Tweed Echo – Issue 2.29 – 01/04/2010

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Cr Milne lands in hot water again Embattled Greens Cr Katie Milne is facing censure again by the conduct review panel after complaints from a majority of her fellow councillors. ‘It’s just not fair,’ said one councillor, who cannot be named under the code of secrecy that prohibits the public disclosure of anything which has not already been publicly disclosed. ‘Katie makes us look bad,’ the complainant continued, ‘why can’t she sit up straight and concentrate on the proper things a Tweed Shire councillor should be doing – obeying the staff, listening to developers, plotting campaigns against other councillors for the mayoralty, stuff like that.

Repco rally to set up a permanent site The World Rally organisation has been given the go-ahead to establish a permanent rally course and headquarters in the Tweed shire. In the deal with the council, a helicopter pad, yacht moorings and a massive accommodation complex will be built in Murwillumbah, just on the river, next to the bridge. All-year-round bleachers will also be set up along Byrrill Creek Road. ‘This is the best thing to ever happen in my life,’ a visibly teary-eyed general manager Mike Rayner said. ‘We seriously considered asking for a mono rail as well, but the man from the rally said he didn’t want us to look too much like rubes, whatever that means.’ With an estimated one billion dollars needed for construction, the rally organisation has been promised the funds by the NSW government. The money will be administered by Macquarie Bank, with oversight by Ian McDonald, the minister for economic development and restaurant subsidies. The World Rally’s chief executive denied claims that the previous rally was a failure, explaining that the company did quite well out of it from government grants. ‘It was, after all, a real community event,’ he said. Asked about any future exploration of alternative fuels, Repco’s marketing manager told The Echo, ‘Alternatives don’t need to be found; fossil fuel companies get enough government tax breaks to ensure our viability long into the future. And besides, running a car on electricity would mean so few moving parts my line of work would disappear as quickly as the newspaper industry.’ Instead of half of council’s budget of $120,000 for community festivals going to the rally, from next year the entire amount will be allocated to the ongoing costs of keeping up the appearance of a successful event.

Mayor Warren Polglase: a career in local government crowned with the editorship of a tabloid newspaper. See story below.

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the restored council and the following year was promoted to mayor by the process of having his name drawn out of a hat. His political sidekick, Cr Phil Youngblutt, was elevated to the position of deputy mayor by the same process. Both men thanked the electorate for entrusting them with these important positions. It is believed that another councillor, Dot Holdom, 103, is also interested in a media career and is considering offers in local radio. ‘Apparently they need people with thick coats to stand around in the studio to improve the acoustics,’ she told The Echo. ‘That’s right up my alley. I’m thick and I own a coat. What’s more, it has two sides.’

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A media analyst told The Echo, ‘This is an attempt to keep faith with the loony demographic, which is very numerous in Tweed Shire. Over the years Cr Polglase’s performance as a councillor has been so farcical that he will appeal to those readers, although the move will get the paper no traction with the wider community.’

Prior to his appointment to the newspaper, Cr Polglase had a distinguished career in local politics. In 2004 as a sitting councillor he secured funding for his re-election campaign from billionaire developer Bob Ell, who has two huge housing estates pending in the Tweed. As a shrewd and capable political operator, Warren succeeded in extracting this campaign assistance without having to promise anything in return. In 2005 the council was sacked and placed in administration after the Daly Report found that some candidates had been elected under false pretences and could be perceived as puppets of developers. In 2008 Cr Polglase was elected to

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‘All this concentration on sustainability, conservation and proper process may be what the ratepayers want, but it’s not what I was elected for.’ Despite extensive enquiries The Echo was unable to discover what the councillor was elected for. When Cr Milne is found guilty of bringing her fellow councillors into disrepute, the conduct review panel will recommend that she be sent to the NSW Department of Planning for re-education in the principles of developer appeasement.

way,’ continued the journalist, Dimity Dimasall, 16, of Surfers Paradise, ‘so this will enhance our efficiency.’ Other sources at the paper said the story was a huge beat-up to fill some space, and would be quietly dropped as soon as they could think up some more porkies about Cr Katie Milne.

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Greens Cr Katie Milne pictured as she really is. Photo Joan van Lieshout

The mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Warren Polglase, has been appointed editor of the Tweed Daily News. Making the surprise announcement, the management of the daily paper stressed that the appointment was a serious attempt to revive its flagging fortunes. ‘Nobody knows the politics of the Tweed as well as Warren,’ said a spokesperson from his office in Caloundra, ‘and we do like our employees to have local knowledge.’ A senior journalist at The News, who did not want to be named, said having Cr Polglase as editor ‘would at least save us all a bit of time’. ‘The previous editors always printed what Warren told them to any-

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The message to Tweed residents worried about youth violence is loud and clear: if you want action, report any crime you see to police. A huge protest rally of around 800 people who packed into the Cudgen Rugby League Club grounds last Sunday morning was told both by police officers and protest organisers, many

There was hardly a dry eye in the crowd at the Cudgen Leagues Club grounds last Sunday as Paul Stanley told the tragic story of losing his 15-year-old son Matthew four years ago when he was viciously bashed outside a teenagers’ party in Brisbane. After an outpouring of community grief over Matthew’s death, the Stanley family set up the Matthew Stanley Foundation (www. matthewstanleyfoundation.com.au) to promote non violence and mutual respect among young people and responsible behaviour in the adult community. Its initiatives include Party Safe and the One Punch Can Kill campaign. Mr Stanley told The Echo later that he had addressed over 100,000 people on the issue of youth violence in the past few years. Photo Jeff Dawson

of them youth, that residents themselves can help police, who could not act without being alerted to crime and violence. The protest, a ‘Rally for our Safety’ under the banner of the Safer Communities Alliance, follows public concern over a series of brutal local incidents involving youth in the past year. These include the death of a 23-year-old Murwillumbah man in a late night brawl, the bashing a month later in another brawl of an 18-year-old Bogangar teenager who received serious head injuries, the suicide of a 61-year-old Tweed Heads marine rescue volunteer who had been harassed by youth in his street and the death of a

15-year-old student in a Mullumbimby schoolyard brawl. Well over 3,000 locals have signed a petition calling on the state government to boost police numbers and act to curb youth violence. Tweed MP Geoff Provest, who will present the petition to parliament, said the turnout for the rally showed how deep the concern ran in the community about youth-related violence, much of it alcohol-fuelled. He told the crowd that ‘the sad reality of the day’ was there were not enough police for a rapidly growing population and that in the Tweed-Byron police command with its staff of around 180 officers, around 20 were off sick at any one time. ‘But we’re in a position to fix

Youth speak out on violence Tweed youth were prominent at the rally, with many urging the crowd to stand up against youth violence, saying the actions of a few were tarring all with the same brush. Twenty-year-old Blake Field of Kingscliff told the rally that a united community, showing intolerance to such violence, could be ‘a weapon more powerful than any physical action’. Blake said many people at the rally were ‘direct victims of cruel, vicious and very often unprovoked violence’. ‘The rest of us gathered here are indirect victims, sickened, saddened, concerned and now fed up by seemingly constant tales of hurt felt by members of our community. We are in the grip of a problem that now

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seems to affect most Australian communities,’ he said. Tweed River High School captain Jesse Skelley told the crowd that ‘just last night a 20-year-old youth was bashed in Coolangatta along the beachfront’, which was a ‘grave reminder of why we do need to take action’. Jesse said police officers ‘sign up to serve the community, but this can’t happen when our police force are understaffed and overworked’. ‘Our community needs more frontline police numbers. We need police responding on time, every time... and we need funding for the establishment and continual upkeep of youth programs and initiatives for our community.’

it, because as the (police) commissioner tells us, police can only rely on statistics, so you have to report all crime and not say “it’s not my business”, we’ve gotta get fair dinkum with it and this is the time to start to report, otherwise we’ll only get half-baked reports from the commissioner,’ he said. Detective Inspector Shane Diehm said the Tweed had ‘youth crime issues, mostly to do with alcohol’ but that police could only respond to instances ‘if reported’. ‘We need you to report crime and be prepared to stand up in a court of law and sometimes it takes courage to do this,’ he said. Senior Constable Andrew Eppelstun told the rally that the underreporting of crime was ‘what is killing us locally’ and crime statistics showed this up. ‘You guys are our eyes and ears,’ he said. The Police Association representative also said calls for ‘services and events’ ‘from Sydney’ was ‘impacting heavily on our staffing’. Senior Constable Eppelstun ended by saying the country needed a ‘social revolution’ in attitudes toward alcohol ‘and the way we drink and teach our kids to drink’. To report crime call Crime Stoppers (free call) on 1800 333 000, the Police Assistance Line (for non-emergencies/general inquiries) on 131 444, or 000 for emergencies or crimes in progress. The petition is online at www. gopetition.com/petitions/rallyfor-our-safety.html. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Forget Johnny Depp in Alice In Wonderland, the real mad hatters were at Murwillumbah Public School yesterday (Wednesday). The school, along with many across the valley, played host to its annual Easter Hat Parade, an event where parents’ and kids’ creative streaks really comes to the fore. There were hats of all shapes, colours, designs and textures paraded around the school yesterday as the kids (and parents and teachers) threw themselves into the holiday spirit. ‘They have been working for weeks on their creations,’ principal Robyn Edwards said. ‘Some have been scanning the internet looking for all sorts of bits and pieces, tinsel and bunny ears. ‘It’s really quite interesting.

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It’s supposed to be the K2 Easter Parade but the bigger kids really get into it too. ‘And the teachers are involved as well, with Easter hats and bunny ears. One teacher even wore a bunny tail one

year, I didn’t ask where she got that from!’ And everybody just does it for the fun of it, there are no prizes, although the school’s monster Easter raffle was drawn on the day (after

weeks of ticket selling). Meanwhile, Murwillumbah East Primary School holds its annual Easter hat parade today (Thursday), with events starting at noon. Local preschools also will parade their hats there.

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Intentions wrecked ‘But I am dismayed that the senior town planner downplays the extent to which the intervention of the Department of Planning has wrecked council’s original intentions,’ he said. ‘I am also dismayed that

council officers continue to say that it is arguable the draft LEP is consistent with a section that prohibits reduction of “environment protection standards that apply to land within an (existing) environment protection zone”’. He said the council had not exhibited any documents which supported this contention. ‘What is on exhibition is material in support of measures that have been almost entirely removed at the order of the Department of Planning,’ he said. ‘It is time for professional planning officers at council to do an assessment of the draft Tweed LEP that is actually on exhibition, not one which is based on radically different earlier versions. ‘The department needs to be told that its intervention has resulted in a draft LEP that is

totally inconsistent with all the vegetation protection rules governing the LEP making process.’ ‘I will be bitterly disappointed if it is left to the public to send this message, and it is not also sent by council and its planning officers. ’

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Tweed Shire Council’s chief planner Vince Connell has confirmed the Department of Planning has killed-off measures to protect native vegetation in a new shirewide draft local environment plan (LEP) now on public exhibition. He has also confirmed that the amount of land zoned for environmental protection will be more than halved, from 13,600ha to just 5,600ha, under other changes contained in the draft LEP. Mr Connell, in answer to questions posed by Greens councillor Katie Milne, says ‘not all elements [of council’s proposed native vegetation protection provisions] were eventually incorporated’ in draft Tweed LEP 2010’. This was because council staff were unsuccessful ‘in ne-

gotiations with the Department of Planning’. ‘Clauses were specifically drafted by council to manage vegetation protection under the draft LEP so it was consistent with the Native Vegetation Act [but] they were eventually removed from the draft plan following instruction from the department,’ he said. Former councillor Henry James, who has studied the draft LEP, has praised Mr Connell for being up-front about the department’s refusal to provide the council with powers to control illegal clearing.

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New Tweed plan a real worry says mayor Tweed mayor Warren Polglase has raised concerns over the reduction in environmental protection and urged landowners and residents to make submissions on the draft Local Environment Plan (LEP). The exhibition period for the LEP and the draft Tweed City Centre LEP has been extended by council to April 30. ‘All NSW councils have faced or are facing the challenging of rolling their existing zoning controls into the new ‘one size fits all’ State government template,’ Cr Polglase said. ‘The reality is that to gain State government approval to place the draft LEP on exhibition, there needed to be some sort of compromise on the details of the zonings.

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‘Unfortunately, one of the results of this compromise in the Tweed is a major reduction in environmental zones and possible loss of protection against land clearing,’ he said. The area of land protected through environmental protection zoning is proposed to be reduced from 13,600 hectares under the current LEP adopted in 2000 to 5,600 hectares under the draft LEP 2010. ‘That is 8,000 hectares of land, which is mostly located in the west of the shire – which will no longer be covered by an environmental protection zoning,’ Cr Polglase said. ‘Another major change in the draft LEP is the new way of expressing height in metres rather than storeys,’ he said.

‘We need to know what the community thinks before we can form a council position.’ The plans are available on council’s website www.tweed. nsw.gov.au and through static displays at council offices in Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads, Kingscliff Library, Burringbar Real Estate, Tyalgum General Store and Pottsville and Uki Community and Technology Centres (CTCs). ‘I encourage people to have a look then ring up our planning officers and ask questions about the impact of any proposed changes on your property or on the shire as a whole,’ the mayor said. Council’s Planning Reform Unit can be contacted on 02 6670 2503.

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New or lost pets now online Making waves the family way Tania Phillips

Arnie, the Echo receptionist (right) has found other means of linking dogs with prospective (or lost) partners, thanks to a new Tweed Shire Council initiative. Photo Jeff ‘Dogs Breath’ Dawson

A new website now allows Tweed residents to find a new or lost pet. The new Tweed Shire Council website was recently launched at the Stotts Creek pound and enables photos and details of the pets to be posted by owners or potential pet owners. The website also lists impounded animals, collected by council rangers after becoming lost or separated from their owners.

The new service helps those seeking a particular breed to regularly check the website rather than phoning or visiting the pound.

‘A good match’ But interested people are urged to interact with the animal at the pound first to see if they are ‘a good match’. Dogs and cats which have previously been microchipped are kept at the pound for a minimum of 14 days, while

those animals without microchips, for a minimum of seven days. Those who have lost pets can also use the free service by posting details such as a description and microchip number and a photo. To access the information, go to www.tweed.nsw.gov.au and click on ‘Community’, then ‘Animal Regulations’, followed by ‘Impounding Facility’. There is also a link to Friends of the Pound website.

It was a case of ‘like father, like son’ for Pottsville surfers Mal and Coen Mackay as the pair carved up the waves at the 27th annual Malfunction Surf Festival at Kingscliff last weekend. The duo were among the more than 260 entries that the five-day, surfing, movie and fun festival attracted this year. ‘It was one of the biggest Malfunctions we’ve had for five or six years,’ spokesman Sean McKeown said. For 11-year-old Pottsville Primary year-five student Coen, this year’s event was something special. According to his dad, the keen young surfer is no stranger to the festival as a spectator but this was the first time he was able to join his dad in the surf. ‘He was the youngest competitor and it was his first contest,’ the proud dad enthused. ‘He has been a volunteer at the event for the past two years, helping out selling merchandise and running messages but this year he has been able to surf. ‘He has been surfing for a while but he really started to take it seriously last year or late the year before. He mainly rides shortboards but he likes the Mals too.’

Coen Mackay, front, and his dad Mal at the competition last weekend. Photo Jeff Dawson. To see more Malfunction photos, visit the Echo gallery on www.offmyfacebook.com.au

While Coen was enjoying his first taste of competition in the junior ranks, Mal Mackay took part in the Over 40s. It was his ninth event but he admitted that having his son out there too made it all the more special. ‘It is just the biggest joy to being able to go out surfing together,’ he said. The duo can often be seen catching waves together at Pottsville and Mal said his

five-year-old daughter Faith was already showing interest too. He said his wife Therasio also surfed but didn’t have the time at the moment with three children. However he said once eight-month-old Ephaedra was older, the whole family would probably take to the water on their boards. Who knows, they may even one day compete in the Malfunction together.

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New federally-funded classrooms and extensions at the Sathya Sai Primary School in Murwillumbah officially opened last Friday has trebled the school’s size. School officials welcomed the $850,000 top up funding for the school’s building expansion project from the government’s Building Education Revolution (BER) program which has added seven new classrooms, a learning centre, music room and other facilities. The independent school, the first and only Sathya Sai school in Australia, currently has around 100 students in kindergarten to year six grades, with eight teachers, and is now equipped to increase capacity by around 50 more students. Richmond MP Justine Elliot inspected the heritage-style new buildings of the school after she cut the ribbon at the opening, the second such event she officiated at in the Tweed in just over a week, while scores of parents, staff,

Sathya Sai Primary School principal Leelah Broughton (left), Richmond MP Justine Elliot and school captains Jadess Clark and Lachlan Riolo in one of the new classrooms last Friday.

students and friends mingled over morning tea. The school, established in 1997 on Mt Warning with just nine students, relocated to Murwillumbah two years later then moved to its current premises in Nullum Street in 2001. Two years ago the school

started its staged, long-term building project to shift the rapidly growing school out of its cramped quarters in an old building on the land the school had bought, and the end result, helped by the federal funds, grants and donors, is the new much larger school.

The school integrates stateeducation curriculum with human-values-based teachings espoused by the international Sathya Sai Organisation led by Indian guru and educator Sathya Sai Baba, although 90 per cent of the students are non Sathya Sai members.

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Want to learn about the history of your community while keeping fit? Around 40 people did just that for an hour last Friday morning at Uki as part of the launch of the Uki historical town walk and brochure. Produced by the Uki and South Arm Historical Society in conjunction with the North Coast Area Health Service (NCAHS) and the National Heart Foundation, the brochure is the latest in a series on walks around various villages and locations around the Tweed Valley which are aptly subtitled ‘Walk or Cycle Through History’. The Uki walk was part of Heart Foundation Walking, a national network of free walking groups with volunteer walk organisers and this month, the NCAHS will be training people

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Uki historian Mary Lee Connery points out historic buildings of interest in her village during the launch of the Uki historical town walk and brochure last Friday. Photo Jeff Dawson

group, offered a fascinating insight into the history of the village buildings including the hall, buttery, guesthouse, pub, store and butcher shop. ‘The hall has been well loved and well used over the years, it was used for all sorts of balls, batchelor balls, diggers balls etc, school concerts, weddings, dances, billiards, meetings, movies, just about everything, it was the centre of the village and we hope it stays that way,’ she said. Ms Connery surprised some locals by pointing out that the chimney vent at the rear of the hall was actually a venting system for the old movie projector used in the travelling picture shows that would visit Uki regularly, because the projector gave off too much heat.

She said that in the early days of the village, the cool rooms of the old butter factory were used to keep the pub’s beer kegs cold, and some workers were known to tap them on the sly. NCAHS health promotion officer Liz Patterson said brochures on Tumbulgum and Tyalgum had also been developed. People interested in the history of their community and keeping fit could check out Tweed Shire Council’s website on www.tweed.nsw.gov.au and go to ‘Your Environment’ and select ‘Active Transport’ to view the many historical walks brochures. For more info call Liz on 02 6674 9515 or Julia Gill on 02 6674 9506. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Leda given closed-door access for rescission motion arguments won the day. She says even though the timing appeared to be a coincidence, she reckons her colleagues should provide a bit more balance by giving more support to her moves to invite experts whose views differ from those of the developer. Cr Milne says the reviews mentioned by Mr van Rij were all about environmental matters and did not examine issues such as sustainability and urban design, including smalllot subdivision not seen in the shire before.

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Quick-thinking council staff prevented another gaffe by councillors in their rush to kill off a council resolution calling for an independent assessment of Leda’s plans for satellite towns at Cobaki and Kings Forest. Long-suffering council watchers will recall that Warren Polglase, Dot Holdom and Kevin Skinner moved to quash the inquiry with a rescission motion they lodged at the end of last month’s council meeting. The rules don’t allow rescission motions to be debated until the next council meeting, which effectively put on ice not only the review but two in-depth staff submissions critical of the two green field developments for four weeks. It’s now emerged that council’s public officer Neil Baldwin was forced to intervene to prevent the submissions from being put on the backburner for a further three months by altering the wording of their intended motion before it was put to the meeting. In the end only the part relating to the request for an independent study was rescinded while the submissions were finally despatched,

Tweed Shire Council’s decision-makers, from the left: Dot Holdom, Kevin Skinner, Joan van Lieshout, Katie Milne, Warren Polglase, Phil Youngblutt, Barry Longland. Photo Luis Feliu

some two weeks after Depart- at this month’s council meetment of Planning deadlines ing, he spoke at a closed-door workshop, reportedly saying had expired. Kings Forest alone had been ■■■■The delay also gave Leda’s subject to three independent project manager Reg van Rij studies, two for the council and a unique 11th-hour chance to one for the Minister. Mr van Rij’s timely delivtry to convince wavering councillors of the need to scrap the ery happened only when staff request for an independent as- were forced to reschedule an earlier meeting after some sessment. Just two hours before they councillors sent their excuses, stepped into the public arena but Greens Party councillor to vote on the crucial motion Katie Milne is miffed that his

contributions and whether the object to the department’s ‘apcouncil will be able meet pro- parent lack of uptake of previjected costs of providing infra- ous submissions’ and to put an structure, community facilities inquiry back on the agenda. For a few minutes it seemed and bushland restoration. The report was also supposed she was set for a reversal of to look at ways of addressing fortunes when Cr Skinner perany shortfalls, including lifting formed another backflip and the level of contributions and supported her initiatives, but establishing voluntary plan- she came unstuck when Cr van ning agreements for the two Lieshout swapped sides. The council in the end voted projects. Cr Milne says the council is narrowly to support moves by charging just $16,000 for each Cr Holdom to ask the Minisof the estimated 11,000 blocks ter to ‘consider requesting’ the in the two developments in- developer to submit a detailed stead of an allowable maxi- master plan. ■■■■mum of $20,000, forgoing an It will also ask him to conWhen councillors voted four- estimated $40 million in con- sider referring the two projects three to ditch Cr Milne’s re- tributions which would even- to the Independent Hearing quest for an independent in- tually come from ratepayers. and Assessment Panel, which quiry, they also buried other ■■■■comprises bureaucrats from initiatives which previously They also had to counter a various government agencies, had majority support until Cr last-ditch effort by Cr Milne to for a review. Kevin Skinner was persuaded by unnamed colleagues to perform his embarrassing backflip. They included calls on the Minister to consult more with the community to familiarise residents with the new housing types proposed and a review of the way developer contribu tions are calculated. The councillors also over turned a request to staff to advise them of the total amount which will be collected from

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cation processes. Council will advertise the development application and during this period residents will have the opportunity to provide submissions to council regarding the proposal. Residents are also welcome to contact our planning consultant Daly International whose details are provided below.

We hear community concern about EME issues Optus adheres to national public health regulations and operates its networks at power levels significantly below safety limits. All mobile phone base stations are required to comply with strict regulations on public exposure limits. These limits are set out in the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation – Human Exposure) Standard 2003 and are administered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) –

The Standard is based on safety limits that have been set by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), an agency of the Federal Government. Carriers operating mobile base stations require a licence to do so and compliance with licence conditions is mandatory. A summary of the predicted RF EME levels has been prepared and is publicly available on the Mobile Carriers Forum National Site Archive at www. rfnsa.com.au/nsa/index.cgi by searching for Tyalgum. A copy will also be provided to Tweed Shire Council in the upcoming development application. Predictions indicate that at the location of maximum exposure to the surrounding community, the maximum level of EME from the 30m high monopole, when at maximum power, will be just 0.058% of the permitted Australian Government Standard.

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The terrible temptations of Tony oor Tony Abbott. As if life wasn’t already confusing enough, now his backers Volume 2 #29 April 1, 2010 want him to change his ways yet again. The Mad Monk’s career has always been a series of dilemmas and contradictions, and it must be admitted that he This edition appears on April 1, so we’ve had some fun with the is yet to resolve even the most front page. Sometimes laughter is the only response you can make longstanding of them. when people take themselves too seriously. Many decades after abanTweed Shire Council takes itself very seriously. Elected in 2008 doning the seminary for the after a period of administration brought about by developer soapbox, Abbott remains funding of candidates’ campaigns, the new council was naturally torn between the sacred and determined to be above board and squeaky clean. Unfortunately, the secular. His continuing the way they have tried to accomplish this is by preventing the doubts could be seen not only free flow of information and by bringing footling charges of as anti-democratic, but almost misconduct against each other before a secret and unrepresentaas blasphemous; after all the tive panel. Naturally these activities tend to provoke paranoia and doctrine of the separation of self-righteousness. church and state relies on the Now it appears this atmosphere is to be extended to all who highest authority. have anything to say publicly about council. How else are we to Jesus said: ‘Render unto Caeinterpret the fact that after the recent community access session sar that which is Caesar’s and three people received letters from a council officer apparently acunto God that which is God’s.’ cusing them of some unspecified transgression? It could hardly be clearer. But We have copies of the speeches made by these members of Abbott still has trouble drawing the public and we are assured they did not significantly depart the line and his political career from their texts. We also have the opinion of journalists from two continues to suffer as a result of different news organisations that they heard nothing in the access his religious zeal. session that could be construed as derogatory or slanderous. The impasse also colours his And yet the letter quotes a section from the Code of Meetsocial attitudes, which tend to ing Practice prohibiting allegations of misconduct and libellous swing wildly between the ulremarks and then goes on, ‘Should there be any similar instances tra-conservative and the freeof derogatory remarks or allegations being made within any future wheeling liberal. Earlier this Community Access sessions, you may be requested to conclude month he confessed that he felt your presentation in accordance within [sic] the terms of these ‘threatened’ by homosexuality: sections.’ ‘Gays and lesbians challenge the Obviously there cannot be ‘similar instances’ of anything until orthodox notions of the right there is a first instance of something, and yet no actual instance of order of things,’ he avowed, in improper behaviour from the public in community access sessions tones that could have come has even been alleged, let alone proved. It would be quite understraight out of Leviticus. But standable for the people who received this ill-considered letter to then last week he appeared at feel threatened and bullied. In fact, one of them has already said the Melbourne Radio station that she would hesitate to speak up again. JOY FM to insist that he was One might ordinarily dismiss this incident as the solitary work of a great defender of gay rights a self-important underling. But the contents of the letter have been and that he had lots of gay defended in another paper by a second bureaucrat, using much friends – well, at least three, the same terms, and it would be straining credulity to think that it and that wasn’t even counting is not the view of both senior staff and the majority of councillors. Alan Jones. These men and women should understand that they do not But even this tergiversation work for, or sit on, council for their own convenience. It is not was simple compared to what style and propriety ratepayers are looking for, but substance and is now being demanded of achievement. If they cannot provide the latter – and so far they him: less action man and more have spectacularly failed – then there will be an even greater policy wonk. It seems so unvolume of criticism. Falsely accusing passionate but polite environ- fair: the Murdoch press which mental advocates of being disrespectful simply encourages the is now demanding that he settle perception that there is no answer to their legitimate concerns. down into the role of serious And if that is the case, no amount of fiddling with meeting codes and sober statesman was previto stifle public expression of disquiet will save this council from the consequences. – David Lovejoy, publisher

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ously the greatest promoter of his natural, he-man approach to the job which it contrasted enthusiastically with that of the grey, spin-obsessed prime minister. His unbridled physicality was supposed to appeal hugely to the laidback Australian voter, and especially to the women who might otherwise have been repelled by his Captain Catholic persona. The Australian’s resident dominatrix, Janet

bott supplements his populist firebrand image with the assurance and reliability the public expects from a Prime Minister. He needs to reflect deeply on this multidimensional issue in its personality and policy aspects.’ Well, that must have given the lad something to think about during the Port Macquarie triathlon on Sunday in which he was beaten by two hours by some bloke two years older than himself who just

Abbott remains torn between the sacred and the secular. His continuing doubts could be seen not only as anti-democratic, but almost as blasphemous.

by Mungo MacCallum Albrechtsen, wrote breathlessly of his prowess as a surfer, boxer, cyclist and fighter of bushfires; she was all but orgasmic about his sheer hairiness. With a pelt like that, who needed policies? But belatedly these same pundits have decided that policies are important after all, especially if Abbott is to have an outside chance of winning an election. Thus John Howard’s former guru Arthur Sinodinis (now howling with Rupert’s hyenas) advises Abbott to switch from the ‘crazy-brave populist’ to the ‘Oxford-educated thinker’, and swap the Speedos and lycra for the suit and tie. Sinodinis refrained from suggesting that a spot of depilation might also help, but his message was unmistakable and reinforced by an editorial in the Weekend Australian: ‘To win power he must craft a more positive image and show real leadership to a broader group of Australians.’ Janet Albrechtsen, apparently, was no longer enough. Paul Kelly, even more pompous, pontificated in the same paper: ‘The test is whether Ab-

happened to be named Rudd. But even before that event Abbot made it clear that he was not going to stop doing what came naturally to him, and that certainly included hitting the beaches, the cycle paths and the jogging tracks. The defiant response must have come as a relief to charity groups like the one which auctioned a pair of Abbott’s budgie smugglers on eBay. These raised more than $2,000 after being worn on a mere two kilometre swim, a terrific precedent; just think what Abbott’s jock strap might bring in after the week long Pollie Pedal? You could just about retire Barnaby Joyce’s imaginary ‘net debt gross public and private’. And speaking of Barnaby Joyce, his demotion (and let’s not pretend it was anything else) may not solve all Abbott’s problems. Getting him out of Finance was imperative, but finding a spot for what the leader describes as his ‘rare political talent’ proved harder. After all, there are not many portfolios for which loud-mouthed igno-

rance is a prerequisite. Regional Development, Infrastructure and Water obviously seemed the best fit: Joyce is now to be sent barnstorming around the countryside unleashing torrents of uninformed and probably inaccurate abuse, hopefully out of sight and sound of the national media. He will undoubtedly contradict Abbott’s policy on water (Abbott favours a federal takeover of the Murray Darling system while the Nationals and the irrigators do not) but this should prove less of a problem than his economic gaffes. And at least he will be out of the way. Of course the opportunity to get rid of him was caused by the unexpected resignation of Senator Nick Minchin, which will pose its own problems. If Cardinal George Pell is Abbott’s personal confessor in matters spiritual, then the sinister senator performed the same role in matters temporal; he was always the grey eminence lurking behind Abbott’s leadership. No doubt he will continue to lurk, but his absence from cabinet meetings will remove Abbott’s most powerful ally. The moderates, led by Joe Hockey and Chris Pyne (who refers to his fellow crow-eater in terms which are unprintable even in the most enlightened media) must be delighted. And what about the biggest moderate of all, Malcolm Turnbull? Suddenly Abbott’s rejection of his comeback offer looks less like prudent politics and more like a touch of funk. Minchin will also be missed in his role as opposition senate leader, a position in which his unquestioned authority helped restrain his coalition colleague, National Party senate leader Barnaby Joyce. His replacement, Eric Abetz, does not have the same clout. As his name implies, where Minchin took the lead, Eric merely abets.

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Tweed planning now lies at the mercy of developers has been limited to some discussion about multi-storey development for central Tweed Heads and Murwillumbah and Development Control Plans for a few villages. There has not been any shirewide strategic community consultation for a decade (Tweed Futures). The new LEP does not follow the Section 117 directive, concerning no decrease of Environmental Protection Zones or the recommendations concerning wildlife corridors shown in the Far North Coast (FNC) Regional Conservation Plan. Planning staff, consultants and stake-holder planning committees like the Tweed Vegetation Management Plan Committee have been working for years to accurately identify, plan and map for comprehensive bushland habitat and corridor protection. The Vegetation Management Plan Bushland Mapping Layer was not adopted via amendment 21 in the LEP 2000. It is proposed that the Bushland Layer will now be adopted via a new Biodiversity Development Control Plan. But this measure may not

offer as much protection as the also keep in mind that Crs PolEnvironmental Protection Zo- glase and Youngblutt received nes in the current LEP 2000. massive donations from the Hop E Hopkins developer of Kings Forest and Coordinator Cobaki Lakes, who donated Caldera Environment Centre $80,000 in the 2004 election campaign to the so called Bal■I am calling on the com- ance Team. munity to demand the state There are serious ethigovernment uphold the re- cal questions about either of quest for an independent ex- these councillors voting on pert review for Kings Forest these developments, despite and Cobaki Lakes, despite Cr Youngblutt not being electthis amendment, passed at ed for that council. The entire the February Council meet- council was sacked largely ing, being voted down at the due to the siphoning of such March meeting. developer funds through this The state government must Tweed Directions campaign. look closely at the peculiar It would have been a very outcomes emanating from different vote for these two this council. In a strange twist mini cities if Crs Polglase a similar motion subsequently and Youngblutt had removed proposed was also voted down themselves from the vote as but this time Cr Skinner, who called for by the community. supported the original amend- Instead they relied on an exment but then rescinded it, tremely questionable loophole changed sides again to sup- that excused them from deport the new amendment. If claring any conflict of interest Cr van Lieshout, who sup- after four years. ported the original amendI ask in what other sphere ment, would have supported are people excused from pay this second amendment, and back obligations after four not also changed sides, this years for such enormous sums second amendment would involved? have gone through. It would also have been a The state government must very different outcome if Cr Holdom, who ran on a community campaign, had voted Letters to the Editor the way her supporters have Fax: 6672 4933 Email: editor@tweedecho.com.au Deadline: Noon, Tuesday Letters longer than 200 words may be cut and pseudonyms are not acceptable. Please include your full name, frequently lamented that they expected her too. address and phone number. Recently there was a global hoo-ha reaching all the way to the US Congress because Toyota Corollas were found to have faulty accelerators. The Tweed LEP is also an accident waiting to happen because it has (at least) two fundamental faults: a oneway accelerator (big increases in building heights) and no brakes (a 60 per cent reduction in Environmental Protection Zones). Forget about ecological sustainability or environmental protection, this plan is all about unrestrained development, more greenfield sites and shirewide increases in building heights. The ‘development at any cost’, ‘onward and upward’ and ‘the sky’s the limit’ scenario is apparently the work of faceless and placeless bureaucrats who seem to be directed by a cabal of developer bodies who tell politicians and planning elites what they want. This is not an Environmental Plan tailored to suit local conditions but a state-mandated template designed to maximise development. Community consultation

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The developer, Bob Ell, has made massive donations to both the state and federal Labor and Liberal parties as well as to candidates for the last council. Even further scandal in this whole process has erupted with the unearthing by Senator Ian Cohen of advice from the Department of Environment in 2006, suppressed by then planning minister Frank Sartor, that the entire southern and northeastern side of Kings Forest should be preserved as environmental protection zoning. Minister Sartor was later removed from his ministry, but is now reinstated as environment minister thanks to premier Keneally. The Tweed community has lost faith in both the local and state governments. Council is yet to be advised by the state

government of the outcome of the January meeting where I did manage to get a motion passed to request an independent organisation to undertake a full and thorough community consultation process on these developments. The only way to redeem this situation with any integrity is through a truly independent review by a reputable organisation, such as the Sydney University Institute of Sustainable Futures. Please write to the premier and planning minister Tony Kelly now if you want to see real consultation on these subdivisions, improved sustainability and environmental outcomes, and better social planning for our future. Cr Katie Milne

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■ I wonder how many people are aware that the largest koala colony in the Tweed was at Round Mountain, before the major bush fires at the end of last year, that is? That leaves Kings Forest as the largest koala colony remaining in the Tweed. And a massive housing development is about to be approved there for up to 40,000 people and their small dogs. There is no provision in the current plan for overpasses or underpasses, exclusion fences and so on for the koalas and other wildlife to cross the six-lane highway going through there. Some of the koalas’ favourite trees will be removed and they will be expected to live on the golf course (which of course will be sprayed with carcinogenic, neurotoxic herbicides). How the hell are they supposed to survive when a loss of only 1-2 per cent of their population will cause the koalas to stop breeding due to

stress? Losing their favourite tree can cause them to stress. In case you think this is not true, check out the CSIRO report titled Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. With less than 60,000 koalas left in the wild, they really should be classified as threatened, not vulnerable. The number one threat to koalas is habitat loss and humans are doing most of that. Second and third are respectively cars and dogs. Koalas in SE Queensland are predicted to be locally extinct in a mere two years’ time. At the rate we are going the Tweed will follow in its footsteps. Please write to Minister of Planning (sharon.armstrong@ lpma.nsw.gov.au) and copy to Tweed Shire Council - tsc@ tweed.nsw.gov.au) and urgently request that Kings Forest be reclaimed by the government and left as a wildlife preserve. There are a total of 450 species, 30 of which are threatened and

endangered in Kings Forest. Since Australia has the worst record for wildlife extinctions in the world, and this is the Year of Biodiversity, isn’t it time we said enough?

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do they expect their fans to do when imitation is supposedly the highest form of flattery. Shame on those in NSW who continue to glorify speed and greed.

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Hoons and the rally Those who claim that car rallies and car racing doesn’t lead to hoon behaviour might care to explain the following published in a Melbourne newspaper this week. Lewis Hamilton: busted doing donuts in Melbourne 2010. Caught speeding at 196kpm in a 130kph zone on a French motorway in 2007. Busted for doing donuts at UK Goodward festival 2009. Mark Webber: caught speeding in his 4WD in Qld in 2003. Michael Schumacher: caught speeding about 40kph above the speed limit in Germany in 2008. Juan-Pablo Montana: lost his licence for driving a 4WD at 204kph in France in 2003. Giancarlo Fisichella: lost his licence for speeding 90kph over the speed limit in Italy in 2005. Eddie Irvine: charged by London police in 2003 for speeding on a scooter. Jenson Button: stopped by French police for speeding in 2003 on his way to the Monaco Grand Prix. If these ‘professionals’ behave like hoons, what on earth

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Uki Despite months of community and inter-agency negotiations, this week (March 29) Forests NSW commenced harvesting timber for woodchipping and high-quality logs in Mumbulla State Forest near Bega on the Far South Coast. It is hard to comprehend that while one arm of government has thrown hundreds of thousands of dollars to locate and document the presence of a small but healthy koala population in a region where extinction was assumed in 2004, another is prepared for business as usual in logging the very trees necessary for the population to persist. Eighteen months ago the

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WOW! went off Tweed Shire Women’s Service (TSWS) recently held their Wow! Gala Ball to celebrate International Women’s Day, and to honour the outstanding achievements of the women of the Tweed. We would like to thank The Echo for providing great coverage and exposure for our event, and helping to make it a success. We greatly appreciate the support your paper provides to our organisation. Nanette Gilbert

TSWS Murwillumbah

Falling apart Recently I watched a documentary called ‘The Crumbling of America’. It was about how America cannot afford to maintain its infrastructure and soon there is will be a major disaster, ie. a bridge collapsing onto a highway, with many, many deaths. This is not the first time I have heard this of America. Michael Moore wrote in one of his books about school buildings all over the States that are condemned or falling apart. It brings to mind how the Tweed is not maintaining its infrastructure already (a great example is Pigabeen Road). Our Tweed Hospital is overloaded and Murwillumbah is being downgraded. Now we are looking for ways to have enough water for the future. Yet the NSW government and Tweed Council still want to crowd thousands more into the Valley. Is this ‘sus-

NSW government released an approved Recovery Plan for the Koala. Little good it has done when the government itself totally disregards what it wants and pushes ahead megadevelopments like Kings Forest and Cobaki. What’s happening in the forests down south may not seem all that relevant to our koalas and other native fauna up here, but it is, as the recently reported preliminary audit of logging operations at Yabbra State Forest for the North East Forests Alliance demonstrated. Friends of the Koala, along with other koala campaigners and conservation groups is calling on Premier Keneally to intervene and stop the logging of Mumbulla State Forest. We encourage you to join us by emailing your objection to the logging to: premier@nsw. gov.au Lorraine Vass

President Friends of the Koala tainable’ for the Tweed? I know of locals who have left the area because it is getting ‘too busy’. Ones that were born here. Why should they feel they have to leave because they are not ‘city’ people? Who truly likes a city? Don’t we live in the Tweed and not the Gold Coast because we love the place the way it is? How many people know how to write a submission? Karen Chadwick

Banora Point

Political funding In response to Lisa Townsend’s personal question about political party funding (Letters, March 25) she is welcome to read my submission to the NSW Inquiry into ‘Electoral and Political Party Funding’ of November, 2007. My position is that taxpayers should fund all candidates. Let’s put some perspective on the subject of electoral funding. Records reveal Leda Holdings Pty Ltd (Bob Ell’s company and owner of Kings Forest and Cobaki Lakes) donated a total of $92,904.45 to the NSW Labor Party, $200 to the NSW National Party and $25,000 to the NSW Liberal Party between January 22, 2003 and January 22, 2007. This averages only $516 per state Labor candidate for both the 2003 and 2007 state elections. For the 2004 Tweed Council election Leda Holdings P/L under the name of North Steyne Investments gave $80,000 to Tweed Directions Inc (Page 37 of the May 2005 Daly Report) to elect pro-developers to our Tweed council. That is, Bob Ell from Sydney donated on average $8,888 per team for the eight fully funded teams and a ninth partly funded team all controlled by Tweed Directions Inc. Now that was a meaningwww.tweedecho.com.au

Letters ful contribution from Sydney for a Tweed Council election. Geoff Provest, who has remained silent on all Tweed developments and our new LEP, spent $186,353 to get elected in 2007 against Neville Newell’s $33,289. Geoff only declared $5,095 of local Tweed contributions, the rest of his funding is a mystery. It just might explain his silence. His party may have to deal with the many changes that will be made to both Leda’s Tweed developments in the future. There will be many. Lisa Townsend, I enjoy reading your letters and would be pleased to read your submission to the above mentioned Political Party Funding Inquiry. Or are you like Tony (No to Reform) Abbott and not interested in any reform to our political funding system as you did not make a submission? Laurie Ganter

Tweed Heads

Light rail the answer A light rail motor-bus system of regular frequent and quick transport linking Byron Bay, Mullumbimby, Billinudgel, Mooball, Burringbar, Stokers Siding and Murwillumbah is needed now. The existing low rail gradient is safer than the highway, suits battery/electric modules with less oil and petrol use and pollution. Power recharge at longer stopping places could be automatic via overhead wire contacting pantographs on

the arriving motor units. S out h Mur w i l lu mb a h would become a major shopping destination with elevated retail complex adjacent to the railway station transport link servicing the increasing population and tourists from these nearby areas. High school students could use the rail motor service, then collect their bikes from area storage and ride to school, thus saving innumerable bus traffic jams. It is well-known that ‘provide transport links/facilities first and then the people will go there’. We need our rail lines kept for essential future infrastructure. J M Jackson

Murwillumbah

Water option deceit Thanks to Cr Milne’s request, council’s submission on the draft Tweed Area Water Sharing Plan was forwarded to Community Working Group (CWG) members of the Tweed District Water Supply Augmentation Project. The submission lodged in October 2009 to the NSW Office of Water in Alstonville seeks permits and the reversal of the Byrrill Creek Dam prohibition. Under the draft plan construction of a Byrrill Creek dam was prohibited and the two pipeline options to the SEQ Water Grid and Rous Water were not permitted under Part 13 clauses 69 to 73. Why has the council chosen

not to be ‘open’ when they have invited the community to lodge submissions on the CWG’s report on social and environmental issues? It is difficult to believe that the NSW Office of Water at Alstonville has given council the wink of approval even before the Minister of Water has signed off the plan. The CWG has opted for the remaining option ‘Raising the Clarrie Hall Dam’, subject to Council advancing National Water Initiatives which recommends the reuse of purified water, greywater and the bulk harvesting of stormwater. Unless these initiatives are adopted now, council will require another costly dam. I encourage the community to write of your concerns to council and to the Minister for Water, the Hon Phillip John Costa (office@costa.minister. nsw.gov.au). Richard W Murray

CWG Environment Representative

Attracting old Martians

Council critics undeterred ■Re: last week’s front page story

‘Council warns critics’. Public servants do what elected representatives tell them to do. Does Mr Polglase seriously expect people to believe that a council officer woke up one day, and decided to send these letters to people, all by himself? If they were ‘intended to remind people of their obligations’, the first four paragraphs were sufficient. That is saying ‘these are the rules’, which is fine. In fact, the letter basically goes on to say, this is what will happen if you break the rules again. It is not about reminding people of the rules, it alleges that they have already been broken. That is quite different. Are public servants allowed to make allegations about people off their own bat? Really? In the interests of full disclosure, I received one of these letters after asking councillors to back a call for a balance sheet on the two massive developments planned for the shire. I still don’t know exactly what I am supposed to have done wrong.

If the proverbial man from Mars arrived in Tweed Shire and read the letters pages of The Echo he would probably conclude that hereabouts there Lisa Townsend are lots of ‘Don’t-ers’ and not so Murwillumbah many ‘Do-ers’. If he were old, he would very likely stay. On the other hand, ■Re: ‘Rates warrior fights on’ in if he were young, he would The Echo of March 25, 2010. The article states that I bankrolled probably go away again. Derek Budd the case. In fact my father Harry Tweed Heads contributed to the costs of that

case, not me. Harry resigned directorship from Gales companies when he ran for council and got great support from the other candidates and the public for a new District Centre at Chinderah. The proposal in the draft LEP to zone the land to industrial will prevent this, and this is another case of the council not informing the community of the consequences of its proposals. I believe that if the council wants to increase the rates that people pay, then the council should inform the community about what the extra rates will be used for. The matter was very controversial at the time, and the judge found that council misled ratepayers. No money should have been wasted in legal fees - the council should have made it clear to the community how much the increase in rates would be and what it would be spent on. That would have saved legal fees and been the right thing to do. I was surprised that no progress or community associations supported Terry Sharples doing what was in the public interest with no financial benefit to him. It has been a lose-lose result, and people just have to cop the ever-increasing rates. If a newspaper is prepared to correct an error or misleading information, how much more

important should it be for the council to do the same? Stephen Segal

Gales-Kingscliff â– I think it’s time our councillors stopped being so precious about their own importance (and thereby need for secrecy) and started doing their job. We’ve got Barry Longland who is so keen to be mayor he is too scared to venture an opinion; Joan Van Lieshout who is so keen to be a Liberal member she is too scared to have an opinion; Dot Holdom who can’t get a grip on reality, let alone hold on; mayor Warren Polglase who is the local Richo and will do ‘whatever it takes’ for the big developers; Kevin Skinner who is more worried about his hairline than the frontline; and Phil Youngblutt who is busy taking elocution lessons. This leaves Katie Milne who received more votes to govern than any other councillor, but spends most of her time being censored and censured by the jealous others who got nowhere near her amount of support. So how about it you guys‌ stop being such a bunch of wussy pedants and start being a council! PS can someone please look the word up for Phil? Thanks.

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15 Minutes of Fame 15 Minutes Of Fame is on again at Stokers Siding Hall this Friday night. Come along for the first anniversary! Aidon Aakelas is set to open the show; he hails from Crystal Creek and is a singer guitarist with a folk rock flavour. Other performers include Ian Burns, just up from Melbourne, with some of his original blues. Geoff Morley will regale with new tales of his many uncles. Loki De Jagger will have you in fits as usual and the irrepressible Nick Wheeler has some new stuff as well. Also for the first time, Maggie Cunningham-Webb will perform. Maggie’s from County Cork and will be reciting poetry, and to finish the show, Big Storm Little Feather, a couple of women, also just up from Melbourne and now living in Burringbar, will play original music on guitar, clarinet and whistle. Also there’s great food from the wonderful hall committee volunteers. If anyone has any photos taken during the last 12 months of the show, the organisers would very much appreciate copies. They could possibly be put them on the website, www.15minutesoffame.net.au/

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Gangajang is the band that wrote the unofficial national anthem Sounds of Then (This is Australia), and have sold over 250,000 records both here in Australia, Brazil and the USA. After 25 years, Gangajang has the original lineup, but live performances are as rare as a surf shop in Kuwait, so this gig is a special event – don’t miss it. They are playing at the Cabarita Sports Club on Saturday April 3.

Wiley Reed Wiley Reed has worked professionally throughout Asia, Europe, South America, the Pacific and the USA. His versatile range of musical genres is extensive from jazz, blues, rock and country to tasteful ballads, as well as spiritual and gospel songs. His golden rule is, ‘I always make sure the folks leave feelin’ better than they did when they came in.’ Live jazz sessions are every Sunday afternoon in the Main Bar, Currumbin RSL at 1.30pm.

Harry Healy Harry Healy has been performing for over 12 years, trekking far and wide and playing countless shows in venues all throughout northern New South Wales, south east Queensland, and the odd overseas venture. Believing that every song should tell a story, Harry draws influence from the truly gifted songwriters like Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Paul Kelly,

a transitional phase of life. ‘Im trying to devote myself to redefining myself as a solo artist, and becoming a better Jools Holland songwriter’ he says. For more Composer, pianist, bandleader see www.mutto.com.au and broadcaster, Jools HolSee him and his band play land is heading our way Friday Friday, April 2, at the Sheoak at Twin Towns. From playing Shack, Fingal from 7pm. pubs in the East End docks as Shoebox a teenage greaser, to leading his rhythm and blues orchestra Within four short years, and selling millions of records, Shoebox has grown from it is his passion for music that the local open mic night to has made Jools Holland into sharing the stage with intera doyen of the music scene. national performers Angus April 2, Twin Towns. and Julia Stone, G.Love and Special Sauce, Ember Swift and Mutto Ozomatli. They have over 400 Guy Mutton aka Mutto has a east coast show behind them, unique vocal style that is as 1500 independant CD sales velvet-smooth as it is rock. and a set list of original music Described by former Australian Idol judge Mark Holden as exJOHN MAYALL APRIL 4 tremely charismatic, with a ‘real’ AT TWIN TOWNS emotion in his voice, Mutto easily captivates audiences with his soulful hard-hitting vocals and exciting stage presence, cementing this Gold Coast singer/songwriter as one of Australias most recognisable and up-and-coming performers. In 2006 Mutto auditioned for the fourth season of Australian Idol where he made the Top 12. Here he performed weekly to a national audience and came ninth in the competition, beating thousands of hopefuls in the process. In 2010, Mutto is out to prove himself as a serious solo artist currently putting finishing touches on his debut EP which features the new single Wish. Produced by local producer Matt Bartlem, mixed by J.R McNeely of Nashville and mastered by Tom Coyne of Sterling Sound in New York, Mutto describes this chapter John Fogerty and The Finn Brothers. Terranora Tavern, Friday at 8pm.

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The Awesome List There’s this tacky old clichĂŠ that says: ‘you need to see everything through the eyes of a child.’ Like most clichĂŠs it seemed like another piece of unwanted but well intended and misdirected parental advice. I never really got it. Until now. Being a 42 year old mother of an 11 month homo sapien is fascinating. I find this time round I’m noticing things that simply passed me by with my other kids. As a 20 year old and 30 year old mother (yes I’ve done it in every decade), I was far too wrapped up in myself, or stoned, or both, to really comprehend those daily milestones of human development. Baby Ivy is currently in the ‘oh my god the world is fricking awesome’ phase. Every time I expose her to a new experience I watch her tiny mind turn inside out in its struggle to fathom the new stimulus. The other day I took her to a toy shop. She sat on the floor lurching up on her

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haaun nch hes w i h an it an extended eext xtteen nde ded haunches with index finger pointing at the shelves stacked with trucks and blocks and dolls and gadgets and she screamed ‘Toooysss!’ She was actually shaking with excitement. It was overwhelming. I could almost hear her thinking ‘this place is awesome. Why didn’t you tell me about this before.’ She sat for about five minutes quivering and shouting in glee, not wanting anything in particular, just enjoying one of life’s many ecstasy baths. I don’t remember feeling like that for a very long time. Hang on, I did start to convulse at Louis Vuitton when they showed me the black patent stilettoes. When it came time to go, to leave the temple of awesome, baby Ivy became stiff, her little body protesting this sudden removal from Nirvana. ‘We just found this place. Why would we leave it? We should live here!’ She had the same reaction to a swing. The simple act of to and fro flipped her out. She

was so happy she screamed and flapped and refused to be lifted out. It’s amazing how non-compliant a small bald Fred Bear-wearing midget can be. When its body says no, it’s almost impossible to get a purchase on it to lift. Swings: another experience to add to the Awesome List. According to the eyes of my child, the world can be divided into two categories: awesome and not awesome. On the awesome list, there are goldfish, a wooden panda, the feeling of grass under your hands, the frothy skirt of the ocean tickling your toes, being naked on sand, standing up by yourself, fish fingers, the Wiggles, Paul Kelly’s Foggy Highway, Dad. Every time my partner or the kids come home they’re greeted like world famous celebrites. If I greeted them with the same enthusiasm they wouldn’t let me get out of the car. I’m so tempted to do it at school pickup: ‘Oh my god, it’s you, I haven’t seen you for six hours. Yay. Come on, check it out. Kiss Mummy.’ On the not so awesome list is the car seat, porridge, shoes, wearing clothes, sleeping alone, Panadol, hats, being made to lie still. I have the faintest glimpse of the memory of being a

child myself and trying to comprehend the world and make sense of it. There’s this feeling of wonder and magic, with every day holding the surprise of some new experience or discovery that would explode my brain into thousands of tiny pieces. The world really was an amazing place. It was an adventure. Now it’s a credit card bill. A sink full of dishes. A new wrinkle. Another five kilos to lose. It’s a cholesterol test. A dog shit to pick up off the pavement. A parking fine. A late assignment. A breast examination. A trolley full of shopping. A sleepless night. A feeling of dissatisfaction. Of disenchantment. Of disconnection. That emotional rapture that happens to my child when she feels grass under her feet has left us. We no longer feel truly, absolutely and brain shatteringly awesome. So I have decided to develop my own ‘Awesome Restoral Therapy’. It’s a simple way to transport yourself back to essential happiness. Go to the beach, take off all your clothes and crawl around on all fours. If that doesn’t work, do a poo and try and have a conversation with a seagull. I’ve tried it, and it’s fricking awesome.

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Mekong Drift and Landscape and Memory ‘Mekong Drift’ and ‘Landscape and Memory’ exhibitions continues this week at the Tweed River Art Gallery. Mekong Drift is an exhibition by artists Karlee Rawkins and Marc Renshaw, who spent three months following the Mekong River through Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam during 2007. They travelled by boat, motorbike, auto rickshaw, bicycle, kayak and bus collecting imagery, photographs, drawings and experiences to inform their work on return to Australia. In contrast, David Kas has created a series of ethereal drawings of landscapes from his memory and imagination to produce ‘Landscape and Memory.’ The Continued on page 28

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Bluesfest the Best This year sees Bluesfest make its way to Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, a brand new home for this world class event. This year Bluesfest is boasting one of the best lineups in years, with Donavan, Jeff Beck, Jack Jonson, Crowded House, Gypsy Kings, Buena Vista Social Club, Buddy Guy and much much more. With a lineup that encapsulates some of the best music from all over the globe, it’s impossible to really do the festival justice without publishing a small book. At 21, the festival has come of age. Get yourself out there and become part of the story of a festival that you can tell your kids about. Heck, you can bring your kids!

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The RocKwiz team is breaking out of the confines of the Gershwin Room and hitting the stage at Bluesfest for three amazing shows on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights! In case you didn’t already know, Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis host Australia’s premier music trivia quiz show recorded live in St Kilda’s hallowed Gershwin Room, deep in the bosom of the legendary Esplanade Hotel. Each episode of RocKwiz gob smacks its audience with two mystery musical maestros. Four extremely lucky punters from the audience, having survived the preliminary ‘death match’, have little time to bask in the honour before said maestros storm the stage for epic solo performances. No one is unsure of the incredible stakes (bragging rights) when Brian unleashes Julia on the stage and the two teams are pitted against each other in six rounds of fearsome music trivia! And just when you think this is too much entertainment for even the most jaded viewer we ice the cake and astound you with entirely live music! That’s right. The RocKwiz

Thanks to the initiatives of previous owner Karin Oxford and the willingness of Festival Director Peter Noble to continue the good work, Bluesfest has been recognised as an international winner in The Greener Festival awards. Awarded last September, this The new site at Tyagarah – Photo Tao Jones was for an impressive three years in a row, more than any other Australian festival – and a tribute to the event’s ongoing and long-term commitment to environmental sustainability. Bluesfest also just won the Rhythms Magazine Readers Poll for ‘Best Australian Festival’ for the 16th time. Way to go and thank you to everyone who voted for us! Bluesfest was also the first music festival to be nominated for a prestigious Australian Events Award. Bluesfest was nominated for the Best Cultural or Arts Event alongside the Sydney Festival 2009 and Adelaide Fringe 2009. The award eventually went to the 16th Biennale of Sydney. Bluesfest was also recently nominated as the Best Overseas Festival in the UK Festival Awards! Unlike any other Australian event, Bluesfest has twice had the honour of being nominated as Best International Music Festival by US concert bible ‘Pollstar’ in 2005 and 2006 alongside world renowned events such as Britain’s Glastonbury and Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival. And closer to home, Bluesfest has twice won the prestigious Helpmann Award for Best Contemporary Music Gipsy Kings – Crossroads Saturday 10.30pm Festival in Australia, also in 2005 and 2006.

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THE GIPSY KINGS The Gipsy Kings are that rare thing – a household name famous solely for their music. Without peer, they are the planet’s most successful world music artists, and probably the best flamenco guitar artists in the world too! While they are the most successful French music group in history and they have sold more than 18 million albums worldwide, the Gipsy Kings make music as communion, artistry rooted in the past yet focused on the future. The Gipsy Kings consist of two bands of brothers: the Reyes (Nicolas, Canut, Paul, Patchaï, André) and the Baliardos (Tonino, Paco, Diego). Initially, the Reyes and Baliardos busked on the streets of Cannes, and played weddings and parties, flavouring flamenco with Western pop and Latin rhythms. When an American admirer told the band their name Los Reyes meant ‘The Kings’ in English they realised they were born to be Gipsy Kings. In 1987 their self titled debut album introduced the world to rumba gitano – the sound of South America’s rumba rhythm married to flamenco guitars – and the track ‘Bamboleo’ was a huge international hit. Since then the Kings have never stopped singing to the world. Today the Gipsy Kings still live with their families in the south of France. Life may have changed for them – they no longer busk on streets or pick crops when times are hard or travel in caravans – but still, at heart, they remain Gypsies, the proud descendants of an ancient people who seduced the world with music and dance. On their new album, Pasajero, the Gipsy Kings continue their epic musical journey. When the Gipsy Kings hit Byron Bay over Easter 2010, they are sure to set your soul on fire!

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JEFF BECK ‘Family Reserve’ and ‘Her First Mistake.’ That Who is the guitar player’s guitar would be plenty for any composer to base player, the man that has inspired a career on, but Lovett was also capable of so many greats, the man regarded both flat-out humour – ‘That’s Right (You’re by many as the world’s finest guitar Not From Texas)’, ‘Here I am’, ‘Church’ – and player? The answer is Jeff Beck. Beck heartbreakers that were poignant without burst onto the music scene in 1966 ever descending into sentimentality – after joining the Yardbirds. Although ‘She’s Already Made Up Her Mind’, ‘Nobody his stint with the band lasted only 18 Knows Me’, and ‘The Road To Ensenada’. months, Beck played on almost all of What emerged was a picture of a smart the group’s hits and his innovative and complicated man, whose good humor style, heard on classics like ‘Heart and generosity of spirit were holding back Full of Soul’ and ‘Shapes of Things’, a darker character. Out of such tensions, helped influence the psychedelic many artists are born. Lovett also displays sound of the ‘60s. At the height of the a literary talent that has made him part Yardbirds’ popularity in 1967, Beck of the tradition of American ironists. This left the group and embarked upon is probably the aspect of Lovett that an unpredictable journey of musical interested director Robert Altman, who cast discovery that has lasted nearly four him in four films – The Player, Short Cuts, decades, as an Epic recording artist. Pret-a-Porter and Cookie’s Fortune. His wry During that time, Beck has left his observations and fantastic song-writing distinctive mark on hard rock, jazzJeff Beck– Crossroads Friday 9.00pm will stay with you for many years to come. fusion and modern music history. While many of his contemporaries are satisfied with musical inertia, Beck added to his legacy as an innovator with the release of his 14th album, simply titled Jessica Mauboy could well be the most exciting young artist in ‘Jeff’ which reflects how Beck’s fascination with electronic music Australia right now. She counts Beyonce as a big fan, recently continues to evolve. A rare breed of guitarist, like Chuck Berry won a whole stack of Deadly Awards (Album and Single of the and Jimi Hendrix, Beck is not only compelling for what he plays, Year, plus Female Artist of the Year and APRA Song of the Year) but for how he plays it. While some guitar players use racks of and is nominated for several ARIAs too – a massive seven in fact, gear to create sound, Beck prefers a simple, natural approach which is the most ever for an Aboriginal artist. The real deal, that emphasises manual dexterity over gadgets. As Eric Clapton Mauboy virtually hasn’t stopped since being proclaimed runneronce said, ‘With Jeff, it’s all in his hands.’ Like few guitarists before up on 2006’s tightly contested fourth season of Australian Idol. him, Beck plays the entire guitar. Using his fingers instead of In 2008, Jessica released her debut album, Been Waiting which a guitar pick for greater speed and control over the fretboard, has racked up platinum sales and four hit singles. Jessica coBeck adds deft twists of the volume and tone knobs to shape wrote many of the tracks on the album and her song ‘Running the notes as he’s playing them and further bends sounds into a Back’ has been nominated for an APRA award. Born in Darwin, rubbery tangle with his controlled cruelty on the whammy bar. the striking Mauboy boasts a unique heritage. Jessica’s father Make sure you catch this amazing musician at Bluesfest! has a Timorese Indonesian background, while her mother is an Indigenous Australian. Prior to Idol she won the country – yes, country – Road To Tamworth. Jessica still has a soft spot for country and western queens Dolly Parton and Patsy Cline. This is a rare treat for Bluesfest fans! ‘Growing up, there were so many different kinds of music.’ she Lyle Lovett is one of the all-time great says. ‘I grew up in the backyard singing with my relatives, my American singer/songwriters. In his family, and they were my influences, too. My family introduced work two roads come together, the trail me to different music, and I took it on board. Country music blazed by the great Texas storytellers is always going to be the roots of my career.’ In 2009, the of whom Townes Van Zandt and Guy accolades have kept coming for Jessica, who was also voted Clark are the best known, and the ‘Best Aussie’ at the MTV Australia Awards in March where crooked highway navigated by she performed to a worldwide audience of millions across sophisticated wise-asses such 162 countries. 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The Swell Season is the Oscar-winning duo of Frames front man Glen Hansard and Czech pianist and vocalist Marketa Irglova. This Australian visit for Bluesfest follows mesmerising Australian performances in early 2009, including multiple sold out Sydney Opera MOJO STAGE House concerts in January. The new Swell 10.00pm Jack Johnson Season album, the sensational Strict Joy, 8.30pm Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club is the follow up to their Once film and 7.00pm Donavon Frankenreiter soundtrack. Marketa and Glen acted in 5.30pm Newton Faulkner the film out of necessity – otherwise it 4.00pm Galactic featuring Cyril Neville wouldn’t have been made. The film seemed 2.30pm Old Crow Medicine Show a perfect chance to bring a new audience 1.15pm Carney Noon Grace Barbè to Glen’s music, and introduce Marketa’s. CROSSROADS STAGE Miraculously the plan worked and people 10.30pm Gipsy Kings responded not only to the movie but the 8.45pm Lyle Lovett music as well. Once centred on two star7.00pm Bela Fleck’s African Project crossed musicians, ‘him’ a Dublin street feat. Oumou Sangare busker, ‘her’ a pianist from eastern Europe, 5.30pm John Mayall who in the course of a brief few weeks 4.00pm Joe Bonamassa make a record, fall in love, decide against 2.30pm The Flatlanders Donavon Frankenreiter acting on it and go their separate ways. The 1.15pm Josh White Jr – Mojo Saturday 7.00pm Noon Clayton Doley’s Organ Donors film, shot in two weeks in Dublin without permits on a few handy cams, was far more art house than Hollywood, making JAMBALAYA STAGE their adventure all the more unbelievable. 10.15pm Lil Band O’ Gold As buzz around the film grew so did the 8.30pm Renee Geyer belief that their characters, ‘him’ and ‘her’ 7.00pm Jon Cleary: Piano, Bass & Drums were indeed the lives of Glen and Marketa. The Swell Season – Mojo Friday 5.30pm 5.30pm Troy Cassar-Daley Once became the surprise hit of Sundance 4.00pm Umphrey’s McGee 2007 and won the World Audience Cinema Award. For many the duo 2.30pm The Greencards shot to fame overnight after performing on the 80th Academy Awards 1.15pm Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea and taking home the Oscar for their song, ‘Falling Slowly’ from the film Noon Hat Fitz

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AVETT BROTHERS A favourite support choice for the Dave Matthews Band, the Avett Brothers have ‘next big thing’ written all over them. Their major label debut album (their sixth overall) has just been released on Sony and was produced by Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Jakob Dylan, Tom Petty). This excellent record further cements their intriguing southern roots sound which the San Francisco Chronicle describes as having the ‘heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop concision of Buddy Holly, the tuneful jangle of the Beatles, the raw energy of the Ramones.’ Festival Director Peter Noble is already betting they will be the talk of the festival! There is no harmony like brotherly harmony. Something indelible in the weave of voices and play of sensibilities is stamped into the fraternal DNA and also stems from a lifetime of shared experiences. You can clearly hear fraternal magic at Avett Brothers work on I and Love and You, which is – Mojo Thursday 6.00pm, Friday 7.00pm the Avett Brothers’ big-label debut – a rootsy amalgam of folk, country, bluegrass, rock and pop with a jab of punk-style dynamics here and there. Avett Brothers are a grassroots phenomenon, pioneers of ‘punkgrass’, built from the ground up. See them at Bluesfest and just try and wipe the smile from your face!

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Yet another classic artist is visiting Australia for the Bluesfest 21st Anniversary party and select sideshows. Born Henry St. Claire Fredericks in Harlem, New York, in 1942, blues-legend Taj Mahal grew up in Massachusetts. You could call Taj a singer, composer, producer, two-time Grammywinner, world-class musical collaborator, musicians’ advocate, world traveller, fisherman or cigar aficionado. These titles are all accurate, yet none convey the warmth, humour, and soulfulness of Taj and his music. Taj has been playing his own distinctive brand of music – variously described as Afro-Caribbean blues, folkworld-blues, hula blues, folk-funk, and a host of other hyphenations – for more than 40 years. A 2009 inductee into the Blues Hall of Fame, Taj Mahal has received a huge nine Grammy Award nominations over his career, and had won two of these. The first in 1997 with Best Contemporary Blues Album for

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RENEE GEYER An absolute Australian legend, Renee Geyer is a consummate entertainer with a proud body of work that still transfixes a room with the power of her song. Her career began around 1971 in Sydney, when a girlfriend took her along to the rehearsal of friends who were forming a band. From there, things began to snowball. Her reputation found its way to America and led to an invitation to record an album in Los Angeles with famed Motown producer Frank Wilson. While the album Movin’ Along

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provided another hit at home, in America ‘Heading in the Right Direction’ created confusion. R&B stations loved the record, but didn’t know what to do when they discovered Geyer was a white Jewish girl from Australia. For the next few years, Geyer bounced between Australia and America and released albums, which include So Lucky, Difficult Woman and Sweet Life. Her career has never stalled. Now an ARIA ‘Hall Of Fame’ member, Renee Geyer released her career-spanning album Reneessance in 2009. RenĂŠe sings as if she’s feeling every song for the first time; reconfirming her unassailable position as Australia’s premier soul vocalist.

THE FRAY Here is another ‘next big thing’ for you, and a treat for Bluesfest fans of all ages. It’s been a whirlwind couple of years for The Fray, the Denver-based quartet whose earnest and melodic songs have been striking a huge chord with audiences around the world. Formed in 2002 by Isaac Slade (vocals, piano) and Joe King (guitar, vocals), The Fray owe all of their early success to their organic, grassroots beginnings. In other words, they did it the old fashioned way: they earned it. It’s a story you don’t hear much anymore these days: local area gigs led to enthusiastic local press and local radio support. Of course, the band’s second album simply called The Fray, followed suit in 2009 and peaked at the number one spot on the Billboard charts selling 179,000 copies in its first week! The album went on top reach #3 on our ARIA charts and has achieved Gold status in Australia. Make sure you see The Fray live at Bluesfest and witness this chapter in a great band’s career. But, to be sure, it is the first chapter in the story of a band that promises to be around for a long, long time.

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What can you say about this Bluesfest favourite and absolute blues legend? Buddy Guy is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a chief guitar influence to rock titans like Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, and Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to that city’s halcyon days of electric blues. While firmly ensconced in his blues roots, Guy has always tried to keep his music looking forward – even at the risk of alienating lovers of traditional blues sounds. His last album, Bring ‘Em In, found Guy trading licks with the likes of Carlos Santana and John Mayer on a set of songs featuring covers of classic soul songs. On his latest album, Skin Deep, Guy offers an endorsement to such younger players as pedal steel virtuoso Robert Randolph and husband-and-wife guitar slingers Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. These musicians serve as a living response to the question Guy raises on the song ‘Who’s Gonna Fill Those Shoes,’ featuring pre-teen guitar whiz Quinn Sullivan, in which he reflects on the future of the blues beyond his revolutionary generation. ‘I just try to get the best players, and hope I can pop the top off this can and show that the blues are back,’ he says. ‘I learn from them – bring them in and see what they can do. And these guys got me feeling like when I was 22 years old and went into the studio with Muddy Waters.’ Buddy has received five Grammy Awards, 23 WC Handy Blues Awards (the most any artist has received), the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Yet despite this long list of achievements, Buddy Guy and his music remain as vital as ever.

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affinity for hip-hop beats’ and Rolling Stone praising ‘…Butler at his brand new best, blending his influences into a sound that John Butler has become a fantastic defining artist at Bluesfest is all his own.’ And what influences they are: Bob Marley, Martin and has been with us for a long time, moving from our smaller Luther King Jr, Jeff Lang, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Sabbath, stages to today, where he headlines our main stage. He is Noam Chomsky, and Buckminster Fuller to name a few. The John Australia’s number one independent musician and someone very Butler Trio was a favourite at iconic festivals like Fuji Rock Festival, much at home at Bluesfest. But in 1998 John Butler was busking Glastonbury, Boonaru, Big Day Out and at Coachehella, where solo on the streets of Fremantle, WA. Fast forward a decade and Bruce Fessier of USA Today proclaimed, ‘John Butler revealed he became Australia’s most successful independent artist with himself to be arguably the finest guitarist at the Festival’. In 2009 his own label, Jarrah Records, scoring a staggering 800,000 the new line-up for the trio was announced as bass player Byron CD sales. John Butler is also a three time ARIA award winner, Luiters, who has been a member of Sydney outfit The Ray Man including two in 1997 for the Grand National album which Three, and drummer and percussionist, Nicky Bomba, who was scooped Best Independent Release and Best Blues and Roots the principal drummer on the band’s five time platinum album Release, as well as garnering high praise from the Washington Sunrise Over Sea. The John Butler Trio’s fifth studio album, April Post, which described his music as ‘sauntering boogies with Uprising, will be released in 2010.

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Bluesfest is extremely proud to present Crowded House for the first time ever in 2010. One of our region’s greatest ever bands, Crowded House don’t perform all that often, making their appearance at Bluesfest 2010 a real event! With incredible songs ranging from ‘Weather With You’ and ‘Four Seasons In One Day’, to ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’, ‘Fall At Your Feet’ and ‘Locked Out’ – this band is one for the ages. Back to their best following their 2007 reunion and studio album of new critically acclaimed material, Time on Earth, Crowded House are ready to shake up Byron Bay over Easter. The band also has their new 2010 album due early in the year, so there will be even more exciting new material to showcase along with their hits! So how did it all happen? The tragic death of original drummer Paul Hester in 2005 further concentrated main songwriter Neil Finn’s mind: ‘I thought, these relationships that you have in your life are rare and precious. Why wouldn’t you just grab them?’ So Finn and original member Nick Seymour decided if it was going to be like what they had, they had to have a brilliant drummer. Enter Matt Sherrod, who has previously played with Beck, along with US-based keyboard player Mark Hart, a veteran of the lineup who made Together Alone in 1993. And thus, with live music once more in the ascendant and strong songs as much of a premium as ever, this happy few with its strong bond with a worldwide audience and its exceptionally deep catalogue of songs, set forth on a new voyage with something of the dauntless, damn-the-torpedoes spirit of third agers on an adventure holiday. Bring it on!

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BUSKING OVER BYRON The ‘Busking over Byron’ competition takes place this week at the Railway Hotel, Great Northern Hotel and Beach Hotel from Monday March 29 to Wednesday March 31 with the final on Good Friday at the Beach Hotel. Winner of the Best Original Musician will open the Jambalaya stage on Monday April 5 at 12pm. Now in its seventh year, the ‘Busking over Byron’ competition was started by the Byron CBD business community as an incentive for people to come into town to enjoy the blues over the Easter weekend. Through the years the town has been treated to some phenomenal talent gracing our streets and pubs as entrants give their all to win a spot on stage at the Bluesfest. The Busking Festival has grown thanks to local business input and major sponsors Bluesfest, Beach Hotel, Railway Hotel and Hotel Great Northern.

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SUNDAY 4 TWEED â– CHINDERAH TAVERN, 2PM PAUL ATKINS â– CLUB BANORA, 11.30AM DANIELLE GOULLET PRESENTS DAVID BARRY 12.30PM GLENN BRACE â– CABARITA BEACH BAR AND GRILL 2PM, WAYNE VITALE â– CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB, 4PM JAM SESSION â– CUDGEN SLSC, 2.30PM, DAN HANNAFORD AND CLAY BLYTH â– LE MONDE KIRRA 1.30PM JAMES HIGGINS â– IVORY TAVERN 3PM, SMASHED CRABS â– POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 4PM MACKA â– RIVERVIEW HOTEL, MURRWILLUMBAH 2PM ZULUKA â– SALTBAR, KINGSCLIFF, 2PM LIVE MUSIC â– SHEOAK SHACK, FINGAL, 1PM MR

TROY â– SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 2PM HANNAH OHLWILER â– TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM DON WHITAKER â– TWIN TOWNS 12.30PM FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 7PM JOHN MAYALL

GOLD COAST ■BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 2.30PM SMOKING CRAWDADS ■COOLANGATTA HOTEL 2.30PM LIVE DJS ■COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 4PM LIVE MUSIC & FREE POOL ■CURRUMBIN RSL 12PM LISSY STANTON, 1.30PM WILEY REED ■ELSEWHERE BAR, 8PM ROYALE SUNDAY ■JUPITERS, BROADBEACH 5PM MOTHER AFRICA ■GREENMOUNT BEACH CLUB 4PM LIVE MUSIC ■GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 5PM GOING VERTICAL – THE SHORTBOARD REVOLUTION ■MERMAID BEACH TAVERN 7.30 PM, COLLINS CLASS EASTER WEEKEND GIG! ■NORTH BURLEIGH SURF CLUB 12PM PATTY O ■SURF CLUB COOLANGATTA, 2PM TREVOR RIX

ART GALLERIES ■CAFE D’BAR, COOLANGATTA, JENNY BRYMER EXHIBITION ■CURIOUS ART GALLERY, CHINDERAH FROM 11AM ‘FIELD OF VISION’ BY MICHAEL BRYANT ■RETROSPECT GALLERY, BYRON BAY 10AM KELLIE O’DEMPSEY PAINTS THE KNIE

BYRON ■BEACH HOTEL, 4.30PM KINGTIDE 9PM DJ CAPTAIN KAINE ■HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, ZED LEPPELIN ■THE RAILS, 1–4PM TIM STOKES 6.30PM CHRIS COOK BAND ■BYRON BAY BREWERY BUDDHA BAR 7PM MATT HANLEY ■LA LA LAND, CLUB CLASSICS WITH BRAD SASSMAN, CAPTAIN KAINE & STU LISTER ■LIQUID, 10PM DAVE BASEK VS ADAM J TAYLOR DAVE C VS DEEGS DEE DEE VERSUS LT80 ■HOTEL BRUNSWICK 3PM FOSSIL ROCK 7PM WEAR THE FOX HAT ■BILLINUDGEL HOTEL 12PM–6PM BILLIHOOTS – GUY KACHEL, CALAMITY JAMES & THE JEMTONES, REBECCA IRELAND, WAZ PORTER BAND

MONDAY 5 TWEED â– TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM MARK WINDLE â– TWIN TOWNS 11AM FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

GOLD COAST ■COOLANGATTA HOTEL 12PM PETER EVANS TAYLOR, 5PM REMEDY ■FILM WORKSHOP JED CAHILL’S FILM MAKING WORKSHOPS TARRABORA COMMUNITY ROOMS, PALM BEACH PARKLANDS

ART GALLERIES ■CAFE D’BAR, COOLANGATTA, JENNY BRYMER EXHIBITION

BYRON ■BEACH HOTEL, 9PM THE MATTY DEVITT BAND ■THE RAILS, 1–4PM ANNA WEATHERUP 6.30PM FYAH WALK ■HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, MATT BUGGY ■LA LA LAND, SURKIN, GENERIK + EASY P GIVEAWAYS

TUESDAY 6 TWEED

â– TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM DAVE CLAYTON â– TWIN TOWNS 8.30PM AKASA

GOLD COAST â– JUPITERS BROADBEACH 7PM MOTHER AFRICA

ART GALLERIES ■CAFE D’BAR, COOLANGATTA, JENNY BRYMER EXHIBITION

BYRON â– BEACH HOTEL, MATT HANLEY & THE MAINTENANCE MEN â– HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, HARRY HEALY â– THE RAILS, 6.30PM THE WISHING WELL â– BYRON BAY BREWERY BUDDHA BAR 7PM OPEN MIC W MATTY DEVITT

WEDNESDAY 7 TWEED ■TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM PAUL RENO ■CLUB BANORA 6PM SHANDELL ■RED CROSS HALL, M’BAH 6.30PM VOCAL YOGA SESS ■TWIN TOWNS 10.30AM LIVE MUSIC

GOLD COAST â– GREENMOUNT BEACH CLUB 7PM LIVE JAZZ â– JUPITERS, BROADBEACH 1PM AND 7PM MOTHER AFRICA

ART GALLERIES ■CAFE D’BAR, COOLANGATTA, JENNY BRYMER EXHIBITION ■CURIOUS ART GALLERY, CHINDERAH FROM 11AM ‘FIELD OF VISION’ BY MICHAEL BRYANT ■TWEED RIVER ART GALLERY, MURWILLUMBAH CIRCUS SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR 6 YEARS +

Tweed River Art Gallery A Tweed Shire Council community facility

the Goddess Divine tour

..a sextet of sassy sopranos changing the face of opera

BRISBANE Wednesday April 14 Qld Conservatorium WARWICK Thursday April 15 Warwick Town Hall STANTHORPE Friday April 16 Stanthorpe Civic Centre TOOWOOMBA Sunday April 18 Empire Church Theatre BYRON BAY Thursday April 22 Byron Bay Cultural & Community Centre LISMORE Friday April 23 Lismore Workers Club

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be adiva l l divine goddesses of song

Top: John Olsen Portrait of Brett Whiteley

ON DISPLAY UNTIL 2 MAY The 58th Blake Prize Touring Exhibition Art and poetry exploring the religious and spiritual in art, presented by the Blake Society

The dawn language: Emma Walker Works that attempt to capture the atmosphere between dreaming and wakefulness

Mekong drift: Karlee Rawkins and Marc Renshaw Works that document and reflect a journey following the Mekong River through Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

Landscape and Memory: David Kas Drawings depicting mythical landscapes derived from experience and invention

Until 11 July Printer’s Proofs: from the Fred Genis Collection A selection of Australian lithographs from the collection of Fred Genis

PUBLIC PROGRAMS Sun 11 Apr 11am - 3pm Lampworking display: Through A Glass Onion’s Wendy Lees and Anthony Hoy will demonstrate their lampwork techniques

Children’s school holiday workshops begin 9 April - Don’t miss out!! FREE ADMISSION Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm (DST) 2 Mistral Rd Murwillumbah NSW 2484 02 6670 2790 www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/artgallery

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The Echo’s guide to

KINGSCLIFF

Fins

Sheoak Shack

Currumbin RSL Club Currumbin Creek Road, Currumbin Open 7 days lunch and dinner 07 5534 7999 www.currumbin.com.au

Salt Village, Kingscliff 02 6674 4833 dining@fins.com.au Dinner 7 days Lunch Fri, Sat & Sun GOOD FOOD GUIDE CHEFS HAT EVERY YEAR SINCE 1998

64 Fingal Rd, Fingal Head Ph 07 5523 1130 Wed & Thurs 11am-5pm, Fri & Sat 11am-10pm & Sun 9.30am-5pm www.sheoakshack.com

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delicate charcoal and pigment works in this exhibition have a dreamlike, mystical quality. The ‘Mekong Drift’ and ‘Landscape and Memory’ exhibitions are on display until Sunday May 2.

O-Sushi is a modern Japanese restaurant guided by a philosophy that incorporates traditional values of providing the best possible service combined with fresh wholesome food.

Enjoy contemporary dining where award winning chefs transform quality fresh, local produce into sumptuous meals and cater to varying dietary requirements. With over 30 years international experience including 16 years as executive chef at Seaworld Nara Resort, Executive Chef Jiri Solnicka joins the team. Check our website for great weekly specials. Winner – Best Club Restaurant QLD 2007, 2008 & 2009 (Clubs Queensland Awards).

If you are looking for delicious food, coffee or romantic sunset cocktail on the riverbank, the Sheoak Shack is the beach shack for you with a funky laid back daytime vibe or a party atmosphere with live music on Saturday nights. This gallery/cafe showcases the work of high quality local artists and is available for private functions‌ more Byron than Byron, in sleepy Fingal Head.

Family Camping is a weekend packed with canoeing, high ropes session, bushwalking, live bush band, bonfire and an easter egg hunt. The best part? ‘The Dawn Language’, is nation- The whole weekend is fully ally renowned artist Emma catered, so mums and dads can Walker’s new body of work, relax and take the opportunity and continues this week at the to spend quality time with Tweed River Art Gallery. the kids. It will take place at The artist says of her work: ‘I Kunghur, near Mount Warnwanted to capture a sense of ing, Friday April 2 to Monday that space where the mind‌ April 5. Bookings are limited, may dream and wander. ‘The call Kellie Hopkins on 02 66 Dawn Language’ is a metaphys- 797 395 or email familyfun@ ical language – a language of interactionel.com.au

14 Bay St Tweed Heads 07 5536 1811

Lasagne and salad $795 Homestyle traditional beef, Thai chicken and pumpkin ricotta

Cafe Laz mba

Terranora Tavern

Terranora Tavern Bar and Bistro is the newest and most vibrant venue in the Tweed. The bistro is family orientated with Kids Eat Free on Monday nights and plenty of value for money meals. The fantastic outlook, overseeing the Gold Coast from Coolangatta to Surfers Paradise, provides an experience that is unparalleled in the Tweed. Come in and try our extensive menu and we’re sure you’ll be back for more!

Mt Warning Hotel

One of the region’s great old country pubs. Delicious food, bistro open for lunch everyday from 12-2pm, dinner Thursday to Sunday from 6-8pm. Children’s playground, relaxing beer garden. Curry night on Thursday, raffles and member’s draw on Friday, punter’s draw on Saturday and on Sunday there is a delicious roast.

2-14 Henry Lawson Drive Terranora 07 5590 5416 Open 7 days Lunch from 12 noon Dinner from 5.30pm info@terranoratavern. com.au

Mount Warning Hotel

Sandwiches only $250 each available every Tuesday and Wednesday (selected varieties)

Open 7 days 10am till late Bistro open daily 1497 Kyogle Rd, Uki 02 6679 5111

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Cafe Lazumba

Award winning restaurant of chef Steven Snow ‘At Fins we cook food in an innovative and nutritious manner. To achieve this we use fresh local herbs (often from my home), spices, wines and pastes.’

Family Camping

ZOLUKA APRIL 4 AT 2PM, THE RIVERVIEW HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH

The Gallery CafĂŠ combines art with fresh food and wine. Enjoy having lunch at the beautifully appointed licensed cafĂŠ with indoor and outdoor seating and cnr Tweed Valley Way magnificent panoramic views over the Tweed River and Mistral Road, and Border Ranges. View the art and treat yourself to Murwillumbah delicious cakes and great coffee. A fabulous venue for Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm special events, office parties and wedding receptions. 02 6672 5088 Group bookings essential.

Tweed River Art Gallery

Winner of Best Sushi Bar in NSW region 2008. Eat in or takeaway. Licensed. Open 7 days 11am till late.

reverie and profound mystery. It speaks of love, poetry, childhood, death and memory. The work in this show represents a mere scratch on the surface of what I can envisage. In the words of Robert Browning, ‘A man’s reach should exceed his grasp or what’s a heaven for?’ I now recognise that I need an entire lifetime to get to the bottom of this subject matter,’ Ms Walker said. The Tweed River Art Gallery is located on 2 Mistral Rd (Corner of Tweed Valley Way) in Murwillumbah. The Gallery and cafĂŠ is open from Wednesday to Sunday 10am – 5pm.

Artist of national repute on show at the Gallery

Nam Yeng

Shop 2, 7 Wharf St, Murwillumbah Open 5pm 6 days (closed Sundays) Catering available BYO phone 6672 3088

Only serving the freshest ingredients. Authentic Vietnamese and Thai style food in the heart of Murwillumbah. Winner of the 2009 BEX (Business Excellence Award). Prices are very reasonable, entrees start from $8, mains from $12.50. House specialty – Red Duck Curry, Tamarind Prawns and home made delicious desserts.

MURWILLUMBAH

CURRUMBIN

Alleys

Coolangatta Showcase on the Beach 07 5536 5455 Byron Bay Woolies Plaza, Jonson St 02 6685 7103 www.osushi.com.au

Nam Yeng Viet/ Thai Restaurant

TWEED HEADS

CASUARINA COOLANGATTA

O-Sushi

FINGAL HEAD

Australian cuisine created by chef Greg Pieper. Greg uses produce sourced locally in the Tweed region and was awarded the prestigious ‘chef’s hat’ – the toque – by the SMH Good Food Guide 2009/2010. Poolside at Santai Resort, Located at Casuarina, next to the spectacular lagoons 9 Dianella Drive, Casuarina and tropical gardens of Santai resort, Bamboo is a hidden treasure. 02 6670 5555

Bamboo Restaurant & Lounge Bar

UKI

GOODTASTE

Here you will find some of the best local dining on offer. Restaurant owners take note: Good Taste provides you with the chance to tell your customers more about your business with ample room for that extra information that may not fit in a small advertisment. Great introductory rates are on offer, call 02 6672 2280 to find out more.

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KING LOUIE BAND, BILAMBIL SPORTS CLUB 8PM THURSDAY

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Television Guide 1. Mira Sorvino shows off her spear-wielding prowess in The Last Templar (Prime, Friday, 8.30pm), a conspiracy thriller involving the Knights Templar and the Catholic church. Does not contain traces of Dan Brown. 2. Julia Roberts encounters the archetypal pig-of-ahusband in the emotionally charged Sleeping With The Enemy (TEN, Saturday, 8.30pm). 3. Rita Moreno and Marlon Brando end up in bed together in The Night Of The Following Day (Sunday, well Monday really, 12.30am). It’s a hostage drama in which all the miscreants have psychological and drug problems. Bruce Willis or Denzel Washington need not apply.

FRIDAY 2

ABC 1

2

SBS 1

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Catalyst 11.30 The New Inventors 12.00 A Lion’s Tale 12.30 Enough Rope With Andrew Denton 1.30 Monarch Of The Glen 2.30 Spicks And Specks 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Meerkat Manor 6.30 Can We Help? 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Compass: Camino Salvado 8.00 Sleuth 101 8.30 Whitechapel (M) 9.20 Place Of Execution (M) 10.10 Ladies Of Letters (G) 10.35 Adam Hills Live (M) 11.30 rage (M)

ABC 2 5.30 Talking Heads 6.00 Compass 6.30 The Andrew Durant Memorial Concert 8.00 Wyclef Jean’s All Star Jam At Carnegie Hall 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 The Urban Chef 6.30 Dirty Jobs 7.15 The Daily Show 7.35 The Colbert Report 8.00 Miranda (PG) 8.30 Being Erica (M) 9.15 Love Soup (M) 9.45 Home Time (M)

10.10 Spoons (MA) 10.30 Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden 11.30 Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2009 Lily Allen 12.10 Soundtrack To My Life Aimee Mann 12.45 The Kitchen Job 1.35 Coach Trip 2.00 Close

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PRIME

5.00 5.45 8.15 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.00

World News UEFA Champions League LIVE World News Insight World News Living Black The Mayor The Artist The Farmer & His Wife 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News 7.30 James May’s Toy Stories 8.30 Hitler’s Bodyguard (PG) 9.30 Frohe Ostern! Happy Easter! 10.00 The Sexual Life Of Us (M) 11.00 Movie: Tired Of Kissing Frogs (M 2006) Mexican romantic comedy with an awkward but accurate evaluation of the internet dating scene. Stars Juan Manuel Bernal, Itati Cantoral 12.45 Movie: A Loving Father (MA 2003) French drama about family dysfunction. Stars Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu 2.35 Weatherwatch

SBS 2

TEN

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 New Life: Three Stories Of Hope 12.30 Made In China: The Bible 1.00 The Life Of Jesus 2.00 Rediscovered 3.00 Come Dine With Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens 8.30 Movie: The Last Templar (M ) An archaeologist pursues a stolen mysterious religious artefact. Stars Mira Sorvino, Scott Foley, Victor Garber, Omar Sharif 11.30 Movie: Red Dawn (M 1984) Patrick Swayze, C Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson 1.45 Blue Heelers (M) 3.00 Infomercials

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5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 World News Australia 7.30 UEFA Champions League Hour Highlights 8.30 UEFA Europa League Delayed 10.00 Movie: Shadowless Sword (M 2005) South Korean martial arts. Stars Lee Seo-jin, Yoon Soy, Shin Hyun-joon 12.05 Weatherwatch

6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Upstairs, Downstairs 11.00 Moonlighting 12.00 Wedding Planner 12.30 Outback Wildlife Rescue 1.00 All My Children 2.00 Shortland Street 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 ALF 6.30 Full House 7.00 What A Carry On 7.30 Ghost Whisperer 8.30 Escape To The Country 9.45 60 Minute Makeover 10.45 Last Comic Standing (M) 12.35 Leyland Brothers World 1.30 AFL

SBS 1

PRIME

ABC 1

SATURDAY 3

1

SBS 2

6.00 6.00 6.30 7.35 8.30

Kids’ Programs At The Movies Wild At Heart Hamish Macbeth Movie: The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen (PG 1989) The Baron tried to save his city from the Turks. Stars John Neville, Sarah Polley 10.35 Movie: The General (G B&W 1926) Buster Keaton, Marion Mack 12.00 Captain Cook (PG*) 1.00 Eataholics 2.00 Close

stars WITH LILITH

This week’s main astral event is Tuesday’s full moon in fair minded, harmony loving Libra – excellent for extending the olive branch and making peace wherever it’s needed…

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5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.35

World News Australia Stockinger (PG) Unit One (M) Movie: Hell (M 2005) Belgian drama. Stars Emmanuelle Beart, Karin Viart, Carole Bouquet, Guillaume Canet 11.20 Movie: Izzat (MAV 2005) Norwegian drama about three young Pakistani migrant friends seduced into a life of crime. Stars Emil Marwa, Ove Andreassen, Daud Mirza 1.10 Weatherwatch

ARIES: The trinity of Sun, Mercury and Venus in Aries aligned with Tuesday’s full moon in your partnership department offers a brilliant configuration for clearing tension between you and others with an honest heart to heart – especially if you back up your words with action. TAURUS: This week’s full moon in your health sector supports new fitness initiatives and dietary adjustments, while Venus moving into Taurus is a sure fire money magnet. Then Mercury applies the planetary cattle prod to your normally steady pace and there you go – flavour of the week, Taurans. GEMINI: This week gets serious about relationship changes. Your planetary ruler moving to the sign of practicality wants nuts and bolts discussions with partners about shared finances, the balance of power and all that stuff you normally avoid. Don’t make that face – it has to be done sometime.

GO!

ONE HD 6.00 Aneasia Tour Golf 9.30 College Basketball 11.00 NBA Basketball LIVE 4.45 TNA Xplosion 5.45 Omnisport 6.00 World Rally Championship 6.30 MVP 7.00 Sports Tonight 7.30 NBA Basketball 9.30 Sports Soup 10.00 Andra Pro Series Drag Racing 11.00 NBA Basketball

1.00 1.15 5.00 5.30

Omnisport Twenty20 IPL Cricket LIVE from India World Rally Championship Omnisport

TEN

5.00 rage (PG) 5.00 World News And Weatherwatch 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Poh’s Kitchen 1.00 Ballet: Snow White 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 11.30 Message Stick (G*) 2.35 Ballerina 9.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Travel Oz Special The spirit of Australia 4.00 Eating Art 12.00 Australian Surf Life Saving 12.30 Australian Story 4.30 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 1.00 V8 Xtra 1.00 Foreign Correspondent 5.30 The Fabulous Story Of Poop (PG) 1.30 V8 Supercars 1.30 Can We Help? 6.30 World News Australia 2.30 Bathurst Support Race 2.00 Perfect Disasters Ice storm in 7.30 Engineering Connections 3.00 Beauty And The Geek Australia Montreal Guggenheim Bibao 4.00 Rookie Vets 3.00 Movie: Lady Hamilton (G B&W 1941) 8.30 Iron Chef 4.30 What’s Up Down Under Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier 9.20 Rockwiz (PG) 5.00 Discover Tasmania 5.00 Australian Open Bowls Highlights 10.00 This Is England (MAV) Set in 1983 the 5.30 Sydney Weekender 6.00 Nigella Feasts story of a 11-year-old boy whose father 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Gardening Australia was killed in the Falklands War 6.30 Tim Cahill: The Unseen Journey 7.00 ABC News 11.45 SOS 7.30 Movie: Herbie – Fully Loaded (G 7.30 Bed Of Roses (PG) 12.45 Movie: Swordsmen Of The Passes – 2005) Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton 8.30 The Bill (M) Tiger Head (M 2003) Chinese drama. 9.30 Movie: The Other Boleyn Girl (M 9.20 Blue Murder (M) Stars Ju Lei, Xu Feng Nian, Guo Jing 2008) Natalie Portman, Scarlett 10.05 ABC News Update Feng Johansson, Eric Bana 10.10 Midsomer Murders (M) 2.20 Weatherwatch 11.50 Movie: Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of 11.45 rage (M) The Christ (AV 2004) James Caviezel, 3.00 DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS – TURN Maia Morgenstern CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR 3.00 DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS – TURN 2.30 Infomercials CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR 3.00 DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS – TURN CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR

ABC 2

NBN

6.00 Changing Views Of Africa 5.30 Today 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Kerri-Anne 9.00 Ten News 11.00 Infomercials 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 The View 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Magical Tales 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 2.30 The Shak 3.00 Judge Judy 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Infomercial 3.30 The Bill Engvall Show 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.00 Good Friday Football Melbourne 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful Storm v St George Illawarra Dragons 5.00 Ten News 6.00 NBN News 6.00 The Simpsons 7.00 A Current Affair 6.30 Neighbours 7.30 Two And A Half Men 7.00 The 7pm Project 8.00 Motorway Patrol 7.30 Delivering The Pandas Two giant 8.30 Friday Night Football LIVE – Sydney pandas travel from China to Adelaide Roosters v Brisbane Broncos 8.30 NCIS (M) 10.45 Movie: Ben-Hur (PG 1959) Charlton 9.30 White Collar (M) Heston and 15,000 extras 10.30 Movie: K-19 – The Widowmaker (M 3.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 2002) Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson 3.30 Infomercial 1.05 The Late Show With David Letterman 4.30 Good Morning America 2.00 Infomercials 5.00 Religion

GO!

6.00 Thursday Night Footy Encore – Brisbane v Carlton 8.30 Harry’s Practice 9.10 Movie: Father Is A Bachelor (G 1950) William Holden, Coleen Gray 10.45 Movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (PG 1965) Max Von Sydow, Charlton Heston 2.45 Home & Away Catch-Up 5.00 The Great Australian Doorstep 5.30 Better Homes And Gardens 6.30 Battle At Kruger Park 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 A Touch Of Frost 10.45 10 Years Younger In 10 Days 11.45 Monster House 12.45 Big Bite 1.10 Room For Improvement 1.30 AFL Finals Classics

6.00 Oneasia Tour Golf 9.30 The Pro Shop 10.30 Beach Volleyball 11.00 Melbourne Track Athletics 12.00 Championship Netball LIVE – Mystics v Magic 2.00 Transworld Sport 3.00 Omnisport 3.25 ATP Tour Tennis 4.00 TNA Xplosion 5.00 MVP 5.30 IRC Series Sailing 6.00 Escape With ET 6.30 World Rally Championship 7.00 Formula 1 8.15 Before The Game 9.15 Twenty20 IPL Cricket LIVE 12.45 Omnisport 1.15 Twenty20 IPL Cricket Continues 4.00 World Rally Championship 4.30 Omnisport 5.00 Sports Unlimited

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3.00 The Avengers 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

NBN

ONE HD

LIBRA: You red hot lovers are at your most enchantingly charismatic during Tuesday’s annual Libra full moon, hotly followed by a late week Venus move bringing pleasant respite from economic complications and encouraging some delicious self indulgence. Looking like a very tasty week, Venus people… SCORPIO: With Tuesday’s full moon and late week moon in Scorpio, drama will only create complications. Don’t force issues because best results are more likely from sitting back and watching for the right time to act – you’ll know when it is. Let confusions unravel and clarify themselves. SAGITTARIUS: This hot headed, quick tempered week could see a clash of beliefs, problems with authority, challenging office politics or domestic power plays. So watch your words, go easy on the sharp remarks and above all remember not everyone

12.30 Movie: Presumed Innocent (M 1990) Alan J Pakula, Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia

6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today Saturday 9.00 Saturday Kerri-Anne 10.00 Kid’s Programs 1.00 Golden Slipper Horse Racing LIVE 4.30 The Garden Gurus 5.00 Animal Emergency 5.30 Antiques Roadshow 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7.30 Movie: Multiplicity (PG 1996) Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Ann Cusack 8.40 Lotto 10.00 The Best Of Tropfest 2010 (M) Short film festival 12.00 Movie: Fearless (M 1993) Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez, Isabella Rossellini 2.20 Movie: Mutiny On The Buses (PG 1972) Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Bob Grant 3.00 DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS – TURN CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR 3.00 Mad TV (M) 4.00 Infomercials

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 Landed Music 12.30 Out Of The Blue 1.00 Barefoot Investor 1.30 Hook Line & Sinker 2.00 It’s Me Or The Dog 3.00 One Tree Hill 4.00 The Doctors 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 Malcolm In The Middle 6.30 Monk (PG) 8.30 Movie: Sleeping With The Enemy (M 1991) A couple seem to have been happily married for four years. Stars Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Elizabeth Lawrence 10.35 AFL Premiership Season St Kilda v North Melbourne 1.05 Hell’s Kitchen 2.00 Infomercials 3.00 DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS – TURN CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR 4.00 Religion

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CANCER: Full moon’s always a potent time for the Crab clan and if this week’s activates money issues with partners or colleagues, then expressing strong feelings honestly without playing the blame game will go a long way towards clearing roadblocks to harmonious progress. LEO: This week everyone’s trying to keep up with the rapidly changing pulse of current business trends, so focus that fix-it brain on figuring out clever ways to turn the present circumstances to your advantage and convert liabilities into pluses. It’s called making your own luck… VIRGO: If full moon in your house of savings has you feeling a bit possessive and doubtful about sharing, consider positives as well as negatives. Don’t take on everything you hear – this ultra stubborn week requires flexibility, hardly too big an ask for mutable sign you.

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Movie: When In Rome (G 2002) Mary-Kate and Ashlee Olsen 2.30 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 Get Smart 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Black Adder (M) 9.40 ’Allo ‘Allo (PG) 10.50 Little Britain (M) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Get Smart 2.00 Seinfeld 3.00 Frasier 4.00 Hogan’s Heroes 5.00 Green Acres 5.30 The Nanny 6.30 Get Smart

7.30 Hogan’s Heroes 8.30 Seinfeld 9.30 Movie: City Slickers (PG 1991) Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby 11.45 Reno 911 (M) 12.15 Movie: The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires (M 1974) Peter Cushing 2.00 Get Smart 3.00 Hogan’s Heroes 4.00 Frasier 5.00 The Jetsons 5.30 Marine Boy

shares your quirky sense of humor. CAPRICORN: Tuesday’s full moon in your professional sector could bring a situation that’s been brewing for some time to a head through someone’s over the top reactions or demanding behavior. But if you listen up and negotiate intelligently you should be able to benefit from the inevitable. AQUARIUS: Tuesday’s full moon turns up the volume on your social life, but when Venus settles into your home zone at the end of the week for a period of home entertaining, revamping or just enjoying the familiarity of feel-good, domestic pleasures, that’s where you’ll get your best ideas. PISCES: If the full moon raises a few tricky blips on your emotional radar, it’s advisable not to over-react. This definitely isn’t the week to request feedback if you want the politely sugar-coated kind, so don’t ask unless you’re ready for the full unedited blast.

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5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Movie: Pufnstuf 5.00 Weatherwatch & World News (G 1970) Jack Wild 10.30 The Passion: Films, Faith 10.30 A Fork In The Road Seville And Fury 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Landline 1.00 11.00 Lunch With Madame Murat Gardening Australia 1.30 Message Stick (G*) 12.00 Australian Mountain Bike Cycling

2.00 Travel Oz 2.30 Big Dreamers 3.30 Simon Schama’s Power Of Art David 4.30 Marlinsky Theatre 1783-2008 Russia 5.30 Art Nation 6.00 At The Movies 6.30 Sleuth 101 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Cuckoo 8.30 Little Devil (M) 10.10 Compass 10.35 Julia Britton: Fearless (PG) 11.05 An Obsession With Hamlet (PG) 12.00 Shellie Morris Swept Away 12.30 Movie: The Night Of The Following Day (M 1969) Marlon Brando, Rita Moreno 2.00 Movie: Stage Door (G B&W 1937) Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers

3.30 Talking Heads 4.00 First Tuesday Book Club

ABC 2 6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Sleuth 101 6.30 Artscape 7.00 Art Nation 7.30 Simon Schama’s Power Of Art: Van Gogh 8.30 A Boy Called Alex: The Concert 9.30 Cold Feet (M) 10.25 The Forsyte Saga (PG)

11.20 A Journey Through American Music Free Jazz To Future Jazz 12.15 The Guitar Show Duke Robillard, Angus Young, Rod McCormack 12.40 WOMADelaide 2007 Mahotella Queens 1.15 triple j tv presents: Hilltop Hoods & The Butterfly Effect (M) 2.10 Close

From Canberra 12.30 World Superbike Championships From Portugal 1.00 Speedweek 3.00 UEFA Europa League Highlights 3.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5.00 The World Game 6.00 Thalassa 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Lost Worlds: Turin Shroud 8.30 Dateline 9.30 Versailles The Dream Of Louis XIV 11.10 Movie: The Maiden And The Wolves (PG 2008) French drama. Stars Laetitia Casta, Stefano Accorsi 1.05 Movie: The Puppet Gravedigger (M 2003) German thriller. Stars Suzanne von Borsody, Sven Hönig 2.40 Weatherwatch

SBS 2 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30

World News Australia The World Game Insiders Guide To Happiness (M) Movie: Phileine Says Sorry (MA 2003) Dutch romantic comedy about a girl’s inability to say sorry. Stars Kim Van Kooten, Michiel Huisman 11.05 Movie: Feathers In My Head (M 2003) Belgian drama. Stars Sophie Museur, Francis Renaud 1.00 Weatherwatch

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MONDAY 5

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air

5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Landline 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes 1.30 The Cook And The Chef 2.00 The Bill 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Travel Oz 6.30 Talking Heads Victor Bray 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Australian Story 8.30 Four Corners 9.20 Media Watch 9.35 Q&A 10.35 Lateline 11.10 Don’t Tell My Mother That I Am In Afghanistan 12.00 Movie: Airport (PG 1970) Burt Lancaster 2.15 Movie: Mexican Spitfire At Sea (G B&W 1942) Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods, Elisabeth Risdon 3.30 Australian Open Bowls Highlights

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TUESDAY 6

5.30 Talking Heads: Lucette Aldous 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Collectors 6.30 Dirty Jobs 7.10 The Daily Show Global Edition 7.35 The Colbert Report 8.00 Important Things 8.30 Good Game 9.00 I’m From Rolling Stone 9.30 Sanctuary (M) 10.30 The League Of Gentlemen (M) 11.00 London Live: Girls, Girls, Girls 11.30 Death Note (M) 12.00 Modern Toss (MA) 12.25 Rex The Runt 12.45 The Kitchen Job: Chocolate Cafe 1.35 Coach Trip 2.00 Close

SBS 1 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Oz Concert 2010 2.30 Dateline 3.30 Insight 4.30 The Journal 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Futbol Mundial 6.00 Living Black 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Mythbusters 8.35 Man Vs Wild Jungle Swamp 9.30 World News 10.00 Wilfred (MA) 10.30 Entourage (MA) 11.00 Flight Of The Conchords (M) 11.30 Movie: Citizen Dog (M 2005) Thai romantic comedy about a cleaner obsessed with a book she can’t read and a country bumpkin without a dream. Stars Mahasamut Boonyaruk, Saengthong Gate-Uthong, Chuck Stephens 1.10 Weatherwatch

SBS 2 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00

World News Australia Dateline Kick (PG) Aussie drama series Movie: Priceless (M 2006) French romantic comedy. Stars Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh 10.50 Movie: 20:30:40 (M 2003) Taiwanese romantic comedy. Stars Sylvia Chang, Rene Liu, Angelica Lee 12.25 Weatherwatch

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6.00 Easter Sunrise Service 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 AFL Game Day 11.00 Movie: The Neptune Factor (G 1973) Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon 1.00 AFL Premiership Season Adelaide v Sydney 4.00 New Zealand’s South Island 5.00 Mercurio’s Menu 5.30 Fawlty Towers 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Mighty Ships 7.30 Border Security (PG) 8.00 Air Ways (PG) 8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 Scrubs (PG) 11.00 Royal Pains (M) 12.00 AFL Premiership Season Essendon v Fremantle 3.00 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

7 TWO 6.00 AFL 8.30 Kids’ Programs 12.10 Movie: Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (PG 1991) Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter 2.00 Movie: Dad’s Army (PG 1971) Clive Dunn, Arthur Lowe 4.00 Movie: Godspell (G 1973) Victor Garber, Katie Hanley 6.00 Alf

6.30 Movie: The Prince Of Egypt (G) Animation 8.30 Movie: Calender Girls (PG 2003) Helen Mirren, Julie Walters 10.45 Movie: Road To Perdition (M 2002) A hit man turns his life around. Stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law 1.00 Room For Improvement 1.45 AFL Flashback Classics 3.45 Auction Squad 4.40 Hot Property 5.00 Home Shopping

6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 8.00 Meet The Press 8.30 Infomercials 9.30 River To Reef 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 One Tree Hill 1.00 Australian Rally Championship From Melbourne 2.30 Championship Netball LIVE from Brisbane – Firebirds v Thunderbirds 4.30 Boy’s Weekend 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 The Biggest Loser 7.30 Talkin’ Bout Your Generation (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Devil Wears Prada (PG 2006) Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Simon Baker 10.40 Formula 1 Grand Prix From Malaysia 12.55 Cops (G) 1.25 Video Hits 1.30 Infomercials 5.00 Religion

ONE HD 6.00 Oneasia Tour Golf 9.30 Formula 1 Highlights 10.20 Andra Pro Series Drag Racing 11.20 NASCAR Nationwide Series

2.30 Championship Netball LIVE – Thunderbirds v Firebirds 4.30 World Rally Championship 5.00 Formula 1 LIVE from Malaysia 8.05 Sports Tonight 8.20 Twenty20 IPL Cricket LIVE from India 12.00 Omnisport 12.15 Twenty20 IPL Cricket Continues 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Oneasia Tour Golf

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6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Tuck Everlasting (PG 2002) A young woman falls in love with a boy from a family of immortals. Stars Alexis Bledel, William Hurt, Sissy Spacek, Jonathan Jackson 2.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 ABBA, The Mamma Mia! Story 8.30 Brothers & Sisters (M) 10.30 Border Patrol 11.00 Ocean Force (M) 11.30 30 Rock (PG) 12.00 Hot Auctions

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Stawell Gift 2010 LIVE 2.00 AFL Premiership Season LIVE – Hawthorn v Geelong 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 The Biggest Loser 8.30 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Presents The Comedy All Stars Cabaret (M) 10.00 Supernatural (M) 11.00 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.45 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.30 Saving Grace (M) 1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

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6.00 Oneasia Tour Golf 8.00 Championship Netball – Tactix v Swifts

7 TWO 6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Upstairs, Downstairs 11.00 The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook 11.30 Harry’s Practice 12.00 Street Cafe 12.30 Outback Wildlife Rescue 1.00 All My Children 2.00 Shortland Street 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 Alf 6.30 Full House 7.00 What A Carry On 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 Rosemary & Thyme 9.35 The Whistleblowers (M) 11.40 Infamous Assassinations (M) Archduke Ferdinand 12.10 Leyland Brothers World 1.10 Room For Improvement 1.30 AFL Classic 3.45 Auction Squad 4.40 Hot Property 5.00 Home Shopping

10.00 College Basketball 12.00 Stawell Gift Athletics 2.00 AFL Premiership Season Hawthorn v Geelong 5.00 Championship Netball LIVE – Steel v Pulse 7.00 Sports Tonight 7.30 One Week At A Time AFL Show 8.30 Championship Netball Fever v Vixens 10.30 World Football News 11.30 Bundesliga Football

12.15 Twenty20 IPL Cricket LIVE from India 4.00 Major League Baseball

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4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Wild Caribbean 1.30 The Einstein Factor 2.00 The Bill 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Ancient Megastructures Angkor Wat 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 Britain From Above 9.35 QI 10.05 First Tuesday Book Club 10.35 Lateline 11.10 Lateline Business 11.40 Four Corners 12.25 Media Watch 12.45 The Chaser’s War On Everything (M) 1.25 Poirot (PG) 2.25 Hymns Of Glory 2.55 Big Ideas 3.55 Good Game (M)

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Movie: Shower (PG 1999) Chinese drama. Stars Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin 2.40 One Voice, One Vote 3.00 If Only 3.30 Living Black 4.00 Wine Lovers’ Guide To Australia 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Insight Infidelity 8.30 Blood And Guts (M) History of surgery 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 The Operation: Surgery Live (MA) 10.55 Movie: Holy Lola (M 2004) French drama about a childless couple determined to adopt a baby in Cambodia. Stars Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Carré, Bruno Putzulu 1.10 The Warlords Next Door? (M) Somalian links with Britain 2.15 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Catch That Kid (PG 2002) A girl and her friends raid a bank looking for money needed for a cure for her dying father. Stars Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Jennifer Beals, Max Thieriot 2.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Coastwatch 8.30 Criminal Minds (M) 10.30 Inside A Gunshot Victim (M) 11.30 Flashforward – What Did You See?

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 The Biggest Loser 8.00 Bondi Rescue 8.30 NCIS (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.00 Army Wives (M)

ABC 2 5.30 Talking Heads: Ben Cropp 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Traffic Blues 6.30 Dirty Jobs 7.10 The Daily Show 7.35 The Colbert Report

8.00 The Young Ones 8.40 Durham County (M) 9.30 The Wire (MA) 10.30 Ashes To Ashes (M) 11.30 The Librarians (M) 12.00 Heartland 12.45 The Kitchen Job 1.35 Coach Trip 2.00 Close

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6.30 7.30 8.30 9.00

World News Australia We Are Alone In The Universe? Kick (PG) Movie: Reclaim Your Brain (MA 2007) German drama. Stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Elsa Sophie Gambard 11.05 Movie: Almost Peaceful (M 2002) French drama. Stars Simon Abkarian, Lubna Azabal 12.45 Weatherwatch

12.30 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

7 TWO 6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Upstairs, Downstairs 11.00 The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook 11.30 Harry’s Practice 12.00 Street Cafe 12.30 Outback Wildlife Rescue 1.00 All My Children 2.00 Shortland Street 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 Alf 6.30 Full House 7.00 What A Carry On 7.30 Ugly Betty 8.30 24 (M)

9.30 The Sopranos (MA) 10.40 The Professionals (M) 11.50 Stikeforce (M) 12.05 Pelican’s Progress (G) 1.10 Room For Improvement 1.30 AFL Flashback Classic 3.45 Auction Squad 4.40 Hot Property 5.00 Home Shopping

ONE HD 6.00 Major League Baseball 10.00 College Basketball 12.00 Real NBA 12.30 Elite Classic High Stakes Hoops Basketball 8.15 College Basketball 10.00 The Pro Shop 11.30 The Masters Official Golf Film 2009 12.00 Sports Tonight Late 12.20 Twenty20 IPL Cricket LIVE from India 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Bundesliga Football 5.15 Serie A Football

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NBN 6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Wide World Of Sports 11.00 The Sunday Footy Show 12.00 Sunday Roast 1.00 Surfsport Billabong Pipeline Masters Banzei, Hawaii 2.00 The Gurus Explore New Zealand 3.00 Survivor: Heroes And Villians 4.00 Sunday Football Canberra Raiders v Wests Tigers 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Domestic Blitz 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 V (M) 9.30 Survivors (M) 11.30 Bizarre ER (M) 12.00 Super League 2.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 2.30 Infomercials 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning America

5.00 Early Morning News

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 The Hills 11.30 Partridge Family 12.00 Charlie’s Angels 1.00 Movie: The Color Purple (PG 1985) Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover 4.00 Green Acres 5.00 The Nanny 5.30 Wipeout 6.30 Top Gear 7.40 The Big Bang Theory

8.30 Movie: Just My Luck (PG 2006) Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine 11.30 Movie: The Gumball Rally (M 1976) Chuck Bail, Michael Sarrazin 12.30 The Big Bang Theory 1.30 Movie: The Wisdom Of Crocodiles (AV 1998) Jude Law, Elena Lowensohn 3.30 Charlie’s Angels 4.30 Green Acres 5.30 The Nanny

NBN 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne

11.00 Time/Life 11.30 Infomercial 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Magical Tales 4.00 The Shak 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 8.25 Lotto 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 11.30 Nightline 12.00 Super League 2.00 Infomercials 3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 ET 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Green Acres 2.00 Charlie’s Angels 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 Flintstones 6.30 Jetsons 7.00 Get Smart 7.30 Wife Swap USA 8.30 The Vampire Diaries (M) 9.30 Nip/Tuck (MA) 10.30 Weeds (MA) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 The Vampire Diaries (M) 2.00 Nip/Tuck (MA) 3.00 Weeds (MA) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Partridge Family 5.30 Flintstones

NBN 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne

11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Magical Tales 4.00 The Shak 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Top Gear 8.40 Survivor: Heroes Vs Villains 9.40 20 To 1 10.30 Kitchen Nightmares USA (MA15+) 11.30 Nightline 12.00 WWE Afterburn 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Infomercials 3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 ET 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Hills 2.00 Notes From The Underbelly 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 Get Smart 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 9.00 Community 9.30 The Inbetweeners (MA) 10.00 South Park (MA) 11.00 Reno 911 (M) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Community 2.00 The Inbetweeners (MA) 3.00 South Park (MA) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

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ABC 1 4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 Talking Heads 2.00 The Bill (PG) 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Cheese Slices 6.30 Poh’s Kitchen 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 The New Inventors 8.30 Spicks And Specks 9.00 Hungry Beast 9.30 Beautiful People (M) 10.00 At The Movies 10.30 Lateline 11.00 Lateline Business 11.30 Vincent (MA) 12.40 Midsomer Murders (M) 2.20 Big Ideas 3.25 National Press Club Address

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4.30 UEFA Champions League LIVE – Quarter final 7.00 UEFA Champions League Delayed – Quarter final 9.00 World News 4.00 A Fork In Asia Lebanon 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour With Jim Lehrer 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.35 Inspector Rex (PG) 8.30 Carla Cametti PD (M) Australian drama series 9.30 World News 10.00 The Killing (M) 11.05 Movie: The Best Day Of My Life (M 2004) Belgian romantic comedy about a couple’s desire to have a fuss-free wedding but the event takes on a life of its own. Stars Helene de Fougerolles, Jonathan Zaccai, Francois Berleand 12.50 Gunther’s ER (MA) 1.45 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Eddie’s Million Dollar CookOff (G 2033) Eddie is torn between the baseball playoffs and a cook-off competition. Stars Taylor Ball, Rose McIver, John Barker, Susan Brady, Orlando Brown 2.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Life After People 9.00 Movie: Saving Private Ryan (MA 1998) Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns 12.20 Lost (M)

6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil (PG) 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show (PG) 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours (G) 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 The Biggest Loser (PG) 8.00 So You Think You Can Dance 9.30 Burn Notice (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.00 Identity (PG) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ABC 2 5.30 Talking Heads: Stephanie Alexander 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 How Do They Do It? 6.30 Dirty Jobs 7.10 The Daily Show 7.35 The Colbert Report

8.00 Grumpy Old Women (PG) 8.30 Blood, Sweat And T-Shirts 9.30 Iconoclasts Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer 10.15 Rogue Nation (PG) Honour Among Thieves 11.30 Sleep Clinic 12.00 Chimpanzees: Out Of The Shadows 12.45 The Kitchen Job 1.35 Coach Trip 2.00 Close

SBS 2 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Insight Infidelity 8.35 UEFA Champions League Delayed quarter final 10.05 UEFA Champions League Delayed quarter final 11.35 Tales From A Suitcase 12.05 Weatherwatch

THURSDAY 8

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4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air 5.30 The Einstein Factor 6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 Planet Science 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Jeeves And Wooster 1.30 Collectors 2.00 The Bill 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Grand Designs Revisited 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Catalyst 8.30 Human Journey The Americas 9.30 Stress Portrait Of A Killer 10.20 Lateline 10.55 Lateline Business 11.25 Spectacle Herbie Hancock 12.15 Movie: The Thief Of Baghdad (PG 1940) Conrad Veidt 2.00 Movie: Out Of The Past (PG B&W 1947) Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming 3.55 Can We Help?

SBS 2

ABC 2 5.30 Talking Heads: Dick Smith 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Poh’s Kitchen 6.30 Dirty Jobs 7.10 The Daily Show 7.35 The Colbert Report 8.00 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8.30 Hungry Beast 9.00 Beautiful People 9.30 Gavin And Stacey (M) 10.00 Hair By Mr Bean Of London 10.30 The Worst Week Of My Life (M) 11.00 Father Ted 11.30 The Peter Serafinowicz Show (M)

12.00 Ideal (MA) 12.30 A Little Later Paul Weller 12.45 Kitchen Job 1.30 Coach Trip 2.00 Close

CHESS

by

Ian Rogers

Play at Seagulls Club, Thurs 6-10pm The world wide web offers an astonishing array of goodies for Australian chessplayers, a population formerly starved of both news and quality opposition. On the international news front, it is hard to go past chessvibes.com and chessbase.com, with the former continuing to break new ground with their use of video reports. For competitive games, the big three are chessclub.com, playchess. com and chess.com. All allow free visitor access but charge a fee for regular members. Quite a few top players have their own blogs, although of Australia’s four grandmasters, only David Smerdon has tried his hand at blogging, though another Canberra identity Shaun Press (chessexpress.blogspot.com) is probably the leading Australianbased blogger nowadays. (The entertaining, if scandal-addicted, Closet Grandmaster has moved to Japan.) ■ The following spectacular game, played with both GMs blindfolded at the recently completed Amber exhibition tournament in Nice, France, shows how far top level opening theory has developed. Azeri Vugar Gashimov enters into a dangerous line against Sergey Karjakin because he has found a new move, a move so good that he can hold the game with his eyes closed.

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5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 World News Australia 7.30 As It Happened: Jesse James 8.30 UEFA Champions League Delayed quarter final 10.00 The Jewish People (PG) Survival 11.05 Captive In Gaza (PG) In 2006 an Israeli gunner was captured and taken to Gaza, his situation has turned from a humanitarian to a political issue 12.05 Weatherwatch

Nice 2010 White: S Karjakin Black: V Gashimov Opening: Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qf3!? Qc7! Avoiding 9...Bb7? 10.Bxe6!, a typical and strong Sicilian sacrifice. 10.e5 Bb7 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Qe3 Bc5 13.0-0-0 Nc6 (See diagram) Until recently this position was thought to be perfectly satisfactory for Black. However, at the 2008 Amber tournament Vassily Ivanchuk, also playing blindfolded against his then compatriot Karjakin, uncorked... 14.Qxe6+!! fxe6 15.Nxe6 White has only two pawns for his sacrificed queen but a raging attack. Karjakin was so impressed by the 2008 game that he decided to use the idea himself. 15...Bd6!! Karjakin tried 15...Qe5 against Ivanchuk but been demolished after 16.Nxg7+. Subsequent games had seen 15...Qe7 16.Rhe1 Qxe6!?, returning material immediately, However Gashimov finds an even better method of neutralising White’s attack. 16.Rhe1 Kd7! 17.Nxc7 Kxc7 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nd5+ Kb8 20.Nb6 Bf4+ 21.Kb1 Ra7 22.Nd7+ Ka8 Finally reaching safety. Instead 22...Kc7 23.Nxf6 leaves White with many threats. 23.Nb6+ Kb8 24.Nd7+ Ka8 25.Nb6+ Kb8 Draw Agreed a

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6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Upstairs, Downstairs 11.00 The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook 11.30 Harry’s Practice 12.00 Street Cafe 12.30 10 Things You Didn’t Know About 1.00 All My Children 2.00 Shortland Street 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 Alf 6.30 Full House 7.00 Samantha Who? 7.30 Make Me A Supermodel US series 8.30 Lost (M) 9.30 Stargate Atlantis (M) 10.30 Mercy (M) 11.20 Kings (M) 12.15 What About Brian 1.05 Dirty Sexy Money (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Auction Squad 5.00 Home Shopping

6.00 The Pro Shop 7.00 Bundesliga Football 9.00 NBA Basketball LIVE 11.30 Sports Unlimited 12.30 Elite Classic High Stakes Hoops Basketball 8.15 Twenty20 IPL Cricket LIVE from India 12.00 Sports Tonight Late 12.15 Twenty20 IPL Cricket Continues 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 Beach Volleyball 5.00 The Masters Par 3 Golf Contest

TEN 6.00 Ten Early News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 Ten News 10.00 The Circle 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 Oprah Winfrey Show 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Huey’s Kitchen 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours (PG) 7.00 The 7pm Project (PG) 7.30 The Biggest Loser (PG) 8.00 So You Think You Can Dance 9.00 Law & Order: SVU (M) 10.00 Medium (M) 11.00 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.45 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.30 Buffy The Vampire Slayer (M) 1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

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7.00 Samantha Who? 7.30 Barry Humphries’ Flashbacks (G) 24 Hours Of Sunshine – the 1950s 8.30 Prime Suspect (M) 10.45 Eli Stone (M) 11.40 NWA On Fire 12.35 Leyland Brothers World 1.30 AFL Flashback Classic 3.45 Auction Squad 4.40 Hot Property 5.00 Home Shopping

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From The Week

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Magical Tales 4.00 The Shak 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Getaway 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 9.30 The NRL Footy Show 11.00 Nightline 11.30 The AFL Footy Show 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

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6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.30 I Dream Of Jeannie 10.00 Bewitched 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Side Order Of Life 2.00 The Listener (M) 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 Get Smart 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Top Gear 9.30 ER (M) 10.30 Gossip Girl (M) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Top Gear 2.00 ER (M) 3.00 Gossip Girl (M) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

11.50 At The Masters Golf Central 12.20 Twenty20 IPL Cricket LIVE from India 4.00 Omnisport 4.15 The Pro Shop

5.15 At The Masters Golf Central 5.45 The Masters Golf LIVE from Augusta

DOWN 1. Carp over tree section, diameter and angle (8) 2. Philosophy embracing honesty and nonintervention? Thanks for nothing! (3) 3. Care about 50 books? Not in this stinking cattleyard! (7) 5. Ideological politician; he is loyal to the Queen’s son hiding a curled lip (3,2,9) 6. Ceaselessly running up new small toy? (3-4) 7. Gun coach overwhelmed by stupid errors (11) 8. Old record over with 14. Insect consumes rotten diet, young man – the one Cryptic Clues who gives the group its in a smelly sort of way (7) ACROSS name (6) 15. Periodical mutation – 1. Achieve orgasm and 9. Populist politician – he something to watch from a dismount (3,3) is loyal to mad Pope Ethel distance (9,5) 4. A staff, talented; that’s (3,2,3,6) 17. We slobber, grunt, rumble agreeable (8) 13. In Germany in 1521 after eating this! (7,7) 10. Seabird hovers over stormy both 5 and 9 might 21. Neither here nor there (7) oceans, north; this means have been found in danger on an old warship! (5,6) 22. Is firm about its sins (7) this nauseatingly name 23. Pitch back the traitor (3) 11. Uranium, Fluorine and assembly (4,2,5) 24. Raucously approve lout; 9 Oxygen in alien craft (1,1,1) 16. Container which is relies on it (7,4) 12. Castro X, the opera (7) eternal punishment for

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6.00 The Masters Par 3 Golf Contest 7.00 Serie A Football 9.00 Twenty20 IPL Cricket Highlights 10.00 Grand-Am Sportscar Series 11.00 ATP Tour Tennis 11.30 Elite Classic High Stakes Hoops Basketball 6.30 Medlbourne Track Classic Athletics 7.30 Thursday Night Live 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 UFC 11.00 TNA Xplosion

26. Harassed, looked over the highway (8) 27. Toss in a sheilah – it’s worldwide (6)

1.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

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PRIME

6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Upstairs, Downstairs 11.00 The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook 11.30 Harry’s Practice 12.00 Street Cafe 12.30 10 Things You Didn’t Know About 1.00 All My Children 2.00 Shortland Street 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 Alf 6.30 Full House

11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Alive And Cooking 3.30 Magical Tales 4.00 The Shak 4.30 Afternoon News 5.00 Antiques Roadshow 5.30 Hot Seat 6.00 Evening News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.00 Customs 8.25 Lotto 8.30 RPA (PG) 9.30 Cold Case (M) 10.30 True CSI: Cold Blood (AV) 11.30 Nightline 12.00 Eclipse Music TV (M) 12.30 The Alice

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 ET 11.00 TMZ 11.30 The Partridge Family 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Movie: A Walk To Remember (PG 2002) Shane West, Mandy Moore 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 The Jetsons 7.00 Get Smart 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (M) 10.30 The Listener (M) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Fringe 2.00 The Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (M) 3.00 The Listener (M) 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Flintstones

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: From Justin To Kelly (PG 2003) Kelly Clarkson, Justin Guarini, Katherine Bailess 2.00 Kids’ Programs 4.00 It’s Academic 4.30 Seven News 5.00 M*A*S*H 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 The Matty Johns Show 8.30 Cougar Town (M) 9.00 How I Met Your Mother 9.30 Thank God You’re Here 10.30 Family Guy (M) 12.00 The Bounce 1.00 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne

Peter Nicols’s Joe (8) 18. Tommy holds in pressure for this erection (7) 19. Spendthrift scatters straw on the Spanish (7) 20. Needed in the shoe for popular dance move … (6) 25. …or British, like 27 (3)

Quick Clues ACROSS 1. Alight, dismount (3,3) 4. Tractable, submissive (8) 10. Unpredictable and potentially disastrous person or thing (5,6) 11. Flying saucer or similar sighting (1,1,1) 12. Opera by Mozart (7) 14. In a rancid or smelly manner (7) 15. Physical contest or activity performed for the benefit of onlookers (9,5) 17. Rich and expensive American seafood dish (7,7) 21. Not anywhere (7) 22. Is firm in demand or intention (7) 23. Thick black oily substance, pitch (3) 24. General franchise, election by the people (7,4) 26. Tormented, harassed (8) 27. Worldwide, spherical in shape (6)

DOWN 1. Small and colourful variety of carp kept as a pet (8) 2. Eastern philosophy (3) 3. Enclosure used for fattening cattle (7) 5. Person who acts according to a set of inflexible rules (3,2,9) 6. Ceaseless, continuous (3-4) 7. Old muzzle-loading firearm (11) 8. Person who gives a group or project his name as its own (6) 9. Person who has and exploits the common touch (3,2,3,6) 13. Parliament of the Holy Roman Empire addressed by Martin Luther in 1521 (4,2,5) 16. Container of albumen and yolk (8) 18. Church spire (7) 19. Spendthrift, ne’er-do-well (7) 20. Part of the foot (6) 25. Globe. Part of royal regalia (3)

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here is renewed interest in owning a holiday home, according to PRDnationwide. Whether as a destination to vacation or as an investment property to rent out – second home purchases are set to take off again. ‘Aussies, buoyed by the country’s healthy economy, are tipped to return to the holiday market,’ said PRDnationwide research director Aaron Maskrey. ‘The idea of having a beach shack or country cabin to get away to on weekends is enormously attractive. ‘Due to the uncertainty

and a loss of confidence in the market during 2009, many investors were forced to put their holiday homes on the market. Now that confidence has returned, a lot of people are feeling the lure of purchasing a holiday home again. ‘Unit sales on the Sunshine Coast increased by 11.3%, during the half year period ending September 2009. The Tweed local government area experienced increases in activity for both units (at 30%) and houses (31%).’ PRDnationwide Kallangur principal Gary Roden has owned several rental

properties over the past twenty years. Mr Roden said the most important part of buying a rental property is to purchase in a high capital gain area and be prepared to own the property for a minimum of five years. ‘When you are looking for a property, remember that the larger the home the more it would increase in value based on the increases in building costs and materials. ‘To get a good tenant paying an attractive rent, I suggest that you buy the largest home that your budget can afford and maintain.’

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egories also saw big rises. Farmland rose an average of 24.7 per cent, and business land an average of 18.86 per cent. Only the Byron Bay CBD took a downturn, by 5.3 per cent, while in the rest of the Byron Bay business category,

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Sport The weather was great, kids from Zone 15, an area that covers from Grafton – West of the Range – to Tweed Heads. The kids had an absolute ball.

Sport shorts Murwillimbah Shield Sports Gala Day Hey just about time to send in applications for the Murwillumbah Netball Origin Shield Rep Carnival on the August 18. The club apologises that their website has gone missing in action. Please pass along info to anyone who may wish to come to beautiful Murwillumbah and their four newly resurfaced courts. Alternatively you can phone Beth Matsuto 02 6676 6289 or email: info@ murwillumbahnetball.com.au.

SPORT RESULTS BOWLS Cabarita Beach Men

Wed 24.3.10 Winners M Mattucci & M Howarder, r/up R Tonkin & J Hay, cons P Killey & B Davey. Sat social Winners L Browning,A Jones & M Cox. E Carsley,B Venner & J McArdle. cons T Brent & P Glancy. Mon 39.3.10Winners G Goode & B Rae r/up N Ambrose & P Glancy cons B Laybutt & A Latif. Cabarita Beach Women 27.03.10 Club Open Fours - Congratulations to winners - M.Hunter, R.Gleeson,P.Rannie, L.Glancy. 29.03.10 District President’s Triples, Byron Bay – A great day of friendship and bowls was enjoyed by all. Cabarita players acquitted themselves extremely well with R.Creedon, B.Cox and J.Lake being the Overall Winners of this Competition. Congratulations ladies. 30.03.10 Social Bowls - Winning Rink - J.Maitre, M.Rae, L.King. Consolation - C.Morgan, M.Lambert, G.Coustley. Raffles - M.Overall, S.Vincent, K.Ross. Monthly Raffle R. Creedon Visitors - A fond farewell to Terry and Joy Brent who are returning to Bribie Island after a great stay Third quarter

April 6

19:37

New moon

April 14

22:29

First quarter

April 22

04:20

Full moon Day of Sun month rise 1 T 0655 2 F 0656 3 S 0656 4 S 0557 5 M 0558 6 T 0558 7 W 0559 8 T 0559 9 F 0600 10 S 0600 11 S 0601 12 M 0602 13 T 0602 14 W 0603 15 T 0603 16 F 0604 17 S 0604 18 S 0605 19 M 0606 20 T 0606 21 W 0607 22 T 0607 23 F 0608 24 S 0608 25 S 0609 26 M 0610 27 T 0610 28 W 0611 29 T 0611 30 F 0612

April 28 Sun Moon set rise 1844 1955 1842 2041 1841 2131 1740 2124 1739 2219 1738 2315 1737 1736 0010 1735 0105 1734 0158 1733 0250 1731 0343 1730 0436 1729 0531 1728 0629 1727 0728 1726 0829 1725 0931 1724 1029 1723 1124 1722 1214 1721 1258 1720 1338 1719 1415 1718 1451 1717 1527 1717 1605 1716 1646 1715 1730 1714 1819

Students from years three and four from across the Tweed congregated at Arkinstall Park on Friday March 19 to participate in a Sports Gala Day. All children got to play in a variety of sports including netball, hockey, soccer, T-ball, Aus-Kick and AFL. It was a great opportunity for the students to mix with other students from other schools. in our area. 01.04.10 Club Open Triples commence. 13.04.10 Club Pairs nominations close. 19.04.10 District Pairs and Singles nominations close. Social Bowls - Tuesdays 9.15am. Visitors warmly welcomed. Ladies also invited to play Saturdays 1.00pm. Please phone Club on 6676 2951 and leave message and contact number. Coaching - Free every Saturday with accredited coaches from 9.30am. Barefoot Bowls - Sunday (04.04.10) 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm E.S.T. Condong Ladies Tues 30.03.10 Social play Pairs:H Ross & R Thorley def B Mullan & M HInde Triples:M Sweetnam,R Ross & M Wilkins def K Edmunds,K Cusak & B Smith, E Hunt, S Cook & J Blake def P Flack,M Standfield & J Glasby. Winning Rink E Hunt. Comp Winner K Edmunds. Social Bowls next Tues 6.4.10 with monthly meeting to follow. District Triples 13.4.10 to be played at Mur/Bah, good luck to those ladies participating. Condong Men Wednesday 24th 34 bowlers played. Winners B Wilkins, Spar-

SLSC patrolled beaches

Cabarita Beach Pony Club Gymkhana Gymkhana was held on the weekend of March 27 and 28. row, B McBurney Runner/ups C Mummery, T Crossingham. Raffle B Albury, G Cranny, C Vigilone. Thursday 25th Condong hosted 51 bowlers from Tweed district Round Robin for a friendship day, plus 15 Hoteliers from qld lawn bowls. Winners R Nelson, B Bathie, D Low Second J Sullivan, J Dawson, R Sydenham. Raffle winners B Blake, B McKay, P Shaw, B Barker, R Grob. A great day had by all. Friday Twilight Bowls saw 40 bowlers from Q L D taxies playing 40 bowlers from Condong. Winning rinks H Ross, J Mullan, B Mullan, runner/ups W Ross, T Dylon, N Chaplan. Lucky raffle W Curby, B Foster, N Chapman, D Simpson, B Dunne, Coach. Saturday bowls Condong played qld taxies Con 269 Def Qld 200. Winners Win Skip M Chillcott, Win 2nd S Cook, Win lead T Weatherly. Raffle Win R Nelson, M Chillcott, C Yohui, T Kennedy, J Glasby, D Burns, S Cook.Sunday Legacy Bowls Day at Condong saw 130 bowlers and guests turn up for the day helping to raise $3297.00 well done. Teams from Condong, Saints and Sinners, Tumbulgum, Tyalgum,Tweed Heads and QLD Taxies. The Charity Shield winners

APRIL 2010

MONTHLY MARKETS

Astronomical data and tides

Every Sat 6-11am Farmers Market – Currumbin Wildlife Sactuary 0417 759 777

22:19 Moon High tide, Low tide, set height (m) height (m) 0855 1050,1.54; 2307,1.83 0446,0.25; 1643,0.38 1000 1139,1.41; 2351,1.78 0539,0.31; 1722,0.48 1102 1228,1.30 0631,0.40; 1801,0.58 1100 0036,1.69; 1219,1.20 0627,0.49; 1745,0.67 1152 0025,1.59; 1315,1.14 0726,0.57; 1836,0.75 1238 0120,1.50; 1422,1.12 0828,0.62; 1942,0.79 1319 0225,1.44; 1534,1.14 0930,0.63; 2059,0.80 1355 0333,1.43; 1636,1.21 1026,0.61; 2210,0.76 1427 0433,1.44; 1724,1.29 1113,0.56; 2309,0.69 1458 0523,1.47; 1804,1.38 1152,0.52; 2358,0.62 1527 0605,1.50; 1839,1.47 1227,0.48 1556 0645,1.52; 1913,1.56 0041,0.55; 1259,0.45 1626 0722,1.52; 1945,1.64 0120,0.49; 1329,0.44 1659 0759,1.50; 2017,1.71 0159,0.44; 1359,0.44 1735 0837,1.47; 2052,1.75 0237,0.41; 1430,0.45 1815 0917,1.43; 2130,1.78 0318,0.39; 1504,0.48 1902 1000,1.38; 2211,1.78 0401,0.39; 1543,0.52 1956 1048,1.32; 2256,1.75 0448,0.41; 1624,0.57 2055 1141,1.27; 2347,1.71 0542,0.45; 1713,0.62 2158 1241,1.23 0642,0.48; 1811,0.67 2304 0047,1.67; 1350,1.23 0747,0.48; 1921,0.69 0155,1.64; 1503,1.27 0854,0.46; 2039,0.68 0010 0307,1.63; 1609,1.37 0955,0.61; 2155,0.61 0115 0415,1.65; 1705,1.50 1048,0.38; 2302,0.52 0220 0514,1.66; 1756,1.63 1137,0.34 0324 0609,1.65; 1844,1.75 0003,0.43; 1223,0.33 0429 0702,1.62; 1929,1.84 0100,0.35; 1305,0.34 0534 0753,1.56; 2014,1.89 0154,0.30; 1347,0.38 0640 0843,1.49; 2057,1.90 0245,0.29; 1428,0.44 0744 0931,1.41; 2140,1.88 0333,0.31; 1508,0.51 Daylight Saving Time ends 3am April 4. 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.

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1st Sat Brunswick Heads (02) 6628 4495 1st Sat 8-11am Casuarina Farmers’ Market 0414 777 432 1st Sun Banora Point Farmers’ Market 0417 759 777 1st Sun Byron Bay (02) 6680 9703 1st Sun Pottsville (02) 6676 4555 1st Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 2nd Sat 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun 2nd Sun

Kingscliff (02) 6674 0827 The Channon (02) 6688 6433 Chillingham 0437 041 023 Lennox Head (02) 6672 2874 Coolangatta (07) 5533 8202 Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

3rd Sat 8-11am Casuarina Farmers’ Market 0414 777 432 3rd Sat Mullumbimby (02) 6684 3370 3rd Sat Murwillumbah Cottage Markets 0417 759 777 3rd Sun Ballina (02) 6687 4328 3rd Sun Banora Point Farmers’ Market 0417 759 777 3rd Sun Nimbin (02) 6689 0000 3rd Sun Pottsville (02) 6676 4555 3rd Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 3rd Sun Uki (02) 6679 9026 4th Sat Kingscliff (02) 6674 0827 4th Sun Bangalow (02) 6687 1911 4th Sun (in 5 Sun month) Coolangatta (07) 5533 8202 4th Sun Murwillumbah 0422 565 168 4th Sun Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714 5th Sun 5th Sun

Nimbin (02) 6689 0000 Tweed Heads (07) 5599 1714

FARMERS MARKETS Each Sat Each Thu Each Tue Each Sat

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played Wednesday 9am. 31-3-10 Coming Event: May 17 is our Hibiscus Triples, We would like to make this our best ever so all Ladies are invited to submit their teams, for what promises to be a Great Day. Kingscliff Men Coming Up: The Artie Booth Men’s Two Bowls Pairs to be played on Monday 12th April has proved very popular and has attracted a full field: This will be 5 games of 17 ends with a prize pool of $2 100.00. Entry fee of $40.00 per team includes Chef’s special lunch. The Men’s Open Pairs Club Championships will continue on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th April. Games called for Saturday 10th April: Game 1: N Orme, K Taylor v B Turner, R Julius; Game 2: T Abrahams, O Simpson v TBA, T Cusack; Game 3: R Lewis, M James v K Banks, T Hills. The winners of Games 2 and 3 will also play on Sunday 11th April. The winner of Game 2 will play L Murphy , P Jones; The winner of Game 3 will play L Rootsey, C Lane. Also called for Sunday 11th April J Quinn, S Jamieson v T Wonka, J North. Roll up 9:00am. Results of Tweed Valley Shield played on Monday 29th March: A Division: Kingscliff 51 d Tugun 30. B Division: Tugun 55 d Kingscliff 19. Social Bowls Results: Thursday 25th March: Winners: P Grogan, G Haydon, A Brown; J Brinsmead, B Morrow, B Beattie; P Murphy, V Lewis, R Julius. Plate winners: P Jones, J O’Malley, D Whittington. Saturday 27th March: Winners: P Grogan, B Jack, P Jones; A Reid, A Simpson, S Cupitt. Plate Winners: N Chivers, B Henry, L Morris. Tuesday 30th March: Winners: J Ritchie, M Richards. Runners Up: P Wilmott, N Fletcher. Plate Winners: G Munn, D Grenfell. Pottsville Women Thursday 25th March, 2010 Winners: J.Boyd, H.Woodbridge & J.Jones. Runners Up: L.Johns, C.Shaw & N.Bonnor. Raffle: L.Dunlop & W.Fielding Lucky Bowler: L.Johns. Friday: Mixed Pairs, Mufti 3.00pm start. Club Four’s: Final 1st April. District singles & pairs close 15th April. Club pairs sheet on board – closes 15th April and 1st round to be played 22nd April. Check notice board for District three for draw. Visitor Info: Thurs Women’s Social Bowls. Names must be in by 8.30am day of play. New bowlers requiring coaching should contact the club on 02 6676 1077. Tweed Heads Ladies Semi-Final Championship Singles: J. Oswald 25 def. B. Makin 23. L. Cuthbertson 25 def. T. Dixon 9. Wednesday Ladies Pairs: B. Carmody & D. Spicer 14 def. J. Davey & G. Wood 13, P. Mann & J.

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TIMBER, pine, treated pine, hardwood, mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order. Brims Builders Hardware, Billinudgel 02 66801718, Sth Tweed 07 55236002

ASTRA TSCITY ‘03, 1.8L, 5dr, 97,000km, man, a-c, p-s, airbags, NSW rego 08/10, vgc, reduced to $8400. Ph 0755999339

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JEWELLERY FACTS #52 People who own unique hand-crafted jewellery are 82%* happier (*survey by Luna & Pringle, 2010) HAMMER & HAND Jewellery Collective Ti-Tree Pl, Byron A&I Est. 10-4, 7 days

Diesel GXL Landcrusier 8 seater 5spd A/C P/S ZDN939 ...................$8,750

POOL TABLE pub size, mahog ďŹ nish, all acc, mint cond, $850 ono. 0412738592

1996 Daihatsu Feroza 4WD 5 spd Long Rego Clean & tidy Car BD 56 WK .........................................................$5,650

MULLUM SECONDHAND French doors & insets, windows, solid 4 panel doors, lead lights. Ph 66841246 or 66843063

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BAMBOO PLY from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring. For ceilings, walls, doors, etc. Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure www.bambooply.com.au 6’ HEAVY DUTY SLASHER $2800 Phone 66840060

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BARGAINS Low Kilometre Automatic Hyundai Excel 1999 A/C, P/S, CD 90,312kms AGE43C .......................$4,850 Holden Barina 4 door hatch. 5 spd, A/C, Cheap Transport WQP841 ......$1,750

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MOTOR BIKES YAMAHA TY 175 trials bike $1500. Phone 0407630525

BUSINESS FOR SALE %#/ #,%!.).' "53).%33 Well organised & established cleaning business with diverse clientele for sale. Legitimate business with books. Please phone 0404860738

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OCEAN SHORES huge ocean views, executive 4br home, 2 bathrm, DLUG execut $727,000 www.diysell.com.au ID: P19537 $727 Phone 66284127, 0418221294 P

LENNOX HEAD 853sqm block, backs onto rainforest, nice outlook, $289,000. Ph 03 52897028 or 0427897028

Excavator & tipper hire. 0427172684

THE SCHOOL OF THE HEART Course for prospective teachers 12-15 April. Enquiries 66804169

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FINANCE - lowdoc, fulldoc, commercial, private finance & caveat lending, Michael Murray - Broker & Buyers Agent 0428555501

BRUNSWICK VALLEY

CLEANUP & TIP RUNS. 4 ton max $25ph. Ph 0407032112

TOYOTA COROLLA ‘94 CSI 4WD wagon 182,000km, brakes, 182,0000km, new tyres, brake es, s clutch, 11 mths reg, exc cond, $4500. 66871648

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YOTA FR5 4WD station wagon, 1993, TOYOTA sp AE95R, manual, 5 spd, cruise control, split rear seats, serviced regularly, new ty tyres, m TKL090 rego to N red, 330,000km, Nov, can 00 ono. Mull email photos, $3200 Mullumbimby. Ph Clive 0438338162

Cash, cheque or credit card – Mastercard or Visa Prepayment required for: Garage Sales, Share Accommodation, Short Term Accommodation, Wanted to Rent and Work Wanted classifications Account enquiries: 02 6684 1777

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

Clutter Overload? Time to clear it out with a garage sale. Ph us on 66722280 to advertise here.

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For inquiries contact:

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7!2.).' The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post ofďŹ ce box. SKIP BIN TRUCK plus 16 bins. Good opportunity to enter rubbish removal business. $45,000. Interested parties phone 0407886772 QUALIFIED BEAUTY THERAPIST required to rent a space in established Hair Salon at Cabarita Beach, approx $250pw. Please ph Vivian 0438328814

LAND FOR SALE

WANTED to buy, cheap heavily bushed paddock within 1/2 hour of Tweed for weekend retreat. 0415746443

SHORT TERM ACCOM.

7!2.).' The Department of Fair Trading has warned people to be very careful about responding to advertisements offering work at home. Readers should be wary if asked to pay money upfront for employment opportunities and never send money to a post ofďŹ ce box. MODELS 18+ years required. Nude female for Picture and People magazines. No experience required. All shapes and sizes. Backpackers welcome. Good money. Professional accredited ACP photographer. Ph 0413627846 BELLINI RESTAURANT WAITSTAFF Part time position available, exp required. Ph Marty on 0404641463 or send RESUME TO BELLINIRESTAURANT GMAIL COM

Registered Nurse Part-time position available in GP practice. Pracsoft, MD & EPC experience desirable. Phone Practice Manager on 02 6672 1352 for more details Send CV to: Practice Manager, PO Box 76 Murwillumbah NSW 2484

ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement. +).'3#,)&& 2 br unit to share with 1 male, furn. Caring person, n/s. $120pw + expenses. 0409911124

TO LET "),!-"), (%)'(43 2br, 2 bathrm, duplex unit, new kitchen, lake views, $280pw incl elect, avail now. Phone 0412322818 "522).'"!2 rural, 4br house, swim in creek, rainforest, orchard, refs essential, working people only $380pw. 66771018 MURWILLUMBAH STH 2br + sunroom/ bedroom house, rural outlook, recently renovated & clean, pet friendly/fenced, $275pw + water, refs ess. Ph or sms Ross 0409550153 CRABBES CREEK 3br, f-f house avail after Easter, $450pw incl gas, electricity, water, w’less internet & lawns. Suit family searching or building in area, close to beaches & M1. 66771878 "522).'"!2 3br house, beautiful views from the back deck, long term only, pets ok, $330pw, avail 20/04. Ph 0414596326

Free Positions Vacant Ads The Tweed Echo is offering free line ads to Positions Vacant advertisers. Send us your listing of up to 50 words before Wednesday midday. Fax your listing to 02 6672 4933 or email it to adcopy@tweedecho.com.au

WORK WANTED $%#+3 0%2'/,!3 & all carpentry needs. Ph for free quote 0427196962

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DURANBAH cottage 3br, 1bthrm, double carport, stunning ocean views, 7km to beach, suit working couple, n/s, $350pw + elec. Ph 66745086

No degree or experience required. Cert III & IV in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Recruitment service & Job Guarantee!

FREE RESOURCE BOOK for prompt course enrolment!

Free info session – 12 April

Free To Let Ads The Tweed Echo is offering free line ads to residential To Let advertisers. Send your listing of up to 50 words before Wednesday midday. Does not include share accom. and commercial leases. Fax your listing to 02 6672 4933 or email it to adcopy@tweedecho.com.au

WANTED TO RENT ECHO ACCOUNTS POLICY: Ads in this section must be paid by credit card or in person at time of placement. ")' &2)%.$,9 $/' needs share house /cottage for owner in Murwillumbah area. Phone Geoff 0434408661

MOTOR VEHICLES

CAR BODIES REMOVED FREE

POSITIONS VACANT

Exciting Franchise Opportunities

Next course 21-25 April 5/1 Carlyle St, Byron Bay

1300 558 890

MUSICAL NOTES '5)4!2 !-0 2%0!)23, all pro audio & custom modiďŹ cations. Ph 0421800963 www.thorphillipsaudio.com 12 PIECE SOUL BAND – SOUL’D – available for work. www.soul-band.com or phone Steve 0410319410

ONLY ADULTS 3%.35!, 3%89 4!.4!,)3).' full body rub. Total stress relief in intimate environment. Tweed Heads 0410254976 STAFF required for new massage & peep show centre. Phone Warren 0415746443 HOT SEXY full body rub you wont forget. In/out calls Byron/Tweed. 0435778552

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Good working environment with female staff must be 18–65 yrs old

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Noticeboard Free concert At the All Saints Anglican Church, Murwillumbah, this Saturday, April 3, at 1pm. Lismore’s St Andrew’s choir, with Spiritsong and other choristers will perform The Passion according to St Mark by Charles Wood.

VIEW clubs Twin Towns Evening VIEW Club meets 2nd Wednesday of each month at Tweed Heads Bowls Club at 6.30pm. Next meeting April 14. Guest speaker, marine scientist David Heggie. There will be a bottle/ jar trading table. New members welcome. Call Jenny on 07 5536 2653 by 1pm Monday, April 12. Twin Towns Day VIEW Club meets on the first Thursday of every month at the South Tweed Sports Club, 4 Minjungbal Drive. Ring Freda on 55241 357 to book for the luncheon meeting. Cost $20. Easter meeting so wear your Easter Bonnet Coolangatta/Tweed Heads VIEW Club next luncheon meeting Thursday, April 15, in the Horizons Room, South Tweed Sports Club at 11.30am. Guest speaker Justine Creed, marketing co-ordinator at Madura Tea Plantation. Visitors welcome. To book call Margaret on 07 5534 7115 before 5pm Monday, April 12.

Food relief Aged pensioners food relief will not operating at the ibar, Wharf Street, over Easter. It will resume Friday, April 9, at 9.30am.

Exercise classes A community-based exercise class at Tweed Community Health Centre for ‘mature age’ people, no uniforms, no commitments, no coordination required! Move to music and increase your fitness in a fun environment. Fridays 8.15am (DST), Allan Millard Room, Tweed Heads Hospital. For more info call Jules on 0407 077 132.

Pensioner food Free food giveaway for struggling pensioners on Wednesday at 12.30pm DST at the iBar, Tweed Heads. More donations needed. Terri 0414 376 057

Uki Ball The Uki Country Ball 2010 will be held in Uki Hall, Saturday, April 10, a family fun night, prizes, competitions and raffle, live music and a country style supper included.

SOCIAL ESCORTS BEAUTIFUL, Petite, Incalls / Outcalls. Ocean Shores 9am-11pm. 0488649248

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

Liam L Liam Li iis a 5 year old, desexed male DSH Tabby cat in foster care with Friends of the Pound. He is a big ‘boofy’ friendly fellow who loves having his ears scratched. The tip of his tail has been broken, but 2 vets have checked it and said its OK – it just looks a little strange! If you can give Liam a secure, loving home, please contact Trudi at the FOP Adoption Information Booth on 07 5524 8590 or, after hours, Pam on 02 6676 0078. Visit www. friendsofthepound. com to see the many other dogs and cats available.

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Doors open at 7pm. Adults $10, students (teens) $6, juniors $2, family $25. For info call Joy on 6679 5297.

Garden clubs Murwillumbah District Garden Club’s recent bus trips have raised money for $500 to Murwillumbah Hospital auxiliary, $250 to Westpac Helicopter Service and $250 to Tweed Valley Palliative Care. The next bus trip will be to Lightning Ridge July 26-30, cost $680 twin share and bookings need to be made as soon as possible at Beverley’s on Main Street. Meetings are held on the fourth Monday of each month at 7pm in the Jessie McMillan Hall Wollumbin Street, all welcome.

Fitness talk

able volunteer members of the Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers Network assist. Inquiries (07) 5524 4556.

Croquet clubs Tweed Heads Croquet play days are Monday 9am and Thursday and Saturday 9.30am, all welcome to come and try. Phone 07 5599 1611 for more information or come to the lawns at 39 Recreation Street, Tweed Heads on play days.

Stokers hall The Stokers Dunbible Memorial Hall AGM will be held at the hall on Monday, April 19, at 7pm. Enthusiasm, ideas and support is appreciated to keep our community hall viable. For info call Gloria 6677 9234 or Rhonda 6677 9027.

6677 9150 or Neil 6677 9125.

Lifeball Lifeball is an exercise sport similar to netball but played at a walking pace by senior men and women. Come and have a try. Sessions held every Tuesday 9.30am-11.30am at Tweed Supersports Centre, Chinderah, $5 per person. Contact Jill (02) 66740636 or George (07) 55244558

Family night Global Care family food and fun night every third Saturday at Christian Outreach Centre, Prince Street, Murwillumbah, entry $5 for family $2.50 for singles includes tea and entertainment. All welcome. Also free sausage sizzle every third Saturday at Murwillumbah markets. For info call Glenn on 0422 741558.

Tweed Heads Library’s ‘Tweed Talk’ this month is by Julie Bartley who has a background in classical ballet and modern dance. Her talk, entitled ‘Nia, the joy of movement, will be held on Tuesday, April 20, from 10am NSW time with refreshments provided, all welcome. To book call 07 5569 3150, for info visit www. niaaustralia.com.au

Art show

Australasian Order of Old Bastards (AOOB) Twin Towns branch next monthly meeting Friday, April 9, at South Tweed Sports Club, Tweed Heads South at 2pm in the Secret Garden Room. Money due for next bus trip, April 11, intending members invited to attend.

Falls prevention Steady Steps falls prevention program is a10-week gentle-exercise program to improve health and maintain independence in adults. First session Friday, April 16, from 2pm-3pm. For more info call Ron at Coolangatta Senior Citizen’s Centre on 07 5536 4050.

Historical society Tweed Heads Historical Society and Museum will be closed over Easter, on Friday April 2 and Sunday, April 4. Open as normal Tuesday, April 6. Open Tues, Thurs, Fri 11am- 4pm Sunday 1pm-4pm, Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, West Tweed Heads. For info call 07 5536 8625.

Mental health Mental Health Carers meetings for the next month: Mondays April 5 and 19. Families and friends of people with mental illness are welcome to share friendship, information and experiences with other carers from 10am on the first and third Mondays in each month at the Tweed Heads Library, Brett Street (no public holidays). Knowledge-

PCYC markets

Bargain shop

Held every Sunday at the Tweed Heads PCYC, corner of Florence and Adelaide Streets, running from early in the morning to around lunchtime. For more info call 07 5599 1714.

The Uniting Church Bargain Shop helps the Blair Athol Supported Accommodation and Assistance Program. Pre-loved clothing, bric-abrac, small household items, linen, books and luggage as well as new greeting cards and wrapping paper available. At 2/3 Machinery Drive, Tweed Heads South, from Monday to Friday 9.30am-3.30pm. For info call Malcolm or Georgina on 07 5524 4963.

Free meals Delicious free meals prepared by Sri Govinda Dham are served every second Tuesday at the Murwillumbah Community Centre from 11.45am-12.30pm. All welcome. For info call Prema Das on 6679 5541.

Museum dates A special exhibition on the hospital ship Centaur is on display at Tweed Heads Historical Society and Museum, Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, Tweed Heads West (Open Tuesday, Thursday Friday 11am-4pm (DST) and Sunday 1-4pm (DST) or by appointment. For info call 07 5536 8625.

Looking for a way to gain work experience, meet friends and/or contribute to your community? Each week NORTEC Volunteering has around 200 volunteer positions available through community organisations in our region. The ‘five most wanted’ vacancies this week include: Murwillumbah, sales assistants; Tweed Shire, drivers for officials; Pottsville, canteen assistant; Mullumbimby, volunteer coordinator; Tweed Shire, street outreach worker. For enquiries regarding these or any of the volunteer vacancies listed in our region (approx 200) visit www.nortecltd. com.au or call 02 6672 8288.

Tweed Gold Coast Family History and Heritage Assoc. will hold its monthly get-together at Sth Tweed Sports Club, Minjungbal Drive, on Tuesday, April 6, at 1.30pm (DST). Guest speaker is Ken Eldridge on ‘My Family Matters’. Meeting followed by tea/coffee, visitors welcome. Form info call Noelene on 07 5599 8939.

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walks around town. All welcome. For info call 02 6672 1660.

Volunteering

Family history

Elanora Uniting Church is holding an art show again this year, with free entry on Saturday and Sunday April 10 and 11 (10.30am-4pm each day). A painting valued at $720 donated by this year’s feature artist, Metka Skrobar, is to be raffled, and works will be for sale. Various artists will demonstrate their skills each day, and sandwiches and devonshire teas available. Take Exit 92 from the M1 and enter from Pines Lane or Applecross Way. For info call Dianne on 07 5522 5102.

Seniors Centre, 2 Gerrard St, Coolangatta, phone 07 5536 4050.

Landcare volunteers

Music concert

Red Cross

Tweed Links Music Club concert, Sunday, April 4 at 2pm, Coolangatta Tweed Heads Golf Club, Soorley Street, Tweed Heads South. Admission $5 for golf club members $10 for visitors. Seniors Week special, $5 all seniors. For info call Elaine on 5590 7870 or visit www. tweedlinksmusicclub.org

Tweed Heads Red Cross Branch will resume monthly meetings on 2nd Friday of each month in the community room at Tweed City shopping centre, commencing with morning tea at 9.30am. Visitors welcome, form info call Joyce on 07 5524 1277.

Garage sale Kingscliff Volunteer Coast Guard is holding a monster garage sale from 8am-1pm (DST) on on Sunday, April 4, at the Kingscliff Radio Tower. Donations appreciated. For info call Helena on 6674 0576.

Palliative volunteers Tweed Palliative Support ‘s Volunteer Training Program begins on April 28, a course for new volunteers required to support and care for clients living with a life-threatening illness in the clients own home. A 10 week course, to be held each Wednesday from 9am-3pm, from April 28-June 30. For info call 02 6672 8459.

Probus clubs Banora Point Probus Club meets on the fourth Monday of the month at South Tweed Sports Club at 10.30am. Visitors welcome. Call Frank on 55 99 9528. Kingscliff Mixed Probus Club meets the first Wednesday of each month at 10am at the Uniting Church Hall Kingscliff. Outings every 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Book sale Friends of the Library Kingscliff will conduct their next book sale on Saturday, April 10, from 9am11.45am. Donations may be left at the library in Turnock Street, Kingscliff. For info call Larry on 02 6674 1607.

Friends of Wollumbin (FOW) Landcare group are looking for more people to help with the Byangum Community Tweed Riverbank Restoration Project. Volunteers meet the first Saturday of the month from 8am to 1pm to plant trees on the banks of the Tweed River on Kyogle Road, one kilometre south of Byangum Bridge. For further info call Marcia on 6672 8146 or email podge@netspace.net.au.

Kids helpline When kids face a crisis, Kids Helpline is there to help, Australia’s only telephone and online counselling service specifically for children and young people aged 5 to 25 years. For info call 1800 55 1800 (free call) or go to www.kidshelpline.com.au.

Community exchange Tweed Shire Community Exchange. Tweed Shire’s newest economy. Website: www.tweedshire.info. Email: ur@machinerydrive.com. Mobile/SMS: 0424 670787. People helping people. The exhange is a network of people helping people. Get help, buy things, sell things and help others without paying cash.

Parent support

Vintage film night

Hospital auxiliary

Friends of the Tweed River Regional Museum are hosting a vintage film night at the Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah, on Thursday, May 13, at 6pm.

Tweed Hospital Auxiliary Meetings are held on the first Monday of every month in the Islander Room in the Tweed Civic Centre. New members welcome. For info call Merle on 07 5536 1441.

The Family Centre’s trained volunteers and support workers provide practical parenting support to parents and carers living in the Tweed Shire who are caring for at least one child 0-3 years of age. For info call 07 5524 871.

Rock ‘n’ roll dancing

Walking group

Women wanted for rock ‘n’ roll lessons and dancing, first session free. Men also welcome. Wednesdays 1.30pm-3pm (DST), Coolangatta

Murwillumbah on the Move walking group meets at information centre carpark at 6.50am Wednesdays and Saturdays. Enjoyable

Fernvale AGM Fernvale Community Association AGM to be held at the hall on Monday, April 12, at 7.30pm. Fresh faces and good ideas needed, all welcome. For info call Chris on

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. For info call Noelene on 07 5599 8939 (Mon-Fri 9-5). All welcome.

Toastmasters Become a popular, confident public speaker, tune listening skills and have a laugh as well. Join Murwillumbah Toastmasters every other Thursday for dinner and friendship (all ages). Call Marg 02 6677 9575 or Phil 02 6677 9388.

Justices Tweed Valley Justices of the Peace have a desk at Tweed Centro each Tuesday 10am-2pm. Also at Tweed City Thursday from 10am-2pm and 5pm-7pm. For info call Margaret on 07 5599 2975.

Breast screening BreastScreen NSW Tweed Heads Clinic at The Tweed Hospital offers free screening mammograms all year round. After hours appointments are also available on Thursday nights and Saturdays. All women over the age of 40 are eligible, however women aged 50 to 69 are particularly encouraged to receive two yearly mammograms. Appointments can be made by phoning 13 20 50.

Community calendar Tweed Shire Council online community calendar of events lets you know what’s on. Available for event organisers, community groups, resident and ratepayer groups and others to promote their local events. Visit www.tweed.nsw.gov. au/Events/WhatsOnCommunity. aspx.

Meditation Buddhism drop-in classes in Murwillumbah for guided meditations, teaching and discussion, followed by refreshments. All welcome and no prior experience necessary. Class fee $10. For info call 07 5535 1140 or visit info@goldcoastmeditation.org

Meditation groups Every Monday evening, 6pm-9pm at Kingscliff Holistic Centre, For info call 6674 4866.

Pottsville meet Pottsville Community Association has deferred the April and May meetings. Next meeting will be June 29 at 7.45pm. New members welcome. For info call Helen 02 6676 2549.

Nashos The Gold Coast South-Twin Towns Branch of the National Servicemen’s Association of Australia will hold its general meeting on Sunday, May 16, at 10am in the Anzac Room of Twin Towns Services Club. For info call John 07 5535 2484.

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Condong resident Alex Mitchell has just returned from a brief visit to Christchurch, NZ, bringing $15 home, a $10 note and a fiver. He visited the Commonwealth Bank in Kingscliff to have it changed into Oz currency. The teller helpfully checked the day’s exchange rate and said: ‘You’ll get $10 for your New Zealand money. ‘That’s fine’, he said, and put out his hand for the 10 bucks. ‘But there are bank charges on the transaction,’ the teller continued, ‘we charge $8 in fees so you will receive only $2’. As he left, Alex, a retired journo, could be heard complaining: ‘Are these banks bloodsuckers or what?’

for hooning by doing a donut in his sports car. High-profile sportsmen like him are role models for our youth but the ‘dickhead’, according to a Victorian government minister, prefers to promote recklessness. The champion driver later apologised, and had his car temporarily impounded. He’ll likely face a fine later for his actions. ■ ■ ■ ■

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The federal government’s Building Education Revolution program has been a photoopportunity boon for local Labor members when they open new classrooms and buildings funded by the scheme. At a second Tweed school function last week, Backburner joked to Richmond MP Justine Elliot that she must be getting tired of so many new classroom openings, to which she gleefully replied ‘Isn’t it great!’ Couldn’t argue with that.

Two of the works in the 58th Blake Prize exhibition currently showing at Tweed River Art Gallery, Belinda Mason’s ‘Last Supper’, a 3D lenticular image, and below, the ‘Russian Prison Tattoo’ by Julian Meagher. The Blake Prize is one of the most prestigious art prizes in Australia which for 58 years has awarded a prize for works of art exploring religious awareness and spirituality. It is running till May 2 in conjunction with ■ ■ ■ ■ Interestingly the first two Tweed three other exhibitions: ‘The Dawn of Language’ by Emma schools off the starter blocks Walker, ‘Mekong Drift’ by Karlee Rawkins and Marc Renshaw with their official openings and ‘Landscape and Memory’ by David Kas. Photo Jeff Dawson

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Hats off to Marty Mayberry and his winning silver in the standing-class downhill event at at the recent Paralympic Games

in Canada. The athlete’s father Paul, a well-known Murwillumbah accountant, is over the moon together with all Marty’s family, friends and new fans. The 24-year-old, a double leg amputee as a result of suffering from meningococcal disease as a teenager, was in sensational form leading up to the Paralympics, winning gold and silver medals in the two downhill

And of course it’s a tad rich for Ian Macdonald, the NSW minister for state development and forcing-car-races-onto-communities, to be calling Melburnians ‘arrogant’ over their wish to hang onto the Australian Grand prix formula 1 race. The NSW government wants to host the grand prix at night, probably in Homebush, from 2015. Also known as Sir Lunchalot for his excessive wining and dining with lobbyists, the minister said the money needed to host the grand prix was ‘vague at the moment’. That’s probably because, like the funding for the controversial world rally held in Tweed and Kyogle shires last year, it will be kept secret from taxpayers. The state opposition labelled the ‘very flimsy plan’ as ‘scandalous’ while the Victorian government described the NSW government as ‘the nation’s biggest blowhards’, and Backburner tends to agree. ■ ■ ■ ■

There are council meeting regulations for just about everything, and it sometimes seems that Cr Dot Holdom proposes a new set every week, and yet strangely there is no code setting out how members of the public should properly address councillors. Backburner races at the IPC World Cup in suggests a humble genuflection Colorado last month. Marty, followed by the honorific, ‘Your who is studying medicine in Supreme Secretiveness.’ Sydney, was hailed Australia’s ■ ■ ■ ■ newest Paralympic hero. It was The federal election is still his first medal competing in his months away but that hasn’t second Paralympic Games. stopped one Tweed hopeful ■ ■ ■ ■ starting her election campaign. Congratulations to Victorian A poster for Tania Murdock has police for pulling up and warn- been spotted along the Terraning Australian Grand Prix For- ora Road at Banora Point. Does mula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton she know something we don’t?

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