Tweed Echo – Issue 1.48 – 06/08/2009

THE TWEED SHIRE Volume 1 #48 Thursday, August 6, 2009 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 Fax: (02) 6672 4933 editor@tweedecho.com.au adcopy@tweedecho.com.au www.tweedecho.com.au

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Wake-up A museum of the past, for the future call on waterways Ken Sapwell

A landmark report released this week paints a bleak future for the health of the Cobaki and Terranora Broadwaters and four fresh water streams flowing into them unless we learn from past mistakes.

The report found all six waterways were under stress with some in poor health - mainly as a result of farmland clearing up to the 1950s and residential development which mostly peaked in catchments in the 1980s.

The ecosystem health monitoring report warns that acute demand for housing in catchments areas will increase the pressures and that the council and the community needs to be proactive in dealing with the problem.

The report follows an investigation into the health of the two broadwaters and the Duroby, Bilambil, Cobaki and Bilambil feeder creeks which for the first time examined the biological impacts of urban and farmland run-off.

Tweed council river committee chairman Kevin Skinner said the report pulled no punches in assessing the damage that riverine tree-clearing and other land-use practices had caused.

‘It’s a wake-up call for everyone to learn from past mistakes,’ he said.

On a scale from A to F, it ranks the health of three of the fresh water creeks beginning in the hinterland mountain ranges as a C-minus and the Cobaki Broadwater as a straight C, where C is defined as ‘fair’.

Both Doroby Creek, which flows through Terranora, and the Terranora Broadwater struggles under a ‘D’ rating, defined as poor ‘and unlikely to meet the characteristics of a healthy river eco system.’

None of the systems ranked an F (for failure) but the closest any came to an A (excellent) was a small section of the Tweed River included in the study which was subject to ocean tides and

Members of the new Tweed River Regional Museum steering committee (left to right) Joan Smith (president, Tweed Heads Historical Society), Gary Fidler (president, Friends of the Museum), Helena Duckworth (president of Uki and South Arm Historical Society), Ron Johansen (president, Murwillumbah Historical Society) and former mayor Max Boyd (president Tweed River Regional Museum Foundation) with the model of the proposed extensions and upgrade to the Murwillumbah Museum. Photo Jeff ‘Museum Piece’ Dawson Luis Feliu

Museums, according to the late blind/deaf American author Helen Keller, are sources of pleasure and inspiration. The proposed new regional museum for the Tweed is set to provide both, as well as breathe new life into the shire’s three historical collections.

So it seems only fitting that the bold plan to establish a state-of-the-art branch of the Tweed River Regional Museum at Tweed Heads to house their collections should be located on continued on page 2 the site of a former pilot station at Flagstaff Hill

on Point Danger. The Tweed Heads museum specialises in the Tweed’s maritime history The push for the purpose-built museum at one of the Tweed’s iconic locations at Tweed Heads as well as plans to refurbish and extend the heritage-listed Murwillumbah Museum require much fund raising from the community, but is gathering momentum with a Friends of the Museum group established recently to encourage donations to realise the dream.

Last month the Friends, which already has around 100 members, raised around $2,500 for the museum’s building fund, which is a drop in

the bucket for the eventual amount needed for the goal. The projected cost for the centrepiece Tweed Heads museum is around $8 million ($2 million to be allocated by council from loan funds,$370,000 from state grants and $1 million from federal funding) while the Murwillumbah Museum extensions and upgrade is set to cost around $3 million with $1 million of that to be sourced from council loan funds.

The move to create a single regional museum for the Tweed encompassing a purpose built museum at Tweed Heads and the upgrade/ continued on page 4

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Wake-up call on our stressed waterways continued from page 1

received a B-minus ranking Council’s operations director Vince Connell said the Cobaki and Terranora Broadwaters provided habitat for a large number of native flora and fauna, some protected under both state and federal legislation.

‘The area is an important fish nursery, helping to sustain our recreational and commercial fishing industries, and their waters are hugely important recreational assets and a treasured view for many residents of the shire,’ he said at the report’s launch.

‘These areas are very close to

our rapidly expanding coastal populations… the acute demand for more housing in the next decade has, and will continue to put great pressure on these natural areas.

‘We must be aware these systems can only sustain so much pressure before environmental decline becomes strongly apparent. We must continually be on the front foot if we want to preserve these special areas.’

He said the study was driven by community concerns about the waterways and an expectation that they would be protected and rehabilitated where necessary.

Importantly, the study conveyed to the community, in very clear terms, the condition that their waterways were in.

Cr Skinner said the damage had not happened overnight.

‘It’s largely a legacy of past

Tumbulgum Public School students Amber Percy and Khye Baker (foreground) check out a pelican across the Tweed River as other students chat to Cr Kevin Skinner (right), the chair of the Tweed River Committee, and Tweed Shire Council’s waterways program leader Tom Alletson after the release on Tuesday of a river health report. Photo Jeff Dawson

land management practices, where steep slopes and river banks were completely cleared of native vegetation, and cattle were allowed free access to rivers,’ he said.

‘Our old style of building subdivisions right to the water’s edge, with drains straight down to the estuary have also had an impact.

‘Revegetating our upper catchment streams is one of the most important things that can be done to reverse the decline and we also need to invest significantly in urban storm water treatment.’

He said the report found that

discharges from the Banora Point sewage treatment plant had increased nitrogen levels causing mangroves to flourish but otherwise had no ‘significant’ impact on health.

The council next will release a catchment management plan for Cobaki and Terranora Broadwater outlining steps which the report says must be taken by the government and the community to turn the situation around.

Cr Skinner said the committee planned to carry out similar studies of other waterways, including coastal creeks, as soon as practical.

Skipping skills help raise funds for health Murwillumbah East Primary School students Natasha Francis and Cody Welsh (foreground) do the ‘double dutch’ with a skipping rope as Jordan Birthisel looks on and other students try their skipping skills.

As part of their regular Friday afternoon sport, the students recently held a fundraising exercise for the Jump Rope for Heart campaign to raise funds for the National Heart Foundation.

Students have also jumped into regular skipping routines for fitness, honing their skills at recess and lunchtime for several weeks, culminating with the whole school jumping like kangaroos in an amazing array of skipping games recently.

Energy company seeks apprentices Country Energy is looking for apprentices in the Tweed Shire.

The electricity provider wants to employ 90 new apprentices across regional and rural New South Wales in 2010 and has earmarked three lineworker positions in Tweed Heads.

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One of these positions has an opportunity for advancement to a network designer, which in turn provides further chances for career development.

Richard Wake is one apprentice who has done well: he started as a 16-year-old and is now Country Energy’s Far

North Coast regional general manager.

To find out more call 1800 353 007 or go online at www. countryenergy.com.au. Applications close tomorrow (August 7) at 5pm.

Interviews will be held between September 30 and October 23. www.tweedecho.com.au

Local News

Media policy ‘on dangerous ground’ Ken Sapwell

Local Government Minister Barbara Perry has rejected calls to force Tweed Shire Council to scrap its controversial new media policy which muzzles councillors from making public anything which is not already publicly available.

Ms Perry said it was up to individual councils to determine their own media policy, but warned that they ‘need to be open and transparent as possible’.

In a prepared statement, she acknowledged there were times when matters relating to legal or commercial issues as well as discussions between councillors and council may need to be handled confidentially.

‘The Model Code of Conduct sets out councillors obligations in this regard and the need for councillors to maintain the integrity and security of documents and information made available to them. ‘While each council may determine its own media policy, it must ensure it complies with the provisions of the Model Code as well as the Act.’ NSW Greens MP and local government spokesman Sylvia Hale has joined academics and some community groups in criticising the new policy adopted by councillors three weeks ago in a bid to stem what they believed were damaging ‘leaks’ to the media.

Ms Hale said those who supported the ban on limiting in-

formation to the media appear not to have learnt any lessons from the council’s sacking in 2005 following findings of corrupt conduct. ‘Denying the media and the public access to information creates the sort of climate in which corruption can flourish,’ she said. ‘The Daly report that led to the council’s dismissal specifically criticised the then council for adopting processes that resulted in a low level of transparency in its operations. ‘Now this new council is doing exactly the same thing by implementing processes designed to reduce transparency and shut down public scrutiny. ‘It’s a very dangerous road

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Bilambil residents will hold a protest meeting against plans to build 52 homes and a general store on the site of a former quarry in the tiny village.

Resident Jody Wallis said most residents in the area objected to the plans on the basis that they represented an overdevelopment of the site. ‘Word is spreading and everyone I speak to would be happy

if it was downsized. It is just too many houses,’ she said.

Developer Jackson International wants to build the new ‘low-cost housing’ village on a 4.713 hectare site on the corner of Urliup and Hogans Roads.

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Electrical boffin James Linklater (pictured) has developed an electrolyser in a jar that burns 90 per cent of fuel in a tank, rather than the usual 60 per cent.

The device uses an electrical current to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, which is then mixed with petrol, producing more power when burnt.

It can be fitted to most cars and costs less than $500, including full installation.

Mr Linklater said it is an affordable way to have a hybrid car and a lighter carbon footprint. ‘It isn’t a new idea, it is a reapplication of something old. It has actually been around since the 1800s when cars were first being developed,’ he said. ‘It never took off though because you can’t make money out of water, but you can make money out of oil.’ So far the electrolyser device has been installed on Chillingham resident James Townley’s car and Mr Townley has re-

ported getting an extra 45km out of a tank of petrol. ‘We have some fine tuning to do but the idea is to get the technology onto local cars,’ said Mr Linklater.

He said a massive advantage of the device is that it boosts a car’s power and decarbonates its engine.

Police cars in Detroit are apparently powered by a similar device and big trucks in the USA have six of the electrolyser devices under the bonnet.

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Local samurai group aims for a tilt at world championships Roxanne Milar

A Murwillumbah-based samurai martial arts group is hoping to find cinematic stardom when it joins the sport’s professional circuit and compete in Florida next year.

The Black Dragonfly martial arts group (pictured right) will go head-to-head at the World Professional Championships with elite teams that provided fight scenes for action flicks including The Mummy 3.

It will be the team’s first pro circuit competition and a potential highlight of 2010, which is already shaping up to

be the team’s biggest year.

Black Dragonfly team leader Adam Ariel said the group was focusing all its efforts on making a big mark on the martial arts scene next year in the hope of turning their appearance on the pro circuit into a money making venture.

‘In Australia there isn’t a dominant league as such and so movie studios or whoever, buy in teams from overseas to perform over here,’ he said.

‘But we have a few sports agents looking at us at the moment and we hope it might lead to opportunities where we can live off what we do.’

Adam started Black Dragonfly five years ago when a falling out led him to leave his former martial arts group on the Gold Coast.

His contract specified he couldn’t start another group within a certain radius, so he moved south and started Black Dragonfly, which has a particular focus on swords and weaponry.

The six-strong team regularly performs at events in the Tweed and has gathered a huge following – attracting 200 members to its internet fan group in one week.

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‘We are distinct from other teams due to our weaponry,’ said Adam.

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Next year will also see the team set up a high school development squad to develop upcoming talent.

‘Martial arts teams do not trade athletes with other squads. We breed our own athletes, like a stable and so to ensure we have a good future we are looking for young people who want to be trained and maybe move into a professional team,’ Adam said.

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Museum of the past, for the future (from page 1) extensions of the Murwillumbah Museum came about six years ago when Tweed Shire Council received funding from the NSW Ministry for the Arts to prepare a combined strategic plan for the three historical societies (at Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah and Uki) after they had agreed to work together to achieve this goal.

The need to redevelop these museums was emphasised in a critical report by the NSW Museum and Galleries Foundation which said the survival of the collections was at risk.

Leaky roofs, poor security, corrosive salt air, inadequate storage space were just a few of the threats identified.

The strategic plan also made the point of the ‘tremendous potential’ for the museums to contribute to council’s tourism strategy and provide better service for visitors.

The plan recommended a new two-storey extension at the rear of the Murwillumbah Museum to bring it up to best practice standards with collection storage, research and office space, toilets, workshop space, a temporary display area, an education studio/meeting place and disabled access.

Heritage hub The museum occupies the former council chambers building (built in 1915) which is state heritage listed, and under the strategic plan, is ‘positioned as the heritage hub of the Tweed’ with its collection reflecting the people, places, heritage and industries of the Murwillumbah area.

The Murwillumbah Historical Society was formed

in 1959 and moved into the old council building on the corner of Queensland Road and Bent Street in 1984. But its collection, which includes many items related to life in the Tweed Valley since European settlement, has outgrown the building.

The vision, according to former longtime mayor and council administrator Max Boyd who is the chair of the Tweed River Regional Museum Foundation and who played a part in getting the Tweed River Regional Art Gallery established, was to build an ‘outstanding architecturally designed cultural facility’ which could serve the Tweed well into the future.

But the floodprone nature of the site originally earmarked for the regional museum at Kennedy Drive would have proved too costly and after some rethinking, it was decided to locate it on a prominent block of Crown land at Flagstaff Hill which is more accessible for tourists and overlooks the mouth of the Tweed River.

A design competition for the Flagstaff Hill and Murwillumbah museums was held and Paul Berkemeier and Associates was chosen. A model for the Murwillumbah building has now been made and council has been requested to provide a model for the Tweed Heads project.

In 2005 a senior museums curator, Sally Watterson, was appointed to drive the project.

Local architect Gary Fidler, the president of the Friends of the Museum, said the new regional museum at Flagstaff Hill would be on a significant historical site and sympathise

with the hill’s environment of grassland. It will be set into the hill, much like Canberrra’s new Parliament House and the upper level will include a coffee shop.

‘It will be innovative, it has a grassed turf roof and light can penetrate through a funnel, so it has quite a nautical connection to this site as a former pilot station, with the funnelling of light into the building evoking a maritime feel,’ he said.

Regional museum Mr Boyd said the new museum would be ‘the first true regional museum in northern NSW which is a combination of three historical societies’.

‘A tremendous amount has already been achieved in terms of information collated and now on computer which can be sourced from any of the three societies,’ he said.

‘We encourage people to bring their old photographs in to the societies so they can be copied, catalogued and preserved for all time,’ he said.

Currently, the Tweed Heads Historical Society’s Museum in Kennedy Drive is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11am-4pm and on Sundays from 1pm-4pm, the Murwillumbah Museum is open Wednesday and Friday from 9am-4pm while the Uki and South Arm Museum is open on Fridays from 10am-4pm.

People wishing to make taxdeductible donations and bequests to the museum project are asked to contact Sally on 02 6670 2500 (swatterson@tweed. nsw.gov.au/museum) or if they want to join the Friends, call Gary on 02 6672 4191. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Rally doco aims to unite residents Roxanne Millar

If a picture paints a thousand words, a local filmmaker is hoping her short film on the controversial world rally to be run in Tweed and Kyogle shires in three weeks’ time will answer a few dozen burning questions.

Eungella mum Harmony Church has spent the past four months filming footage for a definitive documentary on the rally that has split the Tweed and thrown the Tweed Shire Council into a spin.

Approaching it from a neutral perspective, Harmony has interviewed local opponents, Rally Australia chairman Alan Evans, indigenous community leaders and businesspeople.

She said she didn’t want the documentary to draw any particular conclusions, but rather give viewers an understanding of pro and anti rally arguments so they can be better informed.

‘I would like for it to contribute to some sort of community ease,’ she said.

‘I’d like to see people realise it is happening and the rally people to think maybe they should have done (the consultation) a bit better.

‘Hopefully it brings people

in October, but the first part of it will be shown at a special anti-rally screening later this month.

‘I don’t want to finish it yet because I want to film after the event, explore how the community feels once it has happened,’ she said.

‘We would also like to invite anyone from the community to participate in the film. If they have a strong opinion on, or some evidence about the rally they would like to share, please contact us.’

Harmony and Samuel’s other short films entitled Murwillumbah Hospital, Rocky Cutting Dam and Tugun Catastrophe can be viewed on You Tube.

To be involved called HarLooking through the lens at the Repco Rally is Tweed filmmaker mony and Samuel on 02 6672 Harmony Church.

7765 or email sdawson@qld‘Coming at it from a neu- net.com.au. together so that they can agree tral perspective has really to disagree.’

Harmony and her part- paid off because we got an inner, environmentalist Samuel terview with the Repco Rally Dawson, have produced many chairman Alan Evans and he other short films about local revealed so much that will issues, including docos on the answer so many questions,’ Murwillumbah Hospital and she said.

‘Plus I don’t really have a Tugun Bypass.

She said she was usually ap- side myself. Parts of me think proached to make ‘campaign’ it isn’t the right thing for the films but decided to avoid the Tweed, but other parts of me political style with the rally think there are worse things doco, which is entitled Consul- happening here.’

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Police are investigating what they believe could be a veiled death threat to Tweed mayor Joan van Lieshout.

Cr van Lieshout lodged a formal complaint with police on Monday following three recent calls to separate phones suggesting she was in need of a funeral plan.

The embattled mayor said she was initially unfazed by the implied threats, buoyed by her Christian faith not to be intimidated.

But after speaking to concerned family, including her property developer husband, Peter, she felt she had a duty to treat the calls seriously and take appropriate action.

She dismissed suggestions she was a victim of a telemarketing random caller, saying the caller clearly told her: ‘I have been given your number and was told that you need a funeral plan.’

Cr van Lieshout says the

calls have been logged on her two mobiles, one being to her widely-known council phone and the other to her private mobile with an unlisted number known to a relatively small circle.

They included family, friends, a small group of community figures, councillors and staff and some journalists.

‘I’ve never told anyone that I’m looking to buy a funeral plan,’ said the 60-year-old mother of four this week.

‘I am known to be the wife of a millionaire so there would be no need for one and those who know me would not have recommended the call.’

The calls follow a rocky year for the greenhorn mayor since she burst onto the scene as a mainly unknown Liberal Party candidate to take on the top job nearly 12 months ago after the council came out of administration.

She’s been insulted by billboards outside the controversial iBar portraying her in a

sexual act and has off-sided developers at Hastings Point by acceding to residents’ calls for tighter development controls.

National Party stalwarts Warren Polglase and Phil Youngblutt and factional ally Kevin Skinner also voiced their displeasure over her crucial vote against a development in a misdialed call embarrassingly taped on the phone of Greens councillor Katie Milne.

She upset more colleagues last month when she claimed in an Echo interview that she was facing a campaign to undermine her position, which she believed was linked to her behind-the-scenes bid for council boss Mike Rayner to resign his rally board appointment.

Both Cr Youngblutt and his factional opponent Dot Holdom have complained to the council’s conduct review panel that the mayor’s comments breach the code of conduct, but details of the allegations remain confidential.

Living books break down barriers A new style of book without pages, chapters or full stops is set to become a new feature at libraries in the Tweed Shire to break down prejudice.

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people. Each living book picks a title and shares their experience with a ‘borrower’ in an informal one-on-one 30-minute session.

Tweed area librarian Jo Carmody said the project aimed at encouraging understanding and respect.

‘We are hoping we may get

some great living books as the Tweed is full of interesting people from all walks of life, with exciting and interesting stories to tell about their lives and experiences,’ said Jo. To volunteer as a living book go to www.rtrl.nsw.gov.au, visit your local library or call Pamela Veness on 02 6670 2674.

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Shots ring out in economy wars ne of the great divides of the John Howard years was the so-called Volume 1 #48 August 6, 2009 history wars – the dispute over the way Australia was settled, and whether the oppression of the indigenous people amounted to attempted genoCouncil staff took the surprise step this week of making public a cide, or could be dismissed as report critical of aspects of the upcoming world rally – but only a blemish, in Howard’s own words. after it was leaked to the media last week.

The two versions became The change of heart comes after Greens councillor Katie known respectively as the Milne breached a new hardline media policy by sending the report to newspapers, saying it should have been aired in open Black Armband and White Blindfold views, and the tencouncil rather than a closed-door workshop. sion between them has never The report identifies dozens of concerns by council staff been resolved. However a lot about the social and environmental impact of the four-day of the heat went out of the world championship rally and suggests a range of remedial conflict with the defeat of the actions.

Howard government and KevCr Milne said her stand’s been vindicated by the staff’s in Rudd’s subsequent apology belated decision to include the eight-page report pinpointing to the stolen generations, and potential problems with the rally in the agenda of this month’s it was generally thought that a final meeting before the mayoral elections. more or less permanent truce ‘Putting their report on the agenda demonstrates that it was had been declared. not a question of whether I should have released the report, but Now, however, the battle has why it had not been released in the first place and why it wasn’t been rejoined on a different reported to the last Council meeting in a timely manner,’ she front. This time it is not a desaid. bate about the grand narrative A council spokesperson later issued a statement saying the of settlement, but a squabble reason the report had now been placed on the August agenda over who and what caused the ‘is because of the amount of public interest it has generated’. global financial crisis, how bad Staff denied any suggestion that normal processes weren’t it is and how much worse it’s followed, saying consideration of reports by councillors at going to get. closed-door workshops ‘was part of the business of council’.

Our great essayist Kevin In this case, staff say, the report was initiated by rally organis- Rudd insists that it was the ers, who had advised them that they wanted to abide by any dastardly neo-liberals, among conditions which would have been imposed if the government whom he includes Howard had not taken away its powers to approve the event. and his colleagues, whose reckThe organisers had requested that it be dealt with at a work- less greed brought the system shop level and councillors had been given a copy of the staff’s down: he, as a true economic assessment of various reports by Rally Australia of the likely conservative, took prompt and social and environmental impacts, the spokesman said. decisive action along strictly Councillors were given a chance to provide their own input at orthodox Keynesian lines, and a workshop held just before the last council meeting on July 21. as a result Australia is better off than any comparable country But two days later the report came in handy when, by coin– although there is still pain cidence, state development minister Ian MacDonald asked the to come. council to urgently identify conditions it would have applied Malcolm Turnbull, backed if the government had not usurped its role, the spokesperson up by Tony Abbott and (at a said. discrete distance) Peter CostelCr Milne released the report to the media a few days after lo, insist that this is nonsense: MacDonald’s request and less than a week after the councilRudd is no conservative but a lors voted to muzzle themselves from disclosing information power-crazed socialist spendobtained at workshops or anywhere else unless it was already thrift who has mishandled evpublicly known. erything. The reason Australia Her blatant defiance of the new policy, earning her a rare rebuke from mayor Joan van Lieshout, challenges her colleagues is looking pretty good is a legacy

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to report her again to the conduct review panel for releasing proscribed information.

The panel had recommended the draconian media policy when it was obliged to throw out a complaint by Cr Dot Holdom over the release of an internal memo about a selection process for a planning panel because it did not breach the milder confidentiality rules in force at the time.

The new controversy has erupted amid continuing calls from some sections of the media and a failed bid by Cr van Lieshout to force council general manager Mike Rayner to resign his position from the board of Rally Australia because of a perceived conflict of interest.

The report, which contains a vigorous assessment of the rally and its impacts, may have quelled fears that staff would be intimidated by their boss’s rally board role, but the decision to suppress it has now reignited them.

– Ken Sapwell, senior reporter

of the last government, which far from being a pack of rabid free-marketeers, in fact put a sensible regulatory framework in place and thus protected us from the excesses of places like America. And in any case, this crisis was never as bad as Rudd paints it: the recession of the 90s was far worse. Rudd has overreacted and now we will all pay the price.

It has the makings of a good argument, but it also has its

mining boom to fund across the board tax cuts and the conservative approach of investing them in savings or infrastructure preferring to spend them on carefully targeted welfare payments.

A genuine neo-liberal, Des Moore of the Institute of Private Enterprise, was moved to comment: ‘It is absurd to have 2.7 million, or 20 percent of the working population, receiving income support compared

Howard’s welfare profligacy was such that Treasury now estimates that the economy had actually gone into structural deficit at the end of 2007…

by Mungo MacCallum weaknesses. Sure the statistics of the 90s look very bad compared with the present lot: unemployment hit 10 percent and stayed there for nearly two years, while this time around it is expected to peak at 8.5 or less. But Rudd would argue that is simply because both the Reserve Bank and the Treasury were too slow to act in the 90s.

It is the immediate stimulatory blitz that saved us this time.

As for Howard being the true conservative – well, that’s not even how he described himself. He always said he was a social conservative but an economic liberal. But in practice he was more of an opportunist. WorkChoices was indeed a liberal, even neo-liberal policy, but a ruthless vendetta against organised labour hardly an economic philosophy; in Howard’s case it was little more than a personal obsession.

On the wider economic front Howard rejected both the liberal approach of using the windfall surpluses of the

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with only 15 percent at the end of the 1980s and 4 percent in 1969. Social assistance benefits now contribute 14.3 percent of gross household disposable income. This compares with just 8 percent under Whitlam.’

Howard nearly twice as bad as Whitlam! That must have hurt.

In fact, Howard’s welfare profligacy was such that Treasury now estimates that the economy had actually gone into structural deficit at the end of 2007, with the boom still going full blast. So the idea of Howard as the cautious, provident manager does not stand up.

But that does not negate the question about whether Rudd has been too extravagant, running up too much debt too fast. There is no doubt that the spending packages have reduced unemployment, but it has not been cheap. A couple of months ago the opposition used Treasury figures to claim that every job saved

by the stimulus measures had cost $260,000. The dispute over whether the money was well spent will ensure that the new history wars will run for a while yet. istory was also on display at the Labor Party’s national conference, and by all reports it was about the only thing that was. Here was much reminiscing about the bad old days of opposition and how good it was to be in government, and a wave of nostalgia as Bob Hawke took the stage to receive his well-merited life membership badge.

But the media were universally disappointed. It wasn’t, they complained unceasingly, like the grand old conferences of yesteryear. Well no, it wasn’t: these things change and evolve.

The problem was that many of the commentators obviously don’t. They came to Darling Harbour like police roundsmen converging on a crime scene, demanding sex and violence, blood and guts.

‘Bring back the biff!’ they chorused as most of the disputes were settled in a more or less civilised fashion behind closed doors and everything on the conference floor was sweetness and light. Such was the lack of aggro that the debate on gay marriage, a fringe issue that was already locked up anyway, became the epicentre of hostilities.

The fact is that conference has reformed. It is now more an excuse for a tribal gathering than a forum for serious policy formulation. That still goes on, but in smaller and more manageable conclaves, such as the kitchen of The Lodge. These days the best place to find a political stoush is in the opposition party rooms.

And come to think about it, it was ever thus. Government is a great pacifier.

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Bizarre moments Here’s some bad news for young people. Getting old sucks. Even worse, one day you’ll be old.

Avoid sex drugs and rock’n’roll or anything else that feels like fun because it’s all being written down and one day, to quote Leonard Cohen, you’ll ‘ache in the places where you used to play’.

Why is it that I can go to the shop and forget what I went there for? But can remember that Eddie Obeid and Joe Tripoldi run NSW. Or that sacked and disgraced mayor Warren Polglase was re-elected. Why can’t I remember the Brussell sprouts and forget them?

And if there’s any doubt as to how fast time flies it’s almost 40 years since Woodstock! That wonderful three-day celebration of fun and the delusion that we would never be old.

Then we protested against short hair and having a job. Now we protest at Casuarina in support of supermarkets.

And in Bogangar the developers got the residents to support a four-storey building by being nice to them. Just think a few years ago developers spent about 750,000 bucks to get control of the council to do similar things. Flattery will get you anywhere.

But the one constant for all ages is that life has its bizarre moments. And as it has been for the last 30 years it is at the Tweed Shire Council where the most bizarre events take place.

Believe it or not, councillors have set up a ‘star chamber’ to stop Katie Milne from telling the public anything that the staff or other councillors don’t want the public to know!

Should I laugh or cry? I think I’ll laugh. At my age any other emotion may just bring whatever’s left that still works or doesn’t hurt crashing down.

So here’s some advice for our esteemed mayor and Katie Milne: just tell them to… dear, oh dear, what is that phrase I’m thinking of? God I hate being old. I’m just going to have to go and think about what to tell them. I think I need a drink.

Ray Keys

Pottsville

Across the shires Unknown to many of us in the Tweed Shire, Splendour in the Grass’s proposal to set up a permanent site at Yelgun is not only going to affect Ocean Shores and the Byron Shire but will have impacts on places like Wooyung and Crabbes Creek (noise) and potentially all along the Tweed Valley Way with drunk youths driving out to find more alcohol in areas like Mooball and Burringbar. www.tweedecho.com.au

Readers react to the gagging of councillors The decision of council to control what is publicly revealed by councillors is ill thought out.

It reminds me of the decision parents often make to present a united front in front of the children. This might be a wellintentioned effort to protect the council’s reputation but the fact is that the community are not children.

Please credit us with the intelligence to discern the difference between a councillor’s concerns about an issue and a major dysfunctionality within council. We don’t expect you to be perfect. We don’t need you to always agree. We expect that you are a very diverse group of people that support very different issues.

Expressing your views as a councillor about the machinations of council is not wrong.

Suppressing the representatives we have elected to speak for us is.

Please rescind this motion as fast as possible and allow our elected representatives to speak freely again – it would do a lot more to honour the community’s rights and preserve the integrity of Tweed Shire Council’s relationship with the people it represents than this ban will ever do.

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Chris Cherry

Wooyung It’s time to revisit Commissioner Daly’s comments on transparency. In Recommendation Number 5, he spells

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I know this might sound alarmist, but as a business owner in Byron and a resident of the Tweed I am well acquainted with the festival culture and its effects on the surroundings and businesses of the local Byron area.

This is just to let the people of the Tweed Shire know what is happening just a few kms off the border between Byron and Tweed councils, and that as the Splendour organisers have bypassed Byron Council and gone straight to the state government this may be in our backyards before we are even aware of it.

If you are concerned, investigate, ask questions of people in Byron Shire about the impacts and lobby the state government.

They plan six festivals a year at this site (just their own, how many will end up being held at a specialised purpose-built facility is anyone’s guess) and if they can hear it at Bangalow and Coorabell from Belongil Fields how far will the noise and litter spread into Tweed?

D Horrocks

Byron Bay

Immediate exit Hail to Mungo MacCallum!

His thought provoking article on Afghanistan (July 23) was spot on.

At last we have an unbiased and factual appreciation of the

out his two major concerns: 1.

Councillors’ behind-door discussions with developers and the pressuring that comes with developer election funding, and 2. The lack of transparency resulting from complexity of the planning system. Tweed Council is taking action.

Code of Conduct 6.12 requires that when lobbying occurs, a record of the meeting has to be kept, a file note completed on an official form, the meeting to be in venues, eg, council offices, witnesses to be present, and information obtained to be made available to other councillors and staff. Codes 7.21 to 7.25 demand disclosure of political donations.

Re 2, the use of clear, straightforward language has improved the clarity of council’s planning policies and reports, more community consultation is being offered, more information is available on council’s website, access opportunities are increasing and over-the-counter services are being improved.

Ironically, transparency is being muddied by leaking of information about issues still undergoing checks for feasibility, reliability and readiness for public comment – on the grounds of transparency! Incomplete information can balloon into something far from the truth as it is passed around, resulting in confusion rather than enlightenment.

■ Not only have Tweed councillors gagged themselves with their odious ‘Code of Secrecy’; they have effectively gagged the public with a classic Catch-22.

Instead of publicising the agenda of council meetings and allowing members of the public to speak for five minutes for or against issues, Community Access has now been brought forward, before the agenda is even released.

Now we either have to ‘guess’ what’s on the agenda, or make our arguments three weeks after councillors have already voted.

so-called ‘war on terror’. The history of Afghanistan has been overlooked and the lessons of past conflicts have been forgotten.

Afghanistan is the engine room of the world drug trade and this has been brought about by Western intervention.

Mungo has, as usual, presented a watertight case for our immediate exit from this troubled land and an end to the tragic deaths of our brave servicemen and women.

Keep up the good work, Mungo, and may the voice of the people be heard – as it was over the fiasco of Vietnam.

He owns a vintage car and belongs to a Kyogle motor club.

I oppose the rally because it is an obsolete form of entertainment in a world which is rapidly losing its environmental viability. But more, I know that copycat driving increases road fatalities by approximately 35 per cent anywhere that a rally has been held. We don’t need that! I personally know a man who lost a teenage son when the young driver and his mates crashed a car into a tree. Tragically four of my son’s Kyogle school mates were also killed while speeding on a country road: they lost control and hit a tree.

I want those people who want the rally to know that their entertainment comes at a very high cost. How much is it worth? Ask the families of those killed and maimed.

Finally, when it comes to being opposed to things, how many of the Ten Commandments start with, ‘Thou shall not…’?

I say, ‘Thou shall not encourage people to drive recklessly.’

Maggie Wilkins-Russell

Uki ■ What an enigma! Members of

Tweed Shire Council send the mayor to a conduct review panel for supposedly contravening the council’s code of conduct… yet maintain a blind eye to the numerous contraventions of the same council’s code of conduct by their general manager, Mike Rayner.

Heartiest congratulations to The Echo for a brilliant editorial on this subject last week.

Roma Newton

Kingscliff

■ Last week several people wrote letters speaking about freedom of speech in Australia as if it is a guaranteed right. It is not unfortunately. Our country, unlike America and other developed democracies, lacks a Bill Barbara Fitzgibbon of Rights, and powerful interest Kingscliff groups such as The Australian

Bob Lamond

Murwillumbah

Stereotyping On July 30 our local ABC radio took calls from listeners about the newly erected police communications tower in Nimbin.

One caller said it could be put there for operations to do with the controversial car rally due to run in September.

Subsequent callers – mainly from Kyogle – seemed to react to key words ‘Repco rally’ and ‘Nimbin’, resulting in an expression of vitriolic stereotyping of north coast activists as ‘whingers who oppose everything.’

I have owned land in Kyogle Shire for 30 years and my son went to Kyogle High School.

S Sledge

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Rainow, Mt Burrell, T Sharples, Tweed Heads, P Brecht, Mullumbimby, C Degenhardt, Nobbys Creek, G J May, Tyalgum, D Ogilvie, Bilambil, R A Quirk, Terranora.

newspaper and Bob Carr actively oppose such a guarantee of our rights, telling us that it would ‘take power from our elected officials and give it to unelected judges.’

I cannot say that I trust many judges to understand, let alone protect, what Americans in 1776 and 1787 called inalienable human rights. I do trust some judges, more than I do politicians and right-wing newspaper editors and bureaucrats, to recognise what our rights are and to afford us some protection from callous government officials and selfinterested politicians with privileged backgrounds, some of whom are persuaded by groups, such as international race car promoters, to enact laws that undemocratically usurp our council’s right to review a development application in the normal course.

When Sir Anthony Mason chaired our High Court, he ‘discovered’ a wee bit of free speech within our traditions, but not within common law or statutes. Unfortunately, the High Court has limited this free speech right so that we may not openly and honestly criticise persons in public office – as may Americans – without suffering potential libel suits, as decided in Lange vs ABC, in which a former NZ Prime Minister was granted the right to sue the ABC for a Four Corners presentation that exposed allegations of corruption against him. This decision has severely chilled many newspaper editors from frank discussions of politicians’ and businessmen’s shady dealings.

The lack of a free speech guarantee in our laws has allowed governments, including our NSW state government, to enact Freedom of Information laws that restrict what information from official files may be released to people. This restricts release of documents, and recorded phone conversations exchanged between government and citizens as such are not treated as property of the citizen but as government property and cannot be accessed by the individual under FOI laws. If this sounds like Catch-22, it is.

Unfortunately, our council is not restrained by any law from placing a shroud of secrecy over much of its proceedings. Secrecy is the least democratic fashion in which to obtain fair and equitable and legally supported decisions, let alone to inspire public confidence in council’s proceedings.

As ratepayers we are all equitably entitled to know who contacts councillors and staff, either publicly or privately; who makes ‘campaign contributions’ to councillors and how much; who talks council staff into varying ordinary terms and conditions to obtain development consents for private projects of dubious public or environmental worth; what documents councillors and staff have to hand when making decisions.

Nowhere in the law does it say that council and staff know better than we do as to how to make appropriate decisions that affect our environment, our rates, and our children’s future.

Ronald Wolff

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Annie Younger, right, will bringing along her Flying Goolies to Saturday’s Children’s Session at the writers festival. Local writer Chad Kolcze launches his Byron Bay Locals Skate Session book on Sunday. Writers festival director Jeni Caffin will surely enjoy a leisurely leadup to the country’s second largest annual writers festival which kicks off today (Thursday) with the sporting lunch.

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booked to appear this year, 20 per cent are from the Northern Rivers region – ‘we are so blessed,’ she points out, ‘with all the creative practitioners we have in the area.’

Blessed too with the level of support given so freely by the local community – a point echoed by Chris Hanley, chairperson for the festival and its founder 13 years ago.

‘I’m really proud of the area, the volunteers and the local people’, he said, going on to declare that it is the latter element responsible for one of the defining qualities of the Byron Bay Writers Festival, namely, its ‘buzz’.

According to Chris there is a mood and an atmosphere here which is absent from other festivals – and he has over the years attended a great many writers’ festivals both in Australia and overseas – and it owes largely to the ‘big chunk from the Northern Rivers in the audience’, the eclectic demographic nature of the festivalgoers and the manageable size of the event which endows it with an informal, almost intimate character.

Chris himself is looking forward to seeing Geoffrey Robertson – ‘such a great mind and energy, perfectly suited to our audience’ – as well as Tom Keneally,

Wendy Harmer and the Williamsons.

The fact that the festival will be occupying a new site enthuses him as well.

‘Last year,’ he said, ‘was a very very difficult time for us, but the local community was great.’

The Byron Bay Writers Festival runs from August 7 to 9, with workshops already underway. For tickets go to www. byronbaywritersfestival.com or call 6685 6262.

The current economic climate notwithstanding, ticket sales for the Byron Bay Writers Festival have been incredibly strong, according to director Jeni Caffin. ‘People have come back confidently,’ she told The Echo, even after the disaster which saw one entire day of the festival last year cancelled due to flooding.

At its new venue at Belongil Fields there will be, she went on to say, ‘four fabulous marquees bristling full of fabulous writers’. And while she acknowledges that the weather will once again be in the lap of the gods, ‘we’ll move heaven and earth to ensure the environment is safe and welcoming for all the guests.’

Jeni is contagiously enthusiastic about this, her third Byron writers festival, though happy to single out specific elements. The mix of writers is one – not just the young with the old but the new with the practised, in particular writers who are ‘seriously mature’, such as Sam Cutler, who are putting out their first books.

‘There’s a lot of hope and inspiration for the new writer there’, she said. And it won’t be all high-ticket items either this year, with a lot of budget events as well as free book launches.’

Another reason for her excitement is the presence of comics such as Wendy Harmer, Roy Masters and Imran Ahmad – the latter whose account of a 40-city book tour in 40 days is ‘absolutely hysterical’.

‘Anything that involves humour or music touches people’, she said.

Kerry O’Brien in conversation with two undercover policemen is guaranteed to be a ‘killer session’ and the Saturday morning pitching sessions, where ten writers will be pitching their manuscripts to some of Australia’s top publishers and agents, will be fabulous. She recommends that attendees check into the on-site Chatroom whose white board will list spontaneous events changing daily.

Jeni’s chief thrill comes from the knowledge that out of the hundred writers Festival guests Kerry O’Brien (top) and Geoffrey Robertson.

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Television Guide 1. Robin Wright Penn stars with Jude Law in Breaking And Entering (Prime, Friday, 8.30pm), a drama about social tensions in Europe which failed to overly sway critics or viewers.

2. The commercial channels are a wasteland on Saturday so you might as well try to spot your favourite local landscape in East Of Everything (ABC1, 7.30pm). Kathryn Beck plays the dizzy Lizzy.

3. Little Miss Sunshine (TEN, Sunday, 8.40pm) was one of the best films of 2006, hilarious and touching in turn. Abigail Breslin as the young girl in question is brilliant among a stellar cast which includes Alan Arkin and Toni Collette.

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TWO 5.20 World News in various 6.00 Sunrise languages.

9.00 Morning Show (PG) 7.15 Weatherwatch 11.30 Seven Morning News 7.25 World News in various 12.00 Movie: Veronica Guerin (M languages.

2003) Stars Cate Blanchett, 1.00 The Food Lovers Guide To Gerard McSorley.

Australia 2.00 I Can Make You Thin (G) 1.30 Insight 3.00 New Idea TV (G) 2.30 And Man Invented Animals (PG) 3.30 Kids’ Programs Doco from France.

4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 3.30 Stock Squad (G) 4.00 The Journal 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 5.30 Andre Rieu: The Fairy Tale (G) 6.00 Global Village: Review Of The 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens (PG) Italian Regions (G) 8.30 Movie: Breaking And Entering 6.30 World News Australia (M) Stars Jude Law, Robin Wright 7.30 2009 Ashes 4th Test Day 1 Penn, Martin Freeman.

10.30 2009 AFL Premiership Season 10.00 World News Australia Carlton v Geelong.

10.30 2009 Ashes 4th Test Day 1 3.00 Weatherwatch 1.30 Danoz And Guthy-Renker

4.30 Police Rescue (PG) Rpt. 5.30 Can We Help? (G) Rpt. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Planet Earth (G) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Rough Diamond (PG) 1.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 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 The Stepfather (M) 9.40 Love Lies Bleeding (M) 10.50 Lateline (M) 11.30 triple j tv With The Doctor Rpt 12.00 Good Game Rpt. 12.30 rage (M)

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 The 7PM Project (PG) 7.30 So You Think You Can Dance (PG) 10.00 Go Girls (M) 11.00 Late News 11.30 Sports Tonight 12.00 Late Show With David Letterman 12.55 Californication (MA15+) 1.25 Infomercials (PG) 5.00 Religion to 6am (PG).

SATURDAY 8

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Popstars (G) 1.30 Harry’s Practice (G) 2.00 The Great Outdoors (G) 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) 7.00 2009 Ashes Update 1.30 V8 Xtra (G) 7.15 Weatherwatch 2.30 Motorsport Fujitsu Series.

7.30 World News in various 2.30 Motorsport Mini Challenge. languages.

3.00 Magnum P.I. (PG) 1.00 Salome (PG) Masterpiece from 4.00 Deal Or No Deal (G) UK. Opera from Covent Garden.

5.00 Guide To The Good Life (G) 3.00 The Wonderful World Of Albert 5.30 Sydney Weekender (G) Kahn: Europe On The Brink (G) 6.00 Seven News 4.00 China’s Art Avant-Garde: The 6.30 Movie: Meet The Robinsons Future Is Now (PG) (G 2007) Stars Angela Bassett, 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer Daniel Hansen, Jordan Fry. 5.30 2009 Ashes Update (PG) 8.30 Movie: Air Force One (M 6.30 World News Australia 1997) Stars Harrison Ford, Gary 7.30 2009 Ashes 4th Test Day 2 Oldman, Glenn Close.

10.00 World News Australia 11.00 Movie: The Hunted (MA 2003) 10.30 2009 Ashes 4th Test Day 2 Stars Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio 3.00 Weatherwatch Del Toro, Connie Nielsen, Leslie Stefanson, John Finn.

1.00 Rugby Tri-Nations – Sth Africa v Australia.

3.00 Danoz & Guthy Renker

5.00 rage (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? (G) 2.00 Big Cat Diary (G) 2.30 South Side Story (PG) 3.00 Rugby Union: Shute Shield 2009 5.00 Bowls: Perth International 2009 Australia v England – Womens Singles.

6.00 Planet Food: Southern India 6.30 Gardening Australia (G) 7.00 ABC News 7.30 East Of Everything (PG) 8.25 ABC News 8.30 The Bill (M) 10.00 ABC News 10.10 Foyle’s War (M) Rpt. 11.45 rage (M)

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 V8 Supercars From Sandown 4.30 Chrome (G) 5.00 Better Homes And Gardens ➟

SUNDAY 9

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 12.00 Landline (G) 1.00 Gardening Australia 1.30 Message Stick (G) 2.00 Weapons Races (G)

3.00 Between The Folds (G) 3.55 Palermo: ‘History’ Standing Still (G) Rpt. 4.05 Voices In The Dark (G) 4.30 First Tuesday Book Club With Jennifer Byrne (G) 5.00 Sunday Arts 6.00 At The Movies 6.30 The Einstein Factor 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stephen Fry in America: New World (PG) 8.35 The Last Enemy (M) 9.30 Compass: My Brother, Baliba And Me (G) 10.10 actingclassof1977.com (M) 11.05 The ABC Of Dance 4 Film (G) 11.35 Midsomer Murders (PG) Rpt. 1.15 Movie: Split Second (M 1953) Stars Stephen McNally, Allexis Smith, Jan Sterling.

2.40 Movie: Mademoiselle Fifi (PG 1944) Stars Simone Simon, John Emery, Kurt Kreuger.

4.00 The Pet Show (G)

5.20 World News in various languages.

7.00 2009 Ashes Update 7.15 Weatherwatch 7.30 World News in various languages.

10.00 Iron Chef America (G) 10.50 Shake Off (G) 11.00 European Experience (G) 11.30 Futbol Mundial 12.00 Cycling: 2009 UCI BMX World Championship 1.00 Speedweek 2.00 FIA World Rally Championship 2009 From Finland.

3.00 Football Asia 3.30 Les Murray’s Football Feature 4.30 The World Game 5.30 2009 Ashes Update 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 2009 Ashes 4th Test Day 3 3.00 Weatherwatch

6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 AFL Game Day (PG) 11.00 Magnum P.I. (PG) 12.00 Rugby Tri-Nations – Sth Africa v Australia.

3.00 2009 AFL Premiership Season Richmond v Sydney.

5.00 The Real Seachange (G) 5.30 Mercurio’s Menu (G) 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Dancing With The Stars (G) 8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Bones (M) 10.30 Las Vegas (M) 11.30 Infamous Asassinations (M) 12.00 Hot Auctions 12.30 Brand Developers 1.00 Danoz & Guthy Renker 5.30 Seven Early News

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 Lost Worlds Alive And Cooking (G) 5.00 7.30 Select (PG) Kids’ Programs 5.30 Body Hits (G) 8.30 112 Emergency This Afternoon 6.00 Compass: 9.00 Movie: Antiques Roadshow Hot Seat Sikhing Woopi Shadows Of NBN News 6.30 Scrapheap Time (M 2004) A Current Affair Challenge Drama from Friday Night Football 7.20 Mr Bean Germany. Stars Penrith v St George Illawarra.

7.30 The Royal Tannishtha 9.30 Friday Night Football Today Chatterjee, Melbourne v North Queensland. 8.00 Clone Prashant 11.30 Late News 8.30 Torchwood (M) Narayanan.

12.00 Movie: Pluto Nash (M 2001) 9.20 Boy Meets Girl 10.55 Movie: He 2.00 MAD TV (M) 10.10 Later... With Loves Me, He 3.00 Seinfeld (PG) Jools Holland Loves Me Not 4.00 Guthy Renker 11.10 London Live (M 2002) Thriller 11.40 The Graham from France.

Norton Show Stars Audrey (M) Tatou, Samuel le 12.10 Close Bihan.

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5.30 9.00 11.00 12.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 7.30

6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Infomercials 9.00 Totally Wild 7.00 Today On Saturday 9.30 I Got A Rocket 9.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Video Hits (PG) 1.00 The Snow Show (G) 12.00 Test Drive (PG) 1.30 Movie: Betrayed (PG 1954) Stars 12.30 Infomercial (PG) Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor 1.30 Hook Line & Sinker (PG) Mature.

2.00 AFL Premiership Season 2009 4.00 Discover Downunder (G) Hawthorn v St Kilda.

4.30 Talk To The Animals (G) 5.00 Ten News 5.00 Fishing Australia (PG) 5.30 Sports Tonight (PG) 5.30 Postcards (G) 6.00 Futurama (PG) 6.00 Evening News 6.30 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home 7.30 Movie: Richie Rich Videos 8.30 Movie: Patriot Games (M) Stars 7.30 Movie: Richie Rich (M ) Stars Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Macauley Culkin.

Patrick Bergin, Sean Bean.

8.40 Saturday Lotto 10.45 AFL 2009 Adelaide v 9.30 Movie: 16 Blocks (M) Stars Bruce Collingwood Willis, Mos Def, David Morse.

1.15 Infomercials 11.30 Movie: D.E.B.S. (M) Stars Stars 4.00 Religion Sara Foster, Jill Ritchie.

1.30 Movie: Steptoe And Son (M 1972) Stars Wilfrid Brambell, [s] = Sex [cl] = Coarse language Harry H. Corbett, Joan Heath. [a] = Adult themes [sr] = Sexual references 3.20 Seinfeld (PG) [n] = Nudity [mp] = Medical 3.50 Getaway Moments [du] = Drug use procedures [dr] = Drug references [st] = Supernatural 4.00 Danoz [v] = Violence [*] = Could offend [h] = Horror

themes [ie] = Issues about euthanasia

6.00 Religion 7.00 Totally Wild 7.30 Animalia 8.00 Meet The Press 8.30 City To Surf 10.00 State Focus (G) 10.30 Video Hits (PG) 12.00 Drag Racing 1.00 Next Wave (PG) 1.30 Orangutan Diary (PG) 2.00 Fraser Island (PG) 3.00 It’s Me Or The Dog (G) 4.00 River To Reef (G) 4.30 Discover Downunder (G) 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Out Of The Blue (PG) 6.00 The Simpsons (PG) 6.30 Australian Idol (PG) Auditions.

8.40 Movie: Little Miss Sunshine (PG) Stars Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin.

10.45 The Biggest Loser (PG) 12.15 Harper’s Island (AV15+) 1.15 Video Hits (PG) 1.30 Infomercial 4.00 Religion

Prime HD program same as above except: ➟ 12.00 Movie: Playing Mon Lisa (M 2000) Stars Alicia Witt, Harvey Fierstein, Brooke Langon 1.30 I Can Make You Thin

6.00 Arrive Alive Cup Holy Cross v Erindale College.

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 2.30 Super League Salford City v Catalans.

4.00 Sunday Rugby League Parramatta v Newcastle.

6.00 Evening News 6.30 Domestic Blitz (PG) 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Rescue Special Ops (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 10.30 CSI: Miami (M) 11.30 Psychic Detectives (PG) 12.00 English Challenge Cup Wigan v Warrington.

2.00 Bewitched (G) 2.30 Guthy Renker Australia 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

6.00 Golf: WGC Bridgestone Invitational 8.00 Athletix 8.30 Motorsport 9.30 NASCAR 11.30 K1 Fast Driver 12.00 Major League Baseball 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Triathlon From Hamburg.

4.30 Golf: WGC Bridgestone Invitational 8.30 Motorsport 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Poker 11.00 Boxing 12.00 Marcos Ambrose 12.30 Sports Tonight 1.00 Omnisport 1.30 Major League Baseball 4.00 Golf: WGC Bridgestone Invitational

7.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00am to 6.00pm World News 3.00 rage (G) In Various 6.05 The New Languages Inventors 6.35 Heartland 6.30 World News 7.20 Rex The Hunt 7.35 Iron Chef 7.30 The Einstein 8.20 Marx & Venus Factor (G) 8.00 At The Movies 8.30 Epitafios (M) Rpt. 9.30 Movie: SPL 8.30 Movie: The (MAV 2005) Birds (PG 1963) Action from Stars Tippi Hong Kong.

Hedren, Rod Stars Simon Taylor.

Yam, Donnie 10.25 Movie: King Yen, Sammo Kong (PG Hung.

1933) Stars Fay 11.05 Movie: One Wray, Robert Missed Call (MA Armstrong, 2003) Horror Bruce Cabot. from Japan.

12.10 Close Stars Ko Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi.

1.00 WeatherWatch Overnight

6.00 Golf: WGC Bridgestone Invitational 8.00 Spirit Of Golf 8.30 NASCAR 10.00 Grand AM 12.00 Mecum Auction 1.05 Sports Unlimited 2.00 AFL 2009 Hawthorn v St Kilda 5.00 Short Course Swimming 7.30 Before The Game 8.30 Omnisport 8.45 King Lines 9.45 UFC Wired 10.45 AFL 2009 Adelaide v Collingwood 1.15 Surfing Moment 1.30 Omnisport 2.00 Golf: WGC Bridgestone Invitational 3.30 Omnisport 4.00 Golf: WGC Bridgestone Invitational

7.00 Classic Albums: Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley (G) 8.00 Zoo Days (G) 8.55 Little Angels (G) 9.25 Scrapheap Challenge 11.00 Beautiful Noise 12.00 Soundtrack To My Life: Sophie Ellis-Bextor (PG) 12.30 Red Dwarf (PG) 1.30 Planet Rock Profiles (G) 2.00 jtv Live

6.00 Golf: WGC Bridgestone Invitational 8.00 Athletix 8.30 City2Surf 10.30 Short Course Swimming 1.00 I Fish 1.30 NASCAR 5.00 Short Course Swimming 7.00 Tread BMX 7.30 Sports Tonight 8.30 Motorsport 9.25 NASCAR 10.30 Golf: WGC Bridgestone Invitational 3.30 Omnisport 4.00 Golf: WGC Bridgestone Invitational

4.00 Fatboy Slim 5.00 US ‘83 Festival 6.00 ABC Fora 7.00 First Tuesday Book Club With Jennifer Byrne 7.30 Sunday Arts (G) 8.30 Na Kamalei: The Men Of Hula 9.30 Monumental Vision: USA 10.00 IOU: Elizabeth Jolley (M) 10.30 A Room With A View (M) 12.05 Close

5.00am to 6.00pm World News In Various Languages 6.30 World News 7.30 The World Game 8.30 The Meth Epidemic (PG) 9.30 Movie: Heavy Weights (M 2007) Comedy from Germany.

Stars Sebastian Bezzel, Nicholas Ofczarek, Michael Grimm.

11.10 Movie: Silentium (MAV 2005) Drama From Austria.

Stars Josef Hader, Simon Schwarz.

1.15 WeatherWatch Overnight

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TWO 5.20 World News in various 4.30 Police Rescue (PG) Rpt. languages.

5.30 Can We Help? (G) Rpt. 7.00 2009 Ashes Update 6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.15 Weatherwatch 11.00 Landline Rpt. 7.30 World News in various 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Poirot (PG) languages.

1.30 The Cook And The Chef (G) Rpt. 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 2.00 The Bill (PG) 1.30 Forbidden Future (M) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 2.30 The Religious Right At The 6.00 Landline Extra Rpt. Crossroads (PG) 6.30 Talking Heads 3.30 Insight 7.00 ABC News 4.30 The Journal 7.30 The 7.30 Report 5.00 The Crew (G) 8.00 Australian Story (PG) 5.30 2009 Ashes Update (G) 8.30 Four Corners 6.30 World News Australia 9.20 Media Watch 7.30 2009 Ashes 4th Test Day 4 9.35 Ashes To Ashes (M) 10.00 World News Australia 10.30 Lateline & Lateline Business 10.30 2009 Ashes 4th Test Day 4 11.35 The Unteachables (M) 3.00 Weatherwatch 12.25 MDA (M) 1.20 Movie: Fighting Father Dunne (PG 1948) Stars Pat O’Brien, Charles Kemper, Una O’Connor.

2.55 Reef Dreams (G) 3.25 Bowls: Perth International 2009 Australia v England.

Womens Singles.

4.30 Police Rescue (PG) Rpt. 5.30 Can We Help (G) Rpt. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Buildings That Shaped Britain 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 The Einstein Factor (G) Rpt. 1.00 The New Inventors (G) Rpt. 1.30 Whatever! The Science Of Teens (PG) Rpt. 2.00 Parliament Questiontime: The House Of Representatives 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.10 Finding The Fallen 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 Tony Robinson’s Crime And Punishment: Feud, Glorious Feud (PG) 9.25 Raw Comedy (M) 10.25 Lateline and Lateline Business 11.25 Four Corners Rpt. 12.15 Media Watch Rpt. 12.30 Foyle’s War (M) 2.10 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 3.25 triple j tv With The Doctor (G)

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 City Homicide (M) 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) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 On Board Air Force One (PG) 8.30 City Homicide (M) 10.30 Las Vegas (M) 11.30 Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia (M) 12.00 Saved (M) 1.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker 5.30 Seven Early News

Prime HD program same as above except: 12.00 Dr Danger (PG) 12.30 The Rich List (G) 1.30 Harry’s Practice 2.00 The Great Outdoors (G) 3.00 Kid’s Programs 4.00 New Idea TV ➟ 12.00 Dateline NBC

5.20 World News in various languages 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: McBride – 7.00 2009 Ashes Update Tunie In For Murder (M) Stars John Larroquette, 7.15 Weatherwatch Marta Dubois, Matt Lutz.

7.25 World News in various languages. 2.00 All Saints (M) 1.00 Seven Dumpsters And A Corpse 3.00 New Idea TV (PG) (M) Doco from Switzerland.

3.30 Kids’ Programs 2.30 Tales From A Suitcase (G) 4.30 Seven News 3.00 Here Comes The Neighbourhood 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 3.30 Short Stories: Ammie’s Story 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) (PG) 6.00 Seven and Prime News 4.00 The Journal 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 7.30 Air Ways (PG) 5.30 2009 Ashes Update (G) 8.00 Surf Patrol (G) 6.30 World News Australia 8.30 Packed To The Rafters (PG) 7.30 2009 Ashes 4th Test Day 5 9.30 All Saints (M) 10.00 World News Australia 10.30 10 Years Younger (PG) 10.30 2009 Ashes 4th Test Day 5 11.00 Gavin & Stacey (M) 3.00 Weatherwatch 11.30 The Real Wedding Crashers (PG) 12.30 Brand Developers (G) 1.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker

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 (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 The 7PM Program (PG) 7.30 20 To 1 (PG) 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.30 Commercial Breakdown Adults Only (M) 10.15 Kitchen Nightmares USA (MA) 11.15 Late News With Sports Tonight Prime HD program same as above except: 11.45 20/20 12.35 MAD TV (M) 12.00 Movie: RFK (M 2002) 1.40 Harry’s Practice (G) 2.05 The Great Outdoors 3.00 1.30 Infomercials (PG) Kid’s Programs 4.00 New Idea TV ➟ 12.30 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG) Dateline NBC 1.30 A Country Practice (PG)

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

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

WEDNESDAY 12

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 (PG) 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 The 7PM Project (PG) 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 8.30 Good News Week (M) 9.40 Dexter (M) 10.45 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.30 Late Show with David Letterman (PG) 12.20 Flight Of The Conchords (PG) 12.50 Video Hits 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 4.00 Religion to 6am (PG)

THURSDAY 13

5.00am to 6.00pm 5.30 Today 6.00 ABC News 6.00 Short Course World News 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) 9.00 Business Today Swimming In Various 11.00 Danoz And Guthy Renker (G) 9.30 Asia Pacific 8.30 K1 Fast Driver Languages 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) News 9.00 Major League 1.00 The View (PG) 10.00 Kids’ Programs Baseball 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 4.30 The Real Good 6.30 World News 12.00 This Week In 7.30 Is There Life On 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) Life Baseball Mars (G) 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.55 Weird Science 12.30 One Week At A 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Talking Heads 8.30 112 Emergency Time (M) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) (G) Rpt. 1.35 Golf: WGC 9.00 Movie: Don’t 5.30 Hot Seat (G) 5.30 Sun, Sea Bridgestone Tell (M 2005) 6.00 Evening News And Bargain Invitational Drama from 7.00 A Current Affair Spotting 4.35 Omnisport Italy. Stars 7.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 6.30 Scrapheap 5.00 Short Course Giovanna 8.00 The New Adventures Of Old Challenge (G) Swimming Mezzogiorno, Christine (PG) 7.15 Mr Bean 7.00 High Five 8.30 20 To 1 (M) With Rowan 7.30 NASCAR Stefania Rocca.

9.30 CSI: NY (M) Atkinson (G) 8.00 Powerboating 11.05 Movie: Nina’s 10.30 CSI: NY (M) 9.30 Sports Tonight 7.30 The Royal Tragedies (MA 11.30 Late News 10.00 AFL 2009 Today (G) 2003) Drama 12.00 20/20 Adelaide v 8.00 Australian from Israel. Stars 1.00 Entertainment Tonight Collingwood Story Rpt. Aviv Elkabetz, 1.30 Guthy Renker 8.30 Wire In The Alon Abutbul, 12.15 Sports Tonight 12.30 Omnisport Blood (M) Ayelet Zorer, 1.05 Major Leauge 9.20 The Bill (PG) Anat Waxman.

Baseball 10.50 Teachers (M) 1.00 WeatherWatch 3.35 Motorsport 11.40 Close Overnight 4.05 Transworld Programs are correct at the time of going to 5.05 Sports press but beware – all stations like tinkering with things at the last minute.

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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 The 7pm Project (PG) 7.30 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 8.30 Rush (M) 9.30 Law & Order: CI (M) 10.30 Late News and Sports Tonight 11.15 Late Show With David Letterman 12.00 Eureka (M) 1.00 Infomercials (PG) 5.00 Religion to 6am (PG).

Prime HD program same as above except: And God’s message shall not be 12.00 Dateline NBC 12.45 This Rugged delivered on TV to insomniacs by Coast (G) 1.30 Harry’s Practice 2.00 The Great a sweaty man in a polyester suit Outdoors (G) 3.00 Kid’s Programs 4.00 New Idea

5.30 Today 6.00 ABC News 5.00am to 6.00pm World News 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) Breakfast In Various 11.00 Danoz and Guthy Renker 9.00 Business Today Languages 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) 9.30 Asia Pac News 10.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 The View (PG) talk show.

4.30 The Einstein 6.30 World News 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) Factor (G) 7.30 Two Men In A 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 5.00 The Cook And Trench (G) 3.30 Kids’ Programs The Chef (G) 8.30 112 Emergency 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 5.30 ABC Fora (PG) Drama from 6.30 Scrapheap Germany.

5.30 Hot Seat 9.00 Movie: Initial D 6.00 NBN News Challenge (M 2005) Action 7.00 A Current Affair 7.20 Mr Bean 7.30 The Royal from Hong 7.30 Getaway (PG) Kong. Stars Today 8.30 20 to 1 (M) 9.30 The Footy Show (M) 8.00 Spicks And Takumi Fujiwara, Specks (PG) Ryousuke 11.00 Late News Takahashi.

11.30 AFL Footy Show 8.30 The Librarians (M) 10.55 Movie: Noi The 1.30 Seinfeld (M) 9.00 How Not To Albino (M 2003) 2.00 Guthy Renker Drama from Live Your Life Iceland. Stars 9.30 United States Of Tara (M) Tomas Learquis, Thostur Leo 10.00 Ideal (M) 10.30 It’s Adam And Gunnarsson.

12.30 WeatherWatch Shelley (M) 11.00 Modern Toss Overnight (MA) 11.25 Review with Myles Barlow

6.00 Major League Baseball 8.30 Short Course Swimming 11.00 Raceworld 12.00 FIA GT From Spain, Belgium.

1.00 NASCAR 2.00 Omnisport 2.30 K1 Fast Driver 3.00 Sports Unlimited 4.00 Hight Five 4.30 Omnisport 5.00 Major League Baseball 7.30 Thursday Night Live 9.00 Xtreme Paintball 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 UFC Wired 11.00 Boxing 12.00 Sports Tonight 12.20 Omnisport 12.50 NASCAR 1.50 Motorsport 3.50 Tread BMX 4.15 Major League Baseball

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Morning Show (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Haunting Sarah (M) Stars Kim Raver, Niamh WIlson, ALison Sealy-Smith, Rick Roberts.

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 The Amazing Race (PG) 8.30 TV Burb (M) 9.00 Double Take (M) 9.30 True Beauty (M) 10.30 Family Guy (M) 11.00 American Dad (M) 11.30 That 70’s Show (R) 12.00 Room For Improvement (R) 12.30 Brand Developers

TV ➟ 12.00 Movie: Batman (M 1966) 1.45 True Beauty (M)

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

7.30 The Gold Rush (G) Rpt. (PG) 6.00 Collectors (G) 8.30 112 Emergency 6.30 Scrapheap (M) Challenge (G) 9.00 Movie: After 7.15 Mr Bean (G) The Wedding 7.30 The Royal (M 2006) Drama Today (PG) from Denmark.

8.00 Red Dwarf (PG) Stars Mads 8.30 Good Game Mikkelsen, Rolf 9.00 triple j tv With Lassgard, Sidse The Doctor Babett Knudsen.

9.30 Doctor Who 11.05 Movie: Mars (M 10.15 Doctor Who: 2004) Comedy Confidential from Russia.

Cutdown Stars Gosha 10.30 triple j tv Kutsenko, Nana presents Kiknadze.

11.00 Studio 22: 12.50 WeatherWatch Skulker Overnight 11.30 Ergo Proxy: RE-L124C41+ (M) 11.55 Close

6.00 Golf: WGC Bridgestone Invitational 8.00 Short Course Swimming 10.00 Powerboating 10.30 AFL 2009 12.30 K1 Fast Driver 1.00 Sports Unlimited 2.00 Omnisport 2.30 City2Surf 4.30 Omnisport 5.00 Short Course Swimming 7.00 Baseball 7.30 One Week At A Time 8.35 Red Bull Air Race 9.35 Sports Tonight 10.05 WGC Golf 1.05 One Week At A Time 2.05 Sports Tonight 2.20 Omnisport 2.50 Poker 3.40 Athletix 4.10 Motorsport

6.00 Short Course Swimming 8.30 One Week At A Time 9.35 AFL 2009 Hawthorn v St Kilda 11.35 This Week In Baseball 12.00 Major League Baseball 3.00 I Fish 3.30 Transworld 4.30 Omnisport 5.00 Short Course Swimming 7.30 High Five 8.00 Powerboating 8.30 Pro Bull Riding 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Poker 11.00 Surfing ASP 12.00 Sports Tonight 12.20 Omnisport 12.50 Major League Baseball 3.20 City2Surf 5.30 Major League Baseball

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5.00am to 6.00pm 5.30 Today 6.00 ABC News 9.00 Mornings With Kerri-Anne (PG) Breakfast World News 9.00 Business Today 11.00 Bio-Magnetics (G) In Various 9.30 Asia Pacific 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show (PG) Languages 1.00 The View (PG) News 2.00 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 10.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 World News 4.30 The Cook 3.00 Alive And Cooking (G) 7.30 Test Tube 3.30 Kids’ Programs And The Chef Babies (PG) 4.30 Afternoon News Moments (G) 8.30 112 Emergency 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) 4.40 The Kitchen (PG) Drama from 5.30 Hot Seat (G) Job (G) Germany.

6.00 NBN News 5.30 Time Team (G) 9.00 Movie: Takva – 7.00 A Current Affair 6.30 Scrapheap A Man’s Fear Of 7.30 Australia’s Perfect Couple (PG) Challenge God (M 2006) 8.30 RPA (PG) 7.20 Mr Bean Drama from 7.30 The Royal 8.45 Lotto Turkey. Stars Today 9.00 The Gift (M) Erkan Can, 9.30 Cold Case (M) 8.00 The ReGuven Kirac.

Inventors (G) 10.55 Movie: The 10.30 Cold Case (M) 11.30 Late News 8.30 Sin City Law Yacoubian 12.00 Gilmore Girls (PG) 9.25 The Baby Building (MA 1.00 Entertainment Tonight Borrowers (M) 2006) Drama 1.30 Guthy Renker And Danoz 10.20 The Paparazzi from Egypt.

5.00 Early Morning News (M) Stars Adel Imam, 11.15 Eataolics (G) Nour El-Sherif, 12.15 Close Youssra, Essad Youniss.

1.35 WeatherWatch Overnight

TV ➟ 12.30 Dateline NBC (PG) 1.30 A Country Practice (G)

5.00 World News in various languages.

7.15 Weatherwatch 7.30 World News in various languages.

1.00 Australian Biography: David Williamson (PG) 1.30 Car Of The Future (PG) 2.30 Darfur: Between The Lines 3.30 Dear Bert (PG) 4.00 Journal 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 5.30 Futbol Mundial 6.00 Global Village: Traditional Lazio 6.30 World News Australia 7.35 Inspector Rex (PG) 8.30 One Bitten: Conflict And Complications (PG) 9.30 World News 10.00 Movie: Malena (M 2000) Drama from Italy. Stars Giuseppe Sulfaro, Monica Bellucci, Luciano Federico.

11.35 Oz (MA) 12.40 Swordsmen Of The Passes (M) 2.15 Weatherwatch

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

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 Infomercials are punishment for watching daytime TV 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, R) 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.00 The 7pm Project (PG) 7.30 The Simpsons (PG, R) 8.30 Law and Order SVU (M) 9.30 Law and Order: UK (M) 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)

4.30 Police Rescue (PG) Rpt. 5.20 World News in various languages. 6.00 Sunrise 7.15 Weather Watch and Music 9.00 The Morning Show (PG) 5.30 Can We Help? (G) Rpt. 1.00 Movie: The Giraffe’s Neck (PG 11.30 Seven News 6.00 Kids’ Programs 2004) Drama from France. Stars 12.00 Movie: Determination Of Death 11.00 Exposed (G) Sandrine Bonnaire, Claude Rich, (M 2001) Stars Michele Greene, 12.00 Midday Report Louisa Pili.

Marc Singer, Veronica Hamel.

12.30 National Press Club Address 2.30 Tales From A Suitcase (G) 2.00 All Saints (M) 1.30 Talking Heads (G) Rpt. 3.00 The Last Pecheniuk (G) 3.00 New Idea TV 2.00 Parliament Question Time 3.30 Going Bush (G) 3.30 Kids’ Programs House Of Reps 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Seven and Prime News 3.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 M*A*S*H (G) 6.00 Travel Oz (G) 4.30 Newshour with Jim Lehrer 5.30 Deal Or No Deal (G) 6.30 The Cook and the Chef (G) 5.30 2009 Ashes Highlights 6.30 Seven and Prime News 7.00 ABC News 6.30 World News Australia 7.00 Home And Away (PG) 7.30 The 7.30 Report 7.30 Food Safari 8.00 The New Inventors (G) 8.00 James May’s 20th Century: 7.30 World’s Strictest Parents (PG) Inventing The Teenager 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 8.30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8.30 Voyages of Discovery: Hanging 9.30 My Name Is Earl (PG) 9.00 The Librarians (M)

By A Thread 10.00 Scrubs (PG) 9.30 United States Of Tara (M) 9.30 World News Australia 10.30 Family Guy (M) 10.00 At the Movies 11.00 American Dad (M) 10.30 Lateline And Lateline Business 10.00 The Accursed Kings – The 11.40 The Commander (M) Poisoned Crown (M) Mini-series 11.30 Louis Theroux: UFOs (M) from France.

12.30 Brand Developers 12.30 The Sideshow With Paul 1.00 Danoz Direct & Guthy Renker McDermott (PG) Rpt. 11.45 Movie: The Alzheimer Case 1.35 Parliament Question Time (MA 2003) Thriller from Belgium. 5.30 Seven Early News Stars Jan Decleir, Koen De Bouw, The Senate Prime HD program same as above except: Werner De Smedt, Laurien Van 2.55 Talking Heads 12.00 I Can Make You Thin (G) 1.00 Movie: Den Broeck.

3.25 National Press Club Address ALice In Wonderland (G 1951) 2.15 The Great 1.50 Weatherwatch Outdoors (G) 3.00 Kid’s Programs 4.00 New Idea 4.30 Police Rescue (PG) Rpt. 5.30 Can We Help? (G) Rpt. 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Medicine Men Go Wild (PG) 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Family Footsteps (G) Rpt. 1.30 Collectors (G) Rpt. 2.00 Parliament Question Time The Senate 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 World’s Greenest Homes 6.50 Australia’s Heritage 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Whatever! The Science Of Teens 8.30 The Solomon Treasures 9.30 Q&A 10.25 Lateline And Lateline Business 11.30 Live At The Basement: Albert Lee (G) 12.25 Wildside (M) 1.15 Parliament Question Time House Of Reps 2.15 Movie: The Bamboo Blonde (G 1946) Stars Frances Lanford, Ralph Edwards.

3.25 Stories From A Children’s Hospital (PG) 3.55 The Glass House (M, R)

5.30 Today 9.00 Mornings with Kerri-Anne (PG) 11.00 Time/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 Afternoon News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow (G) 5.30 Hot Seat (G) 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 8.30 The Farmer Wants A Wife (PG) 8.45 Lotto 9.30 Drop Dead Diva (PG) 10.30 Embarrassing Illnesses (PG) 11.30 Late News 12.00 Young Lions (M) 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Guthy Renker

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This exciting, unpredictable, edgy week crackles with fiery promise after the weepy emotionality of recent times. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neither tepid, tame nor entirely drama free

Mungoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crossword

Quick Clues

Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 1. Large seabird (9) 6. Tied, embroidered (5) 9. Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s principal waterway (10,5) 10. Trigonometric ration (6) 11. Type of liqueur brandy (8) 13. Town on the river Thames; evidence of virginity (10) 14. Coniferous tree (4) 16. Fete, celebration (4) 17. Liner used for holiday trips (5,4) 19. Daily appointment for washing, especially for infants (4,4) 20. Whole, uninjured (6) 23. Source fruit for popular dry white wine (10,5) 24. Followers of Guru Nanak (6) 25. Flight of steps connecting two or more storeys in a building (9)

ACROSS 1. Strike right in a defeat and get the bird! (9) 6. Return transfer tied up (5) 9. Standard barge I have contains perfume right for Sydney ďŹ&#x201A;ower (10,5) 10. Sebastian holds evil trig function (6) 11. Member, silver, brings container back for a liqueur (8) 13. Thames town lusted after by dirty old men! (10) 14. Long Christopher (4) 16. A convict back for a celebration (4) 17. Tomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s joint is a pleasure boat (6,4) 19. Swim around Winton â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the houre for a wash (4,4) 20 Sound in diplomacy (6) 23. Head about erection with angry confusion â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it could make a ďŹ ne drop!

(10,5) 24. Audience looks for Punjabis (5) 25. Celebrity holds one with a receptacle, but it goes up and down! (9)

DOWN 1. Calvesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; foot jelly (5) 2. Outback road in far north west NSW (10,5) 3. Learners, apprentices (8) 4. Ellipse (4) 5. Ancient Roman festival held at the time of Christmas (10) 6. Immature forms of insects (6) 7. Long yellow fruit (9,6) 8. Very inexpensive (4,5) 12. Chemical signals, especially for sexual attraction (10) 13. Very large quantities of money (9) 15. Adolescent, person between 12 and 20 (8) 18 Short musical pieces used to improve technique (6) 21. Topic, subject (5) 22. Tibetan monk (4)

Last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solution

DOWN 1. Stockmarket watchdog over soft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; jelly, in fact (5) 2. Blacklist driver â&#x20AC;&#x201C; mad to use this route! (10,5) 3. Learners turn over skill in ease, we hear (8) 4. Sports ground suitable for egg-andspoon races, perhaps? (4) 5. Roman God, and Roman other things, at an end-of-year party (10) 6. Al goes up and down to hold a meting, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small and undeveloped (6) 7. Have cannabis, and munch a piece of fruit (9,6) 8. Crash land about right â&#x20AC;&#x201C; silly ape, but it cost hardly anything (4,5) 12. Rings around, more coming up â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sexually attractive (10) 13. Mendicant manures, says Spooner â&#x20AC;&#x201C; making him untold wealth! (9) 15. Adolescent slurps green tea (8) 18. Confused stud takes ease, we hear, with short musical pieces (6) 21. Those people object to note topic (5) 22. The French mother a monk (4)

Mungoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crossword ďŹ rst published in The Week.

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ARIES: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll adore this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entertaining games and dramatic shenanigans, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definite problem potential if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re being too forceful while someone else is having a fragile moment.

Friday has accidents waiting to happen, so take care on the road, computer and even more importantly the tongue.

TAURUS: Your own sensible selves are ruled by reason but this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all drama, attention seeking behavior and entertainment: an astropicture guaranteed to reacquaint even the most stay-at-home Tauran with their inner party animal.

Not to mention rocketing you out of any comfortable rut youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d settled intoâ&#x20AC;Ś GEMINI: Even if the time doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem right, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth considering an offer to sell an asset, as a follow-on effect could work well for you. Avoid signing contracts till next week though, keep things simple and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t decide until every fibre of your being cries Do it.

CANCER: The waves of change affecting you during eclipses arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t superficial and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to constantly direct your energy in the way that best serves you, moment to moment, so you can surf them with style.

Keep listening to your intuition, which is second to none.

LIBRA: Be patient with ego trippers this week, because someone who could be extremely helpful to you financially is likely to be one of those trippers. Use the F word to your advantage (not that one, though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tempting) because flattery works a treat on this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s people.

LEO: This is a peak week for Leos, though generous gestures and must-have extravagances could cause an uproar in the disorderly house of your wallet. Apart from that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your cat majestyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s astral duty to transmute dreary energy through as many lavish belly laughs as you can.

SCORPIO: Apart from Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edgy energies, which need some fancy footwork and tactful handling, this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bravura brightens your perspective, adjusts your mindset, heightens your star quality and attracts some hot new admirers to the pleasure centres of Planet Scorp.

Lucky you.

VIRGO: A premium week for making connections: business, personal and creative. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dominated by fire and air elements which combine to produce yes, hot air, so take whateverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspiring from the pyrotechnic play of grandiose ideas and expansive promises but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rely on follow through.

SAGITTARIUS: This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celestial warmth reboots your zest for life in general and adventure in particular â&#x20AC;&#x201C; though if its red hot social calendar has you on the run, be aware that too much multitasking will make you accident prone, especially round Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s racy Sagittarius moon.

CHESS by Ian Rogers

In the six weeks since ticking that last box needed to become a Grandmaster, David Smerdon (pictured) has gone on a remarkable winning streak, culminating in victory at the ANU open last weekend.

With the pressure off, having finally achieved the required Grandmaster ranking, Smerdon has taken out four titles - the NSW Open, the Oceania Zonal on the Gold Coast, Adelaideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Play at Byron Services Club, Mon 7-10pm Checkmate Open and the ANU top seed conceded two draws, Open â&#x20AC;&#x201C; missing out only at the to Canberraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number two, International Master Andras Toth Gold Coast Open.

For more than a year after and to former Australian Junior achieving his third Grandmaster Champion Junta Ikeda and was result in 2007, Smerdon had not always in control during his struggled for form; so much so five wins. that when Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team for In fact Ikeda, who already the 2008 Chess Olympiad was boasts a number of Grandmaster selected, Smerdon was a marginal scalps, could have caught choice for board two, far behind Smerdon on the line but in the the undisputed Australian num- final round was held to a draw ber one Zhao Zong Yuan. by another junior, Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Max Yet over the past seven months Illingworth and was forced to Smerdon has steadily closed the settle for second place. gap between himself and Zhao Smerdonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best win, given to the point where, given a below, came in the second round, strong performance by Smerdon against Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s James Watson. in Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World Cup, the two could conceivably be bat- ANU Open 2009 White: D Smerdon tling for top spot when the 2010 Black: J Watson Khanty Mansiysk Olympiad team Opening: French Defence is picked.

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AQUARIUS: If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the mood to live it up and seize the day, this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high spirits and lavish laughs should satisfy your appetite. For Aquarians in a more moderate mode (are there any?), a bit of cheek will be appreciated and bold moves applauded.

PISCES: This self-publicizing week urges you to showcase your ideas. Or yourself. It admires flair so go ahead, dress to impress and knock their socks off. Even if others donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know it, your juicy fluid moves are just what the present hot dry astral climate needsâ&#x20AC;Ś Sensibly not sitting and waiting for White to launch a kingside attack.

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it became clear that music was to become his life. Boasting Preston Train perform their a natural affinity with R&B, brand of Blues/funk with some Declan has established himself classic rock tunes thrown in at as a sought-after drummer the Cabarita Sports Club on and is constantly touring Friday. The Train interpret tunes and recording for some of from the likes of the Red Hot Australia’s top acts like Papa Chilli Peppers, Skunkhour, The Lips, Bondi Cigars and, most Bondi Cigars, Tim Buckley, 10 recently, Nessa Morgan. In CC through to artists like Ben between these commitments Harper, Donovan Frankenreiter Declan started writing his own and the Cruel Sea as well as a collection of songs, making his few originals of their own. first appearance as a vocalist on Andy Glitre’s Bondi Calling Father and Son compilation with his track Cat Stevens sang a song about ‘Neighbourhood’. Declan Father and son, and in a way has also spent time living in the bible is really a very big Europe, studying west African analysis of the ultimate father rhythms, under the tuition son relationship. Just how of Maestro Afro Moses, and do two men get on together busking in Paris, the south of when one is the omnipotent France, and Dublin. Declan’s all creator and the son is the time in Paris influenced the messiah? Kevin and Lucius sound of his debut album ‘Tales Borich must share the same from the Neighbourhood’ and issues, this talented father his deep love and respect for and son duo appear at the indigenous music and culture Coolangatta Hotel on Friday. can be heard throughout. He Lucius is a powerhouse appears at the Currumbin drummer and son of the Soundlounge on Friday infamous legendary guitarist, on the bill with FisherKing.

Kevin Borich. I can imagine a Recently being named night in the Borich household many years ago ‘Lucius, stop doing your homework and go play the drums. Now. I mean it.’

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freebies We have a double pass to see comedian Sean Choolburra at Side Splitting Comedy at the Curumbin RSL on Thursday 20 August. Sean has appeared on The Footy Show, Thank God You’re Here and has been invited as a guest of the Edinburgh Festival next year to feature in their story telling program. Email gigs@echo. net.au with subject header ‘Choolburra Comedy.’

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Kelly and the King Declan Kelly is more than your average boy next door. A well-known face in his Bondi neighbourhood, Declan’s upbeat, groovebased music reflects his colourful background and diverse range of influences. Born in Sydney, Declan is the son of an Irish father and a Maori mother, who were not surprised when

DAN HANNAFORD AT THE CURRUMBIN RSL ON SATURDAY winner of Triple J Unearthed FUSE Festival Competition, FisherKing has been marked as one to watch. Bringing a fresh new approach to blues ‘n’ roots, FisherKing’s captivating brand of pop-laden acoustic blues and coastal roots has caught the eye of music fans and critics alike. Pulsing with

authentic energy and heartfelt lyrics, the music of this Sydney four-piece moves effortlessly from smooth, soulful tunes to strong, energetic groove.

on Congas for Saturdays gig.

Catch the duo as they journey from intimate tales of love, life and adventure, to some four on the floor, relentless Rock n Roll.

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Currumbin RSL also play host to Dan Hannaford, the talented Currumbin singer/ songwriter who brings his ‘Coastal Country Roots’ from 7pm on Saturday. The recent APRA Professional Development Award Finalist is a passionate live performer and storyteller who has been likened to a young Paul Kelly or Billy Thorpe. Dan has been wowing audiences up and down the East Coast since releasing his Debut EP ‘Roots Soul & Rock’n Roll’.

With over 100 gigs behind him already this year he is one hard working musician worth experiencing. Dan ELIZABETH LORD AND LEIGH JAMES PERFORM AT A WINTER Hannaford will be joined by CHRISTMAS, OCEAN SHORES COUNTRY CLUB, SATURDAY the eccentric Jesse John Jabore

If electronic music is more your thing then get yourself up to Elsewhere on Friday for rhythms that are driven as the pounding sea and melodies that blaze as bright as the sun when ELKE bring you their ‘Blue Dream Lover’ EP. To celebrate the release elsewhere host the Gold Coast Launch Party on Friday night. ELKE will be performing songs from the EP and many more, with the support of BMX Deejays and elsewhere mainstay, Audun.

This is sure to be a night to remember!

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make me eat a hot roast meal.

Don’t get me wrong, I love turkey. It’s just the wrong climate. The Ocean Shores Country Club invite patrons to experience A Winter Christmas with Elizabeth Lord and Leigh James on Saturday evening. Starting at 6pm for just $29 per head, enjoy a sumptuous buffet of assorted meats while listening to the musical magic evoked between the husband and wife team as they traverse from carols to jazz standards to country. For bookings please phone 6680 1008.

The Butler did it I first saw Cody Butler when she was still a school girl, playing at an entertainment showcase. Kids are adorable but after you’ve seen a hundred of them singing out of tune or dressed like Nikki Webster aka olympic opening

ceremony back in 2000 it’s enough. I nearly fell out of my chair when Cody hit the stage.

Here was a young woman of about 13 who was writing and playing her own songs.

And she can sing. Cody has gone on to play the East Coast Blues Festival and is now a touring artist in her own right.

She plays Salt Bar at 1pm on Sunday.

In the Red Red Bantoo is a brand new Byron act forged from the fire of local talent. You’ll recognise faces from The Bird, Mighty Pragmatics and Fyah Walk.

Red Bantoo present a rich sound of electronica and jazz, beat driven with soulful tones. Their upcoming gig at the Beach Hotel is a musical taster before they hit the road promoting their new studio release Yesterday to the Rescue, out on Hydrofunk records.

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and crafty beats combine with vibrant live elements for an innovative and atmospheric sound. Friday at the Beach Hotel.

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Tickets are only $50 and include a glass of bubbly on arrival, cocktail style finger food, entry into the lucky door prize, $2,000 funny money to get you started, a great show and entry into the charity auction.

Raising A Smile with a Rebel and a Ball

Currumbin Community Special School art teacher Mark Warne will donate an Currumbin RSL is bundling all their August entertainment art piece for the auction, his work has featured at into raising money for Clubs Swell Sculpture festival.

Smile for a Child Charity Monte Lupo, a non for profit (CSFAC). CSFAC is a club industry initiative that supports organisation for people with multiple disabilities, has also Queensland charities working donated a sculpture. Monte with Queensland children Lupo sculptures featured at who require various forms of medical assistance. Their 2009 Currumbin RSL’s D’Alliance festival. initiative is to raise money for special schools throughout Queensland with a hope to raise $20,000 for Currumbin Community Special School.

Every Sunday in August the Mick McHugh singer RSL is holding a drive in cinema songwriter extraordinaire at the car park across from the and Irish heart throb at Salt Club with great classic films Bar Sunday 23 August featured like ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ and the 1958 version Get Cracklin Rosie, if you of ‘The Blob’ and all profits will want to catch Nearly Neil Tribute show at Seagulls go to CSFAC. on Friday 21 August. Starring Then there’s the Charity Bobby Bruce in a spectacular Casino Ball on Thursday celebration of the music of a August 13 complete with legend. Bobby Bruce has spent poker, blackjack, roulette, eleven years rocking thousands raffles, show girls and of screaming fans throughout performances by Liza Minnelli, North America, Australia, New Tina Turner, Elvis and Tom Zealand and South East Asia Jones in the Legendary Vegas with this fantastic tribute to Show.

Neil Diamond.

‘The charity casino will be a fun The Chillingham Voices is a night out. It’s an entertaining local choir formed in 2008 and way to raise funds. Instead of led by retired QUT University winning money, you win raffle Music lecturer, Harlie Axford. tickets and there will be raffled An enthusiastic group of over prizes throughout the night 30 people from various age along with a charity auction. groups and backgrounds will We have been blessed by kind be performing a concert at The donations from companies Autumn Club, Murwillumbah such as Bay of Palms Resort, (adjacent to library) on Sunday Serene Beauty and Balloon 16 August 2.30pm. For tickets Down Under,’ says Laura phone 0411 422 855 or from Versace, the Clubs Marketing Banana Cabana & Bush Tucker Manager.

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money was sent to other mad Catholics in the third world to administer nourishment via food and Jesus. Every week I begged my newly widowed mother for money for the poor. She’d refuse, proclaiming ‘but we’re poor’, and then I’d be subjected to another round of public humiliation from my sweet faced dementor who would hold the donation tin in her wretched claw and proclaim ‘Now we’ll write up the names of all the children who don’t want to help the poor… oh, it’s just Mandy Nolan again.’

While other kids enjoyed recess doing laps of the oval, I did laps of the rosary, hoping God I GIVE UP When I was a would save my selfish soul. My kid I was constantly punished knees were red for a year. Man, for not bringing mission money. they should have had that evil Sister Theresa, the penguin clad bitch on the street collecting dominatrix aka bride of Christ, for Greenpeace. Whales would was sent to the home for mad be so wealthy by now they’d nuns the very next year, but not have their own fishing boats before implementing 12 months and be harpooning Japanese of religious terror that would swimmers in revenge. (Of course warp my brain forever. Mission it would be sustainable and

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purely for scientific research.)

In preparation for a panel I’m chairing at the Writer’s Festival, I’ve been reading Peter Singer’s ‘The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to end World Poverty.’

As fat, sleek, comfortable first worlders, it’s about our obligation to the poor, those 1.4 billion people living on less than $2 a day. Singer posits that if we can afford to buy something like bottled water, then we can afford to give. It’s an uncomfortable truth. But he’s right. We are a nasty bunch of global resource hoarders full of excuses and puff about why we aren’t responsible for the fact that thousands of kids starve to death every minute.

Occasionally our kids starve too, but mainly from anorexia, a mental disease that makes you think you’re fat. I don’t imagine there has ever been a Rwandan anorexic. I don’t think their adolescents have body dismorphic disorder or leave Photos: Linda Cunningham

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Lisa Gair

In this instance the story is Alice in Wonderland; whimsical, witty, sculptural pieces. ‘I am a figurative artist. My tools are clay and fire.’

Gair is one of five artists whose exhibition Heated Words is at Brisbane’s Fusions Gallery. Four of the five women are from the Northern Rivers: Gair and Catherine Lane (Uki), Deb Cocks (Tyalgum) and Avital Sheffer (Durrumbul). It’s curated by Bob Connery of Stokers Siding Pottery.

Gair’s inspiration comes from words. ‘I take a sentence, a lyric or something someone has said and I work through a process of free association. I pick up a theme and I’ll start drawing and writing and that will give me ideas. I try not to censor what I make. A story evolves.’

Either the well was very deep, or (Alice) fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time to look about her, and wonder what was going to happen next.

Originally from Melbourne, Gair has worked as a ceramic artist in the Northern Rivers for around 15 years. Four years ago, looking for a permanent space, she set up Studio 9 in the Uki Buttery.

Presently she has two other artists showing in the space: Steve Davies and Catherine Lane. All three of them will run workshops from the studio.

Gair is passionately absorbed in her work. ‘There’s a million shows to do and only two hands. It’s fascinating to work with clay, always surprising. I love the stuff.’

Writers Festival: Art

Visitors to the Writers Festival will not only enjoy the literary arts. Sculpture will be on display.

The starting point for this current Curated by Dev Lengjel of East, show was a trip to Sydney to an the work of ten local sculptors exhibition of Charles Blackman traverses the medium. ‘It’s one – Gair’s favourite artist of all way of keeping sculpture in time. ‘All the Alice paintings were together and when I came home I made a few Alice in Wonderland pieces. Then when Bob Connery came to me with the idea that all five artists would base their work on a book, he asked me if I’d continue with Alice in Wonderland.’

Eventually Gair ended up with a lot of ‘crazy characters’ and realised that the story was really about her own life. ‘Alice started to look a bit like me. So it’s down the rabbit hole.’

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is full of unnecessary privilege.

Not giving at least 20% of our income is immoral. Those rich bastards can’t just make the odd tax deductable donation either.

They need to be giving away at least 50% of their evil empires.

Hopping into your expensive car, staying at your five star resort, wearing those designer jeans, building that enormous house is the moral equivalent of holding an entire village under the water until their bodies go limp and fall into the pebbles. I know this but it shits me. I don’t want dead bodies on my new shoes. You see, I’m horrified by a world where there is such inequity, but I won’t stop having my hair coloured and donate that $1000 per annum. I buy my kids Converse when they could wear $10 KMart runners (although they are made by starving Chinese children) and every time I’m stopped by a charity who want to take a regular donation out of my

bank account via direct deposit I mumble a feeble excuse and move on: ‘I’ve got cancer and I’m late for chemo.’ I was mortified when the girl from the Cancer Council bumped into me in Target. Every time we buy a piece of clothing we don’t need, or throw food in the bin we are complicit in the poverty-related deaths of thousands of fellow humans. It’s doing my head in.

I want to do something. But I don’t. Even my delicious $3.20 latte lasts like guilt. It should.

That’s two people’s daily food budget. I contemplate a few Hail Marys on my designer wooden rosary. But it’s only for my own salvation. I drop $20 in the Amnesty International donation tin chained to the bar of my local pub. (To stop our poor stealing from the world’s poor).

It’s not enough. My knees have gone red in shame. Oops, I’m late for my massage.

country including, in 2008, the Tweed River Art Gallery.

Peninsular, Orange and Brisbane.

We will see it here in January 2010.

an artist? That’s much more difficult. But local artists Lesley Gail (Escape Gallery) and Gloria Roszkiewicz have the matter in hand.

With seed funding from Tweed Shire Council’s Cultural Development Program, they plan to publish a series of coffee table directories that will showcase the work of local artists.

Now we can look forward to another Macleod exhibition.

The Tweed River Art Gallery has been awarded $30, 415 from the Commonwealth Government’s Visions of Australia program towards the development of a touring exhibition: ‘Surface Tension: The art of Euan Macleod 1991- 2008’.

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When Lisa Gair opened her kiln on the work for her present exhibition, she laughed her head off. ‘You feel the amazement of how all that clay comes together and creates a full story.’

home because Mum won’t let them get a tattoo. Our definition of poverty is not being able to afford a second car, or take the kids to Dreamworld or keep up the botox treatments.

Even our most economically disadvantaged citizens are affluent in the face of world poverty. The unemployed can still buy beer, a bag of pot and play the pokies. They can even scratch it lucky. It may mean their families live on Home Brand noodles for a week and cereal is washed down with a box of UHT Long Life milk from a Vinnies care hamper, but they’re still doing OK. According to Mr Singer, they could even afford to give 10% of their income to the poor. The shocking thing is, the more economically disadvantaged always tend to be the most generous. It’s the rest of us middle class wankers who are the real tight arses. I’m not pointing the manicured finger – my life, when examined,

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the public eye,’ said Lengjel.

The work, which will be installed by August 6, is by John Dahlsen, Susie Olsen, Allen Horstmannshoff, Mimi Dennett, Teah Fort, Wendy Johnson, Daniel Clemmett, Dev Lengjel, Jeanette Krohn, Erika Mayer and Suvira McDonald.

The tour, launched at Sydney’s S.H. Ervin Gallery, will also include Newcastle, Mornington

Commissioned by Tweed River Art Gallery to develop the exhibition, well regarded curator Gavin Wilson counts Macleod as ‘one of the prized artists of his generation’.

A bonus: Macleod will tour with the exhibition, hosting extensive public programs at each venue.

Artists’ Directories Need a plumber? That’s easy: yellow pages, local papers. Need

The first publication will promote the work of fifty local women artists. If you are interested in being a part of this initiative or for more information phone Gloria on 02 6679 5395.

Marele Day The Writers Festival book launch scene in East of Everything was painfully hilarious modern farce.

But it was definitely not a taste of things to come. When writer Robert Drew launches The Sea Bed, it will undoubtedly be a celebratory, stylish event. This is the latest book by successful local writer Marele Day. Who hasn’t read her punchy Claudia Valentine crime series? Book Launch Marquee, 4pm Friday August 7.

Euan Macleod on Tour March 1999: Art Gallery of NSW. We clutched our champagne glasses and waited for the announcement of the Archibald prize winner. Some years the response is equivocal, occasionally even perfunctory.

But when David Gonsky – Chairman of the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW – named Euan Macleod for his ‘Self Portrait: head like a hole’, the gallery erupted in loud and spontaneous approval. Macleod is indeed an artist’s artist.

Since then Macleod, who came to Australia from New Zealand in 1981, has won a clutch of art prizes including the Sulman (2001), Blake (2006) and, this year, the Gallipoli. He has shown at galleries throughout the

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gig guide THURSDAY 6 ■ CLUB BANORA 4PM MICHELLE BENSON ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB, KINGSCLIFF 5.30PM TREVOR WHITE ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 7.30PM UNPLUGGED IN THE BASEMENT - JAYA & KARL WILLIAMS ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE AQUINAS COLLEGE - THE WIZARD OF OZ ■ SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE 6PM MICHAEL ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM VEENIE’S – SWIZZLE ■ TWIN TOWNS 1.30PM DENIS WARREN 5PM LONE WOLF 6.30PM PATTI 8.30PM ULTRA VIOLET ■ LA LA LAND, BYRON DANIEL WEBBER ■ BEACH HOTEL, BYRON 9PM GLORY B ■ THE RAILS, BYRON 6.30PM CHARLIE STEEL ■ HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BYRON DIAFRIX ■ BUDDHA BAR, BYRON OPEN MIC NIGHT ■ BYRON BAY COMMUNITY CENTRE 7.30PM GRIGORYAN BROTHERS ‘DISTA’ ■ MULLUMBIMBY RSL 7PM JAM NIGHT ■ COURT HOUSE HOTEL, MULLUM 8PM COMEDY MC MANDY NOLAN ■ LENNOX POINT HOTEL JAM NIGHT

FRIDAY 7 ■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB, BOGANGAR 8PM PRESTON TRAIN ■ BILAMBIL SPORTS CLUB 8PM

local events and entertainment JEFF BOYD & THE FISHERMEN ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB, KINGSCLIFF 7.30PM MARK MCGUIRE ■ CABARITA BEACH BAR AND GRILL, 8.30PM THE TWINE W DJ STEVE ■ CLUB BANORA 7.30PM TOOHEY’S TALENT SEARCH ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM BORICH X BORICH ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM BLACK MAGIC ■ ELSEWHERE, SURFERS PARADISE. ELECTRONIC BOOGIE SHOW W/ ELKE EP LAUNCH [LIVE] + ELKE DJS + BMX DEEJAYS + AUDUN ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM COMEDY IN THE BASEMENT GARY BRADBURY ■ GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE SLAVA & LEONARD GRIGORYAN ■ IMPERIAL HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 8PM LEIGH JAMES ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 8.30PM PAINTED CROWS ■ LUFFLEY CAFE, MURWILLUMBAH 6.30PM KEL & THE JAZZ KANARIES ■ MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES MEMORIAL CLUB 6.30PM NO SECRETS ■ MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL 9PM DJ HERVE ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM JASON DELPHIN DUO ■ SALT BAR, SALT VILLAGE 8.30PM ONE TOO MANY ■ SEAGULLS 8PM THE WOLVERINES ■ SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE 8.30PM CAPTAIN WOW ■ BELONGIL FIELDS THE BYRON WRITERS FESTIVAL

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SPORT RESULTS BOWLS Cabarita Men Mens pairs 29/6/09 Winners R Tonkin and J Hay, r/up S Dimauro and B Carnley, cons J Ferguson and D Hopps.

Sat social. Winners M Shaw,T Farrar and G Coustley, cons D Browning,B Quan and N Simpson.

Mens pairs 3/8/09 Winners B MacKenzie and D Hopps, r/up J Browning and R Harper cons T Smedley and A Dearman.

Open triples finalists I Crabb side and T Hunter side after winning semi finals over P Glancy and D Hopps.

Mixed pairs and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade pairs noms close this week, entries accepted now Condong Ladies Congratulations to the winners of the triples championship, M.Hinde, S.Rushton and E.Hunt. runners up were S.Cook, B. Wainwright and J.Blake. A very close game so well done to both teams. Social results today are, P.Flack and R. Ross def., M.Kennedy and R.Thorley. H.Ross and B.Smith def., D.Dawes and M.Sweetnam.

M.Stanfiels and B. Dunne def,K.Cusak with E Elvy as a swinging lead. Comp, winner today was M.Sweetnam and winning rink went to R.Ross and P.Flack.

We are having a ladies Banana Festival pairs on the 20th of August. $20 a team, two games of 11 ends, 8-30 morning tea, 9-30 on the green and a bbq lunch afterwards. $400 prize money.Come and have a great day with us. Social bowls as usual next Tuesday 11-8-09.

Wednesday 29th 48 bowlers winners C Vigilone, C Douglas, T Lee. Runner/ups J Walsh, R Brown, R Shoobridge. Rafell winners G Cox, C Vigilone, R Greders, C Vigilone. Semi final of Open singles B Wicks 31 def G Miller 23. B grade pairs played T Scuis, J McDonald 23 def J Murrell, P Messing 10 . Saturday 20 bowlers played wen 20 of our bowlers went to eterlong to play pennant finals and was to win both there games on Saturday and loose the game on Sunday morning , great going to all the Condong men.

Cudgen Leagues Ladies Rnd 1 Consistency Singles results Thurs 30th Ann Revie def Isabel Nipperess, June Wotherspoon def Lorraine Sandall, Pat Smith def Helen Wylie, Liz Fleming def Sharon Hinks. Joy Ashford def Trish Mc Gee. Winning Rnk Ann Revie and Colleen Wein (marker) Raffle Pat Smith.

Sat 1st, Rnd 2 Ann Revie def Maureen Alcorn. Congratulations everyone. Coming up, Thurs 6th, Due to mens round robin pm, Ladies Social and Consistency Singles will commence at 9.30am this morning. 9.30 Consistency Singles Joy Ashford Vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Margaret Trapnell â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Marker Trish McGee; June Wotherspoon Vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pat Smith â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Marker Lorraine Sandall. Good Luck Girls. Friday 7th, Mixed Social Pairs, Triples, mufti 9am Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;tea for 9.30 start.

Mon 10th 9.30 TBDWBA, AGM, Pottsville. Mon 10th 1pm Social Mixed Triples mufti.

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Cudgen Leagues Men Mon 27/7/09 Mixed Mufti. Winners L.Crombie, J.Warner, T.Warner Wed. 29/7/09 Mens Mufti. $30-00 winners H.Kemp, R.Beattie, N.Dowling. Losing Rink, D.Elliott, J.Mosey, R.McIntosh Championship Results Mixed Fours Semi Finals R.Matthews, K.Hansen, P.Bowen, M.Trapnell[s] 22 v B.Murray, R.Sydenham, H.Wylie, B.Sydenham 20. F.Pieterse, J.Hazell, P.Pieterse, A.Revie 19 v C.Prithard, L.Fleming, V.Schiemer, M.Hull 18 Thanks to the members for their input regarding the questionnaire to help the Match Committee arrange the ongoing competition format.

Kingscliff Men Congratulations to W Blackwood, I Smith, J Akers on winning the B Grade 2 Bowl

Triples played on Sunday 2nd August.

They defeated B Morrow, A Simpson, B Beattie in a tightly contested game. The first round of the President Singles was played last weekend. Results: T Hills d B Turner; K Banks d G Hallett; D Roughley d J Julius; G Barrack d K Liddington; O Simpson d T Cusack; V Lewis d G Searle: P Murphy d B Henry; W Blackwood d K Taylor; B Harris d D Whittington; J Ritchie d B Butler; J Bonnett d R Maltby; K Dawson d L Murphy; C Lane d R Lewis; H Hockey d T Wonka: The standard of play and competitiveness of the games would have the selectors smiling with Pennant Season commencing this Saturday 8th August. The draw for the first round of Pennants is Division 1: Kingscliff v South Tweed at Kingscliff: Division 2: Kingscliff v Tugun at Kingscliff: Division 5: Kingscliff v Beenleigh at Kingscliff; Division 7: Kingscliff v Broadbeach at Broadbeach.

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Results: Thursday 30th July: Winners: R Fathers, L McNamara, L Murphy; F Coombe, D Fines, C Lacey; A Curnow, J Quinn, S Jamieson: Plate Winners: G Davis, M Rice, B Raeburn: Saturday 1st August: Winners: B Morrow, W Ritzau, G Withey; K Taylor, S McDonald, A Brown, B Goldstone; R Hayes, R Stephens, D Ross: Jackpot Winners: T Abrahams, B Raeburn, G Searle, T Hills: Tuesday 4th August: Winners; I Munro, C Evans; Runners Up; T Williamson, B Anset; Plate winners; W Ritzau, N Whittaker: Coming Up: Kingscliff Beach Open Pairs 2009 Tournament. Monday 10th August â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Thursday 13th August: Come and watch some of Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best show their skills. A VERY SPECIAL EVENT: Friday 7th August commencing at 5:00pm. Pull on your jeans, throw off your shoes and come along and rock out on the greens for Rock and Roll Barefoot Bowls in support of Jeans for Genes Day. Teams of four with a fifty dollar Entry Fee. Includes Free Sausage Sizzle and Live Entertainment.

Pottsville Men RESULTS Week Ending 2/08//2009 Friday 31/07/2009 Winning Rink: - M Wright and R Dudley Losing Rink: - D Appleton and G Minnards Saturday 1/08/2009 Winners with Highest Winning Margin: - K Ferguson and J Rae Runners Up: - P White, R Sherwood and B Barnes. Consolation: - F Fielding and T Fuller Barefoot Bowlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; every Sunday at 2.00pm, beginners welcome. For enquires and bookings for bowls call the Pottsville Beach Sports on 6676 1077.

Tweed Heads Men Pennant Season: The pennant season commences this coming Saturday 8 August: Draw is Div 1 away at Mermaid Beach; Div 2 home to Mudgeeraba; Div 4 away at McKenzie Park; Div 7 away at Burleigh Heads; Div 8 home to Burleigh Heads and Div 9 home to Canungra. Players please check the notice board for playing positions.

Championships: Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senior Singles: Round 2 results: Ian Wildman d. Frank McPhillips 25/5; John Parker-Smith d. John Heath 25/21; John Bailey d. Peter McKenzie 25/9; Keith Downey d. Graham Richards 25/22; Roy Nuttall d. carlo Campana 25/20; Max Reiter d. Bill Boyle 25/24; Peter Goldsmith d. Bernie Fletcher 25/21; Dennis Lusby d. Jim Hammersley 25/12. Next round scheduled for 11 August. Open 2 Bowl Triples: Semi-final: scheduled for Sunday 16 August, Final 23 August.

Social Results: Sun 26 July Green 1: Jacky and Allen Brown, Christine and Tony Askew; r/up: Joan and Vince Leather, Norma and George Craig.

Green 2: Val Cheetham, Carol Hawkins, Jan and Rob Casey; r/up: Val and Bill Neal, Sioby and Lyall Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien.

Green 3: Lois and Peter Carman, Marg and Ray Thomas; r/up: Lynn and Norm

Childs, Joan and Chas Dentry.

Green 4: Bev Terry, George Paddon, Noeline and Alister McKenzie; r/up: Joan Fisher, Terry Horton, Marjorie and Jim Croghan.

Tues 28 July â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Winners-Men. Green 1: Laurie Rea, Col Bevan, Eric Maklin, Vince Leather; r/up: Jed Hambleton, Graham Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Bryne, Peter Howell, Tom Kelly.

Green 2: Arthur Jackson, Ken Scott, Ian Read, Col Fishlock; r/up: Ray Carter, Norman Hopeman, John Harrison, Reg Pawley.

Winners-Ladies Green 3: Hazel Bardsley, S. Weston, Joy Dodsley, Willi Grant,; r/up: Norma Bell, Kathy Sieben, Margaret Heydt, Phil Henderson.

Green 4: Joy White, Fran Leishman, Bonnie Orchid, Betty Williams; r/up: Pauline Garwood, Doreen Long, Maureen Blagbrough, Heather Mason.

Wed 29 July - Random Draw Green 1: Allen Jackson, Stan Loeber, Rob Chubb; r/up: Ron Hottinger, Graham Jones, Laurie Cooper.

Green 2: Clinton Bailey, John Bailey; r/up: Jim Croghan, Arthur Collins.

Green 3: Tony Nicholls, Tom Wotton, Bill Knight, Ian Mather; r/up: Trevor White, Ron Escreet, Noel Locke, Phil McDonald.

Green 4: Les hughes, Ron Edwards; r/up: Frank Parsons, Ross Cali.

Fri 31 July Green 1: John Sieben, Paul Chircop, Chas turner; r/up: John Forrest, Lyall Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, George Martin.

Green 2: Barry Larkin, Norm Clarke, Stan Williams; r/up: Norm Russell, Ron Taylor, Graham Jones.

Green 3: Laurie Rea, Max Reiter, Vince Leather; r/up: Geoff turner, Fred Willis, Elwyne Rigby.

Green 4: John Meek, Col Robinson, Jeff Walter; r/up: Don Shoobert, Jack Barnes, Bob Wike.

Sat 1 Aug Green 1: Jack Maloney, Fred McIntyre; r/up: Geoff turner, Don Frith, George Harwood.

Green 2: Robert Carnes, Frank Birkin, Jim Chapman; r/up: Arthur Walker, Frank Parsons, Graham Kerrison. Random winners: Pat Fitzpatrick, Tom Waddell.

Tweed Heads Tourers Last Sunday a total of 19 Lads and Lassies traveled to Burleigh Heads for a mixed morning of bowls.

Winners for Tweed were Dianne Duncan, Joy Dodsley and Rusty Leeson.

Next Sunday the lads will travel to Robina for a Gala Day. The list is on the notice board, the bus will leave at 8.00am.

DARTS Tweed Valley Darts Association Results of the Ladies and Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Doubles played at Sth Tweed on Monday 3rd August. Ladies Doubles won by Donna Bodley and Janelle Norris from Condong Bowling Club A grade Jokers and the runners up were Vicki Dos Remedios from Courthouse Hotel A Grade Tigers and Anne Lauchlan from Sth Tweed Sports Club B Grade Sharks. Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Doubles won by Bill Aitken from Condong Bowling Club A Grade Jokers and Tony Ross from Seagulls Club A Grade Gulls and the runners up were Ron McBurney from Condong Bowling Club A Grade Jokers and Mark Curran from Sth Tweed Sports Club B Grade Sharks. Bill Aitken threw 180 on the night.

GOLF Chinderah Veterans Social Golf Results for Thursday 30/7/09 - Stroke Winner â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade - Steve Holden - net 56 new h/cap 7 R/up - Michael Collings - net 57 (c/back) - new h/cap 6.

Winner â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade - John Hunter - net 52 (c/ back) - new h/cap 16 R/up - Judy Colley - net 52 - new h/cap 19.

Winner â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade - Arlie Warbrooke - net 50 - new h/cap 35 R/up - Marj Tune - net 51 - new h/cap 24.

Ball rundown to net 58 (c/back) Results for Monday 3/8/09 - Stableford

Klein carves-up the Arnette The Arnette New South Wales Junior Surfing Titles were held from July 29 to August 2 at Boomerang Beach south of Port Macquarie.

The event saw Kingscliff surfer Codie Klein finish a very respectable second place behind Tyler Wright who surfed a19.50 out of a possible 20 point final. Photo: Michael Tyrpenou/Surfing NSW.

MONTHLY MARKETS Winner â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade - Tom Hyde - 43 points - new h/cap 11 R/up - Ron Lever - 41 points - new h/cap 13.

Winner â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade - Renee Innes - 43 points - new h/cap 14. R/up - Yvonne Hawkey 42 points (c/back) - new h/cap 15 Winner â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grade - Frank Featherstone - 48 points (c/back) - new h/cap 21 R/up Denise Howard - 48 points - new h/cap 27. Ball rundown to 39 points (c/back) NETBALL Murwillumbah Results for this week were: 11/12 Girl Zone forfeited to Super Stars (but had a really fun scratch game) Hot Shots (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kelsey Noble) 19 d Bogangar (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Celeste Mills) 9 Intermediate: â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Spice Girls (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hannah Sheehan) 33 d Get Smart Goal Getter (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rhianna Pateman) 13, Southern Cross Stars (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Erin Ganser) 37 d Cabba Crew (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chelsea Aston) 10.

Open â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cougars (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tanya Milne) 49 d Ladybeetles (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mel McGregor) 26.

Tigers (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Melissa Wyness) 48 d Newbies (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; S. Thomson) 12, Waratahs (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Leeann Ahu) 35 d Flamin Devils (PA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Simone Boyle) 20.

SHOOTING Murwillumbah Pistol Club A reminder for licenced shooters that there is a planned Zone Shoot over the weekend 29-30 August. We are looking forward to another good turnout. Prizes for all places in all Grades, so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be shy, come along, join in the fun, and have a go. Enquiries to Anita 02 66725716.

Scores: July 28 Standard Pistol - R. Bebendorf 573, A. Gazzard 565, D Gazzard 558. Air Pistol - I. Young 543.July 29: Air Pistol - M. Walters 580, M. Curtis 576, A. Berry 573, J.

Lumsden 570, W. Walters 563, J. Curtis 465. Ladies Air Pistol - R. Walters 389.

August 1: Sports Pistol - W. Gray 590, R. Fleming 586, D. Cusack 578, A. Berry 559, N. Davis 549, R. Cavanagh 539, J. Lumsden 538, J. Hoctor 516, A. Gazzard 500, M. Curtis 497, D. Gazzard 493. Air Pistol - R. Smith 549, L. Allen 541. Centre Fire - J. Gove 576. August 2: Rifle - S. Jenkin 710, B. Cornford 632, C. Everett 594, K. Bevis 592, G. Hargrves 581, J. Lumsden 581, R. Welsh 580, D. Gazzard 578, A. Gazzard 578, M. Luxton 574, E. Wenban 574, D. Capilli 569, N. Luxton 519, R. Gospel 505, J. Baker 464.

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Full moon August 6 10:55 Third quarter August 14 04:55 New moon August 20 20:01 Astronomical data First quarter August 27 21:42 and tides Full moon September 5 02:02 Day of Sun Sun Moon Moon High tide, Low tide, month rise set rise set height (m) height (m) 1 S 0629 1715 1259 0241 0458,1.08; 1714,1.54 1021,0.64 2 S 0628 1716 1350 0334 0554,1.12; 1802,1.59 0011,0.54; 1115,0.62 3 M 0627 1716 1444 0422 0640,1.18; 1845,1.64 0053,0.48; 1204,0.58 4 T 0627 1717 1540 0505 0718,1.23; 1923,1.68 0130,0.42; 1246,0.53 5 W 0626 1717 1635 0544 0754,1.27; 1959,1.71 0203,0.38; 1326,0.49 6 T 0625 1718 1730 0618 0828,1.31; 2031,1.71 0235,0.35; 1402,0.46 7 F 0624 1718 1824 0650 0901,1.34; 2105,1.69 0305,0.33; 1440,0.45 8 S 0624 1719 1918 0720 0936,1.37; 2138,1.65 0335,0.32; 1518,0.45 9 S 0623 1719 2012 0748 1012,1.40; 2213,1.58 0406,0.33; 1559,0.47 10 M 0622 1720 2107 0817 1049,1.43; 2249,1.49 0437,0.35; 1642,0.49 11 T 0621 1721 2204 0848 1130,1.45; 2330,1.39 0510,0.38; 1730,0.53 12 W 0620 1721 2304 0921 1215,1.46 0545,0.43; 1624,0.57 13 T 0619 1722 0959 0018,1.28; 1305,1.48 0628,0.48; 1929,0.59 14 F 0618 1722 0007 1043 0119,1.18; 1405,1.50 0419,0.53; 2049,0.58 15 S 0618 1723 0112 1134 0236,1.12; 1515,1.56 0825,0.56; 2212,0.51 16 S 0617 1723 0216 1235 0401,1.12; 1625,1.65 0939,0.55; 2322,0.39 17 M 0616 1724 0318 1342 0515,1.19; 1729,1.77 1049,0.48 18 T 0615 1724 0413 1453 0616,1.28; 1826,1.88 0020,0.27; 1151,0.39 19 W 0614 1725 0503 1605 0708,1.38; 1918,1.95 0111,0.16; 1247,0.30 20 T 0613 1725 0546 1715 0757,1.38; 2008,1.97 0158,0.09; 1342,0.24 21 F 0612 1726 0624 1822 0844,1.54; 2056,1.91 0242,0.07; 1435,0.21 22 S 0611 1726 0700 1928 0930,1.59; 2144,1.79 0324,0.10; 1528,0.23 23 S 0610 1727 0735 2031 1016,1.61; 2230,1.63 0404,0.17; 1621,0.28 24 M 0609 1727 0809 2134 1102,1.60; 2316,1.45 0444,0.26; 1715,0.36 25 T 0608 1728 0846 2235 1148,1.57 0522,0.37; 1811,0.46 26 W 0607 1728 0925 2336 0004,1.28; 1237,1.52 0600,0.48; 1912,0.54 27 T 0606 1729 1008 0057,1.14; 1330,1.46 0644,0.57; 2022,0.60 28 F 0604 1729 1054 0034 0200,1.05; 1431,1.42 0737,0.64; 2138,0.61 29 S 0603 1730 1145 0128 0318,1.02; 1540,1.42 0845,0.67; 2245,0.58 30 S 0602 1730 1238 0218 0434,1.05; 1643,1.45 0954,0.66; 2339,0.25 31 M 0601 1731 1333 0303 0530,1.11; 1735,1.50 1055,0.62 Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min.

Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.

AUGUST 2009

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Antique fair

Breast screening

An antique fair will be held this weekend, August 8-9, at Tweed Heads Civic Centre, Brett Street, Tweed Heads, hosted by Tweed Gold Coast Family History. Fair times: Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 10am-3pm with entry $5. For info call Ducie Hood 07 5524 4774.

BreastScreen NSW Tweed Heads clinic at the Tweed Hospital is now providing appointments to women on Thursday nights and Saturdays for free mammograms. For appointments call 02 6622 1822.

Community vacancies

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.

Volunteering is a great way to gain work experience and make friends in your area while contributing to your community. This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Five Most Wantedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vacancies listed by community organisations with NORTEC Volunteering are: Kingscliff, maintenance/gardener for a nursing home; Tallebudgera, horse walking assistant to help with grooming and saddling horse; Murwillumbah, cleaner/gardener; Chillingham, canteen worker; Tweed Shire, mobile street service members, supervising young people while travelling on the bus. For more info on these or other volunteer positions call 02 6672 8288 or visit www.nortecltd. com.au

Mental health

CAN meet Tweed CAN (Climate Action Now) will be meeting every second Thursday of the month at the Imperial Hotel, Main Street, Murwillumbah, from 6.30pm and the next meeting will be held on August 13. Come along and see how you can help combat climate change. For info call 02 6679 4079 or 02 6672 5602.

Historical society

Family centre

Tweed Heads Historical Society and TRR Museum (Tweed Heads) will hold their monthly general meeting on Tuesday, August 18, commencing 10am in the Old Court House, Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, West Tweed Heads. We will be entertained by a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mysteryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; guest speaker and visitors welcome. For info call 07 5536 8625.

The Family Centre is taking bookings now for the following courses.

Numbers are limited, book early on 07 5524 8711. DadSkills, Tuesdays fortnightly, August 11 and 25, Sept 8 and 22, 5pm-7.30pm; Just Us: Families Connecting, Thursdays, August 6, September 24, 12.30-2.30pm, $40 per 8-week course for parent/s to re-connect with their 10-13 year

Molly

Community calendar An online community calendar of events has been launched by the Tweed Shire Council to help residents figure out what to do on weekends. The calendar provides another avenue for event organisers, community groups, resident and ratepayer groups and others to promote events being held in the area. Check it out at www.tweed. nsw.gov.au/Events/WhatsOnCommunity.aspx.

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 Thursday of each month at Seagulls. Call Noelene 07 5599 8939 (Mon-Fri 9-5). All welcome.

Poetry workshop Well-travelled poet Thom Moon 10 will present a workshop to the WordsFlow Writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Group at Pottsville tomorrow, Friday, August 7. Thom has published 185 books

of poetry, 23 CDs and 38 tapes.

His workshop will be held at the Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre from 1pm to 4pm. $2 donation. Call the centre for details on 02 6676 4555.

Food giveaway Food giveaway for struggling pensioners is on again on Wednesday at 12.30pm at the iBar. A big thank you to the kind people who donate, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always more people in need and further donations welcome. Call Terri on 0414 376 057.

Neighbourhood Watch The Kingscliff (area eight) Neighbourhood Watch meeting for August has been cancelled. The next meeting will be held on the last Tuesday in November.

Garden club Murwillumbah and District Garden Club, change of date for the August meeting which will now be held on Monday August 17 at 7.30pm in the Jessie Mc Millan Hall. Entries in the 32nd Garden Competition close on August 14 with judging on August 24-25. Entry forms are available from local garden centres. The garden competition presentation evening will be held in the Jesse Mc Millan Hall, Wollumbin Street, Murwillumbah at 7pm on Monday August 31.

New members and visitors welcome to come along and enjoy the evening and stay for a cuppa after the meeting. For info call Len Foster on 02 6672 2020.

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Molly, a 2½ year old female Blue Cattle dog is currently in the Tweed pound but is soon to become a Friends of the Pound foster dog.

She is a sweet and gentle, well behaved girl who gets on well with people. Being a working dog breed, she will need plenty of exercise so would suit an active person or family with lots of time to spend with her. She has the cutest white tail.

If you can give this good looking girl a secure, loving home, please contact Susie 02 6679 3190 or the FOP Adoption Information Booth on 07 5524 8590.

Visit www.friendsofthepound.com to view the many other homeless dogs and cats.

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is $200. Movies just need to be locally-made, 10 minutes long and M-rated. No athletic bedroom-type flicks thanks. Drop entries into Video Ezy Murwillumbah. Films will be shown free on August 21 at the Showgrounds Pavilion from 7pm.

A protest rally against overdevelopment of Cabarita/ Bogangar will be held this Sunday (August 9) at noon next to the local surf club. Speakers will address the rally on major issues of concern in connection to the proposed development of a shopping complex on the main road including a Woolworths supermarket and 40 units. A sausage sizzle will also be held. Opponents say the plan is unsustainable and exceeds the town’s height limit as well as increasing traffic. They also want meaningful community consultation.

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Byrrill Creek residents called Backburner to ask if their unsealed rural-residential road, to be used as one of the four stages in the Tweed for the world rally early next month, was being re-graded and patched up in time to be used as a racetrack for the controversial rally, as road crews and plant were busy at it this week. But Tweed Shire Council’s works manager Ian Kite said rally organisers had requested that no special works be carried out on the gravel-road rally stages prior to the event, and that no routine maintenance be carried out on the stages in the four weeks prior to the event. He said the cycle of routine gravel road grading (including rally stages) was being completed to ensure normal road users were not inconvenienced in the month leading up to the event. ‘That is, we don’t want residents driving over rough roads for a month because the rally don’t want us to touch the roads,’ he said. Funny that, the residents don’t want rally

such as the one near the surf club announcing that at this spot, ‘Nothing of significance is known to have occurred’, has another (but official) odd sign at the entrance to the new pedestrian area between the pub and surf club. But of course even a spell checker wouldn’t have picked up the glaring mistake.

cars to touch their road either but, as the state government has legislated, the locals can eat dirt instead.

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Banana Festival Queen candidate Alice Taylor wants locals to get on their bike for charity and is offering red wine as an incentive. This Sunday she has organised a 10km bike ride from Stokers Siding to the Murwillumbah Showgrounds to raise money for the Careflight Helicopter. It’ll cost you $20 but she is offering red wine prize packs to soothe sore muscles. Other prizes include holidays, school packs and Careflight bears. The ride starts at 9am, with registration from 8am. Call 0437 835 145 or 0427 727 880 for details.

should beware of what is waiting in the wings. That gruesome worm in the heart of the NSW Liberal Party, David Clarke, MLC and Opus Dei, has been sending out his orcs to challenge the preselection of members he disapproves of, both state and federal. It speaks volumes for the darkness we are headed for that Philip Ruddock is one of the ‘moderates’ who must be eliminated.

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It seems the Tweed has an excess of budding Quentin Tarantinos on its hands if entries into the Banana Festival Video Ezy short film competition are anything to go by. Organiser Lachlan Glasby reports plenty of horror film entries this year, a genre done particularly well

by Tarantino in Grindhouse.

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Backburner remains fascinated by the developers’ lobby group, the Urban Taskforce. It seems to have influenced the NSW planning minister over the recent capping of section 94 (developer) contributions for Tweed Council. Both the lobby group and the minister used similar arguments for imposing a cap on the contribution for new dwelling lots, now set at $20,000. They claim council could not justify why it needed contributions for infrastructure such as cemeteries, trees and library books. That justification has always been self-evident to ordinary citizens, but now developers are pushing the envelope to minimise their costs. As we noted, the Urban Taskforce’s executive committee includes some of Australia’s leading property developers, with its deputy chairman (unpaid) being none other than billionaire Bob Ell, the head of Leda Holdings, which currently has plans for the biggest residential subdivisions in Australia – right here on the Tweed at Kings Forest and Cobaki, together involving around 10,000 homes. So the reduction in the developer contributions for the Tweed has already potentially saved his firm a lot of money.

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Spotted in Murwillumbah: a dog queuing at an ATM. A happy looking black dog was seen off-leash and waiting patiently in-line to grab some cash from the Westpac ATM in Brisbane Street. Could it be a case of identity theft or did he just want some cash to buy a bone? Either way it’s good to see the financial crisis isn’t affecting everyone…

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