of the cloth, leads the audience to share Sister James’s doubt as to who is deserving of support. The empathy and understanding he strives for, however, is jeopardised by a concluding scene which is both over generous to one of the combatants and, more significantly, out of kilter with all that has come before it – it’s a last minute cheat that is very nearly farcical. Otherwise fantastic, with a memorable sermon on gossip.

Witness Great Music After recently relocating to Melbourne at the start of 2009, The Witness return to Byron for two shows this weekend. They play the Rails on Saturday at 6.30pm and the Beach Hotel on Sunday at 4.30pm. The band played a series of well received gigs down south in December, and were proud to bring their solid North-Coast roots to the city. Away from the stage the band are in the studio working on the release of their forthcoming single. They have been recording at SAE studios Byron and are reportedly very happy with the recordings.

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Pottsville bowls is all comings and goings this month as the club played host to the touring team from Jersey and is sending an assault team to Shepparton for the Australian Open. Last Thursday the club enjoyed mixed bowls in the company of a visiting tour group from the island of Jersey. Jersey group leader, Stuart Weaving, began the travelling group 40 years ago and it is now a world wide involving 21 countries and 10,000 members. The current group, consisting of 28 bowlers, all came from Jersey which has five clubs and 1,000 bowlers. One of their members, Liz Cole, competed in the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch in January 2008, and reached the Quarter-Finals. Surprise, surprise, surprise! The group, called the FriendVisiting Jersey island bowler ship Group, left Jersey on JanuStuart Weaving, left, perary 23 for a 6 week tour from formed a magic trick where Brisbane to Sydney including scarves were tied together matches at Cudgen Leagues, by Darren Townsend, poked Ocean Shores and Pottsville. down the front of Julie Kent’s The team will continue on shirt by Stuart, then pulled down the coast until they arout by Darren and Stuart to rive in Manly to play there, at reveal the knots not only un- Belrose and Balgowlah. done but with a bra tied into At the end of Thursday’s where the knot had been. event, gifts were exchanged, Stuart and his team have been prizes awarded and Stuart entoruing annually for 40 years. tertained those gathered with

some amazing magic tricks. Also travelling south are three members of Pottsville Men’s Bowls who will attempt an assault on the Australian Open Bowls Tournament to be held in Shepparton Victoria. Kris Lehfeldt, Rod Wilson and Richard Scott will fly the Pottsville banner when they arrive and we are sure will do all in their power to put on a good showing. ‘We are not going down to simply make up the numbers,’ said Kris. The financial burden placed on the team has been offset through several fundraising events held by the Pottsville Men’s Bowls Club. Also assisting with funds were Pottsville Beach Sports, Pottsville Women’s Bowls Club, Pottsville Fishing Club and greatly appreciated was a commitment from the local Tweed Coast Rural Firies. Kris, on behalf of the team, wishes to express his sincere thanks to all. Kris has drawn Terry Pappas in his first round singles match to be played at Shepparton Park Bowls Club on Sunday and next Tuesday will see Kris, with Richard and Rod competing in a Triples, at this stage their opponents are yet to be decided. We wish them luck.

The Murwillumbah Netball Association will be having their annual sign-on at their clubhouse over the next three Saturdays from 9am to 12pm. All teams are encouraged to attend as there will be umpiring clinics from 9-9.30 am, coaching clinics from 9.30-10.30 am and round robin games from 10.30-11.30am, a great way to ease back into the season. All ages welcome. Players without teams welcome. This year all teams must supply their own umpire so if you are an umpire, you are also encouraged to attend so you can be matched with a team. All games will be on Saturdays this year. There will be no twilight comp.

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played the AER mixed pairs , then semi final, then final pairs J Blake, S Reading Defeated E Hunt, W Peart. Saturday 26 bowlers played, winners being B Foster, P Meadows, T Kennedy, runneRunner ups A Tonel, CThompson, W Elvy. Rafell winners M Stanfield, P Meadows, R Pilon, P Meadows, Our next Pennant trial against Ballina will be on February 28 at home. Congong Cane Toads Last Sunday the Cane toads hosted Kingscliff bowls club to a game of bowls and bbq lunch whitch all enjoyed. Kingscliff just came out winners 99 to Condong 97. Rink winnersB Bottrell, J McBurney, B Dunne. RunneRunner ups R Liddington, M Lincoln, K Liddington. Rafell winners H Carney, R Liddington, R Cox, T Kennedy. Cane Toads next game 22nd February 9.30am, see you there. Cudgen Leagues Ladies Congratulations to Ann Revie, Pat Pieterse, Isabel Nipperess and Colleen Wein, Winners of the Club Championship Fours Final played last Thursday 5th, and to runners up Marion Hull, Yvonne Corcoran, Lorraine Sandall, Liz Fleming. It was a well played game with the final score 22–18, well done girls. Ladies social results, Winners Rnk 12, Freda Hall, Faye Turner. Raffle, Sylvia McCann. Congratulations Everybody. Coming up –Rnd 2, Div 2 Pennant V’s Cabarita at home today. Div 4, ( bye ) Umpire Marion Hull, Controlling Body Ann Revie. Reminder – Green Fees to all Clubs $7. Morning Tea 8.30 am, (Betty Sydneham and Helen Wylie.) Thurs Ladies Social 9.30am, all welcome. Next Sunday 15th, Sun Social Bowls Club Day with a beautiful BBQ Lunch, Cost $10, Mufti Dress, All Welcome. Mon 16th 1pm, Social Mixed Triples, ( mufti ) All Welcome. Tues 17th 8.30am, Div 4 Pennant at Pottsville. Wed 18th 8.30, Div 2 Pennant at Mur – Bah.Members on the sick list, well wishes from all members. Happy Birthday to all celebrating this week. Look forward to seeing members and visitors at our Club. Bookings 0266741816 – 2734. Kingscliff Ladies Social play Wednesday February 4: Winners: A. Graham/M. Edmed/D. Madden defeated D. Hallet/M. Neilsen/L. Willoughby. Runners – Up: D. Abraham/J. Kemp/K. Thompson. Raffle winners were Norma Craven and Sandra Akers.

Teams are now set for the Kingfisher Triples to be played on next Monday. During the morning the ladies were instructed into the Basic Life Support Action Plan by Fay Gleave from the St Johns Ambulance. Knowing the correct procedure for CPR is most important and those in attendance certainly gained from the session. We thank Fay for her time and hope that she will return and give another display. Kingscliff Men Thursday February 5 Winners: G Fletcher, G Haydon, A Brown, J Bonet, J McLaughlin, S Cupitt, B Jack, R Cavanagh, T Schofield. Plate Winners: L Gillespie, R Lewis, D Roughley Saturday February 7 Winners: O Simpson, T Dimmock, R Reaburn, J Mirls, B McIllhatton, M Rice. Plate Winners: T Whittaker, J Julius, F McNamara Tuesday February 10 Winners: P Glancy and A Latif, Runners Up: B McIllhatton, M Rice, Plate Winners: P Murphy, R Dunn. Winners of the Open Singles played on Saturday February 7: M Azzopardi, M Turner, I Smith. Open Singles matches to be played on Thursday February 12 at 9:30. L Murphy v G Barrack. On Saturday 14th Feb. the semi–final of the Open Singles will see M Turner v I Smith and M Azzopardi v the winner of Thursday’s game. Roll up commences at 8:45am Super Challenge Results: Gold Division was defeatedeated by Musgrave Hill 135 shots to 102. Bronze Division was defeatedeated by Beaudesert 116 shots to 95. In both divisions the results of individual games indicated that the matches were much closer than the overall scores suggest. Draw for the February 14 and 15. Bronze Division: Kingscliff play Manly on Saturday at Kingscliff. Game commences at 1:00pm NSW time. Gold Division: Kingscliff play Maroochy Swan at Kingscliff on Sunday. Game commences at 1:00pm NSW time. Summer Nines: Results: Kingscliff A was defeatedeated by Robina C by 73 points to 72 and Kingscliff B defeatedeated Gold Coast Lawn B by 89 points to 63. Draw for 14th February: Kingscliff A has the bye and Kingscliff B will play Robina at Robina. Game commences at 9:30 NSW time. Tweed Valley Shield: Draw for Monday

16th Feb. Kingscliff v Pottsville at Pottsville. Game commences 12:30pm NSW time. Please check the board for teams. Pottsville Women Thursday, February 5: Winning Rinks: Winning margin – L Johns, D Dever, B Campbell, W Fielding. Highest score – E Brown, M Osmont, M Nightingale, D Allen – this team also scored 8 shots on one end!! What a feat. Moneyboard: V Scott, M Moore. Raffles: D Pallot, A Mackay, D Appleton, J Brammer, M Osmont. Updates: February 16 – 40 bowlers from Evans Head will be visiting for a morning of mixed bowls. February 26 – Monthly Meeting instead of March 5. Entries close for Club 4’s. February 27 – 18 bowlers from Seagulls for an afternoon of mixed bowls. Tuesday morning mixed bowls – mufti. Tuesday afternoon, 1 pm Cards. Tutors available so come along and play Solo, Canasta, Bridge or teach us how to play your game. Visitor Info: Fri 1.00 pm mixed pairs. Thursday Women’s Social Bowls 9 am. Darts Tweed Valley Darts Association First game for the year and Gulls 8 defeated Hogan’s Heroes 7 with Jokers 12 defeated Clockwork Orange 3. In B grade Devils 8 defeated Cgulls 3 with Leftovers 7 defeated Sharks 4. Point score for A grade Jokers 12, Gulls 8, Hogan’s Heroes 7, and Clockwork Orange 3. B grade Devils 8, Leftovers 7, Sharks 4 and Cgulls 3. GOLF Chinderah Veterans Social Golf Results for Thurs 5/2/09 – Stroke Winner ‘A’ grade: Richard Player, net 55 – new Handicap 9, Runner up: Bob Richards, net 56 – new Handicap 13. Winner ‘B’ grade: Tom Maye, net 58 (c/ back), new Handicap 16, Runner up: Jim Donnachie, net 58 – new Handicap 18. Winner ‘C’ grade: net 56, new Handicap 19, Runner up: Keith Morris, net 60 – new Handicap 25. Ball rundown to net 62. Next event – 12/2/09 – Stableford Results for Monday 9/2/09 – Stroke Winner ‘A’ grade: Gus Pearson, net 57 – new Handicap 8, Runner up: Jim Donnelly, net 58 – new Handicap 7. Winner ‘B’ grade: Harry Wain, net 57 – new Handicap 13, Runner up: Dave Thompson, net 58 – new Handicap 16

Winner ‘C’ grade: Ann Cranch, net 60 – new Handicap 20, Runner up: Wall Jones, net 61 (c/back) – new Handicap 18. Ball rundown to net 62 (c/back) Next event Monday, Stableford. Murwillumbah Golf Club Sunday 1st Feb Women’s Winner C.Fogo 30 pts Member pts N/Pin 2nd I.McCormack Monday 22nd Feb Veteran’s Winner L.Reynolds 41 pts Runner up H.Axford 40 pts N/Pin 2nd K.Blyth 5th J.Rice 10th L.Reynolds 17th T.Soan B.R.D.to 36 pts c.b Wednesday 28th Jan Winner A,Grade B.Sterling 43 pts R.Up G.Ballard 39 pts B.Grade M.Shields 40 pts Runner up M.Zwermer 39 pts Veteran W.Mavin 38 pts c.b N/Pin 2nd M.Zwermer 17th R.Rattray B/R/Down to 35 pts Thursday 5th Feb Women’s Open Day Winners A.Wedlock and J.Chapman 76.750 nett Runner up E.Wheeler and J.Gielis 78 nett N.Pin 2nd R.McIvor 5th B.Lane and J.Dobinson 10 th D.Rabe 17 th F.Chadwick and M.Hanger B.R.D. to 81.650 nett Friday 6th Feb Women’s Winner D.O’Brien 29 pts Member Winner K.Borger 41 pts c.b B.R.D. to 36 pts c.b Saturday 7th Feb 2009 Ind Stroke Winner A.Grade P.Beryman 68 nett R.Up A.Grade T.Jenkins 69 nett Winner B.Grade R.Richards 67 nett Runner up M.Adams 6 nett C.Grade Winner V.Formica 67 nett Runner up S.Allan 70 nett D.Grade P.Sheppard 69 nett Runner up N.Sams 70 nett Eagle on 7th P.Fahy N/Pins 2nd K.O’Grady 5th G.Crosse 10th.M.Ross 17th T.Jenkins B.R.Down to 75 nett c.b SHOOTING Murwillumbah Pistol Club Week ended 1st Febriaru, 2009: Air Pistol – Men – D Dowling 590. Standard Pistol – D Dowling 609 D Stebbing 595 A Uren 588 A Unwin 572 G McMahon 561 D Gazzard 561 S Nash 561 R Fleming 558 J Gracie 555 S Stebbing 536 W Gray 485 M Fleming 476 P Cusack 415

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EVENTS

Witches & Hearts Exhibition Friday 13 February, 6-8pm Get fantastic new jewellery and more for Valentine’s Day at HAMMER & HAND Metal and Jewellery Collective 1/4 Ti-Tree Place, Byron A & I Park

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JEWELLERY by Helen Luna - helenluna.com.au Available at: Hammer & Hand, Ti Tree Pl, Byron A & I Tweed River Gallery, Murwillumbah Tumbulgum Gallery, Tumbulgum

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TO LET TYALGUM 2484, 2br house with 1/2 acre, beautiful rural setting, 6km out of town, bus & garbage service, $320pw. Phone 0412367233

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BYRON double storey 4 bdrm red cedar home in radiant garden. Forest. Private. 12 mth lease, $600pw. Ph 0422212331

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TRACTOR REPAIRS

WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post office box. BANJO PLAYER for Professional Blue Grass Gold Coast. No time wasters. Phone 0488499002

WORK WANTED ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement.

HANDYMAN MAN WITH UTE Phone Matt 0427172684

Rural Machinery Repair Service

TRACTOR REPAIRS Repairs, Parts and Restorations to all Makes and Models, on-site service available. Prepurchase inspections. Tractors sold on consignment for clients. Unwanted tractors removed at no charge.

WE HAVE TRACTORS FOR SALE Mahindra Lenar 25411 Tractor 4WD, 25HP, with front end loader, canopy, slasher, 92 HRS. $16,000 ONO

TRACTOR SAFETY SCHEME Have an approved R.O.P.S. safety frame fitted to your tractor. It’s cheaper than a funeral. Phone us now. Workshop Charltons Rd, Federal. Phone Bill for service.

02 6688 4143 BUSINESS FOR SALE BEAUTY SALON within popular Byron Health Club, long lease. Ph 0419995618 READINGS FRUIT SHOP, BANGALOW Main road frontage, good returns, local fruit, vegetables & small goods, $75,000 WIWO. Phone 66871966

BUSINESS OPP. WARNING The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post office box.

HAMMER & HAND

JEWELLERY COLLECTIVE Member wanted, shop open 7 days, work 1 day per week, 10am-5pm. 1 place only, Byron Arts & Industry Est. Phone Bruce Pringle 0409960614 AWSOME BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Work from home, ph 0428656812 or visit juliekent.unifiedwealthsolutions.com

CABINS FOR SALE STYLISH new cabins built to your requirements from $12,000. 66841546

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TUITION LEARN TO SING - Expand your range and power to sing the right way every time without damaging your voice. Get results in weeks, not years. Creative and friendly environment. All styles, levels and ages welcome. 1st lesson 1/2 price. Call Vanessa Hoffman 0417933310 M’bah

Noticeboard Painters group Thursday Painters Group of Banora Point will present their weekend art exhibition Brushed With Love No. 4 at the Seagulls Club. The exhibition starts at 11am on February 14, and continues through to 6pm the next day. Thursday Art will donate ten per cent of their sales to the Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Save the Orchestra’ concert.

Senior computing Computer Association Tweed Seniors meets at 10.30am (NSW time) on the third Wednesday of each month at Seagulls. Learn computer skills from other seniors. Joining days are on the second Thursday of each month at Seagulls (call Noelene on 07 5599 8939).

Blue Care volunteers Blue Care seeks volunteers in Banora and surrounding areas to help support the elderly, people with disabilities and others in need. Volunteers are needed to assist with various roles at community and respite centres throughout the region. Short flexible hours, and training is available. For info call Kelly Adams on 0414 471 270.

Historical Society The general meeting of the Tweed Heads Historical Society will be held on Tuesday, February 17, at 10am DST in the Old Court House, Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, West Tweed Heads. Professor Alexander Kouzmin will be our lively guest speaker. Visitors welcome. Info 07 5536 8625.

Mental health Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers Network is a support group for families of people with mental illness, offering friendship and sharing experiences and information. The group meets on the first and third Mondays in each month at the Tweed Heads Library, Brett Street (no public holidays). Inquiries 07 5524 4556.

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LEAP. Learning Enhancement Advanced Program. Specialised Kinesiology for learning difficulties. Proven results. Reg. Practitioner Sandra Davey. Ph 66846914 WATERCOLOUR CLASSES Have fun learn to draw and paint with award winning artist. All levels welcome. Classes twice a month. Paint on location once a month. Ph 0417278997 Pottsville. ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING K-6 Mur’bah. Qualified lady teacher. 66795258

PETS

5/1 Carlyle St, Byron Bay

6680 8253

ADOPT A CAT from Animal Welfare League NSW. Phone 66844070 BURMESE KITTENS blue & lilac, avail soon, order now, price neg. 0429867993

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Please stick this by your phone EMERGENCY ONLY AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE.................... 000 AMBULANCE Kingscliff, Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah ......... 131 233 MURWILLUMBAH HOSPITAL .................................... 6672 1822 EMERGENCY ............................................ 6672 0230 TWEED HEADS HOSPITAL ....................................07 5536 1133 FIRE BRIGADE Kingscliff ................................................. 6674 1271 Murwillumbah ........................................... 6672 8305 Tweed Heads .........................................07 5536 2222 Tweed Rural Fire Service .............................. 6672 7888 POLICE NON EMERGENCIES 24/7 ................................ 131 444 Tweed Heads .........................................07 5536 0999 Murwillumbah ........................................... 6672 9499 Kingscliff ................................................. 6674 9399 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ..................................... 132 500 Banora Point..........................................07 5524 1349 Murwillumbah ........................................... 6670 2460 Tweed District ........................................... 6672 4093 LIFELINE ............................................................... 131 114 GOLD COAST HELICOPTER RESCUE SERVICE ..........07 5598 0222 TWEED COAST AIR SEA RESCUE...........................07 5536 9333 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line ..................1800 656 463 ANIMAL WELFARE (RSPCA) ..................................07 5536 5135 NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES)........ 6628 1898 WILDLIFE CARERS TWEED VALLEY ........................... 6672 4789 CURRUMBIN SANCTUARY ....................................07 5534 1266 SEA WORLD .....................................................07 5588 2222

Probus Murwillumbah Probus Club will meet at 10am on February 16 at the bowls club. Members, guests welcome. Call 02 6672 3388. Guest speaker is Tweed Mayor Joan van Lieshout, who will talk about her hopes for the future of the Tweed.

Family Centre We are taking bookings now for the following courses at the Family Centre on 07 5524 8711. Parents and Prams Walking Group, Tuesdays 9.45am-11 .15am, Kingscliff and Rainbow Bay locations. Self-Esteem for Women Wednesdays February 11-April 1, 12.30pm-2.30pm, 8-week course. Pathways to Change,Tuesdays February 17-April 7, 5pm-7.30pm, 8-week self awareness for men. Anger: Making it work for you, Friday, February 20, 9.30am-3.30pm, 1-day workshop. Healthier Relationships: Communication, Saturday, February 28, 9.30am3.30pm, 1-day workshop. Playgroups (9.30am-11.30am): Kingscliff, Monday; Cabarita Beach,Tuesday; Murwillumbah, Wednesday; Banora Point, Thursday (school term only).

U3A U3A Tweed Coast branch, beginner’s tap dancing, limited vacancies available on Monday mornings 10am-11am at Kingscliff Anglican Church hall. Cost $2. Please contact Lynne for further information on 02 6674 0640.

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Motoring rally under scrutiny

Ken Sapwell

Mr Gladwin said residents Tweed Shire at a loss Council’s general were ager Mike Rayner man- could to understand why the cars not be based is under a new front over his support fire on at Salt where driverson the foreshores World Rally and their teams Championships of the were staying or at the Murwillum critics say was which showgroun given bah ds which was other state governmenthe boot by an- of the at the centre rally route. t on economic grounds. 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information on hand from the Lupus Association. Contact Kelly on 02 6676 2646 or email info@lupusnsw.org.au for more information.

Life skills The Mustard Seed Fellowship Centre recommences with four weekly life skills sessions. Computers for Beginners, Monday Feb 16 and Wednesday 18. Enrolments at the bookshop. Phone 07 5599 2691 or 07 5536 1372.

Tugun theatre Tugun Theatre Company’s latest production is a comic who-done-it called ‘Death by Fatal Murder’, written by Peter Gordon. It’s on at the Tugun Community Centre on Coolangata Road. February 12-28 with 11 shows. Cost $12/$10 concession, bookings 07 5520 1304. Cabaret seating, patrons can bring nibbles and drinks.

Studio music Music in the Artist’s Studio on Sunday, February 22, at 4pm at The Studio, 21 Geles Road, Upper Burringbar, will feature Brisbane-based players the Whirl Wind Quintet. Admission $10/$8 conc. BYO folding chair or cushion and a plate to share afterwards and meet the players. Info call 02 6677 1549 or 07 3371 0420.

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The Murwillumbah Ratepayers and Residents Association will hold their first meeting of the year on Monday, February 16 at the Autumn Club, Tumbulgum Road, 7.30pm. Call 6672 7407 for info.

Scrabble and 500 in Reflections C’ty room, Kingscliff on Thursday, 10am to noon. This is another chance to keep those brain cells working. Please contact Dianne on 6674 4046 or Elizabeth on 6674 0806 for further information. Embroidery and candlewicking are traditional crafts you can learn (or crochet if you prefer) on Tuesdays, 1.30 to 3.30 at Cudgen Leagues Club. Contact and leader is Angela 07 5523 4918.

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Lupus and Sjogren’s Syndrome Gold Coast-Tweed Support Group meeting will be held on Monday, February 16 in the Alan Millard Room, Tweed Hospital, Florence Street (opp. Ivory Crescent) at 4pm DST (3pm Qld time). Meet others with Lupus (SLE) and Sjogren’s in an informal and social atmosphere. Some

A mystery trip on Monday 16th February. Bus leaves at 9.00am. Cost is $27 which includes bus fare and morning tea. Partners are welcome to come along. Members are also advised cost of meal at meetings will be increased by one dollar. Margaret Woodham 6672 1156.

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Backburner Tweed residents, many of whom still remember the generosity shown by other Australians following the devastating 1954 floods, are now pitching in to help fire victims with donations of cash, goods and offers of manpower. While the region remains a safe haven between the floods in the north and the fires in the south, longtime residents know that it’s only a matter of time before either of these two natural enemies visit. â– â– â– â–

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Indeed a climate study of southeast Australia by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO in 2007 found the number of days with very high or extreme fire danger ratings would increase significantly. The worst changes were predicted for northern NSW. â– â– â– â–

A dud cheque for almost $20,000 just about forced the popular Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra to the wall recently, but a sold-out benefit concert at Seagulls this Sunday afternoon is hoping to recoup some of that to keep the show going. Last October after a concert at a Byron Bay festival, its organiser’s cheque bounced, leaving the 65-member entourage and its popular founder and conductor Barry Singh reeling and forcing cancellation of performances. Due to popular demand, a second Save The Orchestra Variety Concert will be held on Sunday, March 1, so get in early this time. (Bookings at club). â– â– â– â–

Despite the failure of Terry Sharples’s challenge to Tweed Shire Council’s rate rises, councils don’t always get their own way in court. In 2003 a road was illegally driven through the habitat of endangered species at the Partridge Creek wetland near Port Macquarie. Last week Justice Lloyd of the Land and Environment Court sentenced Port Macquarie Hastings Council and its Director of Infrastructure Services to

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fines and costs totalling nearly half a million dollars. The director’s personal share of this penalty came to $224,500 but an earlier decision of the council administrators means that ratepayers will unfortunately pick up that tab.

youngsters had to be versed on the different toilet habits of boys and girls as the kids were stumped when confronted with urinals. With all the rules and regulations governing teachers’ words and actions these days, it must have been a difficult con■■■■versation to have without the NSW premier Nathan Rees’s advantages of mime. ■■■■comment that The Nationals have ‘shifted from being a gen- Motorists using the multi-level uine party that represents the car park outside Murwilluminterests of farmers and rural bah’s refurbished pool will workers to an outfit that repre- have to pay for it from Monday sents spivs along the coastline February 16. The Tweed Shire of NSW’ has generated a bit of Council will trial a six-month outrage (see letters, page 11). coupon scheme for the middle One definition of a spiv is ‘a level of the car park, applicaparticular kind of petty crimi- ble Mondays to Fridays, from nal, who deals in stolen goods 8am to 5pm. Motorists parking or fraudulent sales’. It’s not a bad in this area must buy a daily description of some of the cads coupon for $2 or a monthly and urgers you get around here coupon for $36 to avoid an $81 but hardly representative of the fine. Daily coupons are availwhole coast. Rees doesn’t care able at the Starting Block Cafe about the fallout anyway, as he at the Tweed Regional Aquatknows he doesn’t have a hope of ic Centre or at the council’s winning back the state seats of front desk in Murwillumbah. Tweed, Ballina or Lismore – as- Monthly coupons are available suming he’s still the premier by only at the council’s front desk. The car park’s ground level will the next state election. ■■■■continue to be free for two to Kindergarten kids at one Tweed four hour periods and the third school learnt more than just level will be free all day. their ABC’s on the first day of ■■■■school recently – they learned Perhaps not surprisingly, the rehow to correctly answer nature’s sult of a survey asking if Tweed call. It seems some of the male Shire Council should sell Bay

Street to a developer was a resounding ‘No!’, with less than one per cent of the people approached agreeing with council’s plan. The survey was conducted by the Tweed District Resident and Ratepayers Association. ‘As Tweed Centro under direction from Sydney stopped us questioning the community in the Centro carparks,’ said spokesperson Laurie Ganter, ‘we were forced to collect signatures in marketplaces and at the January 31 rally.’ â– â– â– â–

If you’re not in favour of speed on the Tweed (and if you’re not already tired of rallies), mark Tuesday, February 17 down for a protest against jet boats being allowed on the river. It’s set for 4.30pm outside the council chambers in Murwillumbah. â– â– â– â–

Our editorial (page 10) mentions that Fred Nile is one of the crusaders for censorship currently disturbing the peace. The Rev Fred’s autobiography is not widely known, on account of it being almost unreadable, but it does bear the distinction of being dedicated to ‘Almighty God’. One wonders if He was offered the courtesy of an advance copy and, more importantly, the opportunity of declining the honour.

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