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THE TWEED SHIRE Volume 1 #29 Thursday, March 26, 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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High-rise on the horizon Ken Sapwell

Building heights in Tweed Heads, Kingscliff and Murwillumbah will be reviewed as part of a far-reaching land release strategy adopted by Tweed Shire Council last week. The review, which is certain to spark strong opposition from community groups, is a major plank of the council’s urban and employment land release strategy which will guide the shire’s development over the next 22 years. Under the strategy the council will rely on existing stocks of zoned residential land to accommodate future population increases over the next 22 years in a bid to protect the shire from urban sprawl.

Three key urban areas It will do this by encouraging higher density living in three key urban areas through more home units in taller buildings. Until the findings of a shirewide flood study are considered, the council will review densities in Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah and Kingscliff through a process of locality planning as an ‘interim approach.’ ‘This would likely involve increasing the height limits in these areas to accommodate the additional expected population,’ a comprehensive report on the strategy says. ‘The advantages are that it could be used as a tool to revitalise these centres, especially Tweed Heads, and bring investment which will also contribute to public infrastructure. ‘It would also increase the likelihood of these centres achieving

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higher order social and infrastructure services such as health and education commensurate with a larger population. The report acknowledges that higher densities bring social problems which would need to be monitored ‘as they evolve and grow.’

Immediate visual impacts ‘It would also have immediate visual impacts as taller buildings appear and the urban landscape changes,’ the report says. ‘Traffic and public transport issues will increase in importance as density increases and congestion problems occur.’ Chief planner Vince Connell said the review would not necessarily translate into high-rise buildings appearing in Kingscliff and Murwillumbah. He said while increasing building heights was one way of increasing densities, there were other options which would also be investigated. The strategy also supports the rezoning of six sites identified as suitable for light industrial uses and the provision of more office space by increasing densities in the commercial areas of Tweed Heads, Tweed Heads South and Murwillumbah.

Economy at ‘crossroads’ The report describes the Tweed economy as being at the ‘crossroads.’ ‘It is critical that all available avenues to assist the Tweed economy to mature and diversify must be pursued,’ the report says. ‘Otherwise stagnation and unemployment will follow.’ continued on page 2

Organic farmer John Morgan-Lowe with organiser of this weekend’s sustainable co-operative workshop, Irene Brown, at Uki’s Castle on the Hill. Photo Jeff ‘End Times’ Dawson Roxanne Millar

A group of scientists want Uki residents to set up a sustainable co-operative supplying power and food to ensure the town is protected from the effects of a solar flare predicted for 2012. A seminar on sustainability at Castle on the Hill this weekend will aim to kick start the co-op by teaching locals how they can live self-sufficiently with solar power, organic gardens and water saving. Organiser Irene Brown said the hope was that communities and individuals around the Tweed would begin to live sustainably to ensure they would still function in the event of atmospheric instability. Ms Brown said scientists had predicted a solar flare would strike in

2012, playing havoc with electricity, plans and cars. Although recognised by many scientists, there is much debate on how bad the flare could be. ‘I am optimistic that it won’t be that bad,’ said Ms Brown.

Live self-sufficiently with solar power, organic gardens and water saving. ‘But we can still work together to buffer any pain we might experience. Now is the time to live selfsufficiently. ‘We can set up co-ops in local villages because they are small enough to succeed.’ Explaining the need for self-sufficiency at the seminar will be Harvard research scientist Paul Taylor, Sustain-

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organic farmer John Morgan-Lowe. ‘Hopefully we will be able to work out who has what and how we can get a co-op started,’ said Ms Brown. The seminar will be held March 29 between 9am and 5pm at Castle on the Hill, Bonny Doon Road, Uki. Bookings can be made by calling 02 6679 5442 or by emailing irene@castleonhill.com.

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It might be good enough for Madonna and J Lo or Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey, but two opera singers on the Tweed have promised to avoid a showbiz-style diva battle when they perform next week. Opera duo Liza Beamish and Kathleen Procter-Moore, of Duo Diva, have promised to confine the diva behavior to their band name only when they perform at the Tweed River Regional Art Gallery. Terranora-based Liza said there would be no diva demands as there was nothing but a love of good music between her and Mount Tamborine-based Kathleen. The two formed Duo Diva three years ago and have performed their popular opera and ‘popera’ at venues around the Gold Coast and Brisbane, including a sold-out show at the art gallery once before.

‘We met through an acquaintance when we were soloists,’ said Liza. ‘We both found out we were ex-Opera Australia people so when I needed a partner for a Brisbane show, I asked Kathleen and it went from there.’ The duo’s show is a mixture of popular music sung in opera style and wellknown opera songs. ‘Most are favourites that people know. People get a smattering of opera and love it, but it is not three or four hours of classical music because many do not like that and I don’t blame them – you really have to have a leaning towards it.’ Liza never intended to become an opera singer and was actually studying the piano at the Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane when she picked opera as a secondary study interest. With hardly any experience, she entered a competition and won. ‘It spiked my interest and I

Funding boost speeds up Sexton Hill upgrade The long-awaited Sexton Hill upgrade of the Pacific Highway will start six months ahead of schedule as a result of the national funding boost by the Rudd Government. Richmond MP Justine Elliot and NSW Roads Minister Michael Daley announced yesterday that planning approval has been granted for an early start of the upgrade at Banora Point with funding for the project from the federal government’s $4.7 billion Nation Building Package announced in December. ‘This planning approval means we’re well on track to see full construction on this project commence by the end of this year – a full six months ahead of the original schedule,’ Ms Elliot said. 2 March 26, 2009 The Tweed Shire Echo

‘The upgrade will provide a 2.5 kilometre dual carriageway from the northern end of Barneys Point Bridge through to the southern end of the Tweed Heads bypass.’ Mr Daley said preconstruction activities will now start including further field investigations and the start of the tender process. An animated fly through of the approved project is available at www.rta.nsw.gov. au/pacific – click on Banora Point. The planning approval documents are also on display at Tweed Shire Council offices and the RTA motor registry at Tweed Heads. The documents can also be viewed on the Department of Planning’s website (www.planning.nsw.gov.au).

realised there was more to life than spending eight hours at a piano every day,’ she said. She then trained in London and Vienna, relocating to Terranora six years ago after some time spent in Sydney. ‘When I stopped performing, the glamour of Sydney was over and and we really wanted to move,’ she said. ‘When I came to the Tweed I started singing again. I gave it up 12 years ago when I had children. I wasn’t going to be a supermum and try to do it all.’ She now tours with various groups and has performed at QPAC. Duo Diva’s version of Lakme’s Flower Duet has reached number one on the independent music charts. Duo Diva is performing at the Tweed River Regional Art Gallery from 11am next Tuesday, March 31. Bookings are essential and can be made on 07 5599 2274 or 07 5524 5409.

High-rise on the horizon continued from page 1

The report notes that the local economy in 2004/05 generated an estimated $1.2 billion, representing just 0.4 per cent of the state’s total output. In the same year the value adding per capita in the Tweed was $15,200 compared to a state average of $43,000. The main reasons for the difference were identified as a lower work participation rate, a net outflow of resident workers to other shires and lower valueadding activities. Mr Connell said the strategy would be review every five years to ensure that projections remained on track. It replaces former strategies devised 18 years ago and was adopted in a five-two vote, with Crs Warren Polglase and Phil Youngblutt failing in a bid to put it on the backburner pending further investigations. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Anti-rally movement gathers pace Luis Feliu

A second protest meeting against the running of the proposed world rally through Tweed and Kyogle shires will be held at Uki this Saturday (March 28) as opposition to the controversial event gathers pace. North Coast based Greens MLC Ian Cohen this week weighed into the debate by asking questions on notice in parliament about the event, saying it should not be run at all in northern NSW. ‘In an area of high biodiversity, at a time when oil production has peaked and is in decline, this rally is a dinosaur. It’s a fuel guzzling, filthy and environmentally destructive sport. When rally drivers want to speed through the kinds of parks that people on the north coast have fought so hard to protect, it’s not surprising the rally is becoming so provocative an event,’ Mr Cohen said. The MP said he was seeking answers to a number of questions he had put to the Minister for the Environment Carmel Tebbutt and Minister for Roads Michael Daley, about the event, planned to be run over a long weekend in September. ‘The environmental impact statement (EIS) for the rally is still being prepared and is not likely to be ready before the development application is due to be approved this month, yet the rally organisers are already promoting it. The Minister needs to be apprised of the about-face way this rally is being organised. It is too important and sensitive an environment for this kind of ad hoc planning. ‘I am receiving a lot of information from local people about the rally going through the habitats of threatened or protected species.

‘What funding are these affected national parks likely to receive… after the rally and its attendant crowds have been through? The rally’s organisers are saying they expect 20,000 people to attend. What kind of impact is this going to have on national parks? ‘A number of studies show motor racing events are linked to an increase in road accidents off the racetrack… The issue of copycat driving is serious – is the rally going to provoke copycat drivers to burn through the national parks leaving a wake of damaged plants and dead animals? More disturbingly, of the 20,000 potential copycat spectators, what could be the loss of human life engendered by this bad example of driver behaviour? ‘The organisers are pressing ahead when there are too many

unanswered questions about this rally. The people of the North Coast deserve answers from Minister Tebbutt before it is allowed to proceed,’ Mr Cohen said. Saturday’s protest meeting will be held at noon on the riverbank behind the old buttery. Earlier this month, over 100 people turned up at a similar meeting at Uki where most spoke against the rally. Protest organiser Jennny Pearson told The Echo there was a groundswell of opposition to the rally as more people awoke to the reality of what the race would mean. ‘The main thing people don’t yet realise is that this event is planned to be held not just this year but for 10 or even 20 years,’ Ms Pearson said. She said people’s democratic rights over the issue had been

trampled on with no meaningful public consultation. She said National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) had been ‘neutered’ on the issue despite the rally being totally at odds as an ‘acceptable use’ under the agency’s objectives for the national parks system. ‘You can’t ride a horse through a national park, nor a trail bike, which have less impact, yet this is okay, that’s insanity,’ she said. The NSW government has reportedly given rally organisers around $5 million of taxpayers’ money to spend on the event, but the actual amount of the funding has been kept secret. A spokesperson for Events NSW, which answers directly to the Premier and not to the tourism minister, told The Echo the figure would not be made public.

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NPWS says it’s ‘early days’ to lodge submission National parks managers are yet to make a submission on the expected running of the proposed world rally through World Heritage listed parks in the Tweed-Kyogle area. A spokesman for the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) told The Echo it was ‘early days’ for the agency, responsible for the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), to make a submission as the development application (DA) had not been lodged. The spokesman said only a small section of national park would be used and that ‘in general DECC supports regional tourism initiatives and recognises the broader social and economic benefits that regional events, such as the Repco Rally, can provide local communities’. ‘The DECC does not have an opinion on the Repco Rally one way or the other until the planning process is further progressed. Very small sections of the rally are proposed through National Park areas and DECC is working closely with organisers to keep this to a minimum and to ensure the conservation and cultural values of our parks and reserves are not compromised. ‘The organisers will also need to consult and gain the approval of the Githabul people as the proposal goes through park lands covered by an Indigenous Land Use Agreement.’

Former NPWS manager suggests rally ‘illegal‘ A former Murwillumbah area manager for NPWS has come out strongly against the rally and joined the campaign to try and stop it. In letters to local newspapers, Nigel Greenup questioned the legality of the rally saying he could not ‘see how rally cars travelling at 60 or 70 km/h on roads deemed to be too narrow and steep for horse-riders can be viewed as either “sustainable” or “compatible” with conservation objectives’. ‘Given what appears to be a clear contradiction of the National Parks and Wildlife Act and a draft plan of management, is the rally legally permissible in a national park?’ he wrote.

Rally message ‘confusing‘

Uki father and son team Rady and Art McCarthy enjoy flying a kite at the Brunswick Kites and Bikes Festival last Sunday. Photographer Jeff ‘Smile High Club’ Dawson claimed the world record was indeed smashed in terms of ‘1,350-ish smiling faces on Brunswick Beach must be a new world record’. He said hundreds of happy kite jockeys rejoiced in the perfect conditions but unfortunately fell slightly short of the 1,600-plus kites in the air required to secure a world-recordbreaking place in the Guinness Book of Records. More of Jeff’s pics at www.tweedecho.com.au.

Up to 7,000 people turned up for the annual Kites and Bikes Festival at Brunswick Heads last weekend with a new NSW kite flying record set. Event spokesperson Kim Rosen said about 1,200 kites were registered but ‘we managed to get only 811 flying at the same time for the official record books, we had too much of a good thing – wind’. The official figure more than doubled the previous NSW record of 368.

Meanwhile, the Tweed’s peak tourism group chief has come out in support of the rally but admits the message in promoting both the region’s world-recognised environmental values and a motor sport event such as the rally was ‘confusing’. Tweed Tourism manager Phil Villiers told The Echo the rally would mean ‘good economic value’ for its members through exposure (via a link) on the official rally website to boost accommodation bookings. He said he accepted there could be ‘some confusion’ with the message but that it had to be put in perspective. ‘We see it (the rally) as a great opportunity for people to see vision of the region – 52 million people will watch this leg of the rally and 816 million are expected to view the whole series.’ He said Tweed Tourism would ‘never’ have been able to reach such a market. Former West Australian tourism minister Mark McGowan recently told local ABC radio that his government had stopped sponsoring the event in 2005 for financial reasons which included a relatively low return on investment for taxpayers.

‘People on the beach estimated that over 1,300 kites were flying throughout the afternoon (Sunday) which is more than the Australian record but the big problem was coordinating everyone on a very windy afternoon! Next year we are confident we can break the Australian record and aim for the world record,’ said Kim. Kite expert from Sydney, Michael Richards, said it was one of the most incredible kite experiences he had witnessed.

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Kingscliff to host new festival Choir sings hallelujah

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Kingscliff is hoping to reclaim its crown as the capital of art, food and entertainment on the Tweed with a revamped festival showcasing the seaside community’s cafe culture. Kafé Fiesta replaces the defunct food, art and jazz festival that died off in 2006 when the Tweed Shire Council voted it off its festival budget.

The new festival runs from May 1 to 3 and has been organised by the Burleigh Arts Group on the initiative of a number of Kingscliff businesses. Organiser Carol Collins said Kafé Fiesta would have broader appeal than the original concept, with a wide range of entertainment including music under the stars and a particular focus on local art. Up to 40 artists will set up

their works along Marine Parade on the Saturday and Sunday, while others will offer workshops for adults and children alike. Artists will be matched to a particular eatery so that diners may enjoy some complementary art with their coffee and cake. Byrrill Creek artist Jenny Mac has been matched with Kathmandu Kitchen, where she will display a range of her eatern-influenced paintings and prints. ‘It was such a crime that the former festival disintegrated as we have so many great artists here and need to really support the community,’ she said. Kathmandu Kitchen co-owner Karen Shrestha said many festival fans had refused to accept the old event had been scrapped and still turned up in Kingscliff hoping it was on. The new festival has also had difficulty attracting council support, with the council refusing to close Kingscliff streets for a proposed parade on the Saturday night. The council said little information was given on the closures and as the festival was scheduled for a Queensland long weekend, street closures may affect the busy trading time. For more information see www.artcompany.com.au or call 0400 139 889.

Formed in 1923, the Murwillumbah Philharmonic Choir was disbanded twice before attracting its current 70 members who this year are celebrating their 30th consecutive year of making sweet music. The members, who include farmers, housewives, nurses and woodworkers, next month will commemorate the occasion with a performance of excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, including the famous ‘Hallelujah Chorus’. Musical director Heather Martin, a former high school music teacher, said the choir had plenty to celebrate, including a history of performing overseas.

Murwillumbah Philharmonic Choir music director Heather Martin and assistant music director Mary-Anne McShane.

‘We’ve always had a lot of interest as people realise how much good fun the choir is – we regularly have more than 50 people on the books,’ she said. ‘In 1992 we performed at an international music festival in Wales and in 2006 and 2008 we did a tour of New Zealand’s North and South Islands.’ The choir broke up in World War II, reformed in the 1950s and folded again in the mid1960s. The current incarnation since 1979 has been around the longest. Mrs Martin took over the musical directorship in 1982

and is one of the group’s founding members. ‘I love choir singing and always had choirs at school. I like the ensemble of having different pitches forming pleasant chords. There is also great camaraderie.’ The choir’s Messiah performance on Sunday, April 5 starts at 2.30pm at the All Saints Anglican Church, Byangum Road, Murwillumbah. Tickets at the door are $10 for adults and $5 for children. The choir invites those who have their own scores to join them in singing the choruses.

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New push to rezone farming land Ken Sapwell

A major developer is gearing up for a second attempt to rezone prime farming land at Cudgen for a supermarket, up to 200 houses and a fire station. The Kingscliff Land Company (KLC) has asked for Tweed Shire Council support in seeking changes to the Far North Coast regional strategy aimed at smoothing the way for the contentious development to proceed. KLC wants the Department of Planning to exclude its 48ha site from a State Significant farmland designation which now protects all red-soil farming land throughout the entire Cudgen plateau. The company, which has not yet lodged a formal rezoning application, attracted national media attention when it paid $4.5 million for the land in a joint venture deal with super-

market giant Coles Myer in November 2004. The deal raised eyebrows after mortgage documents revealed that KLC entered into a conditional arrangement with then sitting councillor Lynne Beck and her two sisters, promising to pay them an extra $5 million if the land is rezoned before November this year. But the company’s first rezoning bid came unstuck when the council was sacked in disgrace in 2005 just months before it was due to consider an application lodged on its behalf by Planning Workshop Australia.

Application rejected Council administrators appointed to run the council subsequently rejected the application, along with the company’s argument that the land, which once grew small crops and has sweeping ocean views and frontage to Cudgen Creek, is

incorrectly classified as prime farming land. Chief council planner Vince Connell revealed that KLC was seeking to revive its rezoning bid in a report relating to the council’s far-reaching urban and employment land release strategy that was adopted without debate last week. Mr Connell said it was one of five major development proposals which could be impacted by the strategy which sets out to provide a blueprint for the shire’s development until 2031. Others include Gales Holdings’s push to rezone land at Chinderah for a similar supermarket and residential proposal, Boyds Bay Garden World’s bid to rezone its site for industrial and bulky goods and Heritage Pacific’s plans for a mixed retail, industrial, commercial and residential development west of Pottsville. Under the strategy, the coun-

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cil will rely on existing stocks of zoned residential land to accommodate an estimated population increase of 46,000 people over the next 22 years in a bid to preserve much of the shire’s existing rural character (see story, page 1). Mr Connell says the strategy reaffirms part of Gales land as suitable for investigation as ‘potential employment lands’ but does not support KLC’s proposed development.

Council to be tested But this is not expected to deter KLC from testing the newly elected council’s stand on the issue, considering any successful rezoning would put it in the box seat to be the first to develop a major retail hub servicing the southern end of the coast. No one from KLC, which comprises a group of investors including Melbourne-based WRF Securities, could be contacted for comment. Coles Myer maintains that its relationship with KLC is at ‘arm’s length’. ■ See editorial, page 8

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Tweed youth have promised the best youth week ever after they were given the reins to organise local celebrations. The youth steering committee Youth Using Their Heads (YUTH) have organised a raft of events to recognise the value other young people bring to the community. YUTH member Leigh Hodgen, 18, said the group hoped to host the most relevant youth week ever, which begins this Saturday, March 28. ‘It was a really good idea to get us to organise it because we know what other youth want and have an actual idea of what youth like,’ she said. Free adventure program The Pinnacle of Terror will kick off youth week on March 29 at Knox Park and feature abseiling and rock climbing. A pancake breakfast on April 1 from 7.30am at Jack Evans Boat Harbour will raise awareness on the number of homeless youth on the Tweed. Events will ramp up with a youth expo on April 2 at the PCYC in Tweed Heads. This www.tweedecho.com.au

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Council seeks koala protection Tweed Shire Council has called on the state government to protect the shire’s dwindling koala population. The council is asking the Planning Minister to ensure any review of a koala plan of management for the Kings Forest project preserves habitat and wildlife corridors for the existing population. Deputy Mayor Barry Longland suggested the action in a notice of motion to address ‘scientific knowledge and concern for the Tweed’s fragile koala population.’ He said the request should highlight the widespread community concern over the potential loss of habitat when the Minister considers Leda’s de-

velopment application for what amounts to a new satellite city west of Kingscliff. Cr Warren Polglase alone opposed the action. Earlier koala activist Jenny Hayes addressed the meeting, saying that habitat loss and fragmentation from the 4,500lot subdivision at Kings Forest as well as the introduction of cats and dogs would spell disaster for local colonies. She said road kills would also increase under plans for a four-lane access road to be built across an important wildlife corridor. Ms Hayes said the Tweed’s koala population was contracting, with only around 200 surviving in small pockets. The Tweed Shire Echo March 26, 2009 5

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As the world battles a financial crisis, a new art exhibition that reinvents the old as new in a comment on global overconsumption will open at the Tweed River Regional Art Gallery tomorrow. Created by award-winning artist Lucille Martin (pictured right), ‘Reconstruction: the genesis of available evidence’ will open on Friday, March 27 as part of a suite of new exhibitions at the gallery. Based in the Northern Rivers and Perth, Lucille uses her sculptural work to explore issues including the plundering of natural resources, loss of habitat and wildlife extinction. The resulting emotive artwork has won her awards and residencies in Australia, Japan, Indonesia and the USA. She said Reconstruction was born out of her interest in the global diet of overconsumption and consumerism at the expense of nature and was particularly relevant to the current global crisis. ‘Thematically, my work is about using textiles, found materials and word as expressive mediums to inspire awareness about social justice, humanitarian, environmental and women’s issues,’ she said. The exhibition uses recycled wooden ornaments, Perspex, textiles and wood off-cuts as metaphors. One piece was created using six timber rings backed with six different colours of Perspex and is based on the six most used colours in the flags of the world. Lucille said the piece was about ‘seeing with new eyes the links to another’s world’. ‘It is good to be reminded that creativity in all

the arts across the board can be more approachable in tough economic times,’ she said. The exhibition will be launched on March 27 along with ‘Deep Earth’ by Avital Sheffer, which will showcase her handmade Middle Easternstyle ceramic vessels. The 18th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial will also launch March 27 and feature contemporary fibre textiles that push the boundaries of traditional practices. All three exhibitions are on display at the Tweed River Regional Art Gallery until May 10. For more information go to www.tweed.nsw. gov.au/artgallery/.

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Farm-host guests get a taste for the Tweed Luis Feliu

Murwillumbah farm-host family the Yarrows of Byangum wasted no time familiarising their young Japanese guests to some of the more usual chores around their farm. After picking the three highschool students up from town last Friday, Sue Yarrow settled them in with a light lunch before planting some trees, potatoes and passionfruit on her family’s mixed tropical fruit farm on Bakers Road. The students from Kagawa Seiryo Junior High School in Japan, part of a group of 37 who stayed on 14 different farms around the Tweed Valley last weekend, were treated next day to more recreational activities, such as going to the beach and a walk up Mt Warning. They were just the latest in a long line of farm-host guests who have visited the Tweed under the Tweed Valley Farm Host program developed nine years ago by the late Helen Taylor and family of Cudgen’s Beachfarm and run in conjunction with Australian Farm Tourism. The program aims to provide opportunities

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for cultural exchange, especially for younger generations, through the ‘soft adventure’ of farm stays. Mrs Yarrow, a relief teacher, said her family had been farmstay hosts for young people and Wwoofers (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) ‘from all continents for yonks’, or at least

But on a realistic level – chill out and stop worrying. What’s the second best way to relieve stress? Nature! Get outside, walk through a rainforest, on a beach or beside a river – we’ve got it all here. Just be in the moment – it’s a great way to live.

Oh and if you want to stay out overnight, you’ll also need a and his wife, Japanese-born tent, sleeping bags, warm clothes and cooking gear. What a Annie (Atsuko), now run the great investment... and you’ll get a return on it year after year. Beachfarm program. Since Hope that helps... Cathy arriving in the 1960s four generations of Taylors have PS Almost forgot – for all that walking outdoors you’ll also lived on the farm. need good footwear. Come and see us. Annie told The Echo that since the recent introduction For genuine advice on a great range of adventure of direct flights between gear for campers, hikers and travellers see Coolangatta and Osaka/Tokyo, the farm host program was ‘hot’ and ‘we definitely need more host families to cater for this big demand’. rider logos and not formally For info on the program call 7HARF 3TREET -URWILLUMBAH s requesting or asking the Surf- Annie on 0412 742 108. rider Foundation who have a clear policy of not endorsing political candidates or their parties,’ he said. Prior to the state election, Premier Anna Bligh and LNP Leader Lawrence Springborg Rising electricity prices and pledged $1.5 million to save the upcoming SHCP reKirra, shift sand, restore the bate changes have created reefs and bring back the iconic unprecedented demand for point break. On Australia Day, 5,000 solar power systems. people turned up at Kirra to rally state and local govern- The $8000 solar power rebate is ending June 1st 09 ments into action over the Kirra situation and coastal Right now, you can reclaim $9,000 from the cost of a 1kW solar system. After June this will drop to $5,000. management.

15 years. Her daughter Jenai, 30, now living in Sydney, spent a year in Japan in 1994 on an AFS scholarship through her music studies. ‘We find that many of our guests still keep in touch, so we have many friends in Japan,’ she said. Helen Taylor’s son Ian

Local MP upsets Surfriders The Tweed-Gold Coast surfing community has dumped on Tweed MP Geoff Provest for dropping in on their campaign to restore Kirra’s once world-famous reef break. Mr Provest, a National Party member supporting the Queensland coalition during the state election last Saturday, refused to remove a Surfrider Foundation ‘Bring Back Kirra’ T-shirt he was wearing at one of the polling booths when asked by a foundation member. A spokesman for the local chapter of the foundation, a non-political, non-profit ocean environmental organisation,

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dancing at every opportunity. Doctors said if Nobel made it to the age of seven, he would be incredibly lucky. ‘Dancing was originally an escape from the pain, now I use it as therapy,’ said Nobel. He trains 20 hours a week and studies with Diane Talbot on the Gold Coast. He has performed in various eisteddfods, but Australia’s Got Talent is his biggest gig to date. His dream is eventually to dance on the West End, Broadway or with the Sydney Dance Company. According to the judges, Nobel’s dreams will come true. Judge Tom Burlinson recently told Nobel his future ‘will be huge’. The grand final will be screened mid-April on Channel Seven.

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A hard row ahead for Kevin to hoe evin Rudd had every reason to feel chuffed as he departed last week Volume 1 #29 March 26, 2009 to add his five cents worth to solving the world financial crisis. After what has generally Shopping Centre giant Coles Myer took an ill-advised gamble been a depressing and frustratwhen it entered into a joint venture deal in 2004 to buy a slice of ing first quarter, he pulled off protected farming land at Cudgen for a massive supermarket and two big wins: the Fair Work housing development. legislation got through the Coles has a $20 million charge over the land formerly owned senate substantially intact, and by the mother of then sitting councillor Lynne Beck, and invested Labor had an easy win in his $4.5 million in the purchase by its joint venture partner, the King- home state of Queensland. scliff Land Company. With the commentators While the odds of a rezoning may have looked good before predicting great difficulty, if the council was sacked amid corruption allegations, they blew not outright defeat, in both out like a gale when a team of no-nonsense administrators were cases the Prime Minister appointed in their place. might feel that even if the ecoThey rightly rejected KLCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s argument that the land is wrongly nomic cycle is still clearly runclassified as state significant farmland. ning against him, the political The NSW government imposed the highest level of protection climate at least has changed over land on the Cudgen plateau following several studies which for the better. found that its rich red-soil and climate created some of the best But at the risk of being seen farming land in Australia. as just another turd in the shit With so much at stake, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably not surprising to hear that storm, this column has reserKLC is revving its engines for another attempt to rezone the land, vations. While not in any way putting the acid test on the newly elected councillors. denying that the government They will no doubt repeat the claim that the land is not has won a couple of important productive. It is a mantra chanted by every speculator who has bought parcels of once productive land in the area, and like KLC, victories, there are some unpleasant portents for the long have allowed it to remain fallow to boost their case. war ahead. There is strong anecdotal evidence that some of the landEven the most blasĂŠ Labor owners have rejected approaches by genuine farmers to lease their land to grow small crops, preferring instead to forgo profits supporter must admit that Anna Blighâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triumph was not to maintain their charade. the result of an overwhelming But even if they manage to smooth-talk the new council into allowing parts of the plateau to be covered in concrete, they also love for her personally or for have to convince the state government to lift its state-significant her administration, still less a manifestation of Queenfarmland classification. slandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; long-suppressed deThe chances of that happening anytime soon appear remote sire to elect a female premier. with the state saying it does not plan to review the classification until 2011. It had more to do with the abInstead of trying to circumvent a range of council and state sence of any real alternative. government planning strategies, Coles and their venture partners While voters have occasionshould now recognise that whoever convinced them that the ally returned to previously deal was a goer was talking through their hat. rejected conservative leaders They should file it away as another of the many ill-conceived (Bob Menzies and John Howspeculative ventures fuelled by the excesses which brought us ard spring to mind) there are the global meltdown and cut their losses. limits, and in the end LawThey should sell it back to the farmers. rence Springborg was seen as just another boring Tory hack, well past his use-by date Tweed Shire Echo and with nothing to offer but Publisher David Lovejoy negativity. Editor Luis Feliu Looking across the chamAdvertising Manager Jeff Dawson

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ber of the House of Representatives, Rudd might feel much the same about his own opposition, whether it is led by the man who never was, Peter Costello, or the man who usually isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, Malcolm Turnbull. But it must be said neither potential federal leader is quite as lugubrious as The Borg, and either would present a more formidable challenge. As living standards continue

ably distasteful horse-trading, at which he is not very willing and not very good. And this, of course, is the lesson of the long and bumpy ride which led to the Fair Work Bill finally becoming law. It is now clear that the senate has become totally uncontrollable. It is a long time since it made any real pretence of fulfilling its original purpose as a states house, but there have been pe-

It is now clear that the senate has become totally uncontrollableâ&#x20AC;Ś it is rejecting legislation out of hand. by Mungo MacCallum to fall and those who swung to Labor in 2007 become more disillusioned and desperate more than a few of them may be overcome by a feeling that things couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much worse and a nostalgia for the boom days when they were undeniably better. So far Rudd has managed to convince the doubters that even if the world is being overwhelmed by the forces of financial devastation he is the best one to hold what is left of the line in Australia. But there is a long way to fall before we hit bottom and no guarantee of a swift bounce back up. The other warning from the north is that although many people thought the bad times would polarise the voters, they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t: far from being sidelined the Greens did rather well, although, as always, not nearly as well as they had predicted after studying the herbal tea leaves. If that happens federally, Rudd will have to do some difficult and prob-

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riods when it has functioned quite usefully as a house of review. Legislation proposed by the government has been modified and often improved, which is as it should be. But the current senate is rejecting legislation out of hand. The coalition senators apparently see themselves as some sort of government in exile, with a mandate to cling to policies rejected by the electorate a year and a half ago. They are acting, in Paul Keatingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words, like unrepresentative swill. The Liberals, split between the Costeleological ideologues and the Turnbullshitter pragmatists are at least occasionally coherent in their various positions, but the Nationals, increasingly under the manic influence of Barnaby Joyce, are beyond the reach of reason. Which leaves the cranky crossbenchers as the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only real hope of getting its program implemented. It must be said that Greens are emerging as the most rational

group of all of them; they are prepared to deal and to confine themselves (so far at least) to the broad outlines of the legislation at hand. What is more, they want a result, not a stalemate, and are prepared to negotiate until one emerges. But the terrible two, Nick Xenophon and Steve Fielding, are both political outlaws in the worst tradition of Brian Harradine. Each has an obsessive agenda of his own and each is prepared to make absurd demands, often utterly unrelated to the bill being debated, as a condition of his support. And each, at different times, has shown an unwillingness to compromise that goes beyond mere pig-headedness; in Fieldingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case at least it seems positively psychotic. Neither can claim any kind of popular mandate; 99.9 percent of the population had never heard of them before they emerged, fully armed, in the senate last year as a result of preference deals, most of which were made in the mistaken belief that they would not lead to either being elected. Between them they represent three fifths of five eighths of very little indeed, yet they see themselves as dictators of national policy. It is true that they only gain power with the support of the coalition, but given the increasingly obstructive stance of Costbull and Turnyellow, they will have plenty of opportunities before the next election. Ruddâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choices: give in to blackmail and bad policy, abandon the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program, or call a costly, disruptive and unpopular early election. Have a nice trip, Prime Minister. You mightnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much of a welcome home.

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I am finding it difficult to understand how a rally through the Tweed and Kyogle shires can be an accepted as an appropriate event by either council or the collective tourism industry. I list here some of the wording from the different tourism websites for northern NSW. www.rainforestway.com.au: ‘The Rainforest Way is an exciting new series of drives that lets you explore the spectacular World Heritage listed Rainforests and National Parks in the unique hinterland of Northern NSW and SE Queensland. More than just a way to visit the rainforest, Rainforest Way also encourages you to be an environmentally friendly visitor to these very special forests

that are home to more than 200 rare or threatened species. ‘Rainforests cover less than one per cent of Australia yet contain half of all Australian plant families and about a third of our mammal and bird species. Rainforests are one of the oldest types of vegetation on earth and the sub-tropical rainforests of Rainforest Way have species that date back to when Australia was part of the super continent Gondwana. ‘These forests, home to more than 200 rare or threatened species, survive on the remnants of volcanic landscapes such as Mt Lindesay, The Border Ranges and Mt Warning and are part of the World Heritage listed Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia because of

their extremely high conservation value.” ‘It is up to each and everyone of us to look after the environment that we live in and we encourage you to think about this even when you are on holidays.’ www.northernriverstourism. com.au: Tweed Heads: ‘This border gateway (five minutes from Gold Coast Airport) offers international entertainment, fine dining and the latest in gaming at world-class clubs. It is the gateway to the caldera of the world’s largest shield volcano, below majestic Mt Warning. The Tweed is the most bio-diverse region in Australia, with five World Heritage-Listed National Parks, over 37 kilo-

metres of unspoilt beaches and a broad, magical river.’ www.tweedtourism.com.au: ‘You can’t miss a visit to the lush remnants of what is possibly the Southern Hemisphere’s best preserved shield volcano. Stretching from Byron Bay to the Gold Coast and west towards the Great Dividing Range, this vast caldera shelters a huge diversity of rare flora and fauna, subtropical rainforests and a breathtaking rim of mountain ranges.’ While the World Heritagelisted Border Ranges National Park has been listed as one of Australia’s National Landscapes and internationally as a ‘hotspot’ due to its high biodiversity, the flora and fauna of the park does not stop at the

(Trains On Our Tracks) in the local press. Why is this fantasy of a commuter service on this redundant branch line between Casino and Murwillumbah still being agitated for? Is there a political agenda here? Is this beating about the head of the NSW Labor government for closing this uneconomic line with only one train a day going to continue until the next state election? The truth is the NSW government does not control any rail tracks outside the city rail network anymore, as the Australian Railtrack Corporation (ARC) has leased the country rail networks for freight purposes from all mainland state governments except Queensland. To run its residual Countrylink passenger service, the NSW government has to pay the ARC access fees to use its tracks! The only reason the Australian Railtrack CorporaLaurie Ganter tion would rehabilitate the CaTweed Heads sino to Murwillumbah branch line would be to haul bulk loads Re: The agitation by TOOT of seeds or rocks for export, and

did anybody notice any silos or mines in the Tweed lately? Don’t despair, TOOT, if you really want a commuter service between Murwillumbah and Casino, you could run one yourself, I am sure you could buy the line for a nominal sum like the Glenreagh to Dorrigo Group did for $1. Then you would need a critical mass of full fare-paying passengers going along this line daily without subsidy, to pay for maintenance facilities, staff, insurance, secondhand rail motors if available, and someone with very deep pockets to get the service up and running in the first place. Is there a White Knight in the wings willing to wait a lifetime for a return on capital? Northern Rivers Railway tried operating this line for tourists, mainly Japanese bussed from the Gold Coast, but not for commuters as there weren’t enough potential passengers going in that direction to break even at affordable fares, let alone make a profit. Does a critical mass of potential passengers to warrant a

rail service in Tweed Shire exist? I believe it does. Stand at the intersection of the Coast Road and Cudgen Road, Cudgen, and you will see where the mass of potential train travellers are coming from and going to – any day of the week.

hanging from their beaks and wings they die if volunteers are unable to catch them and attend to the damage. At South Tweed along Drydock Road and Philips Parade, there is fishing line festooning the trees that overhang the inlet so our wildlife have another hazard to contend with. Snared and strangled to death in the trees – another good look for our tourists. This is our precious wildlife. Who cares? Fishing licences are far too easy to access. Perhaps there should be some sort of education course before they are issued. With Easter around the corner I know the Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers will cringe as they are already drained after the Christmas onslaught.

Railway rumbles Marilyn Gough’s claim (Letters, March 19) that one must use a car or hitchhike to get about on the north coast is a misrepresentation, as many more coaches service more small villages and towns than the train service ever did. For example there are at least six two-way coach services every day between Lismore and Byron Bay running with seats available. In 2004, Latham promised to spend $150m to replace the old Murwillumbah to Casino line. When Latham did not obtain the Treasury benches the State Labor Government put up $75m in 2006 and asked the Howard government to match it with $75m from its massive surpluses. Howard ignored the request. Rudd never promised to return our rail line when elected, so why are the federal Labor members being blamed? Tweed’s National Party member has promised to replace the train on the old line when he is returned to government. Over 40,000 of the 172,990 vehicles that will be using the Brisbane/Sydney Pacific Highway in 2030 will be two-way commuting across our border. Local Labor, Liberal, National, and especially the local Greens need to stop looking at our past and demand our politicians plan for our future rail needs, which in my personal view is not on an 11-year-old rail line between Murwillumbah and Casino.

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Tourism promoters conflicted over rally

Neville Chivers

Kingscliff

Careless fishers The Tweed Shire seems to have an abundance of careless recreational fisherfolk. They catch undersize fish and use them as bait. They are unable to identify common species when they catch any. They leave a tangle of fishing line and hooks on the ground and surrounds when they leave the area. Next we have them driving up and down Kerosene Inlet at Fingal in their 4x4s with their dogs chasing the waders as well as making illegal tracks on Fingal Spit. Further on, we have Kennedy Drive, West Tweed, where they leave their lines unattended, which then entangle the pelicans. With hooks and lures

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mine policy in support of those that elected them. They are elected to evaluate appropriate planning provisions, follow the provisions of the planning scheme and develop policy. Perhaps Barbara Fitzgibbon has no understanding of how government runs, how there could be possible savings, and the talent that can be drawn on, through local artists and creative writers within the immediate communities, that belies her beliefs and supports the talent of the Tweed people, could save the ratepayer $45,000. May I respond to her statement, ‘Neophites Longland and Skinner seem to have got their minds around the process’. I hate to think my newly elected councillors converted Jan Bishop to a religious faith due to their Banora Point election. Please, Barb, can you tell me what that is!

Council agenda

Libby Francis

May I make it quite clear to Barbara Fitzgibbon (Letters, March 19) that neither Cr Milne nor any other councillor is there to follow the staff agenda, they are there to deter-

Uki Letters also acknowledged from P Scott, Tyalgum, H Segal, Sydney, C Evans, Banora Point, C Degenhardt, Nobbys Creek, F Jenkins, Kingscliff.

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A farmer who prefers not to wear shoes, Chillingham’s Gerard ‘Buck’ Buchanan (pictured) isn’t the kind of person you would imagine is brewing next generation beauty products from a Japanese wonder fruit. The owner of Chillingham’s roadside Banana Cabana, Buck has bottled his zesty citrus fruit yuzu into a body wash and spray that has energising, toning and brightening properties. The Japanese fruit is rising in popularity in the beauty business, with Revlon using yuzu peel extracts in its Age Defying Spa Foundation and Almay using it in its Pure Blends eyeshadow range.

human-marked borders. There are many threatened species throughout the entire region of the Tweed and Kyogle shires as well as the high bio-diversity aspect. I find the wording of the Tourism sites in contradiction to an event such as this rally. How can these sites encourage appreciation of this highly significant area, ask visitors for a gentle footprint and then promote this rally. There will be cars travelling at speeds up to 160kph through these areas! This rally is a violation of this area. It is a dinosaur belonging to a past era of abusive behaviours towards the environment.

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A born and bred farmer, Buck decided to bottle the yuzu and his famous finger limes to value add to his farming business that already supplies some of Australia’s top restaurants including Tetsuya’s. ‘Eight years ago I never would have thought I’d be producing things out of produce I

grow,’ he said. ‘But it is taking off and we are in the process of bringing out creams.’ Buck is well known in Chillingham and the wider culinary world for his fresh chemicalfree produce and for growing exotic fruits rare in Australia such as yuzu and buddha’s hands.

He is lining up top chefs to hold cooking demonstrations using fresh produce from his land. With chef Maggie Beer, Frank ‘Tommo’ Thompson from Creek to Coast and Strictly Ballroom’s Paul Mercurio all having stopped by the stall recently, the Cabana won’t suffer for a lack of star power.

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Pro surf comp roundup

Quiksilver Pro Trials Well here we go again with Quiksilver Pro trials starting off in reasonable head high waves. All surfers surfed extremely well and the crowd loved watching the down the line waves provided by Coolangatta’s Super Bank. The Final was a real nail biter as Corey Ziems narrowly beat Dale Richards, with power surfer Shaun Gossmen third Kiron Jabour from Hawaii fourth. Truthfully the final minutes came down to a super battle of contest tactics and fine surfing amongst all.

Roxy Pro The Roxy Pro in my eyes this year had performed well above previous events with loads of support behind the girls. Unfortunately the wave factor was a little low, but the girls still showed us how it’s done with modern turns never seen before in this event. Most of the event was extremely entertaining with each girl fighting it out to the death for Roxy Pro victory. Surfers such as Silvan Lima scored the first ten point ride in round one with a perfect aerial and multiple power turns to the beach. Sally Fitzgibbons scored

a near perfect 9.17 in round one, but it was the local girl and crowd pleaser Stephanie Gilmore who scored over three nines throughout the event. Eventually in the final two-time reigning world ASP Champion Stephanie Gilmore (Happy Gilmore) exploded with her wellknown power surfing to take out

Above left: Sally Fitzgibbons – 9 point ride. Above right: Davo – third time rookie progresses. the event in front of her family, friends and fans in near picture perfect beach conditions. Huge congratulations to Stephanie Gilmore.

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he seas within, and the lands adjacent to, Cape Byron Marine Park have long been recognised by the Bundjalung people as a special place for meeting and gathering and for sharing resources and culture. The area has supported Aboriginal people for at least 22,000 years and includes many spiritual and culturally important sites such as middens, burial sites, ceremonial bora rings and various open camping sites. Since the declaration of Cape Byron Marine Park in 2002, the Marine Parks Authority and members of the Byron Bay Bundjalung (Arakwal) Community have worked together to manage the park. Developing a close working partnership with the local indigenous community has provided benefits to both the community and to the Marine Parks Authority in the effective management of Cape Byron Marine Park. Representatives from the Arakwal community sit on the Cape Byron Marine Park Advisory Committee and their input into the preparation of the Marine Park Zoning Plan led to the creation of

special purpose zones which cater for and recognise traditional use. The Cape Byron Marine Park has provided opportunities for the employment and training of members of the local indigenous community in aspects of marine park management. Aboriginal staff employed at Cape Byron Marine Park include a Field Officer and a Marine Ranger. Marine parks staff coordinate an indigenous training program for Aboriginal staff employed by the Department of Environment and Climate Change, Byron Area Office. The training program has been established to ensure that Aboriginal staff develop the necessary skills to undertake marine-related activities, including scuba diving, vessel operations, compliance, mooring fabrication and maintenance, and marine mammal/reptile disentanglement and stranding procedures, and other related skills. Consequently, Cape Byron Marine Park boasts the only commercially qualified aboriginal dive team in NSW and no longer pays contractors to undertake tasks

associated with the establishment and maintenance of public moorings or marker buoys in the marine park. Local Arakwal artist Sean Kay was commissioned by the Marine Parks Authority to produce artwork for inclusion on educational and advisory material

for Cape Byron Marine Park. The white spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari, design is featured on signs, posters, brochures and marine park advertising. The white spotted eagle ray is a resident of the marine park and Sean’s design has become the Cape Byron Marine Park’s signature species.

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SATURDAY 28

FRIDAY 27

1. Channel Seven likes old British comedy and this is why on Saturday night (11.45pm) we are treated to Ripping Yarns. The episode isn’t specified, but the best was The Testing of Eric Olthwaite (Michael Palin, pictured). Terry Jones co-wrote the series. 2. When reviewing Australian screen classics, The Castle (NBN, Tuesday 9.30pm) will always come high on the list. Despite the bad language and apparent racial slurs, the film is funny, moral and full of family values – a powerful argument against the censorious. 3. Wil Anderson fronts the entertaining Gruen Transfer (ABC1, Wednesday 9.00pm and ABC2, Thursday 8.30pm) for a second season of deconstructing ads.

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Perfect Disasters (PG) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Darling Buds Of May (PG) 1.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 2.00 Monarch Of The Glen (G) Repeat. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Message Stick (G) Repeat. 6.30 Can We Help? (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stateline 8.00 Collectors (G) 8.30 Rebus (M) 9.40 Vincent (M) 10.50 Lateline 11.30 triple j tv With The Doctor Repeat 11.55 Good Game Repeat. 12.25 rage (M) goes on until 5am Saturday.

5.00 rage (PG) 6.00 rage (G) 10.00 rage (PG) 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 Foreign Correspondent Repeat. 1.30 Can We Help (G) Repeat. 2.00 Rugby League 2009 Souths Logan v Ipswich. 4.00 Rugby In The Seventies (G) 5.00 Bowls: PBA World Championships: Semifinal 1 5.55 ABC News Up-Date 6.00 Totally Frank (PG) Repeat. 6.25 Minuscule: Horse Fly (G) 6.30 Gardening Australia (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 New Tricks (PG) Repeat. 8.25 ABC News 8.30 The Bill (PG) 10.00 ABC News 10.05 SIlent Witness (M) Repeat. 11.50 rage (M)

6.00 Ten Early News 5.30 Today 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 9am With David And & Kim (PG) 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 The View (PG) talk show. 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.30 NBN News 4.00 Every Loves Raymond (G) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 6.00 NBN News 5.00 Ten News 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.30 Friday Night Football Tigers v 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. Sydney Roosters. 9.30 Friday Night Football old Coast 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) Titans v Bulldogs. 7.30 The Simpsons (G) 11.30 Movie: Lords Of Dogtown (M 2005) 8.30 Law & Order (M) Stars Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, 9.30 Law & Order (M) Nikki Reed. 10.30 Law & Order (M) 1.40 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 11.20 Ten Late News 2.35 MADTV (M) 11.50 Sports Tonight 12.20 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 3.30 Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Guthy Renker Australia (G) 1.20 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (PG) 4.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Religion to 6am (PG).

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.20 World News in various languages. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 1.00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To 9.30 Business Today Australia (G) Repeat. 10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.30 Insight 2.30 The Truth About Cigarettes (PG) 4.30 The New Inventors Repeat. Doco from UK. Repeat. 5.00 7.30 Select 3.30 Living Black 5.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat. 6.00 Compass (G) Repeat. 4.00 The Journal 6.35 The Re-Inventors (G) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 5.30 Risking It All: Creco (PG) Doco. 7.30 Something In the Air (G) Repeat. 6.00 Global Village: Lyon And Ecully (G) 8.00 Father Ted (PG) Repeat. 8.30 Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... Bill 6.30 World News Australia Clinton (G) 7.30 The Fabric Of A Dream: The 9.15 A Little Lager: Beck (PG) Fletcher Jones Story (G) Doco. 8.35 Churchill’s Bodyguard (PG) Repeat. 9.30 No Heroics (M,l,s) 10.00 Soundtrack To My Life: The 9.30 World News Australia Bangles (G) 10.00 The Clitoris: Forbidden Pleasure 10.25 jtv Live: Grinspoon Go AWOL (M) (M,s,n,a) Doco from France. 11.20 London Live (PG) From London’s 11.10 Movie: The Weakness of the KOKO music venue. Bolshevik (MA,s,l,a 2003) Drama 11.50 Close from Spain. Stars Lois Tosar, Mar Reguera, Maria Valverde, Nathalie Poza. 12.55 Movie: Three Suns (MA 2004) Drama from Sweden. Stars Lena Endre, Kjeli Bergqvist. 2.40 WeatherWatch Overnight

5.00 Time Life 5.30 Danoz Direct 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Someone Like You (M 2001) Stars Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Catherine Dent. 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Skin Doctors (PG) Final. 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens 8.30 Movie: Red Eye (M 2005) Stars Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy. 10.15 2009 AFL Premiership Season Hawthorn v Geelong 1.15 Danoz And Guthy-Renker

5.20 World News in various languages. 7.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 The Love Of Three Oranges (PG) 3.00 rage (G) Opera from UK. 5.00 rage (PG) 2.55 The Actress And The Dancer (G) 6.05 The New Inventors Repeat. Doco from France. 6.35 Robin Hood (PG) Repeat. 3.25 Revolution: Five Visions (PG) Doco 7.20 Rex The Runt (PG) Repeat. from US. 7.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 8.00 At The Movies Repeat. 5.30 The Colony (G) 8.30 Movie: The Last Detail (M 1973) 6.30 World News Australia Stars Jack Nicholson. 10.10 Movie: The Fountain (G 1934) Stars 7.30 Prototype This (G) US. 8.30 Iron Chef (G) Ann Harding, Brian Aherne, Paul 9.20 RocKwiz (PG) Entertainment. Lukas, Jean Hersholt. 10.10 Movie: Life With My Father (Ms,l,n 11.30 Close 2005) Drama from Canada. Stars Raymond Bouchard, Paul Ahmarani. 12.10 SOS (PG) 1.10 Bro’ Town (M) Comedy. NZ. Repeat. 1.20 Roll (M) 2.20 Weatherwatch Overnight

6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Infomercials 6.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 12.00 Eclipse (PG) 7.30 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 1.00 Home Improvement (G) 12.30 Formula 1: ING Australian Grand 12.00 My Boys (PG) 1.30 Motorsport (G) 12.30 The Hills (PG) Prix 2.30 According To Jim (PG) 5.00 Ten News 1.00 Gilmore Girls (PG) 3.00 Movie: Cocoon (PG 1985) Stars Don 5.30 The Simpsons (PG) 2.00 Horse Racing Myer Ladies Day. Ameche, Brian Dennedy, Tahnee Welch. 6.00 Futurama (PG) 4.30 The Gurus Explore Ireland (G) 6.30 The Simpsons (PG) 5.00 David Attenborough: Tiger-Spy In 5.30 Sydney Weekender (PG) The Jungle (PG) 7.00 The Simpsons (PG) 6.00 Seven News 7.30 AFL Premiership Season St Kilda v 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Mighty Movers: C-5 Galaxy (G) Sydney. 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Kath & Kim (PG) Repeat. (G) 11.00 Good News Week (M) 8.00 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) Repeat. 7.30 Movie: Happy Feet (G 2006) 8.40 Movie: Pirates Of The Caribbean 12.00 Angel (M) 1.00 Infomercials Animation with Hugh Jackman, – Dead Man’s Chest (M 2006) Stars Nicole Kidman, Robin WIlliams, Elijah Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) Wood. Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy. 8.40 Saturday Lotto 11.45 Ripping Yarns (PG) 9.45 Movie: What Women Want (PG) 12.25 Auction Squad (G) Stars Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt. 1.30 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker 12.15 Movie: House Of Sand And Fog (MA15+ 2004) Stars Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Elder. 2.45 MADTV (M) 3.35 I Dream Of Jeanny (G) 4.00 Danoz Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 V8 Supercars Clipsal 500 5.00 Better 4.30 Guthy Renker

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: Roughshodl (PG 1949) 1.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 2.00 My Restaurant Rules (PG) ➟ 10.15 2009 AFL Premiership 1.15 Guthy Renker

SUNDAY 29

Homes And Gardens ➟ 11.40 Movie: Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise (M) Stars Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong 1.20 Movie: Coming Soon (M) Stars Ellen Pompeo, Ashton Kucher 3.00 Deal Or No Deal

5.00 rage (PG) 7.00 Montreux Jazz Festival 2003: 6.30 Kids’ Programs World Music (G) 9.00 Insiders And Inside Business 7.55 Johnny Cash: Behind Prison Walls 10.30 Offsiders (G) 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 8.45 A little Later: Paul Weller (G) Rpt. 11.30 Songs Of Praise (G) 9.00 Bjork: Live At Cambridge (G) Rpt. 12.00 Landline (G) 10.00 The Cure: Trilogy Live In Berlin (G) 1.00 Gardening Australia Repeat 1.30 Message Stick (G) 11.00 Beautiful Noise: Sarah Harmer (G) 2.00 The War Of The World (PG) Final. 11.55 London Live (PG) Music. Repeat. 3.00 She Stoops To Conquer (G) 12.30 Red Dwarf (PG) 3.30 Grossmitch, Gilbert And Sullivan (G) 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles: Red Hot Chilli 4.30 Artists At Work: Pan (PG) Peppers (PG) 5.00 Sunday Arts 1.55 Kaiser Chiefs: Live at Fillmore (G) 6.00 At The Movies 2.55 The Doves: Live At Eden (G) 6.30 The Einstein Factor 3.45 Gorillaz: Demon Days Live (PG) 7.00 ABC News 4.55 A Little Later: David Bowie (PG) 7.30 The Story Of India: Beginnings (G) 5.10 Classic Albums: Deep Purple: 8.25 ABC News Up-Date Machine Head (G) 8.30 Agatha Christie: Poirot (M) 6.00 ABC Fora Hosted by Tony Jones. 10.05 Compass (PG) 7.00 Artscape (PG) 10.40 In Search Of Mozart (PG) 7.30 Sunday Arts (G) 11.25 Movie: Joan Of Paris (G 1942) Stars 8.30 She Stoops To Conquer (G) Paul Henried, Michele Morgan. 9.00 An Obsession With Hamlet (PG) 1.00 Movie: Time Is My Enemy (PG 10.00 Monumental Vision In Turkey (G) 1954) Stars Dennis Price. 10.30 Wild At Heart (PG) 2.15 Movie: One Minute To Zero (PG 11.15 Close 1952) Stars Robert Mitchum. 3.55 Eagle And Evans (M) Comedy.

6.45 World News in various languages. 6.00 Religion 6.00 Religion 7.45 World Cup Qualifier Spain v Turkey 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 7.00 Totally Wild (G) Repeat. 10.00 World News in various languages. 10.00 AFL Game Day (PG) 7.30 Animalia 12.00 Cycling from France. 11.00 2009 Whereis Australian Surf Life 8.00 Meet The Press 1.00 Speedweek 8.30 State Focus Saving Championships 3.00 Football Asia 1.00 2009 AFL Premiership Melbourne v 9.00 Video Hits (PG) 3.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 11.30 Video Hits Presents: Kings Of North Melbourne 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature Leon Live (PG) 4.00 The Island At The End Of The 5.00 The World Game 12.00 Formula 1: ING Australian Grand World: Shackleton’s Triumph (G) 6.00 Thalassa: The Plight Of The Atlantic 5.00 Destination New Sealand (G) Prix Salmon (G) Doco from France. 7.00 The Biggest Loser (G) new series. 5.30 Mercurio’s Menu (G) 6.30 World News Australia 8.00 So You Think You Can Dance 6.00 Seven News 7.30 Walking The Bible (G) Doco from Australia (PG) 6.30 Sunday Night US. 10.00 Rove (M) 7.30 Border Security (PG) 8.30 Dateline current affairs. 10.40 2009 Australian Swimming 8.00 Triple Zero Heroes (PG) 9.30 Movie: Kurt Wallander – The Joker 8.30 City Homicide (M) Championships (M 2006) Crime story from Sweden. 9.30 Bones (M) 11.10 Dexter (MA) Stars Krister Henriksson, Johanna 10.30 Infamous Assassinations: Martin 12.15 Video Hits Up Late (PG) Sallstrom. Luther King (M) 12.30 Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (M) 11.15 The Hidden History Of 11.00 24 (M) 1.30 Infomercials Homosexual Australia (M) 12.00 2009 AFL Premiership Port 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) Documentary. Adelaide v Essendon 12.50 Speaking In Tongues (PG) Comedy. 2.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker 1.20 Weatherwatch Overnight 5.30 Seven Early News

6.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker 7.00 Today On Sunday 10.00 Wide World Of Sports (G) 11.00 The Sunday Footy Show (G) 12.00 Sunday Roast (PG) 1.00 WWE Afterburn Live. 2.00 Super League Wakefield Wildcats v St Helens. 4.00 Sunday Football St George Illawarra Dragons v Cronulla Sharks. 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Domestic Blitz (PG) 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 10.30 Underbelly: A Tale Of Two Cities (M) 11.30 Body Of Evidence (M) 12.00 Super League Harlequins RL v Hull FC 2.00 Girl Friends (M) 2.30 Guthy Renker Australia 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

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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) 1.30 The Cook And The Chef (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parkinson (G) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Landline Extra (G) Repeat. 6.30 Talking Heads 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 The Cut (M) 10.30 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.35 Gay Muslims (PG) Repeat. 12.25 MDA (M) Repeat. 1.30 Movie: Damsel In Distress (G 1937) Stars Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine. 3.25 Bowls: Australian Open 2009 Highlights.

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 The Re-inventors (G) 7.00 Zoo Days (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 9.30 Code Geass (M) 10.00 Neil Finn: One Nil Live (G) 11.00 dig tv presents: Lior – Live In Sydney 2006 (G) 11.30 Cowboy Bebop: Bohemian Rhapsody (M) Repeat. 11.55 Close

5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 Sunrise 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia (G) 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) Repeat. 11.30 Seven News 1.30 Indonesia – A Reporter’s Journey 12.00 Movie: Hollywood Wives – The (M) New Generation (M 2003) Stars 2.30 Dateline Farrah Fawcett, Melissa Gilbert. 3.30 Insight 2.00 All Saints (M) 4.30 The Journal 3.00 Child In A Million (PG) 5.00 The Crew (G) 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower 5.30 Corner Gas (G) 4.00 It’s Acadamic 6.00 Living Black 4.30 Seven News 6.30 World News Australia 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 7.30 Top Gear (PG) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 8.30 Swift And Shift Couriers (M,l,s,n) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 9.00 Bogan Pride: The Parachute Of 7.00 Home And Away (PG) Healing (M) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 9.30 World News Australia 8.00 Scrubs (PG) 10.00 Shameless (M) Comedy from UK. 8.30 Desperate Housewives (M) 10.55 Skins (M) Repeat. 9.30 Brothers And Sisters (M) 11.50 Movie: The Spiral (M 2098) Horror 10.30 Boston Legal (M) from Japan. Stars Hiroyuki Sanada, 11.30 30 Rock (PG) Miki Nakatani. 12.00 Medical Incredible (PG) 1.35 Movie: Voices Of A Distant Star (PG 1.00 Danoz Direct 2002) Animation from Japan. Voices 2.00 Guthy Renker 5.30 Seven Early News Sumi Muto, Chihiro Suzuki. 2.05 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Ten Early News 5.30 Today 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 9am With David And & Kim (PG) 11.00 Time/Life (G) 11.00 Ten News 11.30 Danoz (G) 12.00 Dr Phil (M) 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 1.00 The View (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 2.00 Days of Our Lives (PG) 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 3.30 Hi-5 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) Rpt. 4.00 Lab Rats Challenge 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Ten News 5.00 Antique Roadshow (G) 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. 7.00 A Current Affair 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance 8.00 Customs (PG) Australia (PG) 8.30 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (M) 8.30 Melbourne International Comedy 8.45 Lotto Gala 2009 (M) 9.30 Crime Investigation Australia (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 10.40 CSI: NY (M) 11.15 Late Show with David Letterman (PG) 11.30 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Will & Grace (PG) 12.30 Australia’s Greatest Athlete 12.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) 1.30 Guthy Renker Australia 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 3.00 Religion 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG). 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

5.20 World News in various languages 1.00 The Storm Rages Twice (G) Repeat drama from Lebanon. 2.00 Don Matteo (PG) Drama. Italy. Repeat. 3.00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood (G) Repeat. 3.30 Living Black 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy. 6.00 Global Village: Rollers Pt. 1 (G) 6.30 World News Australia Insight 7.30 Ins 8.30 Cutting Edge: Edge The Waterlords Next Door? (G) Doco from the t UK. 9.30 World News 10.00 Hot Docs: Smiling In A War Zone (M) Doco from Denm Denmark. 11.30 Movie: Obaba (M 2005) 20 Drama from Spain. Stars Barbara Lennie, Pilar Lopez de Ayaia, Edu Eduard Fernandez. 1.25 Slaughterhouse: T The Task Of Blood (MA) Doco from UK. 2 30 WeatherWatch O 2.3 2.30 Overnight

5.30 Today 6.00 Ten Early News 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 11.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker (G) 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 11.00 Ten News 1.00 The View (PG) talk show. 12.00 Dr Phil (M) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.30 Hi-5 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 4.00 Lab Rats Challenge 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) Rpt. 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antique Roadshow (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 6.00 Evening News 5.00 Ten News 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.30 Wipeout Australia 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 9.00 Two And A Half Men (M) Repeat. 8.00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 9.30 Movie: The Castle (M 1997) Michael 8.30 NCIS (M) Caton, Sophie Lee, Eric Bana, 9.30 Lie To Me (M) Crime series. Stephen Curry. 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 11.15 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Will & Grace (PG) 12.10 The Dead Zone (M) 12.30 State Focus 1.00 Seinfeld (PG) 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 1.30 Guthy Renker 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

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TUESDAY 31

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: The Saint Takes Over (PG 1940) 1.10 Blue Heelers (M) 2.05 My Restaurant Rules ➟ 12.00 Dateline NBC 1.00 Urban Legends (M) 1.30 Australia’s Best Backyards

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Parkinson (PG) Repeat. 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 1.00 The New Inventors (G) Repeat. 1.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parkinson (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.05 Time Team (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Lead Balloon (PG) 8.30 Doctor Who (PG) Repeat. 9.15 Doctor Who: Confidential Cutdown (G) 9.30 Foreign Correspondent 10.05 Artscape: The Art Life 10.35 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.35 Four Corners Repeat. 12.25 Media Watch Repeat. 12.40 Parkinson (G) 1.45 Movie: Crossfire (PG 1947) Stars Robert Young, Robert Mitchum. 3.25 triple j tv With The Doctor (G) Repeat

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.35 Little Angels (G) Repeat. 5.05 Talking Heads (G) Repeat. 5.35 Sun, Sea And Bargain Spotting 6.35 The Re-Inventors (G) 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. om 8.00 Australian ustralian Story (PG) Repeat. 8.30 Rose And Maloney (M) Repeat. Rep 9.20 The Bill (PG) Repeat. Rep peat e . ea 10.50 Fireflies (PG)) Repeat. Repe epe ep peaat at. t 12.15 Close

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Program 11.00 Three Men In A Boat (PG) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Talking Heads (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parkinson (G) 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 The Gruen Transfer 9.30 Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure (M) 10.00 At the Movies 10.30 Lateline And Lateline Business 11.35 Midsomer Murders (M) Repeat. 1.05 Movie: Journey Into Fear (G 1942) Stars Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten. 2.15 Movie: Flight From Glory (G 1937) Stars Chester Morris, Whitney Bourne, Onslow Stevens, Van Heflin. 3.25 National Press Club Address Repeat.

6.00 ABC New News Breakfast ws Bre B re eak akf a kffa k ast as sstt Paciifi fic News New ws 9.00 Asia Pacific 0 Business Today 9.30 grams 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 The Re-Inventors (G) 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 8.00 Body Hits (G) 8.30 Medicine Men Go Wild (M) 9.25 Ideal World (PG) 10.20 My Teen’s A Nightmare: I’m Moving Out – Chrystal Manning (M) 11.05 Dust To Dust: Never Say Die (PG) 11.30 Close

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Carry Me Home (M 2003) Stars Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Anderson. 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Child In A Million (PG) 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower 4.00 It’s All Acadamic 4.30 Seven and Prime News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Repeat. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show. 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue (G) 8.00 Find My Family (PG) 8.30 All Saints (M) 9.30 My Shocking Story (PG) 10.30 Eli Stone (M) 11.30 Carpoolers (PG) New series. 12.00 Van Diemen’s Land By Butterfly (G) 1.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker 5.30 Seven Early News Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: The Woman On Pier 13 (PG 1949) 1.10 Blue Heelers 2.05 My Restaurant Rules ➟ 12.00 This Is Your Laugh (M) 1.00 Urban Legends (M) 1.30 A Country Practice (G)

5.20 6.00 Sunrise 5.20 World Worlld News in various languages. Wor 1.00 Movie: A Sil Silent Love (M) Comedy 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) from Brazil. Stars Vanessa Bauche, 11.30 Seven News Noel Burto Burton. 12.00 Movie: Rain (M 2000) Stars Susan 2.45 Bus (G) Dey, Scott Cooper, Mark Kiely. 3.00 Salam Ca Cafe (PG) Comedy. Repeat. 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.30 3.00 Coromandel Med (PG) 3 30 Football Stars Of Tomorrow 4.00 The Journal 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower kids’ show. u 4.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 4.00 It’s Acadamic 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy. 4.30 Seven and Prime News 6.00 Global Village: The Warrior Guru 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show. 6.30 World News Australia 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.30 Feast India (G) 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 8.00 Trawlermen (G) Doco from UK. 7.30 Australia’s Got Talent Semi-final. 8.35 Long Way Round (PG) Doco from 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) UK. 9.30 Beyond The Darklands (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.30 Lost (M) 10.00 Movie: I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed 11.30 Disorderly Conduct Caught On (M 2005) Drama from France. Stars Tape (M) Charles Berling, Simon Abkarian, 12.30 Guthy Renker & Danoz Josiane Balasko, Jean-Pierre Leaud. 5.30 Seven Early News 11.50 Movie: The Samsara (MA 2001) Drama from Germany. Stars Neelesha BaVora, Christy Chung 2.15 Weatherwatch Overnight

5.30 Today 6.00 Ten Early News 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 11.00 Danoz and Bio-Magnetics (G) 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 11.00 Ten News 1.00 The View (PG) talk show. 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Repeat. 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 4.30 NBN News 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G). 4.00 Everyone Loves Raymond (G) 6.00 NBN News 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 7.00 A Current Affair 5.00 Ten News 7.30 The Farmer Wants A Wife (PG) 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 6.30 Neighbours (G) 8.45 Lotto 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 8.00 Guerrilla Gardeners (PG) 9.30 Cold Case (M) New. 8.30 House (M) 10.30 Cold Case (M) Repeat. 9.30 Life (M) 11.30 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 12.30 The Baron (PG) 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 1.30 Guthy Renker And Danoz 12.00 Cops (PG) All new episodes. 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News 12.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG)

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.20 World News in various languages. 4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Asia Pacific News 2.30 Dateline 5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat. 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 9.30 Business Today 3.30 Parent Rescue: Double Trouble (G) 11.30 Seven News 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 The Journal 11.00 The War 12.00 Movie: High Heels And Low Lifes 4.35 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 12.00 Midday Report (M 2001) Stars Minnie Driver, Mary 5.05 The Cook and the Chef (G) Repeat. 5.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 12.30 Pilot Guides (G) Repeat. McCormack, Kevin McNally. 5.35 ABC Fora 6.00 Global Village: Lago di Orta (G) 1.30 Collectors (G) Repeat. 2.00 All Saints (M) 6.35 The Re-Inventors (G) 6.30 World News Australia 2.00 Parkinson (G) 3.00 Coromandel Med (PG) 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 7.35 Inspector Rex (PG) Austria Repeat. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower kids’ show. 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 8.30 This Is Civilisation: Uncertainty 6.10 Grand Designs (G) Repeat. 4.00 It’s Acadamic 8.00 Spicks And Specks (PG) Final. (PG) Doco from UK. Explores the 7.00 ABC News 4.30 Seven and Prime News 8.30 The Gruen Transfer 7.30 The 7.30 Report history of religious art. 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 9.00 Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your 8.00 Catalyst (G) 9.30 World News Australia 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show. Own Adventure (M) 8.30 Bombora: The Story Of Australian 10.00 Movie: Or (MA 2006) Drama from 6.00 Seven and Prime News 9.30 The Graham Norton Show Surfing (G) Israel. Stars Ronit Elkabetz, Dana Ivgy. 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 10.00 Pulling (M,l,s) Comedy. 9.30 Q&A With Tony Jones 11.45 Queer As Folk (MA,s,l,a) Repeat. 7.30 Ghost Whisperer (PG) 10.25 The Kevin Bishop Show (M) 10.30 Lateline And Lateline Business 1.00 Movie: Drive (M 2001) Comedy from 8.30 Grey’s Anatomy (M) Comedy. 11.30 Spectacle: Elvis Costello With Japan. Stars Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ren 9.30 Private Practice (M) 10.55 Phoenix Nights (PG) Bill Clinton (PG) Osugi, Masanobu Ando. 10.30 Scrubs (PG) 11.20 Ideal: The Seduction (MA) Repeat. 12.20 Wildside (M) 2.30 Weatherwatch Overnight 11.30 Beauty And The Geek (PG) 11.50 Close 1.10 Movie: Flying Leathernecks (G 12.30 Danoz & Guthy-Renker 1951) Stars John Wayne, Robert Ryan, 5.30 Seven Early News Don Taylor, William Harrigan. [s] = Sex [cl] = Coarse language 3.00 Terrors Of Tasmania (G) [a] = Adult themes [sr] = Sexual references 3.55 The Glass House (M) Repeat. Prime HD program same as above except: [n] = Nudity [mp] = Medical

6.00 Ten Early News 5.30 Today 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker (G) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 The View (PG) talk show. 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Repeat. 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.30 NBN News 4.00 Everyone Loves Raymond (G) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 6.00 NBN News 5.00 Ten News 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat 7.30 Getaway (PG) 6.30 Neighbours (G) 8.30 Adults Only 20 To 1 (M) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 9.30 The Footy Show (M) 8.00 Bondi Vet (PG) 11.00 The AFL Footy Show (M) 8.30 Law & Order: S.V.U. (M) 1.00 Seinfeld (PG) 9.30 Life On Mars (M) 1.30 Entertainment Tonight (G) 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 2.00 Guthy Renker Australia 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 3.30 Good Morning America 12.00 Cops (PG) 5.00 Early Morning News 12.30 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 Religion to 6am.

Programs are correct at the time of going to press but beware – all stations like tinkering with things at the last minute.

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: The Falcon In Mexico (PG 1944) 1.10 Blue Heelers (M) 2.05 My Restaurant Rules (PG) ➟ 12.30 Louis Theroux And Michael Jackson (MA) 1.30 A Country Practice (G)

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12.00 Movie: The Saints Vacation (PG 1943) 2.00 My Restaurant Rules ➟ 12.30 Movie: Bubble Boy (M 1991) 2.00 Guthy Renker

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NOUNS Movies Locally owned and operated by John and Jean King, Video Ezy in Sunnyside Mall has the largest range of new release DVDs in Murwillumbah. Their $2 Tuesdays offer outstanding value, whilst gamers will love the huge range of new release games to rent. They also have a big selection of new release movies coming in for the Easter school holidays. John and Jean are passionate about their community, and are great supporters of many local events. And they’re open late for your convenience – you’ll ﬁnd them from 9am – 8pm Monday to Thursday, 9am – 9pm Friday and Saturday, and 10am – 8pm Sunday.

Music & More On the Spot Photos & Music came into being when ‘On the Spot Photos’ was looking to expand and took over the old Buzz Bar music shop. The shop primarily sells music (CDs, DVDs and a selection of records), as well as having a Kodak digital photo facility, internet access and music oriented fashion items such as shirts and hats. They have recently expanded the music side of things considerably, now keeping the latest singles and all popular new releases. They also have specialist blues and country sections, and an extensive range of back catalogue titles.

They have excellent suppliers, and directly import if required. If it exists On The Spot can get it for you.

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Imagine a dry Australian outback scene and a MOB of kangaroos in the distance. See the MISCHIEF of mice in the old shed and hear the noisy ‘aaark aaark’ of the MURDER of crows? You won’t see a MISSION of monkeys or a MUSTER of peacocks but you might see a MURMURATION of those pesky starlings. Other more obtuse nouns are a MEWS of capons, a MELODY of harpers and a MOVEMENT of moles, while in a nearby town you might find a MELLOW of pot smokers.

Mahalo Workshops based on Kahuna Principles WITH HO’OKAHI HO’OULU Relationship 4th - 9th June Take a few days to re awaken love and passion in your life. Bodywork & Hot Stones 10th - 16th June Personal development. Increase sensitivity. Kahu Abraham Kawai’i developed what is known throughout the world today as Kahuna or Temple Style Bodywork. Ho’okahi, his student and wife of 18 years continues to teach Kahu’s work At a time where many see vast and uncertain changes she hopes to inspire people with the vision and courage to capture this chaotic energy and forge tools for a new existence.

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Murwillumbah Vet Clinic would like to welcome locum vet Russell, and thank Angela for ﬁlling in while our wonderful vet Sam Walker is on holidays for the next month to attend his much awaited wedding. Baby News: Renee has given birth to a beautiful daughter Eva Lily on March 3 and Jen is now proud grandmother to a lovely little girl Hannah. Rachel born March 16. Bronwyn’s ﬁrst grandson Max Leo was also born on February 2. We are all happy to welcome Joan back after a much deserved months’ holiday with her family. We would like to wish our clients a happy and safe Easter. The clinic will be open on Easter Saturday as usual and will have an emergency service available over the public holidays. For all your animal’s requirements come and see Murwillumbah Veterinary Clinic.

Dunborne Burmese are beautiful. They are blue, lilac or brown; house-reared, highly socialised and potty trained. They are bred to the pedigreed standard and generally registered with the New South Wales Cat Fancy. Our breeding line is pure Aurora from Valerie Cashman of Aurora Cattery, Mudgeeraba. Dunborne Burmese however, are bred primarily as companion animals. Burmese are incredibly intelligent, loyal, loving and easy to train. This is the cat you have when you really want a dog, especially the boys who like to ‘hangout’ – in your car, ﬁshing, gardening or just doing the cafe thing. They bond very strongly to humans, with many of our kittens going to families in grief. Presently we have available blue and lilac kittens, with brown babies available late May. Please contact us on 0429 867 993 to arrange a play visit.

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More Solar Sunbeam Solar Systems have been servicing the local area for 11 years installing standalone and grid feed solar power systems. We were one of the ﬁrst to install grid interact in the Tweed/Byron area before it became accepted by the mainstream as a technology in reducing one’s carbon footprint and energy costs. Sunbeam Solar have been offering a bulk buy program for people in the Tweed Valley for several months. This will expire on March 30. It is important for those wishing to take advantage of the Government Rebate Program to get their applications in as soon as possible as the Solar Homes and Community Program will be terminated as of July 1, 2009.

Myofascial Release Massage Carol Stanley is an accredited Remedial Massage Therapist specialising in Myofascial Release, Craniosacral, Polarity, Trigger Point and Reﬂexognosy Therapies, as well as ﬁtting orthotics. Carol is also a distributor for the Zen Chi Massage Machine. Carol’s Massage Therapy has been established at the Coolangatta – Kirra Sports Club since December 1999 and is covered by most Health Funds. Utilizing her gentle treatments Carol is able to treat newborns to the elderly, including pregnant ladies. For relief from many varied conditions, or for any aches, pains and injuries please contact Carol on 0410 433 685 to make a booking for your personalised treatment.

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Coby Grant This Sunday 29 at the Cabarita Beach Bar and Grill, Coby Grant and BJ Gannon perform from 3pm. Coby has just returned from a stint in the USA where she wrote and recorded with Peter Malick

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Parissa Bouas and Diaspora Latina Pull out your dancing shoes and put off your hip replacement! Parissa Bouas and Diaspora Latina are a fantastic new local world music ensemble. With a unique mix of sensual and rhythmic songs from the ex-Portuguese and Spanish colonies of Latin America and Africa, they play songs made famous by the Buena Vista Social Club, Celia Cruz, Cesaria Evora, Gilberto Gil, Susana Baca, Sergio Mendes and more... Samba, Salsa, Son, Morna a mix of styles played by no other local band. Parissa Bouas, the voice of The Hottentots, lives and breathes this music after living for a year in Latin America. Her vocal delivery is full of passion, punch and melodic eloquence. She is accompanied by an allstar cast of fabulous musicians: Steve Russell on piano, Thierry Fossemalle on double bass, Jamie Patugalan on drums, Steve Nugent on percussion and Laurel Cohn on guitar and cavaquinho. Catch them before they head off to headline at the National Folk Festival in Canberra at Easter. They perform this Saturday at Stokers Siding Hall and cost is $12. They are also performing in Mullumbimby this weekend too. For more information contact@parissa-

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with The Bondi Cigars. Guitarist Bill Jacobi is more of a local these days and you may have caught him in solo mode with various stomp boxes. Here’s your chance to see him with a real drummer. You can catch Method at The Beach Hotel in Byron on Thursday, The Brunswick Heads Hotel on Friday, The Cabarita Beach

parissa bouas and diaspora latina ay stokers siding hall saturd (who has worked with Norah Jones) and Anthony J Resta (Collective Soul, Elton John, Duran Duran, Shawn Mullins). ‘It is my first professional studio recording,’ she says, ‘and I am proud of myself and what I have done – I don’t think that’s being up myself, it’s just the simple truth. I then recorded a video clip to the first track, A Song About Me, so now I am ready to attack.’ For more visit www.cobygrant.com

Method High energy duo Method are back in the neighbourhood this week to bring you another dose of their cruisin’ groovin’ hillbilly funk and to put the final touches on their new album. These boys don’t get together that often as drummer Frank Corby has been keeping himself busy touring

Bar on Saturday and at Tyalgum Pub on Sunday arvo.

JIMMYZ JIMMYZ is now one of Australia’s most popular touring DJ’s playing a diverse and ecclectic range of party music. He played a founding role in the legendary WILD FM selling over 1.8 million CDs in its time (Nov 1996-winter 2000). See him Saturday March 28 at the Coolangatta Hotel.

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Brazil. ‘I guess it is a bit intriguing for crowds who haven’t seen anything like it before – the didj in a rock band,’ says Proudfoot of the band’s totem instrument. Max Judo perform Friday March 27 at the Saltbar at Salt.

Dallas Frasca and The Blackwater Fever (support) & Texas Tea (support) Dallas Frasca has an undeniable stage presence. Her powerful and commanding vocal style is one of a kind; raw, gritty and unrestrained, this woman is a force to be reckoned with. Joined by the upside down, left handed, back to front, slide dobro and mandolin extraordinaire, Jeff Curran makes the two piece without kit a wall of guitars and stomp box that delve into raw, double duelling slides, launching from a rock solid ground of roots influences. One thump on that stomp box demands attention from any audience and is a sure-fire way to get the crowd worked up. Dallas Frasca is an impressive live experience you don’t want to miss! Soundlounge Currumbin, Friday March 27.

Quill’s Folly

Willy Qua’s supergroup Quill’s Folly, featuring Wil Sargisson Max Judo is a roots, rock, soul (Galapagos Duck) will be percombo fronted by ex pro-surfer forming at the South Tweed Lucas Proudfoot. He spent Sports Club on Saturday five years on the international March 28 from 7.30pm. longboard circuit, and says Wil has been a professional the splashes of didjeridoo in pianist since the age of 13 and Max Judo’s sonic palette have is recognised as one of the added a ‘wow factor’ that’s got finest players to emerge from audiences up and dancing in the New Zealand music scene Australia, the US, Japan and in some time.

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In 1994, aged 13, Wil became the youngest solo performer to ever play at NZ’s National Jazz Festival in Tauranga. Wil’s first solo piano CD Steppin’ Out was released in 1998 and received great acclaim. N.Z. Musician Magazine called it ‘an inspired and excellent release’. This album went all the way to the NZ Music Awards in ’99 where it reached the final three in the ‘Jazz Album of the Year’ category making Wil the youngest Kiwi ever nominated for this award.

Murray Kyle Described as a brilliant ecoconscious songwriter from Uki, he works with an ever-evolving backing band drawn from the constellation of local players. The dance space will be hot – audio chocolate on the musical menu. Sphinx Rock Cafe, Mt Burrell, 1-5pm.

Pop Standens and Mason Rack Pop is a solo artist whose style is country swingin blues blended with his own original acoustic/slide style driven with pulse. Pop has played alongside Phil Emmanuel, Bo Jenkins, Mason Rack and Brian Fraser to name a few. See him perform Cabarita Beach Sports Club, Bogangar at 8pm. On Saturday see Mason Rack. Mason needs no introduction. With his outstanding vocals, guitar and lap slide guitar, Mason continues to deliver high impact performances to audiences everywhere he appears. Mason and his band are influenced by Tom Waites, Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper, Violent Femmes.

Rachel Dunham With sell-out performances at the Wellington International Arts Festival and opening the Inaugural Christchurch International Arts Festival, Rachel Dunham brings her groove to Jazz in the Basement Saturday March 28. She opened for Ray Charles’ New Zealand tour, performing to over 30,000 people. With her perfection in performance and stage-craft, Rachel is highly sought after not only on the musical circuit, but also the Arts and Entertainment and film industry. Gold Coast Arts Centre, 7pm Saturday.

The Queensland Orchestra presents Beethoven’s Eroica Cédric Tiberghien, one of the most exciting French pianists on the international circuit, will be thrilling audiences with Ravel’s G major Piano Concerto (and other pieces), a work that echoes the spirit of the jazz age in the Paris of the 1920s. Gold Coast Arts Centre, 7pm Saturday.

Steve Allison Steve Allison is a local comedy legend, who has been keeping things fresh on the comedy scene for the last ten years; his profile as one of the Gold Coast’s favourite comedians just keeps growing! Cleverly combining quick wit, Aussie humour, snappy one-liners, crazy impressions and comedy juggling, Steve’s show is original, full of fun, laughter and the unexpected. Gold Coast Arts Centre 8pm Friday.

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The Big Joke’s Hannah Gadsby, Geraldine Quinn, Christine Basil and Mandy Nolan will share their outrageous brand of funny with you

15 Minutes of Fame at Stokers Night for local talent Guaranteed attentive audience small P.A. provided

Free entry for acts – keep it clean folks! Audience $10 Friday April 3rd 7-10pm Email details to: ﬁfteenminutesatstokers@gmail.com

the $500 cash prize (donated by the Bangalow Chamber of Commerce) and the glory of The Big Joke Comedy Festival knowing they are The Village Idiot! Comedian Hannah is almost upon us, firing up Gadsby will host The Village March 26 to 29 with funny people from all over the globe Idiot final on Sunday March 29. For more visit www.thebigconverging on the humorous hamlet of Bangalow to fellate joke.com.au the funny bone in a most spectacular fashion. Festival Director Mandy Nolan has more than one show under The Malfunction Festival conwraps, with her the scheduled tinues this week – check out the program at www.malfuncbirth of her fourth child just tion.com.au three weeks post-comedy event. ‘It’s nervewracking, I am watching every twinge and thinking oh God is that it, am I going into labour? ‘Could The Opera in the Park Big Joke launch the biggest Saturday March 28 joke of all: an onstage birth? Experience a night of first class Mandy takes great pride in entertainment in Salt Central bringing these top name acts Park as Vavachi Entertainment to her beloved Byron Bay rebring you their acclaimed show gion – Tim Minchin, Arj Barker, Pavarotti Viva! This free open Nina Conti and Kitty Flanagan air concert will feature three are just some of the headliners. exciting new talents along with For more visit www.thebigjoke. a guest soprano. Bring along com.au a picnic hamper, friends and a

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The Big Joke’s Village Idiot The Big Joke’s Village Idiot competition provides four heats for aspiring comics to strut their stuff. This event is for funny people who think they have what it takes – which is basically a few original gags, a sense of humour and enough material to fill five minutes. The winner goes home with

Allo ‘Allo The Murwillumbah Theatre Company’s ‘Allo ‘Allo bawdy farcical spoof on war continues this week. Friday 27, Saturday

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I have a confession. I changed hairdressers. When it comes to secret women’s business, the relationship between a client and a stylist is sacred. Stories are told, relationships are dissected, friends are criticised and one’s deepest psychological neurosis are revealed mid-foil application. I don’t know whether it’s the intoxicating smell of product or the coffee and girly mags that does it, but once that cape is on it’s disclosure time. I have spoken to other women. They have all agreed that leaving your hairdresser is a no no. One friend complained that she hadn’t been happy with her hairdresser for over three years but was afraid to leave. She suffered for the sake of long haired loyalty. You can’t cheat on the person who knows how grey you really are. I never meant to leave my hairdresser. I’d been with her for about five years and I was happy, in that complacent way you get in a long term relationship. I suppose you could say we had become comfortable with each other. We weren’t really trying anything new, but it was a warm, safe place to hide every three or four months. Then she went away. It was a holiday, but I was definitely in need of a root job. I also needed my hair done. Another hairdresser approached me through a mutual friend ‘Tell Mandy she just doesn’t look as fabulous as she could. She has to come and see me.’ It was a temptation I couldn’t

resist. Surely just seeing him wasn’t cheating? I breezed in, seduced by his gorgeously gay declaration that I could be a goddess. We had a water, he touched my hair, and before you know it he’d done me. He’d done me like I hadn’t been done before. I looked like a movie star. More of a Meryl than an Angelina, but fabulous nonetheless. I left the salon with this huge adrenalin rush and the sinking feeling that I wouldn’t be going back to my hairdresser. I’d moved on and I’d left without even a final consultation. It was cowardly. I practised the conversation in my head ‘Look it’s not you, it’s me. I have had a great time with you, but I think it’s time we both started seeing other people.’ I wore hats, scarves, pretended I’d had chemo; anything to disguise my infidhairity. Then it happened. My lovely ex was in front of me, pulling up in the carpark next to mine at Woolies. We exchanged ‘Hi’s!!!’ Chatted about her holiday, said she was looking well and then she rushed off. I hadn’t even mentioned it. I felt a pang of guilt when I noticed her eyes move to my hair, a quick professional scan and she knew what had happened. She knew I was seeing someone else. She was just too damn nice to even mention it. I reflected on our time together, I tried to imagine who she was with now, and I decided that really, for both our sakes, it was time to move on.

28 March, Friday April 3 and Saturday April 4 all at 7.30pm. Based on the long-running TV series of the 80’s, the creators of this also gave us the popular sitcoms ‘Are You Being Served?’ and ‘Dad’s Army’. Tickets $15, $12 concession and table bookings are available at Murwillumbah Music Shop, 6672 5404 or at the door at the Civic Centre on the night. For enquiries please ring Rosemary on 6672 1520.

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The Needle and the Damage Done Comedian, DJ, writer, ex-critic and Green Room Award winner Fiona Scott Norman will lead audiences through an unbelievable top ten of the most cringe-worthy music in the world, including albums from John Laws, Bernard King, proselytising Christians, AFL players, white supremacists, misguided celebrities, Abigail and Leonard Nimoy. Directed by Paul McCarthy, ‘The Needle And The Damage Done’ is two parts nostalgia, two parts cultural satire and ten parts shock and awe comedy. Tickets A$A27, C$22, U18 $12 Star Court Theatre, Lismore, March 25 and 28. Mullumbimby Civic Hall, March 26. Great Northern, Byron Bay, March 27.

Tweed River Art Gallery Exhibitions

Coby Grant at Cabarita Beach Bar and Grill work by one of our region’s most successful ceramic artists and the winner of the recent Border Art Prize, Avital Sheffer. Reconstruction: the genesis of available evidence Using textiles, wooden ornaments, found objects and images, Lucille Martin responds to the global diet of over-consumption and consumerism. ‘...a thousand words’. On display from March 27 to September 13. This collection of artist prints selected from the Print Archive of the Print Council of Australia illustrates the myriad of stories that artists often draw upon as inspiration for their work. Gallery hours: Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm.

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ARIES: Take advantage of the Sun, Mercury, Venus and this year’s new Moon in Aries to send an energetic wish list to the universe this week. Plant the seed ideas of what you’d like to grow and manifest later in the year, because right now the force is with you. TAURUS: In a transitioning economy, security conscious Taurans are likely to want to play it safe. But there’s no such creature as a sure thing and this adventurous week favours progressive ideas and original marketing strategies, so if funds shrink, start expanding your mind. Get creative. GEMINI: The present astroclimate favours forthright action over long winded discussion, and with people tending to be argumentative, disagreeing could be more trouble than it’s worth. This week’s challenge will be tactfully leading discussions and negotiations away from impassioned rants and back to a productive track. Sergey Shipov recently described Gata Kamsky’s play in his Candidates final against Veselin Topalov as comparable to his efforts in Canberra and Sydney two years ago. Shipov came to Australia in 2007 as the top seed in Australia’s two strongest-ever international open tournaments, Canberra’s Doeberl Cup and the Sydney International Open, but returned home to Russia with his world ranking in freefall, having run into a series of young, talented and underrated Australian players. Shipov’s experience did not seem to discourage international stars from coming to the Doeberl Cup and SIO in 2008 and next month the two events, running consecutively, promise to be bigger and better than ever. Easter’s 47th Doeberl Cup – www.thedoeberlcup.com.au – again at the Hellenic Club and sponsored by O2C, is the most accessible event for players of all strengths, featuring five separate tournaments.

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Tweed Heads Tourers Tony Haynes Memorial Day winners were Musgrave Hill whose name is to be inscribed on the trophy. Next Sunday 29 March the lads will accompany South Tweed for a game at Robina and the bus will depart the club at 9.am NSW time. Darts Tweed Valley Darts Association Results of games played 23rd March. A grade Jokers 10 def. Clockwork Orange 5 and Gulls 8 def. Hoganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heroes 7. Congratulations to Bruce Beadel who threw 180. B grade Leftovers 9 def. Sharks 2 and Devils 6 def. Cgulls 5. Point score for A grade Jokers 65, Gulls 58, Hoganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heroes 53 and Clockwork Orange 34. B grade pooint score Devils 47, Leftovers 43, Cgulls 33 and Sharks 31. Football Youth Grade: Mudgeeraba 4 defeated Tweed Valley Kings 3. Reserve Grade: Mudgeeraba 1 lost to Tweed Valley Kings 6. 1st Grade: Mudgeeraba 2 lost to tweed Valley Kings 5. GOLF Chinderah Veterans Social Golf Results for Thursday 19.3.09 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stableford Winner â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade: John Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Smith 42 points, new handicap 8, R up: Jack Kuhne 41 points (c back), new handicap 9. Winner â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade: Alan Andrews, 42 points (c back), new handicap 17, R up: Margaret Berryman, 42 points, new handicap 14. Winner â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade: Coral Rasmussen, 44 points, new handicap 20. R up: Marg Winkler, 41 points (c back), new handicap 22. Ball rundown to 39 points. Results for Monday 23 3 09 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4 Man Ambrose. Winners: Ray Tolley, Betty Tolley, Kath Gordon and Marcia Edmunds â&#x20AC;&#x201C; net 43, 1, 8. R up: Des Arndell, Dudley Wallis, Tom Hyde and Doug Helton â&#x20AC;&#x201C; net 46, 3, 8. 2nd R up â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Don Swan, Paula Forster, Geoff Hawkey and Peter Forster â&#x20AC;&#x201C; net 47, 6, 8. Ball rundown to net 49, 7, 8. Next event â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Monday 30 3 09 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stroke and Monthly Medal Murwillumbah Golf Club Sunday C.Haeden 41 pts N Pin 2nd C.Harden Monday 9th Feb Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Winners K Blyth and A.Collings 65.500 nett R Up M.Shields and G.Thorburn 66.000 nett N Pin 2nd C.Somerville 5th J.Gooley10th K.Blyth 17th W.Bruce B.R.D.to 68.250 nett

Mudgeeraba visit Tigers The Tweed Coast Tigers Junior Australian Football Club hosted a visit from Mudgeeraba AFC on Sunday, March 22. All three grades trailed and lost on the day however the coaching staff was pleased with the performance. It was the first game this season against a club which has been in training longer than the local lads who were in their third practice game, so fitness was also an issue. Overall it was a very successful day and arrangements have been tentatively made for a reciprocal visit next year which can only benefit both clubs and the Australian game in our respective regions.

What was particularly pleasing was the performance of the new players who enjoyed the game very much. Bob Mackay advised the players that the Club would look at arranging another trial game for them before the official season gets under way. This game could set the team up for a successful season in the Northern Rivers Junior competition . The final Scores on the day were: the under 12s for Mudgeeraba 11/9/75 defeated Tweed Coast 4/5/29, in the under 14s, Mudgeeraba 9/7/61 defeated Tweed Coast 4/7/31 and in the under 16s Mudgeeraba 10/9/69 defeated Tweed Coast 3/5/23.

c.b Tuesday 10th Feb Women Ind Stableford A,Grade B.Lane 37 pts and G.Swan 35 pts B.Grade H,Mackay 36 pts and A.Wedlock 35 pts C.Grade J.Boyd 35 pts and L.Turner 33 pts c.b N.pin 2nd J.Duke and D,Rabe 5th M.Van Den Broek and J.Baker 10th G.Swan 17th P.Smith and L.Turner B R Down to 32 pts Wednesday 11th Feb Winner A,Grade R.Masiar 41 pts R.Up C.Dean 39 pts B.Grade K.Forster 36 pts c.b R Up J.Djordevic 39 pts Veteran pts c.b N Pin 2nd R.Willemse 17th B R Down to 35 pts SHOOTING Murwillumbah Pistol Club Week ended 21st March2009: Air Pistol â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Men â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Berry 585 R Rees 585 J Lumsden 570. Standard Pistol â&#x20AC;&#x201C; D Gazzard 615 S Nash 591 R Fleming 577 A Uren 574 A Berry 574 J Lumsden 571 M Thomas 570 J Traves 568 G Andronicus 565 J Gove 562 R King 558 N Davis 556 L Tease 552 R Rees 549 T Walters 549 M Fleming 547 J Clough 546 J Hoctor 544 N Frankland 534 A Gazzard 521 P Cusack 516 R Walters 481 H Walters 425.

SURF LIFE SAVING Cudgen Surf Notes Australian Titles â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Scarborough March 17-22 Gold: Jan Gielis, 60-64 Female Sprint. Silver: Ben James and Matt Rigney in the 19 year Board Rescue. Bronze: Callum Smith,15yr Rescue Tube. Jan Gielis 60-64year Flags, Board, Iron Woman and Rescue Tube. Finalists: Matt Rigney -19yr Belt 4th, 160year Surfboat Crew 4th, Callum Smith -15yr Surf, Rohan Small Open Belt. Semi Finalist: Jarrad Cain, Open Iron Man, Ben James and Rohan Small, Open Board Rescue, Ben James 19year Surfboard. SLSC PATROLS Cudgen PATROLS Saturday: 10.30am â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Prawnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Luke Hawkey (Capt.) Sunday: AM â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ducksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gary Raso (Capt.) PM â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Pelicansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Giles Wilson (Capt.)

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Tweed Gold Coast Family History & Heritage Assoc. will hold their monthly meeting Tuesday, April 7, in South Tweed Sports Club, Minjungbal Drive at 1.30pm. Guest speaker is Yvonne Woolley with a talk on her own family history titled â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;A Man of his Timeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Visitors welcome to attend and tea/ coffee following meeting. Inquiries: Noelene Magrath 07 5599 8939.

View clubs Twin Towns Day VIEW Club will hold its next meeting on Thursday, April 2. This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speaker will be Sheena Worrall, a lecturer at the Endeavour College of Natural Health and she will be speaking about the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Importance of Touchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. This is a meeting not to be missed. The club meets at the South Tweed Sports club and starting time is 11am. Visitors are always welcome, please reserve your spot for lunch, pleasant company and this very interesting speaker by phoning Freda on 07 5524 1357 before 3pm, Tuesday, March 31. Murwillumbah Day View Club is planning a six-day trip to the Hunter Valley from May 18. For details call Pauline on 02 6672 2275.

Garden club Tweed Coast Garden Association will be holding a morning tea and lunch at Norries Headland, Cabarita beach on Tuesday, March 31, commencing 10am at a cost of $5 all inclusive. Bring cups and chairs and some friends. Contact Dennis or Kathy on 6676 4402.

Parkinsons support Tweed Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Support Group meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at the Community Room, Tweed City Shopping Centre at 9.30am. The group has new coordinators who are keen to meet all members and anyone interested in coming along. Next meeting April 13. Contact Jill 02 6674 3252.

Kingy playgroup A new playgroup, Kingscliff Beach Babes Community Playgroup, will be run under the Playgroup NSW banner, a not-for-profit organisation. The free weekly sessions will consist of craft,

music and movement, story-time, free play and fun and open to families who join Playgroup NSW for $39 for a full year (for insurance cover, a quarterly magazine and an Australian Baby Card which allows access to discounts and special offers at many places across NSW). The playgroup will be held at the Kingscliff Community Hall, Marine Pde, Kingscliff one morning per week from 9:30am12:30pm. Donations sought of musical instruments, storage boxes, dress-ups, scarves, CDs, educational toys, books, blocks, craft materials, climbing frames, mats etc. Pickup of items is available. Call Chantal for info on 02 6674 2856.

Food giveaway Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bread and grocery giveaway is on again at 12.30pm DST at Jack Evans Boat Harbour and grocery donations urgently sought. I thank you all for your past contributions. Terri 0414 376 057.

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. Please come to meet people who understand â&#x20AC;&#x201C; because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been there!

Music concert Tweed Links Music Club concert, Sunday, April 5, at 2pm (NSW), Coolangatta Tweed Heads Golf Club, Soorley Street, Tweed Heads South. Enjoy an afternoon of entertainment in the main auditorium with the Tweed Links Quartet and Allan Grant Dancers. Special guest is Bill Alexander variety artist and vocalist. Supported by Northern Rivers Sinfonietta Gillian Hayllar, Joy and Peter Bartlett. Admission is $5 for Coolangatta Tweed Heads golf club members, $10 for visitors. Call Elaine 07 5590 7870 for info.

Apex club Murwillumbah Apex is in danger of closing down due to lack of numbers. So Murwillumbah Scout Group is hosting a Trivia Night for Murwillumbah Apex Club, to be held at Murwillumbah Scout Hall in Brisbane Street Murwillumbah from 6:30pm on April 4. An auction will be held on the night to raise funds for Apex. $10 per head maximum 8 per table. Prizes for the winning table. So

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Cancer support The Cancer Support Groups will be involved with the Relay for Life to be held April 4-5 at the Murwillumbah Showgrounds. Tweed-Murwillumbah Cancer Support Group will not be meeting on the Saturday but invite other cancer survivors and carers are invited to join the activities of the relay. Tweed-Brunswick Breast Cancer Support Group will meet on Monday, April 6, 10am-noon. The venue is uncertain so contact the TPS office 02 6672 8459 prior to the day. As many of the ladies attended Petrea Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workshop, there will be a discussion about their experience. For further information contact Lianne 02 6672 0102.

U3A U3A Tweed Coast Friday Forum, April 3, at Kingscliff Uniting Church Hall at 2pm with guest speaker Don Riley talking about travel with a difference. On a tour to Peru, Don and Yvonne discovered the Helping Hands Tour and are happy to share this very special experience with us.

Seniors trip Coolangatta Seniors are organising a trip to Brisbane and Dayboro on April 30. Morning tea will be held at Mount Cootha and a bush barbie lunch at Dayboro. There will be time for a stroll then back to the Tweed via Petrie. Cost is $37 for members and $39 for

Fun run Twin Towns Services Runners and Walkers Club is holding its seventh annual Good Friday Fun Run and Walk on Fingal Beach again this year. All ages are catered for with a 500m run for under 10s, 3km event and 6km event. All proceeds go to the Fingal Surf Life Savers Club and Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Entry forms available from Twin Towns, Club Banora, Twin Towns Juniors or at www.ttscrunnersandwalkers.org. Entry is $20 for families, $10 for adults and $5 for under 18-year-olds. Call 0755 232 338 or email teral@tpg.com.au for more.

Performing arts Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts is approaching. This year it will be held from June 26 - July 21. The closing date for entries is April 3. For further info call Judith Kingston on 02 6679 5539 (dance); Kay Robinson on 07 5524 1257 (speech); Pauline Hibbard 02 6672 3597 (music).

Computer group 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, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. All welcome.

Pottsville markets Market stall at Pottsville, Sunday, April 19. St Markâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church welcomes the donation of cakes, biscuits, jams, condiments, plants, herbs, books, quality small bric-a-brac (not electrical) and any other saleable items for this stall. If you can help, call Karen 02 6676 4148. for information or transport

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Cancer Council NSW is offering subsidised massages to women with breast cancer living in the Tweed shire who have been diagnosed within the last two years and are currently having active treatment. Massages are available at this subsidised rate until May 2009. To register for the massage program or for more info call the Cancer Council Helpline 02 9334 1497 or 131120 (local call cost). What would you dare to do for Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cancers? Visit www.daredallion.com.au.

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The Murwillumbah Historic Society is hosting a walk around South Murwillumbah on March 29. Departing from the old railway station at 1.30pm, it will take in the sights around Prospero Street and Alma Street. A sausage sizzle donated by the Southern Cross Organic Butchery will greet walkers afterwards. Almost 100 historic photographs of Murwillumbah businesses will be on display at the Murwillumbah Museum for three weeks. Call Ron Johansen for more information on 02 6677 9204.

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AT HAMMER & HAND JEWELLERY & METAL COLLECTIVE Friday 27th March, 5.30-9pm 1/4 Ti Tree Place, Byron A & I Park Help us welcome our new artists and follow the Artist Trail â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Light the Wayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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BAMBOO PLY from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring. For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure www.bambooply.com.au COLOUR PHOTO PRINTER for A3+ paper, Epson R2400, 12 months old, $850. Phone Jeff 0418841777 BALINESE TV/VIDEO cabinet 1.7m w x 1.25m h, 2 doors, 11 drawers, vgc, $400. Timber dining table 1.4 x 1.4m + 8 chairs $100. 5 seat corner lounge with double divan bed $50. F&P fridge/freezer s-steel. Timber/iron dble bed + matress, as new $250. 2 x chrome bunks, vgc $100 ea. 2 x single beds $30ea + more. 0407939735

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TRACTOR REPAIRS 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.

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CLUB LOUNGE 1x3 & 2x1 seat. Autumn ďŹ&#x201A;oral, g-cond $350 ono. Ph 0755239771

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

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CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE $$$s for most. Phone 0418189324, 0438189323 MAZDA ASTINA runs well, registered $1500. Ph 66771278

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POSITIONS VACANT 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 ofďŹ ce box. FULL-TIME WAIT PERSON with front of house experience, coffee making etc. Also part-time position available. Resume to: home@ maviseskitchen.com.au PODIATRY ASSISTANT Foot Life Podiatry is seeking a people-oriented person with good communication skills who can handle reception and assisting the podiatrist. Computer and general ofďŹ ce skills are essential. The position is parttime (2 days pw). Please respond in your own handwriting giving two references and your past work experience. Reply to: Podiatry Assistant, PO Box 6698, Tweed Heads South NSW 2486 by 5pm Wednesday April 1.

PETS ADOPT A CAT from Animal Welfare League NSW. Phone 66844070

This beautiful young girl is an absolute delight! KITTY has a gentle nature and a friendly disposition. Now that her little babies are old enough to ďŹ nd homes of their own, this sweet little mum will make a loving companion for anyone wanting an affectionate, well-adjusted cat. Friends of the Pound are offering this desexed, microchipped and vaccinated girl for $90 plus $40 NSW registration.

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Hastings Point $800,000 2 X HOMES ON CREEK FRONTAGE

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Three residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; groups opposing moves to close and sell part of Bay Street to a developer are hopeful of viewing a secret probity plan which gave the all-clear to the proposed deal. Residents suspect the plan will shed light on how the proposal morphed so dramatically from the original concept unveiled in 1994. The council, which has agreed to meet with ratepayers, Jack Evans Boat Harbour advocates and environmental groups to discuss their concerns, says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s considering releasing the plan, but warns it probably will not be available in time for the March 31 forum. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

Tweed Shire Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new chief revenue raiser, Troy Green, deserves a salute from ratepayers after rescuing a $2 million investment from the maws of the sub-prime debacle. The former maths teacher, who was denied a career as an RAAF pilot because of shortsightedness, showed some canny foresight in restructuring investments in Helium Capital 12 months before the fund sank under the weight of toxic debt. The amount saved is equivalent to a 5.5 per cent rate rise. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

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Talking of rate rises, Tweed Heads resident Terry Sharples has suffered a further setback in his lone crusade to derail the rises contained in the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven year plan. First, the Land and Environment Court rejected his appeal to have the plan declared null and void, then last week the new council voted to retain the plan after earlier deciding to pursue the retired accountant for costs. Now the NSW Supreme Court has rejected his application to extend the deadline for lodging an appeal against the court decision after it arrived two days late on January 29. Mr Sharples is seeking an extension at a hearing next month, arguing he missed the deadline because

Murwillumbah was left to the dogs over the weekend, when more than 2,000 paws stampeded their way into town. Almost 600 dogs showed up at the Murwillumbah Showgrounds for the Tweed River Canine Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-day dog show in the hopes of being judged best in show. Emma Marshall (pictured) travelled all the way from Toowoomba with her Rhodesian Ridgebacks Minty and Trio â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a real dog of a trip with the boisterous pair. Photo Jeff â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dogsbodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dawson

he was hampered by a lack of legal advice and materials. The council is expected to strongly oppose the application. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

Terranora bird lovers are unknowingly putting air travellersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives at greater risk by feeding free-loading pelicans. According to the Gold Coast Airport, the big birds fly back to Currumbin after their easy nosh, directly over the airport. It believes numbers are increasing because of the feeding, and wants locals to stop. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

A workshop for landowners in the Tweed Valley interested in conserving biodiversity on their property will be held this Saturday, March 28, at 9.15am-1.30pm at Murwillumbah CWA Hall, 20 Queen Street, followed by a property visit from 2.30pm-4pm. Organised in cooperation with Tweed Landcare, the morning session features short talks from Environment Defenders Office lawyers and a range of organisations which offer conservation agreements. It will

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