Tweed Echo – Issue 1.43 – 02/07/2009

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An 85-year-old Tweed Heads man is planning to ride more than 1500km from Brisbane to Cairns to raise money for charity.

Avid cyclist Jack Griffin aims to complete the journey in 18 days with regular rest stops to tune into his favourite television show The Bold and the Beautiful.

He says he will be the oldest person to complete such a ride and will be doing it on his pride and joy, an $11,000 replica of the bike Lance Armstrong rode on the Tour de France. ‘People say “why are you doing it at your age� and I tell them “you can’t do it when you’re dead!�,’ he said. ‘I’ve been wanting to do it for four years to raise money for the Tweed Heads Hospital but I had never been able to get a sponsor. ‘I figured this year I’d pay for it myself because I might not have a chance next year, you never know what’s going to happen, and I’d get real crook at myself if I didn’t do it.’ Jack has managed to find a sponsor in firm Rentals Queensland and will set off on his 1600km journey on July 26.

He will ride about 100km each day, resting in the early afternoon to indulge his one vice. ‘I always watch The Bold and the Beautiful. When I go for a ride, I am always home by 4.30pm and I’ll make sure I am at my motel each night of the ride by 4pm,’ he said. ‘The rest of the time I just concentrate on the road and meditate on the good things in life – on how lucky I am to be out there. You think of the people in hospital and how they would love to swap places with you!’ Jack became obsessed with cycling when his parents bought him

his first bike at the age of eight.

At the age of 14 he went on his first long distance adventure, cycling more than 100km from Wangaratta to Melbourne. At 61, he rode around Australia in 100 days and did the same ride again in 1992 and then in 1996.

In 1999, the International Year of Older Persons he rode 1000km from Tweed Heads to Canberra, getting off his bike to have dinner with then prime minister John Howard.

He said the secret to his success was a good attitude to life. ‘Life is too serious to be taken seriously,’ he said.

Tweed Shire Council has wholeheartedly embraced controversial new planning panels by appointing two unknown planning experts with ties to Queensland to make the area’s major planning decisions.

At an extraordinary meeting yesterday afternoon, councillors selected Dr Ned Wales, a Bond University urban planning assistant professor, and Brisbane barrister Robert Quirk, to sit on the state government panel in unanimous approval for the two candidates.

Both men are former Murwillumbah High School students who live in Tweed Heads and Terranora respectively and work in Queensland.

Dr Wales trained and worked in the United States, returning to Australia in 2000 where he has also worked at the Gold Coast City Council.

Mr Quirk is the son of canefarmer Robert Quirk and specialises in environmental and planning law.

Cr Barry Longland praised them for their ‘good mix of technical skills and local knowledge’.

Cr Katie Milne said their ap-

pointment was a fair compromise: ‘ I don’t think either are inclined one way or another [for or against development].’ But in a 25-minute debate, councillors struggled to agree on a reserve for the team.

Motions to appoint either former Greens councillor Henry James or former council general manager Dr John Griffin as the reserve both failed, with little known development manager Steven Grimes getting the job after nomination by mayor Joan van Lieshout.

Mr Grimes lives at Casuarina and works with Queensland’s Urban Land Development Authority, which helps government bodies dispose of excess land.

Greens councillor Katie Milne, who had nominated Mr James as the reserve, urged councillors to scrap Mr Grimes but went on to vote for his appointment as a reserve anyway, in a five-two vote, with Barry Longland and Warren Polglase against. ‘I am not sure it is appropriate having Steven Grimes on the panel because I believe he is very much ascontinued on page 2

Historic trees poisoned again Vandals have again poisoned some historic fig trees and other young trees in Masterson Park near a significant war memorial in the heart of the village.

The culprits even repoisoned some Moreton Bay fig trees which were attacked in March this year, making certain, according to a Tweed Shire Council spokesperson, of their re-

moval because of safety issues.

After the last attack, The Echo investigated the incident, and concluded a nearby resident with an obsessive dislike of flying foxes was responsible. A large colony of bats roost in the trees.

Burringbar General Store co-owner Doug Clarke agreed, saying that when continued on page 2 Joint Regional Planning Panel appointees: Ned Wales (left) and Robert Quirk

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Mt St Patrick College year 11 student Xanthe Eppelstun was honoured last Saturday night at the Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts when she was awarded the J J Richards Memorial Scholarship for Speech and Drama, an award of $1,000 and a perpetual trophy donated by Idwall Richards and family in memory of J J Richards, a prominent Tweed citizen. Photo Tree Faery

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The biggest performing arts Performing Arts, continues and standards are high for the festival in country NSW, the in July at the Murwillumbah several hundred performances Murwillumbah Festival of Civic Centre. taking place.

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Council makes panel selection

Vandals target trees (from page 1) the trees were fruiting the bats roosted in them and made ‘lots of noise at night, I think someone who lives close by has gotten sick of it’.

‘I think it’s going to keep going,’ he said.

The three previously poisoned trees had been fenced off

by Council, which is calling for public help in trying to track down the vandal in the hope of pursuing a prosecution.

The new attack is a major disappointment to members of the Burringbar Subbranch of the RSL who tried to save the trees poisoned earlier this year.

Sub-branch president Alan Vincent said the latest poisoning was particularly upsetting as his organisation was working towards a celebration for the 90th anniversary of the World War I memorial in September.

‘We’re pretty certain that this was the first World War I memorial unveiled on the Tweed, so it is significant,’ Mr Vincent said.

‘Those trees were planted to shade the ex-servicemen when

they marched,’ he said.

Council’s recreation services manager Stewart Brawley said the vandals used the same method of drilling into the tree trunk to inject poison as employed earlier in the year.

‘It is unfortunate there has been confirmation of an additional five young fig trees in a regeneration area and the old fig tree and pine that were previously poisoned have been repoisoned,’ Mr Brawley said.

‘We have been working closely with the Burringbar community and the RSL to save the previously poisoned trees. However, three of them have become too much of a risk and as a last resort will have to be removed for safety reasons.’

The niece of the park’s namesake Sam Masterson, Sheila Howard of Burringbar, was saddened to hear the news of the fresh attack on the trees.

‘I remember my uncle used to spend hours and hours there planting trees to beautify the area for the war memorial,’ she said. ‘I’m sure he planted that big pine.’

sociated with the development side of things rather than the community side of things,’ she told councillors.

Before Tuesday’s deadline 49 of 109 eligible councils in New South Wales had refused or delayed making a decision on the controversial panels. Tweed Shire Council has now fallen into line with the government.

Effectively boycotting the process, the remaining opposing councils, including neighbouring Byron Shire, have argued the panels are undemocratic, raising concerns over a lack of clear guidelines on how they are to operate.

The panels, which have also come under fire from Tweed councillors, will make recommendations to Planning Minister Kristina Kenneally on infrastructure and eco-tourism projects worth more than $5 million and residential and commercial developments worth more than $10 million.

Three government-appointed members are also to sit on them, thus removing local control.

Council’s appointment process suffered a number of delays, with its shortlist of five candidates becoming the subject of an unsuccessful rescission motion.

On Monday candidate Tania Murdock, whose application would have been back on the table if the rescission motion had been successful, withdrew from the process, saying it would undermine local democracy. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Dad saves toddlers from house fire Luis Feliu

Crabbes Creek father of five Peter Strickland was lucky to spot the legs of his youngest son in a smoke-filled bedroom after he entered his family home where a fire had broken out on Saturday night.

Peter battled choking, toxic black smoke as he crawled along on his hands and knees searching for his 18-month-old toddler, Reuben. With the help of his friend Sundar, he managed to save both his youngest boys who had been inside the house playing when the fire broke out.

The fire destroyed the home in the village’s main street, leaving the family of seven homeless and with only the clothes they were wearing.

Peter was in mild shock on Monday when he told The Echo of the dramatic events surrounding the fire, which started under the house, while Peter and his wife Vanessa were on the front verandah around 5pm.

‘We saw a little bit of smoke around and I thought someone was burning off it was coming from the side of the driveway and by the time we smelled the smoke a bit more I went inside to look out the rear window to see where it was coming from, when it became obvious the smoke was coming from under the house.

‘I grabbed a small kitchen fire extinguisher, which didn’t do any good, and Vanessa ran out to ring 000 as the cordless phone was already dead because the fire had tripped the electric circuit.

‘The fire just took hold with such speed, when I realised my two boys were still inside and I ran in to get them, but the black smoke

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Peter Strickland holds his youngest son Reuben, 18 months, while his friend Sundar, holds three-year-old Gus, outside the ruined family home. Photo Jeff Dawson

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‘My three-year-old Gus had luckily wandered closer to the front door and I grabbed him and handed him to Sundar, who had driven past and ran in to help when it all started.

‘We were forced back by the smoke and fire quickly taking hold, but Reuben was still in there somewhere, so I went from room to room searching as I crawled along, and by the grace of God there was just enough daylight coming through the bedroom window and I was down really low so I could just make the silhouette of his legs.

‘He was virtually where the fire was, which was directly below his sister’s bedroom.’

At the time of the fire, Peter’s other children, Savannah, 10, Marshall, 7, and Quinn, 5, were either away or playing

outside the house in the village main street.

The Stricklands moved to Crabbes Creek, where they bought their home, six years ago. They previously lived at Coffs Harbour. Peter’s parents, Nancy and Tom, have travelled from Coffs Harbour to support and comfort their family.

Peter’s mum Nancy said ‘it was quite traumatic for them, they only had a few seconds’.

Peter was involved with Camp Quality (the charity looking after children with cancer) for 20 years, as a companion and camp director, and helped bring the charity to the north coast.

The Crabbes Creek community this week rallied around the family, providing them with temporary accommodation, clothes, food and other items to help them through probably the worst period of their lives.

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Meeting condemns rally legislation Luis Feliu

The state government’s special legislation which forces the world rally on Tweed and Kyogle shires was roundly condemned at a public meeting at Uki last Saturday afternoon as undemocratic and eroding basic freedoms.

More than 80 people attended the briefing on the the Motor Sports [World Rally Championship] Bill 2009 by the Environmental Defender’s Office (EDO).

EDO education officer Mark Byrne said the legislation had left the community with no direct input into decisions regarding the event. It also failed to address related issues, such as the need for drivers to stop and help injured animals under section 14 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. He said the amendment requiring a review of the race after the first event may or may www.tweedecho.com.au

not be effective as the minister responsible for implementing the legislation was also empowered to conduct the review.

The powers of police also came under scrutiny at the meeting, and it was noted their directions under the law had to be related to safety issues, rather than to move protesters on.

Some audience members were concerned about the use of special and controversial police powers during the recent World Youth Day in Sydney, fearing people wearing protest t-shirts at the rally could be arrested, as some were in Sydney when they wore anti-Pope t-shirts.

They argued that people wanting to protest should be able to wear t-shirts in front of the rally cars and also be able to place protest signs on private property along the rally route unless they constitute a hazard.

Others expressed anger about the stripping of rights, for instance there will be no right to prosecute for private nuisance, that is, damage to your property.

EDO solicitor Sue Higginson said some people at the meeting were shocked as to the extent which the legislation circumvented state laws, saying the legislation was an ‘affront to the development assessment and proper laws of NSW’ and that opponents were considering what type of protest options they can take.

No Rally Group president Michael McNamara said the rally overrides at least seven major state laws.

‘It happened with Homebush and the V8 Supercars and now it has happened here.

The government is prepared to override its own legislation and disenfranchise local communities for private, sectional interests.’

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‘But they lost everything. It’s a very small community here and they’ll support them where they can,’ he said.

The cause of the fire is unknown and police are still investigating but they said there were no suspicious circumstances.

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Hastings Point’s future debated Residents and landowners of Hastings Point met to have their say in the future of their coastal village during a locality plan workshop last weekend.

Tweed Shire Council officers Jane Lofthouse and Danny Rose spoke about estuary management and the long overdue floodplain study, saying the first draft was due later this month.

Urban design consultant Noni Ruker talked about issues which had to be considered for the locality plan.

Resident spokesperson Jo Kennett told The Echo that previous workshops had been a ‘feisty affair’ between the pro-development lobby and locals trying to protect Hastings Point’s unique village character and environment.

Ms Kennett said there was particular concern at the workshop over Lot 156 in Creek Street, where the floodplain had been illegally filled, causing water drainage and flooding problems.

One resident told the workshop that any three-storey buildings on the south side would put adjacent homes in complete shade for four months of the year.

A representative of one of the owners of controversial de-

Left to right: Uve Knop, Ernie Mann, Tess Brill and Vic Brill at the workshop. Photo Jo Kennett

velopment The Point said the hamlet needed more ‘quality units’, noting what he described as the dilapidated state of some of the houses on the south side.

He also said the creek should be dredged.

Residents said The Point development was too big and inappropriate for the southern entrance of the hamlet. ‘It felt

like you’re entering a locality of the Gold Coast,’ one said.

Resident’s were very vocal about the retention of the village camping facilities which is seen as the identity of the locality since day one. They said Hastings Point has always offered an economic alternative for those who could not afford, or who were not interested, in

the many upmarket large scale holiday unit options all along the Gold Coast down to the Tweed Coast. They wanted something different which was what Hastings Point provided.

Participants wrote down their ideas for what they wanted addressed in the locality plan, presenting them at the end of the workshop.

Federal government gives $4m for school buildings Three Tweed secondary schools will receive almost $4 million from the federal government to build new or refurbished science laboratories and language centres or dual facilities.

Richmond MP Justine Elliot said the $3,797,860 would be given to Mt St Patrick College ($1,970,000), Wollumbin High School ($920,000) and Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School ($907,680).

The funding comes under stage one of the Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools element of the Building the Education Revolution (BER).

Ms Elliot said the funding delivered an important phase of the Rudd Government’s $14.7 billion BER investment in much needed school buildings.

She said construction of these projects would com-

mence quickly, providing immediate support for jobs. ‘By investing in our local schools, the Rudd Government is helping to keep local contractors, tradies, truck drivers and small businesses working during these difficult days. ‘The Rudd Government is undertaking the largest school modernisation program in Australia’s history to support local jobs, stimulate every local

economy and invest in important long-term infrastructure.

Applications for the third round of the Primary Schools for the 21st Century program close on July 10 and will see all remaining eligible Australian schools receive funding.

A full list of successful school projects is available at www. buildingtheeducationrevolution.gov.au or www.economicstimulusplan.gov.au

Teenager awarded $800,000 New students settle in A Bilambil Heights teenager was awarded more than $800,000 in damages after he fell from a bunk bed during a sleepover at a friend’s house.

Cameron Brock Thomas was a 10-year-old when he suffered a fractured skull after the fall at his friend’s family home in April 2004.

A Supreme Court hearing earlier this year heard evidence that Cameron suffered major changes in his behaviour following the fall, could no longer stand noise, was impulsive and unpredictable and later became depressed and suicidal.

He sued William and Susan Shaw, the parents of his friend Joel, claiming the accident occurred after the Shaw family failed to provide a safe environment for him, including the removal of the ladder and guardrail on the bunk bed.

The Shaw family argued that Cameron had been ‘skylarking’ in an accident that had nothing to do with the bed.

Joel had told the court his friend had slid from the bunk to a nearby chest of drawers before shouting something like ‘Geronimo’ as he jumped to the floor.

Justice David Kirby accepted Cameron’s account, that he had slid down the bed and tried to use the chest of drawers as a foothold, as ‘more plausible’ than Joel’s.

He found the Shaws were negligent in not assessing the risk of a fall from the bunk.

Justice Kirby awarded Cameron $853,396 in damages, including future economic loss and medical expenses, and ordered the Shaw’s to pay costs.

He said, ‘It was predictable to a reasonable person that a fall while descending from a bunk bed was likely to cause serious harm.’ It is a decision which may well concern parents across the country whose ch i l d re n i nv ite f r i e n d s home to stay overnight.

New Chinese students enjoy orientation week at Southern Cross University’s Riverside campus in Tweed Heads. (L-R): Janry Fang, Lily Liu, Helen Liu, Joy Zou. The students arrived a few days ago from Dalian University in northeast China which has an articulation agreement for SCU Convention and Event Management students, allowing them to complete part of their studies at Southern Cross University.

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back whale, Migaloo, has been sighted travelling up the coast this week and cruised past the Tweed yesterday (Wednesday).

Whale-watching operator Carol Hunt, who with husband Tony operate the Tweed’s only specialised whale-watching venture, Aquatic Blue Charters, said Migaloo was sighted off Evans Head around midday on Tuesday and off Burleigh Heads yesterday (Wednesday) morning after being spotted earlier in the week off Port Macquarie.

‘We’re so excited, we had photographer Dan Howard on board and he took some great pictures of Migaloo,’ she said.

It appears now that Migaloo, an adult male, which had not been sighted for several years, has survived the Japanese slaughter in the Southern Ocean. He is believed to be the only documented allwhite humpback whale in the world and was given the name

by Aboriginal community elders from the Hervey Bay area in Queeensland, which they also used to describe a ‘White Fella’.

He is part of the east Australian humpback population, now estimated to number around 11,000.

As well as Migaloo, Tweed whale watchers have been treated to spectacular displays of breaching by other young and adult humpback whales offshore recently as many of them make their annual northerly migration.

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the Great Barrier Reef to breed and give birth. They spend some months off the northeast coast of Australia before heading south again.

Prior to the last period of commercial whaling, the population was estimated to have been at least 40,000.

A large number of sightings of humpback and other whales along the far north coast have been reported in late May and June and many more sightings can be expected through till November.

Carol said the recent clear weather had given many whale watchers a great chance to get up close and personal with the popular marine mammals.

She said that last Sunday many were sighted off the coast and one humpback ‘did not stop breaching all trip’.

Meanwhile, researchers have issued a renewed call for extreme care around all whales.

The Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre is urging people to heed the special exclusion zone which applies to Migaloo. The regulations mean no one can bring a boat or jet ski closer than 500 metres or

fly an aircraft within 2,000 feet of the whale.

Wally Franklin, a researcher with the centre and co-director of The Oceania Project, said the intense interest in Migaloo put him at increased risk of injury.

‘People need to make sure they adhere to the regulations, which are in place to protect whales like Migaloo. With the population of humpbacks increasing, there is greater risk of boat strikes,’ Mr Franklin said.

‘We are seeing more incidences of that kind of damage to whales, where you can see the marks left by a propeller.

We share the near coastal waters with whales and dolphins and we need to take particular care when in the water.’

Mr Franklin said while most humpback calves were born in the waters off Queensland, some were born earlier in the season and had to make the trek along the coast.

‘These young whales are at quite high risk until they reach the protected waters off the Great Barrier Reef. If anything occurs to interfere with the relationship with their mother

they become very vulnerable,’ he said. ‘Boat strikes and entanglement in fishing lines are among the threats.’

For more on whales visit www.scu.edu.au/whales or www.oceania.org.au.

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The case of the mysterious messenger Volume 1 #43

July 2, 2009

A betrayal that will haunt Tweed Shire councillors have sold out their constituents big time by going down the crooked path of joining the process of appointing members to the controversial ‘joint’ regional planning panel.

On Tuesday they selected the two members for the statecontrolled five-member panel, thereby ignoring the widespread boycott by other councils throughout the state and undermining local decision-making and accountability.

By falling into line with the state government’s push to take over local planning powers, the councillors have in effect betrayed residents who voted for them in the hope that they, not state government puppets, would shape the future of the region by making local planning decisions.

When they put themselves up for election last year, many of the councillors said they were doing so in the best interests of the Tweed, to ensure that developers, who had previously had their way under the sacked puppet council, would not be given priority over the community.

Candidates formed themselves into village alliances and promised not to allow the same situation to occur again, but it looks like the development industry will be favoured by these new panels led by state government bureaucrats who will do the bidding of their political masters, or else risk their careers.

The state’s grab for power with these panels is not dissimilar to the recent controversial world rally approval. There the NSW government stripped local councils of planning powers when a bunch of cowboys pressured them into changing the law on their behalf, a scandalous state of affairs in anyone’s language.

Because the large developers give big money to the Labor and Coalition parties at election time, they hold extraordinary advantages over ordinary citizens, with their mates in state government able to swing an approval their way.

Councillors may argue that by having a local input on the panels they can have a say in these big developments, but if any of the locals disagree with a decision of the majority on the panel, they are gagged from even talking about it. Under the panel rules only the chair can publicly comment, which effectively wipes out any sense of transparency and accountability.

The code of conduct for these panels is also fraught with danger, as they suggest that members accepting a political donation from a developer of $1,000 or more can themselves decide whether they should sit on a panel.

The panels will determine development applications for residential, mixed use and commercial projects worth between $10 million and $100 million. Those above $100 million will automatically be determined by the planning minister under Part 3(a) of the Planning Act, so there is a lot riding on these panels as most big-ticket projects will fall into the panels’ orbit.

In May, the NSW Local Government Association (LGA) had urged councils not to nominate representatives until the government had developed a code of conduct, and given that the new code seems to further erode the right of local input, councillors should have steered clear.

Nearly half of all NSW councils this week refused to nominate representatives for the panels because they fear the system is undemocratic. The panels are due to be set up today (Thursday) but 49 of the 106 eligible councils have either refused to nominate representatives or delayed their decision, a protest action which Tweed Council should have joined.

LGA president Genia McCaffery’s call to scrap the scheme will no doubt be ignored by the state government.

Councillors in future will have to explain to disillusioned residents negatively affected by a major development approval why they could not represent them any longer.

Disempowerment is too soft a word to describe this latest power grab by the dictatorial state government. Disembowelment seems more appropriate.

tegate was never going to be a hit with the wider public – with a name like that how could it?

Unsurprisingly audiences dropped right off inside a week, and the show appeared to close when Parliament rose for winter recess and the principals departed for warmer climes like a flock of migratory birds.

If any memory of the event remained, it was not of a complex psychological drama, but of a kind of review skit, featuring Kevin Rudd as a ruthless political killer in the style of Josef Stalin and Genghis Khan, with his fall guy Malcolm Turnbull, a Don Quixote figure tilting impetuously at every available windmill while the Sancho Panzas who followed him watched despairingly from a safe distance. A nice night’s entertainment, but not one you’d really want to repeat.

But for the true aficionados of the political whodunit, there are still a lot of questions to be answered. There can be no doubt that Rudd emerged triumphant, and Turnbull severely damaged. This was inevitable once the widely touted email from Rudd’s adviser Andrew Charlton to Treasury officer Godwin Grech was exposed as a fake. But the question remains: who set up the caper in the first place? And almost as importantly, why? Because it must have been obvious from the start that they were never going to get away with it.

As it happened, Turnbull blew the gaffe prematurely, with his warnings to Charlton that he knew Charlton was lying to protect his boss.

Given that the existence of the email had already been widely reported around Parliament House this was a clear signal that Turnbull believed either that Charlton was the origina-

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tor, or at least that it had come from inside Rudd’s office. A thorough check of all the possible computers revealed that it hadn’t, which meant that Rudd was prepared to go straight on the attack.

But suppose Turnbull had kept quiet, and the story had really blown up only when Grech gave his evidence before the senate committee.

With hindsight, this appears to be the way the caper was

taken an extra day or two, but discovery was inevitable, leaving Rudd triumphant and Turnbull and the opposition – Abetz in particular, who had lived up to his name and abetted enthusiastically – with egg all over them.

Any serious analyst would have reached this conclusion. So, again: who set it up, and why?

Some really serious conspiracy theorists within the oppo-

Some really serious conspiracy theorists within the opposition have even opined, rather desperately, that it was in fact a Labor sting…

by Mungo MacCallum scripted, with Senator Eric Abetz apparently wheedling the admission from a reluctant and loyal public servant; yes, he could not tell a lie, he did have a recollection…

In the event, Grech, perhaps aware that things were not going strictly to plan, added that of course his memory could have been faulty, totally false even. But the revelation was certainly explosive. However, how long was it expected to stand up? Charlton would obviously have denounced the thing as a fraud, and insisted on the sweep of computers which had already been made.

Even if Rudd had had doubts about Charlton (which he didn’t) he would have called in the cops; there was simply no choice. And as soon as the cops checked Grech’s own computer they would have seen that the email certainly had been received as Grech had said, but that it had been sent not from Rudd’s office, but from inside Treasury. The fake would have been exposed; it might have

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But if so, what was his motive? To bring down the government? And for whose benefit? Turnbull’s? It really seems an unlikely ambition for the quivering, self-effacing mouse we saw on television. But if Grech was only a minor cog in the plot, or if he had no part in it at all and was just the sucker who received the email, then who was the mastermind?

The available evidence would seem to point to Treasury and it is here that Turnbull, Abetz and others have a problem. Of course they are perfectly entitled to protect their sources of information. All worthwhile

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politicians cultivate informants within the public service and while leaking is technically illegal, it has always been seen as part of the system.

But forging emails is another story: it is unequivocally criminal, and should not be tolerated by members of parliament of any persuasion.

The police investigation is proceeding, and initially Turnbull promised to cooperate fully.

He has since retreated from that promise and the general mood among opposition members appears to be to lay low and say nothing. In the circumstances it is probably understandable.

But if it happens that criminal charges are laid, and that Turnbull or one or more of his colleagues have been involved with the perpetrator, then the excrement will really hit the fan. Much has been written about Turnbull’s impetuosity and his tendency to overreach himself, and most of it is true. But he has another characteristic of which his supporters should beware: he does not know when to let go, and there are signs that he still thinks there is some advantage to be gained by worrying away at the tattered remnants of Utegate.

Having admitted on Monday that Rudd had no case to answer, by the end of the week he had resumed the chase, accusing the Prime Minister of misrepresenting his position and demanding that he explain himself. He was loyally backed up by Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott, but the rest of his front bench was conspicuously absent. Those friends he has left should try and persuade him that it is time to cut his losses. Utegate I was bad enough; Utegate II could well be terminal.

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Counting down to the Repco World Rally On Saturday, Mark Byrne and Sue Higginson from the Environmental Defenders Office explained the details and implications of the ‘special legislation’ enabling the Repco Rally in NSW. The Motors Sports Bill 2009 was passed last week despite opposition from the Greens and some independents. The opposition secured a late amendment for a review to be undertaken after the first of a series of planned races through the environmentally sensitive beauty of the Tweed Valley from Kingscliff out past Kyogle.

At least 100 people attended a public meeting in the Uki Hall and heard that the NSW government has abrogated normal planning processes to allow an elite motor car race to go ahead without input from the community.

The Act specifically overrides decades, even centuries, of common law rights that normally govern our society.

Mostly these override responsibilty for damages to persons and property, but also exempt the operators from having to comply with laws against noise, nuisance and environmental damage.

The list is staggering. Sue Higginson, a lawyer, said that normally such overriding legislation is used in extreme circumstances for public safety, but that recently this government has made a practice ‘to erode hard-won legal rights and impose its will in an ad hoc and undemocratic manner’.

The audience came from a broad spectrum of the community including representatives from Murwillumbah ratepayers and Kingscliff ratepayers associations, Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers, Friends of the Koala (Lismore), No Rally Group, Seventh Generation (Kyogle) and the Ngarakwal community.

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Councillors, is it a frog or a platypus? At the first meeting on Nightcap Village I was able to include a condition to protect the Giant Barred Frog.

New information on the presence of this endangered frog came from a highly respected professional source. The problem was that it had just come to light and I had to make the condition up on the run.

At the second meeting on Nightcap I proposed 13 amendments to improve sustainable outcomes including, eg. solar panels and correcting this frog condition. Councillors were informed that this condition to protect the frog was actually more appropriate for a platypus.

Cr Polglase successfully moved for no further debate and no amendments were accepted. This demonstrates that the large majority of these councillors, including Cr Holdom, do not even care about the difference between a frog and a platypus and makes this development approval absolutely ridiculous.

Cr Holdom also proposed the Council recommendation of a minimum 90 per cent ‘local’ native species be replaced with 100 per cent native species, the main difference being that species do not have to be ‘local’ species from this environment (voted 6-1 in favour).

This is a negative outcome for local biodiversity, especially for this very significant environment, which is situated at the head of the Tweed River, between two National Parks, has two endangered ecological plant communities and koala and platypus presence. It is not just a cow paddock, but it can now be Palm Avenue in Against Women ( C.E.D.A.W.) Article 2 (f) states: ‘That all the hinterland!

Cr Katie Milne appropriate measures, includCarool ing legislation to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs, and practices Against prostitution Prostitution in any form is which constitute discriminaharmful to women, and we as a tion against women’ and that society should not take a casual governments and councils should take appropriate meaattitude to it.

There are ideas abroad at sures, including legislation to present of sex tourism being stop these practices. United normalised and increasingly Nations Article 5 (a) also says: recognised as important to ‘States should take all approregional and national econo- priate measures to modify somies. Fortunately Australia cial and cultural practices with is not in this category, and a view to the elimination of hopefully we will not travel prejudices and practices which this road. However, we must are based on the idea of the be mindful of this and stop inferiority of either sex.’ Prossuch forms of prostitution titution is also against New happening in the Tweed.

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The crowd became angry when Mark and Sue explained that the law gives the Minister Ian Macdonald ‘unfettered discretion’ to allow anything his mates want to do, with no recourse to the courts.

The law has been carefully crafted to exclude the local population from exercising its rights even to access their own properties. The exemption allows the sports grounds at Kingscliff (next to an aged care facility!) to be used for up to 50 helicopter flights (100 movements plus refuelling) from 6am to 6pm during the ‘rally period’. That means a take-off or landing every seven and a half minutes on average. The rally organisers cannot be held responsible if the residents are distressed, or go mad and run around like panicky wallabies.

Whither our democracy?

Can an out-of -touch government with an expired mandate take away all common law rights whenever it wants to ride over the concerns of local residents? What about a constitutional convention to establish some method of review for new laws that contravene established laws? This is getting ugly.

Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, recently signed by PM Rudd and Jenny Macklin.

Rees and Rayner have made fools of Rudd and Macklin.

New legislation is supposed to comply with the UN Declaration. An inquiry must be held into this.

Ngarakwal Elder Harry Boyd

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■ I have heard and read a lot about the September rally, and regardless of the dollars Rally Australia say the area will generate from this event, not once have I heard of the potential earnings Rally Australia itself will make out of the worldwide televised rights.

I’m betting it’s substantially more than what the event itself will generate for the area, which they are using as leverage in an attempt to talk up what will be a short term benefit for one company, and a long term mistake for our community and environment.

Sounds familiar doesn’t it?

Come clean, Rally Australia, quit the double talk and tell us what you expect to make from televising the rally worldwide.

I’m sure I’m not the only Scott Sledge one who is interested.

Deb Bristol Kingscliff Fernvale ■ Repco Rally organisers would be lying if they said the rally ■ I am a Githabul Ngarakbul will not impact on Aboriginal woman living in Kyogle. I cultural heritage values. No want people to know that even Cultural Heritage Assesment though us Githabul people Report has been done for the have won our native title that Tweed, yet Kyogle Shire was doesn’t mean we get to build homes of our choice on the studied.

Tweed Shire Council gen- land that has been returned to eral manager Mike Rayner is us, which is something that I on the rally board, and has feel we should have a right to done nothing to uphold the do, and which would make our rights of the Tweed Aboriginal lives much better.

Now I read they want to community. He must resign drive their cars all over our immediately.

Premier Rees has passed land and I and many members special legislation on the back of my community were not of this lie, which breaches consulted about the rally, and many articles of the United as I said, I myself do not want

observe these international The CEC needs to have at conventions and NSW State least one major fundraiser Acts in considering any mat- each year, and we made ters of concern. enough from our three Patricia Albanese stalls to pay the rent for Murwillumbah some time.

On the subject of fundraisGreat day out ing, we concur completely with The Caldera Environment The Echo’s editorial of June 11 Centre (CEC) wishes to offer agreeing with the mayor and a huge thank you to all those criticising the ridiculously hard working volunteers who extravagant funding of the laboured from dawn till dusk Tweed Economic and Develto make World Environment opment Corporation (TEDDay such a great success. It was CO) and Tweed Tourism – a Just a Perfect Day, as Lou Reed cool million dollars. sang. We also need to thank These groups seem to act Tweed Shire Council and the as real estate and accommoNSW Government for their dation agents, of which the generous special event fund- Tweed has hundreds. The ing. Thanks also to all the other natural environment of the groups who lent their support Tweed including our beaches – and of course the audience and National Parks are the who seemed to have a good resources which attract resitime. dents and tourists.

rally cars coming round and destroying our country, and I will not be involved in any Welcome to Country.

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Kyogle ■ Are readers generally aware that Repco Australia was bought in 2007 one hundred per cent by J P Morgan Asia (CCMP)?

Old hippies will remember J P Morgan as that ‘Morgan’ associated with the Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockerfellers. People investigating world domination conspiracies always come back to J P Morgan as the principle player.

CCMP’s aquistion of Repco in 2007, along with its association with Jack Brabham and the Australian Kidney Foundation, has enabled Morgans to acquire enormous old-fashioned Aussie ‘goodwill’.

Now this goodwill is being used to divide our community. More American infiltration and conquest. If the Repco Rally was renamed the J P Morgan World Domination Rally, would supporters of the rally still use the same logical arguments in favour of it going ahead?

After all, what’s in a name?

Kahl Read

Nimbin ■ Ten years ago I came to Australia and since then – on numerous occasions – I found it very difficult to see how passive the majority of the people in this country remained in regards to outrageous political decisions. Whether the time has come for an awakening is up for a test in the next couple of weeks.

The Motor Sports Bill which has been approved by both Houses of Parliament within two days last week falls under the category of ‘special legislation’. I still remember vividly the huge protests in Germany some decades ago when the

The CEC does more to protect and promote our natural resources, and provides more job opportunities than TEDCO and Tweed Tourism, at a tiny fraction of the funding.

H Hopkins

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so-called ‘Emergency Legislation’ was introduced. German history has shown how democracy is killed by ‘special legislation’. In extraordinary cases it may be justified to override laws and regulations, for example when catastrophes happen and the health of masses of people are at risk, but how on earth can anybody do nothing when a long, long list of laws are suspended for a commercial entertainment event? All these laws – as flawed and insufficient they may still be – are there for the protection of what most people hold dear. So it is the duty for people living in a supposed democracy to protest against any erosion of their rights.

The time for petitions has passed, now we must organise other forms of protest. It is evident that if enough people show up at the time of the rally the organisers have to abandon it or at least there will be no second attempt in the future. I count on the people in this valley to stand up against this rally madness. We have the opportunity to start the movement to end this kind of reckless activity on public roads which disguises itself as ‘sport’.

The campaign to protect Terania Creek next door became the starting point of the environmental movement in Australia and gave us our World Heritage National Parks. Tweed Shire has the chance to become the starting point of mopping up the fossil fuelled entertainment industry. The heating of our planet urges us to think globally and act locally.

Whoever wants to join me when I begin a hunger strike as soon as the first rally guys show up, can contact me at the Caldera Environment Centre, phone 6672 1121. We may end up in front of Parliament House in Sydney later on.

Klaus Fuhrmann

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My mum drove me past the new building to be the Information Centre and I couldn’t understand why there was a brick wall facing the north side. I would like the council to let me know why this building is so unfriendly towards the natural energy systems, and why I at eleven understand this and all the designers, councillors and participants in this building’s creation obviously don’t Maybe we should have asked my class at Currumbin State School to design the building.

I am eleven and my name is Max. I have just started to live on the coast at Rainbow Bay and my new school at Currumbin has been encouraging us through a recent assignment to look at environmentally friendly living, and help Max Barden us understand how we don’t Rainbow Bay have to be reliant on fossil (or ■ To comment on these letters finite) fuels, that the sun is a write to editor@tweedecho. natural supplier of energy and com.au or go to our website we already have the means to www.tweedecho.com.au

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Action plans Rob Hopkins was a lecturer in permaculture, and the catalyst for the fast growing Transition movement in the UK. In 2003 he was teaching in Kinsale, Ireland, and learned about peak oil from an expert, petroleum geologist Colin Campbell. He shared this knowledge with students and formed the Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan, which was adopted as policy by the town council. It was the first strategic community planning document of its kind.

He took the process to Britain and started Transition Town Totnes in 2006. By the end of 2008 there were 31 Transition towns in the UK plus others in Europe, Canada, America, New Zealand and Australia.

Obviously the Australian climate means we approach transition growth with a few different perspectives (English squirrels eating nuts from the orchards

growing in public parks will not be a problem here, and I eventually worked out that cob houses were made of mud bricks – but these are minor hiccups).

All the Australian groups have found the the Transition model to have universal appeal and application. Author Rob Hopkins apologises for not having visited Australia, or New Zealand, where, he believes the Transition movement outside the UK has most vigorously taken root. He has given up air travel which poses a problem for such a visit.

Transition in practice There are 40 Transition Initiatives in New Zealand and seven in Australia – the Sunshine Coast, Armidale, Bell, Bellingen, Newcastle, Hervey Bay and Katoomba.

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Sydney started Transition in 2008. Come on, Tweed Shire!

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WANTED! Chisel Hair, Face and Body in Kingscliff is looking for innovative and creative clients with a sense of fun and adventure. They want to enjoy the company of people who share their sense of ‘anything is possible’, who want to enjoy their styling experience, and who will revel in feeling fantastic afterwards. And of course there’s the added bonus of wonderful conversation and the gorgeous ocean view. The team at Chisel want to enjoy their working day (who doesn’t?), and they want like minded clients to come and help them do it.

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02 6672 2216 or visit 3-5 Brisbane St, Murwillumbah FELICITY DAVIS HAIR SALON Felicity Davis’ long established hair salon in Cabarita Beach is currently being managed by Tessa Brider. Tessa’s expertise is in cut and colour, and her recent visit to the Hair Expo in Sydney saw her return more inspired and excited than ever by the latest in what the fashion and hair industry have to offer. You can reap the beneďŹ ts of Tessa’s experience and passion with a visit to her salon in a quiet Cabarita street. Her secluded location enables Tessa to offer her clients an attentive, one on one service.

Contact Tessa on 6676 2232 THE GOLDEN COMB The Golden Comb Hair Studio is located just out of town and offers a great family friendly atmosphere with convenient off street parking. We constantly invest in training so we can provide modern styling that suits your lifestyle. Between us the team at TGC have more than 30 years experience in the industry.

Mandy, Mick and Millie would like to thank all our valued clients for your loyalty and support during the birth of Sienna. All your thoughts and concern were really appreciated. Mandy is now back at work on Tuesday mornings and Thursday afternoons.

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THE NATURAL WAY Are you craving chocolates and carbohydrates? Don’t despair – you are not alone! If you are tired of being overweight, having high cholesterol or high blood pressure, feeling lousy after meals, you may have the condition known as Syndrome X. Symptoms may include frequent sugar or carbohydrate cravings, fatigue, anxiety, poor concentration, irritability, shaking, palpitations, mood swings, depression, restless sleep and storing excess body fat.

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Traumatic events are unexpected and negative incidents that suddenly intrude on our daily lives.

When we experience a traumatic event it is quite normal to have strong emotional or physical reactions. These reactions often remain after the traumatic event has ceased and can take days or weeks to subside. Physically we may feel exhausted, nauseous, and restless. We may have disturbed sleep, nightmares, and headaches. We may experience poor concentration, poor memory, and confusion.

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KADAMBA Kadamba Hair Studio is a brand new organic and eco-friendly hair salon that opened its doors in Murwillumbah in April 2009.

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Television Guide 1. Chris Anderson of Brockworth took out the annual Cheese Rolling at Coopers Hill, Gloucestershire, two years in a row. We hope events of this stature will make it to TEN’s new HD sports channel, One. 2. If you can stand Diane Keaton’s mannerisms, The Family Stone (Prime, Friday, 8.30pm) is a pleasant enough romantic comedy.

3. It’s hard to go past The African Queen (ABC2, Saturday, 8.30pm), starring Katherine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and an attack of leeches. The boat used in the 1951 picture, originally the S/L Livingstone, is on public display at 99701 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, Florida.

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4.30 Police Rescue (PG) Rpt. 5.30 The New Inventors (G) Rpt. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Croc Country 11.30 Sex In The Bush (G) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Darling Buds Of May (PG) 1.30 Spicks And Specks (G) Rpt. 2.00 Monarch Of The Glen (G) Rpt. 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Message Stick (G) Rpt. 6.30 Can We Help? (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stateline (G) 8.00 Collectors (G) 8.30 Trial And Retribution (M) 10.00 The Hollowmen (M) 10.30 Lateline (M) 11.10 triple j tv With The Doctor Rpt 11.40 Good Game Rpt. 12.10 rage (M)

5.00 rage (PG) 10.00 rage: Guest Programmer – Franz Ferdinand (PG) 11.00 The Omid Djalili Show (PG) 11.30 The Cook And The Chef 12.00 Stateline 12.30 Australian Story 1.00 Foreign Correspondent 1.30 Can We Help?

2.00 Chopper Rescue (PG) 2.30 Navy Divers (PG) 3.00 Rugby Union: Shute Shield 2009 5.00 Bowls: Perth International 2009 Australia v Scotland – Men’s singles.

6.00 Echo Beach (PG) Rpt. 6.25 Minuscule (G) 6.30 Gardening Australia (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 New Tricks (PG) Rpt. 8.25 ABC News 8.30 The Bill (M) 10.00 ABC News 10.05 Foyle’s War (M) Rpt. 11.40 rage (M)

5.20 World News in various languages.

7.15 Weatherwatch 7.25 World News in various languages.

1.00 The Food Lovers Guide To Australia 1.30 2 Mums And A Dad 2.30 We Are The Aliens (PG) 3.30 Halal Mate (PG) 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 5.30 Hotspell (G) 6.00 Global Village: Classical Umbria 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Nigella Lawson (PG) 8.30 As It Happened: 1929 – The Wall Street Crash 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Thinking XXX (MA) 10.50 Movie: Novo (MA 2002) Drama from France. Stars Nathalie Richard, Eric Caravaca.

12.35 Movie: Unveiled (MA 2005) Drama frm Germany. Stars Jasmin Tabatabai, Navid Akhavan.

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6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Consenting Adults (M 1992) Stars Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey.

2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 New Idea TV (G) 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) Rpt. 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Family Stone (M 2005) Stars Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker.

10.40 2009 AFL Premiership Season Collingwood v Essendon.

1.30 Danoz And Guthy-Renker

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: Honeymoon (G 1947) 1.20 This Rugged Coast (G) 2.10 The Great Outdoors 3.00 Kid’s Programs 4.00 New Idea TV ➟

5.20 World News in various 6.00 Kids’ Programs languages.

12.00 Eclipse (PG) 7.15 Weatherwatch 1.00 V8 Xtra (G) 7.25 World News in various 1.30 Motorsport On Prime (G) languages.

2.00 Magnum P.I. (PG) 12.50 I Could Be Me: Portrait (G) 3.00 House Call 1.00 San Remo Song Festival (PG) 3.30 The Real Seachange (G) Masterpiece from Italy.

4.00 Animal Extractors (G) 3.00 Jean-Simeon Chardin Painter 5.00 Guide To The Good Life (G) (G) Masterpiece from France.

5.30 Sydney Weekender (G) 3.30 The Devil’s Music (PG) 6.00 Seven News Masterpiece from US. 6.30 Movie: Ice Age (G 2002) Stars 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer Ray Romano, John Leguizamo.

5.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.10 Movie: The Haunted Mansion Sue Johnston (G) (PG 2003) Stars Eddie Murphy, 6.30 World News Australia Terence Stamp, Jennifer Tilly.

7.30 Mythbusters (G) New episodes. 9.50 Movie: Scary Movie 4 (M 2006) 8.30 The Squiz (M) Sports quiz show.

Stars Anthony Anderson, Craig 9.00 RockKwiz (PG) Bierko, Anna Faris, Regina Hall.

9.50 The Night James Brown Saved 11.25 Movie: From Hell: The Jack The Boston (PG) Doco from US. Ripper Story (AV 2001) Stars 11.15 Motodrome Johnny Depp. Heather Graham.

11.25 Cevapcici (G) 1.45 5ive Days To Midnight (M) 11.30 Tour De France 2009 4.30 Weatherwatch Overnight 3.00 Guthy Renker

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 V8 Supercars 5.00 Better Homes And Gardens ➟

6.10 World News in various languages.

7.15 Tour De France 2009 Update 7.30 World News in various 12.00 Landline (G) languages.

1.00 Gardening Australia 10.00 Iron Chef America 1.30 Message Stick (G) 10.50 Breadmakers (G) 2.00 Dinosaurs On Ice (G) 11.00 Vietnam Symphony (PG) 3.00 Island Home Country (G) 12.00 Memories Of Italy (G) 3.50 River Woman (G) 12.30World Superbike Championship 4.05 La Paloma (G) Highlights 5.00 Sunday Arts 1.00 Speedweek 6.00 At The Movies 2.00 FIA World Rally Championship 6.30 The Einstein Factor 3.00 Football Asia 7.00 ABC News 3.30 Sport 7.30 Nature’s Great Events (G) 8.30 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: 4.00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 5.00 The World Game Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (M) 6.00 Tour De France Highlights 10.05 Compass (G) 6.30 World News Australia 10.35 Women Of The Sun: 25 Years 7.30 Lost Worlds: Slave Revolution Later (PG) 11.55 Movie: The Informer (PG 1935) 8.30 Dateline 9.30 Journos: Sophie (PG) Stars Victor McLaglen, Heater 10.00 Tour De France 2009 (PG) Angel.

2.30 Weatherwatch Overnight 1.30 Movie: New Faces Of 1937 (G 1937) Stars Joe Penner Milton Berle.

3.20 Sunset To Sunrise (G) 4.00 The Pet Show (G)

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5.00 rage (PG) 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Inside Business 10.30 Offsiders 11.00 Asia Pacific Focus 11.30 Songs Of Praise

6.00 Kid’s Programs 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 AFL Game Day (PG) 11.00 Movie: Revenge Of The Nerds IV (PG 1994) Stars Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Julia Montgomery, Corrine Bohrer.

1.00 2009 AFL Premiership Season Sydney v North Melbourne.

4.00 Ripping Yarns (PG) 5.00 What A Carry On (PG) 5.20 Mother And Son (PG) 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Dancing With The Stars (G) 8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 Border Patrol (PG) 11.00 24 (M) 12.00 2009 AFL Premiership Season St Kilda v Geelong.

3.00 Guthy Renker 5.30 Seven Early News

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6.00 ABC News 5.00am to 6.00pm Today World News Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 Business Today 9.30 Asia Pacific In Various Danoz and Guthy Renker News Languages Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 10.00 Kids’ Programs The View (PG) talk show.

4.30 The New 6.30 World News Days Of Our Lives (PG) Inventors Rpt. 7.30 Cities Of The Alive And Cooking (G) 5.00 7.30 Select Light (PG) Kids’ Programs 5.30 Catalyst (G) Rpt. 8.30 112 Emergency This Afternoon 6.00 Compass (G) (PG) Hot Seat Rpt. 9.00 Movie: Infernal NBN News 6.30 Scrapheap Affairs (M 2002) A Current Affair Challenge (G) From Hong Friday Night Football 7.15 Mr Bean (PG) Kong. Stars Tony St George Illawarra v Sydney.

7.30 The Royal Leung, Andy 9.30 Friday Night Football Today (PG) Lau, Anthony Brisbane Broncos v Warriors.

8.00 Clone Wong.

11.30 Wimbledon 2009 8.30 Torchwood (M) 10.45 Movie: Bamako 4.00 Entertainment Tonight (PG) 9.20 Being Human (MA 2003) From 4.30 Good Morning America (G) (M) France. Stars 10.20 Songbook Aissa Maiga, 11.10 Planet Rock Tiecoura Traore. [cl] = Coarse language [s] = Sex Profiles: Kelly 12.45 WeatherWatch [a] = Adult themes [sr] = Sexual references Clarkson (PG) Overnight [mp] = Medical [n] = Nudity 11.35 The Graham procedures [du] = Drug use Norton Show [dr] = Drug references [st] = Supernatural (M) themes [v] = Violence 12.05 Close [ie] = Issues about

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6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Totally Wild 9.30 I Got A Rocket 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 12.00 Hook Line & Sinker (G) 12.30 Test Drive (PG) 1.00 Tackling Peace (PG) 2.00 River To Reef (PG) 2.30 Hook Line & Sinker (G) 3.00 AFL Premiership Season 2009 Melbourne v West Coast.

5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight (PG) 6.00 Futurama (PG) 6.30 The Simpsons (PG) 8.30 Movie: Die Hard 2 (M) Stars Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia.

10.45 AFL Premiership Season 2009 Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn.

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6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Today On Saturday 9.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 The Snow Show (G) 1.30 Movie: The Teahouse Of The August Moon (G 1956) Stars Marlon Brando, Eddie Albert, Paul Ford.

4.00 Discover Downunder (G) 4.30 Talk To The Animals (G) 5.00 Fishing Australia (PG) 5.30 Postcards (G) 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Movie: Harry Potter And The Plosopher’s Stone (PG) Stars Daniel Radcliffe, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith.

8.40 Saturday Lotto 10.55 Wimbledon 2009 Women’s Final 4.00 Seinfeld (PG) 4.30 Guthy Renker & Danoz

7.00 Kids’ Programs 3.00 rage (G) 5.00 rage (PG) 6.05 The New Inventors Rpt. 6.35 Heartland (G) Rpt. 7.20 Rex The Runt (PG) Rpt. 7.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Rpt. 8.00 At The Movies Rpt. 8.30 Movie: The African Queen (G 1951) Stars Katherine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart.

10.10 Movie: Anne Of The Thousand Days (PG 1969) Stars Genevieve Bujold, Richard Burton.

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6.00 Religion 7.00 Totally Wild 7.30 Animalia 8.00 Meet The Press 8.30 State Focus 9.00 Video Hits (G) 12.00 Merlin (PG) 1.00 Orangutan Diaries (PG) 1.30 I Fish 2.30 Netball: ANZ Championship 2009 Thunderbirds v Magic.

4.30 Meerkat Manor (G) 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Out Of The Blue (PG) 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Merlin (PG) 7.30 Masterchef Australia (PG) 8.30 Rove (M) 9.40 The Biggest Loser (PG) 11.10 Harper Island (AV15+) 12.05 The Office (PG) 12.30 Judge Judy (PG) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God

6.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker 7.00 Today 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 Football Stars Of Tomorrow (PG) 2.30 Super League WIgan Warriors v Harlequins RL. 4.00 Sunday Rugby League Penrith v Parramatta.

6.00 Evening News 6.30 Random Acts Of Kindness (PG) 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Movie: Music & Lyrics (PG) Stars Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Haley Bennett.

10.30 Wimbledon 2009 Men’s Final

7.00 Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon 8.00 Zoo Days (G) 8.45 Creature Comforts (G) 8.55 A Place In Slovakia (G) 9.20 Scrapheap Challenge 11.00 Beautiful Noise 12.00 London Live (PG) 12.30 Red Dwarf (PG) 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles (G) 2.00 triple j tv presents (G) 2.30 jtv live: Muph And Plutonic Go AWOL

2.30 Guthy Renker Australia 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

5.00am to 6.00pm World News In Various Languages 6.30 World News 7.35 Iron Chef (G) 8.20 Scripts Against Discriminations (PG) 8.30 Epitafios (MA) 9.20 Scripts Against Discriminations (PG) 9.30 112 Emergency 10.00 Olympia: Myth And Truth (G) 10.50 Pigeon Men (M) 11.00 Cooking In The Danger Zone 11.30 Tour De France 2009 Live 4.30 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Major League Baseball San Diego v Houston 8.30 NASCAR Sprint Cup 10.00 NASCAR Nationwide 11.00 Motorsport 12.30 K1 Fast Driver 1.00 Omnisport 1.30 MBA 360 2.30 Triathlon: ITU World Championship 3.30 Omnisport 4.00 Major League Baseball 7.00 Surfing Bells Beach 2008 7.30 Motorsport 8.30 Drag Racing 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Poker 12.00 Boxing: KO TV Classic 1.00 Sports Tonight 1.30 Omnisport 2.00 BMX Mega Tour 3.00 Twenty20 IPL 6.00 Twenty20 IPL 7.00 Athletix: The IAAF Magazine 7.30 Transworld Sport 8.30 Grand-AM Rolex Sportscar Series 9.30 NASCAR Nationwide 12.30 Motorsport 1.00 MECUM Auto Auction 2.00 AFL Melbourne v West Coast 5.00 Netball: Vixens v Pulse 7.00 Netball: Steel v Swifts 8.50 Boxing: KO TV Classic 9.50 Before The Game 10.45 AFL Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn 1.15 Omnisport 1.30 NASCAR Sprint 4.00 Grand AM Rolex Sportscar Series

5.00am to 6.00pm World News In Various Languages

6.00 Grand AM Rolex Sportscar Series 6.30 Motorsport 7.30 Sports 6.30 World News Unlimited 7.30 The World 8.30 NASCAR Sprint Game Cup 8.30 Spiral (MA) 1.30 Drag Racing 9.30 Tour De France 2.30 Netball Highlights Thunderbirds v Magic 3.00 The Doors: Live 10.00 Tour De France 2009 Live 4.30 I Fish (G) In Europe (G) 2.30 WeatherWatch 5.00 Omnisport 4.00 Bjork: Live At Overnight 5.30 Transworld Cambridge Sport 5.00 jtv live: 6.30 Tread BMX Silverchair’s 7.00 Slamball One Night 7.30 Sports Tonight Stand (PG) 8.30 Motorsport 6.00 ABC Fora 9.30 Australian 7.00 Artscape (PG) Superbike 7.30 Sunday Arts (G) Championship 8.30 Stolen 10.30 Motorsport Treasures (G) 11.30 Motorsport 9.25 Threaded 12.00 AFL Melbourne Connections (G) v West Coast 10.05 Sand For Now 2.00 K1 Fast Driver 10.30 Hustle (PG) 2.30 Omnisport 11.20 Close 3.00 Twenty20 IPL

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6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Rpt. 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (PG) 4.00 Friends (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Rpt. 6.30 Neighbours (G) Rpt. 7.00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 8.00 So You Think You Can Dance (PG) 10.00 Law & Order: CI (M) 10.50 Late News 11.20 Sports Tonight 11.50 Late Show With David Letterman 12.35 Cops (M) 1.35 Infomercials (PG) 5.00 Religion to 6am (PG).

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TWO 4.30 Police Rescue (PG) Rpt. 5.20 World News in various 5.30 The New Inventors (G) Rpt. languages.

6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.15 Tour De France 2009 Update 11.00 Landline Rpt. 7.30 World News in various 12.00 Midday Report languages.

12.30 Poirot (PG) 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 The Cook And The Chef (G) Rpt. 1.30 World News in various 2.00 The Bill (PG) languages.

3.00 Kids’ Programs 2.30 Dateline 6.00 Landline Extra Rpt. 3.30 Lionel Rose (G) 6.30 Talking Heads 4.30 The Journal 7.00 ABC News 5.00 The Crew (G) 7.30 The 7.30 Report 5.30 Corner Gas (G) 8.00 Australian Story (PG) 6.00 Tour De France Highlights 8.30 Four Corners 6.30 World News Australia 9.20 Media Watch 7.30 Top Gear Australia (PG) 9.35 Spooks (M) 8.30 South Park (M) 10.30 Lateline & Lateline Business 9.00 Flight Of The Conchords (M) 11.35 Sacred Ground 9.30 World News Australia 12.30 MDA (M) 10.00 Tour De France 2009 (PG) 1.25 Movie: The Mad Miss Manton 2.30 Weatherwatch Overnight (PG 1938) Stars Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Sam Levene.

2.50 The French Connection (G) 3.25 Bowls: Perth International 2009 Australia v Scotland.

Women’s singles.

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Avenging Angel (M 2007) Stars Kevin Sorbo, Cynthia Watros, Nick Chinlund.

2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 New Idea TV (G) 3.30 Kids’ Program 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 8.00 Scrubs (PG) 8.30 Desperate Housewives (M) 9.30 Brothers & Sisters (M) 10.30 The Jonathan Ross Show (M) 11.30 30 Rock (PG) 12.00 Saved (M) 1.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker 5.30 Seven Early News

4.30 Police Rescue (PG) Rpt. 5.30 The New Inventors (G) Rpt. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Buildings That Shaped Britain (G) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Rpt. 1.00 The New Inventors (G) Rpt. 1.30 Catalyst (G) Rpt. 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.05 Time Team (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 Grand Designs (G) 9.25 Tracey Ullman’s State Of The Union 9.50 First Tuesday Book Club With Jennifer Byrne 10.20 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.20 Four Corners Rpt. 12.10 Media Watch Rpt. 12.25 Foyle’s War (M) 2.05 Movie: The Falcon Out West (PG 1944) Stars Tom Conway, Carole Gallagher, Barbara Hale.

3.25 triple j tv With The Doctor (G)

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Mom At Sixteen (M) Stars Danielle Panabaker.

2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 New Idea TV (PG) 3.30 Kids’ Program 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 Triple Zero Heroes (PG) 8.00 Find My Family (PG) 8.30 TBA 10.30 Surgery Saved My Life (PG) 11.30 Lipstick Jungle (M) 12.30 Brand Developers (G) 1.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker

5.20 World News in various languages 7.15 Tour De France 2009 Update 7.30 World News in various languages.

1.00 Stockinger (PG) Rpt 1.55 Stockinger (PG) Rpt 2.50 Mr Moustache (G) 3.00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood 3.30 Help (PG) 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 5.30 Corner Gas (G) Comedy.

6.00 Tour De France Highlights 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Can GM Food Save The World?

8.30 Age Of Terror: The Paris Plot (PG) 9.30 World News 10.00 Tour De France 2009 (PG) 2.30 Weatherwatch Overnight

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: Chu Chu And The Philly Flash (PG 1981) 1.30 Harry’s Practice (G) 3.00 Kid’s Programs 4.00 New Idea TV ➟ 12.00 Dateline NBC 1.00 The Jonathan Ross Show (M) 2.00 Guthy Renker

6.00 Ten Early News 6.45 Moto GP: R8 United States 8.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil (M) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.00 Friends (G) 4.30 The Bold & The eautiful (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Rpt. 6.30 Neighbours (G) Rpt. 7.00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 8.00 Recruits (PG) 8.30 Good News Week (M) 9.40 Supernatural (M) 10.40 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.25 Late Show with David Letterman (PG) 12.10 Flight Of The Conchords (PG) Rpt. 12.40 Video Hits Up Late (PG) 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG)

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil (M) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.00 Friends (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Rpt. 6.30 Neighbours (G) Rpt. 7.00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 7.30 Talkin’ ‘bout your generation (PG) 8.30 NCIS (M) 9.30 NCIS (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 12.00 How To Look Good Naked (PG) Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Movie: Back To The Planet Of The Apes 12.30 State Focus (PG 1974) 1.30 Harry’s Practice (G) 3.00 Kid’s 1.00 Infomercials (PG) Programs 4.00 New Idea TV ➟ 12.30 Dateline 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) 1.30 A Country Practice (G)

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

Most Prime programs between 6.30pm and 11.30pm (approx) nightly are Closed Captioned (CC)

4.30 Police Rescue (PG) Rpt. 5.30 The New Inventors (G) Rpt. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Medical Mavericks (G) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Talking Heads (G) Rpt. 2.00 The Bill (PG) 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 Chaser’s War On Everything 9.35 Moving Wallpaper (M) 10.00 At the Movies 10.30 Lateline And Lateline Business 11.25 A Most Mysterious Murder (M) 12.25 The Sideshow With Paul McDermott (PG) 1.25 triple j tv Presents The Grates tes Go AWOL 1.55 Movie: Best Of The Badmen men (PG G 1951) Stars Robert Ryan, Clairee Trevor, ack Buetel.

3.25 National Press Club Address

5.20 World News in various 6.00 Sunrise languages.

9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 7.15 Tour De France 2009 Update 11.30 Seven News 7.30 World News in various 12.00 Movie: Out Cold (M 2001) Stars languages.

Lee Majors, Caroline Dehavernas.

1.00 Movie: My Children Are 2.00 All Saints (M) Different (PG 2003) Drama 3.00 New Idea TV from France. Stars Richard Berry, y, 3.30 Kids’ Programs Mathieu Amairic.

4.30 Seven and Prime News 2.30 Tales From A Suitcase (G) G) 5.0 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 3.00 Submariners (G) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 3.30 Going Bush (G) 6.00 Seven Se and Prime News 4.00 The Journal 7.00 Home Hom And Away (PG) 4.30 Newshour with ith Jim Lehrer 7.30 TBA 5.30 Corner Gass (G) 9.00 Criminal M Minds (M) 6.00 Tour Dee France 2009 Update 10.00 My Name Is Earl (PG) 6.30 World ld News Australia 10.30 Family Guy (M) 7.30 2009 009 Ashes: 1st Test m ican Dad (M mer 11.00 A American (M) 10.000 World News Australia 12.30 Brand Developers 12 12.30 10.30 0.30 2009 Ashes: 1st Test 1.00 Guthy Renker & Danoz Dano 3.00 Weatherwatch 55.300 Seven Early 5.3 Earl arl rly rl ly News New eews w

4.30 Police Rescue (PG) Rpt. 5.30 The New Inventors (G) Rpt. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Dogfight Over MiG Alley (PG) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Family Footsteps (G) Rpt. 1.30 Collectors (G) Rpt. 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.10 Dan Cruickshank’s Adventures In Architecture 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Catalyst 8.30 Ned Kelly Uncovered (G) 9.30 Spirit Stones (PG) 10.30 Lateline And Lateline Business 11.30 Live At The Basement: Eric Bibb 12.30 Wildside (M) 1.20 Movie: Things To Come (G 1937) Stars Raymond Massey.

2.55 Movie: Variety time (G 1951) Stars Frankie Carle, Hans Conried, Leon Errol, Dot Farley.

3.55 The Glass House (M)

6.30 World News in various languages.

7.00 2009 Ashes: 1st Test Update 7.15 15 Tour De France 2009 Update 7.30 World News in various languages. nguages.

1.00 Australian ralian Biography: Tom Bass (PG) 1.30 River Of No Return (PG) 2.30 Dateline 3.30 The Journal 4.00 Newshour With Jim im Lehrer L 5.00 2009 Ashes: 1st Test Highlights 6.00 Tour De France 2009 Update 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 2009 Ashes: 2nd Test 10.00 World News Australia 10.30 2009 Ashes: 2nd Test 3.00 Weatherwatch

All Ten programs between 5pm and 11pm (approx) nightly are Closed Captioned (CC)

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Rpt. 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Rpt. 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (PG) 4.00 Friends (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 8.30 Law & Order: S.V.U. (M) 9.30 House (M) Rpt. 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 12.00 The Cooks (M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) Believe nothing, no matter where Prime HD program same as above except: except you read it, no matter if I have 12.00 Movie: Dangerous Profession (PG 1949) 1 said it, unless it agrees with your 1.20 Animal Cunning (G) 2.10 The Great Gre own reason and common sense.

Outdoors 3.00 Kid’s Programs 4.00 New Idea Buddha TV ➟ 12.00 Dateline NBC 1.00 A Country

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) 11.00Time/Life (G) 11.30 Danoz (G) 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 1.00 The View (PG) 2.00 Days of Our Lives (PG) 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 This Afternoon 5.30 Hot Seat (G) 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 8.00 TBA 8.30 Sea Patrol (M) 8.45 Lotto 9.30 Missing Persons Unit (PG) 10.30 Underbelly Uncut (M) 11.30 Late News 12.00 Super League Hull FC v Leeds Rhino.

2.00 Guthy Renker

6.00 ABC News 9.00 Business Today 9.30 Asia Pacific News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Gardening Australia (G)

5.00am to 6.00pm World News In Various Languages

5.00 Message Stick (G) Rpt. 6.30 World News 5.30 Can We Help?

7.30 Dateline (G) Rpt. 8.30 The Boys From 6.00 Collectors (G) Baghdad High Rpt. (M) Rpt. 6.30 Scrapheap 9.30 Tour De France Challenge (G) Highlights 7.15 Mr Bean (G) 10.00 Tour De France 7.30 The Royal 2009 Live Today (PG) 8.00 Red Dwarf (PG) 2.45 WeatherWatch Overnight Rpt. 8.30 Good Game 9.00 triple j tv With The Doctor 9.30 Doctor Who (PG) 10.30 triple j tv presents: Lily Allen 11.00 Studio 22: Michael Franti 11.30 Ergo Proxy: Confession (M) 11.55 Close

5.00am to 6.00pm 5.30 Today 6.00 ABC News World News 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 Business Today In Various 11.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker (G) 9.30 Asia Pacific Languages 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) News 1.00 The View (PG) 10.00 Kids’ Programs 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 5.00 Talking Heads 6.30 World News 7.30 The Fabulous 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) (G) Rpt. Story Of Poop: 3.30 Kids’ Programs 5.30 Sun, Sea The Revolution 4.30 This Afternoon And Bargain Of The Throne 5.30 Hot Seat (G) Spotting (PG) 6.00 Evening News 6.30 Scrapheap 8.30 112 Emergency 7.00 A Current Affair Challenge (G) (PG) 7.30 Home Made (PG) 7.15 Mr Bean 9.30 Tour De France 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) With Rowan Highlights 9.00 Two And A Half Men (M) Atkinson (G) 10.00 Tour De France 9.30 20 To 1 (M) 7.30 The Royal 2009 Live 10.30 Little Britain (M) Today (G) 2.30 WeatherWatch 11.15 Late News 8.00 Australian 11.45 The Wire (MAV15+) Overnight Story Rpt. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 8.30 Teachers (M) 1.30 Guthy Renker Rpt. 9.20 The Bill (PG) Rpt. 10.50 Fireflies (PG) Rpt. 11.40 Close

THURSDAY 9

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Toasted TV & Kids’ Programs 9.00 9am With David And Kim (PG) 11.00 Ten News 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) Rpt. 2.00 Ready Steady Cook (PG) Rpt. 3.00 Infomercial 3.30 Huey’s Cooking Adventures (G) 4.00 Friends (G) 4.30 The Bold & The Beautiful (G) 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons (G) Rpt 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 7.30 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 8.00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 8.30 Law & Order: CI (M) 9.30 Law & Order: CI (M) 10.30 Ten News With Sports Tonight 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman (PG) 12.00 In Plain Sight (M) 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 Religion to 6am.

Above all, love each other deeply, Prime HD program same as above except: because love covers over a mul12.00 Dateline NBC (PG) 1.30 Harry’s Practice titude of sins. Offer hospitality to (PG) 2.00 The Great Outdoors 3.00 Kid’s one another without grumbling Programs 4.00 New Idea TV ➟ 12.30 Movie: (1 Peter 4:8-9).

Hart’s War (AV 2002) 2.30 Guthy Renker

12.00 Movie: A Mother’s Testimony (M 20 2000) Stars Kate jackson, Susan Su Blakely, William R Moses.

2.00 All Saints (M) 3. New Idea TV 3.00 3.30 All For Kids 4.00 Go Go Stop 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 Ghost Whisperer (PG) 8.30 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 9.30 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 10.30 Scrubs (M) 11.00 Heroes (M) 12.00 King Of The Hill (PG) 12.30 Brand Developers (G) 1.30 Danoz & Guthy-Renker 5.30 Seven Early News

6.00 One Week At A Time 7.00 AFL Melbourne v West Coast 9.00 Major League Baseball 12.00 Netball Fever v Firebirds 2.00 Omnisport 2.30 NASCAR Sprint Cup 7.15 MOTO GP 8.30 Tackling Peace 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Formula Drift 11.00 Motorsport 12.00 NBA 360 1.00 Sports Tonight 1.20 Omnisport 1.50 Major League Baseball 4.40 Surfing Moment 5.00 Sports Unlimited

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

6.00 ABC News 5.00am to 6.00pm 5.30 Today Breakfast World News 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 Business Today In Various 11.00 Danoz and Bio-Magnetics (G) 9.30 Asia Pacific Languages 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) News 1.00 The View (PG) talk show.

10.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 World News 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 4.30 The Cook 7.30 Waiting For A 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) And The Chef Heartbeat (PG) 3.30 Kids’ Programs Moments (G) 8.30 The Red Card 4.30 This Afternoon 4.45 Animal Cops (G) 9.30 Tour De France 5.30 Hot Seat (G) 5.35 Time Team (G) 2009 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Scrapheap 2.30 WeatherWatch 7.00 A Current Affair Challenge (G) Overnight 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 7.15 Mr Bean (G) 8.00 Whats Good For You (PG) 7.30 The Royal 8.30 RPA (PG) Today 8.45 Lotto 8.00 Ben’s Zoo (PG) 9.30 Cold Case (M) 8.30 Don’t Tell My 10.30 Cold Case (M) Mother That I 11.30 Late News Am In The Holy 12.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm Land (PG) 12.30 Seinfeld (PG) 9.25 The Baby 1.00 Entertainment Tonight Borrowers (M) 1.30 Guthy Renker And Danoz 10.20 The House Of 5.00 Early Morning News Agoraphobics (M) 11.15 Two In The Top End (PG) 11.45 Close

Practice (G)

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The M Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News

6.00 Twenty20 IPL 6.45 MOTO GP 8.15 AFL Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn 10.30 Triathlon: ITU 1.00 Omnisport 1.30 Beach Volleyball 2.00 K1 Fast Driver 2.30 Netball Steel v Swifts 4.30 Omnisport 5.00 Netball Tactix v Mystics 7.00 Sports Tonight 7.30 One Week At A Time 8.35 Netball Fever v Firebirds 10.35 This Week In Baseball 11.05 Xtreme Paintball 11.35 One Week At A Time 12.40 Sports Tonight 1.00 Omnisport 1.30 Motorsport 4.45 Poker 5.35 Athletix

6.00 ABC News 5.30 Today Breakfast 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 Business Today 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker (G) 9.30 Asia Pac News 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 The View (PG) talk show.

4.30 The Einstein 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) Factor (G) 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 5.00 The Cook And 3.30 Kids’ Programs The Chef (G) 4.30 This Afternoon 5.30 ABC Fora 5.30 Hot Seat (G) 6.30 Scrapheap 6.00 NBN News Challenge (G) 7.00 A Current Affair 7.15 Mr Bean (G) 7.30 Getaway (PG) 7.30 The Royal 8.30 Trouble In Paradise (M) Today 9.30 The Footy Show (M) 8.00 Spicks And 11.00 Late News Specks (PG) 11.30 The AFL Footy Show (M) 8.30 The Chaser’s 1.30 Seinfeld (PG) War On 2.00 Guthy Renker And Danoz Everything 5.00 Early Morning News All things appear and disappear 9.00 Moving Wallpaper (M) because of the concurrence of 9.25 Beautiful causes and conditions. Nothing People (M) ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything 10.00 Ideal (M) 10.25 The Thick Of It else. Buddha 11.00 The Librarians 11.30 Double The Fist 11.50 Close

5.00am to 6.00pm World News In Various Languages 6.30 World News 7.30 Hitler’s Family: In The Shadow Of The Dictator (PG) 8.30 THe Beauty Academy Of Kabul (PG) 9.30 Tour De France 2009 2.30 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Netball Magic v Thunderbirds 8.00 NBA 360 9.00 K1 Fast Driver 9.30 This Week In Baseball 10.00 Major League Baseball 1.00 Omnisport 1.30 Motorsport 3.30 Omnisport 3.45 One Week At A Time 4.45 AFL Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn 7.00 Tennis: ATP Champions 7.30 Pro Bull Riding 8.30 Surfing: ASP 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Poker 11.00 BMX Mega Tour 12.00 Sports Tonight 12.20 Omnisport 12.50 Major League Baseball 3.40 Surfing Moment 4.00 Netball Vixens v Pulse 6.00 NASCAR Nationwide 9.00 Major League Baseball 12.00 This Week In Baseball 12.30 Australian Off Road Champ 1.00 Omnisport 1.30 Netball Fever v Firebirds 3.30 Major League Baseball 6.30 Transworld Sport 7.30 Thursday Night Live 9.00 Superboxer 11.30 NASCAR Sprint Cup 12.30 NASCAR Nationwide 1.30 Sports Tonight 1.50 Omnisport 2.20 Beach Volleyball from Rome 2,50 Snowboarding Moment 3.00 Major League Baseball

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ACROSS 1. Matchless, unparalleled (12) 8. Mythical beast (7) 9. Root vegetable (7) 11. Controversial, pertaining to disputation (7) 12. Show eagerness, rejoice in (7) 13. Australian painter, famous for his Ned Kelly series (5) 14. Game bird, seasonally found in a pear tree (9) 16. Appendages, feelers (9) 19. In the winning place (5) 21. Returns, refunds (7) 23. Outstanding, remarkable (7) 24 Official permit, usually a document (7) 25. Swindles, shears (7) 26. Person who acknowledges no one city as home (12) DOWN 1. First letter (7) 2. Small piece of fried bread sometimes added to soup (7) 3. Pertaining to local government(9) 4. Beatles’ recording company (5) 5. Device for pumping gas (usually carbon dioxide) into liquid (7) 6. Drooping, apparently tired, often in sexy manner (7) 7. Abnormal, extraordinary; not explicable by science (12) 10. Current; at this time (grammatical term used of verbs) (12) 15. Bitter, harbpouring a grudge (9) 17. Opera by Verdi set in old Jerusalem (7) 18. Word meaning the opposite of another (7) 19. Most stout (7) 20. River in Northern Italy which Roman generals were forbidden to cross under arms (7) 22. Precipitous, severely sloping (5)

ACROSS 1. Matchless revenue curtailed by moral tale (12) 8. Undergraduate humour? A mythical beast! (7) 9. Average cut of vegetable (7) 11. Controversial Bogle snaffles 19 across (7) 12. Show keenness to measure article about America (7) 13. Painter wants no French about the city (5) 14. Bullet loses lead carbon, substitutes phosphorus to get the bird (9) 16. Shelter Murray, current inside feelers (9) 19. Number one Pine Street (5) 21. Returns about Daisy (7) 23. Famous cant (7) 24. Permit for property right, a quarter over a hundred (7) 25. Swindles, and flies to embrace church (7) 26. Citizen of the world disturbs monastic pool (12) DOWN 1. Two individuals, Latin, squabble to go first (7) 2. Strange contour leaves one in the soup! (7) 3. Greek’s letter number 99 to one mate about local government (9) 4. Computer – a very quiet French article (5) 5. Flap ear on top of a hill – it will give you a fizz! (7) 6. Tired but voluptuous k.d. asks you for identification (7) 7. How surfer Young is known to his mates: a mountain, unreal! (12) 10. Here tight, but here and now (7,5) 15. Bitter, and transmitted loudly; broken rule covers it (9) 17. Copper prohibition raised over firm; Verdi made song and dance about it (7) 18. Top to bottom, good to bad maybe (7) 19. Trial of lard for the most obese (7) 20. Polish the holy picture, but don’t cross it – there’s no turning back! (7) 22. Overpriced soak (5)

Last week’s solution

Mungo’s Crossword first published in The Week.

There’s no place like home for testing domestic relationships and this week’s Cancerian influences are all about family: bridging differences, spats and hissy fits with tolerance, understanding and don’t forget humour... Cancer Birthday S tars

ARIES: During the present period of intense personal growth for the world in general and Aries in particular, this brilliant week could present you with a brand new life path – because continuing where you’re not happy and fulfilled is no longer an option.

CANCER: Generous gestures are highly effective in times of tightness so remember that the more you give, the more the universe pours your way. The year’s midpoint is for reviewing if you’re on track so far – and if not, what course corrections could be beneficial?

TAURUS: Right now Taurans have universal support for success in the business arena – though the business in question must be something that helps others or it won’t take off. This week’s designed for a midyear assessment of how best to promote your product or talents.

LEO: This winter’s cosmic collaboration brings you into deeper alignment with your true self. And this week could stimulate a sudden revelation or surprising turnaround in your thinking – an outside wakeup call or inner realisation of what it is you need to know or let go of.

GEMINI: If reason and logic aren’t doing the job this week speak from the heart, but be selective about the words you use. Also the people you spend time with and where you put your energy. Decide what you could do differently to get the results you want.

VIRGO: Keep touching base with whatever makes you feel strong and solid, because this week life could change suddenly and radically – in the best possible way. Repair relationships (especially yours with yourself) and reach out to friends for advice or assistance.

The Oceania Zonal tournaments, which concluded on Friday in Tweed Heads, ended in a dual Australian triumph, with clear victories for Grandmaster David Smerdon and Arianne Caoili.

Smerdon, 23, finished a point ahead of a classy field in the Open Zonal, winning seven of his nine games and losing only to Igor Bjelobrk, the unlucky Sydneysider who missed securing an International Master title by a hair’s breadth.

The open event was also

Women’s Zonal winner Arianne Caoili

LIBRA: Not your style I know, but rather than aiming for detachment, this week it’s more important to get involved. Early week Libra moon supports dealing with unwanted power struggles, because right now it’s better to stand strong and sort them than just hope they’ll go away.

SCORPIO: This week some friendships may falter, but others will flourish. Some people are hurtful, others helpful, so look for the joy, stay with the love and don’t connect with the rest. Or keep replaying past stories. Share ideas and camaraderie, particularly during late week Scorpio moon.

SAGITTARIUS: This week’s people not giving you the respect, consideration, affection, understanding or promotion you want? Then stop angsting about what they’re not doing and give it to yourself. Examine any beliefs or behaviour on your

CHESS by Ian Rogers Play at Seagulls Club, Thurs 6-10pm notable for the success of two The Women’s International Melbourne juniors, with 15-year- Master result went controold James Morris and 12-year-old versially to New Zealand’s Sue Bobby Cheng tying for second Maroroa who received a number place with some of the stars of of warnings about talking to her the Oceania region, including boyfriend, GM Gawain Jones, Grandmaster Zhao Zong Yuan. during games. (To make matMorris enjoyed the bonus of an ters worse, Jones was often at International Master title for his his laptop looking at Maroroa’s performance, while Cheng picked games.) When asked to refrain up the lesser FIDE Master title. from talking to Jones early in Caoili showed her best form round four, Maroroa dissolved for years in winning the Women’s into tears and resigned her game.

Zonal by a comfortable margin. The next round more inaudible Caoili has recovered her enthusi- conversations between Maroroa asm for the game, particularly and Jones at his laptop took place after her boyfriend, world num- in the arbiter’s room but, after ber six Levon Aronian, went pub- an even more stern warning, the lic last year with some tongue-in- couple conversed only in the cheek non-PC remarks about the presence of an arbiter for the rest ability of women to play chess. As of the event – and Maroroa suba motivating factor for Caoili it sequently played far better! has worked well, for the 22-yearThe leading final scores in old ANU student has played bet- the Oceania Zonal Open were: ter and better ever since, includ- 1.Smerdon (ACT) 7.5/9, =2.Zhao ing a good result at the 2008 (NSW), Bjelobrk (NSW), SoloDresden Olympiad. mon (Qld), Morris (Vic), Cheng

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(Vic), Steadman (NZ) 6.5, and in the Women’s Zonal: 1.Caoili (ACT) 8/9, 2.Berezina (NSW) 7, 3.Maroroa (NZ) 6.

■ This week’s game sees Australian Champion Stephen Solomon play the best game in the Open Zonal.

Tweed Heads 2009 White: S Solomon Black: I Bjelobrk Opening: Petroff’s Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 Bg4!? 6.Bd3 Nf6 Passive but rock solid.

7.0-0 Be7 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.c3 c6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Nh4!? g6 11...Re8 12.Nf5 Bf8 should be fine for Black. 12.h3 Be6 13.Nhf3 Re8?! 13...

Nb6 was more solid. 14.Ng5! Nf8 15.f4 Nh5?

15...Nd5 was necessary. 16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.f5!

Nef4 18.Ne4 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 d5 20.Nf2!

Bd6 21.Ng4 Ng3 22.fxg6! Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Ng3+ 24.Qxg3!! Bjelobrk believed that the knight checks would guarantee a draw but Solomon’s brilliant queen sacrifice throws a spanner into the works. 24...Bxg3 25.gxf7+ Kh8 26.fxe8(N) Typical Solomon humour.

26...Qxe8 27.Bh6! Qh5 28.Rf3! Bjelobrk is strangely helpless here due to his caged king.

28...Bd6 29.Raf1 Rg8 30.Bf4! Bxf4 30...Qg6 31.Bxd6 Qxd6 32.Rf7 would also win for White.

31.Nf6! Qg5 32.Nxg8 Bd6 33.Nf6 h5 34.Rf5!

Qg3 35.Rxh5+ Kg7 36.Rh7+! 1-0 After 38...

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Johnny Blunt takes you on a crazy journey through the 70s, 80s and 90s with the killer music of Queen in the Killer Queen Show. Showcasing the music of one of the greatest rock bands of the twentieth century, Killer Queen pays homage to the most charismatic and flamboyant front man of all, Freddie Mercury.

The show is packed full of chart topping hits including Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You and Bohemian Rhapsody.

Created by Brisbane performer Johnny Blunt in 2003, it was nominated as Best Tribute Show at the 2006 South East Queensland Entertainment Awards. Johnny is joined by a hot band of Queensland’s best musicians, and the show boasts a wardrobe of detailed and exactly-replicated, outlandish costumes, and stage presence second to none. The Killer Queen Show has supported acts including Diesel, James Reyne and Mark Seymour, and has toured extensively in Australia and overseas. Tickets $12. Book online at www. seagullsclub.com.au or call 07 5587 9033. Live in the Stardust Room at Seagulls, Saturday July 4 at 8pm.

Jazz in July at the Currumbin RSL Currumbin RSL has free live jazz every Sunday afternoon and they have proved so popular the Club is keeping these sessions jiving all through July.

Each week showcases different talented duos and trios that perform anything from jiving jazz, sentimental blues to big band numbers.

This Sunday is the Jazz Cafe Trio, renowned as one of Australia’s finest and most versatile live entertainment acts. They cover some of the most popular hits from the past 50 years, including smooth jazz, big band, jive and rock ‘n’ roll.

Currumbin RSL staff and patrons alike have noted that unlike traditional jazz outfits Jazz Café retain the entertainment aspect capturing their audience’s full attention. See them this Sunday at Currumbin RSL at 1.30pm.

Wolf and Cub, The Scare and The Cairos

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Japan, Europe, the UK and the USA and touring Australia with TV On The Radio, The Killers, Queens of the Stone Age, Wolfmother and Primal Scream.

Support band The Cairos have emerged as an integral cornerstone of Brisbane’s vibrant indie community. Playing everywhere from all-ages festivals to pirate suburban warehouses, they’ve established themselves as one of Brisbane’s mostpromising radar-fringe acts.

The band’s infectious indie pop has earned them an extensive following keeping the crowds happy with a busy string of shows in support of their debut Ep Lost At Sea out now. Soundlounge, Currumbin RSL, 8pm Thursday.

King Tide and Squid Ink and Pen Get in a dancing mood as King Tide celebrate the release of their third album! Watch as they open up new doors in their heads and unleash the fresh sound of ‘Roots POP Reggae’. Renowned for their high energy live performances, King Tide were on the road non-stop in 2008. After a short break the band are back with a new show and a new album, Roots POP Reggae. Support band Squid Ink and Pen are members of seminal, legendary Brisbane groups Dubmarines and Upsteppers, together for one night to form the super group Squid Ink and Pen. Soundlounge, Currumbin RSL, 8pm Friday.

It’s more than two years since Wolf and Cub broke cover with their debut album Vessels. Something With Those two years seemed to Numbers take on a momentum of their own. The album was released Something With Numbers around the globe and the band are heading out on the road to promote the release of their found themselves playing in

KILLER QUEEN SHOW SATURDAY 4 JULY THE STARDUST ROOM SEAGULLS new single 89 Freedom St. With three albums, six singles, a Top 20 chart debut for their current album Engineering the Soul, 2 tracks in the JJJ Hottest 100, 1.4 million MySpace plays, the band have performed on the BDO main stage and countless sold out shows around the country to over 200,000 people over the last 18 months. Now comes 89 Freedom St, a hook laden Oz rock classic which is the follow-up to the airplay hits We’ll Fight and Stay With Me Bright Eyes. You can catch Something With Numbers for

the last time in 2009 with special guests The Galvatrons and Slow Down Honey. Coolangatta Hotel, Saturday 8pm.

Regular John Rolling Stone magazine has dubbed Regular John’s debut album, The Peaceful Atom Is a Bomb as ‘the perfect distillation of everything good that’s happened since rock found a heavy, fuzzy imagination in the late sixties’.

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their own diversity – The Bronx, The Hard-Ons, The Scare, Birds Of Tokyo, Helmet, Dinosaur Jr., Louis XIV, You Am I, The Datsuns, Nashville Pussy, The Mint Chicks. As Goman explains, ‘We don’t really fit in with a particular scene or sound, which means that we can play to all sorts of different people. That’s definitely a virtue.’ Supported

by Talons, Coolangatta Hotel, Thursday July 2, 8pm.

Salmonella Dub Salmonella Dub celebrate twelve years of touring in Australia with their 30th Oz tour and 25th CD release. Freak Local the next Salmonella Dub CD EP will be available exclusively at the bands Freak Local shows through out their Oz tour in June and July. Joining Salmonella Dub on stage for the Freak Local tour are Paddy Free from Pitch Black, The Mighty Asterix and special guests Ladi 6 and Parks. Coolangatta Hotel, Friday July 3.

True Live After building up a massive grass-roots buzz through the consistent touring of their phenomenal live show, True Live put their raw, experimental energy onto a record and exhibited the blueprint. Reviews of their freshman album often seemed to all share one commonality – speculation of what this band were truly capable of.

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unrefined stone, and now the time has come to reveal their coming of age, Found Lost is a polished diamond in all its unorthodox glory. Their innovative, unpredictable signature sound has developed a new found maturity and water-tight cohesion while still retaining all of what makes them so undefinable. Coolangatta Hotel Sunday July 5.

Caroline Nin presents Scarlet Stories Acclaimed Parisian chanteuse, Caroline Nin has always been fascinated by the red light districts in Amsterdam, New York, Paris and London. Ladies of the Night have inspired many songwriters, filmmakers and performers. Their lives are provokingly described in the songs selected for Caroline Nin’s new show. Scarlet Stories is a journey through the red light districts depicting daily struggles and passions as seen through Nin’s own eyes.

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Instead, the company relies on forever. In Sing, Sing, Sing, the exceptional talents of its Jazz in the Basement The JOK Show recreates on artists as well as their profound stage the legend that is Johnny – Dixieland Jazz understanding of this complex Help celebrate American Inde- O’Keefe. The show features and mysterious art-form of the authentic costumes, instrupendence Day in Aussie style Andalucian gypsies. All aspects mentation and 100% live on with the diverse musicians of flamenco – dance, song and stage rock ‘n roll. Twin Towns Basement All Stars at Jazz in music – are intimately conthe Basement, Saturday July Services Club, Saurday July 4 nected and given equal weight from 8.30pm.

4 at 7pm. in Noche Flamenca, creating Jazz in the Basement’s resia true communal spirit which dents, The Harry Lynn Quaris the very heart and soul of tet, will be joined by three flamenco. Gold Coast Arts special guests for the evening, Comedy in the Centre, 8pm Saturday. forming a septet. Llew Hird will Basement – be on trombone and vocals, Bruce Johnson on clarinet/ Chris Radburn tenor and saxophone and ‘King’ Since winning Sydney Triple Wally Furst on the banjo and M’s ‘One Mic Stand’ comedy Tweed River Art four-string guitar, playing an competition and swapping eclectic mixture of Dixieland, Gallery Exhibitions his lawyer’s suit for comedy traditional and New Orleans sneakers, Chris Radburn has jazz. Gold Coast Arts Centre, Face to Face: continued to impress audiSaturday at 8pm. ences in comedy clubs. With his Portraiture in a wickedly funny observations Johnny O’Keefe – Digital Age and hilarious stories, there is The JOK Show no doubt that this charismatic Face to Face is a national touring exhibition which features Johnny O’Keefe was known as personality is set to leave the works by fourteen leading the ‘The Wild One’ of Australaudience cheering for more. ian Rock n’ Roll. Now with the Support by Matt Marr and MC Australian artists. This exhibition revisits the human portrait long awaited musical ‘Shout’ Barry Macleod. Gold Coast and provides a contemporary based on his life, JOK’s music is Arts Centre, 8pm Friday July perspective on how digital enjoying a whole new younger 3. technologies are reshaping our audience, as well as the ones understanding and experience who were there when it all of human identity. Key themes happened. With timeless songs of mutation, shifting idensuch as She’s My Baby, The Wild tity, code and the influence One, Shout!, Move Baby Move, Noche Flamenca of popular culture are played She Wears My Ring, Sing, Sing, out in a sophisticated and Sing, he stamped his name into Direct from Madrid comes a sometimes disturbing array of the history pages of Rock n’ Roll passionate celebration of the

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GROUND HAG DAY Mandy Nolan the door, stare in, then can’t remember what I’m doing there.

If all else fails, get your tit out.

Having an eight week old baby Not a good idea, it’s freaked out is like a lesson in Zen. The tiny the guy from Australia Post with tyrant who looks up from my the package. He says: ‘All you breast with those intense baby have to do is sign, love.’ I wake whale eyes teaches me how to my teenage daughter. I have a cut my day into small pieces, cup of tea. I wake my teenage to banish expectation and to daughter. I start folding a load rejoice if I manage to achieve small miracles like get my undies of washing, lose concentration, check the baby, then start on on before midday. (At the time my emails. I wake my teenage of writing, dear reader, it’s not daughter. Then the yelling quite midday). I had forgotten starts, followed by the threats. the piecemeal existence of the ‘If you miss the bus I’ll go on new mother. Here is my day.

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Wake at 5am with a shoulder and post your birth photos.’ I cramp from sleeping in my wake the other children. I make maternity bra, poke sleeping lunches. I make a few more infant to check she’s not dead. threats. I leave stirring baby in Accidentally wake sleeping bed with her father and take infant, so breastfeed for 20 kids across the road to the bus. minutes. Doze in nervous I make them wear gumboots. anticipation of the alarm going They are begging to get them off. So anxious about the alarm going off I turn it off and get up. off. I insist. They later inform me they are teased mercilessly. Back It’s dark. The baby is sleeping. I home, open one email, baby am doing the dishes. It’s arctic starts crying. Nappy change, in my house, so I’m wearing a breastfeed, roll around on play beanie, an overcoat, scarf and mat, swaddle back to sleep. ugg boots. I catch my reflection And that’s just my husband. in window and get a subliminal flash of ‘Feed the birds, tuppence Put baby in cot. Go to kitchen where I am harassed by starving a bag.’ Realise I’m also wearing woollen gloves. Not a good idea cat and dog. Lock them outside when you’re washing up. Breast and pretend I didn’t see them. milk is now housed in my frontal Baby wakes. Cuddle bubba and lobe, my brain is a fridge. I open rock back and forwards like

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someone coming down from speed. Put baby in cot. Make important phone call. Am put on hold. Finally get real person on the line, baby wakes up.

Have to hang up and go get the bub. Baby on left tit while I operate computer mouse with right hand. Realise I need to do morning wee. It’s 11am, I think I can hold a bit longer. Clench pelvic floor. Write Echo article with one finger. Know editor will be happy because it will be the first time I haven’t gone over the word count. Baby unsettled.

Sick of tit. Play with baby. Watch Oprah. Feel guilty, flick to ABC for Parliament Question Time.

Catch Anthony Albanese giving Malcolm Turnbull a bollocking over Utegate. It appears that over the last two weeks the Labor Party have launched ‘E Security Awareness’ and have distributed educational DVDs aimed at Year 3 students. It’s suggested the Liberal Party watch them. Key message is: check the authenticity of your attachments. Note to self, send money to Nigeria. My attachment has finally fallen asleep. Put her in pram with telly still on to trick her. Early afternoon, still in track pants and ugg boots. Finally do morning wee. Jump in shower.

exhibition to coincide with NAIDOC Week 2009. Three Views will include work by Nudge Blacklock, whose dynamic abstract landscape was selected as the 1st prize Artexpress winner of the 2008 NPWS In 2008, 9665 students Award, powerful totemic submitted artworks as part portraits by 2nd prize winof their 2008 Higher School ner Madeline Hodge and Certificate Visual Arts Exami- the deceptively simple, nation (HSC). From this huge symbolic works of painter range of works ten distinct Casey Lee. June 19 until Artexpress exhibitions August 2. were selected for display in 2009. These ten exhibitions include the work of 310 students from schools across NSW, with 63 of those students represented in the Hannah and Miley– exhibition at Tweed River Best of Both Girls Art Gallery. Each exhibition Seagulls Club consists of the Sunday July 12 complete range of media Watoto Children’s Choir submitted for the HSC and Live Concert of Hope includes a comprehensive Seagulls Club screening of film and animaThursday July 16 tion. Friday June 26 to Some Enchanted Evening Sunday August 9.

Seagulls Club Three Views Sunday July 19 The Tweed River Art Gallery The Ray Mann Three & The has an ongoing commitCool Calm Collective ment to display the work Soundlounge of Aboriginal artists from July 10 the northern NSW and SE Rhombus Queensland. In 2008 the Soundlounge Gallery proudly hosted the July 19 NPWS Aboriginal Art Award, developing important links Col Elliott Twin Towns with a number of emergJuly 10 ing artists from the region.

Galaxy of Stars From that group, the GalTwin Towns lery selected three artists July 12 to participate in a group works ranging from artificial intelligence ‘softbots’ to highly poetic video and photographic work. June 19 to August 16.

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Get dressed back in trackies, because hey, it’s going to be bedtime soon. Need groceries.

Get keys. Remember I have no licence. Strap baby to my chest, and thank the RTA for my 6 month offroad postbirth weightloss program. Get groceries, take away coffee, post letter, pick up dry cleaning, struggle back home loaded like a third world mum in a first world jacket. When circulation returns to fingers attempt work at computer. Baby not happy.

Give up. Run bath. Hop in with baby. Baby happy. Knock at door.

Children back. Run wet down hallway. Answer door. Drop towel. Scare children. Supervise homework. Do nit check.

Breastfeed baby. Start dinner.

Breastfeed baby. Answer phone, breastfeed baby. Serve dinner.

Breastfeed baby. Breastfeed.

Breastfeed. Breastfeed. Put kids to bed. Breastfeed. Argue with teenager about appropriate bedtime. Breastfeed. Kiss teenage daughter goodnight.

Breastfeed. Post teenage daughter’s birth photos on her MySpace. Carry sleeping baby to bed. Set alarm. Fall asleep. Ready to start again. Wake up. Shit, the animals! Bugger. Feed them tomorrow. Fall asleep.

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gig guide THURSDAY 2 ■ CLUB BANORA 4PM GLENN BRACE ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL, 8PM REGULAR JOHN ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB, KINGSCLIFF 5.30PM RUSSELL HINTON ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 7.30PM QUEEN - IT’S A KINDA MAGIC ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 7.30PM UNPLUGGED IN THE BASEMENT - TIM GUY & ANDREW WELLSTEAD ■ SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN RSL, 8PM WOLF & CUB & THE SCARE & THE CAIROS ■ SEAGULLS 5.30PM ROBBIE MCGOWAN ■ THE SANDS HOTEL COOLANGATTA 8PM JAM NIGHT ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM VEENIES - UPSTAGE ■ TWIN TOWNS, 1.30PM DENIS WARREN 5PM LONE WOLF, 8.30PM BREEZES LIVE BAND ■ BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 9PM THE HAT BAND ■ THE RAILS, BYRON 6.30PM SISTERMADLY ■ HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON SALMONELLA DUB ■ BUDDHA BAR, BYRON 7.30PM OPEN MIC WITH MATTY DEVITT ■ THE CHAMELEON, BYRON 7PM INANNA’S WISH ■ SATORI ON BELONGIL 7PM SINGER SONGWRITER SHOWCASE, WITH TIM STOKE ■ LA LA LAND, BYRON RHYS BYNON ■ LIQUID, BYRON PLUGGED SALMONELLA AFTER PARTY: DJ WALLOPALOOZA, MC THUNDACAT ■ MULLUMBIMBY BOWLS CLUB JO JO SMITH - DINNER SHOW

local events and entertainment ■ COURT HOUSE HOTEL, MULLUMBIMBY 8PM OPEN MIC WITH MANDY NOLAN JAM NIGHT

FRIDAY 3

■ CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB, KINGSCLIFF 7.30PM RUSSELL SPROUT ■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB, BOGANGAR 8PM THE SHAPES ■ CABARITA BEACH BAR AND GRILL, 8PM BJ GANNON ■ CLUB BANORA 7.30PM JOHNNY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM MATRIX ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM CAROLINE NIN PRESENTS SCARLET STORIES ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM COMEDY IN THE BASEMENT CHRIS RADBURN ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL, 8.30PM ANDY BURKE ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 7.30PM SWIZZLE ■ IMPERIAL HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 8PM PAUL ATKINS ■ MURWILLUMBAH CIVIC CENTRE, MURWILLUMBAH FESTIVAL OF PERFORMING ARTS ■ MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES MEMORIAL CLUB 6.30PM TERRY MURPHY ■ MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL 9PM DJ LEE ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM JOE DANIELS ■ SALT BAR, SALT VILLAGE 8.30PM JASON DELPHIN DUO ■ SEAGULLS 8PM BLACK MAGIC ■ SOUNDLOUNGE, CURRUMBIN RSL 8PM KING TIDE & SQUID INK AND PEN ■ THE SANDS HOTEL COOLANGATTA 10PM DJS TOMMY MCCLEMMENTS &

LUKE ELECTRIC ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM ADRENALINE ■ TWIN TOWNS, 5PM ALTERNATING ARTISTS , 8.30PM BREEZES LIVE BAND ■ BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 9PM TRUE LIVE WITH SIMON WRIGHT ■ THE RAILS, BYRON 7PM CAROLA CHRISTIAN & THE DIRTY FUNK AFFAIR ■ HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON INFUSION ■ THE BUDDHA BAR, BYRON SUPER MARIO ■ LA LA LAND, BYRON MILES JUNIOR + RYAN RUSHTON ■ LIQUID, BYRON H2O DJ DAVE BASEK | DJ DEE DEE | DJ SCOTT WALKER ■ HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM BIG MUSIC ■ COURTHOUSE HOTEL, MULLUMBIMBY 8PM SOMERSAULT ■ DRILL HALL, MULLUMBIMBY 7PM SHAMANIC ODYSSEY WITH SCREENING OF ENTHEOGENESIS

SATURDAY 4 ■ CLUB BANORA 4PM GLENN BRACE 8PM LUELLA ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM SOUL COMPANY ■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB, BOGANGAR 8PM MASON RACK ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM SOMETHING WITH NUMBERS, THE GALVATRONS + SLOW DOWN HONEY ■ COOLANGATTA AND TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 6PM HIGH NOON ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 7.30PM KAFFENE ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM NOCHE FLAMENCA ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM

JAZZ IN THE BASEMENT DIXIELAND JAZZ ■ GOLD COAST CONVENTION CENTRE SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE AUSTRALIA ■ MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES MEMORIAL CLUB 6.30PM RUSSELL HINTON ■ MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL 9PM THE CHRIS COOK BAND ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6.30PM MIKE WINKWORTH ■ SALT BAR, SALT VILLAGE, 8.30PM COAL BUCKET ■ SEAGULLS 8PM KILLER QUEEN SHOW ■ SEAGULLS 8.30PM CAPTAIN WOW ■ SOUTHPORT RSL CLUB 7.30PM LOOSE CHANGE ■ SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB, 3PM LIVE JAZZ ■ SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB 7.30PM THE NEARLY DIAMOND SHOW ■ THE COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 10PM DJS TOMMY MCCLEMMENTS & LUKE ELECTRIC ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB, 7.30PM STARSTRUCK SHOWBAND ■ TWIN TOWNS SERVICES CLUB, 8.30PM JOHNNY O’KEEFE SHOW ■ TWIN TOWNS SERVICES CLUB 2PM RUSSELL SPROUT 5.30PM ALTERNATING ARTISTS 9.30PM BREEZES LIVE BAND ■ BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 9PM THE OUTFIT ■ THE RAILS, BYRON 6.30PM THE WELLS ■ BO’S, BYRON 6PM JIMMY & JOHNNY B GOOD ■ BYRON SERVICES CLUB 6.30PM BYRON COMMUNITY SCHOOL PRESENTS TRIVIA WITH VANESSA WAGNER ■ TEMPLE BYRON 7PM BELLY

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TEMPLE: WILD HONEY FESTIVAL LAUNCH ■ BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE BROWN BIRDS FROM WINDY HILL - LAST HOPE SURF FILM ■ LA LA LAND, BYRON DON NADI ■ LIQUID, BYRON HOUSE OF NOW, DJ ADAM TAYLOR | CAPTAIN KAINE | DJ SEAN CANDY ■ COCOMANGAS, BYRON DJ QUALITY CONTROL, GOODWOOD ■ HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30 PM BO JENKINS BAND ■ MULLUMBIMBY RSL 8.15 PM MIKE PRESTON

WRIGHT & THE ECLECTIVE ■ HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON WOLF CUB ■ BUDDHA BAR, BYRON 7.30PM SISTERMADLY ■ BYRON MARKETS 10AM-2PM TRAIN ■ LA LA LAND, BYRON MIND ELECTRIC + CAPTAIN KAINE ■ HOTEL BRUNSWICK 3PM BROADFOOT 7PM DAN HANNAFORD (DUO) ■ SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 1PM VASUDHA & JEM

SUNDAY 5

■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH CLUB 12PM DAVID BARRY ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 4PM PETER JOHNSON ■ THE RAILS, BYRON 6.30PM MICHAEL PETER ■ HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON BRIAN WATT

■ CLUB BANORA, 11AM HELEN DAY 12.15PM CHAMPAGNE JAM ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 1.30PM JAZZ CAFE TRIO ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 7PM TRUE LIVE + SPECIAL GUESTS ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB, 4PM MARTIN WAY ■ SALT BAR, SALT VILLAGE, 1PM ANDREA GEANGE ■ SEAGULLS CLUB, 2PM LINE DANCING WITH RUSSELL HINTON ■ SEAGULLS CLUB 2PM DANCE COMPANY 121 ■ SEAGULLS, JAZZ IN THE SHED CAFÉ 2PM ■ SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL, 1- 5PM VASUDHA & JEM ■ THE COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 3PM MASON RACK ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 12.30PM DON WHITAKER ■ TWIN TOWNS SERVICES CLUB 12.30PM ROBERT KEITH 4PM OWEN HOGAN 7.30PM BREEZES LIVE BAND ■ BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 4.30PM KING TIDE 8PM DJ CAPTAIN KAINE ■ THE RAILS, BYRON 6PM SIMON

MONDAY 6

TUESDAY 7 ■ MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL, 8PM OPEN MIC NIGHT ■ SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE 5.30PM CRAIG SHAW ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 1PM MICHAEL KING ■ THE RAILS, BYRON 6.30PM ANNA WEATHERUP ■ HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON HARRY HEALY BRACKETS JAM NIGHT

WEDNESDAY 8

■ CLUB BANORA 11AM LUCY MCINTOSH ■ CURUMBIN RSL 6.30PM JEFF RICE ■ GREENMOUNT BEACH CLUB 7PM DOWNBEAT JAZZ BAND ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 1PM GLEN FOXWELL ■ TWIN TOWNS SERVICES CLUB 11AM THE ALEX PEDEN SHOW ■ TWIN TOWNS SERVICES CLUB 8.30 PM, DAVO & THE TWISTERS

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SPORT RESULTS BOWLS Cabarita Beach Men Wed 17/6/09 Winners K Stanley and L Ponting, r/up S Knight and W Peart, cons R Harper and F Baison.

24/6/09 Winners C Klaverstyn and B Lambert, r/up, G Morrisey and K Stanley cons G Wilson and B Williams.

Club Ltd $2000.00 sponsored day 29/6/09. Winners [skips only] 1st T Hunter,2nd G Lake,3rd M Morgan, 4th P Craven, 5th P Glancy,6th R Maunders, 7th S Anderson, 8th K Doolin, 9th B Carnley, 10th R McCormack,11th E Carsley, 12th M Cox, 13th N Thorley, 14th L Freeman, 15th T Cox. 29/6/09 Winners R Boskell and A Mickle, r/up B Laybutt and A Latif cons B Overall and J Darling.

BCIB day with K Kerkow and S Glasson on friday 10/7/09 sheet is filling fast so be quick to put in your entry.

Presidents day July 11 all Cabarita bowlers welcome see sheet for details.

Final of the club 4s on Friday afternoon, E Carsley team v K Doolin team.

Condong Ladies June 30: Twenty-one Lady bowlers enjoyed the day. Congratulations to P.Flack and M.Sweetnam who won the club pairs. Runners up M.Hinde and J.Glasby.

First round club triples B.Wainwright,S. Cook,J.Blake def M.Standflied,K.Edmonds, B.Dunne.

Social bowls J.Timmins, B.Smith, H.Fuller def D.Dawes, R.Thorley, E.Hunt.

M.Dobie, E.Elvy, H.Ross def D.Hardie, R.Ross, M.Kennedy.

7/7/09 Club Triples M.Sweetnam V H.Ross Teams. B.Dunne winning rink.

Nominations for club positions in by 7/7/09.

Mixed pairs 13,14th July prize money $750.00 get your team in.

Social bowls next Tuesday. www.condongbowlingclub.com.au Condong Men June 24: Thirty bowlers bowled after 4 days rain. Winners L Muir, T Muldoon, T Kennedy, runner/ups J Walsh ,R Brown, R Shoobridge.Rafell win C Sager, H Ross, I Muldoon, C Sager. Thursday 25th Mixed Pairs Thursday 25th Mixed Pairs carnival at Condong 18 teams played. Winners of the day were E Hunt and K Lutherborrough 2 w 25, 2nd B Clifford, M Chislom, 2 w 14, 3rd B Mullins, B Bryant 2 w 12, Round 1 winners W Peart, J Black +13 . Round 2 K Edmonds, T Lee +12. Friday 26th 24 teams battled it out for 1st position. Winners 1st defeated Hopps, S Reading, 2+35 2nd C Klavestyn, R Norris 2+23 , 3rd J Knight, defeated Lucan, 2+21 First round winner J Bosisto, G Spry,+18 Second round winner G Barrick, P Crompton.+17 So far a great 2 days no rain. Last day Friday 27th Open Triples Winners S Knights team 2w+48 , 2nd T Knights team 2w+33 , 3rd defeated Simpson team 2w+29 , round 1 winner G Schnider team +19, round 2 J Knight team +26, Division 5 pennant team def Iluka bowls 6-0 and will now head of to Ettaglone late in July well done lads . Attention Pennant players all rafell book tickets must be back in club by 4th July, Coming Events . Please lets make this JOHN SAMS green opening day to rember for a great member of Condong Club. Mixed Pairs mon July 13 and 14 12-30pm start both days $20 per team names on board in club please.

Condong Cane Toads June 28 – Cane toads enjoyed hosting 27 bowlers from Normanby Brisbane. A great day was had by all. Winners on the day J Donnghie, P Rannie, J Rannie

Runner/ups R Thorley, P Carney, E Hunt, Lucky raffle winners H Ross, B Smith, N Smith, S Rushton, Jock. Coming Games 5th July home, 12th July home. We are still looking for names for Coffs Harbour please see kooka.

Cudgen Leagues Ladies Thursday June 25 . C’Ship Singles Semi Final Results, June Wotherspoon def Ann Revie ; Liz Fleming def Joy Ashford.

Thurs Ladies Social Results, Winners – Rnk9, Margaret Talbot and Isabel Nipperess. Raffles, Judy Martin and Pam Jones ( Barossa Valley ) Friday Morning Mixed Prs, Triples, M’tea 9am for 9.30 start, Mufti dress come along and enjoy a great morning of bowls with Sharon and Tom. Sat 4th Ladies Social 12.30 for 1pm start.

Please come and enjoy our company with a friendly game of bowls (uniform).

Mon 6th 1pm, Social Mixed Triples, Mufti dress. Sun 12th July – 09, Sun Social Club Bowls Day with BBQ Lunch. Cost $10 pp Mufti Dress, 9.30 start. Sheet on Notice board for Cudgen Friendship Day Thurs 23rd July, Cost $6 pp Members invite a friend or two. Bookings 02 6674 1816 / 2734. Happy Bowling everyone.

Cudgen Leagues Men Wed. Mens Mufti. $30-00 winners G.Brindlay, R.McIntosh.K.Hansen Sat. Mens Whites. $30-00 Winners N,Hoskinson, I.Tilley, B.Cussack Sat. and Wed. Jackpots stand at 3 x $120.

They say anythings possible. Last Saturday the Division 6 jumped the big hurdle and won the Zone playoffs at Lismore.

Now they are off to Wallsend to play in the State finals. Best of luck boys.

The Wed. Mufti Triples Round Robin $90-00 trophy is in progress. Get your names down for a chance at the big bickies. Visitors welcome.

Kingscliff Ladies The results of the Social Bowls for Wednesday the 24th were: Winners on Green 2 J. Hansen/N. Sherlock/A. Bousie – on Green 3 J. Scher/E. Haydon/M. Cosgriff.

Overall Runners Up H. Peate/J. Symons/D. Harris.

The results of the Major/Minor Pairs played on the same day were: C. Smith/W. Butler Def. I. Azzopardi/A. Wonka - M. Lincoln/J. Mitchell Def. M. McCrindle/J. Maas.

Raffle Winners were M. Gardner, A. Wonka, R. Clark.

Kingscliff Men The B grade Fours called for Saturday 4th July: defeated Langtry, T Wonka, R Lewis, L Murphy v K Taylor, J Barnes, N Orme, R Graham; T Whittaker, G Hallett, defeated Clark, B Goldstone v T Halloran, B Beattie, R Dark, L Morris. Roll up at 8:45am. Winners to play Sunday 5th July. Roll up 9:00am. Pennant trials will be held at home on Saturday 4th July for all divisions. Saturday 27th June: Winners; B Morrow, A Reid, S Cupitt; K Styles, R Norris, G Pritchard; Plate Winners; L Gillespie, R Cavanack, I Smith: Tuesday 30th June: Winners; Willie, T Hills; Runners Up; E Cocks, P Crompton; Plate Winners; P Glancy, A Latif.

Tweed Heads Men Championships: Open 2 bowl Triples: Round 1: Greg Hardman, John Bailey, Graham Richards d. Sean Harty, Col Fishlock, Dennis Agnew 29/20. Qtr-f: Frank Birkin, Dennis Freeman, Eddie Hewitt d. Laurie Rea, Max Reiter, Vince Leather 28/18; Steve Ross [sub. Leon Harvey], Jim Bryant, Tony Willemsen d.

Simon Stephenson, Russell Leeson, Mark Howarde 32/23; Greg Hardman, John Bailey, Graham Richards d. Ray Arrowsmith, Max Fish, Mario Matteucci 42/14.

Far North Coast Regional Junior Surfing Titles The third and final round of the Fantastic Noodles Far North Coast Regional Junior Surfing Titles went off at Cabarita last weekend, with the Far North Coast team decided for the Arnette NSW Junior Titles.

With precious places at the Arnette NSW Junior Titles up for grabs, the region’s best junior stars were on tenterhooks before the opening heat at Cabarita, all wanting the opportunity to represent their region at Foster in July.

Greeted with excellent two to three foot peaks, light offshore winds and a handful of tomorrow’s stars, the action that transpired was of the highest order.

When the smoke cleared it was Michael Wright (Lennox Head), Tommy Boucault (Ocean Shores) and Mitchell James (Kingscliff) who were left standing on the dais.

Wright, B oucault and James were in a league of their own as they individually dominated their respective divisions, en-route to cementing spots in the Surfing Far North Coast team.

Due to variable conditions and a lack of time, the girls divisions were not surfed as the make-up of the female junior team was decided after the second round of competition.

Headlined by ASP Australasian Pro Junior starlet Tyler

Wright (Lennox Head) and Codie Klein (Kingscliff) the girl’s side of the Regional team is full of teenage sensations, all ready to make their mark against the state’s best.

In the boy’s segment Sam Clift (Banora Point), Jake Cumberland (Tweed Heads), Soli Bailey (Suffolk Park) and Wright comprise a quality line-up of junior stars.

Having recently announced the support of junior surfing throughout the state and the nation, the Fantastic Noodles State Junior Surfing Titles covers ten events in South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, 14 Regional Junior Surfing Title events in NSW, plus an ASP

Social Results: Sun 21 June Masonic Charity Day Green 1: Renee and Tony Laycock, Norma Bell, Sam Ramsay; r/up: D. Field, B. Healy, Dorothy Evans, Ed Kolbee. Green 2: C and T Askew, E and G. Haydon, r/up: S. Rae, J. Baker, “Maka”, J. Campbell. Green 3: Joan and Harry Lyon, r/up: Ngaire Gibson, Brian Bevan.

No bowls Tues 23 due to rain.

Wed 24 June - Highest winning score.

Green 1: Ramsay MacDonald, Vince Leather [26]; r/up: Ken Schmidt, John Mann [20]; Green 2: Harry Moore, Val McGrath, Jim Neill [37]; r/up: Leon Harvey, Jim Bryant, Tony Willemsen [32]; Green 3: Frank Birkin, Mark Matthews, Ben Huygen [33]; r/up: Leigh Tynan, Les Meara, Ian Tynan [27]; Green 4: Laurie Cooper, Bernie Fletcher [28]; r/up: Mick Collins, Neil Young [27].

Fri 26 June: Green 1: Ray Carter, Greg Ash, Jim Chapman; r/up: Roy Nixon, Val McGrath, Laurie Lennox. Green 2: John Raywood, Peter Adams, John McConnell; r/up: John Bibby, Russell Luland, Terry Patton. Green 3: Bob Chapman, Ron Hottinger, Rob Chubb, r/up: Bob Cowen, Bill Hagen, Col Moses.

Sat 27 June: Green 1: Arthur Walker, George Kerrison; r/up: Robert Carnes, Ron Parker. Green 2: Les Meara, John Harrison, Con Impellizzeri; r/up: Brian Bevan, Gordon Wilson, Brian Williams. Green 3: Frank Birkin, Bernie Fletcher; r/up: Bob Chapman, Bill Grose.

Tweed Heads Tourers Last Sunday 28 June a total of 72 players converged on Musgrave Hill for morning bowls. Winners for the Tourers were Ric Ware, Col Moses and Frank McPhillips.

Next Sunday 5 July the calendar has been changed and the lads will be playing alone on the Indoor Green.

A reminder that the AGM for the Tourers will be held on Sunday 19 July at 8.15am followed by bowls at 8.30am.

Tweed Heads Women Wednesdy Pairs winners were K. ThatcherP. Clarke and J. Griffiths-V. Gravolin with runners-up A. Morrisey-V. Neill, C. Murphy-R. Davies.

Thursday’s Palliative Care day saw $1200 raised for that wonderful organisation.

Winning teams were A. Warman, L. Wiles, B. Bitmead, L. Elsey and R. Davies, H, Carter, K. Cartwright and E. Hewitt. Runners-up were M. Croghan, J. Fisher, T. Norton, J. Croghan - J. Hambleton, P. McNamara, R. Luland,B. Cooper and M. Oxley, D.Duncan and B. Irwin.

DARTS Tweed Valley Darts Results On June 14th we held our Memorial Day at Condong Bowling Club and the results were as follows.

Mixed Doubles winners were Brett Atkinson (QLD) and Donna Bodley (NSW) def Gary Watson and Vicki Jones (both Qld). Ladies double winners were Vicki Jones (QLD) and Margaret Organ (NSW) def Jenny Gibb and Vicki Dos Remedios (both NSW). Men’s doubles were Wally Powell (QLD) and Bruce Beadel (NSW) def Ces Sheppard (NSW) and Rangi Reeves (QLD). Ladies Singles was Vicki Jones def Pauline Reeves (both Qld). Men’s singles Bill Aitken (NSW) def Gary Watson (QLD). Ladies high score on the day was Vicki Dos Remedios with 156 and Ladies high peg was Donna Bodley (both from NSW). Men’s high score was Bruce Beadel with 160 and Men’s high peg was Bill Aitken with 122 (both from NSW). Those who threw 180 on the day were Brett Atkinson with 2, Gary Watson, Vicki Jones (all from Qld) and Bill Aitken (from NSW). A good day was had by all, even me ending up in hospital with a fractured hip.

Results from 29th June Gulls 12 def Tigers 3 and Hogan’s Heroes 8 def Jokers 7. Devils 10 def Sharks 1 and Leftovers 6 def Cgulls 5. Congratulations to Bruce Beadel and Mick Duncan who both threw 180 tonight.

Point score subject to confirmation A grade Jokers 29, Gulls 29 Hogan’s Heroes 27 and Tigers 5. B grade Leftovers 21, Devils 20, Cgulls 16 and Sharks 5.

Meeting next Tuesday at Sth Tweed Sports Club.

GOLF Chinderah Veterans Social Golf Results for Mon 29/6/09 Stroke and Monthly Medal Winner Monthly Medal - Kath Gordon Winner ‘A’ grade, Tom Hyde - net 58 new h/cap 6, R/up - Gary Carey - net 59 - new h/cap 2.

Winner ‘B’ grade - Bruce Jones, net 59 (c/ back) - new h/cap 16, R/up - Geoff Condon - net 59 (c/back) - new h/cap 14.

Winner ‘C’ grade - Kath Gordon - net 56 - new h/cap 22, R/up - Garry Freeman net 58 - new h/cap 24 Winner putting contest - Col Hardy - 24 putts (c/back) Ball rundown to net 61 The next event will be held on Satuday July - 4 Man Ambrose.

Murwillumbah Wednesday 24th Indidividual Sttroke Winner R.Rattray 5 nett N/ Pin 2nd S.Rutter 17th B.Bolt B.R.D.to 74 nett c,b Friday 26th JuneWomen I.McCormack 31 pts Members D.Harris 37 pts Sat 27th June WinnerA.Grade T.Hindle 41 pts R/Up M.Knight 40 pts Winner B.Grade K.Maxwell 40 pts R/ Up s.Derepas 38 pts Winne Rc,Grade E.Sherwood 43 pts R/Up T.Clark 40 pts Winner D.Grade N.Elliott 44pts R/ Up D.Grade D.Noonan 40 pts N/Pins 2nd A.Dubelaar 8th M.Knight 10th A.Dubelaar 14th F.Monement B.R.D 35pts c.b .

NETBALL Murwillumbah It tried to rain, and the grass was still too wet for funnet and netta to play their designated games but many thanks to coaches Pat and Emma who ensured that those netta who did come had a great game on the one court dry enough to play on.

11/12 grade fared better on the asphalt courts and by the afternoon games, the sun was out and everyone enjoyed the afternoon of sport.

The general meeting was postponed to this Thursday night at the RSL, 7pm.

Everyone welcome.

5 teams are looking forward to the Tweed Carnival on the 5th of July and we wish them and the organisers well on the day.

Results for the June 27 were – left at the clubhouse.

From memory …

All Stars d Girl Zone, Hot Shots defeated Bogangar, Southern Cross All Stars defeated Spice Girls, The Storm defeated Cabba Crew, Waratahs defeated Tigers, Cougars defeated Flamin Devils, Ladybeetles defeated Newbies.

Next Saturday, July 4th draw is: Netta 11am Crickets v Bogangar Blue Wrens Red Backs v Super Fabs 11/12 11am Hot Shots v Super Stars Girl Zone v Bogangar Intermediate 1pm Get Smart Goal Getters v The Storm Spice Girls v Cabba Crew Southern Cross Stars have the bye Opens 1pm The Ladybeetles v Waratahs Opens 2.30 Newbies v Cougars Flamin Devils v Tigers

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Pro Junior event in South Australia in July.

The Arnette NSW Junior Titles will be held at Forster from July 29 – August 2.

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TIDE TIMES PHASES OF THE MOON Full Moon 7th Jul 7.22 pm Last Quarter 15th Jul 7.53 pm New Moon 22nd Jul 12.35 pm First Quarter 29th Jul 8.00 am FRI 3rd

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Tide times Courtesy of NSW Tide Charts, Manly Hydraulics Laboratory, NSW Dept of Commerce

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Tree day A tree planting site has been registered near Uki as part of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Tree Day on August 2, for interested volunteers. For info call Carolyn Rifello 66 191 880 or 0411 471147.

Garden club Tweed Coast Garden Assoc. will hold its AGM and Christmas In July lunch in the Cabarita Community Hall on July 14 at noon. It is requested that all members be financial at this time to be able to vote. Any members who have not yet booked please call Jeanette on 6676 3702.

Family history Tweed Gold Coast Family History and Heritage Association is holding a family history seminar will be held at the South Tweed Sports Club, Minjungbal Drive, South Tweed Heads on Tuesday, July 7, from 9.30am to 4pm. For a gold coin donation, which will cover morning and afternoon tea, genealogists will hear from Joy and Allan Murrin, transcription agents, on a series of topics of how to use and get the best out of various resources on the internet and archives, and to obtain the information required to search for your ancestors. For info call Ducie Hood on 07 5524 4774 or by email dhood44@bigpond.net.au.

Pottsville residents Pottsville Community Association will now conduct its information stall at the Pottsville Markets on July 5. Membership renewals will be able to be paid on the day. A â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;free raffleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of a basket hamper will be available. Residents interested in Pottsvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future welcome.

Computer skills Computer Association Tweed Seniors meets at 10.30am on the third Wednesday of each month at Seagulls. Learn computer skills from other seniors. Joining days are on the second

Tuesday 10am-2pm, also at Tweed City each Thursday 10am-2pm and 5pm and 7pm. For info call Margaret 07 5599 2975.

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Tweed Palliative Support (TPS) has rescheduled a fundraising concert at its new hospice, at 12 Wedgetail Court, Dulguigan (minutes from Murwillumbah). The new date is Sunday, July 12, at 2pm. The concert will feature The Avondale Players and tenor Paul McGeown.

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Teenage piano sensation Jake Durrington will be playing at a special morning tea Monday, July 6, at Mountain View Retirement Village, Murwillumbah. The teen pianist plays music from memory and will be playing from 10am at the Lodge. Entry for a gold coin donation gets you free morning tea.

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The Tweed District Tennis Association conducts their annual seniors tournament on Saturday and Sunday, July 18-19, at Tweed Heads. Singles, doubles, mixed doubles and combined age round robin events are open for aged 35s up to over 70s.

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

Food giveaway Bread and food giveaway on again in Tweed on Wednesday at 12.30pm. A big thanks to the kind people who donate groceries, without you we could not help the pensioners. It is much appreciated. We can always do with more if you can help. Every little bit helps someone. Terri 0414 376057.

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Garden club Twin Towns and District Garden Club July meeting will be on Monday July 13, 9.30 am in the auditorium at Tweed Heads Civic Centre. Guest speaker will be Paul Fisher from Neutrog. Entry is $3 and includes morning tea between 8.30am and 9.15am. Members, past members and guests are welcome.

Energy workshop Biochar, solar, wind and hydro energy generator workshop. Be self sufficient with your own stand alone energy supply. Speakers John Davis from Rainbow Power Company and Geoff Moxon from Project 540. At Castle on the Hill. July 5,10am-1pm. For bookings call Irene on 02 6679 5442.

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Clinic days this period: Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st July At Sole Bros, Arts & Industry Estate, Byron Bay. Appointments can only be made via email or calling

9913 3033 Booking essential.

Health Fund Provider.

30 years experience successfully treating corrective bio-mechanical foot/ ankle/ lower limb specialist.

Email birkenstockclinic@ westnet.com.au www.birkenstockclinic.com.au

The Oceania Project 20th

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ART FOR THE FIFTH WALL THE RUG SHOP, BANGALOW HEALING THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS Aquire skills to heal & understand yourself & others. 8 wk course $30 pw.

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PROF SERVICES

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Beautiful family portraits.

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PIANO TUNING

Reuben Barkley, 2nd gen. family trade.

Pianos & Rhodes bought, sold & repaired. 66284475, 0422221116

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Wednesday 4.30pm $8 Also free Meditation Classes.

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Kate Chase BAppSc, Grad Dip Relationship Therapy Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner

relationship counselling family mediation co-parenting coaching tel: 0402 207 137 www.KateChase.com.au

TRADEWORK BRUNSWICK VALLEY

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TREE SERVICES

FOR SALE

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DANCERS & TOPLESS WAITRESSES for upmarket adult club. Training provided.

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MURWILLUMBAH MAIN ST shop, 260sqm, prime position, good walking trafďŹ c past, long/short term. 66722251

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Adventures in Local Ecology Essential Byron information from the heart of Byron Bay. And Tim Shanasyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music CD $19.95 each at Echo ofďŹ ces or online at: www.mgardner.info GRASS FED YEARLING BEEF $8/KILO Paddock to plate delivered 65699306, 0427045226

HAMMER & HAND JEWELLERY & METAL COLLECTIVE *Support Local Artisans* *Quality jewellery at Studio Prices* Ti-Tree Pl, Byron A&I Est. 10-5, 7 days ELECTRIC bikes & scooters. Rely & save beyond-oil.com, Sapoty 0407213267 NATIVE TREES & SHRUBS wide range, cheap, will deliver. Ph 0411576242 BEAUTIFUL VIETNAMESE TABLE white marble top, red lacquer carved legs with intrIcate black design. 820mm x 820mm x 800mm(h) $550 ono. Ph 0409324724 STAND UP paddle board, epoxy, Southpoint, 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, with paddle, 1 season old $1000. Phone 66875519 WATER TANKS Byron Bay, 2 of 1130L 1070mm D x 1510mm H, mist green as new $250 ea or 2 for $400. 0427832837 ANTIQUE FLOOR TILES www.jatanainteriors.com.au, 66884048

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Owner going north. Mark 0431050110 VOLVO V70 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;98, wagon, 7 seater, exc cond, log books, long reg, $9990 MERCEDES C200 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;98 auto, sedan, exc cond, $8990 RANGE ROVER HSE 4.6L, top of the range $9990 EASY CAR SEARCH Motor Dealer (Lic) 20613 Phone 66866729 CAMRY â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;91 runs well, very reliable, rego expired 30 June, $800 ono. Ph 66804543 01 Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;DORE WAGON VX 190,000km, 12 mths reg, 4 new tyres, rola roof racks, serv records, GC, $5500. 0407821690 4 x 4 NISSAN PathďŹ nder â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;96, 176,000km. tow & bull bar, roof rack + more, very reliable, exc cond. $7400. 0432427448

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HOUSES FOR SALE POTTSVILLE duplex, architect designed, pre-construction, 3br, 2 bathrm, DLUG, 3 decks, elevated, north facing, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be built out, $440,000. Ph 0411422855 MORTGAGE BROKER Buyers agent property advice & the best ďŹ nance deals & service around. Beat the banks.

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PROPERTY FOR SALE INVESTMENT IN COSTA RICA Great opportunity for turn over from property with ocean views, subdivision is optional, 6km to beach, surrounded by international residents. Local contacts.

Contact 66841149

PROPERTY WANTED SMALL ACREAGE TO BUY OR LEASE Burringbar or nearby areas suitable for vegetables or fruit trees. Must have water Ph 66771607

SHORT TERM ACCOM.

SAILING / ROWING DINGHY vgc, with trolley, $1800. Ph 0428791321

Toyota Corolla Automatic, A/C, P/S, 146,000kms, SJG885..............................$4,495 98 Daewoo Cielo Hatch, Automatic, A/C, P/S, UMT560........................................$2,600 99 Commodore Wagon, 7 Seater 138,000kms, A/C, P/S, 2010, rgo WHU128 .$6,750 90 Toyota Hi-Ace 2.8 diesel, man, 5 spd, bullbar, UNU-560............................................$4,750 Mitsubishi Pajero 5spd, A/C, P/S 7 seater, ballbar, toebar, alloys, roof racks, sn 5...........$3,850

SAUNA Hi-tech Farinfared Detox Box. Luxury 2 person, CD & stereo, vgc, $3500.

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POCKET Lg rm, f-f. Avail 04/07 - 04/11 Free rent 02/08 - 03/09 in exch for animal care. Austar wiďŹ $160 + bills. 66845059

Ballina Car Centre

STH GLDN BCH 2br beach cottage, f-furn, walk to beach, avail 20/7 - 1/11 (or maybe longer), $400pw. 0422562179

TWIN PRAM $60, 2 port-a-cots $60 ea, good for grandparents. 66855819, 0411294286 SILKY OAK & CAMPHOR various sizes, reasonable prices. Ph 0433831922

LEATHER LOUNGE / sofa bed, beige, near new, not used, $1500. 0418751206

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ORGANIC or pesticide free fruit & veges for Mavisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen, Mt Warning Rd Uki Call Charlie on 66795664

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MOTOR BIKES VESPA LX 50 Piaggio, vgc, only 1000km, top box & helmet. $3950. 0418751206 DUCATI, MONSTER 695 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;07 model, Termignoni pipes, Ducati performance seat, 7000 km, perfect condition $11,900.

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Time to clear it out with a garage sale.

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MOTOR HOMES

OCEAN SHORES 20 Natan Crt, Sat 8am furniture, tools, h/hold goods, clothes etc

2006 JAYCO CONQUEST 37,000km, Fiat Ducato 2.8L Turbo diesel engine includes Fiamma enclosed annex $85,000. Phone 0408461130 CAMPERVAN VW Transporter, Poptop 2.5L. Annex, CB Radio, CD, microwave, fridge etc $19,000. Ph 0410193647

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O SHORES 3BR HOUSE avail 11 July for 3 weeks. Close to beach. Ph 66805292 BYRON 1br spacious ďŹ&#x201A;at, next to beach, avail 4/7-25/7, $220pw. 0413060570

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TO LET SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH, 5 large bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 150m to beach, suit extended family or home business, no pets, long lease, avail now, $600pw.

Phone 0418415184 CRABBES CREEK studio, no pets $175 pw. Phone 66770036 UPPER MAIN ARM light, airy, sunny, 2 br home & large attached garage/wkshop on acs, walking tracks, $310pw. 66845396 BURRINGBAR rural, peaceful, spacious, v-nice, furn, 2br, 2 bthrm apartment, 10 min to shops, no pets, $220pw.

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MODELS 18+ years required. Nude female for Picture and People magazines.

No experience required. All shapes and sizes. Backpackers welcome. Good money. Professional accredited ACP photographer. Ph 0413627846 MALE & FEMALE ESCORTS required for upmarket adult club. Ph 66225533 PERSONAL CARERS for domestic position, must have Cert III in Aged Care or Community Services, drivers license, transport, ďŹ rst aid, police check. Willing to work with elderly, min 15 hrs, start ASAP. Email: nortecjobs@nortecltd.com.au INSULATION INSTALLER req for Tweed.

Young, fit & energetic, exp pref with motivation to work. Must have OHS card, transport & drivers license. Email resume to nortecjobs@nortecltd.com.au SALES CONSULTANT Mobile phone retailer in Tweed/Murwillumbah. Must have sales experience, passion for excellence in service, hardwork ethic.

Full-time, no Sundays. Email resume to nortecjobs@nortecltd.com.au OFFICE ADMIN Must be excellent in Excel & Word and have construction industry exp. Position is full-time on contract. Start ASAP. Email resume to nortecjobs@nortecltd.com.au TRADE QUALIFIED FITTER & TURNER required by our client at a Byron Bay food processing plant, delivering maintenance. Must work well in a team.

To apply email resume to labourhire@nortecltd.com.au or fax to 07 55241055 EXPERIENCED LABOURER / BOBCAT driver req for casual, on call Labour Hire assignment in the Tweed Heads area.

Mush have current OHS blue/green card & LS Skid Steer Ticket. To apply email labourhire@nortecltd.com.au, attn Aimee

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Repairs, Parts and Restorations to all Makes and Models, on-site service available. Prepurchase inspections. Tractors sold on consignment for clients.

Unwanted tractors removed at no charge.

WE HAVE TRACTORS FOR SALE CASE 1494 85HP 4WD Turbo with Elco front HD Dozer Blade and 7â&#x20AC;&#x2122; slasher all in good cond $23,300

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Workshop Charltons Rd, Federal. Phone Bill for service.

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MUSICAL NOTES MR SPEAKER Local Funk, Swing & Blues Band www.myspace.com/mrspeakerbb Ph 0422548251 PA & SOUND GUY FOR HIRE Call Ash 0404350841

LOST & FOUND FOUND: Caravan key found in Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;bah.

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PETS ADOPT A CAT from Animal Welfare League NSW. Phone 66844070 BROWN BURMESE ready for sale now, $480 incl. vacc, m/chip, desex. Ph 0429867993 or 66722447

The Echo needs a lively, energetic

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HOUSE PAINTER specialises in decorative work. Ph 0450883542

My name is CRYSTAL and I am very lovable, well behaved 1 year old BUT because of my beautiful white coat, it is essential that I be kept inside. Friends of the Pound would like you to ring them on 07 5524 8590 or A/H 02 6676 0078 or check the web on www.friendsofthepound.com

Contact Susie 02 6679 3190 or Pam 02 6676 0078 or our Adoption Information Booth on 07 5524 8590 Visit our website for other animals: www.friendsofthepound.com

EMERGENCY NUMBERS House $390pw 4 Hibbertia Crt, Koala Beach Brand new, 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car House $310pw 5/19-27 Elizabeth St, Pottsville 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 car, pet cat considered Unit $230pw 15/42-46 Coast Rd, Pottsville Refurbished, 2 bed, 1 bath, 1 car Townhouse $280pw 1/3 Seabrae Crt, Pottsville Close to beach, 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 car House $370pw 4 Butternut Pl, Koala Beach Modern, culdesac, 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car

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Please stick this by your phone EMERGENCY ONLY AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 AMBULANCE Kingscliff, Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah . . . . 131 233 MURWILLUMBAH HOSPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 6672 1822 EMERGENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 6672 0230 TWEED HEADS HOSPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 5536 1133 FIRE BRIGADE Kingscliff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 6674 1271 Murwillumbah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 6672 8305 Tweed Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 5536 2222 Tweed Rural Fire Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 6672 7888 POLICE NON EMERGENCIES 24/7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 444 Tweed Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 5536 0999 Murwillumbah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 6672 9499 Kingscliff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 6674 9399 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 500 Tweed Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 5524 1349 Murwillumbah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 6676 7355 LIFELINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 114 GOLD COAST HELICOPTER RESCUE SERVICE . . . . . 07 5598 0222 TWEED COAST AIR SEA RESCUE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 5536 9333 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1800 656 463 ANIMAL WELFARE (RSPCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 5536 5135 NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES) . 02 6628 1898 WILDLIFE CARERS TWEED VALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 6672 4789 CURRUMBIN SANCTUARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 5534 1266 SEA WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 5588 2222

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Federal politics has got a tad more exciting with the fake Treasury email scandal. Backburner’s man in Canberra has an interesting spin on the case, reckons Treasurer Wayne Swan found out that the nerdy-looking bureaucrat at the centre of the affair, Godwin Grech, was the serial leaker from his department, and had the hoax email planted on him to turn the opposition’s mole into a booby trap. If that rumour’s true, it worked a treat and Senator Eric Abetz led Malcolm Turnbull right into it.

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A reader reckons Switzerland is finally one country in the world heading in the right direction when it adopted some progressive health legislation in May after two thirds of its citizens voted in favor of a constitutional amendment supporting the use of complementary medicine. As a result, Switzerland has become the first country in Europe to take complementary medicine into consideration in its health services. Supporters of complementary or alternative therapies say it’s a long-sought victory which could set the model for other countries to follow and which could revolutionise medical care, especially in the treatment of cancer.

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Fears about the state government’s controversial joint regional planning panels (JRPPs) have increased following the battle by residents in the Sydney shire of Ku-ring-gai against a decision by a similar panel which has taken over that shire’s planning powers. As we know, these panels are not subject to the normal council obligations for openness and transparency. Residents’ efforts so far have failed to prevent a draft town centre plan for commercial development allowing up to 10 storeys through six of nine village areas in Ku-ringgai. The same panel also plans a 30 per cent population increase within the rail/highway cor-

Murwillumbah BMX rider Nick Keevers, 18, shows an appreciative young crowd one of his bestknown manoeuvres, a backflip, at the Knox Park skatepark recently. Photo Jeff ‘Flipout’ Dawson

ridor of Ku-ring-gai with no additional infrastructure. The chair of the panel just happens to be… the chair of Rail Corp.

The imposition of regional exploitation – er, that is – planning panels is a real concern if the Ku-ring-gai experience is anything to go by.

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A reader has suggested locals put Bed and Breakfast signs out in front of their homes and buy some tents for the upcoming world rally to cash in on what organisers and the government tell us will be a local economic bonanza. After all, the accommodation options are few and far between for the influx of the hordes of spectators expected.

We expect the well-off rally car chaps and their entourages to stay at Salt or Palacio Versace on the Gold Coast, but many of the spectators will have to make do with camping grounds or caravan parks, so locals should be given special ministerial (or general manager) disposition to run a B and B for the duration – as the legislation says – of the ‘rally period’. Otherwise, the NSW taxpayers’ expected return (for all the cash doled out to rally organisers to run their event) will go straight to Queensland.

Deceptive or stupid? That’s the question some ABC radio listeners were asking Monday morning after a certain ‘John’ rang in to say opposition to the controversial rally was coming from a loud minority and the rally would be good for business, blah blah blah… It was only when he said he had door -knocked up to 70 homes and most were in favour of the rally that the announcer asked him if that was in an official capacity and was he working for the rally organisers. At first he did not want to answer the question, then admitted he did indeed work for them. If that’s the level of honesty to be expected from ■ ■ ■ ■ rally employees, then the whole It may be only a matter of time event is an even bigger con than before rally organisers go begopponents maintain. ging cap in hand to the state

government again (and council and volunteers and emergency services, etc, etc) for more money, because if ticket sale anxiety is anything to go by they’re in trouble. Rally spokesman Chris Nixon explained that the rally jumped the gun on advertising (before the event had planning approval) because ticket sales could not wait for the legislation to be passed.

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Local conservative pollies are still bickering over who gets credit for what. Lismore MP Thomas George was disgusted that his colleague Geoff Provest had taken credit for the review clause in the odious rally legislation, even calling it the ‘Provest amendment’. Geoff might be earning the nickname ‘Captain Thunder’ after stealing it also from mayor Joan van Lieshout when the rally organisers caved into public pressure and relocated the pitstop from the Kingscliff foreshore to a nearby sports ground. Geoff claimed all the credit but Joan insists she has done just as much of the legwork to secure the move.

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