Tweed Echo – Issue 1.30 – 02/04/2009 by Echo Publications

THE TWEED SHIRE Volume 1 #30 Thursday, April 2, 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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LOCAL & INDEPENDENT

Govt won’t restore rail services

Mum determined to beat cancer

Ken Sapwell

Carolyn Sforcina (pictured left, with scarf) plans to run in the local Relay for Life organised by Di Endicott (right). Photo: Jeff Dawson Roxanne Millar

Carolyn Sforcina may be undergoing daily radiation treatments for breast cancer, but she isn’t going to let that stop her from taking part in an 18-hour walk around the Murwillumbah Showgrounds on the weekend. The Murwillumbah mother-of-three is determined to get a lap or two of the showground ring in as part of the Cancer Council’s annual fundraiser Relay for Life. ‘I’m not sure how far I’ll get but, I’ll give it a go,’ she said. ‘I walked in it last year and I’m determined to walk again next year. I have three children and four grandchildren and that is why I am going to get better – I’ve got grandkids to help rear.’ The determined 54-year-old was diagnosed with breast cancer around three years ago and

has battled misdiagnosis, had a mastectomy, undergone chemotherapy, battled infections and is now receiving radiotherapy. ‘It has been hard but I feel positive,’ she said. ‘Some days are better than others but I feel like something has been lifted from me since I finished my chemo. I’ve found my family really supportive and some really good friends have come out of the woodwork.’ Breast cancer survivor Di Endicott, the organiser of the local Relay for Life, said having that social support was essential for dealing with cancer. ‘A lot of women find their friends may be frightened to contact them – frightened they might cause offence. They would rather hide than confront the subject of cancer,’ said Di. ‘That is how I got involved with Relay for Life. I figured if I can be out there helping someone else, I should.

‘If people understand there is support out there, it may make it easier because bottling it up is no good.’ Di was diagnosed with breast cancer five years ago. She managed to avoid a mastectomy and chemo or radiation, preferring to use natural therapies to heal her body. It is her fourth Relay for Life fundraiser, in which participants walk around the showgrounds this weekend from 3pm Saturday to 9am Sunday. People can walk for as long or as little as they like – provided one person from each team is walking at all times. The event is very social, with bands, food and entertainment. To get involved get down to the showgrounds between 3pm Saturday and 9am Sunday. People without a team can still walk. For more information call Di Endicott on 6672 4044.

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An internal document analysing submissions to the Cross Border Transport Taskforce reveals the NSW government has no intention of restoring rail services to the Tweed, says Greens MP Lee Rhiannon. Ms Rhiannon, who is the party’s transport spokesman, said a copy of the taskforce’s final report was leaked to her after the government again refused to release it publicly. ‘The analysis in this leaked document suggests the government has been sitting on the report because it knows that its findings would be extremely unpopular with voters who want rail services restored,’ Ms Rhiannon said. ‘It shows the taskforce’s complete disregard for the community’s desire for the revitalisation of rail services in the region by clearly favouring bus services as the silver bullet for the region’s transport problems. ‘Its analysis of submissions concludes that rail is too costly, inefficient, time consuming and cannot be justified on demographic grounds.’ One of the suggested ‘next steps’ in the report is for the Transport Ministry ‘to determine the region to be a priority for bus reform’. The document concludes that ‘in the absence of significant population growth, the most flexible, responsive and sustainable mode for the delivery of the low to medium population density public transport services is by bus’. Ms Rhiannon says she is calling on Transport Minister David Campbell to reveal whether another ‘next step’ proposed in the leaked document – that the ‘taskforce engage an appropriately qualified consultant to undertake an engineering study of corridor options for a future rail link to south-east Queensland’ – has ever been actioned. ‘This leaked document makes clear how dismissive the government is of the views of

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Local News

Awards showcase local fashion student Roxanne Millar

Where do you get your copy? If you don’t receive The Echo at home or the weather is too bad for house to house delivery, pick up a copy of your Echo from the following places: Banora Point: Banora Point Shopping Village, Chris’ Paradise Fruit Shop, Tweed Heights Shopping Centre IGA, Zaraffa’s Coffee in Banora Central Bilambil Heights: Stores Burringbar: Real estate agent and service station Byron Bay: Echo office, Community Centre, newsagent, Visitors Centre Cabarita Beach: Beach Bar, SLSC and cafe, newsagent, bottleshop Casuarina/Salt: IGA, Salt Bar, bottleshop Chillingham: Store Chinderah: Art Gallery, pub, newsagent Coolagattta – Griffith Street and The Esplanade: Three newsagents, Visitor Info Centre, 7-11 Supermarket, Coolangatta Sands and Coolangatta Hotel, Surf Club, Coolangatta Senior Citizens Club, Twin Towns Condong: Store Crabbes Creek: General Store Fingal Head: Sheoak Shack Hastings Point: General store, service station Kingscliff: Bowls Club, Library/ Community Centre, two newsagents, Rings Realty, Echo stand in shopping mall

Mooball: Pub and petrol station Mount Burrell: Store Mullumbimby: Echo office Murwillumbah: Echo office, Bulk Whole Foods, Escape Gallery, Caldera Environment Centre, Sunnyside mall stand Pottsville: Supermarket, bottleshop, newsagent, fruit market South Tweed Industrial Estate: 5-Star Machinery Drive, Casa Del Cafe, East Coast Bulk Food, Eat Me Cafe South Tweed: Dry Dock Road convenience store, South Tweed Bowls Club and Sports Club, Tweed/Coolangatta Golf Club, Tweed City – Echo stand, Tweed Tavern Stokers Siding: Store Terranora: Supermarket Tumbulgum: Post Office store Tweed Heads – Wharf Street: Bakery, Community Centre/Library, Hospital main foyer, Ivory Tavern, newsagent, Tweed Heads Bowls Club, Twin Towns Tyalgum: Store Uki: Store, pub West Tweed: Seagulls, Cellarbrations, Broadwater Village Retirement Park, Spar Supermarket, Panorama Newsagent

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With a sketchbook full of designs and a completed collection of cocktail dresses, a Murwillumbah 20-year-old is about to feature in a national fashion competition. Ashleigh Alexander (pictured), formerly of Mount St Patrick Regional College, has been chosen to compete for the second year running in the televised NRA Australian Fashion Design Awards. The awards showcase fashion’s rising stars and are the longest-running, continuously-televised fashion awards in Australia. They launched in 1981 and provide designers with a glamorous avenue to show off their creations to store buyers, shoppers and fashion aficionados. Ashleigh, in her second year of study at the Australian Institute of Creative Design on the Gold Coast, will enter a collection of cocktail dresses titled Trashy Princess. ‘The series basically fuses modern and vintage style. It is quite structured but with an edgy look to it – trashy but classy all at once,’ she said. ‘I try to design styles that are quirky and you wouldn’t see in shops and I favour cocktail and racewear and try to work with silks and lace when finances permit.’

Ashleigh has been designing clothes since the age of 16 and has also studied in Sydney. She balances her course work with a job at a bridal store in Brisbane where the designer is mentoring her. ‘I always loved dressing up and drawing and I guess I learnt how to sew and all that from there,’ said Ashleigh. ‘I get my inspiration on the run. I’ll have an idea and it might change as I am making it up.’ The budding designer will enter the NRAs in the student designer category, which carries a grand prize of a Paris American Academy Fashion Workshop Scholarship with top designers as teachers and catwalks as classrooms. With her course to finish in June, the timing could not be more perfect. ‘I’m not sure what I will do when I finish studying – hopefully I’ll be in Paris,’ she said. ‘I would like to start my line but it is all about being seen. I’ve entered Melbourne Cup’s Fashion on the Field before and had people wear my dresses out, so I will focus on that a bit more probably.’ The NRA awards will be broadcast on Channel Nine on April 8 from 8.30pm.

Parents pitch in Having good parents is always a great start to life – particularly when they are handy with a hammer and nail, as children at Burringbar’s Gumnuts Community Preschool learned recently. Parents and grandparents were enlisted as labourers to finish off an extension to the building by Work for the Dole participants. Built 25 years ago, the preschool has been funded for a new entrance foyer and parents’ room that will allow it to attract a baby nurse regularly. Gumnuts supervisor Joan Bridgeham said some of the original families who helped set up the preschool even came back to lend a hand. The preschool caters for about 20 youngsters of all ages.

Govt won’t restore rail (continued from page 1) individuals and community groups who have taken the time to provide detailed submissions on the transport needs of the region,’ she said. ‘The Task Force appears to have a one track mind – that bus services not rail are the solution to Northern NSW’s transport needs.’ Tweed MP Geoff Provest said the government admitted it had misled locals into believing it had a transport plan, when in fact nothing has been done. 2 April 2, 2009 The Tweed Shire Echo

‘The NSW and Queensland Labor Premiers told us before the March 2007 election their policy would include future plans for road and rail transport in the Tweed-Gold Coast region,’ Mr Provest said. ‘Last year, I twice applied for a copy of the NSW Government’s three-page Cross Border Transport taskforce final report under Freedom of Information laws, but was told the document would not be released because it had yet to be considered by Cabinet

despite being finalised over a year ago. ‘But Labor’s response is that the so-called final report does not exit and the government has not even finished a draft form, so we remain in the dark.’ Mr Provest and Legislative Council colleague Jenny Gardiner have lodged notices of motion in each House to debate re-opening the Murwillumbah to Casino rail service ahead of the May 17 fifth anniversary of its closure. www.tweedecho.com.au

Local News

Welcome to our sustainable street Roxanne MIllar

Gathered under the shade of a jacaranda tree, Murwillumbah Street residents (pictured) catch up on the latest neighbourhood gossip. But the news being traded here, along with local produce, isn’t of turf wars – but rather how the street can further lower its carbon footprint with the latest sustainable methods. Inspired by a Melbourne concept, the local residents have turned Murwillumbah Street into the Tweed Shire’s first Sustainability Street. For the past 12 months they have striven together to lower the street’s carbon footprint by planting home grown crops, installing solar panels and solar hot water systems and developing waste reduction strategies. Once a month they hold a market day where they swap their produce, magazines, sustainability tips and the latest news on their lives. Residents said it has resulted in lower bills and higher levels of happiness. ‘It has brought the street a lot

closer together,’ said resident Kristy McInerney. ‘We know all of our neighbours and you can’t walk down the street without saying hello to someone and stopping for a chat.’ Pam Willock added: ‘We don’t live in each other’s pockets but we do help each other out. If you need a hand with anything, it is great to know there are a group of neighbours who will happily help.’ Tweed Shire Council has

named the residents pioneers of sustainability and unofficially renamed Murwillumbah Street as Sustainability Street. The council’s sustainability officer Dan Walton said it was collating statistics to measure the impact of the concept on water and energy consumption, in the hope hard data might convince other streets to take up the challenge. ‘Sustainability Street is a community driven movement. It

does not work with a top-down approach. It really comes from people wanting to do something themselves,’ he said. Murwillumbah Street can thank residents Diana Erkison and Lisa Blackwell for launching the concept, inspired by green group Vox Bandicoot in Melbourne. Interested in the concept? Join the Muwillumbah Sustainability Street group on Facebook at www.facebook.com.

Twin towers gateway proposed Ken Sapwell

Twin high-rise towers standing on opposite sides of the main southern approach to Tweed Heads is a key feature of a radical new vision for the town favoured by a governmentappointed taskforce. The six-cities taskforce, setup by former Planning Minister Frank Sartor to recommend planning changes to help revitalise the town, believes the two towers would create a fitting gateway symbolic of the town’s future. But taskforce community representative and local residents’ association president, Laurie Ganter, says the towers are more symbolic of Gold Coaststyle glitz and wants Planning Minister Kristina Keneally to knock the concept on the head. Mr Ganter said taskforce chairman Chris Johnston re-

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vealed the concept in a final report urging sweeping planning changes at the taskforce’s last meeting in May, but would not allow copies to be taken away. Mr Johnston this week declined to comment about the plans or the high-rise gateway, but issued a a press release saying the taskforce was working closely with Tweed Council to fine-tune four key plans, including a city centre vision and a commercial improvement plan. Council general manager Mike Rayner says he is unable to comment on the plans but had been told their release by Ms Keneally is ‘imminent.’ Mr Ganter says apart from the twin towers, the plans unveiled at the final meeting appeared generally in line with the 2004 Tweed Heads master plan which also recommends new height and density con-

trols aimed at revitalising the run-down CBD. ‘They showed us the report and the proposed changes to building heights through a computer but when we asked for a copy we were told we couldn’t have one,’ he said. He said Mr Johnston told them the towers would be located either side of Minyungbal Drive, with one on the site now occupied by the von Bibra car dealership, while the other was on an unspecified site across the road. He said he hoped the concept would eventually meet the same fate as some of the even more contentious plans which the taskforce advocated soon after it was appointed in 2007 but later scrapped following warnings of a strong community backlash. These included rezoning part of the Crown land owned fore-

shores of the Jack Evans Boat Harbor for three 22-storey tower blocks as neighbours to the Seascape tower, which emerged as the town’s first high-rise following an intriguing approval process in 1982. Another taskforce initiative to allow taller buildings in South Tweed Heads was forced on to the backburner after the Emergency Services raised serious concerns about performing large-scale flood evacuations if population densities grow. Mr Johnston’s press release said the community would be given a chance to comment on the plans after they were released. ‘Until these documents have been finalised the department will not be able to provide further guidance regarding issues such as densities and building heights,’ the press release concludes.

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Local News

Taking care of business Uki artist featured in doco The Echo’s spotlight on local business

hen it comes to addictions, forget a morning coffee – Shari Cowan cannot get through the year without her sixmonthly carpet and upholstery cleans. Dirty carpet to the Kingscliff woman is as annoying as a ringing phone – it must be dealt with, and dealt with fast. Luckily, Shari is the co-owner of Monarch Prestige Clean and counts one of the Tweed’s best qualified carpet, upholstery and tile cleaners as her partner in love and in business. ‘My husband Greg has completed his training to the highest level you can get to. And because I am so fussy about carpet and upholstery, every six months I’ll say to him ‘how about cleaning my carpets – I’ll pick up your mess over on the bench!’ Kingscliff-based Monarch Prestige Clean is a member of the Australian Carpet Cleaning Institute and Shari’s husband Gregory Sewell has completed training to the highest level – Asset Maintenance Three – while another employee David Best is about to finish his last modules. ‘I’m a master technician myself – but Dave will be advising me with his new found knowledge pretty soon,’ Shari said. Top training and education is a major part of Monarch Prestige Clean as its owners both hope to reverse some of the bad press carpet cleaners get.

Shari said that 90 per cent of carpet cleaners are not formally qualified and are just out to get a quick buck. ‘It is just wrong. Your carpet is a major cost item that you need to last for many years. You need to treat it and clean it right,’ she said. ‘There are a lot of cowboys out there. The industry has never been regulated, yet it is very scientific and technical now. ‘We try to lead the field with our training. It is a great career for people. ‘David has four kids and got out of his former trade because it had no future – in comparison carpet cleaning has become a valuable trade.’ The business is likely to get better, as the couple treat it like a treasured son. ‘The business is our baby and is growing all the time, due to our clients being happy with our service and telling their friends,’ she said. Find Monarch Prestige Clean at 18 Monarch Drive, Kingscliff. Phone 1800 725 666. Email prestigeclean@monarch.net.au and check out the website www.monarch.net.au.

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Like many great minds before him, Robert Pope has been lauded as a genius by some and lambasted as a nutter by others. But the Mount Warning artist will be honoured later this month (April) by the Galileo Institute in London, which will include him in a documentary on great minds likely to bring about a new science for humanity. Pope (pictured) will fly to London this month for filming alongside eight other genius scientists and philosophers for the documentary, which is expected to air in the UK next year. Despite Pope’s insistence that the world has ‘been sold a pup’ in terms of scientific theory and that his findings on science-art have been ignored, he is nonplussed about the documentary. ‘It has been done before, back in 1979,’ he said. What may please him is the ability to get his theories out to a wider audience, as the BBC is interested in picking up the program. ‘Anyone who gets in my road

– that’s it,’ Pope said. ‘Our science has been contaminated by fanatical religion. We’ve been sold a pup. ‘Humanity has been taken out of science. The laws of science and love are now based on damage.’ Pope is the man behind Uki’s Castle on the Hill Learning Centre and has been at the frontier of new scientific thinking for more than 40 years. He featured in ABC documentary The Scientists – Profiles of Discovery in 1979, in which researchers investigated his theories. He says his correction of Leonardo da Vinci’s Theory of

Knowledge succeeded in predicting the discovery of a new biological science and technology by international scientists in 1993. And he has warned that the world will self destruct if decision makers do not recognise the need to include art in science – as the world’s original scientists did hundreds of years ago. ‘It has been written about the classical era of grace being a fractal world view,’ he said. ‘With this view, you can link the living process to infinity. ‘But in our world view you cannot do that – everything must be destroyed.’

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Local News

Makeover bid for bowls club under fire Luis Feliu

Murwillumbah Bowls and Sports Club members may need a Jack Simpson (played by Mick Molloy in the film Crackerjack) on their side to oppose a multi-million-dollar plan by a developer to turn the club into a big supermarket complex with bowls greens on its roof. This Sunday, April 5, club members will vote on the possible sale of their club for the project, but already some members are getting nervous about the proposal from an unnamed developer. Secretary manager Helen Avery has refused to speak on the issue saying she did not want any publicity about it at all. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decision and

nobody elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she told The Echo after repeated attempts to contact her. Ms Avery told other media that if members gave the goahead for the bid, club members would get a brand new clubhouse, probably undercover with synthetic greens and lights â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;so we can bowl 24/7â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Tweed Shire Council has warned that the current zoning of the land betweren Commercial Road and Brisbane Street is recreational and not suitable for a supermarket as the immediate surrounding area is residential. The notice for the special general meeting asks members to consider the boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal for development of the club land and if approved the land will be offered for sale by tender to the developer or oth-

ers interested parties. The club board says the sale is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;in the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best interestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. The plans involve a new clubhouse and greens to be built on the upper level. One club member though is not happy. April Margieson of Murwillumbah said the club should hold off asking its members to approve the project at the first meeting on the issue. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough information and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough time,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ms Margieson told The Echo. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The redevelopment may take up to two years, and what will members do in that time? Membership will lapse. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The zoning is not right for a shopping centre and the economy is not doing really good so we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what the future holds.

Laughter the best medicine

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If the club goes ahead with this and the developer goes bust, where do we go from there? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supposed to be three storeys but people people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t climb stairs, so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lots of unanswered questions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even been told who the developer is. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Any vote should be deferred till we get all the information.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of planning and regulation Vince Connell said the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current zoning was recreational but councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development control plan nominated the preferred future land use as residential. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the general direction itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goingâ&#x20AC;Ś we would first look at the existing CBD for opportunities for shopping centre development and consider any proposals outside that area on its merits,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; he said. The plot in the film Crackerjack centres around a wisecracking layabout, Jack Simpson, who joins an inner-city lawn bowls club in order to be allowed to use a free parking spot. When the club faces closure Simpson is forced to play lawn bowls with the much older club stalwarts to turn the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fortunes around, especially as a shifty developer wants to take over and install poker machines.

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She has been branded a cheap laugh, told off for laughing too much and scolded for laughing too loud; but Cathy Hulme is just doing her day job. The volunteer community worker is a certified laughing leader, heading up a weekly laughter club for giggling gerties in Murwillumbah. Each week she leads half a dozen laughing learners through some hilarious and side splitting laughter games and yoga that can alleviate stress, diminish inhibitions and improve general wellbeing. Recounting the co-incidences and strange happenings that made her establish a laughter club, Mrs Hulme could only chuckle. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I was doing a course at U3A when a lady barged in and said that a person in our room called Cathy was running a laughter club and that she wanted to join,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said. www.tweedecho.com.au

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No one knew what she was talking about and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never heard of it before, but to get rid of her I told her I was Cathy and took her name and number and told her I would look into it. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Then someone else found a flyer they had received three months earlier about a laughter club in Southport so I went to check it out and they offered training and it all snowballed from there. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It was definitely a case of divine intervention.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The club has been operating for eight years, during which Mrs Hulme said her life had changed. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I was always so quiet, I would sit at the back whenever I was in a group. I wanted to be invisible,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;But laughing helps you lose your inhibitions and gives you a freedom that enters other areas of your life. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Now I give talks and I have visited men in prisons, which

was a big step because I was always frightened of men. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;These days I laugh at anything and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care if anyone is listening. People might say I laugh too loud, but I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mrs Hulme said she wanted more members for the laughter club because a good belly laugh was often the result of laughing along with other members. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for everybody because some people hold onto their inhibitions more and might not be ready,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; she said. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had people say they feel silly doing it but I believe when you try anything new you should go three times before making a decision. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Some devotees say it has left them on a cloud all week.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The laughter club meets on Wednesdays at the Murwillumbah Showgrounds from 10am. A donation of $1 is encouraged. For more information call Mrs Hulme on 6672 6817.

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Killer balloon fears get an airing Luis Feliu

A newspaper report on the planned release this week of nearly 200 balloons at Jack Evans Boat Harbour to highlight the plight of homeless youth on the Tweed sparked fears among wildlife carers that marine birds and animals would die as a result. A countless number of marine birds and animals die each year from swallowing and choking on spent balloons and discarded plastic bags which end up in waterways. The report last week said the balloons, each representing a homeless youth, would be released at the harbour yesterday in an event promoted by St Joseph’s Youth Service. But event co-ordinator Jerina Appo told The Echo the report was wrong. ‘They got it wrong, we are not releasing them and never had any intention of doing so,’ Ms Appo said. ‘We were just going to display them at the harbour for four hours then take them back to the office for a display there before binning them. ‘We know its not good for animals,’ she said. Australian Seabird Rescue (ASR) founder Marny Bon-

ASR volunteers Angie Stringer (left) and Marny Bonner remove a balloon (inset) from an immature Northern Giant Petrel which washed ashore after gagging on it. After a couple of days rest and rehabilitation, the bird, a threatened species which roam our seas during the winter months, was released.

ner, who with her late partner Lance Ferris, successfully campaigned the state government to outlaw the mass release of helium balloons, said she was horrified when she initially heard about the report from a Tweed ASR volunteer. ‘Thankfully those balloons were not released. I understand the need for symbolism at commemorative events such as funerals, but it’s a strange thing to celebrate someone’s life by

causing the death of others (ie. marine wildlife) and creating marine pollution,’ she said. ‘I make a plea to anyone considering releasing balloons, or even giving them away at promotional events, to at least make them air rather than lighter-than-air,’ Ms Bonner said that with the onset of the football season, public awareness of the problem was urgent as many balloons were released at

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games in other states, unlike in NSW where it is illegal to release more than 20 helium or lighter-than-air balloons at any one time. ‘There is already a huge load of them out there from weather balloons, etc and even though balloon producers say they’re made from latex, a natural substance which breaks down in six months, they will still kill a lot of turtles in that six months and go on killing for long time after that as it stays in the food chain. ‘When the animal decays, the balloons split and look just like a squid so it doesn’t matter if they’re made from a natural substance. ‘Our research shows even paper balloons are also dangerous as it clogs the digestive systems of marine animals. Ms Bonner suggested the use of Monarch butterflies as ‘an excellent alternative’ to releasing balloons and they can be readily purchased over the internet. ‘They are spectacular, native and, once dispersed, will either find a niche in the environment or at worst, end up a useful part of the ecosystem.’ For more info on these butterflies, visit: http://www. butterflyreleases.com.au/ butterfly_releases/special_ occasions.html

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Corey Crosthwaite, well known Murwillumbah dairy farmer, was happy to talk to The Echo about how and why he traps the Indian Myna, aka the flying cane toad, the introduced species whose increasing numbers cause serious depredation among native birds and small animals. We caught up with Corey (pictured with a myna cage) just before the afternoon milking. Corey’s family has worked on his farm for four generations. He, his wife Karen and children Britney and Brad work hard and so does his dad David, who lives nearby. ‘I was brought up to be a farmer and of course I love it,’ said Corey. He has a bit of time to talk, though the cows are moving purposefully towards the sheds and they can’t be kept waiting for long. Corey and his dad have been trapping Mynas for two months with cage traps supplied by Pamela Gray, Indian Myna Control Officer for Byron and Tweed Councils. They have caught close to a couple of hundred so far. Corey uses Lucky Dog Mini Bites to lure the mynas into the cage – once they are in, they can’t get out. The cage catches the birds alive, so any native species caught can be released. ‘Mynas chase away other birds,’ said Corey. ‘The only other thing I’ve caught is a rat.’ www.tweedecho.com.au

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There are flocks of Indian Mynas, up to 300 per flock, ranging all over the rural areas of Byron and Tweed. They nest at the same time of year as the majority of our native birds. This means they are a major threat to our native fauna as they aggressively take over and defend the few remaining natural tree hollows left in the rural (and urban) landscapes. Many of our native mammals are territorial and once ejected from the breeding habitat within their territory are unable to reproduce. Some species, such as the superb parrot, are already under severe threat of extinction. The native Noisy Miner, a honeyeater, looks a bit similar to the Indian Myna, but has a grey and white body, not the Indian Myna’s chocolate brown body with a black head. The native Miner is a harmless, protected species.

Corey puts his cage out early every morning, wherever the cows are, and moves the cage as he moves his cows from paddock to paddock. He leaves the cage out all day and checks the contents in the evening. Corey is able to dispatch the Mynas quickly by wringing their necks, but others can take them to the vet for euthanasia, or ask Tweed Council for a qualified shooter to come and help. ‘Getting rid of these Myna pests is a bit of extra work,’ Corey admits, ‘but worth it. Most farmers are up early, and the cages needs to be put out and baited before the birds are up. Catching Indian Mynas helps native birds, so I’m all for it,’ Pamela Gray would like to know if you have spotted any Indian Mynas, and/or if you can help control them. Ring her on 02 6670 2778 or look up Indianmyna@tweed.nsw. gov.au

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A good spy story livens up Canberra alcolm Turnbull is very, very upset, and not just by the opinVolume 1 #30 April 2, 2009 ion polls indicating that voters want him for Prime Minister like they want a Hell’s Angel for a neighbour. No, he’s not interested in the The state government’s response this week to the Garling Report into NSW’s troubled health system, though cautiously welcomed polls, he’s concentrating on by doctors, leaves many unanswered questions in relation to the jobs and the economy. Well, that’s what he’s concentrating North Coast Area Health Service. on deep down. What he’s actuThe response, involving $485 million worth of measures to be implemented in three stages over four years, is meant to focus on ally talking about up front is ‘patients, not paperwork’, according to Premier Nathan Rees and the Chinese connection with Kevin Rudd’s government. Health Minister John Della Bosca. Words. This does not mean he is Of Professor Garling’s 139 recommendations, 134 will be adopted but three of the most contentious issues – how to man- trying to revive memories of age low-risk pregnancies, the amalgamation of pediatric services Reds under the Bed or the Yellow Peril, let alone to combine into one children’s hospital, and the process of treating patients them into a present day Orin emergency departments – are yet to be addressed. ange Menace – any such sugThey are the three issues affecting many of the state’s smaller hospitals, including Murwillumbah Hospital, and gives rise to the gestion is contemptible. No, it’s a matter of the national interest suspicion, indeed acknowledged by the government, that the that Rudd had a meeting with a review is likely to result in the downgrading or closure of many of Chinese official which the Chithese hospitals, which the government says cannot provide the nese media knew about but the ‘appropriate critical mass’ for specialist medical services. Australian media didn’t, and In their place would be a statewide transport system to ferry that Defence Minister Joel Fitzpatients to and from large referral hospitals and various centres gibbon had two trips to China of excellence. paid for by his friend Helen Liu So it’s ironic that while our area’s health service chief executive and forgot to declare them on Chris Crawford enacts the government’s plan to slash 400 fullhis parliamentary register. time jobs at north coast hospitals, assuring us that no medical To the normal mind all this staff will be sacked, the government announces in its response proves is that Fitzgibbon was that it will employ 500 new clerical (non-medical) staff in NSW a bit sloppy (Tony Abbott’s hospitals to free up nurses ‘bogged down in paperwork’. term) in his accounting. The You have to wonder whether the left hand (Premier Rees) has Minister has rightly been repany idea of what the right hand (Mr Crawford) is doing. rimanded and is now on a The Garling report recommends at least four Sydney hospitals warning, which is as it should close and eight emergency departments be restructured so as be; in spite of what Abbott not to offer urgent care, but the government stopped short of claims, his offence was never saying which hospitals will close, instead delegating the decision a hanging one, even in John to doctors in a review due in another six months. Howard’s first term when he This only heightens the anxiety at Murwillumbah Hospital actually dismissed junior (not which has been suffering from uncertainty and downgrading senior) ministers for breaches over many years, much to the despair of the community. Mr of his code of conduct – later, Della Bosca even admitted the public would be ‘frustrated’ by the of course, Howard abandoned government’s indecision over which hospitals would close or be standards altogether. restructured. And Rudd’s desire for occaSo where does that leave the most recent cutbacks for the sional confidentiality may annorth coast involving the 400 non-medical jobs, 11 (full-timenoy the press gallery, but given equivalent) of them on the Tweed, which the nurses’ union says their collective reaction to the will affect patient safety? Taking with one hand and giving with current hiccup in a hurricane, another? who can blame him? Sections It’s all a bit confusing, but even more disheartening is the fact of the media have tried to turn this state government has secretly given millions of dollars to a Liu into some kind of Mata

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Hari figure, a sinister if inscrutable Oriental infiltrating the very heart of the Australian government. The fact that she was also photographed with John Howard is only further proof. And Rudd says he can’t even remember meeting her – was she in some kind of fiendish disguise? These are questions that must be answered. Well, they certainly must be asked,

resources duchessing him in the role. Perhaps he is projecting his own experience onto Rudd. Or perhaps it is simply Murdoch Press paranoia; after all it was Sheridan’s own editorin-chief, Chris Mitchell, who originally outed the mild mannered Manning Clark as a Russian agent. Next week: Julia Gillard is the secret mistress of Kim Jong-Il. Watch this space.

Sections of the media have tried to turn Liu into some kind of Mata Hari figure, a sinister if inscrutable Oriental infiltrating the Australian government. by Mungo MacCallum according to the rules of the Australian media, which sees a good spy story as only slightly less jeans-creaming than a good leadership story. In the conspiratorial forefront, as always, was The Australian’s foreign editor Greg Sheridan, who sees Rudd as being drawn inexorably into Beijing’s sphere of influence. Our Prime Minister may not have become Australia’s Manchurian candidate – at least not yet. But his increasing willingness to act as an advocate for the People’s Republic is a cause for alarm, and not only in Australia. Sheridan has his sources. He knows. Well, he certainly knows about free trips, being an Olympic standard junketeer, and can claim to be something of an expert on agents of influence; during the previous administration of George W Bush, Washington regarded him as an asset second only to John Howard himself and spent quite a lot in money and

One piece of evidence Sheridan presents for his case against his Prime Minister is that Rudd has been urging a greater role for China in the International Monetary Fund; an improved vote in return for an increased financial contribution. Given that China is just about the only country with any spare cash at the moment, this makes a lot of sense. But it is only part of Rudd’s general strategy, supported by America’s Barack Obama and Britain’s Gordon Brown, for an international economic stimulus package to combat the global recession. The above-mentioned Manning Clark, who was not a Russian agent but our most perceptive and brilliant historian, divided policy makers into two types: the enlargers, who are visionary, ambitious and inclusive, and the punishers and straiteners, who believe in control, restriction and rigid discipline. In economic terms the forthcoming G20 summit in London is shaping up as a

confrontation between the two groups, with Rudd, Obama and Brown in the former and the Europeans, led by Germany, France and Spain, in the latter. It is unfair to characterise them as the good guys versus the bad guys, because no-one can be sure which method will work, or indeed if there is any solution at all; the problem is simply unprecedented. But according to the IMF, which is probably the nearest thing to an informed and impartial judge, the various stimulus packages already implemented by some individual nations have had some beneficial effect and more needs to be done urgently, especially if the developing third world economies are to be rescued from financial disaster. The worst possible result would be for the rich nations to pull up the shutters and retreat behind restrictive trade barriers. This is unlikely to happen, at least immediately, but a concerted international stimulus of the kind envisaged by Rudd and his fellow enlargers looks equally improbable. The best we can hope for is an agreement in principle that while some additional regulation is desirable, a serious program of punishing and straitening is not on the agenda. This outcome would not please the demonstrators; while nothing the G20 does will ever satisfy them, they at least want to see bankers hanging from the lampposts and their assets distributed to the poor. But nor would it please Malcolm Turnbull, as it would allow the media to portray Rudd as leading the forces of righteousness, loved and applauded by everyone but a few Frogs, Krauts and Dagoes. And not even Greg Sheridan likes them much.

private company to run a sporting event (the world rally) without any accountability to taxpayers. That is really sick.

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House that? For every 40 houses built at Kings Forest/Cobaki Lakes, it will cost existing ratepayers almost one million dollars for infrastructure, on Mr Polglase’s own figures. Yet he is happy for the developers to build 9,000 of them. I’m not. Joyce Horniman

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Rally money There have been recent reports of 400 jobs to be axed from North Coast hospitals due an $8 million dollar budget shortfall. How ‘interesting’ that the taxpayer’s money the state government is spending on the upcoming Repco Rally is rumoured to be between five and eight million. It is also rather ironic that one of the outcomes of this event will very likely be increased patients for these very same local hospitals. This will be directly from the event itself with the accidents that are inevitable on rough roads at high speeds or accidents from copycat bored youths inspired by the rally. Too bad there will be 400 less staff to help them out. Judy Oakenfull

Duranbah ■ The major reason for putting

on the international car rally is that it will provide economic benefit. However, the 1992 Rio de Janeiro protocol established that sustainability could be envisaged as a three-legged stool with legs of equal length labelled economic, environmental and social. In our society the stool of sustainability lies on its side warning of unsustainability because the economic leg is far longer than the other two; there is far too much concentration on the economic at the cost of the environmental and social. In order that the stool might stand upright in the position of sustainability, either economic activity has to be restricted, or environmental and social activity extended, or both. Proponents of the car rally need be aware that a car rally for economic benefit further threatens sustainability, and therefore by definition, the livelihoods of their descendants and other species.

Different perspectives on Aboriginal history They are not local to the area. It’s time your paper checked its facts before making sweeping statements and displaying Islander art as ‘Bundjalung’ art. It is a tragedy that your brave little paper can’t report the truth.

Government has approved a grant of $1.5 million to establish an Agricultural Trade Training Centre at Murwillumbah High School is fantastic news. Congratulations to the school for applying for the grant. It is claimed this centre will provide industry standard training and deliver up to Certificate Three courses in aquaculture, horticulture and general agriculture so that students from high schools and TAFE Colleges in the Tweed will not have to travel to Wollongbar or Grafton to gain access to these courses. The Tweed is exceedingly well placed to take advantage of its reliable rainfall, its fertile soils, its subtropical climate and its proximity to a huge domestic market in southeast Queensland and its very accessible export outlets at Coolangatta Airport and the port of Brisbane. This facility will be like a breath of fresh air. It will provide the long awaited opportunity for the next generations of lovers of the land to establish new and more imaginative uses for the thousands of hectares of land on the Tweed which have been lying idle for many years. The Tweed already has people who are producing organic foods: coffee, tea, bamboo, hydroponic tomatoes, lettuce and strawberries; bush foods such as Davidson plums, riberry, lemon and aniseed myrtle, finger limes, olives, goats, dragon fruit, avocadoes, soya beans, rice, honey, sheep, alpacas, cane juice, passion fruit, guavas, sweet potatoes, potatoes, melons, sweet corn, grapes, citrus and numerous species of cabinet woods. This centre could well become a priceless asset for those who want to retain the Tweed as a giant sustainable market garden and food producer.

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Brown and Eustan Williams, and other language-speaking Elders, recorded our culture and languages with the country’s top professors. Byron Bay is the place of Creation. Our spiritual beliefs, thousands of years of true culture have been destroyed. Documents show Arakwal forefathers King Harry and Bobby Bray with the pioneering Bray family at Kynnumboon (Murwillumbah) before they moved to Byron Bay. The Arakwal agreement follows Norman Tindale’s tribal boundaries map, which does not include the Ngarakwal people, recognised and studied

■ I read with disgust your article in The Echo (March 26) concerning the ‘Bundjalung People’ of Byron Bay. Isn’t it time you of all papers started to tell the truth. There is no ‘Bundjalung People’ in Byron Bay. The only Bundjalung are a small tribe centred in Tabulam. These people are part of the Githabal-Ngarakwal, Galabal group and speak Githabal dialect. The group calling themselves ‘Bundjalung’ at Byron Bay are the Kays, originally from the Ipswich area and were brought down to Byron in the late 1890s early 1900s and employed as native police.

Thomas Hayes

Coolangatta The Arakwal people have taken Byron Bay under State Native Title. They do not understand the Creator ‘Nguthungulli’ made Julian Rock, before crossing the country to ‘Borrgorr’ the sea in the west. My grandparents Charlotte

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by the top anthropologists and professors. Our very existence has been removed by this agreement. Bob Debus was the NSW National Parks Minister and also responsible for the false dual-naming of Mt Warning as Wollumbin to match the false history books. Incompetent researchers did not bother to consult state maps showing another mountain was Wollumbin Fighting Chief, north of Mt Warning. My mother, Elder Millie Boyd, called the Keeper of Lore by the other language speaking Elders, was studied by National Parks anthropologists.

She said that Mt Warning was ‘Wulambiny Momoli’ (Turkey Nest). Mt Warning is the silhouette of a Scrub Turkey. Other Elders and expert professors confirmed this. NSW National Parks have suppressed their own anthropological studies. The proposed $10 million development at Watego’s is the sale of the site where the creator ‘Nguthungulli’ started his journey. Our culture has been killed, and is for sale to the highest bidder. My Identity has been stolen. Elder Harry Boyd (Duran)

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decisions. They know best and what’s good for us. Don’t mention the rate rises and the seven-year plan. As we were told ages ago, it’s set in concrete. Yes, it seems so now! And there’s a shortfall of about one million bucks this year, so you still haven’t paid Council enough, you ungrateful lot! And, don’t you dare be against the Repco Rally, the Bay Street fiasco, and the Hel-a-va Boat mob or high-rise development or any other high-density push.What do you think this is, a democracy or something? Next thing you’ll want Council to cut expenditure and become more efficient! Do you want to muck up their salary calculator? Oh yes, that’s right, it was reported this week that they have no control over salaries. That’s handy.

■ It doesn’t take much foresight to grow the economy, nor much intelligence for that matter. When the false economy is bubbling along with heaps of export dollars propping it up, all seems rosy. In my view it is a false economy, because the immense damage to the environment is never factored into the equation. When it is factored in, it becomes clearly apparent most economies are bankrupt. The evidence is global warming and all its obvious causes. One of those causes I am alluding to is population growth in the Tweed. Same dumb thinking, more people come, more land is released, once again more people come, once again more land released There’s no end to it, it’s infinite. And blind, can’t see the brick wall. ‘All for one, one for all.’ Finite isn’t in Council’s plan-

ners’ lexicon. We are invincible, there’s no end to more stuff, more shit, more dams, more expressways. Stuff this unique valley our children will inherit, let’s review the building height limits. All ahead, pack ’em in tighter and tighter. Kings Forest, Cobaki Lakes, Bilambil Heights, Cudgen farmlands and poor old bludgeoned Hastings Point. The Land Release Strategy adopted by Tweed Shire Council last week uses such terminology as ‘economy at crossroads.’ Crossroads! Come on, you boofheads, we were at the crossroads three decades ago when eminent alarmists like David Suzuki, the Greens, Australian Conservation Foundation, and the yet to be reborn Peter Garrett were clanging the alarm bells loud and clear. You’re actively sabotaging

ing the need for the State government to bring back the train to Murwilllumbah and for the line to be extended from Coolangatta into NSW. I have also seen the latest plans by the RTA for the Sexton Hill bypass and just want to raise a solution that should be included in the design now and not later. Looking at the big picture there needs to be provision for a rail corridor through that cutting as well at Sexton Hill if we are truly serious about extending the rail line. Other avenues around Sexton Hill will be near impossible to achieve with SEPP 14 Wetland to negotiate, and the residents at Fingal are unlikely to want a train line routed near the village or through residential areas. Looking at potential routes for the rail line should it ever happen once across the river, a new train station could be sited at Chinderah possibly at or around Melaleuca Station to service the population of Kingscliff, Salt, Casuarina and the new residential area of Kings Forest (proposed 5,000 house

site development) and then the ■ Letters also received from C Degenhardt, Nobbys Creek, P train could continue to Mur- Symons, Byrrill Creek, D Ogilvie, Bilambil, M Khyentse, Pottsville. They can be read on our website www.tweedecho.com.au, willumbah. In the event that the train is where you can also post comments. never brought back to Murwillumbah due to the cost of upgrading the line (the Mayor of Tweed Shire has stated that it won’t be reinstated due to the cost), then a route down the Tweed Coast following the current highway could be adopted, with stops at or near the various interchanges (eg. Clothiers Creek Road, Pottsville Interchange, and on to the rail line at Billinudgel. It is time the Coalition, if they are truly serious about rail being a solution to our transport problems, assert the appropriate pressure on both the RTA and State Rail to look at these options now, and if the political pressure can’t be applied now to lay their cards on the table and make an ironclad guarantee that it is going to happen if and when the Coalition gets elected. Otherwise it is all huff and 8 Wharf Street Murwillumbah (02) 6672 2440 puff.

your children’s future. You’re actively standing in Mother Nature’s way. If you haven’t got the answers to our needs get out of the way. I suggest the logo for Tweed Council should be: ‘Shrink or Sink’. I gift the suggestion for free, Lady Mayor. Save us all $40,000 and a trip to Brisbane. Do I sound angry? Bloody oath I am. Do I sound like I have no confidence with boofheads who are entrusted with the Tweed’s future? Bloody oath I don’t. Peter Rae

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With prime minister Kevin Rudd’s $900 bonus bouncing its way into most people’s bank accounts this month, there is a deﬁnite argument for going out. Particularly for those of us with little horrors at home and entire days of school holidays to ﬁll with activities. With the kids at home day after day, now is the time to escape! Check out a local attraction with the ankle biters, see a movie or go on a low-cost camping trip. Who says we can’t holiday? We should be spreading our bonus around Australia by travelling within it. Eating out is another way to support the local economy and get out of doing the

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While there might be some good meal deals out there, clothes haven’t become any cheaper! And when it comes to school holidays, activities at home can be much more affordable and easier to organise than a day out. Try a lolly hunt, games or art workshops. Keep your ear to the ground for free activities at the Tweed’s local libraries. Whatever road you go down, remember that nothing beats reading the Echo – and you can do it by staying in or going out!

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Television Guide

SATURDAY 4

FRIDAY 3

1. Billy Bob Thornton stars in The Man Who Wasn’t There (Prime, Friday midnight). Pity that its lustrous black and white photography relegates it to a late spot where only discerning insomniacs can be trusted not to bang their television sets because the colour’s missing. It’s actually a fascinating thriller by the Coen brothers in full flight. 2. David Bloomberg and Uma Turman share a moment in the undemanding comedy Prime (NBN, Saturday 9.30pm). Their characters are aged 23 and 37 respectively, and he’s the son of her psychiatrist. Electra complex anxieties ensue. 3. Old British actors don’t get any better than Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent, and they effortlessly sustain the bioflic Iris (Prime, Tuesday midday).

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.20 World News in various languages. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 1.00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To 6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.30 Business Today Australia (G) Repeat. 11.00 Wildlife In A Warzone (PG) 10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.30 Insight 2.30 Nuclear Nightmares (PG) Doco 12.00 Midday Report 4.30 The New Inventors Repeat. from UK. Repeat. 12.30 Darling Buds Of May (PG) 5.00 7.30 Select 3.30 Living Black 1.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Repeat. 5.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat. 2.00 Monarch Of The Glen (G) Repeat. 6.00 Compass: The Atheists (G) Repeat. 4.00 The Journal 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.35 The Re-Inventors (G) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Message Stick (G) Repeat. 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 5.30 Risking It All: Zone (PG) Doco. 6.30 Can We Help? (G) 7.30 Something In the Air (G) Repeat. 6.00 Global Village: Haute-Savoie (G) 7.00 ABC News 8.00 Father Ted (PG) Repeat. 7.30 Stateline 8.30 Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... 6.30 World News Australia 8.00 Collectors (G) Tony Bennett (G) 7.30 Professor Regan’s Beauty Parlour 8.30 Rebus (M) 9.15 A Little Later: Moby (G) (G) Doco from UK. 8.35 Churchill’s Bodyguard (PG) Repeat. 9.40 Vincent (M) 9.30 No Heroics (M,l,s) 10.50 Lateline 10.00 Soundtrack To My Life: The B-52s 9.30 World News Australia 11.30 triple j tv With The Doctor Repeat (G) 10.00 Maverick Mother (M,s,n,a) Doco. 11.55 Good Game Repeat. 10.25 Fatboy Slim And The Chemical 11.00 Movie: AV (MA,s,a 2005) Comedy 12.25 rage (M) goes on until 5am Saturday. Brothers (G) from Hong Kong. Stars You-Nam 11.20 London Live (PG) From London’s Wong, Lawrence Chou, Kwok KOKO music venue. Cheung Tsang, Ting Yau Tsui. 11.50 Close 12.55 Movie: Nicotina (MA 2003) Action drama from Mexico. Stars Diego Luna, Lucas Crespi, Marta Belaustegui. 2.30 WeatherWatch Overnight

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 In The Seventies (G) 3.00 Rugby Union: Shute Shield 2009 5.00 Bowls: PBA World Championships: Semifinal 2 5.58 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)

7.00 Kids’ Programs 3.00 rage (G) 5.00 rage (PG) 6.05 The New Inventors Repeat. 6.35 Robin Hood (PG) Repeat. 7.20 Rex The Runt (PG) Repeat. 7.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 8.00 At The Movies Repeat. 8.30 Movie: The Pumpkin Eater (M 1964) Stars Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch. 10.15 Movie: Secret Beyond The Door (PG 1948) Stars Joan Bennett. 11.50 Close DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS MOVE CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (M 2001) Stars Nicholas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, Irene Papas. 3.00 Coromandel Med (PG) 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 2009 AFL Premiership Season Adelaide v St Kilda. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens (G) 11.30 Scrubs (PG) 12.00 Movie: The Man Who Wasn’t There (MA 2001) Stars Billy Bob Thornton. 2.30 Danoz And Guthy-Renker

5.30 Today 6.00 Ten Early News 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 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 Brisbane 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. Broncos v St George Illawarra Dragons. 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 9.30 Friday Night Football Sydney 7.30 The Simpsons (G) Roosters v Parramatta Eels. 8.30 Medium (M) 11.30 Movie: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 9.30 Medium (MA15+) (MA15+ 2005) Stars Robert Downey 10.30 Law & Order (M) Jr, Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan. 11.20 Ten Late News 1.40 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 11.50 Sports Tonight 12.20 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 2.35 MADTV (M) 3.30 Entertainment Tonight 1.20 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (PG) 4.00 Guthy Renker Australia (G) 5.00 Religion to 6am (PG). 4.30 Good Morning America

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: Easy Living (PG 1949) 1.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 2.00 My Restaurant Rules (PG) ➟ 7.30 Better Home & Gardens 8.30 Movie: TBA 10.30 2009 AFL Premiership 1.30 Guthy Renker

6.00 Kids’ Programs 5.20 World News in various languages. 1.00 Jimi Hendrix: Live At Woodstock 12.00 Eclipse (PG) 1.00 V8 Extra (G) (PG) Doco from UK. 1.30 Motorsport (G) 2.05 The Chopin Etudes (G) Doco from 2.30 According To Jim (PG) UK. 2.15 The Understudy (PG) Doco from UK. 3.00 Movie: Cocoon – The Return (PG 1988) Stars Don Ameche, Wilford 3.25 The Victory Of Cezanne (G) Doco Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy. from France. 5.30 Sydney Weekender (PG) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Seven News 5.30 The Colony (G) 6.30 Inside Super Carrier (PG) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Prototype This (G) 7.30 Kath & Kim (PG) Repeat. 8.30 Iron Chef (G) 8.00 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) Repeat. 9.20 RocKwiz (PG) Entertainment. 8.40 Movie: Flightplan (M 2005) Stars 10.10 Movie: Cronicas (Ms,l,a 2004) Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard. Thriller from Mexico. Stars Damian 10.40 Movie: 48 Hours (M 1982) Stars Nick Alcazar, Leonor Watling. Nolte, Edie Murphy, Annette O’Toole. 11.55 SOS (PG) 12.25 The Young Adventurers (G) 12.55 Bro’ Town (M) T (M Comedy. NZ. Repeat. 1.30 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker 1.20 Weatherwatch Weatherwat Overnight DAYLIGHT D AYLIGHT SAVING ENDS MOVE M OV O VE CLOCKS CLOCK BACK 1 HOUR

6.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 6.00 Infomercials 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 7.30 Kids’ Programs 12.00 My Boys (PG) 12.30 Infomercial 12.30 The Hills (PG) 1.00 River To Reef (PG) 1.00 Horse Racing Golden Slipper. 1.30 Hook Line & Sinker (PG) 2.00 AFL Premiership 2009 Collingwood 4.30 The Gurus Explore Ireland (G) 5.00 David Attenborough: Tiger-Spy In v Melbourne. The Jungle (PG) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Evening News 5.30 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 6.00 Futurama (PG) (G) 6.30 The Simpsons (PG) 7.30 Movie: Just Friends (PG) Stars Ryan 7.00 The Simpsons (PG) Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris 7.30 AFL Premiership Season Sydney v 8.40 Saturday Lotto Hawthorn. 9.30 Movie: Prime (M 2005) Stars Uma 11.00 Angel (M) Thurman, Meryls Streep, David 12.00 Angel (M) Bloomberg. 1.00 Infomercials 11.40 Movie: Fallen (M 1998) Stars Denzel 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) Washington, John Goodman, Embeth Davidzt. DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS 2.10 Movie: Ruby’s Bucket Of Blood (M MOVE CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR 2001) Stars Angela Bassett. DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS MOVE CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR

SUNDAY 5

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Saturday Disney Movie: Kim Possible (G) 1.30 Movie: Kid Cop (PG) 3.00 Movie: The Beverly Hillbillies (G) 4.30 Deal Or No Deal 5.00 Better Homes And Gardens ➟ 12.25 Movie: A Line In The Sand (M) 2.00 Movie: Double Take (M) 3.30 Guthy Renker

5.00 rage (PG) 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Insiders And Inside Business 10.30 Offsiders 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise (G) 12.00 Landline (G) 1.00 Gardening Australia 1.30 Message Stick (G) 2.00 Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man (G) 3.00 She Stoops To Conquer (G) 3.30 An Obsession With Hamlet (G) 4.25 Flickerfest (G) 5.00 Sunday Arts 6.00 At The Movies 6.30 The Einstein Factor 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The Story Of India (G) 8.30 Agatha Christie: Poirot (M) 10.05 Compass: The Hidden Story Of Jesus (G) 10.55 In Search Of Mozart (PG) 11.40 Movie: Sailor Beware! (G 1956) Stars Peggy Mount, Ronald Lewis. 1.00 Movie: I Am A Camera (PG 1955) Stars Laurence Harvey. 2.35 Movie: A Woman’s Secret (PG 1949) Stars Maureen O’Hara. 4.00 Eagle And Evans (M) Comedy.

3.00 MADTV (M) 4.00 Danoz 4.30 Guthy Renker

6.00 Religion 7.00 0 Montreux Jazz Festivall 2 2003: 00 003 03: 03 6.25 6 25 World News in various languages. 6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise (G) 7.00 Totally Wild (G) Repeat. Black Superstars Of Music (G G) 10.00 Mythbusters (PG) 11.00 Themes V Variations & Fusions: The 10.00 AFL Game Day (PG) 7.30 Animalia 7.55 5R Ray D Davies: i Th The W World ld FFrom M My 11 00 Th i 11.00 2009 Whereis Australian Surf Life 8.00 Meet The Press Music Of Spain (G) Window (G) Saving Championships 12.00 Cycling from Italy. 8.30 State Focus 8.45 James Brown: Live In Montreux 1.00 World’s Most Stupid Criminals (PG) 9.00 Video Hits (PG) 1.00 Speedweek 1981 (G) 2.00 2009 AFL Premiership Season 3.00 Football Asia 11.00 Video Hits Presents (PG) 10.00 The Doors: Live In Europe (G) Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne 12.00 Oprah’s Big Give 11.00 Beautiful Noise: Kathleen Edwards 3.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5.00 Destination New Sealand (G) 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 1.00 Video Hits (PG) (G) 5.30 Mercurio’s Menu (G) 5.00 The World Game 1.30 Australian Rally Championship 11.55 London Live (PG) Music. Repeat. 6.00 Seven News 6.00 Thalassa: Village On Ice (G) Doco 2.30 Netball: ANZ Championship 2009 12.30 Red Dwarf (PG) 6.30 Sunday Night from France. Firebirds v Thunderbirds 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles: Manic Street 7.30 Border Security (PG) 6.30 World News Australia 4.30 Meerkat Manor (G) Preachers (PG) 7.30 Lost Worlds: Walking The Bible (G) 8.00 Coastwatch (PG) 5.00 Ten News 2.05 Cat Stevens: Majikat Live (G) 8.30 Bones (M) Doco from US. 5.30 Out Of The Blue (PG) 2.55 The Doves: Live At Eden (G) 9.30 Crimes That Shook The World (M) 8.30 Dateline current affairs. 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 3.00 Nina Simone: Live At Montreux 10.30 Infamous Assassinations: Lord 9.30 Movie: Kurt Wallander – The 6.30 The Biggest Loser (G) Jazz Festival 1976 (G) Louis Mountbatten (M) Secret (MA 2006) Crime story from 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance 3.55 Jewel: Live At Humphreys By The 11.00 24 (M) Sweden. Stars Krister Henriksson, Australia (PG) Bay (G) Johanna Sallstrom. 9.00 Rove (M) 4.55 A Little Later: Portishead (G) 12.00 Hot Auctions 11.10 Film: Oasis (Ma,l,s 2002) Romance 12.30 Brand Developers 10.10 Dexter (MA) 5.10 Classic Albums: Metallica (G) from South Korea. Stars Sol Kyung11.10 Formula One Grand Prix: Malaysia 3.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker 6.00 ABC Fora Hosted by Tony Jones. gu, Moon So-ri. 5.30 Seven Early News 1.00 Infomercials 7.00 Artscape (PG) 1.30 Speaking In Tongues (PG) Comedy. 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 7.30 Sunday Arts (G) 2.00 Weatherwatch Overnight 8.30 She Stoops To Conquer (G) 9.00 Working With Pinter (M) 10.00 Artists At Work: Roadkill (M) 10.30 Wild At Heart (PG) Prime HD program same as above except: 11.15 Close 12.00 Dateline NBC 1.00 Final 24 (MA) 2.00 Gear

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 Harlequins RL v Hull FC 4.00 Sunday Football Newcastle Knights v Manly Sea Eagles. 6.00 Evening News 6.30 20 to 1 (PG) 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Movie: The Shawshank Redemption (M 1994) Stars Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins. 11.30 Movie: The Little Drummer Girl (M 1984) Stars Dianne Keaton, Yorgo Voyagis, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey. 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 Spooks (M) 10.30 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.35 The Last Valley (M) Documents the boom/bust cycle of the East Gibbsland timber industry. 12.30 MDA (M) Repeat. 1.30 Movie: The Sugarland Express (M 1974) Stars Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson. 3.25 Bowls: PBA World Championships: Semifinal 2

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 jtv live: The Cat Empire Go AWOL (G) 10.55 Fanging It (PG) 11.30 Cowboy Bebop: My Funny Valentine (M) Repeat. 11.55 Close

5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia (G) News 12.00 Movie: Seduced By A Thief (M Repeat. 2001) Stars Sean Young, Rick Peters. 1.30 Indonesia – A Reporter’s Journey 2.00 All Saints (M) (M) 3.00 Coromandel Med (PG) 2.30 Dateline 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower 3.30 Insight 4.00 It’s Acadamic 4.30 The Journal 4.30 Seven News 5.00 The Crew (G) 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 5.30 Corner Gas (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Living Black 6.00 Seven and Prime News 6.30 World News Australia 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Top Gear (PG) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 8.30 Swift And Shift Couriers (M,l,s,n) 9.00 Bogan Pride: The Maths Olympiad 8.00 Scrubs (PG) 8.30 Movie: Father Of The Bride pt2 (G) (M) Stars Steve Martine, Diane Keaton, 9.30 World News Australia Martin Short, Kieren Kulkin. 10.00 Shameless (M) Comedy from UK. 9.30 Brothers And Sisters (M) 10.55 Skins (M) Repeat. 10.40 Boston Legal (M) 11.50 Movie: The Nameless (MA 1999) 11.40 30 Rock (PG) Horror from Spain. Stars Emma 12.05 Medical Incredible (PG) Vilarasau, Jessica Del Pozo. 1.00 Danoz Direct 1.30 Dying To Be Anorexic (M) 2.00 Guthy Renker 2.35 WeatherWatch Overnight 5.30 Seven Early News Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: Trail Street (G 1947) 1.30 Deal Or No Deal 2.00 My Restaurant Rules ➟ 12.00 Dateline NBC 1.00 Urban Legends (M) 1.30 Australia’s Best Backyards

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 5.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 9.00 Asia Pacific News 6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.30 Business Today 11.00 Parkinson (PG) Repeat. 10.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 4.35 Little Angels (G) Repeat. 12.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. 5.05 Talking Heads (G) Repeat. 5.35 Sun, Sea And Bargain Spotting 1.00 The New Inventors (G) Repeat. 6.35 The Re-Inventors (G) 1.30 Catalyst (G) Repeat. 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 2.00 Parkinson (PG) 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 8.00 Australian Story (PG) Repeat. 6.05 Time Team (G) 8.30 Teachers (M) Repeat. 7.00 ABC News 9.20 The Bill (PG) Repeat. 7.30 The 7.30 Report 10.50 Fireflies (PG) Repeat. 8.00 Lead Balloon (PG) 12.40 Close 8.30 Lost Cities Of The Ancients 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: At Sword’s Point (PG 1951) Stars Maureen O’Hara, Robert Douglas, Cornel Wilde. 3.25 triple j tv With The Doctor (G) Repeat

5.20 World News in various languages 1.00 The Storm Rages Twice (G) Repeat drama from Lebanon. 1.50 A Film About Us (G) 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. 2 (G) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Insight 8.30 Cutting Edge: Darfur – Between The Lines (G) Doco from the UK. 9.30 World News 10.00 Hot Docs: The Miscreants (MA) Doco. 11.40 Movie: Sunflower (M 2005) Drama from Netherlands & China. Stars Sun Halying, Joan Chen, Zhang Fan, Gao Ge, Wang Haidi. 1.55 WeatherWatch Overnight

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 Travel Oz (G) 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 11.30 Midsomer Murders (M) Repeat. 1.05 The Man Who Would Conquer China (M) 2.15 Movie: Danger Patrol (PG 1937) Stars Sally Eilers, John Beal, Harry Carey. 3.25 National Press Club Address Repeat.

6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Asia Pacific News 9.30 Business Today 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 A Place in Greece (G) Repeat. 4.55 Animal Cops: South Africa (G) 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) 9.20 Just To Get A Rep (M) 10.15 My Teen’s A Nightmare: I’m Moving Out: George Waight (M) 11.05 Dust To Dust (PG) Final. 11.30 Close

4.30 UEFA Champions League Live: Quarter Finals Manchester United v Porto. 7.00 UEFA Champions League Delayed: Quarter Finals Villareal v Arsenal. 9.00 World News in various languages. 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy. 6.00 Global Village: The Tabaski Festival (G) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Food Safari: Japanese (G) 8.00 Trawlermen (G) Doco from UK. 8.35 Long Way Round (PG) Doco from UK. 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Movie: Camaron (M 2005) Biography from Spain. Stars Oscar Jaenada, veronica Sanchez, Merce Llorens, Jacobo Dicenta. 12.00 Pope John Paul (M) Doco from US. 1.35 Weatherwatch Overnight

4.30 GP (PG) Repeat. 5.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) Repeat. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 The War (PG) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Pilot Guides (G) Repeat. 1.30 Collectors (G) Repeat. 2.00 Parkinson (G) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.10 Grand Designs (G) Repeat. 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Catalyst (G) 8.30 Voyage To The American Stonehenge (G) 9.30 Q&A With Tony Jones 10.30 Lateline And Lateline Business 11.30 Spectacle: Elvis Costello With Tony Bennett (PG) 12.20 Wildside (M) 1.10 Movie: Walk Softly, Stranger (PG 1950) Stars Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli. 2.40 Movie: Look Who’s Laughing (G 1941) Stars Edgar Bergen, Charlie Mccarthy, Lucille Ball. 3.55 The Glass House (M) Repeat.

4.30 UEFA Champions League Live: 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 6.00 Sunrise Quarter Finals Liverpool v Chelsea. 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 9.00 Asia Pacific News 7.00 UEFA Champions League Delayed: 11.30 Seven News 9.30 Business Today Quarter Finals Barcelona v Bayern 12.00 Movie: Crazy Beautiful (M 2001) 10.00 Kids’ Programs Munich. 4.35 The Einstein Factor (G) Repeat. Stars Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, 5.05 The Cook and the Chef (G) Repeat. 9.00 World News in various languages. Rolando Molina. 2.30 Dateline 5.35 ABC Fora 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.30 Parent Rescue: Good Days And Bad 3.00 Coromandel Med (PG) 6.35 The Re-Inventors (G) Days (G) 7.00 Zoo Days (G) 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower kids’ show. 4.00 The Journal 7.30 Something In The Air (G) Repeat. 4.00 It’s Acadamic 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 8.00 Spicks And Specks (PG) Final. 4.30 Seven and Prime News 5.30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 8.30 The Gruen Transfer 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 6.00 Global Village: Puglia (G) 9.00 Lawrence Leunig’s Choose Your 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show. 6.30 World News Australia Own Adventure (M) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 9.30 The Graham Norton Show 7.35 Inspector Rex (PG) Austria Repeat. 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 10.00 Pulling (M,l,s) Comedy. 8.30 David Ogilvy: The First Mad Man 7.30 Private Practice (PG) 10.25 The Kevin Bishop Show (M) (PG) Doco from UK. 8.30 Movie: If Only (M 2004) Stars Comedy. 9.30 World News Australia Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paul Nicholls. 10.55 Phoenix Nights (PG) 10.00 Uefa Champions League Hour 10.35 2009 AFL Premiership Season (G) 11.20 Ideal: Why We Love (MA) Repeat. 11.00 Queer As Folk (MA,s,l,a) Repeat. 1.30 Danoz & Guthy-Renker 11.50 Close 12.00 Movie: Phantom, The Subarine (MA 5.30 Seven Early News 1999) Thriller from South Korea. Stars Chung Woo-Sung, Choi Min-Soo, [s] = Sex [cl] = Coarse language Yoon Ju-Sang. [a] = Adult themes [sr] = Sexual references 1.55 Weatherwatch Overnight Prime HD program same as above except: [n] = Nudity [mp] = Medical

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

5.30 Today 6.00 Ten Early News 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 11.00 Time/Life (G) 9.00 9am With David And & Kim (PG) 11.30 Danoz (G) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil (M) 1.00 The View (PG) 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 The Kingdom Of Paramithi 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) Rpt. 4.00 Lab Rats Challenge 4.30 Afternoon News 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Antique Roadshow (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Evening News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.00 A Current Affair 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. 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 Good News Weeks (M) 8.45 Lotto 9.30 NCIS (M) 9.30 Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 10.40 CSI: NY (M) 11.15 Late Show with David Letterman (PG) 11.20 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Cops (M) 1.30 Guthy Renker Australia 12.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) 3.00 Religion 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 3.30 Good Morning America 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG). 5.00 Early Morning News

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Iris (Ms,n,l,a 2001) Stars Kate Winslett, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent. 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Coromandel Med (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 Movie: Hope Springs (G 1995) Stars Colin Firth, Mimi Driver. 10.30 Eli Stone (M) 11.30 Carpoolers (PG) New series. 12.00 Legends Of The South Pacific (G) 1.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker 5.30 Seven Early News

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 (M) 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 The Kingdom Of Paramithi 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.00 Lab Rats Challenge 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (G) Rpt. 4.30 Afternoon News 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Antique Roadshow (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 Evening News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Repeat. 7.00 A Current Affair 6.30 Neighbours (G) Repeat. 7.30 World’s Funniest Videos (PG) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 8.00 Commercial Breakdown (PG) 8.00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 8.30 NCIS (M) 9.00 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.30 NCIS (M) 9.30 Hell’s Kitchen (MA) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 10.30 Bridezillas (M) 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 11.30 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 12.00 Cops (M) 12.10 20/20 (M) 12.30 State Focus 1.30 Guthy Renker 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 3.00 Religion 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: Vigil In The Night (PG 1940) 1.30 Deal Or No Deal 2.00 My Restaurant Rules ➟ 12.00 This Is Your Laugh (M) 1.00 Urban Legends (M) 1.30 A Country Practice (G)

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Fall into Darkness (M 1996) Stars Tatyana m Ali, Sean Murray. 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Coromandel Med (PG) 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower kids’ show. 4.00 It’s Acadamic 4.30 Seven and Prime News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) games show. 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 World’s Got Talent (PG) 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 9.30 Crimes That Shook The World (M) 10.30 Lost (M) 11.30 Disorderly Conduct Caught On Tape (M) 12.30 Guthy Renker & Danoz 5.30 Seven Early News

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) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 1.00 The View (PG) talk show. 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Repeat. 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Repeat. 3.30 Kids’ Programs 3.00 Infomercial (PG) 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.30 NBN News 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 What’s Good For You (PG) 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 8.00 RPA (PG) 6.30 Neighbours (G) 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 7.00 The Biggest Loser (PG) 8.45 Lotto 7.30 The Simpsons (PG) 8.00 Guerrilla Gardeners (PG) 9.30 Cold Case (M) 8.30 House (M) 10.30 Cold Case (M) 11.30 The AFL Footy Show (M) 9.30 Life (M) 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 1.30 Guthy Renker And Danoz 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 3.30 Good Morning America 12.00 Cops (PG) All new episodes. 5.00 Early Morning News 12.30 Celebrate Easter (G) 12.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG)

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: Ruthless (PG 1948) 1.10 Blue Heelers (M) 2.05 My Restaurant Rules (PG) ➟ 12.30 Louis Theroux: Gambling In Las Vegas (M) 1.30 A Country Practice (G)

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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) 11.30 Movie: The Big Bounce (M 2004) 8.30 Law & Order: S.V.U. (M) Stars Owen WIlson, Morgan Freeman, 9.30 Life On Mars (M) Charlie Sheen. 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 1.20 Pink ‘Funhouse’ (M) 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 1.30 Rise And Shine (G) 12.00 Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (M) 2.00 Guthy Renker Australia 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News 4.00 Religion to 6am.

12.00 Movie: The Cariboo Trail (PG 1950) 2.05 My Restaurant Rules ➟ 12.30 Movie: Braveheart (M 1995) 2.30 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker

SBS advises viewers that programming between 6pm and 10.30pm nightly is Closed Captioned (CC)

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ARTS Pamela Payne If you have an item of news about the arts in our area, or a fresh idea youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like us to explore, contact Pamela on 6672 5749 or payneheck@yahoo.com.au

AVITAL SHEFFER In less than ďŹ ve years, Durrumbul potter, Avital Sheffer, has assembled a prestigious body of work. Perhaps best known locally for her superb winning entry in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Border Art prize, her work has appeared across Australia and also overseas in cities that include Sante Fe, Chicago, Florida and Icheon, Korea. As well as her exhibition, Deep Earth, at Tweed River Art Gallery, she has currrent exhibitions in both Melbourne and Brisbane. And the remainder of her year is already hectic with solo exhibitions at both the Robin Gibson and Manly Galleries in Sydney, and at the Cervini Hass Gallery in Scottsdale Arizona. Although Shefferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life as a potter only began when she enrolled in Lismore TAFEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceramics course in the late 1990s, she was already well experienced in a broad range of arts in her native Israel. From the beginning she was passionate about the direction she wanted her pottery to take. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;As a potter, you make vessels. You make containers and you work from within, not from without. Sculpting is working from the outside in.

Surprising perhaps for Sheffer but not for ever increasing numbers of gallery goers, here and abroad.

Deep Earth is at the Tweed River Art Gallery. March 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C; May 10 and then tours regionally and to Sydney.

Print making is also integral to Shefferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art. First, over a period of two months, she makes a group of vessels which she dry glazes and ďŹ res several times. Then, she cleans up her studio and readies it for print making. While she describes her pottery as coming â&#x20AC;&#x2122;from

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Operation Art commences at Grafton Regional Gallery on 18 March with an ofďŹ cial opening at 4.30pm on Friday 27 March. The public are invited to attend this free event to enjoy afternoon tea and a special performance by the South Grafton Public School Choir. Operation Art is a project that encourages students from Kindergarten to Year 10 in all NSW schools to create artworks for children in hospital. It is an important state wide visual arts exhibition that focuses on creating a positive environment to aid the healing and recovery process of young patients. The touring exhibition generated through Operation Art is travelling to Grafton from the Art Gallery of NSW where it was

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Critical descriptions of Shefferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pottery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; of her intricately decorated, almost haunting vessels â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are scattered with contradictory terms like strong and reďŹ ned, ancient and modern, anthropomorphic and architectural, emotional and cerebral, Hebrew and Islamic. Contradiction, she thinks, is probably at the heart of the Jewish-Israeli dilemma. On the one hand, because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Jewish, you belong.

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;For me, pottery was a purely self indulgent healing experience that I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expecting anyone to understand, share or appreciate. To be able to exhibit and have other people enjoy my work is very surprising.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Sheffer is happy to be called a potter. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m most in my element: when I work with clay. And I build my vessels in the most traditional method â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by coils. Although on my web site it says â&#x20AC;?ceramic artistâ&#x20AC;?, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not entirely comfortable with that.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a completely different mind set. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like two different personalities.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Sheffer describes her work as a way of reconciling her dual existence: of having two homes, Israel and Australia, and having no home. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;I rejected something that I miss terribly and I embraced something that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully understand. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of the migrant experience.

When you make vessels, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a potter, you build from the inside. So being a potter is very different from being a sculptor.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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the bellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the print work is much more precise and intellectual.

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Butâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, she says, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;all the time thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that shadow of the other. Enemies, enemies all around and you grow up with this. But living in contempory Israel I never felt that Arab people were enemies. In fact, I was a lot more drawn to their culture than to my ownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Some sculptural practices come into my work, but not in a major way. The heart of my work is making vessels; and they have their internal space.

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ARTS IN THE NORTHERN RIVERS REGION exhibited in 2008. The 50 artworks that comprise the exhibition will become part of the permanent collection of the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital at Westmead where they will be hung on the walls alongside other artists of renown. The exhibition features two artworks from students at South Grafton Public School. Operation Art is a way of involving young people in the special work of The Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital at Westmead â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a total healing environment where design, decoration, facilities, gardens and art combine with the best possible medical care to help comfort and heal young patients. Using the exhibition as inspiration, specialist visual arts workshops will be held for both students and teachers while the tour is at the Grafton Regional Gallery. The workshops can include paper clay or wire sculpture, mixed media, printmaking, drawing and painting. This is always a great photo opportunity for children to have fun creating their own artworks. Bookings are through individual schools and will be run at the gallery by Clarence Valley teacher and artist Deborah Holbrook. This is the premier childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art exhibition for students from Kindergarten to Year 10. It is an important project that recognises the creative talents and the community spirit of students. Participation and support from schools is highly appreciated. Operation Art is a partnership between the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, The Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital at Westmead, the Nelson Meers Foundation and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The works will be on display at Grafton Regional Gallery between March 18 and April 19.

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EN PLEIN AIR COMPETITION Artists have only until April 15 to enter the NSW Parliament’s second annual En Plein Air painting competition. Although Australian artists from anywhere in the land may enter, they must present work that ’evokes a subject found in NSW and painted outdoors’. The winner, announced at Parliament House Sydney on 15 May, will receive $20,000 and the work will become part of the permanent collection of NSW Parliament. Whoever wins, and indeed all who enter, will be painting in a grand tradition that in Europe dates back to the seventeenth century with artists like Salvator Rosa and Claude Lorraine. The term, which literally means ’in the open air’ refers to the practice of painting outdoors and, in particular, trying to capture the transitions of natural light. Local En Plein Air artists are surely spoilt for choice. Entry forms: www.pleinair.com.au/images/ downloads/PleinAir-EntryForm.pdf or from the ofﬁce of Member for Lismore, Thomas George.

SPORTS CENTRE MURAL

On Saturday 4 April, Lismore Mayor, Cr Jenny Dowell, will ofﬁcially open the Goonellabah Sports and Aquatic Centre. The opening of a sports centre in Arts News? It’s entirely appropriate. A highlight of the sports centre is a huge, 26x9 metres, mural by Byron Shire artist, Turiya Bruce.

While Bruce has a long career of gallery exhibiting, she’s perhaps more widely known for her art in local community spaces – everything from mural work with Durrumbul Primary School, to the Federal park naming badge and round-about mosaics in Byron.

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Soft Landing, the fabric printing exhibition at the Community Print Makers Gallery, Bray Park, closes soon, on Sunday April 5. It has all the diversity of any group exhibition – from Rhonda Ellem’s arresting inkblock on cotton, Skulls 1, to Carolyn Dodd’s delicate etching on silk and Anne Stadler’s big, three dimensional Snake Appliqué, in purples, oranges and earth colours.

Opening Hours: Friday to Sunday 11am to 3 pm, at 33-35 Kyogle Road Bray Park via Murwillumbah.

ARTS SCAMMERS The recently active Australia Council arts grant scammers have been spectacularly unsuccessful. ’None of the grant applicants has been caught out. They’re not very good scammers,’ said Victoria McClelland, Communications Advisor at the Australia Council for the Arts. Nevertheless, the scammers are still at large so Australia Council arts grant applicants should be alert. If you have applied for a grant and you get a phone call congratulating you on your success and requesting that you deposit money in a particular account – don’t.

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Grafton Regional Gallery

Operation Art: encourages students from Kindergarten to Year 10 in all NSW schools to create artworks for children in hospital

March 18 – April 19

www.graftongallery.nsw.gov.au

Heaven and Earth Fine Art Gallery

Last exhibition – closing doors April13: Works by Bronwyn Russell and Kylee Dempsey

Current exhibition closing April 13

0419 993 189

Curious Art Gallery

The Spirit of Autumn: Curious Artists capture their feelings for this refreshing and vibrant seasonal change

18th March - 26th April

www.curiousart.org.au

Waywood Gallery

S.M.L.XL: A sculpture exhibition featuring six local sculptors Sculpture Workshop

Until April 25

3 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay 6685 5808

Starts April 6

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Grafton Regional Gallery

DesignTECH: an exhibition showcasing outstanding Major Design Projects from HSC Design and Technology students

March 24 – April 19

www.graftongallery.nsw.gov.au

Tweed River Art Gallery

Momentum: 18th Tamworth fibre textile biennial 2008 Deep Earth : Avital Sheffer – ceramic artist

March 27 - May 10

6670 2790

Community Print Makers Bray Park

Soft Landing: fabric printing exhibition

Until April 5

6672 8276

Escape Art Gallery

Just add Water: ﬁrst solo exhibition by Cheryl Nest

March 22 – April 29

1 Brisbane Street, Murwillumbah

Byron Industrial Estate

13 Galleries located in the Byron Arts and Industry Park open their doors for a quarterly event

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Deep Earth - Avital Sheffer Ceramic vessels explore multi-faceted Middle-Eastern culture, history and design

Reconstruction: the genesis of available evidence - Lucille Martin

Gallery 100 Uki

Sculptural installations in response to the global diet of over-consumption

Until 3 May A life of lithographs: William Robinson

Comical self portraits by renowned Australian artist William Robinson

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Manilow, Pink Lights and Letterbox Abuse Most of us have heard of the Manilow method – it’s a form of demographic cleansing via the painfully hideous music of Mr Barry Manilow. Malls with problem teenagers have decided that the most effective way of clearing a shopping district was to hit them with a bit of ‘I write the songs…’ pumped through speakers in all the public spaces. Predictably, the youth left in droves. (It is in fact a timely reminder to keep a little Manilow in the CD rack, you never know when unwelcome guests might pop in and need a little gentle musical persuasion to leave.) Perhaps Barry could even curb the violence of bikie gangs. I don’t imagine the crazed murderous seige that happened at Sydney airport last weekend would have taken hold if Barry had been crooning ‘I’ve seen it through the rain….’ Like a long nosed Jesus, Manilow has become an unexpected peacemaker – the Nelson Mandela of mall clearing. A housing estate in the UK has come up with an even crueler way of deterring their disadvantaged youth. The area had a significant problem with drug dealing, under age drinking and antisocial behaviour, so they came up with a novel idea: installing pink lights that show up teenage blemishes. That’s right, pimples have driven kids back indoors. No amount of drink or drugs imbibed can hide the shame of a face full of zits. Acne plagued kids have been driven back into their homes, quite possibly the sources of their original abuse in shame and self repulsion. What a top idea! Rather than recognising that the problem exists and needs to be dealt with, we come up with ways of driving aberrant teens

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underground. Back to the old school emotional healing techniques of ‘suppress, repress and oppress’. Ooh, I can smell a cancer cluster coming on! Why are we just targeting the young – it seems hideously unfair. Perhaps we should start using those kind of ideas to deter adults from anti-social behaviour, god knows, it’s our antisocial behaviour that is the inspiration for our kids. Like for problem gamblers we could have live footage of their kids flash up on the screen of the pokie machine. So instead of three lemons, they get three sad looking kids, crying in the car outside. Heavy drinkers could be supplied with personal footage of their slurring and staggering highlights, culminating with a youtube posting of their vomiting victories. It’s a winner. I live on the Mullum High School route and apart from hearing the odd kid go ‘that’s Mandy Nolan’s house, I hate her’ which I personally find quite charming, I do have some problem with adolescent behaviour. The little scoundrels keep putting rubbish in my letter box and dropping drink containers and chip packets up and down the footpath. I have taken on the English ideas and have installed pink lights and now when you touch my box, Manilow croons ‘Oh Mandy..’ It also happens when you go near my letterbox. (Girl’s gotta try some contraception!) I did have one thought that might be less aggressive though. What about a public bin? There is not one public bin the entire stretch from Mullum High until town. I know, pretty outrageous concept… but worth a shot. In the meantime, it’s Manilow.

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with Hans Lovejoy

Pierre Bensusan at The SoundLounge on Friday

Abby Dobson at the SoundLounge on Thursday

Mary Duff at Seagulls on Thursday

The LOUD 09 Band Competition Heat 1 is on Thursday April 2 at the Coolangatta Hotel. Queensland’s largest band competition is open to all original bands in south east Queensland and Northern NSW. Confirmed acts this week includes: Twin City Riot, The Lost Cause, Yorke, The Seasons Call, Third Tuesday. For more details: www.themusicpit.com. au/1.htm

E N T E RTA I N M E N T Female Vocalist’ from the British Country Music Awards and ‘Best Female Solo Artist’ from the annual Irish World Awards. Her solo recordings are extremely successful in the UK and Ireland, continually charting in the UK Top 50. Appearing in the Stardust Room, Seagulls on Thursday April 2 at 8pm. Tickets $59 with reserved seating. An all ages gig. www.maryduff-international. com

The Go Set

When singer/songwriter J. Keenan and bassist Mark Moran formed The Go Set in Fifteen Minutes of 2003, it seemed only natural Fame at Stokers to combine the elements of Stoker’s Siding residents, Rob the music they had grown up and Carl are hosting a monthly on, from traditional celtic and talent night at Stokers, called folk music, to early seventies Fifteen Minutes of Fame at punk rock, and with a voice for Stokers. ‘The whole idea is fun political perspective and social and enjoyment, so naturally conscience. Combining the any crass, boringly tedious and/ folk elements of the bagpipes, accordion, and mandolin, with or offensive acts will get the distorted punk guitars and a gong.’ As the name says each rock’n roll ethos, The Go Set act will get fifteen minutes to created a sound and direction get on, set up and be off with all its own. Friday April 3 at seven available time slots. The first show is Friday April 3, the Coolangatta Hotel. at Stoker’s Siding Hall, 7pm to Kym Campbell Band 10pm, with the first act going on at 7.30. Free entry for acts, At the Jam Factory this Sunand audience pays $10 each to day catch blues, roots and regcover costs. Light refreshments gae outfit the Kym Campbell will be available. To make sure Band. Support is by Clay Blyth you get a slot, email who you and Matia Jano. Doors open are and what you want to do at 5pm at Neverland Jam Facfifteenminutesatstokers@gmail. tory, Coolangatta. com otherwise just turn up and Chilled Preston keep your fingers crossed. Chilled Preston perform their Mary Duff eclectic mix of tunes at the Ireland’s most popular female Imperial Hotel Murwillumbah, vocalist, Mary Duff, is a Friday April 3 from 8pm. Their phenomenally talented singer catalogue of songs range from with incredible stage presence Ben Harper, Powderfinger, Jack and charisma. She is a multiple Johnson, Ed Kuepper, Coldplay award-winner, including ‘Best and U2 through to classics

from David Bowie, Lou Reed and Talking Heads.

Northern Warning Back at the Murwillumbah Hotel, Northern Warning are local lads who have gained a solid reputation. See them Saturday from 9pm.

Abby Dobson Since Leonardo’s Bride, Abby Dobson has been travelling, including some inner mountains she had to climb, and so bowed out of the spotlight for a few years. There’s been activity however, and she has been quietly getting together a body of work to prepare for her debut solo offering. Rise Up is the result, and she enlisted the expertise of engineers Phil Punch at Electric Avenue and Chris Townend at Big Jesus Burger in Sydney. Some of the amazing musicians that have lovingly played on the album are Paul Mac (Silverchair), David Lane (Toni Collette) and Jackie Orszaczky. See her Thursday April 2 at the Soundlounge, Currumbin.

Pierre Bensusan French guitar virtuoso Pierre Bensusan has long been acknowledged as one of the finest guitarists on the planet, a fearless improviser who constantly explores the depth of his own voice in a way that transcends his instrument. The readers of Guitar Player Magazine USA voted him ‘Best World Music Guitarist’ in 2008. In his first visit to Australia, he will be performing with special guest Australian guitarist Peter Miller, Friday April 3 at The SoundLounge, Currumbin RSL. Tickets are only available at www.thesoundlounge.com.

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regularly tour QLD, NSW and Victoria and are making their presence felt to the masses, with results that ensure the continuance of MRB. Currumbin RSL Saturday April 4 at 8pm.

Mason Rack Band

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Said to be the hardest working blues and roots band in Australia, the Mason Rack Band (MRB) guarantees satisfaction. 2007 saw MRB pick up the ‘Best Blues Song Award’ in the Q-song awards, 2008 saw them receive ‘Gold Artist Award’ from Radio Indy and they receive major JJJ airplay. They toured Canada in July and August 2008 where they played major festivals. They

Jam Night at The Tyalgum Pub is the first Saturday night of the month – 8 til late. It is Open Mic night, so if you would like to bring your kazoo, violin, bagpipes or steam calliope out to Tyalgum Pub, you will have a great, live audience to play to. If you play in a band, even better – bring the band along. Just ring Warren at the

Tahir at the Gold Coast Arts Centre on Friday

pub to book in for a half hour slot (or longer if you like), and Warren will give you a great deal for your trouble. He will record your band (on a digital desk!), put your music on CD (to help you promote your band), and then he will put mp3s of your music on the Tyalgum Hotel website ....all this for five bucks! Tyalgum Pub Jam Night this Saturday.

Latino Passion With hot pounding rhythms, fiery energy and over six hours of pulsating non-stop entertainment, the Gold Coast Arts Centre will be taken over with Latino Passion this Saturday. Featuring renowned musicians with festival and international touring experience, it will showcase the forerunners of Cuban and Colombian music, Flamenco guitar, Brazilian bossa nova, samba-reggae and more! Unplugged in the Basement

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comedy festivals, panel shows, 6672 5404 or at the door at the Civic Centre on the night. television debates and even celebrity theatre sports! Gold Festivals Coast Arts Centre 8pm Friday. Currumbin Wildlaugh Festival Theatre Come and see a selection The Murwillumbah Theatre a great films from inTheBin Company’s ‘Allo ‘Allo’ bawdy including environmental and farcical spoof on war concludes comedy films. All money raised this week: Friday April 3 and donated to the Victorian WildSaturday April 4 at all 7.30 pm. fire Bushfire Appeal. Saturday Tickets $15, $12 concession April 4 Parklands opposite and table bookings available Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. at Murwillumbah Music Shop Tickets $8, gates open at 6pm.

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to be posted on his website. Guy became the first Australian Idol winner in 2003. His first solo single Angels Brought Me Here debuted at number one and was the highest selling Australian single in ARIA chart history. With a full ten piece band, Guy will be performing all of his hits from his multi-platinum albums plus more and fans will get to experience a world exclusive where Guy will perform select tracks from his fifth album, due out mid 2009. Twin Towns Services Club, Saturday April 4 at 8pm Qld time. Tickets $55.

Enigmatic group Misdirection will headline Unplugged in the Basement with support act Lucas Stone Thursday April 2. After celebrating the success of their recent album Cast No Shadows with sell out shows on the Gold Coast and an explosive tour through NSW, Misdirection will take a break from their regular gig schedule and perform their acoustic show. Doors, food and bar open at 7:30pm with DVDs screening. Bands start at 8:15pm. Tickets sold at door. $7 before 8pm and $10 after 8pm. Gold Coast Arts Centre 8pm Thursday.

Guy Sebastian Guy Sebastian will be performing his own concerts for the first time in twelve months in Twin Towns’ Showroom. In an exclusive night of performance the audience will get to request tracks off his past albums and select other songs,

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Patrons of iconic local venue Billinudgel Hotel are in for a real treat leading up to Bluesfest as local artist Cheynne Murphy brings his five piece ensemble for a Sunday afternoon beer garden gig on Sunday April 5. Cheynne will be performing with his Bluesfest lineup which features harmonies, bamboo flute, acoustic guitars, bass and percussion.

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Leigh James Leigh James is a velvet smooth singer and master fingerstyle guitarist. He has supported Shane Howard, Graeme Connors, Kate Ceberano, The Black Sorrows, James Morrison, Renee Geyer, Marcia Hines and Brian Cadd to name a few. A Tribute To The Singer Songwriters is Leigh’s tribute to the originators of the genre we now call the ‘singer songwriter’. Leigh is backed by a world class band, on piano is Alan Park, on bass is Greg Lyon, on drums is Scott Hills and on guitar is Matt Hanley. Wednesday April 8 at 11am. Members $5 – non members $10. Twin Towns Services Club.

Ross Nobel and the Upright Men and Mr Percival Ross Nobel writes delicious McCartney-esque melodies with the insightful wit of Randy Newman and the bluesy earthiness of Clapton. It’s intimate revelatory material that searches out the soul and faithfully records its pain and its triumphs. Mr Percival mesmerized thousands of happy folk at this year’s Woodford Festival and continues to build a passionate following. He has has just returned from a tour of NZ with Jimmy Barnes. See them Thursday at the Mullumbimby Civic Centre, 8pm.

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Reconstruction: the genesis of available evidence - Lucille Martin Sculptural installations in response to the global diet of over-consumption

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Comedy Comedian Tahir After hitting it off at Comedy in the Basement twice in 2008, Tahir’s show were a complete sell-out both performances, with a 50-strong crowd outside the basement trying to sneaka-peek at his gig inside. Tahir has headlined most comedy venues around the country, as well as being involved in major

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local events and entertainment KINGSCLIFF 7.30PM LEIGH JAMES ■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB, BOGANGAR 8PM AGENT 77 ■ CLUB BANORA 7.30PM ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - KENNY & DOLLY ■ CURRUMBIN RSL, 7PM BLACK MAGIC ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL DJ TRIAL ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM THE GO SET ■ LUFFLEY CAFE MURWILLUMBAH 7PM THE JAZZ KANARIES ■ IMPERIAL HOTEL M’BAH 8PM CHILLED PRESTON ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM COMEDIAN TAHIR ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 8.30PM PAUL ATKINS ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 7.30PM AKASA ■ MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL, 9PM DJ HERVE ■ M’BAH SERVICES MEMORIAL CLUB 6.30PM PHIL GUEST ■ MURWILLUMBAH CIVIC CENTRE 7.30PM ALLO ‘ALLO (THEATRE) ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM JOE DANIELS ■ SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF, 8.30PM COAL BUCKET ■ SANDBAR AND GRILL CASUARINA 6PM BILL JACOBI ■ SEAGULLS 7PM, CONNECTIONS BAR RED THREADS ■ SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB 8.30PM RNR DANCING, ■ SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN 8PM WORLD/CELTIC GUITARIST

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SATURDAY 4 ■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB, BOGANGAR 8PM THE GROOVETTES ■ CABARITA BEACH BAR & GRILL 9PM DJ DIZEL ■ CLUB BANORA, BANORA POINT 8PM THE DIVAS SHOW ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM JIMMYZ (DJ) ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 9PM DJ ERROR ■ COOLANGATTA AND TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 7PM HIGHNOON ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM MASON RACK BAND ■ CURRUMBIN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 6PM CURRUMBIN

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SUNDAY 5 ■ CLUB BANORA, 12.15PM CHAMPAGNE JAM, 11AM DUKE BANNISTER ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 4PM THE SMASHED CRABS ■ CURRUMBIN RSL,1.30PM TONY KRUGER ■ NEVERLAND COOLANGATTA 7PM KYM CAMPBELL BAND, CLAY BLYTH, MATIA JANO ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB, 5PM MACKA ■ SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF, 1PM JON BRADLEY ■ SEAGULLS CLUB, 2PM LINE DANCING WITH RUSSELL HINTON ■ SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL, 1- 5PM ORANGE GROVE ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 12.30PM DON WHITAKER ■ TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 2PM THE TWEED LINKS MUSIC CLUB ■ UKI CAFE 11.30AM PEACE BROTHER ■ WALLABY PUB, MUDGEERABA, 2PM LOOSE CHANGE ■ BILLINUDGEL HOTEL 1:30PM CHEYNNE MURPHY + JEMTONES + LIZ MARSH ■ BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 4.30PM FYAH WALK 8PM DJ CAPTAIN KAINE ■ BYRON BAY COMMUNITY

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ARIES: Use this week’s Sun, Venus and Mercury in Aries energy like the superhero you are rather than let it use you. During the driven intensity of Vincent Van Gogh’s birthday week you can either make life difficult for yourself, or benefit tremendously from your year’s most brilliantly creative week. TAURUS: Turning adverse circumstances to your advantage looks like luck but it’s actually a learned skill and the more you practice, the luckier you get. You couldn’t find a better week than this to start ferreting out silver linings and learning how to benefit from the inevitable. GEMINI: Watch the body/ mind split that happens when you’ve got too much on your plate and trying to be in too many places at once, because this week accidents can happen. You wouldn’t want to be so preoccupied you miss a window of opportunity with your name on it. When I was rising through the ranks in the 1970s, the name of Duncan Suttles was legendary. Suttles became known in Australia through our number one player Robert Jamieson, who had played twice against Suttles and only once survived. It was not that the Vancouver grandmaster was a world-beater – although he did claim many notable world class scalps – but that he thought differently. Suttles played a different brand of chess to all of his peers, living his chess life on the edge, literally. Whereas classical principles told players that ‘Knight on the rim, prospects are dim’, Suttles would develop his knights to the edge of the board and prove their usefulness. Players are taught to fight for the centre, yet Suttles would use his flank pawns to attack – now a standard weapon in the hands of many top players – and would treat castling as a tactic for wimps. To play against Suttles was to

With a financially intense future looming ahead, this week’s glass half full astrovibes remind us to enjoy the good things in life while we can and appreciate the real value of all we have… CANCER: If this week’s confrontational attitude has you feeling threatened or pressured, it’s definitely not worth getting defensive or taking it personally. Focus on what’s essential: something you could make easier by letting go a few of those non-essentials you’re hanging on to. LEO: Your flamboyant majesty may encounter some tough reality checks which call for patience this week, when small things can detonate unexpectedly. The answer’s to channel calm and charm (even if it’s through gritted teeth) till the fake-it-till-you-make-it principle kicks in. VIRGO: If this week of economic complications feels like damage control then your call is to be the cool and resourceful Virgo you are. Take whatever solo time you need, but use it productively – not just for aerobic worrying. Especially about OPB: other peoples business…

AQUARIUS: Your democratic strategies come into their own this week getting funds working in new and beneficial ways. Right now people want practical solutions and a direct approach, but reassurance is also important. Show others you care – they’ll really appreciate having it spelled out. PISCES: Been bottling things up? This emotionally charged week could pop the cork. If others are controlling and bossy, use that as your cue to communicate clearly what you want and what you’re not prepared to accept. Expressing strong feelings honestly clears your roadblocks to forward progress. 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Bb2 f6!? 12.Qd2 Nf7 13.Rc1 bxc4 14.dxc4 Nb4 15.f4 c5 16.Rd1 h5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 a5 19.Qd3 Rh7! This is chess, but not as we know it. Now 20.Qxg6 loses to 20...Bf5. 20.Bc3 a4 21.Qc2 Kf8 22.Rb1 axb3 23.axb3 f5! 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Kf2?! h4! Despite apparently passive pieces, Suttles now begins his counter-attack. 26.gxh4 Rxh4 27.Ng1 Bc6 28.Rh2 e5 29.Kg3 g5 30.fxg5 (See diagram) Re4!! 31.Kf2 Qh8! 32.Nf3 Nxg5 33.Nxg5? 33.Rg1 was necessary. 33...Qh4+ 34.Kg1?! Qxg5 35.Kh1 Qxe3 36.Rg1 Kf6 37.Qb1 Qd4 38.Qc1 Rxb3 39.Qh6+ Ke7 40.Qg7+ Kd8 0-1 A demoralised decision by Bilek, but after 41.Qg5+ Kc7 42.Qxf5 Qxc4, Black must prevail.

Play at Seagulls Club, Thurs 6–10pm engage in manoeuvring where for originality missed the mark. you had no idea what your oppoVolumes 2 and 3, which include nent was trying for until it was the two Jamieson games, contain too late to do anything about it. 500 more annotated games and Suttles’ star burned out quickly show in great detail how Suttles’ as the GM gave up professional unique style developed. chess in the late 1970s to pursue The authors consider the game a career in computer program- below one of Suttles’ greatest and ming, yet he left many followers most typical – a weird manoeuwho tried, and usually failed, to vring battle which suddenly play in Suttles style. explodes into life. Don’t try this The legend of Suttles is due for at home, but it is worth remema revival after the publication last bering Suttles’ dictum that the ■ For more about Chess on the year of the outstanding trilogy number of reasonable moves in Edge, see www.suttlesbook.com Chess on the Edge, Volumes 1-3. any given position is often greater a b c d e f g h Authors Yasser Seirawan and than conventional wisdom would 8 Bruce Harper have collected have you believe. almost all of Suttles’ games and Venice 1974 7 explained them in a manner White: I Bilek 6 understandable even to a classi- Black: D Suttles 5 Opening: English cally trained chess player. The first volume contains 100 1.c4 g6 4 Suttles’ invariable choice on move one; in his of Suttles’ most original efforts, hands known as the feared ‘Rat Defence’. 3 sorted by theme (King Walks, 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Nh6!? Weird Manoeuvres) and even A typical Suttles move, with the knight usually 2 1 includes a section on Opening rerouting to f7 later in the game. Black to play and win Disasters, where Suttles’ penchant 6.e3 Bd7 7.Nge2 Qc8 8.h3 a6 9.b3 b5

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This large leopard tree on a park at the corner of Thomson Street and Byangum Road, Murwillumbah, succumbed to the strong winds from a late afternoon storm last Sunday. The 15-metre tree came crashing down, narrowly missing a bench seat in the park (unused at the time of the wild storm, of course). Tweed Shire Council tree unit workers removed it later but not before local residents took a few interesting snaps of the fallen tree.

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Despite people having no money at the moment, St George Bank staff havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been sitting idle. Staff at the Murwillumbah branch have been keeping busy organising raffles to raise money for cancer charity The Serendipity Committee. In the regional raffle, people have a chance to win the grand prize of a two-night stay in Port Macquarie. A ticket in â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; Tweed Valley Friendship Force, the local Murwillumbah raffle which is helping to raise funds could net you a St George acfor the building of a secondary count with $50 already in it.

Of course, there are lots more prizes. To take part, get down to the Murwillumbah branch from April 6. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

Tweedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite filmmaking son P J Hogan (Murielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wedding) could be about to find himself the toast of Hollywood as his latest flick Confessions of a Shopaholic screens around the country. The son of late Tweed councillor Tom Hogan produced the chick flick starring fellow Aussie Isla Fisher. â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013; â&#x2013;

It seems our report in Backburner two weeks ago about local developer Danny Gilliesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s woes regarding an unauthorised garage at the rear of his Fingal property raised the ire of some readers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but not because of any annexation of crown land. It seems when we described his home as a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, a few believed it an offensive reference to a pile of excrement. Nothing could be further from the truth. Mr Gilliesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gated two-storey house with pool befits the ordinary dictionary definition of the word: a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;lofty buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

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NOW AT 78 Main Street, Murwillumbah 02 6672 2742 24 April 2, 2009 The Tweed Shire Echo