Tweed Echo – Issue 2.32 – 22/04/2010

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Volume 2 #32 Thursday, April 22, 2010 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 Fax: (02) 6672 4933 editor@tweedecho.com.au adcopy@tweedecho.com.au www.tweedecho.com.au

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Latest rate rise on the way Richard Johns

Tweed ratepayers will pay an extra 8.5 per cent on their ordinary rate from July 1. But this will only apply to around 18,300 residential properties that fall within the minimum rate band. Another 47 per cent of residents will pay extra depending on the land value of their property. The business rate goes up by a minimum of 40.7 cents in the dollar, and for farmland by 23.4 cents in the dollar. However, the latter only applies to 268 properties out of a total of 1,575. Tweed Shire Council already has approval from the state government to increase rates by another 7.5 per cent in 2011/12 and again in 2012/13, as a result of a seven-year rate plan approved by the state government three years ago.

Minimum rise 7.7 per cent Taking sewerage and water charges into the equation the minimum rate rises by 7.7 per cent to $1,716.45, with the shire’s 8,280 pensioners eligible for a $425 rebate. The draft budget was put to councillors at their meeting on Tuesday night and will go out for public consultation tomorrow (Friday). Residents have 28 days to submit their comments before the draft comes back to councillors at their meeting on June 15. While there are some highlights in the budget, including $1 million for redevelopment of the Murwillumbah Community Centre, nearly $4 million for the Jack Evans Boat Harbour and $2.49 million for regional sports

facilities at Arkinstall Park, Tweed Heads, one of the biggest losers is the environment. Only $668,000 has been allocated to environmental projects, such as $100,000 for a review of the Tweed Coast estuary management plan and $498,000 for a Tweed/Byron bush futures program. In contrast, the big winner from the draft budget is an upgrade of the Banora Point sewage treatment plant, where the cost has soared from $2.6 million to $28 million, with an additional $14.9 million already pencilled in for 2011/2012. Charges for the shire’s recently introduced ‘two-bin’ refuse collection service are also revealed in the fine print. While there are small falls in domestic waste service and waste management, the ‘waste minimisation and recycling’ charge soars 46 per cent to $60.30 per annum. Council explains this by noting the money will help towards a new recycling facility, without specifying when this will come on stream. Overall, getting rid of your waste will cost an extra 7.3 per cent or $14 a year, or more if you have a 240-litre bin. There is a consolation for those living alone, with an 80-litre bin due to be introduced from July 1. If you have a green bin look to pay $50 a year, up from $30. During Tuesday night’s debate on the draft plan council officers encouraged the public to contact them if they wanted to discuss in detail any part of the proposals.

Recycling surfboards a swell idea Surfriders Foundation Gold Coast-Tweed branch president Adam Feichtmann, front, and Chris Payne, president of Kirra Boardriders, background, at Currumbin Alley where the board swap will take place. Photo Jeff ‘Bored’ Dawson Tania Phillips

They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure and the Gold CoastTweed Branch of the Surfriders Foundation believe that extends to surf boards too. Branch president Adam Feichtmann has come up with the concept of ‘boardswapping’ based on an idea from his native country. The southern Californian-born surf activist is encouraging all surfers across the Tweed-Gold Coast region to come along to Currumbin Alley on Saturday, May 1 with any old boards they don’t want and swap them with their mates. Surfrider Foundation is a not for continued on page 2 profit organisation dedicated to the

protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves, and beaches for all people, through Conservation, Activism, Research and Education (CARE) Adam said the event, from 9am to midday, aims to ‘highlight the beauty of reducing, re-using, and recycling surfboards in a city obsessed with the consumption of new surfboards’. ‘I heard of a similar event in the US six months ago and thought it was a great idea. The idea is simple, if someone has an old board sitting in the house that they are not using they can bring it along and swap it with someone else!’ He said the aim was to help conserve resources and reduce landfill

(where old boards may have ended up). The board swap isn’t restricted to one type of board, with surfers being encouraged to bring along short and long-boards of all types and ages. Surfers just need to come along and register on the day and they will then be talked through the process and at the end they will have a new board without spending hundreds of dollars or adding to pollution, waste or landfill. Adam, who ironically sold all his old boards at a garage sale before he moved back out to Australia several months ago, said there had already been a lot of interest in the event from surfers along the Tweed and Gold Coast.

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Chippie off the old block wins award Tania Phillips

Cabarita carpenter Kelvin Wilson is no fool, but the joke was on him when he was named NSW Carpenter of the Year last week. Kelvin, 53 (pictured right), received the award as part of National Carpenters Day, beating ‘chippies’ from all over the state to the coveted title and has vowed his new ‘too good to use’ Titanium hammer would be going ‘straight to the poolroom’. However, he admitted he was a ‘bit bamboozled’ when he was rung up on April 1 and told about his win. The National Carpenters Day recognises the work of carpenters in building Australian houses and is promoted by Forest and Wood Products Australia. State winners were awarded across the country, with the national award winner this year being Tasmanian Ty Turner. The judges were impressed that Kelvin was nominated by a customer who later became a friend through continued great work . The humble but laconic father of three said he had been told that a client-turned friend had nominated him for ‘some award’ but thought no more about it.

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No further LEP extension allowed Consultation on the controversial draft LEP will close at the end of the month, despite a last-minute effort to have it extended. Crs Katie Milne and Barry Longland tried to have the period prolonged by another four weeks but were voted down at Tuesday’s council meeting. General manager Mike Rayner urged councillors not to further delay the process, saying it was important for council to begin the process of putting together a response to the state government. Cr Milne initially asked for a further two-month extension, arguing she was concerned about some major issues and wanted clarification on a number of points she didn’t understand. This provoked an angry response from Councillor Phil Youngblutt, who told Cr Milne he ‘wouldn’t waste his time’ trying to explain anything to

you’. He said the consultation process had already been extended by a month and ‘people have had plenty of time’. Mayor Warren Polglase advised the public to contact the council if they wanted clarifica-

tion on the draft. ‘Our officers are willing to discuss this with the community, it is an offer we have made to all 90,000 people in the shire,’ he said. ■See Editorial, page 6

Uki phone tower gets the green light Tweed Shire councillors on Tuesday approved a controversial 30-metre mobile phone tower for the outskirts of Uki despite concern by three councillors that Optus had not properly consulted with the community. Cr Dot Holdom, who led the push to approve the tower, said she ‘recognised and appreciated’ there was ‘a fair bit of angst’ in Uki over the tower but she felt it was the right location for the tower and had ‘held back’ to gauge the views of other councillors. Uki-based Cr Barry Longland said council had dealt

with the issue several times asking Optus to find another site, but Optus had ignored the request and an approval would send a signal to proponents that they could ignore council resolutions. Crs Longland, van Lieshout and Katie Milne opposed the move, with Cr Joan van Lieshout saying Optus had refused to consult properly with the community and shown no respect as a result. Staff placed 31 conditions on the tower, including that it be painted ‘mist green to blend in with the its surrounds’.

Tree-clearing fine revoked in close vote Richard Johns

Gales Holdings can breathe a sigh of relief. A $3,000 penalty due to be imposed by the council for allegedly cutting down trees on land it owns at Chinderah has been revoked, thanks to the combined efforts of Crs Warren Polglase, Phil Youngblutt and Joan van Lieshout. At Tuesday’s council meeting, the trio put up a rescission motion to overturn a decision made at last month’s meeting that the company, connected to the Segal family which has been pushing for years to develop the site, be fined. Cr Kevin Skinner voted with them to ensure Gales escaped the penalty. 2 April 22, 2010 The Tweed Shire Echo

‘It was hilarious, I was a bit stunned,’ he said. Kelvin, originally from Cronulla in Sydney, said he became a carpenter at 16 when his builder father, who had taken his older brother on as

an apprentice already, arranged for him to be apprenticed to a mate in the joinery trade. ‘There were no joinery courses at that stage so I had to do a carpentry apprenticeship, it made it hard at TAFE, I was working on aluminium window frames, I never saw wood.’ All that changed when he finished his apprenticeship and decided, with the help of his father, to build his own house. The family moved to Grafton and built a house on a farm there before moving to Cabarita 20-odd years ago where he has been building a house ever since. Kelvin, who dedicated the award to his late father, has two sons in the trade now, with youngest Nathan and oldest Daniel both joining the industry. Ironically middle son Christopher ‘Chippa’ Wilson is the only non-chippie, becoming a successful sponsored surfer instead.

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Cr van Lieshout said that since the last council meeting, ‘I had community consultation and I was convinced this was the result of a storm.’ Cr Dot Holdom suggested Cr van Lieshout was acting against the advice of council staff who felt the action had

been deliberate. There was also mention of a letter sent to the general manager, Mike Rayner, about this matter, but no further comment was made. Voting against the reversal were Crs Milne, Holdom and Longland.

Rate rise on the way (from page 1) Councillor Katie Milne tried unsuccessfully to seek support for a public meeting at which the program could be outlined and discussed. According to officers the draft budget provides a capital works expenditure of $72 million ‘that will support growth and community needs’.

This can be set against the modest rise in the budget for an improvement in youth services, from $65,995 to $89,816, while the youth activities program is cut to zero from just $12,500. In addition, the budget for ‘youth strategy implementation’ goes from $500,000 to nothing. www.tweedecho.com.au

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Pipeline option on the cards Richard Johns

Tweed Shire Council and the Queensland government have held talks over a possible future link with the southeast Queensland water grid at Tugun. A pipeline linkup to the Gold Coast water grid is a third, officially-preferred, option being considered by council in its efforts to secure water supply for an expected doubling of the region’s population by 2036. But such a scenario is doomed because of a lack of political will and interstate legislative hurdles. Even the Community Working Group (CWG) on water considered this option a ‘pipedream’, considering crossborder political and legislative hurdles would have to be overcome first. However, a council spokeswoman told The Echo this week that ‘preliminary discussions have been held with Queensland state government officials to discuss technical aspects of the proposed connection and supply arrangements’. Furthermore, in notes appended to the CWG report and dated February 2010, the council stated in a response to a question that three potential routes had been identified to link with the SE Queensland grid ‘and are being considered for comparison purposes to determine a preferred option. If this option were to become the

preferred option. further investigation would be required to identify the actual pipeline and the conditions of supply from SE Queensland’. Council officers warned major issues before any connection went ahead were ‘legislative and political’. Neighbouring Queensland has also given thought to the

governmental agreements’. Unlike regional NSW, the Queensland government has been pouring billions of dollars into trying to achieve water supplies for the future. Controversially, it has also built a desalination plant at Tugun, which is still not functioning properly, is yet to come fully on stream and has blown its budget.

Drought link for Qld possible In a Queensland government report dated April 2009 titled Drought Management Strategy, the option preferred if the Clarrie Hall Dam reached a critical level would be ‘to provide a pipeline link between the SEQ water grid and Coolangatta’. The report, prepared by MHW Global, a US multinational corporation with an office in Brisbane, notes the timing of such a link ‘is currently being investigated, however, it may not be avail-

able until after the construction of the Traveston Dam, programmed for 2012’. It then states that ‘prior to that date, the most practical approach would be to utilise temporary desalination units located at acceptable points in the shire’. In 1987, an expensive pipeline was built to link the Tweed’s water supply to the Gold Coast which was in drought at the time, but it was dug up soon after completion because it was inadequate to cope with the water pressure.

possibility of ‘exporting’ water, observing in a recent report on water strategy that ‘a substantial amount of work is required to prepare a policy framework that would govern supplies from the SEQ Water Grid to rural irrigators and urban areas outside the SEQ region, including economic and operational principles, standard contractual provisions and even possible inter-

Environmentalists consider desalination to contribute greatly to carbon gas emissions, while being economically unattractive. Nevertheless, the Queensland government has estimated supply capacity from the plant at 45,600 megalitres (ML) per annum, with the potential to increase to 62,000ML a year.

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Hundreds of people attended the second annual Honouring Our Elders celebration day put on by the Ukitopia Arts Collective at the Uki markets last Sunday. Locals celebrated, nurtured and listened to the older generation of their community, their ‘elders’, who were treated to free massages, advice and other healing treatments. The elders also sat and shared stories of the past. The event also marked www.tweedecho.com.au

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Council asks government for changes to draft water plan Tweed Shire Council has confirmed it asked the NSW Office of Water to change a draft plan in order to permit a controversial option for a new dam at Byrrill Creek as well as a pipeline to the Gold Coast as part of its future water supply strategy. At its meeting on Tuesday this week, council tabled a report asking that the draft Water Sharing Plan be amended to permit the option of a future dam for town water supply at Byrrill Creek. In its submission to the NSW Office of Water, council staff also asked for a further change to the government’s draft plan allowing the transfer of water between NSW and Queensland. Council’s director of community and natural resources, David Oxenham, told councillors that the draft water sharing plan had been on the books of the Office of Water for a number of years, with clauses relating to the potential prohibition of the dam and pipeline. Mr Oxenham said the dam option ensured the shire’s current water supply yield was ‘protected’. Cr Kevin Skinner said the

Council’s director of community and natural resources, David Oxenham.

dam and pipeline options should be left open in order to ‘protect the ability to extend our water supply if necessary’ and that land had been bought for the dam over a number of years. ‘It’s common sense to hold our options open, this water

Free fun day at farmstay Tania Phillips

When Jenny Parratt attended a family fun day on Anzac day in Sydney back in 1985, little did she know that she would be helping to plan a similar event here in the Tweed Valley a couple of decades later. Last year, sensing a need for a similar event, Jenny approached friend Alex Reynolds, from Hosanna Farmstay at Stokers Siding, about running the Tweed Valley Family Fun Day, after the main Anzac Day march in Murwillumbah. The inaugural event attracted an amazing number of people and organisers believe this Sunday’s event, from around midday to 4pm, could be even bigger.

Big turnout expected ‘Last year we expected 200 and had 700, this year the council (who handled the DA for the event) are predicting those numbers may double,’ Jenny said. She said the aim, as with the annual Fusion-organised Sydney event which attracts more than 30,000 people, was to provide wholesome fun for young families on Anzac Day. The day, she said, was endorsed by the local churches of the Tweed and in collaboration with the Murwillumbah Services Club, as a ‘gift to the local community’. ‘Our focus is wholesome entertainment for young families as well as activities aimed at teenagers and young adults, it also offers a creative chan4 April 22, 2010 The Tweed Shire Echo

sharing plan does that. The desalination plant at Tugun is expected to be tripled in future and to close the door on an opportunity to share with that water is the nail in the coffin for an option that is absolutely essential to go forward,’ Cr Skinner said.

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nel for our youth to spend the afternoon.’ The free event (food and drink is the only thing not supplied free) will be held from midday to 4pm. ‘The fun day will take the form of a fair with volunteers from churches and community groups, taking on a variety of interactive stalls,’ she said. Activities will include parachute raising, jumping castles, life-sized Tangram solving, a craft tent, stilt walking, storytelling tent, damper at the camp fire, face-painting, woodwork, farm tours and origami.

Pipeline option on the cards from page 3

It is also looking at options for further plants elsewhere in southeast Queensland, including Bribie Island, and North and South Stradbroke Islands. Tweed has ruled out this option as being too expensive. The water grid, though, allows the vital resource to be pumped to where it is most needed in the southeast region, ‘allowing risk to be managed at a regional level rather than on an individual water storage or water supply basis’. Many CWG members agreed a link to the grid was off the radar. Typical of the response was that of Richard Murray, of the Tweed Heads Environment Group, who described it as a ‘pipedream’, quoting a media report at the time. Colleen Edwards warned that in time of drought ‘it may not function’. Only Robyn Lemaire, president of Murwillumbah Ratepayers’ Association, conceded there was anything positive in the option, noting it had a low environmental impact, would be ‘cheap, a quick fix’ and prevent construction of a new dam. A link to the Tugun plant would require 7km of pipeline at 50cm diameter being laid through the Cobaki Lakes development. It could provide 7500ML of water a year. The cost of construction has been estimated at $9 million with the shire charged $2 per kilolitre of water supplied. Annual operating costs are estimated at just $57,000. The effect of climate change has also been analysed by southeast Queensland, which has ‘assumed a 10 per cent decrease in the yield from dams and weirs’.

ANZAC Day services around the shire Hundreds of people are expected to take part in Anzac Day services throughout Tweed this Sunday. The following are the official functions. Burringbar: Assemble at the Old Bakery at 8.45am for the march to the memorial service beginning at 9am. Kingscliff: Dawn service at the Cudgen War Memorial. Form up at 4.10am, service at 4.28am. Main service, assemble 10am at Turnock Street and Marine Parade. March off at 10.30am for 11am service at the memorial. Murwillumbah: Dawn service, assemble at Westpac Bank at 5.10am for march off at 5.20am to cenotaph. Service begins at 5.30am. Breakfast for participants after at Murwillumbah Services Club, $5 per adult for others. For main service, marchers assemble Brisbane Street. Schools and other organisations assemble Main Street opp. PO at 10.10am.

March off at 10.30am for cenotaph service at 10.45am. Transport available for nonmarchers at assembly area. Pottsville: Assemble at 7.30am at Pottsville Oval. March off at 7.45am. Service 8am at community hall. Tumbulgum: Dawn service at memorial gates. Assemble 4.15am. Tweed Heads-Coolangatta: Assemble at war memorial in Chris Cunningham Park at 5.45am, march off at 5.50am. Followed by service and breakfast, $5 per head at Twin Towns Services Club. Main march, assemble Goodwin Park, Coolangatta, at 10am. March off at 10.30am to memorial at Chris Cunningham Park, Tweed Heads. Service starts 11am. Tyalgum: Dawn service at memorial 5.15am. Uki: Dawn service at war memorial. Assemble 4.15am. Breakfast in the hall after the service.

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Archaic states dig in their heels Volume 2 #32

April 22, 2010

LEPs and IOUs There can only be one reason why the state government is foisting on all regional NSW shires a ‘template’ planning blueprint for their local environment plans (LEP), and that is to smooth the way for developers faced with increasing environmental or social obstacles to their demands for more land to build on. There’s been a worrying trend in the past few years under the unpopular state government where developers seem to get what they want and local communities are shut out of the planning process. The state government calls this planning ‘reform’ but it’s really about making life a lot easier for the development industry, in which huge profits are to be made. The suspicion in all this is that the hundreds of thousands of dollars ‘donated’ to political parties (with of course more lucre for the incumbent) by the developers over the years are now returning a dividend to them. Such donations by their very existence leads to a climate conducive to corruption, as the old saying goes. The Greens have always called for a ban on these donations because of their corrosive influence, but Labor, the Libs and the Nats are happy to take the money, and we have to ask if all these changes are their payback. For starters, the Part 3A legislation which gives the planning minister power to determine major developments has been used to pass some very controversial projects and removes local input or comment. The state-appointed regional planning panels which the government created last year to provide a handy consent authority for developers with projects over $10 million (amazing, how many projects now just exceed that figure) also flatly ignore the wishes of local communities. Then again last year the developer lobby group got its way in reducing developer contributions to a cap of $20,000 per dwelling, which is simply not enough to meet the increasing and ongoing infrastructure demands created by the new development. Now communities across the state have to contend with standardised LEPs, which contain a common set of legal provisions, zones and definitions. Already the draft Tweed LEP has come under severe criticism from professional planners, environmental and ratepayer groups, and for good reason. Environmental protection areas will be dramatically cut and remaining farmland would be under pressure to be cut up for more development as a result. High-rise buildings over and above height limits agreed on after years of community consultation could also be approved, setting the scene for Tweed Heads to become a southern limb of the high-density Gold Coast, and the rural charm of villages to be destroyed with proposed increases to height limits in the outlying areas. Tweed Heads ratepayers have already pointed out glaring problems with the plan for the CBD there, with no provision for car parking and inadequate public transport planning (no bus interchanges or light rail corridor, etc). The local environmental lobby says the plan is a step back to the bad old 1980s where developers ruled and the environment to them was simply a bushfire hazard to be cut down. In other words, the draft LEP is a recipe for disaster and every ratepayer with an interest in the healthy future of the shire should put pen to paper and object to the proposals. This is crucial given the complaint by a former councillor this week that council planning staff are discouraging people from making submissions on public interest matters, instead urging them to concentrate only on how the document affects their property directly. This alone would have been a good reason to extend the public exhibition period for much longer so as many ratepayers as possible could be fully informed on how the plan not only affects them but the shire in general. A majority of councillors refused to extend the exhibition period, so submissions have to be in by the end of this month. Start with the draft at www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/ PlanDevBuild/LEP/DraftTweedLEP.aspx.

he Great Health and Hospitals War has, on the whole, been a pretty unedifying affair. But it has had one useful outcome: even the staunchest conservatives are now having second thoughts about the wisdom of our founding fathers in reserving so much power for the states. Historically, this was hardly surprising, since those same founding fathers were originally all colonial politicians; considerably more hirsute than the present lot, but equally dependent on the support of their local constituencies, who were just as parochial as today’s state of origin crowds. So when it came to drawing up plans for federation, the key question was not how much power the commonwealth government would need to function effectively, but how much the states could retain for their own administrations. Defence and what was then called External Affairs had to be ceded to the central government, but that hardly mattered because Australia’s foreign interests were then seen to be identical with those of Great Britain, so Whitehall was really calling the shots anyway. The free traders won a few concessions which gave the commonwealth the customs service and limited jurisdiction over shipping and railways, but that was about it; the states were left with health, education, law and order, most transport, ports and harbours and anything else that wasn’t specifically handed over. And of course they have their own parliaments and their own law courts – just about all the apparatus of a real nation except an army and navy, although there have been times when their police forces seemed to be filling almost that role. But just what are these bloated and self-important entities, anyway? They are the former

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rights; but they are also the first and loudest to complain about the waste, duplication and inefficiencies the system generates. And indeed it was the conservatives who were the most consistent advocates of a national schools curriculum, even if some of them don’t like the version which actually emerged. During the Howard years there was an attempt to wrest water management from the states and Tony Abbott, as Health

They are the former colonies whose territories were determined originally by bored British civil servants drawing lines on inaccurate maps…. by Mungo MacCallum ous and absurd: the people of far western New South Wales, for instance, have adopted the time zone of South Australia and the ongoing disputes over daylight saving meant businesses on either side of the Queensland-New South Wales border have made similarly confusing adjustments in summer. It is obvious that the residents of, say, Tweed Heads have more in common with those of the Gold Coast than with those of distant Broken Hill, but the state lines recognise no such reality. And until the 1950s passengers between Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, had to change trains at Albury because each of the states had its own jealously guarded railway gauge. The situation is beyond the ridiculous, and the High Court – a Commonwealth institution – has recognised the fact by slowly but consistently eroding state powers as far as the constitution can be stretched. This move towards centralism has been resisted by the conservatives, who bleat about states

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left Labor in power in both. In South Australia Mike Rann ended up losing the popular vote, but Labor’s concentration on the marginal seats left him with a workable majority in parliament. In Tasmania the Hare-Clark system, as forecast, delivered a hung parliament of ten Labor, ten Liberal and five Green, and the Labor premier David Bartlett, true to his word, recommended that governor Peter Underwood commission the Liberal leader Peter Hodgman to form a government; the Libs had polled more votes than Labor, and this was seen as the tie-breaker. But Underwood was unconvinced: his own sources told him that the Greens were more likely to provide stability for a Labor administration than for a conservative one, and this was eventually confirmed by the Greens leader Nick McKim. So Underwood followed convention and left the existing government in place; Bartlett had greatness thrust back upon him and started haggling with McKim. The upshot is that Labor dominance across the map of Australia is unchanged: Western Australia’s Colin Barnett remained the sole Liberal premier or chief minister, with the other five states and both territories held by Labor. The hold is, of course, not secure; much of John Brumby’s blustering about hospitals and the GST can be put down to his belief that a bit of good old-fashioned Canberra bashing will help at a tight election later this year, and Kristina Keneally, while personally popular, heads an apparently doomed administration in New South Wales. But the Labor hegemony has proved unusually stable. Given the mediocrity or worse of most of its ministers in the states and territories, this provides yet another reason to take a good hard look at the present structure.

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I noticed that your slogan is ‘The job of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.’ Believe me, Christians in today’s society are the afflicted ones. The basis our society is based on the Judeo-Christian ethics as written in the 10 Commandments and Christ’s Sermon on the Mount. This has worked well to establish a civilised society. The self-centeredness of the individual has always been at odds with this ideal. However, over the centuries many individuals have sacrificed their whole lives to achieve this goal. I refer to people like Sir Robert Peel, who laid the foundation for our modern police force; William Wilberforce, who fought a gallant battle against greed and self interest to have slavery abolished; Florence Nightingale and her little band of women, who lifted the nursing of the wounded out of the hands of gin-swilling prostitutes to the respected profession that it is today, thus establishing our modern hospital system. The Union movement was also started by Christian men who became appalled by the working conditions in the 19th century and fought for justice for the working man. Christians started the first Sunday schools to teach poor children who worked during the week to read and write, thus establishing the basis for the education system of today. These were people who believed in God and put Christian principles into action and the whole of our society has benefited by their actions. We only have to look at the societies around the world who have not had the benefit of the JudeoChristian heritage. Yet here in the society which has most benefited by this we find Christian leaders pilloried and belittled simply because they wish to give our young people choice in whether to believe in God or not. How can our young people make an informed choice unless they know and understand their options? Since 2001 there has been an aggressive campaign with unlimited funding to indoctrinate our young people in the ‘molecules to man evolution’. Any attempt to put another point of view for which there is ample scientific evidence totally unrelated to Christian beliefs is put to ridicule as being a ‘religious’ point of view and not worthy of consideration. I would like to know why? Are we or are we not a free society?

Dear John Fihelly of Kingscliff, re your letter in last week’s Echo regarding Kings Forest. Great letter. You’re right, it’s about time someone spoke up about this koala smokescreen that is preventing a thorough discussion of the proposed Kings Forest project. What right do koalas have to live in and around a nature reserve specifically dedicated to their protection? And what about the 30 or so other threatened and vulnerable flora and fauna species that call the Cudgen nature reserve and its surrounds home. They should all just bugger off to the nearest national park as well before they get eaten by a cat or a dog, run over by a car, cut down or smothered with noxious weeds. The state-protected, statesignificant wetlands, well they will be ok because the developer said he will protect them, so that’s fine, we should trust him. Cudgen Creek and Cudgen Lake, they will also be fine, pollution won’t get into those waterways, the developer said so. I’ve also flown over Kings Forest, John, and also had the audacity to walk around in there once or twice. There’s no forest, you’re right again, it’s just sand. Pure white, Pleistocene sand, 10,000 years old supporting one of the region’s most floristically diverse flora communities in Wallum Heath. Well it did, before it got bulldozed last year, so that’s ok as well. Apparently it is also home to numerous culturally significant Aboriginal heritage sites with artifacts possibly as old as 10,000 years old but we really shouldn’t be too concerned about that either, should we? Just dig that all up, move it around and build over it. All in all it sounds like the perfect place to let a developer run wild instead, and at the same time double the Tweed Coast’s population in one hit, change a way of life and culture forever, destroy the region’s biodiversity linkages and add enormous pressure to the Tweed’s already struggling infrastructure. It’s such a good idea and it’s good to get the whole koala thing out in the open isn’t it? Anyway, if it doesn’t go ahead, you can move back to the Gold Coast. Just consider it like a big national park for members of our species within your classification – blinkered and ignorant. Christian Ellis

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The great water options sham The correspondence and critici criticism, to this and other local publications, pu highlights just what a sham the Tweed Shire Council’s Water Augmentation Community Consultative process was from the very start. The fact is that only one of the four options to be considered by the working group was legal, that being the raising the wall at Clarrie Hall Dam. So the community via the working group had zero chance of deciding any outcome other than the decision they have taken. I commend their commitment to force the Water Unit and council to re-examine other avenues. It was of little surprise to see the working group members who declined to vote with the majority on this matter. Wouldn’t want to upset the Grand Poobah, would we? The deceitful manner in which Council has managed this process needs further investigation. Who in council or the Water Unit orchestrated this well planned and dubious strategy to convince the community they were actually playing a role in the decision making process? Why has the Water Unit ■

ignored any current, forward thinking and sustainable outcomes in all of this? All they seem capable of serving up is the same old tired crap. Environmental priorities as usual are always well down the list. Their bottom line is always the mighty dollar, regardless. Remembering we now have a $100 million water treatment plant to pay for, it’s important to note the sale of water makes up the majority of the financial pie that sees Tweed Council go about its day-to-day business. Council relies on those little cash registers (water meters) in everyone’s front yard to keep ticking over. Without that, the incompetent fat cats in council will wither and perish and, god forbid, may have to get a real job. Council’s call to reduce consumption and conserve a drip of your daily consumption is also laughable. Are they not in the process themselves of ensuring an extra 70,000 residents move to the region in the next few years? That is another 20,000 water meters. They have struck gold, and are infected with the accompanying fever.

Any small reduction in water rates revenue by a lower consumption by the community in the short term, is more than corrected by increases in the cost to the consumer. Council has its cake, and shovels as much into its mouth as it possibly can. The present Tweed Shire Council and senior management, including the Water Unit, have a duty and obligation to serve this community in a transparent and honest manner. Yet the deceit and contempt they shower the region with is ongoing and should be condemned. Paul D Taylor

Murwillumbah ■ Tweed Council has no plans to re-examine water re-use before it pushes ahead with two expensive dam options. Among the five major development areas, Tweed Council and government’s current plans for Cobaki Lakes and Kings Forest do not display any attitudinal and behavioural shift towards using alternative water sources (ie. bulk stormwater harvesting, grey water re-use and on-site recycled water). Tweed Shire Council cur-

rently uses less than five per cent of reclaimed water from nearby sewage treatment plants, preferring to pollute the Tweed River and Terranora Inlet. If council maintains its present re-use policy, more than 9,514,820 kilolitres will be wasted to the Terranora Inlet by 2031. This quantity almost totals Tweed’s current water production. In the neighbouring Pimpama-Coomera redevelopment area the developers of the above Tweed developments would be required by Gold Coast City to use all three water re-use programs. Council’s present policy has done little to slow the drive towards more intensive and unsustainable developments and even higher levels of water use. Council’s current policy seems unlikely to protect longterm social or environmental interests. Our community needs to renew pressure on council to re-examine water re-use programs by lodging submissions to council’s 2009 Demand Management Strategy due to close on April 30, 2010. Richard W Murray

Tweed Heads Environment Group

Marine parks, beaches and 4WDs ■ Caroline Cranwell’s statement, ‘Creating more marine reserves just shuts out the amateur fisherman who is trying to provide his family with fresh fish…’ (Letters, April 15) is a misunderstanding of the reason for marine parks. Solomon Islanders before European settlement had taboo fishing areas because they knew areas of high marine activity were breeding sites and needed to be protected from fishing in order that there might be plentiful supplies of fish outside these areas. Marine parks serve a similar purpose to the Solomon taboo areas, and are intended to build up fish supplies, thus aiding the amateur fisherman to supply his family with fish. I remember a time as a boy prawning by gas light in ocean lagoon shallows in the

really care about. I’ve just had a very disturbing conversation with a recruitment officer in Tweed Heads who has, in the course of the chat, said that there are – and I quote – ‘no jobs available for intelligent and skilled people in the Tweed Shire.’ Given that the emphasis up here seems to be on construction at whatever cost to the community, this would seem more than unfortunate. Clearly there are a large number of intelligent people who live in the Tweed Shire, presumably operating their own businesses (such as The Echo!). They all apparently voted for Cr Milne. In

1950s. We netted the lot. No one cautioned that we might make them extinct. If a prawn escaped, we were exhorted to get it. We were white people and we believed in ‘maximising the resource.’ That greed led to the depletion of fish stocks, but has finally caused us to wake up to the need for marine parks.

Having read the editorial (April 8) and the letters (April 15) objecting to 4WD recreational fishermen using Tweed beaches, may I be allowed to comment on what I consider to be the most unjustified, biased and ill-informed rubbish I have read. I have lived on the Tweed almost 80 years. Many old timers spoke of seeing turtles swim-

ming off Tweed coastal headlands, but not Tweed beaches, the possible reason being from Cudgen Headlands to Bogangar the whole area was covered in heavy scrub. Timber out of the scrub was milled at the long-gone sawmill just east of the old Cudgen Creek bridge. From the scrub to the beach was a drop of anything up to 12 feet, no doubt turtles would have had problems climbing those banks. The dunes we now have are courtesy of sand mining. Before dredges two mining companies hauled mineral by trucks along the beach during low tides, working around the clock. At one stage there were 90 trucks a day working, most were contractors, returning empty at speeds up to 70mph (not kph). I know, I drove one of them. As the tide rose the

beach resembled a ploughed field, and at the next low tide the beach was back to normal. Take note, environmental objectors: through all this activity, pippies, ghost crabs and sea worms remained in abundance. Maybe the experts can enlighten us why pippies have disappeared from these beaches since developers moved in. Perhaps it isn’t 4WD recreational fishermen who are the problem, but the human element who treat the beach as their private property, along with their off-leash dogs causing the loss of species. But don’t worry, objectors, you win, the people in power will appease you, they need your votes, the rights of ordinary Australians don’t count, hence more fishing lockouts.

Victoria there is a strong push at both levels of government to build sustainable and resilient communities. They’ve even set up an organisation called Sustainability Victoria, which I understand attracted more than 400 applications for one position. Apparently the only people in the Tweed who are considered as ‘successful’ are those who build incredibly ugly developments, and import labour while claiming they are creating jobs for the locals. Melbourne inner city suburbs of Brunswick and Carlton, once crowded and full of cars, now provide green space, parks, quiet neighbour-

hoods and traffic diversions. Huge numbers of people ride bikes (much to the chagrin of the car hoons), and a bike-sharing program is being set up in Melbourne. In Tasmania there has been a growing focus on the food industry, something it would seem that the Tweed is in a perfect position to emulate. What a shame that there is apparently no room for intelligent people to be employed in the Tweed, and the council is heading in the direction of the mind-destroying Gold Coast. Why on earth is the focus by council on greed and speed, manipulation, bullying and corruption

of decency allowed to continue unabated? Why is the Tweed hosting stupid events like the Repco rally, while Melbourne hosts a Sustainable Living Festival? How is it that our government systems have become so corrupted that this is now the norm, and consideration for others has gone? Does the level of intelligence among councillors reflect the intelligence of the community? Australia needs leadership in a redefinition of success and decency. I guess we shouldn’t hold out any hope of that coming from the Tweed.

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Television Guide 1. Boyd and Foley are on the job in Waking The Dead (ABC1, Friday, 8.30pm), a superior police procedural series in which cold murder cases are, um, revived. 2. Jamie Bell is the strange young investigator in Hallam Foe (SBS1, Saturday, 10pm), which boasts more Freudian twists than a Byron weekend workshop. 3. Despite the proximity of Kate Beckinsale and black leather, and the amused presence of Bill Nighy as the ubervampire, Underworld (NBN, Sunday, 10.30pm) fails to cut it in the pointy teeth genre, and the high budget franchise becomes more pitiful as it goes along. One turns, as always, to Count Yorga, Vampire, for solace.

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7.10 The Daily Show 7.35 The Colbert Report 8.00 Miranda (PG) 8.30 Being Erica (PG) 9.15 Love Soup (PG) 9.45 Bonekickers (M) 10.45 Later… With Jools Holland 11.45 Songbook Donovan 12.30 jtv Live Midnight Juggernauts 1.00 The Re-Inventors 1.45 Coach Trip 2.10 Close

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 World News Australia 7.30 UEFA Champions League Hour Highlights 8.30 UEFA Champions League Semi Final Replay 10.00 Movie: The Myth (M 2005) Cantonese action adventure. Stars Jackie Chan, Zhou Sun, Tony Leung Kar-fai 12.05 Movie: Carandiru (MAV 2003) Brazilian drama. Stars Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milhem Cortaz 2.35 Weatherwatch

SATURDAY 24

ABC 1 5.00 rage (PG) 10.00 rage Guest Programmers Powderfinger 11.00 Poh’s Kitchen 11.30 Message Stick (G*) Artists of Ali Curung 12.00 Stateline 12.30 Australian Story 1.00 Foreign Correspondent 1.30 Can We Help? 2.00 Perfect Disasters 3.00 Rugby Union Shute Shield LIVE – Randwick v Eastern Suburbs 5.00 Australian Open Bowls Highlights 6.00 Nigella Feasts 6.30 Gardening Australia 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Doc Martin (PG) 8.30 The Bill (M) 9.15 Blue Murder (M) 10.05 ABC News Update 10.10 Midsomer Murders (M) 11.45 rage (M)

ABC 2 6.00 6.00 6.30 7.15

Kids’ Programs At The Movies Heartland Movie: The 39 Steps (PG 1935) Rupert Penry-Jones, Lydia Leonard 8.40 Movie: Champion (PG 1949) Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell 10.25 Movie: Blood On The Sun (PG B&W 1945) An American uncovers a plan for Japanese conquest of the world. Stars James Cagney 12.00 Gallipoli Submarine (PG) 1.00 Eataholics 2.00 Close

Welcome to the first of this year’s Mercury retrogrades, those three week intermissions where we take a breathing space to backtrack and pick up any missing stitches in our lives.…

8.30 Escape To The Country 9.45 60 Minute Makeover 10.45 Last Comic Standing (M) 12.10 Leyland Brothers World 1.05 Room For Improvement 1.30 AFL Flashback Classics

PRIME

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World News Australia Stockinger (PG) Unit One (M) Movie: The Stone Council (MA 2006) French thriller about a woman’s attempt to save her adopted son from the Stone Council. Stars Monica Bellucci, Catherine Deneuve 11.20 Movie: Novo (MA 2002) French romantic comedy. Stars Nathalie Richard, Eric Caravaca 1.00 Weatherwatch

ARIES: Retrograde Saturn in your partnership zone wants you tidying up any murky personal quirks so you can receive the cosmic goodies awaiting Aries who undergo the hard yards of self examination and change. This week’s mixed messages, misunderstandings and general misadventures offer plenty to work with. TAURUS: In the present retrograde climate activities starting with re apply: reflecting, reassessing, reevaluating, rethinking, researching, repairing, resolving, releasing and restructuring… whew! Fortunately the Sun also joins Venus and Mercury in Taurus for plenty of rewarding indulgences in life’s lusty and gustatorial enjoyments. GEMINI: This week’s mixed blessings have Jupiter and Chiron both percolating away in

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6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Movie: A Prize Of Gold (PG 1955) Richard Widmark, Mai Zetterling 12.00 Harry’s Practice 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 Ghost Whisperer

6.00 Saturday Club 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 9.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 King Of The Hill 1.00 V8 Extra 1.30 CCTV – You Are Being Watched 2.30 According To Jim 3.00 Rooky Vets 3.30 Beauty And The Geek Australia 4.30 What’s Up Down Under 5.00 Discover Tasmania 5.30 Sydney Weekender 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Movie: The Game Plan (G 2007) Dwayne Johnson, Madison Pettis 8.45 Movie: Dr No (PG 1963) James Bond on a mission in Jamaica. Stars Sean Connery, Ursula Andress 11.00 Movie: The Boys From Brazil (M 1978) A young Nazi hunter stumbles onto a secret SS meeting in South America. Stars Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier 1.30 Infomercials

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NBN 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Infomercials 12.00 Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 The View

2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 7.30

Days Of Our Lives Alive And Cooking Magical Tales The Shak News Antiques Roadshow Hot Seat NBN News A Current Affair Friday Night Football LIVE – Brisbane Broncos v Canterbury Bulldogs 9.30 Friday Night Football North Queensland Cowboys v Parramatta Eels 11.30 Nightline 12.00 Movie: And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself (AV 2003) Antonio Banderas, Aion Bailey 2.10 Movie: An Unexpected Love (M 2003) Leslie Hope, Wendy Crewson 4.00 Infomercial 1.50 Infomercials 2.50 Video Hits Up Late 3.00 4.30 Good Morning America Infomercials 5.00 Religion

SBS 1

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

TEN 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 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Masterchef Australia 9.00 NCIS (M) 10.00 Numb3rs (M) 11.00 Ten Late News 11.30 Sports Tonight 12.00 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.50 Friday Night Lights

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Weatherwatch World News Ballet: Giselle Eloquent Nude Edward Weston and Charis Wilson 4.00 Eating Art Picasso 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Mythbusters (PG) 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Engineering Connections Airbus A380 8.30 Iron Chef 9.20 Rockwiz (PG) 10.00 Movie: Hallam Foe (MA 2007) English drama about a young man who starts out to expose the true cause of his mother’s apparent suicide. Stars Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles 11.40 SOS (MA) 12.40 Swordsmen Of The Passes (M) Chinese drama series 2.15 Weatherwatch

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4.45 UEFA Champions League LIVE 6.00 Sunrise 7.15 UEFA Champions League Semi Final 9.00 The Morning Show Delayed 11.30 Seven Morning News 9.15 World News 12.00 Movie: Judge Deed – Evidence Of 3.30 Living Black Harm (M 2007) Deed reopens the case 4.00 Classical Destinations St Petersburg of a soldier who was damaged by vac4.30 The Journal cines given to him by the Army. Stars 5.00 Newshour Martin Shaw, Jenny Seagrove 6.00 Global Village 2.00 All Saints (M) 6.30 World News 3.00 Last Chance Surgery 7.30 Trawlermen 3.30 Larry The Lawnmower 8.00 Disable Bodied Sailors (M) 4.00 It’s Academic 8.30 As It Happened Hitler’s Bodyguard 4.30 Seven News 9.30 World News Australia 5.00 M*A*S*H 10.00 Indie Sex (MA) 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 11.15 Movie: Scarlet Diva (MAV 2000) Italian 6.00 Prime News drama about a young actress. Stars 6.30 Seven News Asia Argento, Jean Shepherd 7.00 Home And Away 12.50 Movie: The Third Wave (MA 2003) 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens Swedish thriller. Stars Jakob Eklund, 8.30 Lewis (M) Irina Bjorklund 10.30 AFL Premiership Season Western 2.50 Weatherwatch Bulldogs v Adelaide 1.30 Infomercials

ABC 2 5.30 Talking Heads: Yvonne Kenny 6.00 ABC News Breakfast 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 The Urban Chef 6.30 Dirty Jobs

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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 Catalyst 11.30 The New Inventors 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Enough Rope With Andrew Denton 1.20 James Can Cook 1.30 Rough Diamond 2.30 Spicks And Specks 3.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Meerkat Manor 6.30 Can We Help? 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Stateline 8.00 Collectors 8.30 Waking The Dead (M) 10.15 Ladies Of Letters 10.40 Lateline 11.20 The Graham Norton Show 12.05 rage (M)

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7 TWO 6.00 Friday Night Footy Encore – Western Bulldogs v Adelaide 8.30 Leyland Brothers World 9.30 Movie: The First Time (PG 1952) Robert Cummings, Barbara Hale, Bill Goodwin 11.20 Movie: Cruisin’ Down The River (G 1953) Dick Haymes, Audrey Totter 12.50 Movie: Angel Flight Down (G 1996) Patricia Kalember, David Charvet 2.45 Home & Away Catch-Up 5.00 The Great Australian Doorstep 5.30 Better Homes And Gardens 6.30 The World Around Us: Wonders Of The Billabong 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 A Touch Of Frost (M) 10.00 Minder 11.10 Monster House 12.10 Big Bite 12.40 Leyland Brothers World 1.30 AFL

your success sector, while retrograde Mercury and Saturn unsettle family affairs, partnerships and group dynamics. Be extra careful with confidences – it’s one of the year’s worst weeks for indiscreet speech. CANCER: If your get up and go just wants to lay down and stay, that’s an entirely Chironic response to this week’s retrograde tensions, unstable arrangements and abrasive ways – all of which are telling you in no uncertain terms that relaxing’s more important than wrangling. LEO: Mercury certainly challenges you to maintain your playfulness in the face of this week’s black hole of delayed travel plans, traffic gridlocks, malfunctioning appliances, misalignments and misrepresentation. Never mind, late week Leo moon boosts your ability to

ONE HD 6.00 Major League Baseball 8.30 ATP World Tour Tennis Highlights 9.00 Twenty20 IPL Cricket Semi Finals 12.00 NBA Basketball Playoffs 2.30 Real NBA 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 Drive 4.00 Golf Central 4.30 The Sport Of Kings 5.00 NASCAR Nationwide Series 6.00 Omnisport 6.30 World Rally Championship 7.00 Sports Tonight 7.30 Grand Prix Swimming 9.30 Sports Soup 10.00 Andra Pro Series Drag Racing 11.00 NBA Basketball Playoffs 1.00 Sports Tonight Late 1.30 MVP 2.00 Major League Baseball 4.30 Omnisport 5.00 Serie A Football

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Movie: The Challenge (G 2003) Olsen Twins 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 6.30 Total Wipeout UK 7.30 Movie: The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (G 1976) 9.00 Black Adder II (M) 9.45 ’Allo ‘Allo (PG) 10.30 Movie: Bulletproof Monk (M 2003) Sean William Scott, Jaime King 12.30 Eclipse Music TV (M) 1.00 Movie: The White River Kid (M 1999) Antonio Banderas, Ellen Barber 3.00 The Avengers 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

TEN 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 Landed Music 12.30 Out Of The Blue 1.00 The Barefoot Investor 1.30 Hook Line & Sinker 2.00 AFL Premiership Season LIVE – West Coast v Sydney 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 Malcolm In The Middle 6.30 Monk (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Fast And The Furious (M 2001) An undercover cop breaks into the world of illegal street car racing. Stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune 10.45 AFL Premiership Season Port Adelaide v St Kilda 1.15 Infomercials 2.15 Video Hits Up Late 2.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD 6.00 Serie A Football 7.00 ATP World Tour Tennis 7.30 Transworld Sport 8.30 This Week In Baseball 9.00 Twenty20 IPL Cricket Semi Finals

12.00 Championship Netball LIVE – Mystics v Tactix 2.00 AFL Premiership Season West Coast v Sydney 5.00 Omnsport 5.30 Tavistock Cup Golf – Highlights 6.30 Grand Prix Swimming 9.00 TNA Xplosion 10.00 MVP 10.30 Sports Soup 11.00 NASCAR Sprint Cup Happy Hour 12.00 World Football News 12.15 Twenty20 IPL Cricket – LIVE 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 NASCAR Nationwide Series – LIVE

see the funny side of budget cuts… VIRGO: This week’s tug of war is between free expression and verbal restraint so speak your mind but keep it kind, without being attached to finding instant solutions. Plenty of planetary energy in the sign of sensible sensualists means generous helpings of earthly pleasures on your personal menu. LIBRA: This week brushes any cobwebs off your creative nature and sprinkles you with emotional growth powder – though if Mercury retrograde looks like cooking up a non -cooperative, friendship-testing week which drives you relentlessly to retail therapy, then be sure to keep your receipts. SCORPIO: Resist either/or, black/white, wrong or right thinking this week. Stay open to an

NBN 6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today Saturday 9.00 Saturday Kerri-Anne 10.00 Kid’s Programs 1.00 Sydney Cup 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: 50 First Dates (PG 2004) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider 8.40 Lotto 9.40 Movie: Pay It Forward (M 2000) Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment 12.15 Movie: Cahill United States Marshall (M 1973) John Wayne, George Kennedy, Gary Grimes 2.10 Movie: Operation Pacific (G B&W 1951) John Wayne, George Wagner, Patricia Neal 4.15 ANZAC Day Dawn Service LIVE 5.00 Infomercials

GO! 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 Movie: The Ant Bully (G 2006) Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage 8.30 Movie: Cellular (M 2004) David R Ellis, Kim Basinger 10.30 Seinfeld 11.30 Reno 911 (M)

12.00 Movie: The Brides Of Fu Manchu (PG 1966) Christopher Lee 2.00 Get Smart 3.00 Hogan’s Heroes 4.00 Frasier 5.00 The Jetsons 5.30 Marine Boy

attitude adjustment. Be understanding rather than demanding – a stubborn stance only breeds difficulties you don’t need. Nourish your relationships – personal, professional, general and particular. And let them nurture you in return. SAGITTARIUS: Arguments, unwelcome news, unstable finances, road rage, red tape and you know what? This week’s are all contrived to teach you patience. As if, you’re thinking… but if you think this week’s frustrations are Divine Designer lessons in navigating impatience, that’s how they’ll work. CAPRICORN: Capricorns always feel they’re in charge – retrogrades are when they know they’re not. This week areas of stability and consistency could become unstuck and

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unstable. You might even question whether that mountain you’re climbing is worth the effort – or should you be doing something else? AQUARIUS: Mercury retrogrades are three week periods of time out designed for introspection, catching-up, maintenance and recuperation. Sound tedious? Not at all – especially since this one challenges you to get real about something you’ve only been playing round with up till now. PISCES: As practicality takes precedence over fantasy, this no-nonsense week wants you seeing things as they really are rather than your preferred version of reality – especially with healing planet Chiron in Pisces finding more efficient ways to use your time, energy, talents and resources.

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SBS 1

SUNDAY 25

5.00 rage 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 ANZAC Day 5.00 Weatherwatch March LIVE from Sydney 12.30 Gallipoli Dawn 7.00 World News Service LIVE from Gallipoli 1.30 Villers-Bretonneaux 10.30 A Fork In The Road Ireland Memorial Service LIVE from France 2.30 Landline 11.00 Celtic Woman Songs From The Heart

3.30 Simon Schama’s Power Of Art Rothko 12.00 Tour Of Flanders Cycling Belgium 4.35 Ode To A Requiem 1.00 Speedweek 5.30 Art Nation 2.30 FIFA World Cup Magazine 6.00 At The Movies 3.00 UEFA Europa League Highlights 6.30 Treks In A Wild World Borneo 3.30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 7.00 ABC News 4.00 UEFA Champions League Semi Final 7.30 Doctor Who 5.00 The World Game 8.35 Burn Up (M) 6.00 Thalassa 10.05 Compass Remembering Timor 6.30 World News Australia 10.35 Been Rich All My Life (M) 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 11.30 Movie: Dementia 13 (1963) William 8.30 Dateline Campbell, Patrick Magee 9.30 First Australians 12.45 Movie: Spitfire (G B&W 1934) 10.30 Movie: Dresden – The Inferno (M Katharine Hepburn, Robert Young 2006) Part 1 of German drama about a 2.20 Movie: Seven Keys To Baldpate (PG young nurse looking after a wounded B&W 1947) Phillip Terry, Jacqueline British pilot at the end of WWII. Stars White Felicitas Woll, Benjamin Sadler 3.30 Talking Heads 4.00 First Tuesday Book Club 12.05 Vietnam Nurses (M) 1.10 Weatherwatch

ABC 2

6.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Lone Pine Service From Gallipoli 7.00 Art Nation

MONDAY 26

7.30 David Hockney Artist 8.30 Antony Gormley 9.20 My Stamp Collection 9.30 Cold Feet (M) 10.25 The Forsyte Saga (PG) 11.30 Divas 12.15 The Guitar Show Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett, Slava Grigoryan, Rod McCormack 12.40 WOMADelaide 2007 Backsliders 1.10 jtv Live (M) Hilltop Hoods 2.10 Close

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: The Secret Adventures Of Gustave Klopp (M 2004) French comedy. Stars Guillaume Canet, Zabou Breitman 11.25 Movie: The Charlemagne Code (M 2007) German adventure. Stars Benjamin Sadler, Katharina Berthold 1.00 Weatherwatch

ABC 1

SBS 1

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 Not Forgotten ANZAC memorials 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 America’s Deep South 9.30 World News 10.00 Wilfred (MA) 10.30 Entourage (M) 11.00 Flight Of The Conchords (M) 11.30 Movie: The Red Shoes (MAV 2005) South Korean horror. Stars Kim Hye-su, Kim Sung-su, Park Yeon-ah 1.10 Weatherwatch

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 Tasmania’s West Coast 6.30 Talking Heads Maria Benardis 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 Lateline Business 11.35 Don’t Tell My Mother That I Am In North Korea 12.25 Movie: Bucket Of Blood (M 1959) Dick Miller 1.45 Movie: One Minute To Zero (PG B&W 1952) Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth 3.25 Australian Open Bowls Highlights

ABC 2 5.30 Talking Heads: Bruce Beresford 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 Ketch! And Hiro-Pon Get It On (PG) 9.30 Sanctuary (M) 10.30 The League Of Gentlemen (M) 11.00 London Live: Dance Special 11.30 Death Note (M) 12.00 Modern Toss (M) 12.25 Rex The Runt 12.45 The Re-Inventors 1.35 Coach Trip 2.00 Close

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World News Australia Dateline So Frenchy, So Chic (M) Music Movie: The Caiman (M 2006) Italian comedy/political satire about a film director who mistakenly buys a scathing biopic of the Italian Prime Minister. Stars Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy 10.55 Movie: Mirage (MA 2005) Macedonian drama. Stars Marko Kovacevic, Vlado Jovanovski 12.45 Weatherwatch

SBS 1

5.30 Talking Heads: Les Hiddins 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 8.30 The Street (M) 9.30 The Wire (MA) 10.30 Ashes To Ashes (M) 11.30 Fear, Stress And Anger (M) 12.00 Heartland 12.45 The Re-Inventors 1.35 Coach Trip 2.00 Close

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5.00 ANZAC (G B&W) Documentary series (26 episodes) following Australian and New Zealand troops through World War 2 6.00 Australia Remembers: The Pacific 6.30 Movie: Von Ryan’s Express (PG 1965) WWII movie. Stars Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard 8.45 Movie: Battle Stations (M) WWII lost film 9.45 Movie: M*A*S*H (M 1970) Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould 12.10 Movie: The Transporter (M 2002) Jason Statham, Qi Shu 1.40 AFL Flashback Classic 4.00 Auction Squad 5.00 Home Shopping

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Daniel’s Daughter (G 2008) Laura Leighton, Sebastian Spence 2.00 Danni Minogue: My Story (PG) 3.00 Medical Emergency 3.30 The Fairies 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 Zoo 8.00 Find My Family 8.30 Desperate Housewives 9.30 Brothers & Sisters (M) 10.30 Trauma (M) 11.30 30 Rock (PG) 12.00 This Rugged Coast 1.00 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

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5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Movie: The Redeemer (M 2004) Brazilian comedy. Stars Pedro Cardoso, Miguel Falabella 2.45 I Want To Be A Pilot 3.00 Mum’s The Word (PG) 3.30 Living Black 4.00 Wine Lovers’ Guide To Australia 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Insight 8.30 Inside Nature’s Giants The elephant 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 Anatomy For Beginners (MA) 11.00 Movie: Midnight My Love (M 2005) Thai drama. Stars Petchtai Wongkamlao, Woranuch Wongsawan, Siwa Traesang 12.45 Seeds Of Summer (M) 2.00 Weatherwatch

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TEN 6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 8.00 Meet The Press 8.30 The Hit Rater.com 9.00 The Benchwarmers Oz Made 10.00 Hit List TV 12.00 Avatar Creating the world of Pandora 12.30 Jamie At Home 1.00 Melbourne Grand Prix Athletics 2.00 Championship Netball LIVE – Firebirds v Vixens 4.00 The Doctors 5.00 Ten News 5.30 Sports Tonight 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Merlin 7.30 Masterchef Australia 9.00 The Good Wife (M) 10.00 House (M) 11.00 Movie: Not Another Teen Movie (MA 2001) Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans

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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 Time Team America 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The 7.30 Report 8.00 Foreign Correspondent 8.30 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey Cambodia and Vietnam 9.35 QI 10.05 Artscape Penny Byrne 10.35 Lateline 11.10 Lateline Business 11.40 Four Corners 12.25 Media Watch 12.40 The Chaser’s War On Everything (M) 1.05 Poirot (PG) 1.55 Movie: Stagecoach Kid (G B&W 1949) Tim Holt, Richard Martin

PRIME 6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 AFL Game Day 11.00 Pelicans Of The Ghost Lakes Lake Eyre 12.00 Faith Of The ANZACS 12.30 AFL Premiership Season Collingwood v Essendon 5.30 Mercurio’s Menu 6.00 Seven News 6.30 Sunday Night 7.30 Border Security – Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8.00 The Force – Behind The Line (PG) 8.30 Bones (M) 9.30 Castle (M) 10.30 Scrubs (PG) 11.00 Royal Pains (M) 12.00 Room For Improvement 12.30 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Movie: The Hard Man (PG 1957) Guy Maddison, Valerie French 12.00 Harry’s Practice 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 Heartbeat 9.35 Rosemary & Thyme 10.40 Infamous Assassinations: Princess Anne (M) 11.15 World War II Lost Film: Battle Stations (M) 12.20 Leyland Brothers World 1.10 Room For Improvement 1.30 AFL Flashback Classic 3.45 Auction Squad 4.40 Hot Property 5.00 Home Shopping

PRIME

SBS 2 5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 World News Australia 7.30 The Ghost In Your Genes 8.30 A Fork In The Mediterranean Barcelona, Spain 9.00 Movie: The Kaifeck Murders (M 2009) German horror. Stars Benno Fürmann, Alexandra Maria Lara 10.30 Movie: Whisky Romeo Zulu (PG 2004) Argentinian drama. Stars Enrique Pyneiro, Mercedes Moran 12.20 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Hush Little Baby (M 2007) Tiffany Amiot, Ron Barge 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Medical Emergency 3.30 The Fairies 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 Australia’s Got Talent 9.00 Grey’s Anatomy (M) 10.00 Private Practice (M) 11.00 Serial Killers (MA) 12.00 Auction Squad 1.00 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

NBN

2.30 Infomercials 3.30 Religion 4.00 Good Morning 12.45 Cops 1.15 Video Hits Up Late 1.30 Infomercials America 5.00 Early Morning News 4.00 Religion

GO!

ONE HD 6.00 NASCAR Nationwide Series LIVE 8.00 Sports Unlimited 9.00 NBA Basketball Playoffs LIVE 11.55 World Football News 12.10 Bundesliga Football 2.00 Championship Netball – Firebirds v Vixens 4.00 Omnisport 4.30 This Week In Baseball 5.00 Andra Pro Series Drag Racing

6.00 World Rally Championship 8.00 Sports Tonight 8.30 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 9.30 British Touring Car Championship 10.30 NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying 12.00 Twenty20 IPL Cricket Final LIVE 5.30 Omnisport

TEN

4.00 Green Acres 5.00 The Nanny 5.30 Wipeout 6.30 Top Gear 7.40 The Big Bang Theory

NBN

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 AFL Premiership Season LIVE – Carlton v Geelong 5.00 Ten News 6.00 The Simpsons 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 The 7pm Project 7.30 Masterchef Australia 8.30 Good News Week (M) 10.00 The Cleveland Show (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.00 Saving Grace (M) 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

ONE HD 6.30 Oneasia Tour Golf 7.00 Grand Prix Swimming 9.00 Grand-Am Sports Car Series 12.00 British Touring Car Championship 1.00 Melbourne Track Classic Athletics

2.00 AFL Premiership Season LIVE – Carlton v Geelong 5.00 Championship Netball LIVE – Pulse v Steel

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!

10.30 World Football News 11.30 Bundesliga Football 12.30 Serie A Football 1.15 Sports Tonight Late 1.30 Omnisport 2.00 Elite Classic High Stake Hoops Basketball 4.00 Transworld Sport 5.00 The Sport Of Kings 5.30 Omnisport

6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Community 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 Total Wipeout UK 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 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

TEN

NBN

7.00 Sports Tonight 7.30 One Week At A Time

8.30 Championship Netball Fever v Thunderbirds

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 (M) 10.40 Kitchen Nightmares USA (MA) 11.30 Nightline 12.00 WWE Afterburn 11.15 The Late Show With David Letterman 12.00 1.00 The Making Of Clash Of The Titans Army Wives (M) 1.30 Infomercials 4.00 Religion 1.30 Infomercials 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 Masterchef Australia 8.00 Bondi Rescue 8.30 NCIS (M) 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) 10.30 Late News With Sports Tonight

3.00 Religion 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

ONE HD 6.00 ATP World Tour Tennis 6.30 Grand Prix Swimming 9.00 Major League Baseball LIVE 12.00 This Week In Baseball 12.30 Serie A Football 2.30 Twenty20 Cricket Highlights 3.30 Omnisport 4.00 Rally World 4.30 Andra Pro Series Drag Racing 5.30 Red Bull Air Race Highlights 7.30 NASCAR Nationwide Series Highlights 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 Johnny Lewis Boxing Classics 11.00 Golf Central 11.30 Tavistock Cup Golf Highlights 12.30 Sports Tonight Late 12.45 Omnisport 1.15 Sports Soup 1.45 TNA Xplosion 2.45 Sports Unlimited 3.45 ATP World Tour Tennis 4.15 Serie A Football Highlights 5.00 The Sport Of Kings 5.30 Omnisport

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1.30 Movie: Greystoke – The Legend Of Tarzan (PG 1984) Hugh Hudson, Ralph Richardson

12.10 The Big Bang Theory 1.10 Green Acres 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Charlie’s Angels 5.00 The Partridge Family 5.30 The Nanny

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12.00 Beyond Tomorrow 1.00 All My Children 2.00 Shortland Street (M) 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 Alf 6.30 Full House 7.00 Samantha Who? 7.30 Ugly Betty 8.30 24 (M) 9.30 The Sopranos (MA) 10.40 The Professionals (M) 11.50 Disorderly Conduct Caught On Tape (M) 12.40 Leyland Brothers World 1.30 AFL Flashback Classic 3.45 Auction Squad 4.40 Hot Property 5.00 Home Shopping

6.00 Kids’ Programs 11.00 The Hills 12.00 Charlie’s Angels 1.00 The Partridge Family

8.30 Movie: Stick It (PG 2006) Jeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym 10.30 Movie: Dumb And Dumber (M 1994) Troy Miller, Eric Christian Olsen

6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away

10.00 Movie: 3:10 To Yuma (PG 1957) Glen Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Richard Jaeckel

6.00 Infomercials 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Wide World Of Sports 11.00 The Sunday Footy Show 12.00 Sunday Roast 12.30 Gallipoli Dawn Service LIVE 1.40 Villers Brettonneux Dawn Service 2.30 Survivor: Heroes Vs Villians 3.30 Sunday Football LIVE – St George Illawarra Dragons v Sydney Roosters 6.00 NBN News 6.30 Customs 7.00 Send In The Dogs 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 Underbelly: The Golden Mile (M) 9.30 Australian Families Of Crime (M) 10.30 V (M) 11.30 TBA 12.00 Super League 2.00 Skippy

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 ET 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Hills 2.00 Help Me Help You 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 The Nanny 4.00 Kids’ Programs 5.30 Bewitched 6.00 The Flintstones 6.30 Total Wipeout UK 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 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

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ABC 1

SBS 1

4.30 Shortland Street 5.00 Something In The Air

4.30 UEFA Champions League Semi Final LIVE 7.05 World News 3.00 The Nest 4.00 A Fork In Asia Guilin, Southern China 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.35 Inspector Rex (PG) 8.30 Carla Cametti PD (M) Australian drama 9.30 World News 10.00 The Killing (M) 11.05 Movie: Izzat (MAV 2005) Norwegian drama. Stars Emil Marwa, Ove Andreassen, Daud Mirza 12.55 Movie: Falafel (M 2006) French comedy about a young Lebanese man who, on his way to a party in Beirut, discovers that having a normal life in his country is a luxury. Stars Elie Mitri, Issam Bou Khaled, Michel Hourani 2.25 Weatherwatch

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 Lowdown (M) 9.30 Beautiful People (M) 10.00 At The Movies 10.30 Lateline 11.05 Lateline Business 11.35 Wire In The Blood (M) 1.00 Movie: The Squeaker (PG B&W 1937) Edmund Lowe 2.25 Big Ideas 3.25 National Press Club Address

SBS 2

ABC 2 5.30 Talking Heads: Jimmy Barnes 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 Howard Schultz, Norman Lear 10.15 Meet The Natives (G) 11.05 Family Fortunes: The Ainsworths 11.35 Spendaholics: Stuart Hicks 12.30 Picture Perfect Homes 12.45 The Re-Inventors 1.35 Coach Trip 2.00 Close

THURSDAY 29

PRIME

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Insight 8.35 UEFA Champions League Semi Final Replay 10.05 Movie: The Sea Wall (M 2008) French drama about a widow with two children who tries to grow rice in a swampy coastal area of southern Indochina in the 1930s. Stars Isabelle Huppert, Gaspart Illiel 12.05 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: Wallander – Sidetracked (M 2008) Kenneth Branagh, Jeany Spark 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Medical Emergency 3.30 The Fairies 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 Dog Squad 8.00 Crash Investigation Unit 8.30 The Pacific (M) 9.40 Criminal Minds (M) 10.40 The Truth Behind… The Bermuda Triangle 11.40 Lost (M) 12.35 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

7 TWO 6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Movie: The Petty Girl (PG 1950) Robert Cummings, Joan Caulfield, Elsa Lanchester 12.00 Beyond Tomorrow 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 Ghost Whisperer 8.30 Lost (M) 9.30 Stargate Atlantis (M) 10.30 Mercy (M) 11.20 Kings (M) 12.15 What About Brian (M) 1.10 Dirty Sexy Money (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Auction Squad 5.00 Home Shopping

TEN

NBN

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 Masterchef Australia 9.00 Movie: 27 Dresses (PG 2008) Katherine Heigl, Malin Akerman 11.20 Late News With Sports Tonight 12.05 The Late Show With David Letterman 1.05 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

10.00 Championship Netball Game Of The Week 12.00 NBA Basketball Playoffs LIVE 2.45 Omnisport 3.15 Tour De Romandie Cycling 4.30 Twenty20 IPL Cricket Final 7.30 Twenty20 IPL Cricket Review 8.30 TNA Xplosion 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 MVP 10.30 NBA Basketball Playoffs 12.30 Sports Tonight Late 12.45 College Basketball 4.45 Omnisport 5.15 The Sport Of Kings 5.45 Major League Baseball

ABC 1

SBS 1

PRIME

TEN

4.30 UEFA Champions League Semi Final LIVE 7.05 World News 2.30 Dateline 3.30 Closet Tales Of Australian Fashion Willow 4.00 Feast Bazaar 4.30 The Journal 5.00 Newshour 6.00 Global Village 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Italian Food Safari 8.00 Costa’s Garden Odyssey 8.30 Feasts India 9.30 World News Australia 10.00 UEFA Champions League Hour 11.00 Movie: Casshern (M 2004) Japanese science-fiction about the Great Asian Federation taking control over the entire Eurasia continent. Stars Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Aso 1.30 Weatherwatch

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven Morning News 12.00 Movie: The Trail To Hope Rose (M 2004) Lou Diamond Phillips, Lee Majors 2.00 All Saints (M) 3.00 Medical Emergency 3.30 The Fairies 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 The Amazing Race 10.30 Flashforward (M) 11.30 American Dad (M) 12.00 The Bounce 1.00 Infomercials 5.30 Seven News

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 Masterchef Australia 8.00 Glee 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

ABC 2 5.30 Talking Heads: Margaret Olley 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 Lowdown (M) 9.00 Beautiful People (M) 9.30 The Graham Norton Show 10.15 Gavin And Stacey 10.50 FM: Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (M) 11.10 Father Ted 11.40 The Peter Serafinowicz Show (M) 12.10 Ideal (MA) 12.45 The Re-Inventors 1.35 Coach Trip 2.00 Close

CHESS

by

Ian Rogers

Play at Seagulls Club, Thurs 6-10pm The top seeds dominated last week’s Sydney International Open – with one remarkable exception. Grandmasters Dejan Bojkov and Gawain Jones tied for first place alongside Australia’s number one, GM Zhao Zong Yuan, in a field of 130 which included 10 Grandmasters. However it was a softly-spoken youngster from Singapore, turned 15 only last month, who turned the most heads. Daniel Fernandez crossed pawns with the elite at the Sydney International and remained almost unscathed. Against four Grandmaster opponents, Fernandez lost only a single game, to third seed Vladimir Malaniuk, and beat two International Masters, including Australia’s new star George Xie, emerging from the event with an International Master result – his second, the first having been achieved at the 2009 SIO – plenty of world ranking points and a share of fourth prize. Fernandez’s outstanding result already justifies the Singapore Chess Federation’s decision to select the teenager in their 2010 Olympic team, a youth oriented team containing only one player born before 1990. Australian Olympic selectors, on the other hand, have much to pon-

SBS 2 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 As It Happened The Wild West Uncovered 8.30 UEFA Champions League Semi Final Replay 10.00 Transsexual In Iran (PG) In a country of strict social mores and traditional values, homosexuality is still punishable by death, yet for over 20 years sex-change operations are legal 11.00 The Beauty Academy Of Kabul (PG) 12.00 Weatherwatch

der after the international opens in Canberra and Sydney this month, as it seems that none of Australia’s teenage rising stars performed consistently enough to displace the veterans at the Chess Olympics in Siberia in September. Sydney’s 17-year-old Max Illingworth looked to be heading for an International Master result at the SIO until he ran into Indian GM Magesh Panchanathan in the last round game given below. Parramatta SIO 2010 White: M Panchanathan Black: M Illingworth Opening: Hippopotamus 1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 b6 6.Bc4 e6 7.h4 h6 8.Ne2 Ne7 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Ng3 Bb7 11.Bd3 Nf6 As usual in the Hippo, Black’s flexible structure gives him plenty of choice – and plenty of chances to go astray. Here 11...c5 looks more precise. 12.c3 Qd7 13.Qe2 0-0?! Now Black’s king is a sitting duck. 14.h5! Ng4 15.Bd2 e5 16.dxe5 dxe5 Had Black seen what was coming, he might have tried the pawn sacrifice 16...Nxe5. 17.Bc4! g5 18.Nxg5!! hxg5 19.Bxg5 Nh6 20.Rd1 Qe8 21.Nf5! Nexf5 22.exf5 Kh7 23.f6 Bh8 24.Rh4! One hammer blow after another. Now White is threatening 25.Bd3+ e4 26.Rxe4! 24...e4 25.Rd5!! Rd8 26.Rxe4 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 Qd7 28.Re5 White’s only slight inaccuracy in the game; after 28.Bb3!, headed for c2, Black would be helpless. 28...Ng4? Overlooking White’s 30th move. 28... Rfe8! would keep Black in the game, although after 29.Be4+ Kg8 30.Re7! Qxa4 31.f3! Black must soon return his extra piece. 29.Qe4+ Kg8 30.Qg6+! 1-0

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ONE HD 7.30 Major League Baseball 12.00 College Basketball 2.00 TNA Xplosion 3.00 Omnisport 3.30 NASCAR Sprint Cup Highlights 4.30 ATP World Tour Tennis 5.00 Tour De Romandie Cycling 7.00 MVP 7.30 Thursday Night Live 9.30 Sports Tonight 10.00 UFC 11.00 Golf Central

8.30 Prime Suspect (M) 10.40 Eli Stone (M) 11.30 NWA – On Fire 12.30 Leyland Brothers World 1.30 AFL Flashback Classic 3.45 Auction Squad 4.40 Hot Property 5.00 Home Shopping

11.25 ITU World Championship Series Triathlon Highlights 12.25 Sports Tonight Late 12.45 Omnisport 1.15 Serie A Football 4.00 Major League Baseball LIVE 24. Talked about the east, and was attracted (7) 25. Deer, West Indian perhaps, adds nothing to the turn (7) 26. Cops train him badly: people hater! (12)

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 The Vampire Diaries (M) 2.00 Starsky & Hutch (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 Total Wipeout UK 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Seinfeld 8.30 Fringe (M) 9.30 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (M) 10.30 V (M) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 Fringe 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

NBN

6.00 Kids Time 9.00 Sons & Daughters 9.30 Home & Away 10.00 Movie: Vera Cruz (PG 1954) Burt Lancaster, Gary Cooper 12.00 Beyond Tomorrow 1.00 All My Children 2.00 Shortland Street (M) 2.30 Coronation Street 3.00 Emmerdale 3.30 Kitchen Time 6.00 Alf 6.30 Full House

7.00 Samantha Who? 7.30 Barry Humphries’ Flashbacks 1980s

1.30 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

ONE HD 6.00 Oneasia Tour Golf Highlights 7.00 Golf Central 7.30 Bundesliga Football 9.30 Rally World

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 Kokoda (PG) Part 2 9.30 Travels With A Tangerine Islam today in India and China 10.30 Lateline 11.05 Lateline Business 11.35 Spectacle Renee Fleming, Rufus Wainwright 12.20 Movie: Night Of The Living Dead (M 1968) Judith O’Dea, Duan Jones 1.55 Movie: Cornered (M B&W 1945) Dick Powell, Walter Slezak 3.55 Can We Help?

5.00am to 6.00pm World News and Weatherwatch

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 Hey Hey It’s Saturday 8.25 Lotto 9.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 10.30 Cold Case (M) 11.30 Nightline 12.00 Eclipse Music TV (M) 12.30 20/20

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 Sea Patrol (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

GO! 6.00 Kids’ Programs 9.30 I Dream Of Jeannie 10.00 Bewitched 10.30 Entertainment Tonight 11.00 TMZ 11.30 Married With Children 12.00 Frasier 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Side Order Of Life 2.00 V (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 Total Wipeout UK Series 7.30 Top Gear 8.40 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 ER (M) 10.30 Gossip Girl (M) 11.30 Frasier 12.00 Seinfeld 12.30 TMZ 1.00 ER (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

afterthought (7) 19. Tidy prize overwhelms king (5,2) 20. Expert royal writer is bitter (7) 22. Unhappy at assassinated Egyptian president (5)

DOWN 1. Causes for beliefs or actions; justifications (7) 2. Expert commentators, especially on the arts (7) 3. Humorous verses of five lines (9) 4. Former wife of Donald Trump (5) 5. Stone whose inscriptions led to the deciphering of Linear B (7) DOWN 6. Protected over-zealously, molly1. Draws conclusions from Quick Clues coddled (7) note, like silly son (7) ACROSS 7. Bad-tempered, irascible (12) 2. Reviewers, French, cry 1. Disobedient, refusing 10. Contrary, ill-natured (12) and shout approvals (7) orders (112) 15. Tram, trolley-bus (6,3) 3. Beats embrace one 8. Element number 92 (7) reverse computer bank to 9. Element number 33 (7) 17. Japanese art of paper folding (7) make verses (9) 11. More introspective, less 18. Short improvisation at the end 4. One vehicle a following sociable (7) of a musical work (7) for Mrs Trump (5) 12. Myrmeleo, also called 19. Become fine (of weather) (5,2) 5. Took off with nondrinker, a famous stone! (7) sand dragon or doodlebug 20. Bitter, harsh (7) 22. Former president of Egypt, (7) 6. Miss Oakley, in the Anwar ….. (5) 13. Administers medicine outskirts of Neverland, is cared for and cosseted (7) (5) 14. Prophetess cursed to 7. Bluey’s mate ingests Last week’s solution 12. A big cat around the top wet earth; gone funny and speak the truth but never Cryptic Clues end lives on insects (7) bad-tempered to be believed (9) ACROSS 13. Measures acts around the 10. Ill-natured container 16. One who chases out 1. Defying authority, send back south (5) and oil-carrier, circle; we evil spirits (9) truncated article in feigned 14. Priam’s daughter – mama object (12) 19. Eccentric, nutter (5) trance (12) and god (9) 15. Steer crooked, battered 21. Water nymphs (7) 8. University has hesitation 16. Cutter holds alternative to cart – it’s actually a trolley 23. Items such as monocles accepting Indian Queen – it’s ghostbuster (9) (6,3) or sun-glasses (3-4) heavy metal! (7) 19. Third grade nutter (5) 17. Zero equipment for 24. Pined, longed for (7) 9. Bottom number 99 – deadly! 21. Diana wild with ecstasy and French pal with Japanese 25. Reindeer (7) (7) small nymphs (7) craft (7) 11. Low ride upset the more 23. Spooner asks reason for the 18. Rotter with “split” rock 26. Disliking the human ill-humoured (7) race (12) song – spectacles, perhaps (3-4) group, a sort of musical

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ADRIAN KEYS AT THE CABARITA BEACH BAR ON SUNDAY APRIL 25

ing between guitar and key keyboards, songs new and familiar. Murray’s voice and Murwillumbah songs are gradually gaining an Race Day international reputation. The Murwillumbah Race Day is evening will be stitched toa staple event in the Murwilgether by MC Loki, with audio lumbah events calandar and it’s ambience from Rich Bell. For on again this Sunday! The great audience comfort, tickets are day of family activity kicks off strictly limited to 100. They are at 11.30am, and will feature $20 or $15 for Ukitopia memjumping castles and kids-zones bers and are available from the for the little ones. A shuttle bus Uki Cafe and Crystal Treasures will also be operating from the Murwillumbah. Doors open at Services Club – check the club 7.30pm, with chai and cakes for details. available on the green outside James T and the Tomahawks before the show and during (ex Canned Heat member) will the interval. April 24, Uki Holy Trinity Church. be part of the day’s entertainment and of course there are Tracey Hopewell the races – five in all. The first kicks of at 1.20pm. It’s all hapFor over 23 years Tracey has pening at Racecourse Road, been a professional, singer/ Murwillumbah, Sunday April performer and vocal teacher. 25 from 11.30am. For the last ten years she has been travelling and performUkitopia Arts ing internationally throughout Collective presents Australia and New Zealand, with some of the Songwriters on the working entertainment industry’s top names in both countries. song line She performs as a solo, duo Instant atmosphere, transparand also has a full band, with ent acoustics and a rapt audience in pews – concerts at the a large repertoire which is Uki Holy Trinity Church are fast constantly being updated on a acquiring a quality reputation. weekly basis. Expect pop, rock, jazz, blues, country and soul. Saturday April 24 sees the Cudgen Leagues Club 7.30pm latest in the series of Ukitopia Friday. songwriter evenings. Wendy Grace is known locally for her Smashed Crabs uplifting singing workshops Smashed Crabs are a five and original material – Luka piece covers/originals band Bloom is a fan. There is a justifiable buzz about from the Gold Coast. Their influences include Sublime, Fiona Ryan. Stepping into a Living End, Tool, Faith No solo role after session work, More, Kings of Leon (early) the purity of her flute playing and Queens of the Stone Age. is outstanding. She also plays Coolagatta Sands Hotel, keyboards and has a set of dark, enigmatic songs to share Sunday at 5pm. in a debut solo show. Murray Kyle completes the bill with an hour long set alternat-

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Adrian Keys Adrian Keys is a solo perform-

er hailing from Perth. Originally classically trained, Adrian’s style could be described as Xavier Rudd mixed with Johnny Cash and Ray Charles and a whole lot of reggae. Surrounded by a cocoon of musical instruments Adrian’s performance is musically and visually captivating. Having captured the attention of audiences across WA, this ambitious musician will be touring nationally throughout 2010 with his EP release tour.

‘Out of Wak’. Since then he has built a highly successful solo career, performing in clubs in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. In 2005, Rob received the ‘Golden Service Award of the Year’ at the Entertainment of the Year Awards for Clubs in south east Queensland.

WENDY GRACE AT SONGWRITERS ON THE SONGLINE, APRIL 24, UKI HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

BLUEJUICE APRIL 24, COOLANGATTA HOTEL. PIC BY DAN BOUD

Cabarita Beach Bar this Sunday from 2pm.

Robbie Rosenlund Robbie Rosenlund is a self taught piano player and was born and bred in Brisbane. As Wickety Wak’s keyboard player, and through his love for cartoon characters, his Kermit the Frog impersonation became one of the most requested segments of the show. After Wickety Wak, Rob joined forces with Peter and Pahnie in

In 2006, Rob received the ‘Best Soloist Award’ at the Entertainment of the Year Awards for Clubs in south east Queensland. See him at the Kingscliff Beach Bowls Club, 12pm on Monday.

The Vasco Era Michael Fitzgerald (drums) and brothers Sid O’Neil (vocals, guitar, percussion) and Ted O’Neil (bass, backing vocals) were still in their teens when they formed The Vasco Era in the quiet coastal town of Apollo

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Bay. The trio felt an instant musical and live chemistry spurring exciting local performances that were soon packed houses with the crowd feeling the dynamic intensity of their live shows. Neverland Bar, Coolangatta, 9pm Thursday.

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she’s a tiny terrorist. I wouldn’t go as far as saying she’s a suicide bomber, but I have found some rather lethal looking explosives in her nappy. Baby safeing sucks. This week I’ve become a clutter buster. Anything nice has to go. But on the upside, baby safeing is the perfect excuse for garage saleing all those shit presents your family gives you for Christmas. I’ve managed to throw out 32 vases, ten placemat sets and the ugliest fruit bowl ever created. What amazes me is that some bargain hunting idiot will front up at 6am on a Saturday morning and voluntarily pay $5 for it. I can’t believe the crap people will buy if it’s at a garage sale. I once sold false teeth for $1.

been tacked to the noticeboard for three years, on bean-filled, dog-mauled teddy bears given by a first boyfriend, on those handmade cards that say ‘World’s Best Mother’. Out they go. ‘That’s beautiful, darling – let’s keep it somewhere safe. Like the recycling bin.’

I have packed box after box and cleared out the kids’ rooms, removing sentiment like it was dust. Sentiment is an emotional film that settles on clutter, on torn and grubby children’s paintings that have

Late last year I had a less brutal throwout and dumped my clothing and personal effects at Vinnies, assuming that, as urban myth has it, that all goods are trucked to large warehouses in Sydney and

Mandy Nolan

I’ve spent the last week baby safeing the house. I am living in the world’s biggest play pen. I’ve got gates on the front door, gates on the back door, baby gates on the kids’ bedrooms, gates on the bathroom, gates on the gate. Just a simple visit to the toilet is like being a prison guard at Long Bay. You need clearance at every level. If you don’t have a strong pelvic floor, or if you’ve got a touch of giardia, you’re going to need a bucket. Ivy is about to turn one and she’s not just mobile,

THURSDAY 22 TWEED 7ITH THREE SHIRES COVERED 4HE 4WEED %CHO IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ENTERTAINMENT GIG GUIDE IN THE AREA &OR YOUR FREE LISTING EMAIL GIGS ECHO NET AU OR PHONE US ON $EADLINE IS NOON 4UESDAY PRIOR TO 4HURSDAY´S PUBLICATION

â– CLUB BANORA, 6PM SHANDELL â– CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB 5.30PM PAUL ANTHONY â– TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM VEENIES â– TWIN TOWNS 11AM LIVE MUSIC 9.30PM MASON RACK BAND

GOLD COAST â– BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 6PM DAVID LEE â– COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM NIK PHILLIPS DUO â– COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 7PM PAUL ATKINS â– GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM UNPLUGGED IN THE BASEMENT DAN PARSONS â– HARD ROCK CAFE 9PM IRONBIRD AND HOWLING STEEL â– NEVERLAND BAR, 9PM THE VASCO ERA

BYRON â– HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, JON J BRADLEY â– BEACH HOTEL, 9PM THE LAST â– THE RAILS, 6.30PM WAZ PORTER BAND â– BYRON BAY BREWERY BUDDHA BAR 7PM BARWICK â– BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE 7PM BELLADIVA: THE GODDESS DIVINE TOUR â– LA LA LAND, DJ FALCON (FRANCE) DANIEL WEBBER â– HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7PM ANDO & SON

FRIDAY 23 TWEED ■AUSTRALIAN HOTEL, M’BAH 7PM KERRY SWAN ■BILAMBIL SPORTS CLUB 8PM LIVE MUSIC ■CABARITA BEACH HOTEL 8.30PM LIVE MUSIC ■CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB 7.30PM TRACEY HOPEWELL ■CUDGEN SLSC, KINGSCLIFF 7PM PAUL ATKINS ■CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 8PM FATHOM ■CLUB BANORA, 7.30PM CLAY BLYTH ■KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL, 8.30PM FOR THE LOVE OF IT PARTY (DJ’S) ■LUFFLEY CAFE, M’BAH 7PM VANESSA HOFFMAN & RADHA ■MURWILLUMBAH BOWLS CLUB 8PM RAY CATT AND ALANA FOX ■MURWILLUMBAH HOTEL 6PM FRED GESHA 9PM DJ HERVE ■MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES MEMORIAL CLUB 6.30PM DELISH ■POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM TREVOR HERD ■SALT BAR, KINGSCIFF, 7PM LIVEWIRE ■SEAGULLS CLUB, 9.30PM WILEY REED BAND ■TWEED TAVERN (THE ROUND HOUSE), MUR’BAH 8PM DJS KYLE AND BEN ■TERRANORA TAVERN 8PM HAPPY DAZE KARAOKE ■TWIN TOWNS 11AM LIVE MUSIC 8.30PM QUEEN IT’S A KINDA MAGIC ■TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 12PM MICHAEL 7PM ADRENALINE

GOLD COAST â– BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30PM KAFFENE â– COOLANGATTA HOTEL 9PM DIE! DIE! DIE! (NZ), 9PM DJ FAZ, DJ

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I’ve thrown out three guitars, two boxes of Lego, five Power Rangers, a pantless action man still wearing his hat and gun ready for active duty… I’ve chucked all my platform heels (garage saleing drag queens will score), my exercise clothing (why keep something you have no intention of using?), a crate of mismatched coffee mugs, a yoga mat (as new) and all those annoying Dalai Lama books of daily Buddhist wisdom. The only wisdom I need is ‘let go’, and sorry, Rinpoche, but you’re hitting the unwanted book box.

DAVE MAY 10.30PM REMEDY ■COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 9PM JAMES HIGGINS AND DJ GHOST ■CURRUMBIN RSL 6PM AKASA ■GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM COMEDY IN THE BASEMENT POMMY JOHNSON, 9PM KISSTROYER ■IVORY TAVERN 9PM DJ TALLY ■THE KIRRA BEACH HOTEL 7.30PM ANDREW BAXTER BAND ■THE ELEPHANT ROCK CAFE, CURRUMBIN 7PM TIM ROURKE ■LE MONDE KIRRA 6PM ADRIAN KEYS ■ELSEWHERE BAR, 10PM ELECTRIC BOOGIE SHOW ■NEVERLAND BAR, COOLANGATTA 8PM JACKSON’S HARLETT ■NORTH BURLEIGH SURF CLUB, 8PM LOADED DICE ■TUGUN BOWLS CLUB, 5.30PM LIVE MUSIC

BYRON ■HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, NUMBERS RADIO ■BEACH HOTEL, 9.30PM RAZ BIN SAM & THE LION I BAND WITH SHOEBOX ■THE RAILS, 7PM NATHAN KAYE COLLECTIVE ■BYRON BAY BREWERY BUDDHA BAR 7PM MASON RACK BAND ■BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE 7.30PM CLASSICAL STEINWAY CONCERT – DANIEL DEBORAH ■LA LA LAND, RYAN RUSHTON & DANIEL WEBBER ■HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM BROADFOOT MICK MCHUGH BANDLAS

SATURDAY 24 TWEED

■AUSTRALIAN HOTEL, MURWILLUMBAH 7PM LIVE MUSIC ■CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 8PM JON J BRADLEY ■CABARITA BEACH BAR & GRILL, 8.30PM LIVE MUSIC ■CLUB BANORA, 8PM WAYNE RANSON ■CHINDERAH TAVERN 3PM DAVID TONKS ■KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL, 8.30PM MATT SEABURG ■KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB, HAPPY DAZE KARAOKE ■MARINE MUSEUM, NORTH STAR HOLIDAY RESORT, HASTINGS POINT, 1.30PM EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS ■MUR’BAH HOTEL 9.30PM JAMES T AND THE TOMMAHAWKS ■MUR’BAH SERVICES MEMORIAL CLUB 6.30PM DARREN RAY ■POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6PM MARTIN WAY ■SALTBAR BISTRO, KINGSCLIFF, 8.30PM THE REAL DEAL ■SOUTH TWEED SPORTS CLUB 3PM LIVE JAZZ 7PM 3 SUM ■TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB FOREVER EVERLY ■TWIN TOWNS 10AM FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 8.30PM JOHN SCHUMANN ■TYALGUM HOTEL, 6PM BELLYDANCE SHOW AND DINNER ■TUNTABLE HALL (NEAR NIMBIN) 10.30PM BROADFOOT ■UKI HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, UKITOPIA ARTS COLLECTIVE PRESENTS LOCAL SONGWRITERS

GOLD COAST â– BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30PM BREAKAWAYS â– COOLANGATTA HOTEL 9PM DJ HUIA + DJ LEEROY â– COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 9PM

then distributed Australia wide. You can imagine my surprise, strolling down for my morning coffee, when I discovered the headless mannequins in the charity window display all dressed up like Mandy Nolan. They wore signature Mandy Nolan tight polyester frocks, Mandy Nolan giant shoes and carried Mandy Nolan handbags. The only upsetting thing was that they all looked a lot better in it than Mandy Nolan. In the name of baby safety, (yes, I’m a co-sleeper, I only have the cot for show so other mothers won’t judge me) I’ve surrendered my bedframe, thrown my mattress on the floor. Who needs Botox? I feel 18 again. I haven’t slept on the floor since Uni. Only problem is my back belongs to a 42 year old woman with arthritis on her right sacral joint. I don’t so much get up now, as roll onto the floor and commando crawl down the hall. My house has been turned into a DOCS approved playroom. Mission Accomplished. Time to turn my attentions to the next baby safeing project: my teenage daughter.

PAUL ATKINS + CLUB DJS ■CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM TRACE ■ELSEWHERE BAR, GOLD COAST, SECRET LOVE HEROES ■GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM CABARET IN THE BASEMENT - CHELSEA GIBB, RHYTHMS OF IRELAND – DIRECT FROM DUBLIN ■IVORY TAVERN 9PM DJ ANDY FINN ■KIRRA BEACH HOTEL 7PM, KARAOKE ■NORTH BURLEIGH SURF CLUB, 8PM ASAKA ■NEVERLAND BAR, COOLANGATTA 8PM LIVE DJ ■THE LOFT, SURFERS, A NIGHT OF BLUES & ROOTS @ THE LOFT

BYRON â– HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, VASCO ERA â– BEACH HOTEL, 9.30PM THE FEREMONES â– THE RAILS, 6.30PM ROSIE BURGESS TRIO â– BYRON BAY BREWERY BUDDHA BAR 1814 & V TRIBE DUB REGGAE â– BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE 8PM VINCE JONES â– LA LA LAND, MYLES JUNIOR & EASY P â– LIQUID, 10PM H2O FEATURING SCOTT PULLEN (SYDNEY) PLUS DJS DEEGS & DEE DEE â– HOTEL BRUNSWICK 7.30PM THE SMASHED CRABS

SUNDAY 25 TWEED ■CHINDERAH TAVERN, 2PM STEVE BROWN ■CLUB BANORA, 11.30AM GEORGE HARVEY PRESENTS KEN BENNETT 12.30PM GLENN BRACE ■CABARITA BEACH BAR AND GRILL 2PM, LIVE MUSIC ■CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB, 4PM JAM SESSION ■CUDGEN SLSC, KINGSCLIFF, 2.30PM, INNOCENT BYSTANDERS ■CHRIS CUNNINGHAM PARK, TWEED HEADS 5.45AM DAWN ANZAC DAY SERVICE ■IVORY TAVERN TWEED HEADS 3PM, BLUESVILLE STATION ■IMPERIAL HOTEL, M’BAH 1.30PM MR. TROY ■KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL, 12PM TWO UP ■RACECOURSE ROAD, MUR’BAH 9AM RACE DAY, 12.30PM JAMES T AND THE TOMAHAWKS ■POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 4PM BIRDY ■SALTBAR BEACHBAR AND BISTRO, KINGSCLIFF, 2PM WILEY REED ■SPHINX ROCK CAFE, MT BURRELL 2PM PEACEBROTHER ■TERRANORA TAVERN 12PM TWO UP ■TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM MICHAEL KING ■TWIN TOWNS 12.30PM FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

GOLD COAST ■BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 2.30PM DANCE ON ■COOLANGATTA HOTEL 2.30PM DJ 3.30PM DJ PHIL – MARSHAL ACE 8PM DJ LEE ROY 9PM DJ ANDY ■COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 1PM TWO UP, 5PM SMASHED CRABS, 9PM DJ GHOST ■CURRUMBIN RSL 5AM ANZAC DAY 2010 DAWN SERVICE, 1.30PM CHI CHI ■ELSEWHERE BAR, 8PM ROYALE SUNDAY ■GREENMOUNT BEACH CLUB 4PM LIVE MUSIC

â– GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM THE GC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - ROBINA COMMUNITY CENTRE â– IVORY TAVERN 1PM BLUESVILLE STATION 5PM ZUESBABY â– SURF CLUB COOLANGATTA, 2PM RUSSELL SPROUT â– TUGUN BOWLS CLUB, 2PM LIVE MUSIC CASSIAN + GRAZ

BYRON

â– HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BLUEJUICE â– BEACH HOTEL, 1PM DJ ARI 5PM THE FEREMONES 9PM DJ NOWAK â– THE RAILS, 6PM JOSHUA MATHESON BAND â– BYRON BAY BREWERY BUDDHA BAR 6.30PM LEIGH JAMES â– BYRON COMMUNITY CENTRE 8PM VINCE JONES â– LA LA LAND, ANDY MURPHY CAPTAIN KAINE & DISCO HOOKERS â– LIQUID, ANZAC DAY EVE: KITTEN KLUB WITH DJS HAZEY & SAGE & FRIENDS â– HOTEL BRUNSWICK 3PM FAT ALBERT 7PM PHIL & GAZ DUO

MONDAY 26 TWEED â– KINGSCLIFF BEACH BOWLS CLUB 12PM ROBBIE ROSENLUND â– SALTBAR BEACHBAR AND BISTRO, KINGSCLIFF MICK MCHUGH â– TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM ROBBIE ROSENLUND â– TWIN TOWNS SERVICES CLUB 11AM FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

GOLD COAST â– COOLANGATTA HOTEL 2PM GLEN MILES 7PM MARK BONO DUO â– IVORY TAVERN 1PM GREG WALL

BYRON â– HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, BRIAN WATT â– BEACH HOTEL, 9PM BILL JACOBI â– THE RAILS, 6.30PM ANNA WEATHERUP â– BYRON BAY BREWERY BUDDHA BAR 7PM SEGIO & PAUL â– COCOMANGAS, ANZAC PUBLIC HOLIDAY PARTY GIVEAWAYS

TUESDAY 27 TWEED

■MUR’BAH HOTEL 7PM JAM NIGHT ■TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM CRAIG SHAW ■TWIN TOWNS 8.30PM LIVE MUSIC

BYRON â– HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN, HARRY HEALY â– BEACH HOTEL, 9PM ADRIAN KEYS â– THE RAILS, 6.30PM GUY KACHEL â– BYRON BAY BREWERY BUDDHA BAR 7.30PM MATTY DEVITT

WEDNESDAY 21 TWEED â– TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM DON WHITAKER â– CLUB BANORA 6PM DAN HANNAFORD â– TWIN TOWNS 11AM LIVE MUSIC

GOLD COAST â– COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM CLIFFY â– GOLD COAST ARTS CENTRE 8PM S.T.A.R.S. - JOHN COX WORKING ON RACING STRIPES â– GREENMOUNT BEACH CLUB 7PM DOWNBEAT JAZZ

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DIE! DIE! DIE! APRIL 23, COOLANGATTA HOTEL

15 MINUTES

Loren + Juzzie Smith The SoundLounge April 30

of FAME at STOKERS

The Hoodoo Gurus Twin Towns April 30

Johnny Cash Tribute Currumbin RSL May 2 guests The Holidays. April 24, Coolangatta Hotel.

John Schumann

THE VASCO ERA NEVERLAND BAR, COOLANGATTA THURSDAY

DAVID LADLEY SATURDAY MAY 1 UNTIL MAY 31. CAFÉ D’BAR GALLERY

MARYANNE PLENKOVICH’S EXHIBITION ‘OUT OF MY GARDEN’, MANTRA ON SALT BEACH RESORT

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Best known, perhaps, for his leadership of the legendary folk-rock band Redgum, and his Vietnam veterans’ anthem, ‘I was only 19’, John Schumann first came to national attention in 1980 as Redgum’s lead singer-songwriter. In the ensuing years he recorded nine albums and, with Redgum, toured the UK, Europe and Ireland where his songs are still played. With 27 years in Australian music, John has received almost every award the industry has to offer – some twice over. Twin Towns, April 24.

Music under the Stars Sanctuary Cove, May 2 The Surfers Paradise Festival: Launch It! Surfers Paradise Esplanade Sunday May 2 Stephen Fisher-King Twin Towns May 5 Spoon (USA) Coolangatta Hotel May 6 Marshall and the Fro The Soundlounge May 7

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Meals $7.00 – Tea, coffee & cake also available

Tweed River Art Gallery A Tweed Shire Council community facility

ON DISPLAY UNTIL 2 MAY John Olsen Portrait of Brett Whiteley

Tumbleweed Coolangatta Hotel May 1

Great set-up. Great relaxed club atmosphere.

First Friday of each month – Stokers Hall 7-10pm Admission $10 Find out more and book acts at:

David Kas: Landscape & Memory IX

Cotton Keays and Morris Twin Towns May 1

A great night for audience and performers

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 Paintings and works on paper 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

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

Sat 8 May 6pm 2010 Gallery Concert Series #3: Volteggiando Piano Duo featuring Maggie Chen and Vicky Yang - $32 or Friends $27. Contact Alexsandra: 6679 2244

FREE ADMISSION Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm 2 Mistral Rd Murwillumbah NSW 2484 02 6670 2790 www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/artgallery

Local artist brings Tweed to life

The raw beauty of the Northern Rivers’ countryside will be ROBBIE ROSENLUND AT brought to life in a dynamic THE KINGSCLIFF exhibition of new paintings BEACH BOWLS by Pottsville artist Maryanne CLUB, 12PM ON Plenkovich. The exhibition, enMONDAY titled ‘Out of My Garden’, will be held at Kingscliff’s Mantra on Salt Beach resort throughout the month of May. While some of Maryanne’s paintings can be viewed in cafés and bars across the Tweed, the Salt exhibition marks the first major showing of the artist’s paintings. ‘I love to combine my love for art with my love for this beautiful rereckless, driven dynamic and gion,’ Maryanne told the Echo. sometimes menacing sound ‘My work is all about bringing – the kind of energy-ridden the outside in; I like to create a anarchy of their debut record. window to the outside world This forthcoming album was with the use of large-scale canrecorded at Lab in Auckland vas mixed with the raw, organic and Chicks Hotel in Dunedin, New Zealand. April 23, Coolan- colours of our beautiful natural countryside.’ gatta Hotel. Growing up in Lismore, the busy mother-of-three now lives Bluejuice at Koala Beach in Pottsville Bluejuice were so chuffed after where she is kept on the go reaching the coveted fifth spot with plenty of private commisin Triple Js Hottest 100 with sions for her paintings, which their single Broken Leg that she often does in consultation they’re hitting the road on their with a property stylist. huge ‘Aint’ telling the Truth’ na- ‘I like to focus on tropical tional tour. Playing with special succulents like bromeliads, <echowebsection=Entertainment>

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The Echo’s guide to

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Cudgen Leagues Club

CURRUMBIN

Alleys

KINGSCLIFF

Fins

FINGAL HEAD

Phone: 02 6674 1816 Wommin Bay Road, Kingscliff www.cudgenleagues. com.au

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

Nam Yeng

The Gallery Café combines art with fresh food and wine. Enjoy having lunch at the beautifully appointed licensed café 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. 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.

Sea Breeze Bistro open Tues-Sun 12- 2pm, 6 -8pm Tuesday and Wednesday lunches $6 Thursday and Sunday Roast Night $8 Friday nights from the specials board – warm salads to great steaks, cooked to order with a choice of sauces Dinner for two: The cheapest on the coast! Only $32.50: includes a choice of two main meals and a 750ml bottle of wine.

Cafe Lazumba 14 Bay St Tweed Heads 07 5536 1811

Cafe Laz mba

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). DO YOU KNOW THAT THE FINS BAR IS ALSO OPEN JUST FOR DRINKS EVERY NIGHT FROM 5.30PM TILL MIDNIGHT? We have just launched our exciting new tapas menu. Drop in for a grazing experience. Spoil Mum this Mothers Day at Fins. 3 course menu + glass bubbles on arrival and complimentary chocolate truffles. $85pp. Bookings essential.

TWEED VALLEY JAZZ CLUB PRESENTS

THE POWERHOUSE JAZZ QUINTET Early Band: SEGUE from 6.00pm

Date: FRIDAY 30th April, 2010 at 7.30pm Venue: Greenhills On Tweed, River St, South Murwillumbah (Blackboard Menu & Bar Service available. No BYO). Cost: MEMBERS $15, VISITORS $20, U/18s $5

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Time and tide wait for no man When he was preparing for his new art exhibition, Artist David Ladley decided to do a painting of nearby Rainbow Bay

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.

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beach looking towards the surf club. The best spot was on the beach looking up towards the surf tower with the palm tree next to it. So, easel up. Canvas ready. Paints on palette and he was away. Things progressed well, at first. Then the tide came in! The paintings are a collection of works mostly of our wonderful Gold Coast and northern NSW. David and his wife have travelled to many parts of the world sketching and painting on the spot. Only a year ago they were in Morocco, riding through the Sahara desert at dawn on camels. His exhibit starts on Saturday May 1 and continues until May 31. Café D’Bar Gallery is opposite the lighthouse at Point Danger and is open every day. For more visit www.davidladleyart.com

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Property hunting brings on the stress Australia’s obsession with property hunting is stressing out the nation and impacting our relationships with loved ones, according to new research by Australian property portal, realestate.com.au. The nationwide survey of over 1,000 adults revealed 84 per cent of prospective buyers believe looking for property is more stressful than visiting the end of year Boxing Day sales. The findings reveal three-quarters (74 per cent) of Australians find inspecting properties stressful, with New South Wales property hunters coming in as the most stressed out state in the country and South Australians the most relaxed. Unsurprisingly, this added stress is having an adverse effect on wellbeing, with 62 per cent of New South Wales property hunters saying they have become so distressed by the property search that they have fought about it with their loved ones. Clinical psychologist and relationship expert Dr Timothy Sharp, also known as Dr Happy, says the findings

come as no surprise to him. ‘Many people underestimate the effect big decisions, such as buying or renting a property, have on our state of being and how happy we are day-today,’ said Dr Sharp. ‘The key is to reduce the stress associated with the process. In doing so, we not only make better decisions but we bring the fun back to house hunting.’ Despite finding the search for their dream home stressful, it seems Aussies are addicted to the hunt. Ninety two per cent of property seekers spend over one full day per month (up to 25 hours) researching potential homes online. The research also revealed that 86 per cent of respondents believed using online property websites like realestate. com.au could help ease the pressure felt when house hunting.

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OPEN FOR INSPECTION RBR PROPERTY CONSULTANTS UĂŠ 5/1402 Gold Coast Hwy, Palm Beach. Sat10-10.30am UĂŠ 25 Traminer Court, Banora Point. Sat 11-11.30am UĂŠ 6/5 Ocean Street,Kirra. Sat 2-2.30pm UĂŠ 5/8 Marian Street, Tweed Heads West. Sat 12-12.30pm UĂŠ 92 Broadwater Esplanade, Bilambil Heights. Sat 1-1.30pm UĂŠ 23 Plover Pl, Tweed Heads West. Sat 10-10.30am UĂŠ 15/1 Botany Cr, Tweed Heads. Sat 10-10.30am UĂŠ 2 Barton Place, Terranora. Sat 11-11.30am UĂŠ 602 Haig Street ‘Elysee’, Kirra. Sat 12.30-1.30pm UĂŠ 19/22 Marine Parade ‘Kirra Gardens’, Kirra. Sat 10-10.30am UĂŠ 1F Yacht Harbour, 3-9 Eden Street, Tweed Heads/Rainbow Bay. Sat 11-11.30am UĂŠ 3/15-17 Ivory Crescent, Tweed Heads. Sat 1-1.30pm UĂŠ 4 Shady Lane, Banora Point. Sat 12-12.30pm UĂŠ 64 Cominan Ave, Banora Point. Sat 1-1.30pm UĂŠ 4 Myeerimba Parade, Tweed Heads West. Sat 11-11.30am UĂŠ 46 Piggabeen Road, Tweed Heads West. Sat 12-12.30pm UĂŠ 6/184 Marine Parade,Kingscliff. Sat 10-10.30am UĂŠ 20 Shoal Place, Kingscliff. Sat 11-11.30am UĂŠ 5 Cormorant Place, Kingscliff. Sat 12-12.30pm

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Murwillumbah all set for netball season Local netballers are looking forward to a bumper season after an excellent response to recent sign-on days. Murwillumbah Netball Association president Beth Matsuto, said more than 200 players had already signed on to play in fixtures and netta programs in the coming season. ‘While we’ve conducted our formal sign-on days, it’s not too late for other players to sign on,’ said Beth. ‘They can register for the coming season at the clubhouse in Condong Street, Murwillumbah between 9am and 1pm on Saturday April 24.’ Beth said this year local

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second to fourth respectively in a full-throttle, four-man final. Giving away several years to his competitors in both age and experience, Woods exploded out of the gates in the final with a blistering 8.67, going on to register a combined two-wave heat total of 16.40 to Brooks’ 12.30, Ziems’ 8.03 and Bennetts’ 3.20. ‘Burleigh delivered great waves for the Hinterland Toyota Burleigh Classic and to win in front of family and friends at your home break is always a great feeling,’ said Woods. ‘The QCC series is always a competitive series and I’m not getting

too far ahead of myself, but to win a spot in the ASP World Tour Trials event at Snapper Rocks would be a dream come true.’ Woods will now be looking to continue his good form as only two events remain in this year’s $16,000 four-event Queensland Championship Circuit. The overall series champion will be decided based on a competitors best three-of-four results, with the top two competitors after four events set to compete against the world’s best surfers at the 2011 ASP World Tour Quiksilver Pro Trials.

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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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their time to learn more about umpiring. Robyn Richards and Maree Deller led the women and girls through a discussion of the rules as they completed their Introduction to Umpiring. It was great to see a variety of ages stepping forward. Training starts back this week and this Thursday night is the general meeting - everyone is welcome. Even though next Saturday is a long weekend for Anzac Day, games will still be played on Saturday. For more information or to view draws for all grades, visit the website at www. murwillumbahnetball.org.au.

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Thomas Woods flying down the line at Burleigh Heads on his way to winning the Hinterland Toyota Burleigh Classic. Photo Calderon/Surfing Queensland

Seventeen year old Burleigh Heads’ surfer Thomas Woods shot into contention for Queensland’s blue ribbon surfing title – The Open Men’s State Championship, after taking out the Hinterland Toyota Burleigh Classic in emphatic style on Sunday. Held in pulsing 1.5m waves at the infamous Burleigh Heads, the young Woods defeated a host of surfing stars including former Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour competitor Troy Brooks and Corey Ziems, both from Currumbin and Chris Bennetts from Narrowneck who finished

netballers had benefited from new post pads and netballs provided by Ergon Energy in their continuing sponsorship of netball in Queensland. ‘We’ll also have the chance to apply for equipment grants through the association, which will be a great help in providing players with a higher level of facilities for their regular games and our most promising players will again have the opportunity to advance in the sport through the Ergon Energy Regional Academies.’ Last week, 14 enthusiastic people supported the association and playing netball in Murwillumbah by giving up

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Record numbers have registered to be a part of the 2010 Mantra Battle on the Border Cycling Festival to be hosted in the Tweed from the April 29 to May 3. In its second year, organisers have announced a substantial growth in participation within the three events. The Tour De Tweed Coast four stage multi division competitive tour increased by 120 per cent with full field capacity in some grades reached a week early. The Cycling Festival has expanded and now reaches more communities around the Tweed including Tyalgum, Stokers Siding, Salt, Uki and travelling through Cabarita, Mooball, Duranbah and Tanglewood. Organisers say local support has been terrific with a great response from all areas of the local community. ‘Tyalgum have got together with the local store assisting with our registration area and Flutterbies Cottage Cafe feeding our volunteers,’ said spokesperson Kristina Katsanevas.

SPORT RESULTS BOWLS Cabarita Beach Men 7/4/10 Winners R Arrowsmith & M Matteucci. r/up S Breccard & J Hay cons K Kennedy & K Stanley. Social Sat 10/4/10 Winners J Tuckey, R Woodbury & S Goode. cons J Hunter , B Davey & L Freeman. 14/4/10 Winners B Lambert & C Klaverstyn r/up B Parker & P Glancy cons “Woody” & D Vegter. Social Sat Winners R Faulkner & E Kolbee, cons M Cheshire, E Stenner, C Morgan & J Simpson. Open Singles results Semi-Final A Latif def R Harper, M Morgan def D Hopps. Final A Latif def M Morgan 31-26. Cabarita Beach Women 20.04.10 Social Bowls - Cancelled due to rain affected track. Raffles - G.Coustley, L.Clarke, J.Double 27.04.10 Club Quarterly Meeting - We would like all Members to attend. 04.05.10 Club Sponsored Day - Club Members only. 2 games of 11 ends. 9.00am start. Sheet on board so put your name down for a great day ladies. 10.05.10 to 13.05.10 Zone Pennant Play Off - to be played at Cabarita Beach and CudgenLeagues Clubs. Socialk 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 3.30pm to 5.30pm.

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‘Saturday we move to Stokers Siding with Stokers School putting on a great feed for our participants and spectators, the corner store supporting with coffee and food as well as there being a great Art Gallery selling some amazing pieces. Sunday and Monday resides in Salt with a great family atmosphere at Salt Park around Bells Boulevard all restaurants and businesses have been offering

their services to the guests.’ The Gran Fondo Social Ride entries are open until the April 30, but get in sooner rather than later to secure a spot. You get to choose your distance with this one as it is not a race from 100km, 136km and 189km. For more information on road closures, entries or any event information visit: www. qsmsports.com.

Anzac Day races ‘a big day out’ Tweed River Jockey Club officials are again hosting the traditonal Anzac Day race meeting. The race day is one of the Tweed River Jockey Club’s biggest meetings of the calendar and regularly attracts enthusiastic support from Anzac Day crowds. Many older residents still recall the days when the meeting was a focus point for huge numbers of cross-border patrons, as racing was banned on Anzac Day in Queensland until relatively recent times.

Tweed River Jockey Club chairman Bernie Quinn says that in those days Queensland registered vehicles could be seen parked from the racecourse all the way to the Condong sugar mill on the Tweed River. The 2010 meeting will be conducted over five races, including the feature 1800m Murwillumbah Services Club Cup. Returned service men and women receive complimentary admission on presentation of their badge.

Condong Ladies Rain stopped play today so no results, just some reminders. 3rd May pennant presentation at Pottsville. Bowls at 1 pm . Afternoon tea at 3pm followed by presentation. 4th May the first round of our Club Triples. E.Hunt versus M.Sweetnam. S.Cook versus D.Booth. H.Ross and B.Dunne got the Bye. Draw results on the board. 7th May Sea Horse triples at Ocean Shores. 10th till the 14th May District Pennant play off at Cudgen. social bowls as usual next week 27th April. 9am for 9.30 on the green. Beginner bowlers always welcome at Condong. Come along and have some fun. Condong Men Wednesday 14th 26 bowlers Winners B Dunne, B Young, T Scuis, runner/ups D Coates. B McLennan, R Pilon. Raffle win R Thorley, C Douglas, K Palmer.Thursday 3 bowl pairs shoot/out winners $50 M Bennett,B Clifford, runner/ups $20 R Gerdes, S Reading. Saturday 17th had 56 bowlers support WAZZAS BASH 14 teams competed. 1st B Ayres team 2w+14 2nd T Kennedy team 2w+9 3rd J Murrell team 1/5+4 4th M Bennett team 1/5+3 5th.A Fings team 1w+10. Raffle Cognations to Robbie Gerdes snr for winning first game. Raffle winners Turtle, A Fing, Turtle, T Kennedy, B Ayres. Congratulations to Condong Bowls club for 2010 Awards for Excellence( nominated by Peter Meadows) as a finalist in the Spirit of the Bush Award Proudly sponsored by ATMAAC interational well done Condong Bowls Club. Cudgen Leagues Ladies Clb Champ/ship Pairs results for last Thurs 15th – Faye Turner, Joy Ashford def Clarice

Blake, Joanne Dent. Well done girls. Thurs 15th, ladies social results – Winners Rnk3, Eileen Burke, Margaret Talbott, Mary Hay. Raffle – Pauline Bowen. Was a great day last Sun with a visit from Coraki Bowls Club for our Sun Social results as follows – Winners, Rnk6, P Anderson, I Hockey, C Terry. Friendship – Rnk10, John Holt, Marion Hull, Coog Prichard. Raffle winners – Val Scheimer, Marion Hull, Coog Prichard, John Holt, Mary Sutton ( visitor ) Alex Lamperton ( visitor ) Money board – Tom Grimes, Yvonne Bradfield, Yvonne Corcoran, Maureen Alcorn, Bill Anderson. Congratulations everybody, and to all who came to support our day, the next one will be on Sun 18th May. Thurs Ladies Social 12.30 for 1pm start. 2nd Round, Clb Champ/ship Pairs to play today – Pat Pieterse, June Tilley V’s Colleen Wein, Liz Fleming; Maureen Alcorn ( sub ) Isabel Nipperess V’s Faye Turner, Joy Ashford; Sharon Lee Hinks, Trish McGee V’s Judy Martin, June Wotherspoon. Good bowling everyone. Mon 26th 1pm Social Mixed Triples mufti all welcome. Mon 3rd May District Pennant Presentation Day – Pottsville. Tues 4th May Quarterly General Meeting 9.30am, for all Members. Nom for Clb Champ/ship Singles (31up) clses Thurs 13th May. Members on the sick list, well wishes from all Members. Happy Birthday to all celebrating this week. All welcome sheet in Foyer from Bowls Office or ph 0266741816/ 2734. Good Bowling Everyone. Cudgen Leagues Men Tweed River Seafood Classic Sat 17.4 Winners: O.Simpson, T.King, J.Richie. Runners up C.Klaverstyn, B.Griffiths, R.Allen.

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K. Henshaw, M. Baxter, N. Dowling, def. N. Craig, A. Nash, S. Hambleton, D. Kendall; H. Reid, S. McGregor, E. Titmarsh, J. Kerkow, def. B. Everson, B Rodger, P. Govett, J. Pearce. W. Wilson, M. Purcell, def. J. Green, P. Houghton; H. Bardsley, C. Hawkins, def. J. Hoffman, A. Plowright; P. Dearlove, A.M. Hardy, def. T. Dixon, A. Ebsworth; Thursday Consistency. L.A. French, def S. Jackson; F. Martin, def. L. Hodsdon; H. Ramsay, def. P. Collins; B. Makin, def. C. Keane; M. Spencer, def. S. Ganter; L. Rayward, def. W. Wilson; J. Lyon, def. V. Robinson; L. Elsey, def. S. Lusby; A. Warman, def. M. Gun ton; R. Quinlan, def. P. Griffith; S. Goldsmith, def. K. Figura; L. Wilson, def. V. Young; M. Kelly, def. L. Robins; P. Reedy, def. M. Van Runt; GOLF Chinderah Seniors Social Golf Results for 15.4 Stroke Winner A grade: Steve Holden, net 56, new h/cap 9. R/up, John Hunter, net 58, new h/cap 12. Winner B grade: Russell Gardiner, net 57, new h/cap 15. R/up, Geoff Hawkey, net 59, new h/cap 13. Winner C grade: Allan Stevens, net 56, new h/cap 31. R/up, hirley Seers, net 57, new h/ cap 20. Ball rundown to net 60 Results for 19/4/10 - Ambrose Winners: Laurie Gee, Jill Collings, Ted Robinson and Mick Collings, net 45 5/8. R/up, Mick Lawson, Bob Magee, Jim Donnelly and Wayne

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day 16th April Individual Stableford Medley Women’s Winner I.McCormack 37 pts Members Winner R.McBurney 38 pts c.b B.R.D to 37 Pts Saturday 10th April Individual .Stableford in 4 Grades A.Grade Winner N.Gronewege 41 pts R.Up T.Hindle 40 pts B.Grade P.Dhillon 39 pts R.Up M.Adams 38 pts C.Grade J.Beatty 45 pts R.Up H.Kirk 41 pts D.Grade G.Locke 42 pts R.Up M.O’Grady 41 pts N.Pin 2nd B.McLean 8th T.Taylor 10th R.Baldock 14th W.Mander B.R.Down to 35 pts c.b SHOOTING Members are reminded that April and May are Club Championships months and you now have only 5 weeks left. Also time is running out in this year to get your shoot up. 13-APR-10; Standard Pistol A Gazzard 559, J Lumsden 552, A Uren 542. 14-Apr-10; Air Pistol - D Besson 584, A Uren 574, R Rees 574, A Berry 573, J Lumsden 566. 17-Apr-10; Standard Pistol - D Dowling 593, A Berry 586, S Nash 579, J Blair 563, M Rohrick 563, W Gray 559, A Uren 528, A Unwin 524, J Lumsden 515, J Gove 499, B Dowling 475, J Deubel 475, P Cusack 441, A Dennison 425. 18-Apr-10; Rifle- L Blair 606, M Quinn 595, B Wenban 591, K M Bevis 588, M Luxton 580, K L Bevis 576, E Wenban 570, J Blair 565, R Blair 563, S Jenkins 537, J Lumsden 491.

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Noticeboard AOOB AOOB Twin Towns Branch Cent Auction will be held at Cobaki Broadwater Village on Sunday, May 2, at 1pm. Afternoon tea $4. Members, family and friends invited.

Family history Tweed Gold Coast Family History and Heritage Assoc. will holding its monthly get-together at Sth Tweed Sports Club, Minjungbal Dr, South Tweed Heads on May 4 at 1.30pm. Visitors welcome, for info call Noelene on 07 5599 8939.

VIEW club Over 120 people attended Twin Towns Evening View Club art exhibition at Ken and Avalon Trelour’s home on Saturday, April 17, in aid of the club’s Learning for Life program for disadvantaged children.

Pensioner food Wednesdays: Free food giveaway for struggling pensioners at 12.30pm at the iBar, Tweed Heads. More donations needed. Call Terri 0414 376 057. Friday: aged pensioners, at the Ibar, Fridays 9-30am-1pm. Call Thelma on 07 5536 3037 for donating food.

U3A U3A Tweed Coast, Friday Forum, from 2pm-4pm at the Uniting Church Hall, Kingscliff. Afternoon tea. Cost $2, guest speakers are Wil and Thalia Tebbutt who will talk about their walking holidays in Scotland, England and the Himalayas.

Probus clubs Banora Point Probus Club meeting April 26 at South Tweed Sports Club 10.30am. Guest speaker is Joanne Carmody, the shire’s chief librarian. Visitors welcome. Call Barbara 07 5513 1229. Murwillumbah Probus Club meets next Monday at Bowls Club. Payments due for April 27 Crams Farm barbecue ($30) and $50 for May 28 Brisbane River paddle steamer cruise. 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.

Art workshop Friday, April 16, 2pm-4pm, 5yrs and up $34. Fun-tastic painting and drawing with Arna Baartz, following a short visit to the current art gallery exhibitions. Refreshment provided, bookings essential, call Tweed River Art Gallery on 02 6670 2790.

Pottsville meet Pottsville Neighbourhood Watch meeting, Tuesday, May 4, at 7pm in the Sandbar Room, Pottsville Neighbourhood Centre, Elizabeth Street, Pottsville. (Please note change of venue and time). New members welcome, call Lilian 02 6676 4675.

Palliative care Tweed Palliative Support is holding a ‘huge’ garage sale on Saturday, April 24, from 8am-1pm at 444 Tweed

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Valley Way (just past the Duck Inn). Our two op shops, which are a major source of fundraising, have an abundance of good quality furniture, paintings and clothing which must go to make room for new stock.

Garden club The next meeting of the Murwillumbah and District Garden Club will be held on Monday April 26 at 7pm in the Jesse Macmillan Hall, Wollumbin Street Murwillumbah. All welcome. Members, guests and interested persons come along to see the floral displays, learn about the club’s activities and enjoy a cuppa after the meeting.

Free concert Tweed Links Music Club concert, Sunday, May 2, 2pm, Coolangatta Tweed Heads Golf Club, Soorley Street, Tweed Heads South with the Tweed Links Quartet and Allan Grant Dancers. Special guest artists soprano Liza Beamish and with son Jeremy and others. Admissions $6 for club members, $10 for visitors. For info call Elaine on 07 5590 7870 or visit www. tweedlinksmusicclub.org

K’cliff CWA Kingscliff Country Women’s Association meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Cudge Leagues Club, Wommin Bay Road, Kingscliff at 9.30am. Sausage sizzle at Woolworths Kingscliff made $294. Raffle won by G.Moran, Tweed Heads. New members welcomed call 02 6674 3724.

Garden club Murwillumbah District Garden Club’s recent bus trips have raised money for Murwillumbah Hospital auxiliary ($500), Westpac Helicopter Service and Tweed Valley Palliative Care (both $250). Next bus trip, 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 held on the fourth Monday of each month at 7pm in the Jessie McMillan Hall, Wollumbin Street, all welcome.

Exercise classes A community-based exercise class at Tweed Community Health Centre for ‘mature age’ people, no uniforms, no commitments, no co-ordination 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.

Historical society Tweed Heads Historical Society and Museum open Tues, Thurs, Fri 11am4pm Sunday 1pm-4pm, Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, West Tweed Heads. For info call 07 5536 8625.

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.

Mental health Mental Health Carers meetings for the next month: Mondays May 3. 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). Knowledgeable volunteer members of the Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers Network assist. Inquiries (07) 5524 4556.

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.

Mekong River journey documented

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

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 6674 0636 or George 07 5524 4558

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 741 558.

Scrapbooking Scrapbooking group 4Her meets every Wednesday at 10am at Christian Outreach Centre, Prince Street, Murwillumbah. All welcome, bring your own photos, classes available, morning tea provided. For info call Elaine on 6672 1571.

Red Cross 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.

Hospital auxiliary 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.

Rock ‘n’ roll dancing Women wanted for rock ‘n’ roll lessons and dancing, first session free. Men also welcome. Wednesdays 1.30pm-3pm (DST), Coolangatta Seniors Centre, 2 Gerrard St, Coolangatta, phone 07 5536 4050.

PCYC markets 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.

Free meals Delicious free meals prepared by Sri Govinda Dham are served every second Tuesday at the Murwillumbah Community Centre from 11.45am12.30pm. All welcome. Next one on December 15. For info call Prema Das on 6679 5541.

Landcare volunteers 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.

Volunteering 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: Tweed Heads, site activities assistant;

Marc Renshaw and Karlee Rawkins in front of their joint exhibition currently showing at Tweed River Art Gallery called Mekong Drift which documents and reflects on their journey along the Mekong River. the exhibition is showing till May 2 in conjunction with three other exhibitions including the popular 58th Blake Prize touring exhibition. Photo Jeff Dawson. Tweed Shire - Hands On Volunteers to provide manicures, nail and face massage and one-on-one personal support to residents; Murwillumbah, tax help volunteer; Tweed Heads Volunteer-friendly visitor; Tyalgum/ Chillingham, childcare worker. For info visit www.nortecltd.com.au or call 02 6672 8288.

Parent support

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.

Kids helpline

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.

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.

Walking group

Community exchange

Murwillumbah on the Move walking group meets at information centre carpark at 6.50am Wednesdays and Saturdays. Enjoyable walks around town. All welcome. For info call 02 6672 1660.

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.

Bargain shop The Uniting Church Bargain Shop helps the Blair Athol Supported Accommodation and Assistance Program. Pre-loved clothing, bric-a-brac, 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.

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

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, 7pm-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.

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

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Anzac Day march commander for the Gold Coast-Tweed Nashos, Bill Hagen, known for his ‘Kooooo Eeeee Koooooo Eeeeee’ (a call to arms) says it’s a great honour to be able to march with veterans ‘in commemoration of these sad occasions’. The Gold Coast/Tweed, according to branch president Don Beck, could have as many as 40,000 ex-nashos (national service personnel) living in the region, ‘after all, this has to be one of the biggest concentrations of grey hairs in Australia’. Don says ‘We would welcome those who were called up in the 60s and early 70s and assemble in Goodwin Park, Coolangatta, from 9.30am (this Sunday). Help support and maintain the memory of our forefathers who helped make this country one of the most peaceful and safest countries in the world, by marching with us this year’. â– â– â– â–

They call themselves The Gentlemen of Murwillumbah, the town’s team in the new Village Rugby Comp which kicked off recently. Coached by former Wallaby Peter Crittle, the Gentlemen were just beaten in their opening round last Saturday by Byron Bay, with the score 12-5. Trailing by 5 points at halftime, coach Crittle’s half time talk had the desired effect, with the Gentlemen pressuring the Byron line for long periods. Prop Phil Lees barged over to score the first try by a Murwillumbah side in almost 100 years! Yes, it’s been century since a rugby team from Murwillumbah played in such a comp, as it was disrupted during the First World War when many of them enlisted in the 41st Battalion to fight abroad. Best for the locals were captain Phil Brown, Luke Mc Veigh and David Goodman. This weekend, they travel to Iluka to play Iluka. Good luck gentlemen. â– â– â– â–

Tweed councillors don’t usually like unwanted disruptions during their monthly meetings, especially people in wildlife masks, and of course those irritating mobile phones going off in the public gallery. But on Tuesday night, it was none other than Cr Phil ‘You’re All Morons’ Youngblutt whose phone went off, but instead of coolly turning it off, the councillor answered it, much to the annoyance of public officer Neil Baldwin who sternly pointed Phil to the door as he kept trying to talk on the phone. Phil told the caller (and everyone else in the council

Southern Cross University (SCU) Gold Coast (airport) campus student Alana Stockwell checks some books out at the new University Co-operative bookshop/cafe after its official launch last Friday. If you’ve been to University in Australia in the last 50 odd years there’s a good chance you are a member of the Co-op Bookshop, with its 43 outlets around Australia. The new bookshop and cafe is in the SCU campus near Coolangatta, and a Backburner hack, who joined the Co-op way back in 1982, has been reminded that membership is for life, and therefore all 1.5 million of us Co-op members are entitled to book discounts till the day we die. Give them a call on 07 5599 4191 and make sure you’re still listed. Feel free to join if you’re not a member (it’s open to anyone, not just students). Photo Jeff ‘Silly Font’ Dawson

chamber) he’d ring them back. ■■■■We assume it was just another Australia is expected to host a moron, er, constituent. World Rally in 2011, but there is ■■■■no confirmation the event will You have to hand it to the return to the Tweed/Kyogle Australian Hotels Association region. A website, autosport. (AHA). They are a lobby group com, reported yesterday that with an amazing capacity to the FIA, the sport’s governing turn black into white. There was body, had decided on the 2011 their spokeswoman on Syd- calendar after months of negoney television the other night tiation with promoters North bemoaning the inaccuracy of One, and Australia is included. crime figures collected by the The Echo put a question to Ralpolice and saying how no notice ly Australia yesterday seeking could be taken of data showing a statement that the event will the enormity of the drunken return here but not surprisviolence problem. And she said ingly there was no response. it with a completely serious Rally Australia is believed to straight face even though the have offered to maintain one whole point of the criticism of employee at the council’s office the police figures is that they in Murwillumbah. understate the problem of street ■■■■violence caused by patrons of It harks back to yesteryear, but AHA establishments. deb balls seem to be coming ■■■■back into fashion, at least in the On ABC TV’s Hungry Beast rural villages where traditions program last week, the local are held onto. The Tyalgum youth crime issue was taken up Debutante Ball is on next Friafter a series of fatal and serious day, April 30, at 8pm with music bashings in the Tweed-Coollan- by Trilogy, so if you want to take gatta area recently. But Back- part or join the fun night, call burner was dismayed that much Peter Hair on 0409 571 398. of the blame went on the lack of ■■■■police while the root cause we Our new $76 million water all know is alcoholic reckless- treatment plant at Bray Park ness due to licensing laws which promises to deliver improved allow nightclubs to stay open water quality and provide extra way past the point when most protection from harmful mipeople would be drunk anyway. cro-organisms. That’s all fine, Shut the pubs and clubs earlier Backburner reckons, but what and you’ll solve the problem of about the taste? Many rural nearly every violent-assault hot residents will agree rainwater spot around Australia. collected from the roof tastes

better than town tapwater any day and are willing to risk the water-borne bugs which sneak through tank or household filter systems. The shire’s reticulated drinking water has been treated with chemicals such as fluoride (to fight tooth decay), chlorine (as a disinfectant), lime (to make it less corrosive) and aluminium sulphate (to allow flocculation and coagulation during treatment). But a recent study by Monash University and the CSIRO has found rainwater tanks in Melbourne are commonly contaminated with high levels of lead and other heavy metals. What a dilemma: taste or safety. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports 20 per cent of homes now have rainwater tanks, up from 15 per cent three years ago. â– â– â– â–

In an age when we’re surrounded by modern concrete buildings, it’s nice to see Tweed Shire Council doing its bit to hide at least some of it! In a scene more akin to a movie set than a roadside, workers have put the finishing touches to the concrete reinforcement to the roadside bank at the Bray Park cutting last week. And they didn’t just painting it brown, the bank is now a work of art complete with authentic looking lines and markings, it’s almost like the real thing. Who said road work couldn’t be asthetically pleasing?

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